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1943Best.-Nr. 606812Moscow: Der Emes 1943. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Slim small octavo. 15 1 pp. Text in Yiddish. Stapled wrappers bound and paginated in the Yiddish style. Halftone portrait of Diskin. Staple oxidized wrappers with very light tanning and soil very good or better. Diskin was an anti-tank gunner who destroyed four German tanks on Russian soil. Der Emes was a Yiddish-language Soviet newspaper. Der Emes] unknown books
1999Best.-Nr. 573405Los Angeles California: Tom of Finland Company 1999. Softcover. Fine. Magazine. Two volume set. Pictorial wrappers. Quartos. 64pp. 64pp. A fine set with illustrations in both color and black-and-white. Containing tributes to the American homoerotic artist Etienne by Jeff Kincaid Bob Yuhnke and Durk Dehner. Scarce gay erotica art with OCLC showing only 4 copies of Book 2 and only 1 copy of Book 1. Seldom found in trade. Tom of Finland Company unknown books
1904Best.-Nr. 551484Winnipeg: Free Press No-Rodeneletekteyar 1904. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Slim 24mo. 54pp. Text in Deg Hit'an also knowns as Deg Xinag or Ingalik. Fine in stiff pebbled wrappers. Interestingly the book has several contemporary ink corrections in the text. An uncommon Catholic prayer book and hymnal for the use of the Deg Hit people who live along the lower portion of the Yukon River in Alaska. Free Press No-Rodeneletekteyar unknown books
1979Best.-Nr. 543216New York: Clarkson N. Potter 1979. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition wrappered issue. Quarto. 214pp. Illustrated. Illustrated wrappers. Small owner label crease on rear cover else near fine. Clarkson N. Potter unknown books
1998Best.-Nr. 545755New York: Oxford University Press 1998. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Second printing. Small quarto. xxii 535pp. Fine in about fine dust jacket with spine lightly sunned. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1967Best.-Nr. 498710Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second printing. 205pp. Slightly cocked spine else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with rubbing. "The first work to analyze fully Faulkner's affirmative vision of life. University of Oklahoma Press hardcover books
1989Best.-Nr. 466923New York: Villard Books 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. 323 1 pp. Owner name inked twice on front endpapers and blindstamped on front fly near fine in a modestly worn very good dust jacket with a faint dampstain near the spine base. Villard Books hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 7010Many fine full-page woodcut illus. 46; 59 folding leaves. 8vo orig. yellow wrappers wrappers a little soiled orig. woodblock title-slips on upper covers labels a little soiled new stitching. Kyoto Osaka & Edo: 1808. First edition of one of the three most important Japanese works on orthopedic medicine. The book is based on Chinese medical science most notably the Sheng ji zong lu è–濟總錄 written in the 11th century and the Yi zong jin jian 醫宗金鑑 by Qian Wu active 1736-43 who also wrote the famous Yuzuan Yizong Jinjian 御纂醫宗金鑑 Imperially Commissioned Golden Mirror of Medical Learning published in 1742. Our work presents a system of surgical treatment to cure injuries to bones principally fractures and dislocations with instructions on how to stop bleeding and to bind or immobilize the injured part by bandaging. There is a substantial section on materia medica and the compounding of prescriptions considered essential to the treatment of bones in Japan. The numerous and fine woodcuts depict braces and corsets plasters manipulations bandaging techniques casts etc. Many of these techniques are clearly taken from Western medicine. Ninomiya 1754-1827 was a prominent medical doctor who laid down the foundations of orthopedic surgery in Japan. He studied in Nagasaki where he learned Western and Japanese techniques from Kogyu Yoshio 1724-1800 interpreter of Dutch and a famous physician and surgeon who had a "Western-style" room at his home in the city. After further study under a number of doctors throughout Japan including Gento Yoshiwara Ninomiya established himself in Edo where he had an extremely successful practice. After contracting syphilis as a baby from his wet nurse Ninomiya lost his nose and wore a artificial nose for the rest of his life. Nice set. Both volumes have some minor marginal dampstaining. ⧠Mestler A Galaxy of Old Japanese Medical Books III p. 152. unknown books
1859Best.-Nr. 423474Salt Lake City 1859. Unbound. Near Fine. A hand-colored sixth plate ambrotype portrait of a young man wearing what appears to be a battle shirt identified on the verso of the plate and in pencil on the paper lining behind the image as "Leivingston Moore. Salt Lake" and dated April 22nd 1859. Slight tarnish along perimeter of image; some tarnish on mat; lacking half of the leather covered case. According to Census records Livingston Moore was born in 1840 in Jamestown Missouri lived in St. Louis and finally died in Moran Missouri in 1911. Likely a Mormon Livingston Moore lived most of his life in Missouri which had a large Mormon population until The Missouri Mormon War took place in 1838 and forced more than 10000 Mormons to leave the state. Many settled near or in the city of Nauvoo Illinois. Moore's census records do not indicate why he was in Salt Lake City in 1859 but it is possible that he was sent there as a member of the Nauvoo Legion a militia employed by LDS leaders for protection of the community. Between May 1857 and July 1858 a confrontation between the Mormon settlers in the Utah Territory and the U.S. Federal Government took place referred to as the Utah War. This armed dispute stemmed from an attempt by President James Buchanan's administration to replace Brigham Young as governor of Utah Territory. Although the conflict was over by April 1859 it is conceivable that Moore may have been stationed in Salt Lake in case any additional uprisings occurred against the Mormons. unknown books
1960Best.-Nr. 413062New York: The Dial Press 1960. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Edges lightly sunned near fine in a near fine lightly rubbed dustwrapper. A novel. The Dial Press hardcover books
1918Best.-Nr. 413891Paris: Chez Devambez 1918. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Text by Roger Boutet de Monvel. Illustrations by Guy Arnoux. Oblong 16mo. String-tied illustrated wrappers. Dampstaining visible on first two leaves foxing throughout else about very good. Praise for the American allies with text and 12 illustrations in color inspired by World War One. Chez Devambez] unknown books
2003Best.-Nr. 402928New York: Penguin 2003. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Trade paperback. Fine. Penguin unknown books
1981Best.-Nr. 175452New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston 1981. Softcover. Good. Uncorr proof. Good in wrappers. Is uncorrected proof spine is yellowed corners bumped. Holt, Rinehart & Winston unknown books
Best.-Nr. 384317Unbound. Fine. Small watercolor illustration. Image approximately 4.5" x 4" on a 5" x 7.5" leaf. About fine. A lovely little painting of a well-dressed Chinese woman confronting soldiers Signed "Marjory Lane" and dated in 1921. Lane was a Chicago painter. unknown books
1972Best.-Nr. 382751Washington DC: New Classroom 1972. Unbound. Fine. Black corrugated box with folding flap containing two 60-minute audio cassettes. Measuring 4.25" x 7.25". Fine in original shrinkwrap with green broadsheet stating contents. A Fluxus-style literary magazine consisting of audio recordings of poetry by James Tate Jerome Rothenberg Dennis Schmitz Andrea Wyatt Michael Rossman Edmund Skellings Edward Gold Etheridge Knight Todd Gitlin Sha'ir Rasul Marge Piercy and Pablo Neruda. New Classroom unknown books
1963Best.-Nr. 354481New York: The Dial Press 1963. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 254pp. Fine with very light browning at endpapers in a near fine dustwrapper with very gentle wear at extremities. With essays by Nelson Algren James Baldwin Saul Bellow Herbert Blau George P. Elliot Herbert Gold Paul Goodman Elizabeth Hardwick Seymour Krim Mary McCarthy Arthur Miller Warren Miller William Saroyan William Styron Harvey Swados and Gore Vidal. The Dial Press hardcover books
1854Best.-Nr. 331498Boston & Cleveland: John P. Jewett and Jewett Proctor and Worthington 1854. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. 42pp. Printed green glazed wrappers. Early penciled owner's name splitting and slight erosion at the spine a very good copy. John P. Jewett and Jewett, Proctor and Worthington unknown books
2001Best.-Nr. 304350London: Sceptre 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. Although not marked in any way this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn. Sceptre hardcover books
1963Best.-Nr. 66738New York: Dial 1963. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Spine lettering worn else near fine in near fine spine tanned dustjacket with some light soiling and light wear to the bottom of the spine. Inscribed by the author. Dial hardcover books
1728Best.-Nr. 78892Paris: Chez Briasson 1728. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Text in French. 52pp. Bound in old but probably later unprinted wrappers. An ink blot on the inside of the front wrap slight foxing to the pages a near fine copy. An Italian-style comedy play. Very scarce. OCLC locates no copies of this edition and only three copies of a 1729 printing. Chez Briasson unknown books
1961Best.-Nr. 79234London: Andre Deutsch 1961. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First English edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Collection of short stories of all types of love; erotic passionate filial parental etc. Andre Deutsch hardcover books
1862Best.-Nr. 4120Rome: Tipografia delle Scienze Mathematiche e Fisiche 1862. Very good. 2 vols. folio. Numerous diagrams; occasional light spotting and foxing. Modern brown morocco uncut. In slipcases. EDITIO PRINCEPS OF THE WRITINGS OF FIBONACCI THE GREATEST MATHEMATICIAN OF THE MIDDLE AGES STILL THE ONLY COMPLETE EDITION PUBLISHED. IN THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS THIS UNABRIDGED EDITION OF THE LATIN TEXT IS ESSENTIAL AND WAS THE VEHICLE BY WHICH FIBONACCI'S WORKS WERE DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY CULTURE. Rare in private ownership. This copy which sold at Sotheby's forty years ago is the ONLY copy that has ever appeared at public auction according to Rare Book Hub which currently lists more than 15 million records in the Rare Book Transactions database; furthermore it is the only copy currently available on the market. Leonardo of Pisa ca. 1170-1250 a.k.a. Fibonacci is justly considered to be the most important mathematician of the Middle Ages if only for being the first Christian mathematician to systematically explain Arabic numerals. Indeed the mathematical renaissance in the West began with him according to George Sarton. The first volume contains the the 'Liber Abaci' devoted to problems of computation including algebraic quadratic problems; here Fibonnaci here introduces Arabic numerals the fraction bar and the numerical approach to square roots and cube roots. The second volume contains the 'Practica Geometriae' devoted to the application of algebra to geometric problems; 'Flos' written for Frederick II in answer to a number of mathematical problems posed by Magister Johannes; "Letter to Magister Theodorus" developing a general method for the solution of indeterminate problems; and finally the great "Liber quadratorum" described by Vogel as "a first-rate scientific achievement and showing Fibonacci as "a major number theorist." Vogel continues to assert correctly that Fibonacci was far ahead of his time without a successor until 1621 when Bachet made the text of Diophantus available which in turn stimulated Fermat in founding number theory. "In addition to the antique manuscripts there also undeniably exists however a vehicle that notwithstanding the inadequate and problematic access to the manuscript sources has spread the text of the Fibonaccian treatise throughout modern and contemporary culture: the well known Italian mathematician and historian of science Baldassarre Boncompagni Ludovisi in fact in his brilliant far-reaching project which brought into focus the personality of Fibonacci as well as his surviving works realized and published in Rome in 1857 i.e. THIS EDITION what can with ample justification be defined the editio princeps of the entire treatise." Germano. Despite the flaws in Boncompagni's work "it of course was a noteworthy editorial operation especially as it made available in print to a vast number of interested parties a work which had almost fallen into oblivion and that up to that time could be consulted only from its manuscript sources with all the difficulties and inconvenience which this could entail." Germano. It is fair to say that Fibonacci's contributions to mathematics languished unappreciated until the rediscovery of his texts and their presentation in the present -- surprisingly rare -- volumes. Despite its flaws Boncompagni's edition serves as the basis for only complete translation of the Liber Abici made into a modern language thus far namely Lawrence E. Sigler's "Fibonacci's Liber Abaci. A Translation into Modern English of Leonardo Pisano's Book of Calculation" 2002. Whereas Sigler corrected some errors he introduced many others usually on account of inability to understand and effectively translate the Renaissance Latin text. Before Boncompagni's edition only the "Prologus" and Chapter XV of Fibonacci's Liber Abaci had received a respectful circulation in print that was due to G. Libri's "Histoire des sciences mathématiques en Italie dépuis la renaissance des lettres jusqu'à la fin du dixseptième siècle" Paris 1838 vol. II respectively pp. 287-290 and 307-476. REFERENCES: Giuseppe Germano "The Modern Dissemination in Print of the 'Liber Abaci' and its Pitfalls" Part 3 of his New Editorial Perspectives on Fibonacci's Liber Abaci in: Reti Medievali Rivista 14:2 Firenze University Press 2013 pp. 161-163 and passim. George Sarton Introduction to the History of Science II p. 611 et seq. On Boncompagni see V. Cappelletti's in DBI XI pp. 704-709. M. Mazzotti "For Science and for the Pope-King: Writing the History of the Exact Sciences in 19th-century Rome" in: British Journal for the History of Science 33 2000 pp. 257-282 especially pp. 259-265. On the strengths and weaknesses of Boncompagni's edition see R.E. Grimm "The Autobiography of Leonardo Pisano" in: The Fibonacci Quarterly 11 1973 pp. 99-104. John D. Stanitz Sources of Science and Technology: an Exhibit of One Hundred and One Books and Documents Kent State 1972 no. 14 this copy. PROVENANCE: John D. Stanitz his sale Sotheby's New York 25 April 1984 lot 268 with with Sotheby's label on the slipcase of vol. II --> Messrs. Bernard Quaritch June 1984 Mathematics list $3000 --> James M. Vaughn 1939-2022 enigmatic American philanthropist and bibliophile who assembled the finest mathematics collection ever formed by a private individual: 125 rare and foundational books in the history of mathematics were donated to the Harry Ransom Center in 2021; our volume was kept in Vaughn's home in River Oaks Houston and sold to us by his estate. Vaughn funded the Mathematical Association of America and helped support the solution of the 300-year-old math puzzle Fermat's Last Theorem; it is therefore meaningful that he owned this copy of the Editio Princeps of the complete works of Fibonacci. With J.M.V. bookplate in each volume. Tipografia delle Scienze Mathematiche e Fisiche unknown books
1865Best.-Nr. 72790North and South Carolina: np 1865. Archive of 1880s business correspondence between William Treloar gold-mining engineer and manager of the Gold Hill Mines Rowan County North Carolina and the Gold Hill Mine Company in London. Primarily letters from the London headquarters to Treloar in Salisbury with several retained copies of his outgoing correspondence. Also includes an 1865 Civil War-era letter concerning the Stewart Gold Mine an 1894 brochure on the Appalachian Gold Belt and an 1895 gold-mining catalog from Mecklenburg County North Carolina. Fair condition overall with creasing folds staining tears and chipping; most correspondence remains legible. Detailed listing of contents as follows: 1866 letter in French written to the future manager Capt. Treloar of Gold Hill Mines; 12 page pamphlet titled "Gold Hill Mining Property Rowan County N. C. Abstract and Opinion" dated December 2 1878. This pamphlet chronicles the legal history of the land deeds and their successors from 1802 to the 1870's; Legal sized "Copy" Memorandum of Agreement" dated May 27th 1881. Memorandum is 3 pages long and is "Between The Gold Hill Mines Limited of No. 36. Palmerston Building's Old Broad Street in the City of London hereinafter called the said Company of the one part and William Treloar of Plymouth in the County of Devon Mining Engineer but now residing at Gold Hill Town in the County of Rowan North Carolina in the United States of America." Memorandum signed by the directors of the Company on page 3. Circa 1870's topographical map measuring approximately 32.75" x 22.25" of Union Mining Company's Estate comprising the Macklin Townsand and Standard Tracts in Cabarrus and Rowan Counties North Carolina and also showing Gold Hill. Map surveyed by Ernest Hauessor Geologist and Mining Engineer. The map is drawn on thin paper and shows details of the mining tract. A few small tears and holes to the map mainly located on the folds; 4 page "Rough Estimate of the Working Cost of Gold Hill Mine." This estimate is written on paper measuring approximately 12" x 8". The estimate is written in lined columns that numerates quantity occupation cost per day per man per month and per annum. The estimate total at bottom is 96770 dollars. 1 page letter dated July 6 1881 written to the manager of Gold Hill Mining Company. Letter refers to "blackmailing" and involving an agent employing a New York lawyer to take up a claim. Letter written on "The Mines Investment Association Limited London" letterhead; 15 pages of 1882 business correspondence written to "Capt. William Treloar" Manager of Gold Hill Mines Company. Letters written on "Haile's Gold Mine Lancaster County S.C." New York office letterhead. These letters have suffered water damage in the past and are faded torn chipped creased etc. Some loss of contents to this letter group. Letters arranged chronologically for the most part with possibility of a couple incomplete letters. Some of the letters are undated but circa 1882. Contents of this letter group contain much technical information surrounding the operation of the mines; 3 loose 1882 Western Union Telegraph Cable Messages addressed to Manager Treloar of Gold Hill Mining; Undated envelope empty from the "Gold Hill Mines Limited London" formerly containing letters from the board; Approximately 62 pages of letters plus 11 Western Union cable messages glued to the backs of the letters. One finely written two page letter labeled "Private" is included. Letters are dated from 1881-1883 with most hand addressed from "The Gold Hill Mining Company" office in London. Some of the pages are on company letterhead. Letters addressed to "Capt. William Treloar Manager of the Gold Hill Mines Salisbury North Carolina". Several of these letters are stuck together on the left edges. Remnants of yellow paper also stuck to the left margins. Some of these letters are now separated. Most letters are in chronological order with a few out of place and the possibility of an incomplete letter. This group may have been stored in the undated company envelope listed above. Contents of these letters covers the operations costs expenses technical information and much more. These letters provide much of the information pertinent to the mines around Gold Hill including the Randolph Mine Barnhardt mine etc.; undated "Amalgamation Department Summary" work sheet circa early 1880's; 4 large "Pay Roll of Men by the Gold Hill Mines Rowan County North Carolina." sheets dated August 31st 1882. Sheets have vertically lined columns containing categories listing 112 names a few duplicated station daily works number of days total amount and some pencil numbers written on the right sides. Sheets are creased edge stained chipped torn etc. Minor loss of contents; 10 pages of 1881-1883 correspondence between Gold Hill Mining Company and "Capt. Treloar Salisbury North Carolina"; 4 page "copy" letter dated September 1882 addressed to Manager Capt. Treloar discussing costs losses at the Barnhardt & Reservoir Mines referencing the Randolph Mine and requesting more detailed information on expenses. Letter signed by "Wm. Baxter Chairman." 3 page letter written on London company letterhead dated March 1883 detailing business; 2 page letter on company letterhead to Manager Treloar signed by the Secretary of the Gold Hill Mine Company and dated May 1883. This letter was probably removed from a larger gathering. A section of yellow paper is stuck on the blank rear page; Undated "The Gold Hill Mines Company" work sheet circa early 1880's; Approximately 16" x 13" lined sheet titled "Gold Hill Mines Limited in Acct with Wm. Treloar" dated 1883. Work sheet has stains; 5 pages of correspondence January 1884 from William Treloar to G. H. Harvey "Whitchurch Villa Mannamead Plymouth" referencing payroll the Randolph Mine and stock shares. Includes an undated 1880's note on Curteis & Pearse Solicitors Plymouth letterhead. Brochure dated January 1894 "A Few More Solid Facts Relating to the Treatment of Ores of the Appalachian Gold Belt." Published by the Inter-State Land Bureau 918 F Street N. W. Washington D.C. January 1894. Circular No. 5. 10 pages. Staples missing with light stains where they were located. Paper folded. contents clean. This circular mentions the Haile Mine in South Carolina; 1895 Catalogue P. The Mecklenburg Iron Works John Wilkes Manager Charlotte N.C. U.S.A. Machinery for Mining and Milling Gold Ores. 24 pages. Illustrated. Catalogue is folded with page edge tears and light stains and holes towards the back; Last item is a Civil War era letter written in April 1865 letter from an Union soldier who had 'escaped' a Charlotte North Carolina Confederate Prison. He stayed briefly with H. Downing at the "Stuart" Stewart "Goald" Gold Mine in North Carolina. Letter addressed to the H. Downing's son and transcribed here: Winchester West Va. Virginia April 11th 1865 Mr. Downing Dear Sir - Having made my escape from the C.S. Military Prison at Charlotte N.C. on the 17 -Feby last and in making my way north through the state fortune directed me to the Stewart goald gold mines when I mett Mr H Downing your father with whom myself and my companions took supper on the 19th of Feby I would say it was the best supper I had for many months before. On my departure from them he your father requested me to write to you giving me your address should I be fortunate enough to make my within our lines "Thank" God I am again within those lines. He your father requested me to remember him to all his family and say that it is his intention to remain at the Stewart goald mines until the close of the war. I am glad to say that the old Gentleman was well and in good spirits at the time I saw him. I would be glad to hear from you at any time. I am Respy Lewis Maish. York Penn'a. Gold was first discovered at Little Meadow Creek in Cabarrus County North Carolina in 1799 by Conrad Reed marking the first documented discovery of gold in the United States. Gold was discovered in the Gold Hill district of southeastern Rowan County in 1824 approximately 20 miles north of the Reed Mine. By the 1840s Gold Hill had become a major mining center with 23 mines and a populationf of approximately 3000. The Barnhardt and Randolph mines were among the most productive with the Randolph shaft reaching 850 feet making it the deepest gold mine in the United States at the time. Mining declined after the California Gold Rush and the Civil War but resumed on a larger scale in the 1880s following the purchase of the mines and establishment of the New Gold Hill Mining Company based in London. Gold was shipped to England and substantial production continued until about 1915. The accompanying correspondence provides a contemporary record of the operation of the Gold Hill mines during the 1880s. Letters between mine manager William Treloar in Salisbury North Carolina and the London-based company discuss mining operations expenses production and financial matters. Despite significant gold production Treloar's correspondence indicates that operating costs remained high and profits were limited during the early 1880s. np unknown books
Best.-Nr. 11584Two full-page drawings & 42 smaller drawings in the text. Three parts in one. 60 folding pre-printed leaves. 8vo 247 x 174 mm. orig. wrappers orig. stitching. Japan: ca. 1770s-80s. An unpublished manuscript by Yamabe court doctor of the Nakatsu fiefdom in today's Ōita Prefecture. He also published several works on Chinese medicine and gynecology. This is his main work on smallpox and measles in which he focuses on the diagnosis prognosis and treatment of these infectious diseases in children. Many recipes for medicines are provided. This work remained in manuscript and was never published. We find one other manuscript copy at Kyoto University. The first part describes smallpox and measles and contains instructions on how to control outbreaks amongst children. The second part contains many fine drawings of eruptions on various parts of the body. Following each drawing Yamabe gives a diagnosis and a recipe for the appropriate medication. The third part discusses how to treat the symptoms especially fevers. Fine condition. ⧠For Yamabe's gynecological work see Mestler A Galaxy of Old Japanese Medical Books II p. 495. unknown books
1960Best.-Nr. 629152New York: Meridian Books 1960. Softcover. Very Good. Magazine. Octavo. Perfectbound in wrappers. Very good with moderate toning and and wear at the edges. A literary anthology with contributions from Ralph Ellison Wright Morris John Berryman Arthur Miller Herbert Gold and Howard Nemerov. Meridian Books unknown books
