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1997réf. 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
1839réf. 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
1866réf. 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
1988réf. 46668São Paulo: Editora Ex Libris 1988. First edition. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. First printing of this history of Christiano Jr.'s photographs of African enslaved people and laborers in Brazil a collection he sold as a souvenir to European tourists - a rare title. Portuguese photographer Christiano Jr. maintained a photography studio in Rio de Janero and first presented this souvenir photo album at the Porto International Exhibition. This reflection on his work and collection of his photographs is rare on the market. 9.25'' x 5.5''. Original black cloth boards. Original unclipped no price color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white and sepia. 78 pages. Jacket with some edgewear a few small closed tears. Clean. Editora Ex Libris unknown books
1993réf. 334936Seattle Washington 1993. 2 quarto sheets writing on rectos only. 8-1/2 x 11 inches. The letter is lightly creased twice where folded for mailing else near fine. 2 quarto sheets writing on rectos only. 8-1/2 x 11 inches. ALS from Jacob Lawrence to noted author and art critic Selden Rodman. It states in part: "Dear Selden; This is a reply to your letter of September 7th 1993 in which is requested biographical data for a book that you are working on 'Geniuses and other Ecentrics sic'. Please find enclosed a statement from the Rutgers University Two-Hundred Twenty-Second Anniversary Commencement. I am complimented that you wish to include me in your study. Along with others I thank you for your overall contributions and interest to the arts. Gwen and I send our love and wish you continued success- Sincerely signed Jake." Lawrence has also signed his full name at the heading of the letter also providing his Seattle address. Rodman interviewed Lawrence for his 1957 book Conversations with Artists and they remained friends for the rest of their lives. The book Geniuses & Other Eccentrics: Photographing My Friends was published in 1997 and does feature Lawrence. Jacob Lawrence is one of the most influential African-American artists of the 20th Century. Selden Rodman is the author of a number of books including poetry fiction and art biographies of Horace Pippin and Ben Shahn and studies of Haitian art. unknown books
réf. 324488New York: The Limited Editions Club 1989. Edition limited to 400 numbered copies signed by Lawrence. This is number 341. Illustrated with eight original silkscreens by Jacob Lawrence printed on fine Whatman paper by Osiris Printing. Original prospectus laid in. Folio. Original blue cloth clamshell box by Karl Folkes at the Spectrum Bindery and John Isakovics of Jovonis Bindery. Fine. Edition limited to 400 numbered copies signed by Lawrence. This is number 341. Illustrated with eight original silkscreens by Jacob Lawrence printed on fine Whatman paper by Osiris Printing. Original prospectus laid in. Folio. The prints illustrate and accompany the King James version of the book of Genesis. "The silk-screen stencils of Jacob Lawrence's paintings were expertly processed in New York City. Anywhere from 17 to 21 screens were required to bring out the coloring of each illustration making a total of 144 separate stencils all of which were destroyed after the strictly limited number of some 400 original sets of prints had been achieved on the fine Whatman paper. Jacob Lawrence one of the great figurative painters of the 20th century. rose to fame in 1941 after creating one of the most original and forceful series of narrative works in the history of American art - the 'Migration of the Negro.' He was the first African American artist to be represented by a major New York gallery and one of the first to have a solo exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art" Regina Hackett. The Limited Editions Club unknown books
réf. 323989New York: The Limited Editions Club 1983. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Hersey Warren and Lawrence. With 8 color silk-screens by Jacob Lawrence. 1 vols. Folio. Full black aniline calf lettered in blind. Fine in black silk over boards slipcase. Lawrence Jacob. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Hersey Warren and Lawrence. With 8 color silk-screens by Jacob Lawrence. 1 vols. Folio. Printed at the Wild Carrot Letterpress with the silkscreens printed at Studio Heinrici Ltd. The Limited Editions Club unknown books
1867réf. 324321London: John Camden Hotten Piccadilly 1867. Large Paper copy limited to 100 copies. With tipped in color frontispiece 19 plates 8 Extra Plates with 72 signs inserted plate at end. 536 pp. 1 vols. Large 4to. Publisher's quarter black morocco and crimson paper over boards. Bookplate of Thomas Charles Venables. Very good heel of spine worn board edges rubbed. Large Paper copy limited to 100 copies. With tipped in color frontispiece 19 plates 8 Extra Plates with 72 signs inserted plate at end. 536 pp. 1 vols. Large 4to. The uncommon large paper issue of this important study of sign boards and the history of town and city in England. OCLC: 874198284 Edinburgh Univ. John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly unknown books
1689réf. 724571689. 18-3/4" x 14-1/2" Mezzotint broadside. 18-3/4" x 14-1/2" Mezzotint broadside. Print Commemorating an Event that Led to the Glorious Revolution Gole Jacob 1660-1724 Engraver. De Seven Bisschoppen van Engeland. Amsterdam: Published by P. Savoret and Jacob Gole 1689. 18-3/4" x 14-1/2" 47.5 x 37 cm mezzotint broadside image size 14-3/4" x 11" 37.5 x 28 cm. Faint horizontal crease through center light soiling to lower-right corner. Well-preserved wide margins. $750. This rare striking broadside commemorates a pivotal catalyst of the Glorious Revolution: the resistance imprisonment and trial of the Seven Bishops of the Church of England. In 1688 the Catholic King James II issued the Declaration of Indulgence which granted religious freedom in England by suspending penal laws against Catholics and non-conforming Protestants. Crucially the decree stripped away the requirement of affirming an oath to the Church of England to hold government or teaching positions. Viewing this as a direct assault on the established Church seven prominent bishops petitioned against the reforms and refused to read the Declaration from their pulpits. James II promptly had them imprisoned in the Tower of London and tried for seditious libel. Overnight the bishops became celebrated defenders of the Protestant faith; their subsequent acquittal provoked widespread public rejoicing and severely undermined the King's authority paving the way for the ascension of William of Orange later that year. The central engraving features portrait ovals of the seven defiant bishops. Above them are symbolic counterweights of power and justice: a bishop's mitre a circular medal depicting the Tower of London where they were held and a scale of justice. The print is captioned below the image in both Dutch and French reflecting its contemporary distribution across Continental Protestant networks. Jacob Gole was an acclaimed early master of the mezzotint technique and a prominent publisher of playing cards and prints. A French-born Huguenot Calvinist Gole fled to Holland around 1684 to escape religious persecution just prior to the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Settling in Amsterdam he achieved high regard for his finely detailed portraits and genre scenes. Today Gole's work is well-represented in major international institutions including the British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. O'Donoghu. unknown books
1861réf. 322790New York or Washington D.C. 1861. Portrait frontispiece engraved by J. Rogers 367pp. paginated erratically with added manuscript page numbers after page 111. 8vo. Half purple morocco and cloth rebacked. Bookbinder's label on the front pastedown A. D. Bloodgood. Portrait frontispiece engraved by J. Rogers 367pp. paginated erratically with added manuscript page numbers after page 111. 8vo. Comprises a 5-page epistolary Preface dated 25th July 1861 and addressed to his son Abraham with caption title as above followed by 22 sections including various appendices as detailed on p. 4 including: Brief and speech of Mr. Jacob Barker of New Orleans. 1857 -- United States Court of Claims. R.R. Ward Fitz G. Halleck and Jacob Little assignees of Jacob Barker vs. the United States. 1859 -- Court of Claims. Ward and others vs. the United States: brief of Jacob Barker counsel for plaintiffs 1859 -- R.G. i.e. R.R. Ward Fitz G. Halleck and Jacob Little assignees of Jacob Barker vs. the United States: brief of Jacob Barker counsel for plaintiffs on the rehearing granted the 16th March 1859 -- Court of Claims. R.R. Ward and others assignees of Jacob Barker Washington the last week in March 1860 : substance of the speech of Jacob Barker . 1860 -- To the honorable the members of the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled : the petition of R.R. Ward Jacob Little and Firz G. Halleck assignees of Jacob Barker . 1861; etc. Each of the sections was evidently separately printed and here collected for distribution by Barker to present his case. His claims centered on non-payment of a $5 million loan he gave the U.S. government during the War of 1812: "My advanced age approaching 82 years admonishes me to place before the world a full history of the wrongs which have been done me by the officials to whom our national affairs have been intrusted" Preface. American banker financier and insurance lawyer Barker 1779-1871 founded the Exchange Bank of New York in 1815 was an early investor in the New York Life and Fire Insurance Company for which he was later charged with fraud which was eventually dismissed and a member of the New York State Senate. He removed to New Orleans in the 1830s and became an insurance lawyer but by 1867 his fortunes had dwindled and he declared bankruptcy. unknown books
1927réf. 320297New York: Joseph P. Day 1927. Each property with photo llustration. 13 pp. 4to. Grey wrappers. Fine tipped in newspaper artricle at front saying the properties brought $1423 000. Each property with photo llustration. 13 pp. 4to. With a flyer for 40 acres in Bedford Hills NY auction on Feb. 15 1927 laid in. WH/9/alex Box 1/69/1 Joseph P. Day unknown books
1929réf. 317435London: Alfred A. Knopf 1929. First American edition. Illustrated. Folding map at end. 298pp. 8vo. Bound in modern three quarters mottled brown calf and marbled boards leather title label. Fine. First American edition. Illustrated. Folding map at end. 298pp. 8vo. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1826réf. 316088Cumberland MD: Printed for the Author by J.M. Buchanan 1826. First edition. 8vo. Contemporary half roan and marbled boards spine lettered in gilt. Covers scuffed and worn small semicircular portion of rear cover fire damaged with loss wear extending into final 25 pages at top margin touching a few letters text foxed and faintly dampstained some contemporary pen annotations 1839 ownership inscription on front free endpaper. First edition. 8vo. First edition of this 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.The immediate occasion for this now rare book written by the revolutionary officer later clergyman who had married Cresap's widow was the reopening of old sores by Joseph Doddridge in his then recently published NOTES ON THE SETTLEMENT AND INDIAN WARS OF THE WESTERN PARTS OF VIRGINIA & PENNSYLVANIA FROM THE YEAR 1763 UNTIL THE YEAR 1783 INCLUSIVE of 1824. The defense is complete and the biography is of absorbing interest" Streeter. Streeter Sale 1335; Howes J32; Graff 2185; Sabin 35488; Siebert Sale 379 Printed for the Author, by J.M. Buchanan unknown books
1832réf. 305489New York 1832. 1/2 page. Docketed. Old folds. 1/2 page. Docketed. Olcott was the president of the Mechanics and Farmers' Bank of Albany N.Y. and a prominent figure in New York State politics and finance. Reads in part: " I have your letter of 4st & regret---not get the loan of 1200$. unknown books
1839réf. 306147Boston: Weeks Jordan and Company 1839. First Edition. Frontispiece and 4 plates. 180 pp. 12mo. Original brown ribbed cloth gilt stamped on upper cover. A brilliant copy with a modicum of foxing. Bookplate of Blairhame. Stamp of Charles C. Chase of Hopkinton N.H. and label of bequest to him in 1840. In brown cloth dropbox and leather label. First Edition. Frontispiece and 4 plates. 180 pp. 12mo. The seventh Rollo book. Weeks, Jordan, and Company unknown books
1817réf. 256412New York 1817. Each 1-1/2 pp. Docketed. Folio. Fine. Old folds. Each 1-1/2 pp. Docketed. Folio. William Meredith was a lawyer President of the Schuylkill Bank and Secretary of the Treasury. unknown books
1879réf. 2558331879. With watercolours photos etc. 4to. Quarter contemporary morocco gilt spine and marbled boards a.e.g. Minor rubbing some pages have been excised. With watercolours photos etc. 4to. Front free endpaper has charming small watercolour of house tipped in with legend in pencil "I believe this is the first dwelling after marriage Rainham Kent. G.T.N. ordained 1806 preached at Romsey. 2. Lumley Lodge Richmond pen and ink drawing. Laid in. 3. Watercolour : "House & chapel built by him of Dr César Malam Prè du Champs- Geneva 4. Pencil drawing "Birthplace of Phillip George de Grand Jacob: Roath Court was left for Somerton in 1808." Signed in picture "Roath Court Frant. July9-39." 5. 2. Lumley Lodge Richmond pencil drawing 6. Crawley Rectory 1832 by A.S.J. Pencil drawing 7. Crawley Rectory and grounds by ASJ 8. Wash drawing of "Abbey Close Winchester" identified lower left From hence mostly photographs. unknown books
1789réf. 247021Paris: Chez Barrois 1789. First edition in French. Avec trente-quatre planches. 34 finely etched plates by Copia EXQUISITELY COLORED by a contemporary hand. 4 324; 4 295 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary tan polished calf triple gilt-filet borders smooth spines richly gilt with 2 black leather spine label by Bozerien jeune. First edition in French. Avec trente-quatre planches. 34 finely etched plates by Copia EXQUISITELY COLORED by a contemporary hand. 4 324; 4 295 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. An extremely rare if not unique copy of Engel's classic treatise on acting with the plates colored by hand. This is the very scarce first French edition of Engel's famous Ideen Zu Einer Mimik first printed in German in 1785-86 and one of the most important works on the theory and psycho-physiology of acting. Engel 1741-1802 was a German philosopher who was professor of moral philosophy in the Joachimstal Gymnasium in Berlin and following that tutor to the crown prince of Prussia the future Frederik William III. In 1787 he became director of the Royal Theater in Berlin where he wrote many plays which enjoyed considerable success as well as many essays on aesthetic subjects ONE OF A VERY FEW COPIES WITH HAND-COLORED PLATES. Cohen-De Ricci 346-347; Brunet III 982; Magriel p. 179 Chez Barrois unknown books
1934réf. 219112London 1934. Variant of the portrait from the same session published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Bust portrait of the sculptor in profile. 1 vols. 35 x 27.7 cm. approximately 14 x 11 inches. Docketed in pencil on verso giving the name of the sitter the date of the session and a reference to negative and print "XXIII - F - 30". Variant of the portrait from the same session published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Bust portrait of the sculptor in profile. 1 vols. 35 x 27.7 cm. approximately 14 x 11 inches. unknown books
1934réf. 219114London 1934. Variant of the portrait from the same session published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Bust portrait of the sculptor. 1 vols. 23.2 x 31.5 cm. approximately 12-1/2 x9 inches. Docketed in pencil on verso giving the name of the sitter "Jason Epstein - Hyde Park Gate London" the date of the session and a reference to negative and print "XXIII - F - 28". Variant of the portrait from the same session published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Bust portrait of the sculptor. 1 vols. 23.2 x 31.5 cm. approximately 12-1/2 x9 inches. unknown books
1725réf. 227524Uppsala: Werner 1725. Collation π1 A-C8; Pp. i title-ii verso blank 1-48. 1 vols. 16mo. Stitched. Ink signature at foot of title minor paper flaw in top margin of first two leaves three manuscript corrections in text else fine. Collation π1 A-C8; Pp. i title-ii verso blank 1-48. 1 vols. 16mo. Early work on the Norse voyages to Greenland Vinland Helluland Skraelingaland and discussion of the textual record of the exploration of North America. Celsius the uncle of Anders of the temperaturs scale fame was an early mentor of Carl Linneaus. Howes W15; Sabin 100960; Alden 725/208 Werner unknown books
1934réf. 219342London 1934. Published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Bust portrait of the sculptor facing camera. 1 vols. 35 x 27.7 cm. approximately 14 x 11 inches. Docketed in red ink on verso giving the date of the session and a reference to negative and print "XXIII - F - 21" with pencilled name of the sitter "Sir Jacob Epstein". Published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Bust portrait of the sculptor facing camera. 1 vols. 35 x 27.7 cm. approximately 14 x 11 inches. unknown books
1875réf. 51479Paris: Auguste Fontaine 1875. First edition. No. 8 of 50 copies on Whatman Paper. Frontispiece portrait in two states. 4 xv xvi blank 510 2 table 8 Extrait du Catalogue Auguste Fontaine. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed wrappers all edges uncut. Some browning to wrappers partial split at spine of front wrapper two small chips from margins of front wrapper else very fine unopened copy. First edition. No. 8 of 50 copies on Whatman Paper. Frontispiece portrait in two states. 4 xv xvi blank 510 2 table 8 Extrait du Catalogue Auguste Fontaine. 1 vols. 8vo. Printer's apprentice turned prolific author Restif de la Bretonne 1734-1806 was one of the distinctive literary voices of late eighteenth-century France whose works chronicle the excesses of the ancien régime and the tumults of the Revolution. Exceedingly scarce édition de tête of this bibliography which remains important and has been reprinted on several occasions. Auguste Fontaine unknown books
1810réf. 215799Philadelphia 1810. 1-1/2 pp. on verso and recto of first leaf; second leaf docketed on veso "Bond - I Whelen & Jacob Downing to S.-P. Bridge ccmp.". 1 vols. 4to. Witnessed by John J. Downing and Robert Clinton with their signature. 1-1/2 pp. on verso and recto of first leaf; second leaf docketed on veso "Bond - I Whelen & Jacob Downing to S.-P. Bridge ccmp.". 1 vols. 4to. "Know All Men by these present that M. Israel Whelen and Jacob Downing of the City of Philadelphia are held and firmly bound unto the President Directors and Company for erecting a Permanent Bridge over the river Schuylkill at or near the City of Philadelphia in the sum of Ten Thousand dollars - Money of the United States of North America to be paid to the said President Directors and Company . unknown books
1720réf. 40329Nuremburg: Aedibus Ebermayerianis 1720. First edition. With folding portrait and folding plate of Cabinet. 30 plates part I 1720; 7 plates part II 1722; 4 plates part III 1722; and 5 plates part IV 1722. 1 vols. Folio. Contemporary mottled sheep rebacked. Wear staining and some cracking to the bottom back board and bottom of spine internally a fine crisp copy. First edition. With folding portrait and folding plate of Cabinet. 30 plates part I 1720; 7 plates part II 1722; 4 plates part III 1722; and 5 plates part IV 1722. 1 vols. Folio. Ebermayer 1664-1743 was a Nuremberg banker whose very fine collection of gems featured many with portraits cut in relief of all the Luminaries of Ancient and Modern History. The last 4 parts are quite rare. According to Graesse the first is usually encountered with another collection of engraved gems by Erhard Reusch published in the same year. Graesse 1: 276; Ebert 6547 Aedibus Ebermayerianis unknown books
