1902réf. 392030New York: J.F. Taylor & Company 1902. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Decorative green cloth stamped in green attributed to Evelyn W. Clark. Owner's gift inscription on front pastedown plate loose and laid in extremities modestly worn else very good. Lovely copy of this uncommon title. J.F. Taylor & Company hardcover books
1850réf. 16916London: J. & D. A. Darling 1850. First edition. 8 handcolored plates by Alfred Ashley. 196 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original rose cloth covers framed in blind with gilt lozenge of officer on horseback on upper cover spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Some spotting and discoloration of cloth without the two inserted leaves of publisher's advertisements mentioned by Wolff else a very good copy with the bookplate of James George Robarts. First edition. 8 handcolored plates by Alfred Ashley. 196 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Sadleir 1223; Wolff 3294 J. & D. A. Darling unknown books
1938réf. 1419247New York: International Workers Order 1938. First Edition. Saddle-stitched. Octavo 31 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's blue printed wraps. Rubbing along extremities heaviest on spine. Open tear at head of spine. Age toning and moderate soiling to covers. Creasing to corners of covers and in top corners of textblock. Light age toning throughout interior. Shelved in Case 3. Robert and Ann Doyle met Langston Hughes when Robert was at the Chicago Tribune's radio station WGN and he hosted Hughes for a broadcast hour. Robert Doyle served as the Time Shanghai bureau chief in 1948. One of the last evacuees from Nanking he then established a bureau office in Hong Kong. He was killed in Java in April of 1950 and Hughes' was the first cable to arrive in Hong Kong for Ann. "Two Americans Are Found Slain On Jeep Journey in Central Java; One Victim Is R.J. Doyle of Time Magazine The Other Is Believed to Be Professor Raymond Kennedy of Yale" THE NEW YORK TIMES April 29 1950 Page 3. Includes the poem "Let America be America Again." 1419247. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. International Workers Order unknown books
1976réf. 1010Kuo-fengMAO ZEDONG or Tse-Tung CHINA PICTORIAL memorial issue devoted to the Funeral of Chairman Mao lavishly illustrated throughout with colored or b/w photographs following the death of China's supreme leader on 9th September 1976. Original Chinese text. On page 13 there is reproduced a photograph of Chairman Hua Guofeng or Kuo-feng with a separate printed picture of that same image the Chairman reading Mao's eulogy at his funeral ceremony. Folio ii 60 ii; pictorial printed wrappers slight wear and light soiling consistent with age. paperback books
1984réf. 321102Covelo: Yolla Bolly Press Carolyn & James Robertson 1984. Hardcover. xv 194p. 8x10.25 inches prefaces stories illustrations afterword colophon states: This book was designed by James & Carolyn Robertson. The type is Spectrum set by monotype at Mackenzie-Harris Corp. and bound by hand at The Yolla Bolly Press. Pages were printed by letterpress on Ragston SN book paper at the Yolla Bolly Press Jim Wehlage pressman. The book was bound at The Schuberth Bindery. The edition is limited to 220 copies of which 200 are offered for sale. This is copy number H signed by Gold & Prochnow Fine in chocolate brown linen cloth and gilt and near-fine slipcase with paper title label on spine. Originally published in 1936 by Random House. This fine press edition comes from the personal library of Herbert Gold. Yolla Bolly Press, Carolyn & James Robertson hardcover books
1890réf. 4872New York: For the Author ca. 1890. First Edition. Somewhat later neat cloth. Very good; remains of small white label on the title. 8vo 32pp. 81 leaves of plates. An unusual privately printed atlas of microscopic diatoms. The OCLC entry is not clear about the author and lists it under two distinct authors. This copy traveled form New York to Germany. It is bound with a 19th century Berlin bookseller's ticket Friedlander on the front pastedown. The plates are photo-lithographic renderings of hand drawn illustrations of the diatoms seen through lens of a microscope. For the Author hardcover books
1991réf. 210259New York: HarperCollins 1991. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 398 pages. An earlier memoir from legendary musician Brian Wilson written with the Todd Gold. The title of the book is of course taken from one of Wilson's classic Beach Boy songs. A clean and tight near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a close to near fine dust jacket with some minor wear and some very slight loss to the verso of the dust jacket at the base of the spine where an old protector was adhered. Signed and inscribed by Wilson on the front free endpaper. HarperCollins unknown books
1961réf. 129183Milano: Rizzoli Editore 1961. Hardbound. VG/VG- light wear to extremities of dj. in VG slipcase. A large weighty book. Green cloth with color pictorial glossy dustjacket all contained in a custom slipcase. Appx. 105 pp. 115 mostly color plates tipped-in to the text portion and 42 full-sheet color plates many of them folding. A most impressive book both by its content and its volumetric displacement. Text is in Italian. Transit mass would be 272 ounces. A stunning production detailing the work of Carpaccio in the Church of San Giorgio Degli Schiavoni. Rizzoli Editore hardcover books
1872réf. 1012GOLD MINES ORTON James: UNDERGROUND TREASURES: How and Where to Find Them. A Key for the ready determination of all the useful minerals within the United States. Hartford Conn: Worthington Dustin 1872. Six page illustrations including an illuminated gold nugget California on its pictorial half-title. 8vo 137pp; original cloth with gilt-stamped pictorial title on front cover gilt-lettered spine. First edition an early introduction to mining and mineralogy for the non-specialist to discover precious value in rocks with ways for testing diamonds gold silver copper lead and iron with final chapters on discoveries in California and Nevada. Worthington Dustin, hardcover books
1853réf. BK0069Glasgow Scotland 1853. Autograph letter signed for John & Robert Tennent by G. R. Tennent to D. Gibb & Co. San Francisco. Received by the steamer Winfield Scott September 20 1853. 1 p. 8 ½ x 10 ½ inches. Light wear; very good. A Gold Rush commercial letter documenting the movement and valuation of California gold within the transatlantic financial system. Writing from Glasgow to the San Francisco firm of D. Gibb & Co. John & Robert Tennent acknowledge a remittance of gold dust valued at $5092 and explain why the transaction produced a poorer return than a conventional bill of exchange. The specie had been sold in London for £1001 12s. 6d. The firm then added sixty days' interest and deducted marine insurance in order to compare the net proceeds with the value of a draft. Their calculation left a balance of £15 18s. 6d. in their favor which they instructed the California merchants to include in their next remittance: "Referring to your remittance of gold dust we regret to inform you that as it was unauthorized on our part we presume that you cannot object to our placing the proceeds to your Credit under deduction of the difference between such proceeds and a remittance by Bill." The letter also records £174 9s. 7d. in freight payable at San Francisco on goods shipped aboard the Kate and refers to an enclosed summary of exports sent to California during the month of July. A concise but useful account of the practical economics of Gold Rush remittances showing the comparison between specie and bills of exchange together with the costs of interest insurance freight and transatlantic shipment. . unknown books
1802réf. 54267Boston: Printed by Russell and Cutler 1802. Dedicated to John Quincy Adams this work contains anonymously written letters collected from the New York COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER commenting on issues of the day particularly Mary Wollstonecraft's RIGHTS OF WOMEN. Attributed by Shaw & Shoemaker to Samuel Knapp though the Library of Congress gives Silliman as the author. 152pp. Half title. Contemporary tree calf spine gilt with leather label. Hinges cracked spine ends and corners worn. Bookplate and library pocket on endpapers. Light foxing and toning. Good. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 2490. hardcover books
1805réf. 1402716New York 1805-1809. A collection of five New York Supreme Court writs and summons documents dated from between 1805 to 1809. Each sheet contains handwritten legal notations case details clerk signatures and embossed state seals. In Very Good condition. Light overall age-toning with scattered foxing and mild surface wrinkling. Embossed and foil seals remain present and largely intact with minor rubbing from handling. Original fold lines visible from storage. Edges and corners show light wear including a small close tear of approximately 0.5" along the lower left margin of one document. RW Consignment. Shelved at Rockville Room A General Ephemera Part 2. These writs executed by clerks such as Fairlie & Bloodgood and Breese summon parties in a variety of civil cases most involving debt and judgment: 1. Montgomery Co. 1808 -Partially printed writ of summons with Arthur Breese named as clerk printed bearing the gilt seal of the New York Supreme Court. Summons Timothy Moors to answer in a case brought by John Haggerty and David Austin leading New York auctioneers who together operated the powerhouse firm Haggerty & Austin dominant in city auction circles in the early 19th century. Attorney listed as "T Sill" Theodore Sill partner to Thomas Ruggles Gold. A vivid example of the Court's extension into upstate counties through its Utica office. 2. Cortland Co. 1809 - writ of summons for Samuel Sheldon in a case brought by John Bissell likewise partially printed with Arthur Breese named as clerk printed with gilt seal. Attorney named as "Theodr. Sill" Theodore Sill partner to Thomas Ruggles Gold 3. Montgomery Co. 1805 - Partially printed writ which names James Fairlie and Francis Bloodgood as clerks printed. Summons Jonas Dillingback and names attorneys Gold & Sill Thomas Ruggles Gold and Theodore Sill of Whitesboro a distinguished Federalist political duo and influential legal partners. 4. Albany Co. 1806 - Fully manuscript writ of execution signed as Fairlie and Bloodgood clerks demanding that the Sheriff enforce payment by Joseph Lyon to Thomas and Garrit Storm. The Storms were members of a prominent New York mercantile family; Thomas Storm 1748-1833 served as Speaker of the New York Assembly 1802-03. Attorney of record: "Graham." 5. Washington Co. 1809 - manuscript writ of summons signed as Fairlie Bloodgood and Breese in what appears to be at least two distinct hands naming J. Russell as attorney summoning Absalom Daley and William Johnson to answer Simon Willard. The documents show the transition from fully manuscript legal process to printed blanks filled in by clerks and bear the signatures of early Supreme Court clerks: James Fairlie Harmanus Bleecker Bloodgood and Arthur Breese. James Fairlie 1757-1830: Revolutionary War officer served as aide-de-camp to General Steuben later Clerk of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature for the New York City office 1798-1820. Prominent in Federalist circles he was also a Regent of the University of the State of New York. His long tenure as clerk makes his name common on early 19th-century Supreme Court writs. Francis Bloodgood 1775-1840: Clerk of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature at Albany 1797-1825 and later served twice as Mayor of Albany. A central figure in Albany's legal and civic world his career spanned both law and politics and he is remembered for helping administer the highest state court during a formative period. Arthur Breese 1770-1825: Princeton graduate 1790 lawyer and influential in Oneida County politics. Appointed Clerk of the New York Supreme Court at Utica in 1808 overseeing the new western division of the court until his death in 1825. He was the father of Sidney Breese later U.S. Senator from Illinois and Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court. His clerkship marked the expansion of the state's judicial system into western New York. 1402716. Special Collections - Upstairs. unknown books
1968réf. 321141New York: Harcourt Brace & World 1968. Hardcover. 213p. warm personal inscription to Herb and Melissa Gold signed as Dan by the author very good first edition stated in yellow cloth boards and unclipped dj with tiny closed tear at head of spine and a tiny closed cut at front hinge. From Herb Gold's personal library. The author's second novel concerns an industrial spill that contaminates a couple with radioactive dust which is then spread to the neighborhood. Keyes is best known for "Flowers for Algernon" the basis of the film "Charly" and "The Minds of Billy Milligan" filmed as a limited series "The Crowded Room" starring Tom Holland. Harcourt Brace & World hardcover books
1725réf. 43116Lugduni Batavorum Leiden: Apud Abrahamum Kallewier 1725. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Octavo 8 x 7". 28 883 33pp. Contemporary full parchment with handwritten title in ink to spine. Title page in red and black lettering. Title vignette. Decorative headpiece and initials. Written by Johannes Marck 1656-1731 a Dutch reformed theologian and Church historian this Old Testament commentary provides an exhaustive look at many verses from Genesis 1-9 to 24-25 to Daniel 1; 16. Binding partly soiled / age-toned and darkened along spine. Ex-library on inside of front cover. Minor and sporadic foxing throughout. Text in Latin. Binding in overall good interior in good to very good condition. Apud Abrahamum Kallewier hardcover books
1633réf. 1409373Lugduni Batavorum Leiden: Joannis Maire 1633. Hardcover. 12mo 36 613 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in early vellum with faded illegible writing on spine. Tearing up rear hinge with a large chunk of material missing from tail of spine. Yapped edges. Edges of textblock dyed. Adhesive residue to endpapers. Bookplate to front pastedown. Light foxing scattered throughout interior. Contemporary signature to front free endpaper dated 1633. Shelved in Case 3. USTC: 1011674. Signatures in 8 and 12. Vegtius was a Roman citizen writing during the late 4th century/early fifth century. "De re militari" is his treatise on Roman military principles. It gained a renewed popularity as a manual on warfare during the Middle Ages. 1409373. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Joannis Maire hardcover books
1897réf. Cat358New York: Willis Woodward & Co 1897. Folio sheet music complete. Illustrated color lithograph title page by Robert Teller. Covers detached contents complete good with lithographed cover in particularly bright and attractive condition. Sheet music issued at the height of the Klondike Gold Rush capitalizing directly on the surge of public interest following the discoveries in the Yukon in 1896–1897. The lithographed title page signed in style by Robert Teller shows a dramatic scene of prospectors working a gold deposit in the mountains with two miners in the foreground bent over a pile of freshly uncovered gold tools in hand. Theodore August Metz was a German-born musician trained on violin in Hanover who emigrated to the United States and worked various trades before establishing himself as a bandleader and composer in Chicago’s late 19th-century popular music scene. He achieved national prominence with “There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight” 1896–97 a widely performed marching tune that became especially popular during the Spanish-American War and in minstrel and touring band repertories. OCLC 726910235 locating a single copy at the Levy Collection. Willis Woodward & Co unknown books
1734réf. 43194Tubingae Tübingen: Jo. Georgii Cottae & Jo. Rudolphi Im Hoff 1734. Editio Nova New edition. Hardcover. poor to vg. Folio 15 1/4 x 10 1/4". 24 1300 36pp. Contemporary full calf. Title page in red and black lettering. Title vignette. Decorative initials and tailpieces. Book housed in a modern orange cloth covered clamshell box with gold lettering to spine. Written by Johannes Marckius 1656-1731 a Dutch reformed theologian and Church historian and edited by Christoph Matthäus Pfaff 1686-1760 a German theologian these commentaries on the twelve minor prophets are divided into the following two parts: - In Vol. 1 are featured Marckius' commentaries on Hoseah; Joel; Amos; Obadiah; Jonah; and Micah. - In Vol. 2: are featured Marckius' commentaries on Nahum; Habbakuk; Zephaniah; Haggai; Zechariah; and Malachi Binding heavily rubbed with abrasion to leather on spine. Both hinges starting. Ex-library bookplate on inside of front cover. Minor to moderate sporadic foxing throughout. Text in Latin with some Hebrew and Greek. Clamshell box in overall very good binding in poor interior in good to very good condition. Jo. Georgii Cottae & Jo. Rudolphi Im Hoff hardcover books
1975réf. 909721975. Seino or Nishino Tomi 西野ã¨ã¿. Daradarakei 茶羅茶羅経. Shikaban ç§å®¶ç‰ˆ Privately published. 昭和50 1975 . 20.4 x 8.5cm slim volume with cream paper wrappers opens Japanese style and has a centered title slip stenciled in dark red ink with a brown background. Inside wrappers and free end papers are single sheets of dark blue paper. 20 inner cho are fukuoro-style with a single sheet colophon stenciled in red ink with a brown background. A limitation of 30 this is labeled number 16. Privately published. The 30 x 11cm outer wrapper is an envelope made of handmade paper that opens at the top with a centered laid-down title slip that is stencil printed in dark red ink. The title may be read as wordplay “The Gospel of Excess.” The book is rectangular and shaped like a sutra further contributing to the idea that this is “punny” erotica. Each cho has two stencils on one side one above the other with the other side blank. The top stencils are Japanese characters that describe the image below and are done in brown ink on a light brown background while the bottom stencil is in black ink on a light brown background. Many of the latter images are of figures most nudes both representational and abstract. The artist is believed to be Seino or Nishino Tomi 西野ã¨ã¿. Good condition. A well-done work of katazome 型染 stencil print designs. unknown books
1734réf. 24539Venetiis: Typis Johan: Mariae Lazzaroni 1734. First Edition printed in Italy. Two volumes. Quarto pp. iv 480; ii 356 xxiv. Bound with 9 folding engraved plates. Title-page in volume one printed in red and black. Bound with the half-title in volume 1 in contemporary vellum. One hinge strarting a little bit o/w a very nice clean crisp set. The OCLC locates 4 copies in this country of 6:CIT STA TYC LRU. Archbishop of Canterbury Potter was a learned classical scholar and first published this work in 1697-1698. It was translated into German and considered the standard for years. It contains a study of the civil government of Athens the religion of Greece; the military affairs of the Grecians. Some of their miscellaneous customs etc. Typis Johan: Mariae Lazzaroni unknown books
1762réf. 249483Paris: de l'Imprimeries de H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour 1762. 42 pp. 7 full page engraved plates. 1 vols. Folio 18 x 12 inches. Contemporary drab wrappers uncut . Fine. 42 pp. 7 full page engraved plates. 1 vols. Folio 18 x 12 inches. From Description des arts et métiers. de l'Imprimeries de H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour] unknown books
1712réf. 34981London 1712. 16pp. Trimmed close minor toning. Good. Disbound. An anonymous political work that has been attributed over the centuries to both Jonathan Swift and Mary de la Rivière Manley. Most sources identify Manley as the author; she was an English author and pamphleteer who was famous for presenting political screeds disguised as romances or satire. A rare pamphlet either in institutions or the market. ESTC N45508. unknown books
réf. 5391CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH. DS. 1pg. July 22 1850. Sacramento City California Territory. A demand note signed Barton Lee as a banker. The partially-printed note entitles the bearer to two hundred dollars plus 5% interest payable in gold dust one month hence. Barton Lee and Baker & Company was a popular Sacramento bank. California would become a state seven weeks later on September 9 1850. This interesting piece of California Gold Rush memorabilia is in very good condition with light wear. unknown books
1853réf. BK0072Volcano California 1853. Autograph letter signed "S. W. Leonard" to his uncle Joseph Winslow in Mansfield Massachusetts. 2 pp. 7 ½ x 9 ¾ inches. Folded letter with clear circular "VOLCANO / CAL." postmark and matching "10" rate handstamp. Light aging; very good. A Gold Rush letter from a miner who after traveling hundreds of miles through California believed he had finally found a promising claim and a community in which he could remain. Writing from Volcano in the middle mines of Calaveras County S. W. Leonard reports modest but steady earnings on Sutter Creek describes the speculative hopes of his six-man company and contrasts the settlement's families and Sunday meetings with the more transient camps he had left behind. Leonard and William Draper had spent the previous week working a claim about a mile from Volcano making "from five to eleven dollars a day a piece working about nine hours a day." The returns were respectable rather than spectacular but Leonard's hopes centered on another claim held by members of the company. Local reports told of a French miner who had taken as much as one hundred dollars from a single load there the previous year. The men had not yet reached the promising layer but were "in hopes it will provide as good as reported." The company consisted of Leonard William and James Draper Comey and Davis of Pawtucket and Clark of New York. They were paying seven dollars per week for board. Leonard expected to remain in California for years and believed that if his health held his prospects were "flattering." His optimism rested not only on the claims but on Volcano itself. After months of continual movement through the diggings he considered it "the best place that I have seen yet" since "I left Peoria" and hoped that he would never "be obliged to take another tramp of this kind." Volcano had already begun to take on the character of a permanent settlement; Leonard counted approximately forty families mostly from the western states and noted that religious meetings were held every Sunday: "There is no place of resort here for evil purposes and what people are here are steady working men." He closes without dramatic news but with the guarded confidence typical of the Gold Rush: a workable claim an untested prospect tolerable living costs and the hope that he had at last reached the end of his wandering. A representative letter from the California diggings recording the modest daily economics of mining and one emigrant's search for both a profitable claim and a stable community. . unknown books
1900réf. List3888Dawson North West Territory sic Yukon Territory 1900. A long 1900 letter from Frank S. Bell in Dawson written shortly before navigation closed for the winter. Bell explains that if he does not write at once he may not be able to send another letter for quite a while: "as the time is short before the boats stop running I will have to write tonight or I will not be able to send a letter for a month or six weeks for we can not send out or receive any mail after the boats tie up for the winter until the river freezes sufficiently hard to make it safe for the dog teams." Bell writes from an unfinished cabin; he and his companions had spent the day carrying in fifteen cords of wood and still needed to prepare the cabin for winter: "The boys have gone to bed to get warm. I have drawn a box up to the stove for a table filled the stove full of wood and am now very comfortably fixed for writing. We have not yet got our cabin lined for winter so it gets pretty cold nights and mornings." He gives a good account of Dawson under Canadian police regulation. Sunday labor required a permit public houses were closed gambling was allowed only if conducted fairly and "sure thing games" were not permitted: "It is against the law here to work on Sunday without getting a permit & if the police catch you at it they take you in the police regulations are very strict almost too much so sometimes but then it makes Dawson a pretty orderly place to all outside appearances. All gambling must be done on the square no sure thing games are permitted." Bell notes that Dawson where "Saloons & all public houses are closed on Sunday" is a "much more orderly town than it would be if it were on the American side." The letter also anticipates further gold rushes in Alaska likely the Fairbanks rush as Bell mentions activity in "Tanana country": "I think there will be a stampede into the Tanana country this winter & next spring; prospectors have been in there this summer and staked some claims but there was no way to get provision in there until the snow comes when they can sled it in with dogs . We may go down in the spring if we make money enough this winter for a grub stake." Bell is also unusually reflective about the psychology of the Klondike. He calls this his "last chase" but immediately admits the pull of the country: "There is a fascination about this Klondike country. People that leave here & go outside only remain away a short time before they want to get back. There is always that ripple of excitement & any day may bring tidings of another rich discovery somewhere. Everyone is here for the one purpose to get rich quick." He closes with practical comments on Dawson travel hospitals trained nurses and his hope to make enough money to enter business in Seattle. A good Dawson letter from the late Klondike period with content on winter travel and mail cabin life Canadian police regulation gambling Sunday laws theaters hospitals Seattle and Skagway travel and coming gold rushes. . unknown books
réf. 696929 pp. 8vo 206 x 132 mm. disbound stitched as issued. Paris: Henry & Olivier 1815. The scarce catalogue of an auction directed by Bon-Thomas Henry 1766-1836 first a painter then a respected dealer and tasteful collector. The supposed consigner “La Baronne de Vez” was very probably fictitious. This sale consisting mostly of Northern pictures offered 76 lots of paintings and 11 lots of engraved stones. Henry has contributed informative descriptions for most of the pictures. Attributed here to P. de Hooch lot 36 now at the Frick is today credited to Hendrik van der Burgh. Nice copy a little foxed. Stamp of the Bibliothèque Heim on upper wrapper. ⧠Lugt 8764. Oxford Art online Henry–“He studied under Charles Landon and Jean-Baptiste Regnault. In 1793 he began to deal in pictures and until 1812 spent part of his time travelling abroad mainly in Italy to increase his knowledge of art. In October 1816 he was appointed Commissaire-expert des Musées Royaux a post he held until his death. Between 1810 and 1830 he assembled an eclectic collection purchasing either privately or at sales among them the posthumous sales 1826 and 1827 of Vivant Denon. His tastes in Italian art ranged from the work of Fra Angelico to that of the 17th-century Bolognese masters…In 1834 Henry offered a large part of his collection to the town of Cherbourg and on 29 July 1835 a museum to house his works was opened on the second floor of the Hôtel de Ville; it was later named the Musée Thomas-Henry.”. unknown books
