1972ref. 113780Essen: Museum Folkwang 1972. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran November 28 1971 through January 5 1972. Text in German by Hassner. Includes 24 black and white images. A fine copy in wrappers. Museum Folkwang unknown books
1973ref. 113439Chicago IL: The Wine Press 1973. First edition. Broadside. Measures 11" x 17." One of only 90 numbered copies with this being number 28. A near fine copy. Signed by Jacob. Uncommon with only 4 copies listed in OCLC. Please note that broadsides can not ship with media mail and will require additonal shipping charges. The Wine Press unknown books
1998ref. 43205Boston: Photographic Resource Center at Boston University 1998. First Edition. As new. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name at BU collecting photos from the German Democratic Republic's state archives forming "a study of the political and economic pressures on the visual arts of the . GDR." Wraps. 4to. Perfect-bound photographic wraps. As new in original shrinkwrap. Photographic Resource Center at Boston University unknown books
1909ref. 375909London: Constable & Company 1909. One of 750 signed limited edition copies. 40 tipped in color plates by Rackham. 4to. Original full vellum lettered and decorated in gilt with ribbon ties; some light staining. Deckled fore-edges and tail-edges t.e.g. Endpapers lightly foxed otherwise very clean. Near fine housed in a custom cream clamshell box. One of 750 signed limited edition copies. 40 tipped in color plates by Rackham. 4to. Constable & Company unknown books
1718ref. 862781718. London: Eliz. Nutt & R. Gosling 1718. London: Eliz. Nutt & R. Gosling 1718. Giles Jacob's Pioneering 1718 Masterwork on Hunting Angling and the Forest Laws Jacob Giles 1686-1744. The Compleat Sportsman. In Three Parts. Part I. Containing the nature and various kinds of game under their several Denominations with the best Methods of taking the same by Shooting Hunting Dogs Nets and otherwise; and the Laws and Statutes made for Preservation of the Game with Warrants to impower Game-Keepers &c. Part II. Of the best Situations and Methods of erecting and Management of Parks Warrens &c. Of Hunting the Buck Doe &c. And a concise Abridgment of the Forest-Laws and of all the Laws and Statutes relating to Deer: Methodically interspersed with Precedents of Warrants for Deer &c. Part III. Of fish and fishing; the most successful Methods of Angling; the only proper Baits Tackle and agreeable Seasons for taking all Sorts of Fish; and the Rivers wherein they are to be found; with the Statutes relating to Fishing &c. London: Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling Assigns of Edward Sayer Esq; for J. Tonson at Shakespear's-Head in the Strand and W. Taylor at the Ship in Pater-noster-Row 1718. 12mo. 12 152 4 pp. 6-1/4" x 4"; 15.8 cm x 10.2 cm. Recent three-quarter calf over original paper-covered boards executed in a period style. Spine featuring gilt rules forming six compartments with a green morocco gilt lettering piece. Armorial bookplate of John Gunning to the front pastedown. A very good crisp copy internally featuring a neat closed tear repair to the fore-margin of leaf B4 not affecting the text. $1500. The first and only edition published under this title of this pioneering guide. Giles Jacob a prolific and idealistic 18th-century English legal writer passionately believed that translating complex statutes into plain English would democratize the law and create a more egalitarian society. This work represents the first time an English manual explicitly unified the recreational mechanics of field sports with the complex restrictive web of English Forest and Game Laws. Divided into three comprehensive parts the text systematically details the taking of game by shooting hunting and netting Part I; the management of parks warrens and an abridgment of the Forest Laws Part II; and the practical methods baits and seasons of angling alongside fishing statut. unknown books
1934ref. 1413182Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company 1934. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 330 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's red cloth boards with worn gilt lettering to spine. Spine cocked. Mild bumping to bottom corners of boards. Minor scuffing and soiling to cloth. Inscribed on second free endpaper: "To My Intellectual Friend George A. Affeldt with best wishes / Jacob H. Rubin 5/12/1935". Shelved in Case 8 1/2. 1413182. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Bobbs-Merrill Company hardcover books
1961ref. 840701961. Meulen Jacob ter 1884-1962. Diermanse Pieter Johan Jurriaan 1896-1980. Bibliographie des ecrits sur Hugo Grotius: Imprimes au XVIIe Siecle. La Haye: Martinus Nijhoff 1961. xx 224 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover near fine in lightly worn and soiled dust jacket. Some offsetting to endpapers. Internally clean. A very good copy. $45. Written in the original French. unknown books
1969ref. 47391Culver City: Luther Norris 1969. First edition. Very good plus. Limited edition Sherlockian chapbook introduced by August Derleth with a signed notecard from publisher Luther Norris and additional signed typescript poem by Solovay plus some assorted ephemera both addressed to the poem's dedicatee. 8.25'' x 5.25''. Original saddle-stapled pictorial wrappers. Unpaginated. Illustrations by Frank Utpatel. Edition of 300 of which this is copy no. 56. Publisher's prospectus laid in with typed postcard signed by Luther Norris. Also laid in are two additional typed poems by Solovay one entitled "Ballade to a Book Borrower For Elizabeth S. McClenahan who is appreciative with the handwritten marginal note "Betty it's yours. / Jacob C. Solovay / October 17 1956." Light edgewear. (Luther Norris) unknown books
1545ref. 372190Paris: apud Gulielmum Richardum in Pingui gallina ex aduerso Collegij Cameracensis 1545. Woodcut illustrations. 31 leaves; wanting final blank. Lacks the folding plate. 8vo. Nineteenth century half calf and marbled boards worn. Provenance: General Theological Seminary bookplate. Woodcut illustrations. 31 leaves; wanting final blank. Lacks the folding plate. 8vo. First published Nuremberg 1517. apud Gulielmum Richardum, in Pingui gallina ex aduerso Collegij Cameracensis unknown books
1603ref. 376588Innsbruck: Daniel Baur 1603. First edition in German after the Latin edition published in 1601. With frontispiece engraved portrait of Archduke Ferdinand II privilege on verso title page two preliminary leaves and 121 of 125 elaborate engraved portraits each with facing biographical notice printed within woodcut border. Lacking 4 leaves portraits 3 24 64 71. Two preliminary leaves printed for William Sterling Maxwell his extensive bibliographical note and index of portraits; a facsimile folding view of Innsbruck inserted after title. Full dark brown morocco spine titled in gilt upper board with Sterling Maxwell arms in gilt a.e.g. by XXXX. Sterling Maxwell's largest bookplate on front pastedown. A few portraits possibly in old facsimile or restrike. 11 leaves loose or slightly sprung a few marginal paper flaws one portrait poorly inked. First edition in German after the Latin edition published in 1601. With frontispiece engraved portrait of Archduke Ferdinand II privilege on verso title page two preliminary leaves and 121 of 125 elaborate engraved portraits each with facing biographical notice printed within woodcut border. Lacking 4 leaves portraits 3 24 64 71. Two preliminary leaves printed for William Sterling Maxwell his extensive bibliographical note and index of portraits; a facsimile folding view of Innsbruck inserted after title. The celebrated portrait gallery of the Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria with portraits of emperors kings nobles and war heroes in historic suits of armor in the Archduke's collection at Schloß Ambras. Compiled by the Archduke's secretary Schrenck von Notzing and translated into German by J.E. Noyse van Campenhouten. With an interesting full page printed bibliographical notice by Sterling Maxwell dated 1870 printed within facimile borders matching the text pages of the portraits. Colas 2691; Brunet V 224; Vinet 2046; Grässe VI 317; Lipperheide 499 Daniel Baur unknown books
ref. 53369n.p.: n.p. 2000. Very good plus. Three autograph letters signed ALS by the iconic American artist with original invitation to his memorial service and reception in New York City. Three handwritten letters one from 1982 and two from 1986 by the celebrated African-American painter of the famed MIGRATION SERIES among many other beloved works. The letters contain Lawrence's congenial responses to Mr. Harold F. Mays Jr. in requests for autographs of books by and about Lawrence. Also included is Mays's invitation to the artist's memorial service held shortly after his death in the year 2000 at Riverside Church in New York. Mays and his partner of more than 50 years Harold Herman owned Two Harolds Antiques in Alexandria VA for many years. The two were a legendary and pioneering interracial gay couple in the DC region. A warm collection of correspondence with a legendary artist with notable provenance. Letters 11'' x 8.5'' each. Original handwritten letters on onion skin paper in blue and black ink; trifolds to leaves from mailing. Two printed cards in original envelope roughly opened. Faint marginal toning to letters. n.p. unknown books
1744ref. 834131744. 12mo. 6-1/2" x 4". Rare. 12mo. 6-1/2" x 4". Rare. A Superb Copy with Distinguished Country-House Provenance: From the Library at Ombersley Court Barons Sandys Jacob Giles 1686-1744. A Law Grammar; Or Rudiments of the Law: Compiled From The Grounds Principles Maxims Terms Words of Art Rules and Moot Points of Our Law In a New Easy And Very Concise Method. For the Particular Instruction of All Young Gentlemen Either at Schools Colleges Or the Universities Or if Privately Educated Attornies Clerks And Other Persons; Whereby They Will Acquire a Great Deal More Useful Law-Learning Than by Any of the Books Yet Publish'd. London: Printed by Henry Lintot Assignee of Edw. Sayer Esq; for Aaron Ward At the King's Arms in Little Britain 1744. 12mo. ii iv 138 6 pp. Publisher advertisement facing title page. 6-1/2" x 4"; 10 cm x 16.5 cm. Contemporary sheep boards ruled in blind spine with raised bands and blind fillets. Moderate rubbing and wear to extremities small nicks and scuffs to boards corners bumped joints and hinges starting. Penciled shelf mark to front free endpaper. Light toning somewhat heavier in places. A very good copy the text notably fresh. $1250. First edition. A compact but ambitious introduction to English law designed for a wide readership extending from university students to attorneys' clerks and the "privately educated." Characteristic of Jacob's practical and commercial sensibility the work distills foundational doctrines terminology and maxims into an accessible format; it proved enduringly popular reaching eleven subsequent editions by 1792. It belongs with his other successful efforts to democratize legal knowledge including The Common Law Common-Placed 1726 and Every Man His Own Lawyer 1736. From the library of the Barons Sandys second and third creations housed at Ombersley Court Worcestershire-one of the notable country-house libraries of England. The original owner was likely Samuel Sandys 1st Baron Sandys 1695-1770 Whig politician Chancellor of the Exchequer and Justice in Eyre. Though not formally trained in the law Sandys occupied offices in which a practical command of legal principles was advantageous making a manual of this kind entirely apposite. Rare in commerce; the second copy we have handled. English Short-Title Catalogue. unknown books
1898ref. 4428New York: Francis P. Harper 1898. First Edition. Very good. 8vo. xxiv 183 1 pp. folding facsimile of a page of Jacob Fowler's original manuscript as frontispiece. Original royal blue publisher's cloth lacking rare dust-jacket otherwise a fine copy most gatherings unopened. FIRST EDITION LIMITED TO 950 NUMBERED COPIES OF THIS "IMPORTANT AND EARLY JOURNAL" OF THE FIRST AMERICAN TO TRAVEL OVER MUCH OF THE ROUTE. THIS PARTICULAR COPY IS PRESERVED IN FINE CONDITION AND IS LARGELY UNOPENED. "Includes eyewitness information on encounters with Comanches and Kiowas in Western Oklahoma and surrounding areas during the 1820s." Tate Indians of Texas 2217. "Fowler was 57 years old and had already survived a long career dating back to 1782 as a scout hunter frontier trader and surveyor when in 1821 he embarked on this trading and trapping expedition to the headwaters of the Arkansas River. His journal of that trip published here for the first time describes a trek from Fort Smith Arkansas to the present site of Pueblo Colorado a season of trapping in and around New Mexico and a return to St. Louis in 1822. Fowler and his party were the first Americans after Zebulon Pike to see much of the country they crossed." Dorothy Sloan Auction 9 quoting Pingenot. "Hardly another chronicle of the West is so Defoe-like in homemade realism whether on Indians and Indian horses or Negro Paul's experience with the Mexican 'Lady' at San Fernando de Taos." Dobie p. 86. FURTHER REFERENCES: Wynar 2036. Eberstadt Modern Narratives of the Plains and the Rockies 168. Campbell p. 137. Howes F298. Rittenhouse 224. Saunders 2843. PROVENANCE: From the Dorothy Sloan Collection of Western Americana. Francis P. Harper unknown books
1965ref. 53394New York: Random House 1965. First printing. Very good plus in very good jacket. Inscribed first edition of this first book by the National Director of CORE association copy to activist and political scientist Charles V. Hamilton with his notes and marginalia throughout. As co-founder 1942 and eventual director 1961 of the Congress Of Racial Equity - and through its ethos of nonviolence later championed by Martin Luther King jr. - Farmer was instrumental in pioneering what would become some of the Civil Rights movement's most high-profile actions including sit-ins jail-ins and Freedom Rides. Farmer was Program Director for the NAACP before ascending to CORE director would eventually serve as assistant secretary of health education and welfare under Nixon and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Bill Clinton. Charles V. Hamilton co-authored the best-selling and enormously influential BLACK POWER: THE POLITICS OF LIBERATION IN AMERICA 1967 with Kwame Ture formerly: Stokely Carmichael a manifesto which would heavily inform the movement of the same name and functionally introduce the concept of "institutional racism." Hamilton's influence in the field of political science would continue through his long tenure as a professor at Columbia University. This copy benefits from his scholarly eye as it contains considerable notes by Hamilton on the rear endpaper with numbered references to specific pages and passages. An incredible association between two pivotal figures of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. 8.5'' x 5.75''. Original quarter dark blue cloth light blue paper boards stamped in blue and silver to front board silver-lettered spine. In original unclipped $4.95 typographic jacket designed by S. Neil Fujita. Fore-edge machine deckle. Red topstain. xxiv 200 pages. Inscribed by Farmer in blue ink on front fly leaf: "To Chuck / a fine scholar / and one of the few / guys around who / understands what's happening! / Jim Farmer." Hamilton's owner signature in blue ink to front fly leaf with underlining and marginalia on a few leaves and substantial notes on rear paste down. Price struck through and re-priced in ink. Jacket moderately toned at margins and spine couple small chips to spine minor soil and rubbing. Book with light soil and rubbing minor toning at edges. Overall sound. Random House unknown books
1775ref. 371623Philadelphia: James Humphreys 1775. First edition. 4 iv 25 1pp. 8vo. Later wrappers. Perforated stamp on title and terminal leaves. First edition. 4 iv 25 1pp. 8vo. Revolutionary-era sermon dedicated to George Washington in which Duché urges the people of Philadelphia to stand fast despite the unnaturalness of being in conflict with their fellow British subjects. "We venerate the Parent Land from whence our progenitors came.But if we are to judge from the late ungenerous and ill-digested plans of policy which have been adopted by those whom she hath entrusted with the powers of Administration we cannot but think that they began to be jealous of our rising glory and from an ill-grounded apprehension of our aiming at independency were desirous of checking our growth." Jacob Duché 1737-98 was born in Philadelphia and educated there before studying at Cambridge University. He returned to Philadelphia and eventually became rector of Christ Church. His early zeal for the revolutionary cause was such that he was appointed chaplain to the Continental Congress. After the Declaration of Independence and the capture of Philadelphia by General Howe Duché had a change of heart and wrote George Washington asking him to urge Congress to recall the Declaration and negotiate a peace. He was branded a traitor by his former followers and went into exile in Great Britain before returning to his beloved Philadelphia in 1792 to live out his final years. Adams American Independence 160a; Evans 140-13; Sabin 21051 James Humphreys unknown books
1775ref. 372876London: T. Evans 1775. First British edition. 4 iv 23 1pp. 8vo. Disbound. Final leaf detached and torn. Provenance: T. B. Chandler signature on title; General Theological Seminary perforated stamps. First British edition. 4 iv 23 1pp. 8vo. Revolutionary-era sermon dedicated to George Washington in which Duché urges the people of Philadelphia to stand fast despite the unnaturalness of being in conflict with their fellow British subjects. "We venerate the Parent Land from whence our progenitors came.But if we are to judge from the late ungenerous and ill-digested plans of policy which have been adopted by those whom she hath entrusted with the powers of Administration we cannot but think that they began to be jealous of our rising glory and from an ill-grounded apprehension of our aiming at independency were desirous of checking our growth." Jacob Duché 1737-98 was born in Philadelphia and educated there before studying at Cambridge University. He returned to Philadelphia and eventually became rector of Christ Church. His early zeal for the revolutionary cause was such that he was appointed chaplain to the Continental Congress. After the Declaration of Independence and the capture of Philadelphia by General Howe Duché had a change of heart and wrote George Washington asking him to urge Congress to recall the Declaration and negotiate a peace. He was branded a traitor by his former followers and went into exile in Great Britain before returning to his beloved Philadelphia in 1792 to live out his final years. This sermon first published in Philadelphia in 1775 the same year as this first British edition. This copy with provenance to American Loyalist Anglican minister Thomas Bradbury Chandler who had been exiled in London since 1775 after threats by the Sons of Liberty. Adams American Independence 160b; Sabin 21051 T. Evans unknown books
1775ref. 372836London: T. Evans 1775. First British edition. 4 iv 23 1pp. 8vo. Later half green morocco and marbled paper boards covers detached spine perished. Soiling and foxing. Provenance: Henry Stevens of Vermont bookplate and catalogue clipping; General Theological Seminary blindstamp bookplate. First British edition. 4 iv 23 1pp. 8vo. Revolutionary-era sermon dedicated to George Washington in which Duché urges the people of Philadelphia to stand fast despite the unnaturalness of being in conflict with their fellow British subjects. "We venerate the Parent Land from whence our progenitors came.But if we are to judge from the late ungenerous and ill-digested plans of policy which have been adopted by those whom she hath entrusted with the powers of Administration we cannot but think that they began to be jealous of our rising glory and from an ill-grounded apprehension of our aiming at independency were desirous of checking our growth." Jacob Duché 1737-98 was born in Philadelphia and educated there before studying at Cambridge University. He returned to Philadelphia and eventually became rector of Christ Church. His early zeal for the revolutionary cause was such that he was appointed chaplain to the Continental Congress. After the Declaration of Independence and the capture of Philadelphia by General Howe Duché had a change of heart and wrote George Washington asking him to urge Congress to recall the Declaration and negotiate a peace. He was branded a traitor by his former followers and went into exile in Great Britain before returning to his beloved Philadelphia in 1792 to live out his final years. This sermon first published in Philadelphia in 1775 the same year as this first British edition. Adams American Independence 160b; Sabin 21051 T. Evans unknown books
1968ref. 804801968. Ziadeh Farhat Jacob. Lawyers the Rule of law and Liberalism in Modern Egypt. Stanford Calif: Hoover Institution on War Revolution and Peace Stanford University 1968. xi 177 pp. Publisher's green cloth with gilt stamped spine and front cover. Very good in a worn price clipped dust jacket. $20. unknown books
1860ref. 369131New York: D. Appleton and Company 1860. Illustrations. 473pp. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth minor chip at top of spine. Provenance: L. M. Sargent Jr. signature on title. Illustrations. 473pp. 8vo. The stunning achievements of Paul Morphy in Europe in 1858 established him as the reigning world champion and one of the greatest chess players of all time. Those games were first published in America in 1859. The following year the grand master Johann Jacob Löwenthal seized upon his friend's popularity to publish the present work. D. Appleton and Company unknown books
1968ref. 806291968. Meulen Jacob Ter. Der Gedanke der Internationalen Organisation in Seiner Entwicklung. 1300-1889. The Haag: Nijhoff 1917-1940. Reprint. The Haag: Nijhoff 1968. 3 parts in 2 volumes. Publisher's tan cloth with gilt stamped spine and front cover. Light shelfwear internally clean and bright. Very good. $45. unknown books
1731ref. 353870Nürnberg: J.C. Weigel 1731. First edition. With 44 engraved plates many signed Schübler inv. et del. 152 4 index pp. 1 vols. Folio. Contemporary half speckled calf and boards spine gilt with lettering piece. With late eighteenth-century annotation in ink on front flyleaf. Minor rubbing. A nice clean copy. Fine. First edition. With 44 engraved plates many signed Schübler inv. et del. 152 4 index pp. 1 vols. Folio. A classic German treatise on wood-frame architecture and construction with applications in a variety of architectural designs among them roofs cupolas draw-bridges suspension bridges and importantly circular staircases with emphasis on techniques for building trusses strut frames beams and rafters. Examples given include St. Peter's and the Pons Senatorius in Rome St. Egidien Church in Nürenbers the Church of the Assumption in Paris illustrating structures of the ancient world and well as modern German French and Italian construction. Johnann Jacob Schübler 1689-1741 was trrained in the arts and engraving and produced works on architectural theory and practice military engineering and other subjects. His Sciagraphica Artis Tignariae 1736 illustrated construction designs from Russia Japan and China. This work which bears a frontispiece entitled Tractatus de Artis Tignaria was reprinted in 1749 with the plates re-engraved. The first edition is uncommon. J.C. Weigel unknown books
1997ref. 52913Seattle: University of Washington Press 1997. Fine in near fine jacket. First edition thus re-issued with five new images of this beautifully illustrated take on Aesop's classic fables featuring stunning pen-and-ink illustrations by Lawrence "one of America's most celebrated artists." This book was originally published in 1970 and fell out of print before being redesigned for this new edition which features five additional illustrations by Lawrence. 10'' x 8''. Original black cloth stamping to front board lettered in red to spine. In original pictorial jacket. Grey endpapers. Illustrated throughout in black and white. 56 pages. Jacket with touch of edgewear and rubbing faintest toning to top edge of front panel. Interior fresh and bright. University of Washington Press unknown books
1839ref. 50727New York: Samuel Colman 1839. Very good. Early edition of the book that made the Rollo series big intended to instruct the novice American reader by combining a mature vocabulary with a lively series of animal metamorphoses and moral lessons. The hapless and ungrateful Rollo made his first cameo appearance in the rare THE LITTLE SCHOLAR LEARNING TO TALK: A Picture Book for Rollo by His Father reissued in 1839 as ROLLO LEARNING TO TALK. ROLLO LEARNING TO READ is thus technically the second Rollo book but the first "devoted wholly to Rollo" Blanck and is the title responsible for the series's popularity and influence. 6.25'' x 4''. Original gilt-lettered blind-stamped green cloth. Illustrated with black and white frontispiece and full-page wood engravings. 180 pages. Moderate edgewear and scuffing to boards sometimes exposing bits of board. Pencil to front free endpaper. Mild foxing throughout. Samuel Colman unknown books
1866ref. 367760Cincinnati Ohioo 1866. Reprinted from the Cumberland Edition of 1826 with Notes and Appendix for William Dodge by Jno. F. Uhlhorn Steam Job Printer 58 West 3d St. 158pp. 4to. Publisher's cloth spine repalcerd. Very Good. Reprinted from the Cumberland Edition of 1826 with Notes and Appendix for William Dodge by Jno. F. Uhlhorn Steam Job Printer 58 West 3d St. 158pp. 4to. A defense of colonial frontiersman Captain Cresap 1742-1775 whom Jefferson echoing others blamed for the murder of the family of the Mingo war chief James Logan during Lord Dunmore's War. Cresap has since been exonerated and the Virginian Daniel Greathouse is now blamed for the massacre of Logan's family. "This biography of Cresap was written to refute Jefferson's account in NOTES ON VIRGINIA. Howes J32 unknown books
1961ref. 767031961. Meulen Jacob ter. Diermanse P.J.J. Bibliographie des ecrits sur Hugo Grotius: Imprimes au XVIIe Siecle. La Haye: Martinus Nijhoff 1961. xx 224 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover lightly worn. Owner notes throughout book. $25. unknown books
