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1861ref. 25926Philadelphia 1861. Half page. 1 vols. 8vo. Lined paper. Fine. Half page. 1 vols. 8vo. Thomas Sully 1783-1872 emigrated from England at the age of 9 and grew up in Charleston. He learned painting from his brother Lawrence whose widow he subsequently married and from his brother-in-law Jean Belzons; he later studied with Benjamin West in London. He moved to various locations settling in Philadelphia in 1808 where he quickly became its leading portrait painter a position he held until his death. This letter to the famous historian Benson Lossing is in response to Lossing's request for the character and appearance of "the late Commodore Decatur.he demeaned himself as a perfect gentleman. His form was perfect. I painted him for the City of New York 12 of July 1814." It is one of his most famous portraits now in City Hall New York. It is a full figure portrait with Decatur leaning on the hilt of his sword and with Castle William and New York Bay in the background. Edward Biddle & Mantle Fielding "The Life and Works of Thomas Sully 1783-1872 #450 Portrait of Decatur referred to here unknown
1846ref. 43653Charleston 1846. One page. 1 vols. 4to. Old folds else fine. One page. 1 vols. 4to. Interesting association between the American painter and one of the most popular of America's women authors of the 19th century Caroline Gilman 1794-1888 author of the immensely popular Southern novel Recollections of a Southern Matron 1838. " . I have been delighted and profited by reading your 'Southern Matron.' The interesting story and episodes are the means of giving a full display of Southern manners and customs . / Sincerely your friend / and obedient servant / Thos Sully. unknown
1752ref. 55941a Geneve: Chez Barrillot & Fils 1752. Nouvelle Edition revûe & corrigée. 8 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf gilt spines tan and green title labels. Bookplate. Nouvelle Edition revûe & corrigée. 8 vols. 12mo. " Sully 1560-1641 was an agrarian in the fullest sense of the term. He believed that cattle breeding and agriculture constituted the only true wealth of France. He therefore encouraged land clearing undertook irrigation projects and constructed roads and canals. His principal work was concerned with financial administration. He reconstructed an administration which had been dislocated by 30 yrs of civil war. He established a rigorous control. The economy realized in the reduction of the public debt and in the correction of abuses served to provide for the protection of the national frontiers and to furnish the army with an effective artillery" Encyclopdia of Social Sciences Volumes 13/14 p. 460. Chez Barrillot & Fils unknown
1752ref. 118575Genève : chez Barrillot & Fils 1752. SULLY Maximilien de Béthune Duc de.Mémoires de Maximilien de Béthune Duc de Sully principal ministre de Henri-le-Grand. Mis en ordre avec des remarques par M. de l’Ecluse Nouvelle édition revûe & corrigée.8 Volumes. Genève chez Barrillot & Fils1752 165x100mm reliure bradel demi-veau à coins de l’époque étiquette de titre et de tomaison au dos coffes frottées autrement bon état. Bel exemplaire. No hidden customs fees for orders shipped to the U.S.A with a value of up to 800 USD PDDP shipping we pay the VAT in advance chez Barrillot & Fils unknown
ref. ING9780847871575Rizzoli. New. Special order direct from the distributor Rizzoli unknown
ref. 0847826627.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1767ref. 94181Londres 1778 - 1767. BETHUNE Maximilien de Duc de Sully.Mémoires de Maximilien de Béthune Duc de Sully principal ministre de Henri-Le-Grand mis en ordre avec remarques par M. L. D. L. D. L. par l’Abbé de l’Ecluse des Loges. Tome premier tome II tome III tome IV tome V tome VI tome VII tome VIII. Complets. Londres 1778 - 1767 165x100mm 2 frontispices 447 VIII - 560 pages X - 565 pages VI - 454 VIII - 484 pages VI - 477 pages VI - 483 pages VI - 375 pages bandeaux lettrines culs-de-lampe reliure veau marbré de l’époque. Pièce de titre et de tomaison dorés au dos. Fleurons et encadrements ornés dorés au dos à à cinq nerfs. Toutes tranches marbrées. Coiffes et coins usés pièce de titre du premier volume en partie déchirée autrement belle reliure. Tome premier Nouvelle édition revue & corrigée de 1778 autres tomes édition de 1767. Brunet V-588/589. Bel exemplaire. No hidden customs fees for orders shipped to the U.S.A with a value of up to 800 USD PDDP shipping we pay the VAT in advance unknown
1930ref. 88930Paris : Editions du Trianon 1930. broché. Maximilien de Bethune Duc de Sully.Les Estranges Amours de la Reine Myrrha. Roman. texte inédit transcrit par P. de la Raudière. Quatre cuivre originaux de Lucien Boucher. Le Bocage des Plaisirs n° 4 Paris Editions du Trianon1930 255x195mm 63 pages broché. Couverture rempliée. Exemplaire numéroté sur papier Hollande Panneboek 233/325. Très bel exemplaire. No hidden customs fees for orders shipped to the U.S.A with a value of up to 800 USD PDDP shipping we pay the VAT in advance Editions du Trianon unknown
ref. 18763182-6Lacis Publications. Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Lacis Publications unknown
ref. B9781020616174Hardback. New. hardcover
ref. 3687967-6Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown
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ref. 12285215-6Quarto Publishing Group UK. Used - Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Quarto Publishing Group UK unknown
ref. SKU1110451D. Appleton & Company. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. New York 1881. Red covers with black cover title and gold spine titles; some wear on covers edges and joints; no jacket; 12mo - over 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; some notes on flyleaf otherwise interior is clean and unmarked. 372 pages. D. Appleton & Company hardcover
ref. SKU1110455Longsmans Green and Co. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. London 1895. Light brown covers with gold borders and cover title brown spine with gold spine title; edges and covers are worn; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; no jacket; some notes on flyleaf; damage on first few pages and rear pastedown; rest of interior is clean and unmarked. 527 pages. Longsmans, Green and Co hardcover
2009ref. 53021William Morris 2009. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 1st edition 1st printing Large sturdy book red spine blue boards blue lettering very fine on spine blue-tinted photo of plane inside covers and adjacent end papers 340 pages including glossy photo section. On title page in ink "Helen--Sully." DJ beneath mylar a color photo of Sullenberger in uniform. DJ and book both As New. William Morris hardcover
2010ref. DADAX0847832899Rizzoli 2010-04-13. Illustrated. hardcover. New. 9.80x1.09x11.22. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Rizzoli hardcover
ref. 1781711771-11-25312988QED PUBLISHING 2014-01-01. Paperback. New. 9x8x0. QED PUBLISHING paperback
1890ref. HAY35885Sans Date v. 1890 - Oeuvres de Sully Prudhomme. Paris Alphonse Lemerre Éditeur. reliés demi-chagrin rouge à coins. Très bel exemplaire. 5 volumes in-16 format : 16/9 cm. avec en frontispice du premier volume un portrait gravé de Sully Prudhomme ainsi qu'un ex-libris sur chaque premier contreplat ; avec titre en rouge des bandeaux et culs-de-lampe à tous les volumes : dos lisses avec filets guirlandes motifs floraux et titres dorés ; têtes dorées. unknown
ref. OB 1Edinburgh: Printed For Stirling And Slade. 1819. Hard Cover. 8vo; five volumes. Bound in contemporary full calf spines worn at tops and bottoms hinges cracking. First published in two volumes in 1638 with an Amsterdam imprint although actually printed at the Duke's chateau the Memoirs were originally written in the second person. In 1745 the Abbé de l'Ecluse rewrote them in ordinary narrative form. The English translation by Charlotte Lennox first appeared in 1756. A valuable source for the history of France from 1580 to 1635 this work reflects the important role played by Sully as superintendent of finances for Henry IV. Sully's role in strengthening French agriculture highways fortifications and economics is reflected in the vigor of his narrative. NUC 576: 217 NS 1050887. OB1. France; French history. Edinburgh: Printed For Stirling And Slade... 1819. hardcover
1761ref. NS0172A Cologne M.DCC.LXVI 1761. "Par Mademoiselle De S. Vast dedié à Madame la Marquise de ." This variant not in the NUC. Hard Cover. xii 191 pages; 17 cm. Bound in full contemporary calf. Very good copy. Stock#NS0172. A Cologne, M.DCC.LXVI. hardcover
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2012ref. SBBIH-QFJKM76TXMFOHometown World 2012. hardcover. Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining water damage writing missing dustjacket etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Hometown World hardcover
1710ref. 89846Paris: Claude Prudhomme 1710. Fine. Claude Prudhomme Paris 1710 8.5 x 15.7 cm 3 volumes reliés en 1 First edition of this concise treatise on rural economy attributed to the Duke of Sully the famed minister of Henri IV born at Rosny and who bore the name of that estate.His well-known commitment to the development of agriculture has passed into national lore. However it cannot be excluded that another author sharing the same territorial designation may be responsible for the text.Contemporary full mottled fawn sheep spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and gilt tools gilt fillets Havana morocco lettering-piece gilt rolls to the headcaps gilt fillets to board edges red sprinkled edges.Some repairs to the binding. Manuscript ex-libris inscriptions Cousturier Prieur de Champsanglard Creuse and Denesmond prêtre on the title-page of the first volume.The booklet is followed as very often with this title by two short agronomic treatises which vary from one copy to another.In this copy:1. A new edition of the Instruction pour le jardin potager 1678 attributed to an Aristote jardinier de Puteauxobviously not his real namewho authored several small works on fruit trees and flowers Musset-Pathay 806.2. A summary of the Nouvelle instruction pour connoistre les bons fruits 1670 attributed sometimes to Jean Merlet sometimes to Claude Saint-Etienne. At the end is an interesting Catalogue des poires selon les mois de les manger from July to September. Cf. Musset-Pathay 1390. Manuscript ex-libris inscriptions Cousturier Prieur de Champsanglard Creuse and Denesmond prêtre. Claude Prudhomme hardcover
ref. G1860242812I5N00Authentic Lifestyle. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Authentic Lifestyle paperback