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1872réf. 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
1907réf. 76146Paris: Alphonse Picard et Fils 1907. half leather recased with original spine laid down five raised bands and gilt lettering paste paper boards. Small 4to. half leather recased with original spine laid down five raised bands and gilt lettering paste paper boards. iv22941; viii2298-4832 columns two per page. 2 volumes. New edition corrected and augmented printed in conjunction with the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres. Printed in an edition limited to 2200 copies. Biography and bibliography of sources and personages of the middle ages. Although published in France this is a source book for all of European medieval history. Besterman 2885-2886. Loosely inserted is a commemorative book label which indicates that this set came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus purchased by Oak Knoll Books at the auction sale. Alphonse Picard et Fils unknown books
1900réf. 76149Montbéliard: Société anonyme d'imprimerie montbéliardaise 1900. modern cloth leather spine labels. small 4to. modern cloth leather spine labels. iv 1592; iv 1593-3384 columns two per page. 2 volumes. First edition printed in an edition of 2000 copies. Indexes topographical locations for all of medieval Europe. Entries accompanied by bibliographic references. Besterman 2885-2886. Marginal sunning. Loosely inserted is a commemorative book label which indicates that this set came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus purchased by Oak Knoll Books at auction. Société anonyme d'imprimerie montbéliardaise unknown books
1990réf. 234752Bogota 1990. 194p. paperback very good Second edition. unknown books
2003réf. 89182Harrisburg: Trinity Press International 2003. Trade Paperback. ix 133p. wraps. first printing very good. African American religious thought and life. Trinity Press International paperback books
1886réf. 37517New York: F. M. Lupton Publisher 1886. 1st printing. OCLC locates 3 institutional holdings. Not in Broadfoot nor Seagrave. Printed self wrappers with wood engraving bust portrait of Grant to front wrapper. Age toning to paper. Two stab holes in margin along spine. A VG copy of this rare title. 16 pp. Text triple column. 'Representative Men of New York' pp 10 - 15. Publisher advert p. 16. Wood engraved masthead. 8 portrait cuts illustrate 'Representative Men'. 11-3/8" x 8-3/8" F. M. Lupton, Publisher unknown books
1872réf. 2221603"U. S. Grant" 1 page Washington D.C. September 28 1872. 11 1/4" x 9" tipped on left to album leaf. A warrant for the pardon of Louis Zellner for an unspecified crime. Fine fresh. Grant 1822-85 Ohio-born Civil War general; 18th U.S. President 1869-77 noted for the campaign victories at Vicksburg July 1863 and at Richmond March 1865; conferred general of the armies 1865-67 and secretary of war after Stanton until the Senate restored Stanton; administration noted for corrupt officials and the Credit Mobilier scandal; spent final year sin poverty only to be restored by the success of his "Personal Memoirs." unknown books
2003réf. 160677Madison Wisconsin: GUILD Publishing 2003. Signed. Hardcover. NF/VG light rubbing to dj; signed by the author on the half title 2003. Black boards; silver lettering. Color-illus. dj with white lettering. 208 pp.; Profusely illustrated with over 200 color plates and figures. Accompanied the exhibition of the same name which featured contemporary pottery from the collection held at The Newark Museum; Includes pottery from the 1930s through to the twenty-first century from America Europe Asia and Africa; Wonderful photos and extensive annotations. "Despite the enormous interest in the works of contemporary studio potters worldwide surprisingly few books explore the best of these works in a large full-color format. Great Pots: Contemporary Ceramics from Function to Fantasy does exactly that. With a focus on The Newark Museum's collection it is both a feast for the eyes and a testament to the power of the pot. Striking images and fascinating commentary demonstrate how a small pot can be a masterpiece and how even the most outrageous sculptural vessels of the 1990s share fundamental meanings with the craft pots of the 1950s. Two hundred color photographs taken especially for this book invite the reader to explore and relish this collection of truly great pots."--BOOK JACKET. GUILD Publishing hardcover books
2003réf. 160676Madison Wisconsin: GUILD Publishing 2003. Hardcover. NF/VG- light wear to top front edge of dj. Black boards; silver lettering. Color-illus. dj with white lettering. 208 pp.; Profusely illustrated with over 200 color plates and figures. Accompanied the exhibition of the same name which featured contemporary pottery from the collection held at The Newark Museum; Includes pottery from the 1930s through to the twenty-first century from America Europe Asia and Africa; Wonderful photos and extensive annotations. "Despite the enormous interest in the works of contemporary studio potters worldwide surprisingly few books explore the best of these works in a large full-color format. Great Pots: Contemporary Ceramics from Function to Fantasy does exactly that. With a focus on The Newark Museum's collection it is both a feast for the eyes and a testament to the power of the pot. Striking images and fascinating commentary demonstrate how a small pot can be a masterpiece and how even the most outrageous sculptural vessels of the 1990s share fundamental meanings with the craft pots of the 1950s. Two hundred color photographs taken especially for this book invite the reader to explore and relish this collection of truly great pots."--BOOK JACKET. GUILD Publishing hardcover books
2009réf. 123469New York New York: Acanthus Press 2009. Hardcover. VG. Off-white cloth over boards; Black dj.; 304 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. A history of the White House its interiors furnishings and gardens from 1801 through the present Obama administration; Compares and contrasts it to the "regular" American home over the years; Wonderfully illustrated; Extensive annotations; Fascinating. Acanthus Press hardcover books
2007réf. 117061Newark New Jersey: The Newark Museum 2007. Softcover. VG- Ex-lib. labels at bottom left of front cover and top right of back cover label inside front cover. Color pictorial wraps; 48 pp.; 17 color plates; 47 color plates. From 2007 exhibition at The Newark Museum; Includes works by Sydney Hutter Thomas Patti Harvey Littleton Karen Lamonte Dale Chihuly Kazumi Ikemoto William Morris and more; Errata sheet laid in. The Newark Museum paperback books
1868réf. 301Grant General Ulysses S. Grant. RICHMOND / 1865 / Vicksburg / Fort Donelson / GENERAL U.S. GRANT / "I WILL FIGHT IT OUT ON THIS LINE." Woven white silk campaign ribbon probably created for Grant's presidential campaign of 1868. A Stevengraph woven bust-length portrait of General Grant in uniform appears above his famous declaration: "I will fight it out on this line." Above the flags and eagle. Colors used are red white and blue with black silk used for the portraiture. 13.5 cm x 4 cm without red tassel of 4 cm. Woven by Thomas Stevens Coventry woven signature "T. Stevens" on the back. Godden 632. Condition fine. Called a Stevengraph after Thomas Stevens 1828-1888 the inventor of a loom that produced examples of this fine mechanical weaving at his factory in Coventry. Thomas Stevens books
1880réf. WRCLIT82480Paris: G. Masson 1880. 20pp. Octavo. Extracted from pamphlet volume without wrapper if so issued. Light foxing and a few smudges title leaf neatly detached otherwise very good. First separate printing as an extract from ANNALES AGRONOMIQUES V:4 of this work by the scientist credited by some historians as the father of modern oenology. G. Masson unknown books
1985réf. 49416NY:: Schocken Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0805239731 . With 60 black and white photographs. First printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Schocken Books, hardcover books
1867réf. 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
1972réf. 88831Carbondale:: Southern Illinois University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0809305070 . Edited by John Y. Simon. First edition. Near fine in a near fine price clipped dust jacket. . Southern Illinois University Press, hardcover books
1985réf. 88830Carbondale:: Southern Illinois University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0809311976 . Edited by John Y. Simon. First edition. Very good in a very good dust soiling dust jacket. . Southern Illinois University Press, hardcover books
1973réf. 88575Carbondale:: Southern Illinois University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0809306360 . Edited by John Y. Simon. First edition. Near fine in a near fine price clipped dust jacket. . Southern Illinois University Press, hardcover books
1961réf. WRCLIT52784Port-au-Prince: Imprimerie de l'Etat 1961. Printed wrappers. Lower fore-corner bumped otherwise a very good copy. First edition. Preface by Jean Price-Mars. With the author's 1962 full-page presentation inscription to a UNESCO colleague and with the recipient's small stamp. Imprimerie de l'Etat unknown books
réf. 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
1866réf. 22955St. Louis MO 1866. No binding. Fine. Manuscript Letter Signed as Lt. Col of Ordnance and Brevet Brigadier General to Adam Badeau Grant's Military Secretary St. Louis Arsenal Mo. August 1 1866. 2 pp. 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. Callender responds to Grant's aide-de-camp Adam Badeau's request ""for a statement of the number and calibre of guns captured at Fort Donelson February 16th 1862"" the Tennessee battle that was Grant's first success. Not having that report he offers one on Vicksburg instead.Callender advises: ""I have not been able to find any report of the character referred to among the records of my office and search for such a report has also been made among the records of the Department of the Missouri - likewise without success. But I applied to Capt. Brink late Acting Ordnance Officer at Fort Donelson for information on the subject and he has kindly furnished me with the enclosed list which I transmit herewith together with his letter neither is present. In looking for a report of the guns captured at Fort Donelson a very full report was found of guns and Ordnance Stores captured at Vicksburg - which if the General Grant desires could be forwarded to you.""Franklin D. Callender 1817-1882 Union officer; after distinguished service in the Seminole War and Mexican War took command of the St. Louis Arsenal in 1861 and served as Chief of Ordnance of the Dept. of the Missouri Nov. 19 1861-Mar. 11 1862; holding same post in Dept. of the Miss. March 11 - July 11 1862 he returned to Mo. where he was on the Governor's staff and then served in the advance upon and siege of Corinth; returned to Dept. of the Mo. and the St. Louis Arsenal July 11 1862 and commanded it throughout the war; breveted B.G. USA for Corinth St. Louis and war service. unknown books
1962réf. 85821Shelburne Falls:: Lamson & Goodow. Fine. 1962. Paperback. Foreword by Paul M. Angle. Black and white photographs. A limited paperback printing. Fine in oversize stapled wraps. ; 8 pages . Lamson & Goodow, paperback books
1981réf. 63857Boston:: Houghton Mifflin. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0395294657 . Translated from the Greek by Athan Anagnostopoulos. First American printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Houghton Mifflin, hardcover books
1981réf. 10657Boston:: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0395294657 . Translated from the Greek by Athan Anagnostopoulos. First American printing. Fine in an about fine trace rubbing to the spine dust jacket. . Houghton Mifflin, hardcover books
1981réf. 76981Boston:: Houghton Mifflin. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0395294657 . Translated from the Greek by Athan Anagnostopoulos. First American printing. Near fine in a near fine old sale price on front flap dust jacket. . Houghton Mifflin, hardcover books
