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1860réf. 85724Chicago: Charles Leib 1860. Very Good. Four-page newspaper. A couple of small holes various brown spots and other bits of minor wear A campaign newspaper for Abraham Lincoln in the Presidential Campaign of 1860. We note a half-column story on the front page of this issue that accuses Senator Douglas of being a Roman Catholic -- a charge based partly on the fact that Mrs. Douglas was a Catholic as were their children -- probably an effective charge in largely Protestant mid-19th century America. Our brief research suggests that Douglas was neither a Catholic nor a formal member of any other organized religious group. The purpose of another half-column story on the front page was to make it clear that Lincoln had publicly condemned the actions of John Brown and did not object to Brown's execution. Charles Leib the editor was a political operative with an unclear background who had previously edited a Democratic campaign newspaper on behalf of the Buchanan campaign in 1856. Leib served briefly as an Assistant Quartermaster in the Union Army before heading to New Mexico probably in 1863 and died there in 1865 at the age of 38. Charles Leib unknown books
1926réf. 6332New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1926. First edition. Near Fine. Number 22 of 260 copies printed on Dutch Charcoal Rag Paper numbered and signed "Carl Sandburg" by the author. Two octavo volumes 9 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches; 241 x 161 mm. xvi 480; vi 482 pp. Bound in publishers cream buckram over blue boards spines with printed paper labels blue endpapers top edge gilt others uncut. Spines very slightly darkened otherwise a near fine partially unopened set complete with the publishers duplicate labels at the end on each volume. Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865 was the 16th President of the United States and remains one of the most seminal figures in American History. During his tenure which was cut short by his assassination in 1865 he saw the country through the Civil War and stewarded Emancipation. Carl August Sandburg's 1878-1967 biography The Prairie Years traces the early part of Lincoln's life and the formation of a man who would go on to be president up until his move to Washington. Sandburg would also publish additional volumes covering Lincoln's war years. Hailed as a voice of American Sanburg would win one of his three Pulitzer Prizes for this compelling biography. Monaghan 2877. Near Fine. Harcourt, Brace and Company unknown books
1719réf. 338195Amsterdam: Henri Abraham Chatelain 1719. unbound. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Handsome archival frame 24 1/4 x 26 3/4" not examined out of frame. A finely engraved map of New France by Henri Abraham Chatelain depicting the inhabited regions of eastern North America and promoting French colonization. The map features excellent detail of the Great Lakes the Mississippi River and French settlements along with a striking trompe-l'oeil inset of the Mississippi Delta and Mobile Bay. A second inset includes both a plan and view of Quebec. Richly embelished with sailing ships Native American villages and explanatory notes the map is an good example of early eighteenth-century French cartography. Henri Abraham Chatelain 1684-1743 was a Dutch cartographer and pastor best known for his influential seven-volume Atlas Historique. A beautiful and decorative example of his work. Henri Abraham Chatelain unknown books
1861réf. 1391Washington: Government Printing Office 1861. 111 pp. Good condition and removed from a bound volume. Lincoln's speech of July 4 1861. Between the fall of Fort Sumter and July of 1861 President Lincoln Made decisions in response to secession of the southern states without seeking Congressional approval. Lincoln asks Congress to authorize his actions and explains why there is a need to fight the Civil War. This pamphlet is surprising scarce. Government Printing Office unknown books
1865réf. 64317Philadelphia PA: A. Bancroft 630 Chestnut Street second story 1865. Oval albumen photograph of Lincoln 19 1/2 x 14 1/2 cm. laid down enclosed in an oval border in the center of the original rectangular sheet 50 x 38 cm. Text lines above and below the photo speak to what he gave to the nation text on the right records significant moments in his time line and on the left are two of his famous quotations all enclosed in an oval border. A lovely summation of what he had given to a nation in mourning accompanied by a strong image to remember the physical man. Some tears to the mount not reaching the oval edges a wrinkle perhaps in mounting on one side still a striking presentation. A. Bancroft, 630 Chestnut Street (second story) unknown books
2010réf. 92117Images Publishing Dist Ac. New. 2010. Hardcover. 1864703989 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 252 pages; 270 color illlustrations. Description: "Silicon Valley in the north and Hollywood in the south California has become a magnet for creative and entrepreneurial types from within the United States and around the world. Architects have not been immune to the Golden State's aesthetic and cultural draw. Here in the melting pot of world cultures and native talent modern residential architecture has been reborn. From the seaside towns of Los Angeles to the rolling hills of San Francisco and the wine country of the Napa and Sonoma Valleys California's adventurous architects have reached back to the cultural and economic optimism of the 1950s to give modern architectural design a new look. With its mild climate and sun-filled days California has always been a natural fit for modernism's tenets of open plans indoor-outdoor living and expansive window walls. There modernist design concepts have adapted easily to the 21st Century's demand for green architecture and energy conservation. Many of the houses in 'California Cool' are energy independent and built using either recycled or sustainable materials. 'California Cool' includes contemporary work from some of modern architecture's progenitor's from the mid 20th century along with designs from the young practitioners of the 21st century who can be found working out of converted warehouses and lofts in Los Angeles San Francisco and Berkeley. From north to south this beautifully illustrated book captures the rich creative vibrancy of California's modern architectural presence." -- with a bonus offer-- . Images Publishing Dist Ac hardcover
1963réf. 2176New York: Vintage. As New. 1963. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine & unmarked tight to the spine - -- with a bonus offer-- May be either: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition . Vintage paperback
1857réf. 11291857. Mixed method engraving. A pair of mixed method engravings published by Gambart and Co. in 1857 in a declared edition of 225 pairs. The original paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1854. In the first picture the scene is the interior of a second class railway carriage with hard unpadded wooden benches. A young mother plainly dressed in a black coat bonnet and shawl clutches the hand of her young son who is evidently on his way to Portsmouth to join the service of the East India Company a recruiting poster is pasted to the wall above his head. His tearful sister sits on the bench opposite next to her brother's baggage a sailor is traveling with his wife in the background numerous posters advertising ship passages to Australia and India and other advertisements are stuck to the walls and ships in the harbour are visible through the carriage window. In the second picture the young man now considerably older has returned to England evidently having made his fortune. He sits in backview in a comfortably upholstered first class carriage wearing smart military uniform chatting to an elderly well dressed fellow passenger while exchanging glances with the old man's pretty fashionably dressed young daughter who sits demurely crocheting in a corner of the carriage. Abraham Solomon was a popular London artist and Simmons was a notable mezzotint engraver. The Departure has some faint spotting lower right corner in margin faint indentation in title area and repaired tear in margin outside the platemark on right hand side. The Return has a repaired tear on left hand side which enters the image about 4cm. It also has a repaired tear in top margin outside image area but within platemark. unknown
1584réf. 53076Antwerp. c. 1584-95. A beautiful map of the British Isles north to the right. The map is based on Mercator's earlier map of the British Isles of 1564. Title in strapwork cartouche at top right text in Latin in its own cartouche at lower right scale and royal arms; ships at sea. It is difficult to put an exact date on the map because of the complex publishing history of Ortelius' atlas. Published in the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Size: 345 x 505 mm. Copper engraving. Coloured. Framed size: 780 x 640 mm. Fine condition good margins. Moreland & Bannister p. 200-203; Van den Broecke 16. unknown
1598réf. 54753Antwerp. 1598. This glorious map is embellished with an elegant border and a bold imposing title cartouche in top right corner and a smaller oval cartouche in bottom left corner containing nine lines of Latin text. Natural topography is clearly delineated with the relief shown pictorially. Charming details include a couple of sailing ships a large flying fish and two warriors in their tented camps. This beautiful and important map still showing California as a peninsula was much copied by other cartographers. Size: 470 x 350 mm. Copper engraving. Original colour. Fine condition. Moreland & Bannister Antique Maps p.269. unknown
1738réf. GBB-0030J. Wilcox London 1738. First edition; earliest English translation of the Siddur. Contemporary speckled calf rebacked. Age wear; rebacked. Edition/issue: First edition; earliest English translation of the Siddur. Binding/format: Contemporary speckled calf rebacked. Condition: Age wear; rebacked. Provenance/association: Rabbi Irving Frederick Reichert / Michael Freedman Collection. Completeness: Leaf F8 present often lacking. J. Wilcox, London unknown
1603réf. M10773Antwerp Belgium c.1603. Very Good margins extended. Notes: Important map of United Kingdom by Ortelius based on an earlier map by Christopher Saxton in 1579. Size : 384x483 mm 15.12x19.02 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Category: Maps Europe United Kingdom England; Maps Europe Ireland; Maps Europe United Kingdom Wales; unknown
1556réf. 41044geneva: Robertus Stephanus : R. Estienne. Very Good. 1556. Leather. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 243 pages; R. Estienne Geneva. Small 4to. Period calf rebacked with old morocco; titles stamped direct in gilt. Woodcut pictorial printer's mark on title page; titles in Hebrew and Latin. Text in Hebrew and Aramaic. Mild chipping to leather at spine ends; light rub through bruising and rounding to boards at corner tips. Occasional marginal annotation from varying periods. Mild damping to margins of some leaves. Prior ownership penned at front and rear; tipped in on rear endpage is a slim slip with bookseller catalog information for this copy. A-M4; N6; O-U8; X8; Y4. Rare Estienne printed Hebrew Language title. VG thus . [Robertus Stephanus] : R. Estienne hardcover
réf. MC01A-00006Seeley Burnside and Seeley. Collectible - Acceptable. London: Seeley Burnside and Seeley 1847. 1st edition. 8vo hardcover. Green figured cloth with gilt spine lettering. xlviii589pp. Two folded maps. Fair book. Ex-Library copy from the Boston College Library with call number and label on spine and other usual markings. Tears to head and foot of spine. Hinges cracked. In polypropylene bag. 7 copies on OCLC. Sierra Leone Africa Travel Inquire if you need further information. Seeley, Burnside, and Seeley hardcover
1689réf. ST13039gLondon: Printed for Charles Harper 1689. FIRST EDITION. 297 x 192 mm. 11 5/8 x 7 1/2". 20 166 148-9 misnumbered 140-1 2 pp. Very pleasing contemporary red morocco elaborately panelled in gilt covers with mitered frames composed of gilt rules decorative rolls pointillé tooling and floral sprays raised bands spine intricately gilt in compartments with central star-like design and scrolling cornerpieces marbled endpapers all edges gilt possible very expert repair to top spine compartment. Frontispiece engraving of Cowley's tomb. Front pastedown with the bookplate of Robert S. Pirie. Wing C-6665; ESTC R21164. ◆Spine and head of rear board sunned a bit of wear to joints and extremities boards tending to splay slightly faint scattered dark flecks to leather text with isolated spots and browning but an excellent copy the binding solid and only minimally worn and internally very fresh and clean. From a distinguished collection in extremely attractive condition and in a fine contemporaneous binding this is the first appearance of the botanical writings of one of the most precocious poets in the annals of English literature. Cowley 1616-67 was producing poetic works of inexplicable sophistication before he had settled into puberty; he published his first volume of verse at 15 and went on to become one of the most popular poets of his day. A staunch royalist who served in the exiled court of Charles I's queen Henrietta Maria he helped encode and decipher messages sent between the monarchy's supporters including the royal couple themselves. Despite having been arrested and imprisoned as a royalist agent at one point Cowley escaped the Cromwell years largely unscathed and retired to the countryside in 1663. Upon his death Cowley was not only given the extraordinary honor of burial in Westminster Abbey noted by the DNB as "the most lavish funeral which had ever been given to a mere man of letters in England" but was also afforded a privileged spot next to the graves of Spenser and Chaucer. Cowley's influence on contemporary poetry was demonstrably deep; his funerary monument pictured in our frontispiece refers to him as "the English Virgil" and Perkin asserts that his "fame as a poet exceeded even that of Milton" during the waning years of the Restoration. The present copy comes from the collection of Robert S. Pirie 1934-2015 an extremely successful lawyer and investment banker who amassed the finest library of 16th and 17th century English literature in private hands during his lifetime. In 1984 he was elected one of the 40 members of the Roxburghe Club the world's oldest society of bibliophiles. Printed for Charles Harper unknown
réf. 67657New York NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1905. History Finely bound Constitutional Edition. Complete in eight volumes. Octavo 22 x 15 x 37cm. Frontispiece of the author with captioned tissue guard. Title page printed in red and black. Handsomely hand-bound in tan half calf with raised bands red morocco title labels marbled covered sides t.e.g. Contents clean exterior as new. A fine set in an attractive recent leather binding. The works include Addresses Letters Political Debates etc. New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1905 unknown
1776réf. 133671Milan: Giuseppe Galeazzi 1776. First edition in Italian of part of de Moivre's early and important contribution to the calculus of games of chance and probability theory one of the first instructional texts on the subject which together with the works of Montmort and Bernoulli was one of the most important books written on the subject in the early eighteenth century. His introduction contains an overview of main concepts such as probability conditional probability expectation dependent and independent events the multiplication rule and the binomial distribution. The translator Roberto Gaeto of the University of Pavia translates the parts of de Moivre's work dealing with the application of the doctrine of chance to annuities tontines life expectancies and mortallity tables. Gaeta has added an introduction notes and appendices comparing other European writers on lifetime annuities such as Deparcieux Kersseboom Süssmilch and Bernoulli with a useful bibliography of works of mortality tables and statistics pages lix-lxviii. Two works bound in a single vol. octavo 207 x 130 mm. Printer's woodcut device on title tables and vignettes in the text. Contemporary half mottled calf and sprinkled boards rebacked preserving the original spine red morocco label sprinkled edges. Spine neatly repaired and lined where split recased with new endpapers board edges worn. Second work has the half title cut away. Pale damp mark to lower margin extending into the text in places occasional light foxing marginal worming to last 4 leaves of the second work; good copies of two scarce works. hardcover
réf. 91842Dessau Buchhandlung der Gelehrten 1782. . First Edition. 8vo 17 x 10 cm. Text in German. Contemporary boards some worming marks to boards and leaves edges rubbed. 126 pp. One of the first instructive texts on Judaism to be published in Germany. In his Foundations of the Jewish Religion Rabbi Abraham Nathan Wolf lays out the basic principles and teachings of Judaism written in simple and accessible language but without reducing the moral and religious content of the Jewish law and faith. The settlement of Jews in Dessau dates from 1621. The Jewish community there led the struggle for the emancipation of the German Jews. Both Rabbi Abraham Nathan Wolf and Moses Mendelssohn were born there. Wolf's views on Judaism were considered extremely liberal at the time; though this made him popular with Mendelssohn his attempts to align traditional Jewish education with modern European culture also led to his persecution by conservative Jewish scholars who nicknamed him 'the backslider.' Other publications by Wolf include the Pesher Davar Berlin 1777 a comprehensive commentary on the Book of Job plus contributions to Ha-Meassef and the first three volumes of Bikkurey ha-'Ittim. Dessau, Buchhandlung der Gelehrten, 1782. hardcover
1689réf. ST13039gLondon: Printed for Charles Harper 1689. FIRST EDITION. 297 x 192 mm. 11 5/8 x 7 1/2". 20 166 148-9 misnumbered 140-1 2 pp. Very pleasing contemporary red morocco elaborately panelled in gilt covers with mitered frames composed of gilt rules decorative rolls pointillé tooling and floral sprays raised bands spine intricately gilt in compartments with central star-like design and scrolling cornerpieces marbled endpapers all edges gilt possible very expert repair to top spine compartment. Frontispiece engraving of Cowley's tomb. Front pastedown with the bookplate of Robert S. Pirie. Wing C-6665; ESTC R21164. ◆Spine and head of rear board sunned a bit of wear to joints and extremities boards tending to splay slightly faint scattered dark flecks to leather text with isolated spots and browning but an excellent copy the binding solid and only minimally worn and internally very fresh and clean. From a distinguished collection in extremely attractive condition and in a fine contemporaneous binding this is the first appearance of the botanical writings of one of the most precocious poets in the annals of English literature. Cowley 1616-67 was producing poetic works of inexplicable sophistication before he had settled into puberty; he published his first volume of verse at 15 and went on to become one of the most popular poets of his day. A staunch royalist who served in the exiled court of Charles I's queen Henrietta Maria he helped encode and decipher messages sent between the monarchy's supporters including the royal couple themselves. Despite having been arrested and imprisoned as a royalist agent at one point Cowley escaped the Cromwell years largely unscathed and retired to the countryside in 1663. Upon his death Cowley was not only given the extraordinary honor of burial in Westminster Abbey noted by the DNB as "the most lavish funeral which had ever been given to a mere man of letters in England" but was also afforded a privileged spot next to the graves of Spenser and Chaucer. Cowley's influence on contemporary poetry was demonstrably deep; his funerary monument pictured in our frontispiece refers to him as "the English Virgil" and Perkin asserts that his "fame as a poet exceeded even that of Milton" during the waning years of the Restoration. The present copy comes from the collection of Robert S. Pirie 1934-2015 an extremely successful lawyer and investment banker who amassed the finest library of 16th and 17th century English literature in private hands during his lifetime. In 1984 he was elected one of the 40 members of the Roxburghe Club the world's oldest society of bibliophiles. Printed for Charles Harper unknown books
1677réf. 34844à Paris: Chez Frédéric Léonard 1677. Fine. Chez Frédéric Léonard à Paris 1677 7.50 x 13.80 cm relié Edition with some parts in first edition rare much preferable to the 1676 original which contains only the first part; this one is therefore considerably expanded with major pieces. A frontispiece representing Saint Mark's Square in Venice. The 1677 edition contains 3 titles for each part plus an added title summarizing the whole; one will easily notice that these three parts are very rarely found together in libraries see Oxford Leeds. and that they most often appear separately. There were undoubtedly several editions at this date of 1677 of which only this one contains the three parts. Moreover this edition with the sphere would suggest that it was printed elsewhere; the third part bears Ratisbon as place of edition and Jean Aubry as publisher. This part contains the Harangue of Louis Helian Ambassador of France under Louis XII. Contemporary full glazed brown calf binding. Spine with raised bands unlettered decorated with blind roulettes on the headcaps and raised bands. Blind fillets on the boards. Good copy. More than a history of Venice this is a critical study of its institutions and laws. The book was very poorly received in Venice where it was burned diplomatic relations with France became embittered Amelot de la Houssaye was embassy secretary in Venice and the king of France was more or less forced to deliver the author to the Bastille for six days to satisfy Venice. The supplement studies and recounts the disputes that the Republic had with Pope Paul V. The third part of the book is a translation of a book by Fra Paolo. The Harangue of Louis Hélian was pronounced in 1510 before Emperor Maximilian it very sharply accuses the republic of Venice of numerous evils. Chez Frédéric Léonard hardcover
1581réf. 63816hand-coloured copper engraving. RARE. Stunning well-known map from 'Theatre de L'Univers contenant les cartes de tout le monde'. This is the first French edition of his celebrated atlas - the FIRST in the World: 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" which was first published in Latin in 1570. The work was published by Christofle Plantin for Ortelius between 1581 and 1582 in Anvers Antwerp Belgium. Shows India and Indonesia Japan and the Philippines still without Luzon and parts of the American and Australian coastlines and the first Western map to show Formosa Taiwan. Ortelius was a notable Dutch cartographer and 'the publication of this atlas in 1570 marked an epoch in the history of cartography. It was the first uniformly sized systematic collection of maps of the countries of the world based only on contemporary knowledge since the days of Ptolemy & in that sense may be called the first modern atlas; although that term itself was not used until 20 years later by Mercator. The Theatrum was re-issued in 42 editions with 5 supplements. with text in Latin Dutch German French Spanish Italian & English between the years 1570-1612. The protrusion of a Southern landmass initially called 'Beach' by Marco Polo is shown South of "Java Major" alluding to another "necessary" suspected landmass to keep the round earth balanced: Australia… Reference: Quirino p. 76; Cortazzi Isles of Gold p. 20 & 17; Walter Japan Nr. 11D; Broecke #166; Tooley Maps of Australia Nr. 937; Clancy Terra Australis Map 5.16; Clancy/R. S. 44/45/46; Suarez Southeast Asia; Farbabb. S. 166: Parry South Indian Islands S.; 78 mit Abb:Koeman III 8400:31:vdB 166.1; Ort 29 B Latin ed.; Lietz Insulae Indiae Orientalis 36th IMCoS Symposium Manila 2018 Gallery of Prints & Ayala Museum p.101. Condition: centrefold as issued. Anvers (Antwerp), Belgium.
2017réf. Atlantic-9789386062017SAGE India 2017. Hardcover. New. SAGE India hardcover
2017réf. Atlantic-9789386062017SAGE India 2017. Hardcover. New. SAGE India hardcover
1578réf. 2206Antwerp: Plantin 1578. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to. 23 x 16.5 cm 4 ff. 417 1 pp. 1 f. Bound in contemporary vellum over flexible boards head slightly chipped; early signature on t-p. Woodcut 'golden compass' device of the Plantin press on title. Generally good. First edition of this early modern geographical dictionary published alongside the first Plantin edition of Ortelius' successful Theatrum orbis terrarum Antwerp 1579 and listing thousands of names both ancient and modern for "peoples regions islands great and small towns mountains foothills forests seas bays lakes" etc. depicted in the atlas. Earlier versions of the Synonymia had previously appeared as indices to the atlas containing a little over 2000 entries; "in all this first version of Ortelius' geographical dictionary in the form of a separate book includes approximately 10000 entries" Meurer. Ortelius' methodology in the present volume differs from that of his earlier indices: a parallel glossary of non-Latin names has been turned into a bilingual appendix and Ortelius relies almost completely on classical authors quoting moderns only when he cannot go straight to the source. The significance of these alterations for the author's role not as mapmaker but as linguist and lexicographer is hard to overstate: his introduction declares that he undertook the new Synonymia largely out of frustration at the scholarly inadequacy of current Latin lexica including earlier editions of his own which frequently printed inexact or even nonexistent terms sometimes on dodgy authority. Voet 1835; Skelton Theatrum orbis terrarum facsimile 1964; Meurer in Abraham Ortelius and the First Atlas ed. Voet pp. 331-346. Plantin hardcover
1923réf. 39395Warsaw: Di Zayt 1923. Second edition. Softcover. fair to vg. Large Octavo. 225pp. Original decorative wrappers with b/w. illustration pasted down on front cover in hardcover cassette with half cloth over decorative paper-covered boards and black lettering on spine. 12 b/w illustrations by Jakob Adler. Abraham Zak 1891-1980 describes the fate of galician population during World War I the sudden change in life the preparations life of and with soldiers and living with war and the Jewish holidays. Zak gives words to the differences and the major change in the way of life of the Jews in Galicia. With his style of essays with dialogues he creates a unique approach to the understanding of the meaning of war which is strongly impacted by the dramatic drawings by Jakob Adler. Text in Yiddish. Cassette with light wear along edges. Wrappers rubbed small piece of cover illustration is missing wear along edges and fraying at head and tail of spine. Foxing at verso of front wrapper and title page. Block tanned 60% of pages are loose but present. Block with some fraying at foredge. Binding in overall very good wrappers and interior in fair to good condition. Di Zayt unknown
