[Moller, Lars or Steffen?]:Biblio.com
1905réf. 32109Godthaab Greenland ca.1905. Winter Sports of a Greenlandic Family An attractive image showing a family of Greenlanders sledding and skiing down a hill likely produced by Lars Møller Greenland's premier printer or by Møller's youngest son Steffen. The illustration shows a family of seven Greenland natives sledding down a hill while two other youngsters ski alongside with one of the skiers in the process of falling. Other winter sports enthusiasts cavort in the distance and the stark Greenland landscape is ably depicted. Lars Møller an accomplished printer and illustrator was the dominant figure in Greenlandic printing in the last quarter of the 19th century producing much of the printed output in the country. His son Steffen succeeded his father and produced impressive works in his own right including a native language speller from which this illustration may be an example. Worn along left edge small closed tears along top and bottom edges of center fold. Two old soft secondary fold lines. Good. Knud Oldendow The Spread of Printing: Western Hemisphere Greenland Amsterdam: Vangendt & Co. 1969 pp.68-69 and passim. unknown
1905réf. 32109Godthaab Greenland ca.1905. Winter Sports of a Greenlandic Family An attractive image showing a family of Greenlanders sledding and skiing down a hill likely produced by Lars Møller Greenland's premier printer or by Møller's youngest son Steffen. The illustration shows a family of seven Greenland natives sledding down a hill while two other youngsters ski alongside with one of the skiers in the process of falling. Other winter sports enthusiasts cavort in the distance and the stark Greenland landscape is ably depicted. Lars Møller an accomplished printer and illustrator was the dominant figure in Greenlandic printing in the last quarter of the 19th century producing much of the printed output in the country. His son Steffen succeeded his father and produced impressive works in his own right including a native language speller from which this illustration may be an example. Worn along left edge small closed tears along top and bottom edges of center fold. Two old soft secondary fold lines. Good. Knud Oldendow The Spread of Printing: Western Hemisphere Greenland Amsterdam: Vangendt & Co. 1969 pp.68-69 and passim. unknown books
1874réf. 72761np: np 1874. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 27 leaves 54 pages with 51 pages containing manuscript text. Recent brown paper wrappers neatly titled and dated "1874" in manuscript on the front cover. The first leaf is blank and bears a blind-embossed stamp reading "One Pride Only Writing Paper & Envelopes. Blank Books Cheap Leach 86 Nassau & 235 Greenwich St. N.Y." "7000" is written in pencil at the head of the front cover. The fourth page bears the heading "Log of Ship 'Valparaiso' Edmund S. Nianson Master From New York Towards San Francisco.Sailed May 11th 1875." The first entry however is dated May 11 1874 contradicting the heading. The log records weather coordinates speed lights sighted navigational and other shipboard activities days at sea and brief references to Cape Horn first mentioned on June 18. No specific information has been located concerning the Valparaiso or its master. Before the Panama Canal voyages from New York to San Francisco typically took four to six months and required rounding the notoriously hazardous Cape Horn. The voyage documented here took 137 days. np hardcover
1874réf. 72761np: np 1874. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 27 leaves 54 pages with 51 pages containing manuscript text. Recent brown paper wrappers neatly titled and dated "1874" in manuscript on the front cover. The first leaf is blank and bears a blind-embossed stamp reading "One Pride Only Writing Paper & Envelopes. Blank Books Cheap Leach 86 Nassau & 235 Greenwich St. N.Y." "7000" is written in pencil at the head of the front cover. The fourth page bears the heading "Log of Ship 'Valparaiso' Edmund S. Nianson Master From New York Towards San Francisco.Sailed May 11th 1875." The first entry however is dated May 11 1874 contradicting the heading. The log records weather coordinates speed lights sighted navigational and other shipboard activities days at sea and brief references to Cape Horn first mentioned on June 18. No specific information has been located concerning the Valparaiso or its master. Before the Panama Canal voyages from New York to San Francisco typically took four to six months and required rounding the notoriously hazardous Cape Horn. The voyage documented here took 137 days. np hardcover books
1837réf. 202347Venice: In Insula S. Lazari 1837. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed. Full leather binding with gilt lettering & decoration to spine gilt ruled borders on both boards all edges gilt marbled endpapers engraved frontispiece and title page 6-1/4" x 4” 434 pp. Aucher’s name appears in three different versions on the first leaf: Armenian transliterated Armenian and Latin dated 1847. George Gordon Lord Byron traveled to the Island of St. Lazar where Father Pascal Aucher 1774-1854 taught him Armenian. Together they published Grammar of the English and Armenian Languages in 1819 and contributed to Aucher’s 1821 English Armenian Dictionary. Byron was devoted to the Armenian language writing: “I learned the language of the Armenians in order to understand how and what language the Gods spoke for the Armenian language is the language of the Gods and Armenia is the homeland of the Gods and the Gods come from the Ararat valley.”A translation of twenty-four prayers one for each hour of the day of St. Nerses the Graceful translated into twenty-four languages. This is the culmination of an effort that first had 6 10 14 and then 16 translations. This effort was likely from many of the Mekhitarist monks at San Lazzaro degli Armeni. The monastery was founded in 1715 by twelve monks; when Byron visited there were 70; today there are 12 monks and five novices. Despite the small population St. Lazzaro has been a major center of Armenian studies for centuries and still maintains the third-largest library of Armenian materials in the world. This polyglot prayer book is notable not just for its place in Armenian history and the spread of Orthodoxy but it is also a typographic success in acquiring the various fonts. In Insula S. Lazari hardcover
1837réf. 202347Venice: In Insula S. Lazari 1837. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed. Full leather binding with gilt lettering & decoration to spine gilt ruled borders on both boards all edges gilt marbled endpapers engraved frontispiece and title page 6-1/4" x 4” 434 pp. Aucher’s name appears in three different versions on the first leaf: Armenian transliterated Armenian and Latin dated 1847. George Gordon Lord Byron traveled to the Island of St. Lazar where Father Pascal Aucher 1774-1854 taught him Armenian. Together they published Grammar of the English and Armenian Languages in 1819 and contributed to Aucher’s 1821 English Armenian Dictionary. Byron was devoted to the Armenian language writing: “I learned the language of the Armenians in order to understand how and what language the Gods spoke for the Armenian language is the language of the Gods and Armenia is the homeland of the Gods and the Gods come from the Ararat valley.”A translation of twenty-four prayers one for each hour of the day of St. Nerses the Graceful translated into twenty-four languages. This is the culmination of an effort that first had 6 10 14 and then 16 translations. This effort was likely from many of the Mekhitarist monks at San Lazzaro degli Armeni. The monastery was founded in 1715 by twelve monks; when Byron visited there were 70; today there are 12 monks and five novices. Despite the small population St. Lazzaro has been a major center of Armenian studies for centuries and still maintains the third-largest library of Armenian materials in the world. This polyglot prayer book is notable not just for its place in Armenian history and the spread of Orthodoxy but it is also a typographic success in acquiring the various fonts. In Insula S. Lazari hardcover books
1928réf. 404840New York: Syrian-American Press 1928. A very good copy internally clean the front wrapper with large chip at fore-edge. 8vo. Frontispiece by Kahlil Gibran. Original printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY inscribed on the front flyleaf in Arabic: "Ila Akhiy Jawaad ‘Arid To my brother Jawaad ‘Arid Rashid Ayyub." This is the second of the three volumes of verse published by the Lebanese-born poet Rashid Ayyub 1872-1941 nicknamed the "complaining" or "dervish" poet. It's frontispiece is a characteristic image by Kahlil Gibran Jubran Kahlil Jibran. As a merchant he visited Paris and Manchester and later emigrated to New York where he joined the romantic movement of the Mahjar "exiled" poets founding with other writers al-R bi a al-Qalamiyya the first Arab-American literary society. A scarce title especially inscribed. Syrian-American Press unknown
1928réf. 404840New York: Syrian-American Press 1928. A very good copy internally clean the front wrapper with large chip at fore-edge. 8vo. Frontispiece by Kahlil Gibran. Original printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY inscribed on the front flyleaf in Arabic: "Ila Akhiy Jawaad ‘Arid To my brother Jawaad ‘Arid Rashid Ayyub." This is the second of the three volumes of verse published by the Lebanese-born poet Rashid Ayyub 1872-1941 nicknamed the "complaining" or "dervish" poet. It's frontispiece is a characteristic image by Kahlil Gibran Jubran Kahlil Jibran. As a merchant he visited Paris and Manchester and later emigrated to New York where he joined the romantic movement of the Mahjar "exiled" poets founding with other writers al-R bi a al-Qalamiyya the first Arab-American literary society. A scarce title especially inscribed. Syrian-American Press unknown books
1864réf. 42016Boston: Press of Geo. C. Rand & Avery 3 Cornhill 1864. 31 1 blank pp. Stitched in original dark wrappers with gilt lettering and decorative border. Fine. The Company property consists of about fifty acres in the Waverley Gold District "about twelve miles from Halifax N. S." A quarter mile away is excellent inexpensive housing for miners in the town of Waverley. "This mine will yield a large per cent. upon a capital of one million dollars." Accompanying reports fully justify this optimism. Not in TPL or Sabin. Not located on OCLC. Press of Geo. C. Rand & Avery, 3 Cornhill unknown
1864réf. 42016Boston: Press of Geo. C. Rand & Avery 3 Cornhill 1864. 31 1 blank pp. Stitched in original dark wrappers with gilt lettering and decorative border. Fine. The Company property consists of about fifty acres in the Waverley Gold District "about twelve miles from Halifax N. S." A quarter mile away is excellent inexpensive housing for miners in the town of Waverley. "This mine will yield a large per cent. upon a capital of one million dollars." Accompanying reports fully justify this optimism. Not in TPL or Sabin. Not located on OCLC. Press of Geo. C. Rand & Avery, 3 Cornhill unknown books
réf. 0006888San Francisco: The Bancroft Company 1893. First edition. Very Good. 12mo 64 pages 3/4 morocco scuffed marbled boards original pink wrappers bound in. Ex libris Cyrus H. McCormick son of the inventor; he was Chairman of International Harvester Corp. Scarce WorldCat cites only 9 copies. Bennett was the Editor of "Bennett's Own" a weekly Hawaiian newspaper. He also authored the HONOLULU DIRECTORY and SKETCHES OF HAWAIIAN HISTORY. Forbes 4409 . The Bancroft Company hardcover
1987réf. 010064New York: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1987. First Edition. hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Illustrated with photographs. SIGNED by the former President on the front free endpaper. Doubleday & Company, Inc. hardcover books
1754réf. 039022Posnaniae Poznan Poland: Typis Clari Collegii Societatis Jesu 1754. 2nd Edition of Volume 2 . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 920pp.; HB brown marbled leather w/raised bands - backstrip missing; heavy rub & wear; binding exposed @spine; PON 1852front paste down.; heavily tanned pages w/some foxing; easily readable; hinges cracked; last pg. detached included. title continues: " Praemissae funt . Idem Index Verborum primi Tomi ab Auctore confectus recenti Editioni exacte correctae ac multum auctae ACCOMMODATUS. Latin-Polish dictionary supplemented w/German words. Polish lexicography 1st ed. of vol.2 pub. 1626 resumed. This volume is an edition supplemented at the end of the 17th century w/German vocabulary and Latin phrases absent in earlier editions. It allows you to use a dictionary without Vol.1 English-Latin very rare Typis Clari Collegii Societatis Jesu hardcover
1850réf. DEMO015143ILille France: L. Lefort 1850. Stated Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. steel-engraved frontispiece. 8vo 258 pages 20th century half sprinkled calf marbled boards original wrappers bound in place. Needs to be read with de Smet's LETTERS AND SKETCHES . AMONG THE INDIAN TRIBES OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS 1843 which contains several letters not included in this French text; but this French text "contains material not found in the English - Wagner-Camp-Becker 113a:5." Howes M288; Graff 3831; Monaghan 1332. Binding by "Reliure Francais". Issued in the Bibliotheque Historique et Morale this is actually the Third French Edition. Steel-engraved frontispiece. L. Lefort hardcover
1795réf. 25158Paris: Chez Maradan 1795. 1st edition. Leather. Very Good. 1st edition. 3 volume set complete. A Very Good set. 8vos. Vol.1 xvi 422; Vol.2 viii 456; Vol.3 viii 471 pp. illustrated with 7 numbered folding plates. Bound in period full speckled calf; with boards and spine decorated with gilt fillets and spine compartment designs. Title and volume on tan morocco labels. End papers and all edges marbled. Boards moderately rubbed at the edges. Parts of the title labels on vol. 2&3 missing. Text in French. An attractive set. Chez Maradan unknown
réf. 003310New York: The New York Public Library 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. 25 ipp. Reprinted from the Bulletin of the New York Public Library of January 1928. Publisher's original printed wrappers within library boards. With plates. Although there are no ownership inscriptions this item came from a large collection of bibliographical items belonging to Lawrence Wroth along with items from A.N.L. Munby and Thomas Streeter's collections. Presentation from Lathrop C. Harper the celebrated New York book dealer to Henrietta C. Bartlett the Shakespeare scholar and bibliographer who in turn had gifted it to Yale University. With her gift bookplate to Yale University and their 'Discard' stamp over the bookplate. A fabulous copy associated with many of the luminaries of the twentieth-century American book world. 0 New York: The New York Public Library, 1928. hardcover
1779réf. 6640Francesco's tribute to his father who had died the year before. Tear to left side see image and generally wavy appearance.
1903réf. 111111111513Samuel Buckley & Co 1903. Hardcover. Good. Samuel Buckley & Co.; New York 1903. Hardcover. Book is limited to 250 numbered copies. This book is number 131. A Good Only blue cloth binding with paper label on spine heavily deckled fore-edge and bottom text block edges moderate handling/rub marks and discoloration to boards sunned spine paper label partially worn of age toning to pages crimping to spine edges bending and small abrasions to board corners small abrasion bottom front board edge few uncut pages spine buckram separating from back material fading to pastedown/endpaper margins dusty top text block edge starting hinges without Dust wrapper. A good and unmarked copy. 4toquarto or approx. 11.5 x 13.5 inches 259pp. indexed b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. Samuel Buckley & Co hardcover
1909réf. 597297Pennsylvania 1909. Unbound. Good. Two Real Photo Postcards. Each measuring approximately 3½" x 5½". Versos soiled recto of one with a bit of ink bleed-through and the other with shallow loss good only. Two brief 1909 postcards from "Geo." or "G.H." to a Miss Mary Anderson of Jersey Shore Pennsylvania; it seems "Geo." may have taken a liking to her. Each card has a 1909 Harrisburg & Erie postmark. Sadly a later note penciled on the verso of one card states that young G.H. died in April of 1910. A worn but handsome pair of images. unknown
1909réf. 597297Pennsylvania 1909. Unbound. Good. Two Real Photo Postcards. Each measuring approximately 3½" x 5½". Versos soiled recto of one with a bit of ink bleed-through and the other with shallow loss good only. Two brief 1909 postcards from "Geo." or "G.H." to a Miss Mary Anderson of Jersey Shore Pennsylvania; it seems "Geo." may have taken a liking to her. Each card has a 1909 Harrisburg & Erie postmark. Sadly a later note penciled on the verso of one card states that young G.H. died in April of 1910. A worn but handsome pair of images. unknown books
1837réf. 4940London: Longman Rees Orme Brown Green & Longman 1837. First edition. References: Ibrahim-Hilmy i 310; Kalfatovic 0338. Fine. 22 cm; xvi 338 i.e. 341 pages map and 20 engraved plates 3 of them folding. Bound in recent half leather over marbled boards in period style. Marbled edges. Ownership inscription of W. Cushman of Watertown. Living in Luxor in 1836 Hoskins traveled with Robert Hay and Frederick Catherwood to the oases of Libya where he ran into Joseph Bonomi. "A good account" Kalfatovic illustrated with maps and engravings from Hoskins's own drawings. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, unknown
1837réf. 4940London: Longman Rees Orme Brown Green & Longman 1837. First edition. References: Ibrahim-Hilmy i 310; Kalfatovic 0338. Fine. 22 cm; xvi 338 i.e. 341 pages map and 20 engraved plates 3 of them folding. Bound in recent half leather over marbled boards in period style. Marbled edges. Ownership inscription of W. Cushman of Watertown. Living in Luxor in 1836 Hoskins traveled with Robert Hay and Frederick Catherwood to the oases of Libya where he ran into Joseph Bonomi. "A good account" Kalfatovic illustrated with maps and engravings from Hoskins's own drawings. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, unknown books
1938réf. 9564Manipay Sri Lanka 1938. Very good. Two albums leather over board: one 4¾" x 7¼" string-tied; one 8" x 10½" metal brads. A total of 164 B&W and sepia photographs corner-mounted to 86 pages 4 photos laid in 34 pp. blank. Photos range from 1½" x 1" to 6" x 8" and 19 are captioned. One album good due to lacking front board else very good or better: light scuffing to covers; one album with moderate offsetting to pages not affecting photos; a few photos spotted; a few loose or chipped; 1 taped and 1 may be lacking. This is a great collection of photos showing the life and work of Dr. William John Jameson who spent 15 years transforming the first hospital and medical school in Sri Lanka. Rev. Dr. John Scudder the first medical missionary to Ceylon arrived in 1819 and began what is believed to be the first medical mission dispensary in the world. In 1848 Dr. Samuel Fisk Green founded Sri Lanka's first hospital and medical school which came to be known as Green Memorial Hospital GMH. Jameson was a missionary doctor from Auburndale Massachusetts who came with his wife to Manipay in 1923. Son William Jr. and daughter Gladys were born there in quick succession and per limited histories we found online and evidence in present photos the family was esteemed in their community. According to the Jaffna Medical Journal Vol. 16 No. 1 March 1981 Jameson: "transformed this hospital scene for the next 15 years and enjoyed tremendous popularity . . . He was an able surgeon: he performed over 500 operations annually; an efficient administrator and fluent in Tamil . . . He secured grants from the Government and donations from the people and erected several buildings and built up endowments . . . raised the professional standard of his assistants by sending the doctors for postgraduate training abroad . . . equipped the hospital with X-ray plant ECG recorder BMR apparatus and Choul apparatus for the treatment of cancer." The family stayed in Manipay until 1938. The namesake Jameson Block at GMH has 18 rooms for neuro-rehabilitation is the first and as of 2024 still the only such service in Sri Lanka's Northern Province. These albums mainly hold family photos and nearly all the captions point out young "Billy" including a shot with his "birthday presents - Temple given by natives." A 1927 greeting card has a photo of Gladys and a poem: "This is my year / To send Christmas cheer / And a glimpse of me / In my first saree / Billy Mother and Dad / Share Greetings with 'Little Glad' / Mission Bungalow Manipay Ceylon." There are also large fantastic shots of native nurses all in white including "Miss McNeil and 1st Graduating Class of" GMH as well as what seem to be hospital staff and community elders some in saris some in suits. Two images reveal the "Governor's visit" and we see Jameson with a cake iced to celebrate the hospital's 75th anniversary. There are about a dozen views of hospital buildings beds and inner workings like the "1st portion of non-paying ward" and a great series of ten shows natives gathered - cooking dancing playing instruments - as the doctor and his family stand in what appears to be a central position of honor. Lovely photographs of an important missionary doctor his family and hospital work in Sri Lanka. unknown
1938réf. 9564Manipay Sri Lanka 1938. Very good. Two albums leather over board: one 4¾" x 7¼" string-tied; one 8" x 10½" metal brads. A total of 164 B&W and sepia photographs corner-mounted to 86 pages 4 photos laid in 34 pp. blank. Photos range from 1½" x 1" to 6" x 8" and 19 are captioned. One album good due to lacking front board else very good or better: light scuffing to covers; one album with moderate offsetting to pages not affecting photos; a few photos spotted; a few loose or chipped; 1 taped and 1 may be lacking. This is a great collection of photos showing the life and work of Dr. William John Jameson who spent 15 years transforming the first hospital and medical school in Sri Lanka. Rev. Dr. John Scudder the first medical missionary to Ceylon arrived in 1819 and began what is believed to be the first medical mission dispensary in the world. In 1848 Dr. Samuel Fisk Green founded Sri Lanka's first hospital and medical school which came to be known as Green Memorial Hospital GMH. Jameson was a missionary doctor from Auburndale Massachusetts who came with his wife to Manipay in 1923. Son William Jr. and daughter Gladys were born there in quick succession and per limited histories we found online and evidence in present photos the family was esteemed in their community. According to the Jaffna Medical Journal Vol. 16 No. 1 March 1981 Jameson: "transformed this hospital scene for the next 15 years and enjoyed tremendous popularity . . . He was an able surgeon: he performed over 500 operations annually; an efficient administrator and fluent in Tamil . . . He secured grants from the Government and donations from the people and erected several buildings and built up endowments . . . raised the professional standard of his assistants by sending the doctors for postgraduate training abroad . . . equipped the hospital with X-ray plant ECG recorder BMR apparatus and Choul apparatus for the treatment of cancer." The family stayed in Manipay until 1938. The namesake Jameson Block at GMH has 18 rooms for neuro-rehabilitation is the first and as of 2024 still the only such service in Sri Lanka's Northern Province. These albums mainly hold family photos and nearly all the captions point out young "Billy" including a shot with his "birthday presents - Temple given by natives." A 1927 greeting card has a photo of Gladys and a poem: "This is my year / To send Christmas cheer / And a glimpse of me / In my first saree / Billy Mother and Dad / Share Greetings with 'Little Glad' / Mission Bungalow Manipay Ceylon." There are also large fantastic shots of native nurses all in white including "Miss McNeil and 1st Graduating Class of" GMH as well as what seem to be hospital staff and community elders some in saris some in suits. Two images reveal the "Governor's visit" and we see Jameson with a cake iced to celebrate the hospital's 75th anniversary. There are about a dozen views of hospital buildings beds and inner workings like the "1st portion of non-paying ward" and a great series of ten shows natives gathered - cooking dancing playing instruments - as the doctor and his family stand in what appears to be a central position of honor. Lovely photographs of an important missionary doctor his family and hospital work in Sri Lanka. unknown books
1693réf. H1280Napoli / Naples: Carlo Troyse 1693. Hardcover. Very Good. Large 8vo 8.5 x 6.25 inches bound in late 19th century half vellum and cloth boards red calf label gilt spine 10 211 1 pp with portrait and 18 folding copperplates — this may lack an engraved title page preceding the printed title — text fine binding a little worn and soiled some fading and discoloration to cloth boards. Very Good. Divided into four parts this military treatise discusses the use of trebuchets — machines used to hurl stones or projectiles especially over walls; “petardi” — encased bombs and explosives with remarks on the preparation of gunpowder; the arming of boats and ships; and a section on mines for land and sea and counter-mines. The first part in particular has a long and detailed discussion on various types of artillery mortars and explosive shells. The author was a vaunted artillery-man and military author born in Taranto in 1610. He participated as a miner in various sieges; in 1645 he was master bombardier in the citadel of Turin. He proved to be an expert bombardier in Asti and at the siege of Portolongone. In 1676 he published the first edition of Flagello Militare; a second edition came out in 1687 and this is the third edition. All editions are rare in the trade. Carlo Troyse hardcover
