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1932Best.-Nr. 368276Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1932. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine and bright dustwrapper. A beautiful copy of this analysis of the Depression and an indictment of installment selling competitive banking and stock manipulation that helped prevent future recurrences and is credited with bringing about today's economic utopia. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
1758Best.-Nr. 016251Philadelphia: William Bradford 1758. First Edition. Hardcover. Title page with a few repaired tears hinged with following Preface page; two adjoining leaves pages 441-444 of text lacking and supplied with facsimiles. Contents Very Good binding about Fine. Folio 7-1/4" x 11-1/2" bound in contemporary calf leather with a decorative blindstamped border recently rebacked with a new gilt-lettered and decorated spine preserving original paste-downs and free endpapers; 4 763 pages. Title within rule border decorative woodcut head- and tail-pieces. An important compilation of the fundamental New Jersey charters and session laws of the proprietary period 1664 to 1702 up to Lord Cornbury's commission and instructions as Royal Governor when New Jersey became a crown colony under Queen Anne. Publication was ordered by the New Jersey Assembly in 1752 but two years were required to collect the documents to be included while the typesetting and printing took Bradford an additional three. By the date of publication some 170 copies had been subscribed. This title was the largest volume issued from Bradford's press and one of the largest from any eighteenth-century American press. Evans 8205; Sabin 39527. Early owner name on the title page and early twentieth century names on the front pastedown. W[illiam] Bradford hardcover books
1959Best.-Nr. 6376Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very fine/Near Fine. First English translation. Translated from the German and Edited by Thomas N. Bonner. 114pp. Drawings and maps by Joe Beeler. A very fine copy with dust jacket. Schiel served with the Gunnison Expedition sent out in 1853 to explore the possibilities of a railroad route to the Pacific. Fate allowed him to escape the massacre of Gunnison's command and he continued the remainder of the expedition under the command of Lieutenant Beckwith wintering with the Mormons at Salt Lake City and reaching the coast the following year. University of Oklahoma Press hardcover books
1967Best.-Nr. 1772Palo Alto: Lewis Osborne 1967. Hardcover. Fine. First book edition first published serially in the Overland Monthly. Limited to 2350 copies. Foreword by John Barr Tompkins. 109pp. Illustrations from early prints endpaper maps. Turquoise cloth gilt anchor device stamped on front cover. A very fine copy. Stillman's narrative of his extraordinary trip back home to Baltimore from San Francisco in 1850. He traveled on the ship Plymouth from San Francisco to Realejo port in Nicaragua followed by a canoe trip up-river to the town of Realejo. Then came a long overland trek by horse to the shark infested waters of Lake Nicaragua two abortive attempts to run the length of Lake Nicaragua by native canoe a successful crossing of the lake in a small overloaded schooner another canoe trip down to the sea a trip on the brig Mechanic and finally home on the Polly Hinds. Stillman returned to California in 1856 to live the rest of his life because "There is more intelligence and generous good feeling than in any country I ever saw." Kurutz: 605-c. Lewis Osborne hardcover books
1961Best.-Nr. 014609Providence RI 1961-62. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor foxing to preliminaries. Near Fine. Ilse Buchert. Small thin folio 9-1/2" x 12-3/4" in decorated boards; 12 pages. Illustrated with a number of small black and red woodcuts scattered throughout the text. This version of Grimm's tale "The Kingbird and the Bear" a story of a humorous battle between the land animals and the flying creatures of the world was printed and illustrated by Ilse Buchert in obviously small numbers though no statement of limitation is included in the book. hardcover books
1904Best.-Nr. 014375New York: The Outlook Company 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Hinges cracked and neatly repaired. Still Near Fine. Second Printing in publisher's original decorated cloth. Illustrated with plates. This copy virtually unique as it is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by both the author and the subject as President. Riis's inscription is dated 5 August 1908. Roosevelt writes: "with the best wishes of/Theodore Roosevelt/The White House/Jan. 18th 1909." The addition of "The White House" by Roosevelt is notable as prior to his administration the residence was known as the "President's Palace" the "President's House" and the "Executive Mansion." It was Roosevelt who officially named it "The White House" in 1901. Of the many books signed by Roosevelt we have both handled and seen we have never before encountered one in which he has noted his official residence along with his signature. Jacob Riis among the most dedicated advocates for America's oppressed and downtrodden arrived in New York from his native Denmark at the age of 21 in 1870. A pioneer in photojournalism Riis photographed and wrote about the slums and tenements of a New York in the dawn of a new century. Riis came to Roosevelt's attention through his 1890 book HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES. As Commissioner of the New York City Police Department Roosevelt accompanied Riis on his evening travels through the slums and witnessed firsthand the inhumane conditions endured by many of New York's inhabitants. In his 1901 book MAKING OF AN AMERICAN Riis wrote of Roosevelt: "It could not have been long after I wrote HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES that he came to the Evening Sun office one day looking for me. I was out and he left his card merely writing on the back of it that he had read my book and had 'come to help.' That was all and it tells the whole story of the man. I loved him from the day I first saw him; nor ever in all the years that have passed has he failed of the promise made then. No one ever helped as he did. For two years we were brothers on Mulberry Street." Roosevelt in turn wrote of Riis after his death: "It is difficult for me to write of Jacob Riis only from the public standpoint. He was one of my truest and closest friends. I have ever prized the fact that once in speaking of me he said 'since I met him he has been my brother.' I have not only admired and respected him beyond measure but I have loved him dearly . and I mourn him as if he were one of my own family." The Outlook Company hardcover books
1921Best.-Nr. 110122New York: The Macmillan Company 1921. Hardcover. Very Good. Later edition. Very good with tidemarks on the boards. Lacking the dust jacket. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1944Best.-Nr. 167538Munich Munchen: Film-Bühne 1944. Vintage program for the 1944 German film. Text and titles in German. Based on Hermann Bahr's 1907 play "Die gelbe Nachtigall" "The Yellow Nightingale". German director and actor Theo Lingen appeared in over 200 films between 1930 and 1980 and directed 21 films between 1929 and 1978. Bi-fold measuring 5.75 x 8 inches when folded. About Fine. Film-Bühne unknown books
1958Best.-Nr. 163718Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1958. Vintage reference photograph taken on location for the 1958 film showing Stanley Kramer directing actor Sidney Poitier. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Two prisoners-one white one Black-are shackled together on a chain gang. Deciding to escape they are forced to cooperate in order to survive in the countryside eventually finding empathy for each other in the process. The film was shot on a closed set due to the then-provocative subject matter with special screenings orchestrated in the southern United States for integrated audiences a fairly uncommon occurrence at the time. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning two for Best Cinematography and Best Screenplay. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine lightly toned and worn at the corners. United Artists unknown books
1823Best.-Nr. 68858London: Published by C. Baldwyn 1823. CRUIKSHANK George. . GRIMM Wilhelm. ZAEHNSDORF binder. German Popular Stories. Translated from the Kinder und Haus Marchen Collected by M.M. Grimm from Oral Tradition. London: Published by C. Baldwyn 1823. Full description: GRIMM Jacob and Wilhelm. CRUIKSHANK George illustrator. German Popular Stories Translated from the Kinder und Haus Marchen Collected by M.M. Grimm from Oral Tradition. London: Published by C. Baldwyn 1823; James Robins & Co. London and Joseph Robins Junr. & Co. Dublin 1826. First English edition with the second issue title-page for Volume I with an umlaut over the "a" in "Märchen" in the title. "A few copies of the engraved title were printed off before the umlaut was added in 'Märchen'" Otherwise with the following first issue points: With a list of plates on page 218; the title to the tale of "The Travelling Musicians" on p. 9 has no additional words; in the "Notes" at the end of the volume the note referring to "Preface p. vii" comes last; and Baldwyn's advertisement at the end begins "On the First of November was published Price 5s. No. XII. Completing the Sixth Volume of The Retrospective Review." Two twelvemo volumes 7 3/8 x 4 3/8 inches; 190 x 110 mm. 2 xii 240 12 publisher's advertisements; 2 iv 256 1 1 printer's imprint 1 ads 1 blank 12 publisher's advertisements pp. Half-titles in each volume. With twenty-two etched plates by George Cruikshank including two vignette title-pages. The plates in Volume I are printed in brown and black in Volume II. Bound by F. Bedford in full navy crushed levant morocco. Covers triple-ruled in gilt. Spines tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments board edges ruled in gilt turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt. Top edge gilt others uncut. Maroon coated endpapers. Leaves D2 and D3 in volumes I and B10 and page iv in Volume II with small closed tears to fore-edge margins invisibly repaired and not affecting text. Text is very clean and margins are large. The drab printed pictorial front and back wrappers for Volume I along with the spine are bound in to the end of volume I. The printed paper spine label from volume II is bound in to the end of that volume. Overall an about fine set. "The stories that we know today as Grimm's Fairy Tales were collected from oral tradition by the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm philologists and pioneer folklorists. They began to publish the results of their work in 1812 in Germany under the title Kinder- und Haus-Märchen. The tales first appeared in English in 1823 with the publication of the first volume of German Popular Stories. The translator was Edgar Taylor and the book's publication was an auspicious event for at least two reasons. It launched an era in which folklore and the fairy tale would stimulate writers to produce an increasingly imaginative literature for children. And German Popular Stories also put before the public the remarkable illustrations-perhaps his best work-of George Cruikshank. The illustrations evoke wonderfully the grotesque awesome yet matter-of-fact qualities of witch and goblin of Frog Prince Rapunzel Rumpelstiltskin and all the other characters that people the tales. As illustrations to these fairy tales Cruikshank's etchings have never been surpassed" Morgan Library Early Children's Books. Cohn 369. Morgan Library Early Children's Books 197. Ray The Illustrator and the Book in England 112. HBS 68858. $10000. Published by C. Baldwyn unknown books
1953Best.-Nr. 463147Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company 1953. Softcover. Near Fine. Offprint. Small quarto. 474-482pp. Stapled self-wrappers. Ownership stamp and signature of a noted American psychologist on the cover. Trifle musty staples a bit oxidized and a tiny bit of foxing on the blank lower wrap near fine. Reprinted from Cancer Vol. 6 No. 3 May 1953. J. B. Lippincott Company unknown books
1958Best.-Nr. 139877N.p.: Curtleigh Productions 1958. Vintage US three-sheet poster for the 1958 US film. The film won two Academy Awards for best writing and cinematography and was nominated for another seven. Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier were lauded for their performances in this Academy Award winning drama in which two prisoners from a chain-gang escape. One white one African American the men originally cooperate out of necessity as they are chained to one another. However as they grow familiar with one another a deep bond and mutual respect develops between the men. "The Defiant Ones" was shot on a closed set due to the then-provocative subject matter. Special screenings were orchestrated in the southern United States for integrated audiences a relatively uncommon occurrence at the time. Montgomery Alabama however chose to cancel an integrated screening when the White Citizen's Committee Council protested the film claiming it gave rise to "moral support and financial gain to subversive propagandists" AFI catalogue. Set in the American South shot on location in California. 41 x 81 inches folded. Very Good with numerous pin holes moderate edgewear and extensive tape reinforcements to the verso. Manuscript annotations to the verso and a stamp indicating three-sheet poster. Royal Books can arrange for archival linen backing of posters. Please inquire. Curtleigh Productions unknown books
1914Best.-Nr. 6827New York: Privately printed 1914. boards leather spine labels slipcase. Lowell James Russell. 8vo. boards leather spine labels slipcase. xvii 136 pages. Compiled from the Collection Formed by the late Jacob Chester Chamberlain with Assistance . Luther Livingston. First edition limited to 550 copies of which this is one of 50 done on Van Gelder paper. Fine copy. Privately printed unknown books
1865Best.-Nr. 64770New York: E. S. Dodge & Co 1865. Historical Outline of Lower California. New York: E. S. Dodge & Co. 1865. First edition. Octavo 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 223 x 146 mm.1-46 2 blank pp. Original grey printed wrappers. Wrappers chipped along lower portion of the spine and slightly chipped along edges. Some light foxing throughout. Overall a very good copy. "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. The 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 mineral resources and pearl fisheries of Baja California." Hill 998. Hill 998. Sabin 39834. HBS 64770. $2500. E. S. Dodge & Co unknown books
1860Best.-Nr. 28511860. KIRKPATRICK JACOB. An Historical Discourse Delivered by Request of the Presbytery of Raritan in the United First Presbyterian Church of Amwell N.J. June 20 1860. Philadelphia 1860. 16 p. Wrappers. On the fiftieth anniversary of Kirkpatrick's ministry. Hunterdon County. unknown books
1824Best.-Nr. 33101824. BIGELOW JACOB. Florula Bostoniensis. A Collection of Plants of Boston and its Vicinity . Second Edition Greatly Enlarged. Boston: Cummings Hilliard & Co. 1824. 5 3 422 2 p. Original boards untrimmed; neatly rebacked. Some foxing top blank margin of final leaf neatly repaired. In 1814 Bigelow published the first edition of Florula Bostoniensis--a modest volume dealing with the flora within a ten-mile radius of Boston. By 1824 he had explored the mountains of New Hampshire and Vermont and this greatly enlarged second edition became the standard manual of New England botany until the appearance of Gray's work in 1848. Shoemaker 15401; Meisel III p. 373. unknown books
1766Best.-Nr. 122491766. SCHAEFFER JACOB C. . Elementa Entomologica. Regensburg: Gedruckt mit Weissischen Schriften 1766. 4to. 186 p. 140 hand colored engraved plates on 72 leaves of which 4 are printed on one side only. Text in Latin and German. Modern full calf antique. Margins of first few leaves stained from turn-in of original binding very minor occasional foxing light old mildew stain on upper corners of binding else a very good copy with beautiful clean plates. The rare first edition of this important German insect book. The beautifully engraved and colored plates include images of the collector's cabinet as well as his collecting apparatus. Nissen ZBI 3626. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 1308381989. First Edition. Signed. LAWRENCE Jacob. Paintings and Drawings. Pinturas y Dibujos. Claremont California: Scripps College 1989. Quarto original printed paper wrappers; pp. 80. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $7500.First edition of this generously illustrated exhibition catalogue including 33 reproductions of LawrenceÕs arresting work 20 in color inscribed on the title page by the artist in the year of the exhibition ÒTo: Regina Jacob Lawrence à 7/26/89.Ó""The first artist to document through his art the African-American experience as an important chapter of American historyÉ Lawrence combined the patchwork elements of synthetic Cubism and the use of bold solid colors and flat forms in the manner of Henri Matisse with a clear sense of black identityÉ Lawrence's greatest artistic strengths were his use of vibrant color and his ability to tell stories"" ANB. This illustrated catalogue from a 1989 exhibition at Scripps College in Claremont California features numerous black-and-white photographs from Lawrence's life and 33 reproductions of his work 20 in color. Text in English and Spanish. Very light rubbing and toning. A scarce inscribed copy in near-fine condition. unknown books
1909Best.-Nr. 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
1545Best.-Nr. 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
1603Best.-Nr. 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
1837Best.-Nr. 1206921837. First Edition. WHEELER Jacob D. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Slavery. Being a Compilation of all the Decisions Made on that Subject in the Several Courts of the United States and State Courts. New York and New Orleans: Allan Pollock Jr. and Benjamin Levy 1837. Octavo modern half brown sheep burgundy morocco spine label. $3600.First edition of this important work on the legal aspects of slavery in the United States one of the earliest digests on the subject.Wheeler's Practical Treatise is one of the earliest digests of virtually all American court decisions on slavery including cases from both the North and South. This book was initially intended for use by slaveholders and other interested parties but it became an important tool of abolitionists who used it for its incidental descriptions of slavery and its attendant cruelty. ""The work bears marks of haste in its preparation but it is a valuable compilation of decisions on practical questions arising under the Law of Slavery in the United States. It will be serviceable to the Profession as a comprehensive digest of authorities on this branch of law and it will afford much instruction to philanthropists and statesmen interested in reconciling the welfare of slaves with the integrity and just operation of Constitutional Law"" Marvin 729. Harvard Law Catalogue 908. Cohen 9883. Work 344. Light to moderate foxing to text a few spots of soiling to edges of text block binding attractive. An extremely good copy. unknown books
1738Best.-Nr. 1210121738. First Edition. CHARLES I HOOPER Jacob. An Impartial History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England During the Reign of King Charles the FirstÉ London: Printed and Sold by all the Booksellers in Town and Country 1738. Folio 7-1/2 by 12 inches period-style full speckled sheep gilt raised bands red morocco spine label. $3400.First edition of Hooper's ""impartial"" history profusely illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait depicting Charles I on horseback and 26 full-page engraved plates many depicting naval and land battles.Hooper drew on Clarendon Kennet Echard and Rushworth to compile his history. ""Everybody that shall duly consider the whole account of these transactions will be able to impute mistakes miscarriages and faults enough to both sidesÉ But we cannot omit making this one observation that where any King by ill judgment or ill fortune of his own or those entrusted by him in the chief administration of his government happen to fall into an interest contrary to that of his people and will pursue that mistake that Prince must have terrible conflicts in the course of his reignÉ On the other hand that people who though invaded and oppressed in their just rights and liberties shall not rest satisfied with reasonable reparations and securities but having got power into their hands will make unjustifiable use of it to the utter subversion of that government they are bound in duty and allegiance to support do but at last make rods for their own backs and very often bring upon themselves from other hands a more severe bondage than that they had shook off"" Preface. Plates bound in at rear. Lowndes 1109. Discreet library markings on verso of title page only.Text and plates generally clean corners rounded contemporary calf covers rubbed. A very good copy of this illustrated history. hardcover books
1775Best.-Nr. 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
1775Best.-Nr. 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
