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1833rif. 478053London: Edward McLean 1833. First Edition. Softcover. Twenty original engravings disbound as issued. Well-preserved overall. Physical description: ill. 26 plates 2 in colour ; 21 cmx27 cm. Obl. 8vo. London: Edward McLean paperback
1825rif. 000613Tompkins Delaware DE. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1825. Full-Leather. On offer is a remarkable historical journal with many dates the earliest of which is 1825. It begins with the heading: "A bill of the Delawrae River" and lists what research suggests to be stops and business along the the Delaware River waterway. There are hundreds of names with the dates and amounts collected from each individual. Some coded references. There are also mentions of loans the nature of the loans and when satisfied. Though a primitive work there are numerous references to Moses L. Ogden as his family was prominent to the Delaware area from pre-Revolutionary times. We believe besides some mentions of the lumber purchases and sales that Mr. Ogden collected taxes. Delaware historians will have a grand time completing the research on this journal. Book measures 4" x 6.5" is leatherbound very dry and the inner pages are linen. Overall condition is good. Most of the 34 leaves are clean and clear some age-toning. ; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA CANALS CANAL LIFTS LOCKS NAVAL WATER RIVERS PORTS BOATING TIDES MARYLAND DELAWARE RIVER DE MD TAXES LEDGER . hardcover
1830rif. elala1667London: 1830. 1830. oblong folio. 6 aquatint plates. original wrs. front wr. with engraved title some soiling & creases to wrs. short tears at spine edge some light foxing. First Edition. Experimental squadrons were trials conducted of the sea-worthiness and performance of sailing vessels in various types of seas and winds which often led to improvements or alterations in ship design. The Columbine an 18-gun corvette constructed by Sir William Symonds 1782-1856 by the end of 1825 "proved a decided success during the experimental cruise of 1827" DNB. As surveyor of the navy from 1832 to 1847 Symonds built over 200 ships and introduced important innovations in ship design including elliptical sterns. In 1836 he was knighted for his services. 1st Edition. [London: 1830]. unknown
1920rif. 52932Moscow/Odessa: Omanut 1920. First edition. Softcover. g- to vg. Large quarto. Unpaginated 8 double-sided leaves front and back wrappers printed on both sides. Stiff tan paper wrappers with beautiful chromolithographic illustrations in hues of green blue red and gold. Issued by the pioneering Hebrew-language published house Omanut. This lavishly illustrated work contains the Hanukkah poem "For the Dreidel" written by acclaimed Hebrew-language poet Zalman Shneour 1887-1959 although the author is uncredited here. The text is accompanied throughout by 8 large and vibrant chromolithographic images including the front and back wrappers many with over-painting in lustrous metallic hues of silver and gold. Whenever the Dreidel appears it is in silver. The illustrations are credited collectively to "Havurat Tsayarim" The Group of Painters a group of four young artists from the Odessa Art Academy who illustrated works for Omanut during the period comprised of Yakov Apter 1899-1941 Moses Mutselmakher 1900-1961 Aaron Keravatsov 1896-1942 and Efim Khiger 1899-1955. This work is part of the Gamliel Library series of beautiful picture books for children introduced by Omanut co-founder Shoshana Zlatopolsky Persitz and named after her son Gamliel. Persitz took inspiration from the rich tradition of Russian children's literature lavishly illustrated in chromolithographs produced by the likes of Ivan Bilibin and the publishing house of Iosif Knebel to create some of the earliest examples of comparable works in Hebrew. No publication date is given but the fact that this is one of a smaller number of earlier titles issued before the move of the publisher Omanut to Frankfurt points to the fact it could not have been published after 1921. Text throughout in Hebrew. Front wrapper foxed and lightly water-stained with some additional minor staining to the back wrappers. Light rubbing chipping and/or creasing to extremities. Leaves disbound. Interior images and text overall still quite clean and vibrant with a few minor to light stains and/or smudges along the bottom margins of a few leaves. Ex-library ink stamps at the bottom of the first and last text pages as well as the back wrapper. Wrappers in good- interior in very good condition overall. Hebrew title: לסביבון Author/contributors: חבורת-×¦×™×¨×™× ×פטר מוצלמכר קרבצוב חגר זלמן ×©× ×™×ור Publication: מוסקבה-×ודיסה הוצ×ת ××ž× ×•×ª Series title: ספריה גמלי×ל Alternate transliteration: L'Sevivon This first edition is quite scarce with OCLC listing only two holdings worldwide. A slightly more common second edition of the work was published in 1922 after Omanut had moved to Frankfurt. Bibliographic reference: Ayala Gordon Hebrew Illustrations 2005 p.89-116. Omanut unknown
1920rif. 52932Moscow/Odessa: Omanut 1920. First edition. Softcover. g- to vg. Large quarto. Unpaginated 8 double-sided leaves front and back wrappers printed on both sides. Stiff tan paper wrappers with beautiful chromolithographic illustrations in hues of green blue red and gold. Issued by the pioneering Hebrew-language published house Omanut. This lavishly illustrated work contains the Hanukkah poem "For the Dreidel" written by acclaimed Hebrew-language poet Zalman Shneour 1887-1959 although the author is uncredited here. The text is accompanied throughout by 8 large and vibrant chromolithographic images including the front and back wrappers many with over-painting in lustrous metallic hues of silver and gold. Whenever the Dreidel appears it is in silver. The illustrations are credited collectively to "Havurat Tsayarim" The Group of Painters a group of four young artists from the Odessa Art Academy who illustrated works for Omanut during the period comprised of Yakov Apter 1899-1941 Moses Mutselmakher 1900-1961 Aaron Keravatsov 1896-1942 and Efim Khiger 1899-1955. This work is part of the Gamliel Library series of beautiful picture books for children introduced by Omanut co-founder Shoshana Zlatopolsky Persitz and named after her son Gamliel. Persitz took inspiration from the rich tradition of Russian children's literature lavishly illustrated in chromolithographs produced by the likes of Ivan Bilibin and the publishing house of Iosif Knebel to create some of the earliest examples of comparable works in Hebrew. No publication date is given but the fact that this is one of a smaller number of earlier titles issued before the move of the publisher Omanut to Frankfurt points to the fact it could not have been published after 1921. Text throughout in Hebrew. Front wrapper foxed and lightly water-stained with some additional minor staining to the back wrappers. Light rubbing chipping and/or creasing to extremities. Leaves disbound. Interior images and text overall still quite clean and vibrant with a few minor to light stains and/or smudges along the bottom margins of a few leaves. Ex-library ink stamps at the bottom of the first and last text pages as well as the back wrapper. Wrappers in good- interior in very good condition overall. Hebrew title: לסביבון Author/contributors: חבורת-×¦×™×¨×™× ×פטר מוצלמכר קרבצוב חגר זלמן ×©× ×™×ור Publication: מוסקבה-×ודיסה הוצ×ת ××ž× ×•×ª Series title: ספריה גמלי×ל Alternate transliteration: L'Sevivon This first edition is quite scarce with OCLC listing only two holdings worldwide. A slightly more common second edition of the work was published in 1922 after Omanut had moved to Frankfurt. Bibliographic reference: Ayala Gordon Hebrew Illustrations 2005 p.89-116. Omanut unknown books
1765rif. N4664Frankfurt & Berlin: J.J. Speier 1765. First Edition . Half Leather. Very Good. 4to. 1. Theil und 2. Theil bound together. 124pp123pp.First part called "'Ir Heshbon" on Arithmetic and Algebra; the second part : "Berure Middot" on Geometry. MODERN HALF LEATHER BINDING WITH MARBLED BOARDS. Title page with stamp some old handwriting and markings. Upper corner of title page some 3 cm missing and replaced with old repair. Pages with some browning and occasional minor soiling. First pages of the second part trimmrd to text. Last page of the second part with repair to edges End papers with some old writing and minor soiling . OTHERWISE VERY GOOD.AN EXTREMELY RARE AND INTERESTING WORK of MATHEMATICS in HEBREW. this work is mentioned in Zeitlkin Bibliotheca Hebraica.- Elijah ben Moses Gershon Zahalon was a Jewish Talmudist mathematician and physician living in Pinczcow Russian Poland. J.J. Speier hardcover
1741rif. 560322Gloucester Massachusetts 1741. Softcover. Very Good. Manuscript. 24mo. Three quarter leaves pinned inside two outer full leaves measuring about 3 ½" x 6". One quarter leaf is loose laid-in. The full front cover leaf titled in manuscript is trimmed above the title and has one horizontal cut below the title very good. The three-quarter leaves list the names of students 75 boys and 13 girls in ink on the rectos and versos. Born in Gloucester Massachusetts in 1716 Moses Parsons graduated from Harvard in 1736 and while pursuing his theological studies he taught a private school in his native town as noted in the catalogue from 1741-44. In 1744 he accepted a call to Byfield Parish where he was distinguished as a preacher until his death in 1783 having seen the Church through the Great Awakening led by George Whitefield and through the Revolutionary War. At his school Parsons taught a veritable Who's Who of early Gloucester residents - individual and family names such as Winthrop Sargent whose son was a prominent patriot and Governor of the Mississippi Territory William Ellery Nathaniel Haraden whose son served as the Sailing Master of the U.S.S. Constitution and many others. In addition to his pastoral responsibilities at Byfield Parsons was instrumental in founding Governor Dummer Academy now known as The Governor's Academy. During his tenure at his private school Parson's calculates that he taught 75 boys and 28 girls quite a few of whom would go on to be immortalized by Gloucester historians John Babson and James Pringle. An important early manuscript documenting an overlooked piece of Gloucester's local history. Reference: William Cutter. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts. unknown books
1936rif. 29494Warszawie Warsaw: M. Arct 1936. Fine. M. Arct Warszawie Warsaw 1936 18 x 25.50 cm broché M. Arct Warszawie 1936 18 x 255 cm in original wrappers First edition. Rare handwritten inscription from Josef Pankiewicz to Moïse Kisling. Illustrations. Three light minor snags at the top of the spine tiny marginal tears without pieces missing at the top of the first board otherwise pleasant copy. In 1906 Pankiewicz was appointed professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. Notably one of his pupils was Moïse Kisling whom he encouraged to abandon sculpture in favor of painting. He introduced the young man to French painting and more specifically Cézanne and Renoir. In 1910 on the advice of his mentor Kisling aged nineteen years old left Poland for Paris where he quickly became a significant figure of Parisian artistic life. M. Arct unknown
1932rif. 89945Paris: Georges Crès coll. ""Les oeuvres représentatives"" 1932. Fine. Georges Crès coll. ""Les oeuvres représentatives"" Paris 1932 12 x 19 cm Broché First edition one of 50 numbered copies on alfa only deluxe copies. Some light foxing mainly on the endpapers. Rare signed presentation copy in French: To my friend René Jasinski in token of gratitude and friendship these few scenes of Jewish life in New York. T. Twersky with a sentence in Hebrew translated by the author in French on a laid-in leaf: Translation of the Hebrew inscription: sixth day of the week Pekoudè year 5692 since the creation of the world in the holy community of Paris Friday 4 March 1932 according to our calculation. Twersky was the main informant of the Tharaud brothers unknowingly and much to his dismay becoming the source of the Jewish information channel filon juif exploited by the two writers who transformed the picturesque recollections of this son of a Ukrainian rabbi into the raw material for their antisemitic narratives. Born in Ukraine around 1880 Moïse Twersky was the son of a Hasidic rabbi of the Tzadik line miracle-working rabbis who exercised spiritual and judicial authority over vast Jewish communities in Eastern Europe. His father regarded as a descendant of King David owned a silver throne and presided every Sabbath over banquets of 250 guests. Unwilling to follow in his fathers footsteps the young Moïse developed a passion for forbidden books and discovered modern science. Rejecting what he came to see as an exploitation of popular credulity he resolved to become a chemist. At sixteen he was married without his consent according to tradition to a thirteen-year-old daughter of a Romanian rabbi. Against all odds he fell in love with her and was forcibly separated from her when his in-laws discovered his heretical readings. Twersky studied chemistry in Brussels then emigrated to the United States where he lived in dire poverty. He worked for a time in a canning factory where he burned his hands from the salt from the intestines he handled daily. The circumstances of his return to Europe remain obscure. Inspired by his American experience Israël à New York offers a rare and valuable record of his life in America and of the living conditions of Jewish immigrants. Upon his arrival in Paris he befriended the Tharaud brothers and through his erudition and generous sharing of the folklore of his origins became the unwitting instrument of their antisemitic propaganda - on which he cast both a critical and affectionate gaze. In 1940 devastated by the victory of Nazi Germany and on the very day the Germans entered Paris Moïse Twersky took his own life in his apartment on rue Oudry. The recipient of Israël à New York the literary historian René Jasinski was a Polish immigrant who had fled the repression following the Springtime of Nations"" and had become professor at the Sorbonne. He did not make the same tragic choice as his friend. He again chose to resist the oppressor fighting with the FFI during the Liberation of Paris. In 1953 he was appointed to Harvard University and returned to the United States and spent the rest of his life in Cambridge. A highly desirable deluxe presentation copy of this rare philosemitic work from the interwar period by a colourful author who might have stepped straight out of an Albert Cohen novel. Almost no documentation survives about this Solal son of a Mangeclou unknowingly at the heart of the literary stigmatization of French Jews before becoming one of the first victims of Nazi Occupation. Georges Crès, coll. ""Les oeuvres représentatives"" unknown
rif. 567043Aux Dépens D'un Amateur Bernard KLEIN Paris 1954 Grand in-4 carré ( 385 X 285 mm ), plein vélin ivoire, dos lisse janséniste titré en lettres d'or, premier plat orné d'une fenêtre laissant apparaitre à travers un rhodoid une gravure de KISLING, tête dorée, couverture illustrée en couleurs et dos conservés, étui bordé ( Reliure signée de Paul MANNE ). 25 cuivres originaux de Moïse KISLING, dont un sur la couverture, 12 hors-texte en couleurs et 12 in-texte en noir. Tirage limité à 280 exemplaires numérotés. Celui-ci, exemplaire hors-commerce sur Japon Impérial nacré, imprimé pour Monsieur Bernard KLEIN, enrichi * d'une suite sur Chine des 12 hors-texte, * d'une épreuve de la gravure de couverture, * d'une planche inédite sur Chine, * d'une suite de 3 planches inutilisées sur Hollande. MAGNIFIQUE ET LUXUEUX EXEMPLAIRE de l'éditeur Bernard KLEIN, enjolivé de surcroît d'une pointe sèche originale de Moïse KISLING représentant un portrait de jeune femme, tirée sur papier orangé, encastrée dans le premier plat.
rif. 6460Portland ca 1832. Engraving 13.5” x 14.5” sheet size. Previously unrecorded map by Moses Greenleaf of Washington County Maine intended for a never-realized second volume of his Survey of the State of Maine. The map is stripped to its essentials showing Washington County and its state-representative districts in outline presumably based on reapportionment following the Census of 1830. The voting population for each town and unincorporated “plantation” is given though only in the northern part of the county at left are their boundaries delineated. Given the map’s purely political purpose Greenleaf has entirely eschewed the topographical detail of his earlier maps of the state. The map’s unfinished appearance suggests it might be an early proof particularly when it is compared with a companion map of York County also produced by Greenleaf at the time and presently known in a single example discussed below. Moses Greenleaf Greenleaf was a towering figure in the mapping of the state of Maine devoting his life to ever-improved mapping of the region. The pinnacle of his career came in 1829 when he published his new and substantially updated wall map of Maine. This was complemented by a text volume A Survey of the State of Maine and accompanying atlas the first atlas of the state and the third of any state of the Union. The map is a remarkable achievement widely heralded but the Survey of the State of Maine is also of the first importance a wide-ranging summation of the present state of Maine particularly valuable for commercial and economic data. Greenleaf however ever the perfectionist acknowledged the deficiencies of the work and announced his intention of issuing a second volume: “…it was intended to devote some portion of the work to a distinct consideration of the absolute and relative wealth of the State and its different component parts – value and importance of its lands – facilities for – kinds extent and expediency of internal improvements and its general resources; but the time when the publication must be completed was limited and an important part of the materials for these subjects could not be obtained until after this time. It was thought better therefore to omit their introduction altogether for the present; in the hope that circumstances will permit at a future time a more extended notice of them and under greater advantages for useful results than was possible at present.” Preface to A Survey of the State of Maine The largest single handicap to Greenleaf’s career was simply that the market for high-quality maps of Maine was too small for his projects to be commercially viable. Consider for example the 1829 wall map text volume and atlas which had cost him six years of his time and more than $12000 out of pocket for surveys engraving printing &c. He had 565 sets printed and offered by advance subscription at $16 a set but by early 1830 barely 100 of these had been sold. At this point though only after much debate the State rescued him by stepping in and purchased 400 sets at the full subscription price. Seemingly undeterred by the parlous financial prospects of the project and by the number of sets still in circulation Greenleaf continued to work on improving his materials. In 1832 he republished the wall-map of Maine but very few examples of that printing can be traced. In parallel our map and the companion map of York County mentioned earlier are the only known evidence that Greenleaf started work on his projected second volume of the Survey of the State of Maine Although there might be reference amongst the papers in the Moses Greenleaf archive in the Maine State Archives. Unfortunately the volume was never completed – and it may not even have advanced very far – possibly due to Greenleaf’s financial struggles but certainly ending with Greenleaf’s death on March 20 1834 aged fifty-six. Rarity and references We are aware of an example recently acquired by the Osher Map Library but the map is absolutely unrecorded in the general bibliographic literature the specialized biographical and bibliographical literature on Greenleaf and the mapping of Maine and the standard databases for the antiquarian market. It must be noted however that we acquired five examples in a large lot of Greenleaf material purchased by a third party at a Vermont auction in 2020. Not in OCLC; Phillips Maps of America; Walter Macdougall Settling the Maine Wilderness Wilderness – Moses Greenleaf His Maps and His Household of Faith 1777-1834 2006; Edgar Crosby Smith Moses Greenleaf Maine’s first map-maker a biography … also a bibliography of the maps of Maine 1903; Edward Thompson Important Maine Maps Books Prints and Ephemera 2003; or Thompson Printed Maps of the District and State of Maine 1793-1860 2010. Neither Antique Map Price Record nor Rare Book Hub show any record of the map having appeared on the antiquarian market. Macdougall Smith and Thompson all provided useful background on Greenleaf and his work. It is also worth noting that Greenleaf’s companion map of the representative districts of York County see Thompson Printed Maps of the District and State of Maine p.96 is recorded in but a single example in the Benton L. Hatch Collection in the University of Maine’s Fogler Library Special Collections See Thompson Printed Maps of the District and State of Maine pp. 96-97. Hatch was Associate Librarian for Special Collections at the University of Massachusetts who built a substantial collection of material on the history of Maine and Massachusetts. In view of his lifetime interest it seems likely that given the opportunity he would have acquired any others of the series he encountered. Appendix: An accounting of Greenleaf’s 1829 project A rough balance sheet for the 1829 publications can be reconstructed from contemporary documents. The wall-map and text volume with atlas were offered by advance subscription at $16 a set. A report of proceedings in the state legislature recorded that “It appears that Mr. G. was induced by encouragement from the Legislature to extend his original plan and incur great additional expense in order to present a work more valuable to the state. The engraving printing &c. cost $8351 81 surveys &c. about 4000 and Mr. G has devoted more than 6 years of his time to the work. The Legislature of 1828 granted $1000 to aid him in his labors. 565 copies were printed of which 458 remain unsold.” Hallowell American Advocate February 27 1830. A second report estimated that Greenleaf’s personal contribution be valued at $9000 Portland Christian Monitor February 25 1830. This gives as a rough guide income of $2700 against an actual cost of $12350 or a notional cost of $21350. In view of the scale of the loss Greenleaf made an appeal for relief submitting a lengthy memorial in January 1830 Maine State Archives. After much debate in the legislature it was agreed that the state would purchase 400 sets at the subscription price of $16 and the state would give Greenleaf a “a notice for $2000 redeemable in no longer time than 15 years and to be paid out of the proceeds of the Public Lands” Portland Eastern Argus February 26 1830. While the Maine government acted partly out of realization of a debt of honor to Greenleaf there was also a general feeling that the success of Greenleaf’s mapping project would bring all manner of benefits not least in driving land sales by the state. However the state also ended up with more copies than it could use so there was a heavy drive to sell sets to the school districts in particular and offices and officers of state at Washington Hallowell American Advocate January 21 1832 but also to gift sets to to Maine’s representatives in Congress to all the other states and so on. CONDITION: Very good light foxing and creasing small hole in maring at top of vertical fold. Offered in partnership with Boston Rare Maps. [Portland, ca 1832] unknown
rif. 6460Portland ca 1832. Engraving 13.5” x 14.5” sheet size. Previously unrecorded map by Moses Greenleaf of Washington County Maine intended for a never-realized second volume of his Survey of the State of Maine. The map is stripped to its essentials showing Washington County and its state-representative districts in outline presumably based on reapportionment following the Census of 1830. The voting population for each town and unincorporated “plantation” is given though only in the northern part of the county at left are their boundaries delineated. Given the map’s purely political purpose Greenleaf has entirely eschewed the topographical detail of his earlier maps of the state. The map’s unfinished appearance suggests it might be an early proof particularly when it is compared with a companion map of York County also produced by Greenleaf at the time and presently known in a single example discussed below. Moses Greenleaf Greenleaf was a towering figure in the mapping of the state of Maine devoting his life to ever-improved mapping of the region. The pinnacle of his career came in 1829 when he published his new and substantially updated wall map of Maine. This was complemented by a text volume A Survey of the State of Maine and accompanying atlas the first atlas of the state and the third of any state of the Union. The map is a remarkable achievement widely heralded but the Survey of the State of Maine is also of the first importance a wide-ranging summation of the present state of Maine particularly valuable for commercial and economic data. Greenleaf however ever the perfectionist acknowledged the deficiencies of the work and announced his intention of issuing a second volume: “…it was intended to devote some portion of the work to a distinct consideration of the absolute and relative wealth of the State and its different component parts – value and importance of its lands – facilities for – kinds extent and expediency of internal improvements and its general resources; but the time when the publication must be completed was limited and an important part of the materials for these subjects could not be obtained until after this time. It was thought better therefore to omit their introduction altogether for the present; in the hope that circumstances will permit at a future time a more extended notice of them and under greater advantages for useful results than was possible at present.” Preface to A Survey of the State of Maine The largest single handicap to Greenleaf’s career was simply that the market for high-quality maps of Maine was too small for his projects to be commercially viable. Consider for example the 1829 wall map text volume and atlas which had cost him six years of his time and more than $12000 out of pocket for surveys engraving printing &c. He had 565 sets printed and offered by advance subscription at $16 a set but by early 1830 barely 100 of these had been sold. At this point though only after much debate the State rescued him by stepping in and purchased 400 sets at the full subscription price. Seemingly undeterred by the parlous financial prospects of the project and by the number of sets still in circulation Greenleaf continued to work on improving his materials. In 1832 he republished the wall-map of Maine but very few examples of that printing can be traced. In parallel our map and the companion map of York County mentioned earlier are the only known evidence that Greenleaf started work on his projected second volume of the Survey of the State of Maine Although there might be reference amongst the papers in the Moses Greenleaf archive in the Maine State Archives. Unfortunately the volume was never completed – and it may not even have advanced very far – possibly due to Greenleaf’s financial struggles but certainly ending with Greenleaf’s death on March 20 1834 aged fifty-six. Rarity and references We are aware of an example recently acquired by the Osher Map Library but the map is absolutely unrecorded in the general bibliographic literature the specialized biographical and bibliographical literature on Greenleaf and the mapping of Maine and the standard databases for the antiquarian market. It must be noted however that we acquired five examples in a large lot of Greenleaf material purchased by a third party at a Vermont auction in 2020. Not in OCLC; Phillips Maps of America; Walter Macdougall Settling the Maine Wilderness Wilderness – Moses Greenleaf His Maps and His Household of Faith 1777-1834 2006; Edgar Crosby Smith Moses Greenleaf Maine’s first map-maker a biography … also a bibliography of the maps of Maine 1903; Edward Thompson Important Maine Maps Books Prints and Ephemera 2003; or Thompson Printed Maps of the District and State of Maine 1793-1860 2010. Neither Antique Map Price Record nor Rare Book Hub show any record of the map having appeared on the antiquarian market. Macdougall Smith and Thompson all provided useful background on Greenleaf and his work. It is also worth noting that Greenleaf’s companion map of the representative districts of York County see Thompson Printed Maps of the District and State of Maine p.96 is recorded in but a single example in the Benton L. Hatch Collection in the University of Maine’s Fogler Library Special Collections See Thompson Printed Maps of the District and State of Maine pp. 96-97. Hatch was Associate Librarian for Special Collections at the University of Massachusetts who built a substantial collection of material on the history of Maine and Massachusetts. In view of his lifetime interest it seems likely that given the opportunity he would have acquired any others of the series he encountered. Appendix: An accounting of Greenleaf’s 1829 project A rough balance sheet for the 1829 publications can be reconstructed from contemporary documents. The wall-map and text volume with atlas were offered by advance subscription at $16 a set. A report of proceedings in the state legislature recorded that “It appears that Mr. G. was induced by encouragement from the Legislature to extend his original plan and incur great additional expense in order to present a work more valuable to the state. The engraving printing &c. cost $8351 81 surveys &c. about 4000 and Mr. G has devoted more than 6 years of his time to the work. The Legislature of 1828 granted $1000 to aid him in his labors. 565 copies were printed of which 458 remain unsold.” Hallowell American Advocate February 27 1830. A second report estimated that Greenleaf’s personal contribution be valued at $9000 Portland Christian Monitor February 25 1830. This gives as a rough guide income of $2700 against an actual cost of $12350 or a notional cost of $21350. In view of the scale of the loss Greenleaf made an appeal for relief submitting a lengthy memorial in January 1830 Maine State Archives. After much debate in the legislature it was agreed that the state would purchase 400 sets at the subscription price of $16 and the state would give Greenleaf a “a notice for $2000 redeemable in no longer time than 15 years and to be paid out of the proceeds of the Public Lands” Portland Eastern Argus February 26 1830. While the Maine government acted partly out of realization of a debt of honor to Greenleaf there was also a general feeling that the success of Greenleaf’s mapping project would bring all manner of benefits not least in driving land sales by the state. However the state also ended up with more copies than it could use so there was a heavy drive to sell sets to the school districts in particular and offices and officers of state at Washington Hallowell American Advocate January 21 1832 but also to gift sets to to Maine’s representatives in Congress to all the other states and so on. CONDITION: Very good light foxing and creasing small hole in maring at top of vertical fold. Offered in partnership with Boston Rare Maps. [Portland, ca 1832] unknown books
1795rif. 53585Erlangen: Printed by Christian Karl Gottlieb Kunstmann 1795. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Elephant Folio. Unpaginated 10pp. Bound in dark half leather over light brown leather with gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Title page with engraved vignette. Engraved headpieces for both first pages in Hebrew and German. Engraved endpieces as above. Text printed in Hebrew and German throughout on facing pages. The hymn praises peace and the treaty alongwith the prudence of King Friedrich Wilhelm was sung by Moses Hochheimer Rabbi in Ansbach. It was printed by Christian Karl Gottlieb in Erlangen. This peace treaty between France and Prussia was rectified on April 5 1795 in Basel and was the first of three treaties that established France as the dominant power in Europe in effect breaking up the First Coalition. France was represented by François de Barthélemy Prussia by Karl August von Hardenberg. Minor wear to binding. Pages somewhat age-toned with some creasing small chips along edges and some light foxing. Printed by Christian Karl Gottlieb Kunstmann hardcover
1795rif. 53585Erlangen: Printed by Christian Karl Gottlieb Kunstmann 1795. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Elephant Folio. Unpaginated 10pp. Bound in dark half leather over light brown leather with gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Title page with engraved vignette. Engraved headpieces for both first pages in Hebrew and German. Engraved endpieces as above. Text printed in Hebrew and German throughout on facing pages. The hymn praises peace and the treaty alongwith the prudence of King Friedrich Wilhelm was sung by Moses Hochheimer Rabbi in Ansbach. It was printed by Christian Karl Gottlieb in Erlangen. This peace treaty between France and Prussia was rectified on April 5 1795 in Basel and was the first of three treaties that established France as the dominant power in Europe in effect breaking up the First Coalition. France was represented by François de Barthélemy Prussia by Karl August von Hardenberg. Minor wear to binding. Pages somewhat age-toned with some creasing small chips along edges and some light foxing. Printed by Christian Karl Gottlieb Kunstmann hardcover books
1874rif. 147740Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co 1874. Rare first edition of this satirical novel from popular Virginia physician essayist and author George W. Bagby. Sextodecimo original wrappers. In very good condition. Toning to the wrappers with rubbing to the extremities small losses to the bottom right corner of the front wrapper losses to the spine. Ownership signature and annotation to the front wrapper of P.V. Daniel Jr. son of the Virginia jurist and cousin of John M. Daniel who is the subject of a Bagby essay. Housed in a custom folding chemise and cloth slipcase. George W. Bagby was an American writer humorist and physician best known for his satirical works and his contributions to 19th-century American literature. Born in Virginia Bagby practiced medicine but became more widely recognized for his wit and humor which he often incorporated into his literary output. His most famous work What I Did with My Fifty Millions humorously critiques the nature of sudden wealth and the moral dilemmas associated with it. In addition to his novels Bagby wrote numerous essays short stories and columns often focusing on social and cultural issues of the time. His style is characterized by light-hearted satire and a keen eye for the absurdities of contemporary life. J.B. Lippincott & Co hardcover
1954rif. 44457Aux dépens d'un amateur (Bernard Klein) | s.l. [Paris] 1954 | 28.50 x 38.50 cm | en feuilles sous chemise et étui.
1973rif. 84794Harry N. Abrams Inc. As New. 1973. Hardcover. 0810901668 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 357 pages 253 illustrations; 4to oblong. Anna Mary Robertson Moses Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee Harry N. Abrams, Inc. hardcover
1940rif. 180216005New York: New Directions 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Signed by John Berryman on front paste down and inscribed to novelist Frederick Boyden "so much skill much faith - signed John Berryman Boston 16 Dec 1941." 221 pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket that is rubbed along edges slightly chipped at head and tail closed tear along front flap fold a few faint stains. The very first book appearance of John Berryman and quite rare signed by him as well as poet/ novelist/essayist Randall Jarrell and poet/translator of Sappho Mary Barnard. New Directions hardcover
1940rif. 180216005New York: New Directions 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Signed by John Berryman on front paste down and inscribed to novelist Frederick Boyden "so much skill much faith - signed John Berryman Boston 16 Dec 1941." 221 pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket that is rubbed along edges slightly chipped at head and tail closed tear along front flap fold a few faint stains. The very first book appearance of John Berryman and quite rare signed by him as well as poet/ novelist/essayist Randall Jarrell and poet/translator of Sappho Mary Barnard. New Directions hardcover books
1795rif. RB007Vienna: Anton Schmid 1795. Second. Good. 1795 rare copy of Netivot Ha-shalom The Paths of Peace. A German translation in the Hebrew alphabet of the book of Genesis by Moses Mendelssohn 1729-1786. It includes the Hebrew text of the Bible and a commentary by Mendelssohn. The last 200 pages of the book is the Aramaic text of Onkelos commentary of Rashi and the Haftaroth. This book is a former synagogue copy and in great shape for a book 230 years old. Binding still tight. Although there is wear on the pages it is very readable. Inside front and back covers are 3 off-white blank rectangular stickers one has been torn off leaving residue Markings on both sides of the page preceding the title page. Purple synagogue stamp at top of page prior to the text. That page has a 1-inch tear at the top middle edge. There is another stamp on the bottom right corner of pages 81b and 88b. Light penciled lines about one inch long on 5 pages of the introduction at least one other page of the book has similar marks. About 20 pages with the reverse page's text legible but still readable. Lh Anton Schmid unknown
1879rif. 024517Portland ME: Chisholm Brothers 1879 1879. Hardcover. VG. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VIEWS in THE WHITE MOUNTAINS 1st Folio Format 1879. PREFACE CONTENTS; Mount Kearsarge Mount Washington from Intervale The Frankenstein Trestle The Old Willey House The Willey-Brook Bridge The Great Railway Cut The White-Mountain Notch from Elephant's Head The Crawford House from Elephant's Head The Fabyan House Jacob's Ladder on the Mount-Washington Railway Lizzie Bourne's Monument The Summit House Mount Washington The Presidential Range from the Glen House The Glen-Ellis Falls The Crystal Cascade. The Glen House View from Bethlehem Echo Lake Franconia Notch The Franconia Notch Echo Lake and the Profile House The Profile or Old Man of the Mountains The Flume. SCARCE: 50 pages with 22 Photo Illustrations each followed by a lengthy description by Francis Moses Sweetser . This is the coveted Deluxe Folio size Largest of 4 Editions 24mo. 16 mo. 8vo. & Folio published in this scarce series with 10-22 Photo Illustrations in each. Also included are the 1 2 & 3 star Editions/Variants these all have 11 views each. Each of these Star Edition corresponded to a different area of the White Mountains with different views but also having a few in common List is available to concerned buyer. Dark Green Cloth Gilt Titles with black decorations and rules. Very Good overall Spine and covers are mildly worn. NOTE: 3 books are bound in dark green cloth while the 3-Star edition is in light green cloth. Many photos available please ask. Portland, ME: Chisholm Brothers, 1879 hardcover
rif. 113472Amsterdam Joan and Cornelius Blaeu 1640. . First edition; small 4to 21 x 16 cm; modern grey cloth with gilt floral device to upper cover printer's device to title page woodcut floriated initials and tailpieces two woodcut diagrams and two tables small loss to upper right corner of title and some loss to margins of index leaf very minor worming to upper right corner throughout chips to edges of the last leaf faint waterstains throughout; text in Latin and Hebrew; a very good copy. First edition of Gentius's Latin translation of 'Hilkhot De'ot' from the first book of Maimonides's 'Mishneh Torah' with a commentary. 'Hilkhot De'ot' is part of the monumental work 'Mishneh Tora'. Book one 'Sefer Madah' is comprised of several chapters in which Maimonides outlines the rules of ethical behaviour in relation to the halakhic law interestingly applying Aristotelian virtues to a Jewish legal context. This is Gentius's first publication and one of the earliest translations of a complete section of Maimonides's extensive compendium of Jewish law into Latin beautifully printed in parallel with the original Hebrew. Georgius Gentius 1618-1687 was a German Lutheran orientalist who studied in Leiden and later with Amsterdam rabbis; two of them R. Isaac da Fonseca Aboab and R. Moses d'Aguilar contributed to this edition with two laudatory poems. In the introduction Gentius praises Maimonides. This edition is beautifully illustrated with attractive diagrams and tables showing the relationship between vices and virtues. Heller The Seventeenth Century Hebrew Book Vol. 1 pp. 564-565. Amsterdam, Joan and Cornelius Blaeu, 1640. hardcover
1978rif. SBBI-mon0000090973HarperCollins Distribution Servi 1978. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. HarperCollins Distribution Servi paperback
1954rif. 44457s.l. Paris: Aux dépens d'un amateur Bernard Klein 1954. Fine. Aux dépens d'un amateur Bernard Klein s.l. Paris 1954 28.50 x 38.50 cm en feuilles sous chemise et étui. First edition with 25 illustrations in black and white and colors by Moïse Kisling one of 35 numbered copies on Japon super nacré paper the tirage de tête. Preface by André Salmon. This copy as called for by the justification is complete with its suite of color hors-texte illustrations on Hollande paper its suite of color hors-texte illustrations on Arches its suite of textual illustrations in black and white on China paper one unpublished plate a suite of plates not used for the final work on Hollande paper and a cancelled copper plate. The illustrations by Moïse Kisling consist of: one painted folded cover a color portrait frontispiece 11 illustrations hors-texte in colors and 12 textual illustrations in black and white. A fine copy. Aux dépens d'un amateur (Bernard Klein) unknown
1894rif. 013411Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1894. Later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A later printing 1894 of "A New Edition with Illustrations and a Bibliography of the Work by George Bullen" 1878. 8vo publishers plain green cloth black-endpapers with evidence of past reinforcement of hinges front and rear. Hartford bookstore ticket rear pastedown. Inscribed: "Harriet Beecher Stowe/ written for/ Miss Cleaveland/ June 30 1895" PROVENANCE: Heirs of the Cleaveland family whose genealogy goes back to colonial Connecticut. Penciled in the inscription before "Miss Cleaveland" are the letters "EW" which identifies the inscribee as Elizabeth Whittlesey Cleaveland one of Elisha Whittlesey Cleaveland's daughters and great great granddaughter of Moses Cleaveland 1754 - 1806 Connecticut lawyer politician soldier and surveyor who founded the city of Cleveland Ohio while surveying the Connecticut Western Reserve in 1796. During the American Revolution he served as the brigadier general of the Connecticut militia. Both Stowe and the inscribee were born in Connecticut where they both died Stowe's inscription here is in a shaky hand and dated a year and a day before her death on July 1 1896 at the age of 85. Houghton, Mifflin hardcover
