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Best.-Nr. 1141019 pp. Square 4to printed wrappers staple-bound. Geneva: Boabooks 2016. From the colophon: "rrr reproduces nine pages typewritten by Ulises Carrión in 1972." Printed and bound by Che Huber and Alexis Dos Santos and designed by Izet Sheshivari. As new unknown edition size. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 1141115 leaves printed on rectos only. 12mo lime green printed semi-stiff covers stitched. Geneva: Boabooks May 2016. From the colophon: "a b c presents a linguistic exercise handwritten in green ink on fifteen pages by Ulises Carrión in 1972." Printed and bound by Che Huber and Alexis Dos Santos and designed by Izet Sheshivari. As new. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 1141212mo magenta printed semi-stiff covers stitched. Geneva: Boabooks May 2016. From the colophon: "the drum presents a linguistic exercise handwritten in black ink by Ulises Carrión in 1972." Printed and bound by Che Huber and Alexis Dos Santos and designed by Izet Sheshivari. As new. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 11413Black & white illus. throughout. 24 leaves printed on rectos only. Small 4to 210 x 152 mm. orig. pictorial wrappers. Amsterdam: Cres Publications & Agora Studio July 1978 but 1979. First edition of this scarce bookwork. Conceived by Ulises Carrión 1941-89 it was the "July-Special" edition of Cres a bi-monthly publication and produced in an edition of 400 copies. Although it is dated "July 1978" on the upper wrapper a correction slip in this copy states that it is correctly dated July 1979. "In Alphabetical Order consisted of a set of twenty-four black-and-white photographs of a small wooden index card holder with a label saying 'a-z.' In each photograph some of the cards are placed vertically so that they stand out from the others. They are clearly different each time. The type and size of the card holder suggests that the index cards record personal details. It could be the file of Ulises Carrión's friends although all the friendships are obviously not considered equal nor do they all belong to the same social group or cultural scene. The series showed the wide range of possible categories of a single human group that has been sorted in alphabetical order."-Javier Maderuelo "An Archive Is an Archive Is an Archive Is an Archive" in Guy Schraenen ed. Dear reader. Don't read. 2016 p. 58. Near fine copy; some minor creasing to the spine internally pristine. Photographs by John Liggins; layout by Thomas Gravemaker. unknown books
1872Best.-Nr. 55322Washington D.C.: United States Government Printing Office 1872. First edition. Softcover. vg. Octavo. 14pp. No wrappers with printed text starting on the first page. The printed text date May 14th 1872 relays an official Executive Communication from U.S President Ulysses S. Grant granting the United States Senate's Committee on Foreign Relations' previous request for information concerning the ongoing persecution of Jews in Romania and authorizing the transfer of said information from the U.S. State Department. The information here remitted to the Senate consists of a series of 14 pieces of correspondence dated October 6th 1871 - May 13th 1872 between the then U.S Consul to Romania Benjamin F. Piexotto 1834-1890 Second Assistant Secretary of State William Hunter Jr. 1805-1886 and U.S Secretary of State Hamilton Fish 1808-1893. The initial sections include the President's order the Secretary of State's introductory statement and a full list of correspondences included in chronological order. In the 1860s and 70s - following newly established autonomy from the Ottoman empire the unification of the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia and the ascendancy of the newly elected Prince Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza - Romania saw a new extreme wave of anti-Semitic measures laws and attitudes. At the prompting of their respective Jewish citizens a number of countries in the international community voiced their opposition to these developments and sought to put pressure on the new Romanian government. In 1870 the United States entered the fray with the appointment of Jewish-American lawyer Benjamin F. Piexotto 1834-1890 as the new American consul in Bucharest. Piexotto served in Romania from 1871-1876 and was able to improve the conditions for Romania Jews during his tenure. He promoted the ideas of the Haskalah The Jewish Enlightenment and modernization to the community and among his numerous endeavors was responsible for improvements in modern Jewish education through the establishment of the Society for the culture of the Israelites in Roumania Societate Pentra Cultura Israelit Romania. Piexotto also funded the Roumänische Post in an effort to combat anti-Semitism in the Romanian Press. Ultimately his efforts are credited for strengthening Jewish community structures in the country and ultimately laying the groundwork for eventual Jewish emancipation as allowed for in the provisions of the 1878 Treaty of Berlin. Minor age toning and smudges to pages throughout. In overall very good condition. Protected in modern mylar. Full title: Message from the President of the United States Communicating In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 28th 1872 correspondence in regard to the persecution and oppression of Isrealites in Roumania. Resource: Gartner Lloyd P. Roumania America and World Jewry: Consul Peixotto in Bucharest 1870-1876. American Jewish Historical Quarterly Vol. 58 No. 1 September 1968 pp. 24-56 59-117. [United States Government Printing Office] unknown books
1872Best.-Nr. 44458Washington. March 13 1872. Lands for Sale in Wisconsin Proclamation by President Ulysses S. Grant indicating the sale of public lands in Wisconsin as listed on the broadside. Lots are to be sold on Monday June 17 "at a price of not less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre." Lands previously appointed for schools and other such uses are excluded from the sale. A large and interesting broadside concerning the disposal of public lands. Old folds. Wear and separation at some folds; top left corner torn away not affecting text. Minor soiling but generally quite clean. About very good. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 6831ULYSSES S. GRANT 1822-1885. Ulysses S. Grant was the Eighteenth President and led the Union Army to victory in the Civil War. DS. 1pg. c. 1884. Washington D.C. A document signed U.S. Grant as President of the Society of the Army of the Potomac and Horatio C. King as the organizations secretary. The partly-printed and illustrated document certifies membership of Captain Albert Victor Meeks to the Society of the Army of the Potomac. THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC OF THIS ARMY ORGANIZED AUGUST 20 1861 DISBANDED JUNE 30TH 1865 Captain Albert Victor Meeks 62nd N.Y. Vols. was a Soldier and is now A MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC U. S. Grant President Horatio C. King Secretary. This certificate includes vignettes of famous Union commanders Major General George B. McClellan Major General Ambrose Burnside Major General George G. Meade and Major General Joseph Hooker. Albert Victor Meeks was a New York City lawyer and real estate businessman who served as a Captain in the Union Army during the Civil War. He served with the 62nd New York Volunteer Infantry. As a member of the Army of the Potomac his regiment fought in the Peninsula Campaign Antietam Fredericksburg Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. His unit was particularly noted for its bravery at the Bloody Angle during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. Along with being signed by Ulysses S. Grant this document is also signed by Horatio Collins King a celebrated Civil War hero who rode into the thick of battle at Dinwiddie Courthouse in 1865 and was awarded the Medal of Honor. He was also the Secretary for the Society of the Army of the Potomac for nearly three decades. The Society of the Army of the Potomac was a veteran organization founded in 1869 to preserve the history and fraternal bonds of the Unions eastern fighting force. In this society Grants role was defined by his status. His influence within the Society settled disputes helped the Society transition from a small group of elite officers into a more influential organization and his name was used to attract wealthy donors and political support for the Societys projects such as the establishment of military parks and the commissioning of statues. This document is held in a decorative antique frame and in fine condition. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 5677ULYSSES S. GRANT 1822-1885. Grant was the Eighteenth President and the head of the Union Army during the Civil War. A two volume first edition of Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. They are bound in green cloth and gilt stamped. The boards have minor wear and the corners are bumped. There are fold outs of Grant facsimile letters. The internal pages have slight foxing but are in fine condition. hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 4510ULYSSES S. GRANT 1822-1885. Grant was the Eighteenth President and the head of the Union Army during the Civil War. Manuscript. 3pg. 8 x 12 . No date circa 1888. No place likely New York. A lengthy manuscript entitled Grants Last Review of Veterans done by an unknown soldier. He wrote The final farewell which the representatives of the Army took other old chief for the scene so memorable and so touching that it will never be if faced from the memories of those who participated in it or of those who viewed it. It occurred on decoration day three years ago. On that day the old veterans rose earlier than was there want spent more time than usual in unfurling their old battle flags in burnishing their metals of honor which decorated their breasts. They seem for time to forget ever the pain of their old wounds for they had resolved on that day to March by the house of their dying commander give a final marching salute the knew that one year from that day there would be a new made grave to decorate one which their children's children down through all the years would keep decked with the choicest of flowers. Outside that house the street was filled with the sound of marching men and martial music. Inside that house the chief lay upon a bed of anguish the power of approaching death already beginning to His features for his disease with doing the work which even the enemies bullets had shrunk from. The hand which it sees the surrender sounds of countless thousands was scarcely able to return the pressure of a friendly grasp. The voice which had cheered on to triumph and victory the legions of American manhood was no longer able to call for the cooling draft which lacked the thirst of a fever tongue and prostrate upon that bed of suffering lay the form which is the New World had written at the head of concrete columns in the old world had marched through the palaces of crown heads with the descendants of a line of kings rising and standing uncovered before him. His ears caught the sound of the movement of marching men. The bands were playing the grand strains which had mingled with the echo of his guns at Vicksburg playing the same quick steps to which his men had stepped in hot haste in pressuring Lee through Virginia and there came the measured tread swinging past of trained men which seem to shake the earth. He understood it all then it was the approaching tread of the old veterans. He seized his crutch with his little remaining strength and dragged himself painfully and slowly to the window. And as he gazed upon those banners bullet ridden battle stained those kindled in his eyes the flame which had lit them at Chattanooga at the Wilderness and amid the glories of Appomattox. And as he gazed upon those banners dipping to him in the salute he once more drew himself into the position of a soldier. And as they saw him standing cheeks which had been bronzed by Southern suns and begrimed with powder were now bathed in the tears of a manly grief. And then they saw a rising hand which had so often pointed out to them the path of victory he raises slowly and feebly to his head in acknowledgment of their salutations. The last the column had passed. The hand fellto his side. It was his last military salute. In late May 1885 the Union veterans knowing that Grant was dying had a military parade outside his 66th Street home. The document has light staining and chipping; the two pages have some separation and the lower right corner of the third page is missing but it affects no text. A fine firsthand account of the love the troops had for their general. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 2665D. 2pg. 8 x 10. October 8 1885. New York. A document regarding a memorial service for President Grant not long after he died. It is on Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States letterhead and reads: At a stated meeting of the Commandery held on the 7th inst the following Resolution was adopted and Committee appointed: Resolved that a Committee of five be appointed by the Commander to take into consideration the subject of holding memorial services in honor of our late Companion and Commander General U.S. Grant U.S.A. and that said Committee have power to arrange for such services and to invite members of other Commanderies to participate therein. The document then lists the five members of the committee; Church General M.T. McMahon General Israel Vogdes Commander Edward Hooker and Colonel H.C. King. The document has light soiling and smudges and is in fine condition. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 7582Many illus. Unpaginated. 8vo stiff pictorial boards cloth spine. Mexico City: Alias 2013. First edition an uncommon book examining Carrión's De Diefstal van het Jaar "exhibition" at the Drents Museum in 1982. This show entailed Ulises Carrion 1941-89 displaying a large diamond in a small and dark room of the museum without any visible security or restrictions as a social experiment. In the last decade of his life Carrión's practice involved similar investigations of societal norms and the dissemination of information. The previous year the artist had delved into the spread of gossip and rumors through social networks in the performance piece Gossip Scandal and Good Manners in which he concocted rumors about himself to observe how they spread. Pairing new essays presented in Spanish & English by Martha Hellion and Paulo Silveira with Claudio Goulart's original photography documenting the exhibition this work reveals new details about Carrión's intentions and the execution of this daring show. This publication is part of Alias's Antítesis series no. 3. As new. The very rare flyer promoting De Diefstal van het Jaar is reproduced on the cover. unknown books
2015Best.-Nr. 126795Berkeley California: CODEX Foundation 2015. paperback pamphlet. 5.5 x 7.75 inches. paperback pamphlet. 28 pages. Number eleven of the CODEX1 Monograph Series. Number eleven of the CODEX1 Monograph Series. The Timeless Art of Allowing Books to Thrive is a dialogue between two theoretically and existentially divergent proponents of reading-executed in the manner of a conversation. Ulises Carrion's ground-breaking 1975 manifesto "The new art of making books" is here presented with interleaved remarks composed 40 years later by internationally renowned scholar poet and typographer Robert Bringhurst. "Carrion's kind of art has not lacked for proponents and exponents in the academy or in the art world but much that has been written along these lines is intellectually murky and burdened with pompous jargon. Carrion himself by contrast was plain-spoken and full of real ideas. My own predilections are different from his and so we disagree on many fronts yet he is lucid and articulate - and therefore someone I can talk to dead or alive." - from the preface by Robert Bringhurst This limited edition of 500 copies was designed and printed by Peter Koch with the assistance of Jonathan Gerken. CODEX Foundation unknown books
Best.-Nr. 9562New York: Charles L. Webster & Company 1885. Hardcover. 2 vols. 8vo original full sheep raised bands gilt rules red and blue morocco title and volume number labels at spine. CONDITION: Very good spines and some edges speckled minimal wear darkening to top edge of one spine. First edition of Grant's classic memoir recalling his service in both the Mexican War and the Civil War. Scarce in the publisher's full sheep binding. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885 unknown books
1878Best.-Nr. 2401Rome: Henri Le Lieure 1878. First edition. Framed. Very Good. ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH OF GRANT IN MILITARY DRESS SIGNED BY GRANT ON THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S MOUNT. A very handsome bust-length portrait of Grant taken by photographer Henri Le Lieure during Grant's visit to Rome in 1878. Signed "U.S. Grant" in ink on the original mount beneath the photograph. A handwritten note on the paper backing of the frame reads: "This photograph was autographed by U. S. Grant in April 1878 at the home of Dr. Charles McMillan Counsel General Great Uncle of Eunice in Rome Italy. Dr. McMillan had served as Medical Director on Grant's staff throughout the Vicksburg Campaign." The frame with the seal of "The Dayton Company Picture Galleries Minneapolis" on the backing likely dates from early-mid 20th century. The Dayton Company was a celebrated Minneapolis department store in Minneapolis from 1911-1962 ultimately serving as the parent company for Target. Grant visited Rome on his hugely successful post-presidential world tour. "Grant traveled aboard a government vessel. as the representative of his country an emerging power in the world." In Rome he was granted an audience with both Pope Leo XIII and King Umberto I. "Grant wasn't fazed that a king and a pope vied for his company." Chernow Grant pp. 871-73. With printed credit of the photographer "H. Le Lierue Phot. / Rome Place Mignanelli" printed beneath the photo. Henri Le Lieure 1831-1914 was a French-born photographer based in Italy who took photographic portraits of some of the most famous people of his day. Size: Mounted image = 4x5.75 in; with mount = 6.5x8.5 in. Rome: H. Le Lieure 1878. A few stray spots to image beginning of Grant's "U" a little faint probably due to trouble getting the ink to flow. An elegant stately image documenting an important event in Grant's post-presidential career with large three-inches long presentation signature by Grant. Henri Le Lieure unknown books
Best.-Nr. 2081First edition. Framed photograph. Very Good. MAGNIFICENT LARGE ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH OF ULYSSES S. GRANT BY ABRAHAM BOGARDUS. An unusually large late c.1880 photograph of Grant post-presidency in formal dress sitting and in partial profile. Mounted on thick card with the photographer's credit and address "A. Bogardus / 872 Broadway NY" on matte below the photo. The photographer Anthony Bogardus was a photographic pioneer described by the New York Times as "the best-known photographer in the United States" in his prime who took "the first photographs of Gen. Grant Gen. Hancock Samuel D. Morse inventor of the telegraph; Horace Greeley Henry Ward Beecher and other equally well-known men." The engravers Currier & Ives produced an engraving based on this photograph calling it "the last and best taken of General Grant". This very large approximately 10x16 inches; 10.5x16.5 with mount photograph also appears to have served as the model for a small carte-de-visit issued at the end of Grant's life. Albumen print. Contemporary or near-contemporary printing 1880-1890. On original thick cardboard mount with gilt edges. Archivally framed to an overall size of 17.25 x 23.5 inches. Light wear around edges of mount. A STUNNING LARGE IMAGE IN OUTSTANDING CONDITION. unknown books
1885Best.-Nr. 2942New York: Charles Webster and Co 1885. First edition. Original deluxe sheep. Very Good. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S DELUXE SHEEP BINDINGS of Grant's important and fascinating memoirs illustrated throughout with numerous steel engravings facsimiles and over forty maps. Written during the final days of Grant's life and seen through publication by Mark Twain the Memoirs provide a personal and poignant record of some of the most significant events in American history. The first edition of the Memoirs was issued in cloth morocco and sheep bindings. The soft sheep leather wears most easily and therefore has become the most difficult to find in good condition. New York: Charles Webster & Co. 1885-86. Octavo original full publisher's sheep with leather spine labels marbled endpapers and edges. Two volumes. Volume 1 with a few scuffs to rear board and joints and with spine lightly toned; volume two binding with only very light wear. Text in each exceptionally clean. A very good copy - much nicer than is usually found. Charles Webster and Co unknown books
1884Best.-Nr. 10786THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN in Century Magazine for November 1884 to April 1885 first edition some minor scuffing else a vg/near fine copy bound in half leather and cloth with marbled end-papers. This volume contains the first appearance in print preceding the book edition by several months time of all 3 advance published installments of this most famous novel; 12/84. 1/85 & 2/85. A Peter Parley to Penrod title. Also contains original contributions by Theodore Roosevelt Henry James Joel Chandler Harris Ulysses S. Grant George W. Cable W. Dean Howells John Burroughs et.al. Century Magazine hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 7894Unpaginated. Square 4to 247 x 204 mm. printed covers with flaps as issued. Mexico City: Taller Ditoria 2007. First printed edition of Ulises Carrión's typewritten manuscript of the same name. Carrión 1941-89 added handwritten punctuation to this work but it was never realized during his lifetime. Entirely letterpress-printed this book is now scarce on the market. It was co-produced by Martha Hellión one of the founders of Beau Geste Press. Near fine. This is a beautifully designed book printed on several special papers from a numbered edition of 600. â§ Juan J. Agius & Ricardo Ocampo eds. Ulises Carrión: Books & More Catalogue Raisonné 2013 pp. 78-79 pictured. Guy Schraenen ed. Dear reader. Don't read. 2016 p. 84. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 10428Many color illus. 183 pp. & colophon. 8vo green rubber-stamped softcover. New York: Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller Inc. 2022. Our catalogue on the Mexican artist Ulises Carrión 1941-89. Offered 92 items for sale followed by lists of the artist’s editioned bookworks exhibitions at Other Books and So and a bibliography. As new each example is rubber-stamped on the front and back covers. Designed by Flat Fix and printed by KOPA Lithuania. N.B. International shipping by Fedex starts at $25.00. OCLC Accession No.: 1295641351. unknown books
1872Best.-Nr. 27653n.p.: n.p. 1872. First edition. Self-wrappers. An untrimmed unopened uncut single folio leaf edges soiled fore edge with a few small tears rear leaves creased overall still about very good. 16 pp. 8vo. The Grant administration was one of the most corrupt of the 19th century with numerous investigations convened. As it prepared for the elections of 1872 and Grant's run for a second term it issued this piece of campaign literature in an attempt to refute the charges. n.p. unknown books
1867Best.-Nr. 27894New York: Printed by Order of the Executive Committee George F. Nesbitt & Co. Printers 1867. First edition. Stitched. Title paged foxed at the edges dampstain to upper front corner; a good copy. 40 pp. 8vo. They were all there Astor to Vanderbilt to give the Republican nomination to Grant. Printed by Order of the Executive Committee, George F. Nesbitt & Co., Printers unknown books
1885Best.-Nr. 47293New York: Charles L. Webster & Company 1885. Very Good. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company 1885 1886. First Edition. Two large octavo volumes; rebound in modern full brown morocco with leather labels and raised bands to spine; all edges marbled new marbled endpapers; 584pp. & 647pp. All maps illustrations and foldouts present including frontispieces with tissue guards. Mild shelfwear to boards; bindings sound; chipping to endpapers along margins with professional repair; light staining and toning; overall a Very Good and sound set in full leather. Nevins notes: "Written frantically while in a race with death these recollections rank with the best of the Civil War Period" Nevins II-59. Charles L. Webster & Company unknown books
1886Best.-Nr. 207698New York: C. L. Webster 1886. VG: Stain on the back cover and on the spine. In a printer's error some pages have some uncut tags hanging proud. A green casebound book with gilt text on the spine. 648 pages; contains several foldout maps. Volume two only! C. L. Webster unknown books
1994Best.-Nr. 203641Newark NJ: Newark Museum 1994. Softcover. VG. Color illustrated wraps with red and black text on cover. 7 8-77 pp. Features many color and bw illustrations. The Ballantine House holds a unique place not only in New Jersey but in the entire New York metropolitan area. Although New York Connecticut and New Jersey now can boast of a wide assortment of Victorian villas and cottages mansions and manor houses Newark's own Ballantine House is the only extant urban mansion in the region that is authentically restored and open to the public. Newark Museum paperback books
1886Best.-Nr. 207136New York: C. L. Webster 1886. VG: Exlibrary book. Sticker at the base of the spine. Small stains and fading to the covers. Plate on the front pasted end page. Checkout card on the back pasted end page. The yellow foldout on page 496 is torn along its fold but is still legible. A green casebound book with gilt text on the spine. 648 pages; contains several foldout maps. Volume two only! C. L. Webster unknown books