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1865réf. 42696New York. 1865. A Santa Fe Trader in Baja California A scarce work on Baja California. "Jacob Primer Leese was a Santa Fe trader who settled in San Francisco in 1836 and engaged in the hide and tallow trade with Yankee ships. He married a sister of General Vallejo and became very wealthy. In 1863 Leese and other promoters founded the Mexican Mining and Colonization Company and obtained a land grant from the Mexican government of some 46800 square miles between the 24th and 31st parallels of latitude in Baja California. They failed to meet their obligations however and the grant was transferred to another party in 1866. This outline was written 'in the interest of the Mexican Mining and Colonization Company.' In addition to details on the grant it provides material on the discovery early settlements missions minerals and pearl fisheries of Baja California" - Hill. Modern mottled calf gilt. Extremities rubbed. Bookplate on front pastedown. Minor soiling. Very good. BARRETT 1460. HILL 998. SABIN 39834. unknown books
1609réf. 38891Amsterdam: Cornille Nicolas 1609. A Pioneering Dutch Voyage to the Indies Second French edition following the first French edition of 1601 of this important voyages narrative describing the initial Dutch exploration and expansion to the East Indies a significant element in a global commercial enterprise which was to develop throughout the 17th century. Van Neck who represented the Verre Company commanded three ships which were part of the first successful Dutch trading voyage to the region. The other two ships were commanded by Wybrand Van Warwijck and Jacob Van Heemskerk. Van Neck's vessel became separated from the other two after rounding the Cape of Good Hope and the three did not reunite again until his arrival in Java in late December 1598. Unlike his Dutch predecessor Cornelis Houtman who three years earlier had seized the port of Bantam Van Neck dealt diplomatically with the natives. "Rather than rejecting the inflated prices asked by the local ruler he offered to pay over the odds in order to cement a lasting relationship.Van Neck's was the most profitable of the pre-VOC Dutch East India Company voyages. Despite the apparently high price paid for spices he netted a profit of 300 per cent on his overall costs. In 1601 fourteen fleets comprising sixty-five ships sailed for the East Indies but by that time competition between rival Dutch operators as well as with the Portuguese had inflated prices and none were as successful as Van Neck's first enterprise" - Howgego. While focused on activity in the East Indies EUROPEAN AMERICANA notes that the text includes references to Brazil and tobacco from the West Indies. The second part of this 1609 French edition which has its own titlepage is an eight-page appendix of words spoken in Java and Malay including word lists in French printed in roman type Malay in italic type and Javanese in civilité. Two parts. 228 leaves second part with its own titlepage. Folio. Modern three-quarter morocco and marbled boards spine gilt. A few leaves with worm tracks expertly repaired. Very good. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 609/93. TIELE 786. TIELE-MULLER 129. HOWGEGO N13. JCB 3II:64. hardcover books
1772réf. 46993Mannheim: Churfurstl. Hof-und Academie-Buchdruckerey 1772. Rare Account of Lower California by a German Jesuit First printing of this rare and important account of Lower California by the German Jesuit Jacob Baegert. Baegert lived in Baja California for seventeen years 1751-68 and spent most of his time at the Mission of San Luis Gonzaga leaving after the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1767. He provides some important details on the culture of the Indians of Baja California including the Pericues Guiacuras and Cochiemes. Part one is an overview of California its climate and products; part two describes the inhabitants; and the third part contains an account of the introduction of Christianity to California. Wagner states that the German Jesuits were especially dissatisfied toward the end of the Jesuit regime in California and Baegert's bitterness is evident in his book: ".it was a land full of ferocious beasts and even more ferocious Indians the soil was poor the water undrinkable and there was no fuel to be had." The fine and important map was made by fellow Jesuit Ferdinand Consak and is described by Streeter as "most helpful in giving the location of the many Jesuit missions in Lower California. It also shows the route along the west coast of Mexico followed by Baegert in going to California in 1751 and his route out in 1768 after the expulsion of the Jesuits." The top right corner of the territory present-day Arizona is labeled rather ominously "Los Apaches Barbari." The excellent plates which were apparently not issued with all copies depict male and female California Indians. A prime early account of Baja California with an important map and plates of the region. 163581pp. plus two engraved plates on one sheet and folding map. Small octavo. Modern half vellum and marbled boards spine gilt. A bit of light age toning an occasional light fox mark. Three small purple ink spots in lower portion of map. Near fine. HOWES B29 "b." HILL 46. COWAN p.27. SABIN 4363. BELL B5. STREETER SALE 2442. BARRETT 129. WAGNER SPANISH SOUTHWEST 157. WAGNER NORTHWEST COAST pp.154-155 item 631. MEADOWS BAJA CALIFORNIA 1. GRAFF 137. PILLING PROOF SHEETS 203. PALAU 358393. hardcover books
1741réf. 37910Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by Andrew Bradford 1741. Early Philadelphia Almanac: Poor Richard's Rival An almanac by Jacob Taylor who published his important Pennsylvania almanac for the years 1700 to 1746. It is a distinct possibility that the present copy was owned and signed by Taylor as his inscribed name on the titlepage is accompanied later in the volume by a manuscript correction to a poem "manumated" becomes "manumitted". Taylor took the poetry in his almanacs seriously printing excerpts of Paradise Lost in 1741 and composing well-received verse of his own. In addition to the calendar this 1746 almanac contains a substantial amount of poetry; lists of courts fairs and Quaker meetings; and a discussion of Hannibal's oath before the gods. This he concludes with a quote from the 1739 almanac of "R. Saunders" Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard on the dangers of false wit and pride in the present age commenting favorably on Saunders "By wicked Wit the Truth is often drown'd; Here certain Truth adorn'd with Wit is found" p.23. Taylor's almanac was printed by different Philadelphia printers over time. Some were printed by Franklin but this one was issued by Andrew Bradford one of Franklin's rivals and the son of William Bradford the first printer in Philadelphia. 12mo. Printed self-wrappers stitched. Contemporary ink inscription "Jacob Taylor" in upper margin of titlepage; contemporary ink correction on p.27. Cellophane tape joining signature at spine occasional minor foxing. Else bright clean and very good. In a half morocco and cloth box. DRAKE 9634. EVANS 4818. ESTC W22747. hardcover books
réf. 6562JACOB RIIS 1849-1914. A social reformer Riis crusaded against urban slum conditions; he wrote the influential How The Other Half Lives. He was also close friends with Theodore Roosevelt.ALS. 1pg. 5 x 8. November 2 1902. New York. An autograph letter signed Jacob A Riis on his personal letterhead: I go tomorrow to the west to be gone till Spring so you see I am out. When I came your way in March I shall be workingspeed the day! A lady inStamford advanced you $20000 bill which to buy the building in Henry St. in which is housed my settlement. If you could promise me a similar result I might evenfrom the Pacific coast to you for I need $31000 more for the same purpose. The letter has mailing folds and light soiling. unknown books
réf. 6108JACQUES LOUIS DUPONT 1755-1823. Dupont was a French cleric and lecturer turned revolutionary politician. He served as a member of Parliament between 1791 and 1794. ALS. 3 pg. 8 x 12. February 1798. Indre et Loire. An autographed letter signed Jacob Dupont To the Administrators of the Department of the Seine written in French: I have the honor of letting you know of a request I made of the Executive Directory in order to have free disposal of the Salle de Manage which is occupied right now by the Council of Five Hundred to give there free public courses in agriculture business the art of logic according to Condillac the elements of morals taken from the philosophical elements of Alembert pure Math physical-mathematical science which I have taught successfully at Bordeaux and in Chaumont in Haute Marne and finally Botany natural history chemistry experimental physics anatomy and the progress of the human mind according to the historical table of Condorcet. The Minister of Finances presented my request to the Directoire-Executif and youll see in his answer which I included here that I cant have disposal of the Salle de Manage. In introduced myself to the ministers of the Catholic worship who practice the faith conforming to the law of the church of Notre-Dame. I asked them if I could give my lectures on agriculture business arts and sciences at free hours. They answered that this permission depended on you citizen administrators. So I present myself to you citizens with the utmost confidence in order to get this permission. The good I intend to give to Paris the Republic Europe and perhaps to both worlds is immeasurable. Youll feel citizens all the importance if youre kind enough to glance ay the brochure which I published for this purposeIt is entitled The Opening of a New Instructive Course about the Role of Revolution by Jacob Dupont. Please citizens-administrators take my request into consideration. I will come myself to get your answer as soon as possible. If only I could be lucky enough to have it favorable. This letter not only reveals the language of the late French Revolution citizen-administrators Council of Five Hundred etc. but also the deluded mental state of Jacob Dupont. Once a prominent lecturer and Red Priest a Catholic clerical supporter of the Revolution Dupont was slowly but surely driven insane by his internal conflict between his support for the Revolution and his faith ultimately renouncing the latter. In 1797 he was imprisoned after an arrest for sexual assault making it difficult to believe that just the next year he would have support for resuming his teaching. The letter is written in French but a typed English-language translation is provided. The original letter is in fine shape with some minor stains and folds. unknown books
1972réf. M12818Weiler im Allgau Germany:: Druckerei Holzer for Editions Medicina Rara c. 1972. 1972. Facsimile reprint of 1587 edition Frankfurt: Petrum Fabricium. 8vo. 176 ff. Illustrations. Quarter black-stamped vellum over gilt-stamped brown Fabriano Roma paper-backed boards white paper-backed board slipcase; slipcase extremities rubbed. Small ink holograph "168" at f. 2. Very good. LIMITED EDITION of 2500 total 2800 copies. Rueff was a follower of Martin Luther and although he was "primarily known as a physician surgeon and lithotomist he was also a poet and writer of folk songs. … Much of Rueff's advice stems from that of classical writers or is taken from Rosslin's Rosegarten. A great deal is also very primitive to modern eyes. But it made a start at a time when midwifery had previously been strictly a woman's affair" Dunn p. 222. Dunn P.M "Jacob Rueff 1500–1558 of Zurich and The expert midwife" Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal No. 85 2001 222-224 pp. Druckerei Holzer for Editions Medicina Rara), [c. 1972]. hardcover books
1903réf. M11146Stockholm:: P.A. Norstedt & Soner 1903. 1903. 4to. xii 430 1 pp. Color frontis. plates small text illustrations. Original printed wrappers; faint marginal water-stains. Ex-library bookplate with embossed stamp on title spine call number painted over. Very good. Ownership signature of noted anatomist biologist and historian Olof Larsell 1886-1964 who provided the English translation of the autobiography of Jons Jacob Berzelius 1779-1848. An account of Berzelius' earlier travels 1812 to London and 1818-19 to England France Switzerland and Germany. P.A. Norstedt & Soner, (1903). unknown books
1966réf. M4002Reprinted from:: Journal of the Reticuloendothelial Society Vol. 3 No. 5/6 November/December 1966. 1966. 229 x 152 mm. 8vo. 486-504 pp. 6 figs. 6 tables. Self-wraps. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY JOYCE SUNG. Fine. Journal of the Reticuloendothelial Society, Vol. 3, No. 5/6, (November/December, 1966). paperback books
1945réf. 011337New York: Simon & Schuster 1945 Pictorial boards with blue cloth spine a whisper of wear to top edges "belongs to" filled in; matching dust jacket with small losses edge tears old repair to verso fold wear original price intact $.25. A nice copy of Little Golden Book #17 in dust jacket. The popular fairy tale illustrated in color and b&w by Erika Weihs. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Erika Weihs. Square 8vo. Simon & Schuster unknown books
1976réf. 202761Rizzoli 1976. hardcover. Fine/Fine. 12x9x1. Beige cloth boards lettered in gilt under illustrated dust jacket with an additional clear plastic jacket with black lettering. First American edition with the colophon from the limited edition but of course this is not numbered or with the extra lithographs. Comes in the original shipping slipcase which has a tear to one edge. Extra postage required for international or expedited shipping. Rizzoli hardcover books
1976réf. 202762Rizzoli 1976. hardcover. Near fine/Very Good. 12x9x1. Beige cloth boards lettered in gilt under illustrated dust jacket with an additional clear plastic jacket with black lettering. First American edition with the colophon from the limited edition but of course this is not numbered or with the extra lithographs. Very minor foxing to page edges one soil mark on the clear jacket. Extra postage required for international or expedited shipping. Rizzoli hardcover books
réf. 515088Seattle: University of Washington Press / Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation 2000. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition Signed issue. Two volumes. Quartos. 287 344pp. Heavily illustrated. Both volumes fine in fine dust jackets. N.B. aside from a small binding error on the topedge of one of the boards resulting in a short section cloth to be improperly folded at the pastedown. Housed in a fine slipcase with a couple of small faint spots. Signed by Lawrence on the limitation page of Volume I. Over The Line edited and with an introduction by Peter T. Nesbett and Michelle DuBois and essays by Patricia Hills Paul J. Karlstrom Leslie King-Hammond Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins Richard J. Powell Lowery Stokes Sims Elizabeth Steele and Elizabeth Hutton Turner. Catalog Raisonné by Peter T. Nesbett and Michelle DuBois with assistance from Stephanie Ellis-Smith. A handsome production the result of six years of work issued Signed in a small limitation. University of Washington Press / Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation hardcover books
2000réf. 1415165Seattle and London: University of Washington Press / Jacob Lawrence Catalogue Raisonné Project 2000. Signed Limited Edition #191/250. Hardcover. Quartos 2 Volumes. In Good condition with Very Good dust jackets. Housed in publisher's sun faded and scuffed black cloth slip case. Spines red and blue respectively with white and yellow lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar coverings. Foxing to edges of textblocks. Pages sticky with an odor. Signed by Lawrence and enumerated on tipped-in page in Volume I. Ticket to the exhibit at The Phillips Collection laid in to Volume I. Shelved above Ancient Civilization. Volume I - THE ART AND LIFE OF JACOB LAWRENCE Volume II - PAINTINGS DRAWINGS AND MURALS 1935-1999 A CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ. 1415165. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. University of Washington Press / Jacob Lawrence Catalogue Raisonné Project hardcover books
réf. B226344-2Berkeley/Los Angeles University of California Press 2004. 279 1pp. Prof. illus. Lrg. 4to. Boards. Berkeley/Los Angeles (University of California Press), 2004. hardcover books
1997réf. 1414644The 483rd Bombardment Group H Asssociation 1997. Hardcover. Quarto xiv 306 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is blue with red and black print. Boards in glossy illustrated paper. Text block has name and inscription in ink on front flyleaf. Illustrated: b&w photographs. Laid in: Program for the 22nd Reunion 57th anniversary September 11-17 2000 is taped to front pastedown. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Netdesk Column QB ND-QB. 1414644. FP New Rockville Stock. The 483rd Bombardment Group (H) Asssociation hardcover books
1988réf. 2706Stated First Edition; Review Copy with review slip and press release laid in; Fine in a Fine dust jacket with no significant flaws. Not remaindered not price clipped not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box. Thunder's Mouth Press hardcover books
1927réf. 30885Brooklyn NY: Physicians and Surgeons Book Co. Near Fine with no dj. First Edition. Hardcover. nice-looking book minor wear to the extremities one-time owner's name at top of front endpaper. B&W photographs and diagrams From the Foreword by John Osborn Polak: "In the following pages the author illustrates describes and correlates the development structures and functions of the human body in such a readable and accurate manner as to be understandable alike by the high-school student and the professonal aspirant who desires to review the fundamentals of the pre-clinical sciences." Per the title page the book contains "190 original illustrations mostly from dissections and animated drawings by the author." If you think some of the small illustrations in the book somewhat resemble motion picture film frames you will not be surprised to learn that Dr. Sarnoff 1886-1961 was a pioneering maker of medical films who between 1920 and 1924 produced a six-reel set of films with this same title which was bundled with this book and a set of slides. The author's Preface explains how the book coordinates with the films and its text in fact is divided into "reels" rather than chapters: "Reel 1 -- the Digestive System" etc. He later produced an even more elaborate set of films: 200 reels depcting 300 opeations released in 1932 under the title "System of General Surgery in Motion Pictures." . c.1927. Physicians and Surgeons Book Co. hardcover books
réf. 40578FALKE Jacob Von. ART IN THE HOUSE. Boston: L. Prang 1879. 4to. Publisher's full brown morocco elaborately blind and gilt stamped all edges gilt. xxx 356 pages added chromolithographic title page 60 plates. First American edition. Holzenberg # 77. Falke was perhaps the most important German writer on taste in the Aesthetic era. He has written a history of interior decoration--beginning with the Greco-Roman house through the eighteenth century. Critical observations on style and harmony are filtered through aesthetic principles. Successive chapters deal with decorating the house in various stages: the floor wall ornaments ceilings furniture and decorations on the table. His work reflects many of the "artistic" principles in vogue in England and elsewhere: the dependence of Form on function; the importance of good design in everyday living; and the preferred use of historical styles as inspiration rather than strict models for modern decor. This edition was translated by C.C. Perkins from the third German edition. The 60 plates are a combination of five chromolithographs and 55 albertypes and typographic etchings. In addition there are one hundred and sixty-six in-text figures. Front cover with a gilt stamped vignette; interior of front hinge neatly reinforced; some light foxing. Otherwise a very good copy of a heavy book usually found in shaken and worn condition. unknown books
réf. 4548ZEITLIN Jacob. SMALL RENAISSANCE: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STYLE. Los Angeles: Jacob Zeitlin 1972. 8vo. Wrappers. 16 pages. First book appearance. A paper read to the Bibliographical Society of America in 1955 and printed by them in the Papers at that time. unknown books
réf. 12760JACKSON KAINEN Jacob. JOHN BAPTIST JACKSON 18TH-CENTURY MASTER OF THE COLOR WOODCUT. Washington: GPO 1962. 4to. Cloth. xii 183 pages. First edition. With illustrations of Jackson's color woodcuts and chiaroscuros including ten in color; bulletin 222 by the Smithonsian Institution. Fine. 12760. unknown books
réf. 10147BAAL-TESHUVA Jacob. ART TREASURES OF THE UNITED NATIONS. New York: Thomas Yoseloff 1964. 4to. Cloth dust jacket. Frontispiece 71 3 pages 50 plates. First edition. Being a guidebook to the paintings murals sculptures mosiacs rugs and tapestries in the United Nations. Very good in lightly used dust jacket. unknown books
réf. 34520BEAN Jacob and William Griswold. 18TH CENTURY ITALIAN DRAWINGS. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art 1990. 4to. Cloth dust jacket. First edition. "This volume illustrates 283 drawings by Italian artists of the eighteenth century in the museum's collection." Minor soiling to the dust jacket else very good. unknown books
réf. 20037HOLTZAPFFEL John Jacob. THE PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE OF ORNAMENTAL OR COMPLEX TURNING. New York: Dover 1973 8vo. Cloth dust jacket. xxiv 656 pages. Being a reprint of this definitive book on ornamental and complex turning originally published as volume five of the 1894 edition of Turning and Mechanical Manipulation. It is an incredible text book based on the Holtzappel family's work in perfecting their craft over a period of one hundred and thirty years. Very good. unknown books
réf. 8168BURKHARDT Jacob. DER CICERONE. Two volumes. Basel: Benno Schwabe & Co. 1959. 4to. Quarter-leather. xv 486 pages; xi 425 pages. These volumes in German are a part of Burkhardt Gesammelte Werke. Fine. unknown books
