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2023réf. 2342709New York: Thames & Hudson 2023. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 6x1x9. New. First edition. An exceptional copy. 2023 Hard Cover. 239 pp. With 38 illustrations. A Pulitzer-nominated author and one of the great public intellectuals of Slavic culture bring to life the unfamiliar myths and legends of the Slavic world. In the first collection of Slavic myths for an international readership Noah Charney and Svetlana Slapšak expertly weave together the ancient stories with nuanced analysis to illuminate their place at the heart of Slavic tradition. While Slavic cultures are far-ranging comprised of East Slavs Russia Ukraine Belarus West Slavs the Czech Republic Slovakia Poland and South Slavs the countries of former Yugoslavia plus Bulgaria they are connected by tales of adventure and magic with roots in a common lore. In the world of Slavic mythology we find petulant deities demons and fairies witches and a supreme god who can hurl thunderbolts. Gods gather under the World Tree reminiscent of Norse mythology’s Yggdrasill. The vampire―usually the only Serbo-Croatian word in any foreign-language dictionary―and the werewolf both emerge from Slavic belief. In their careful analysis and sensitive reconstructions of the myths Charney and Slapšak unearth the Slavic beliefs before their distortion first by Christian chroniclers and then by nineteenth-century scholars seeking origin stories for their newborn nation states. They reveal links not only to the neighboring pantheons of Greece Rome Egypt and Scandinavia but also the belief systems of indigenous peoples of Australia the Americas Africa and Asia. Specially commissioned illustrations inspired by traditional Eastern and European folk art bring the stories and their cultural landscape to life. Thames & Hudson hardcover books
1809réf. 2335752T. Dunning 1809. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Boards rubbed with some loss pages stained and soiled ink name on front endpaper. 1809 Hard Cover. 218 pp. Volume 2 of 3. Leather spine marbled paper boards. American history and geography for children. Webster is of course most well-known for his work on what is now simply called Webster's Dictionary which solidified our modern idea of how a dictionary should be arranged. His works in general helped shape the course of American education. T. Dunning hardcover books
2013réf. 2330164Cambridge: D.S. Brewer 2013. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 6x0x9. First edition. An excellent copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 2013 Hard Cover. x 210 pp. An examination of medieval historian writings through the prism of violence. The concept of medieval historiography as "usable past" is here challenged and reassessed. The contributors' shared claim is that the value of medieval historiographical texts lies not only in the factual information the texts contain but also in the methods and styles they use to represent and interpret the past and make it ideologically productive. Violence is used as the key term that best demonstrates the making of historical meaning in the Middle Ages through the transformation of acts of physical aggression and destruction into a memorable and usable past. The twelve chapters assembled here explore a wide range of texts emanating from throughout the francophone world. They cover a range of genres chansons de geste histories chronicles travel writing and lyric poetry and range from the late eleventh to the fifteenth century. Through examination of topics as varied as rhetoric imagery humor gender sexuality trauma subversion and community formation each chapter strives to demonstrate how knowledge of the medieval past can be enhanced by approaching medieval modes of historical representation and consciousness on their own terms and by acknowledging - and resisting - the desire to subject them to modern conceptions of historical intelligibility. D.S. Brewer hardcover books
1875réf. 2306353Boston: William F. Gill and Company 1875. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition second state with Rockwell & Churchill device on copyright page BAL 3363. Front and end matter and a couple plates foxed front hinge just beginning to weaken. 1875 Hard Cover. xv 411 pp. Original green cloth gilt and black titles and decorations all edges gilt 19 engravings 31 illustrations. Includes first appearance of Mark Twain's 'An Encounter with an Interviewer' as well as contributions by: Whitelaw Reid Wilkie Collins Mark Twain John Hay John Brougham Noah Brooks P.V. Nasby I.H. Bromley John Elderkin Thomas W. Knox W.J. Florence Chandos Fulton J. Henry Hagar Champion Bissell J.B. Bouton W.S. Andrews Gilbert Burling Chas. I. Pardee M.D. C. McK. Leoser Hon. R.B. Roosevelt William F. Gill C. Florio C.E.L. Holmes Charles Gayler James Pech Mus. Doc. H.S. Olcott Edward Greey J. Brander Matthews and Alfred Tennyson. William F. Gill and Company hardcover books
2022réf. 627311New York: Oxford University Press 2022. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Foreword by Marcus Samuelsson. Quarto. 834pp. Spine ends a touch rounded else fine in near fine dust jacket lightly rubbed and a touch of wear at the spine ends. Inscribed by both editors and with "Strand Signed Edition" sticker on the front wrap. Oxford University Press hardcover books
2002réf. 35085Edison NJ: Castle Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First thus. Hardcover. 0785814760 . A most attractive first Thus edition in Fine condition in alike dust jacket with a hint of edgewear; Black troops fought in the Civil War as part of both the Union and Confederate armies. Like Men of War: Black Troops in the Civil War 1862-1865 tells the stories of these men and their experiences. The book features illustrations and photographs as well as excerpts from the men's letters.; 8vo; 548 pages . Castle Books hardcover books
1818réf. 52523New York: C. W. Van Winkle 1818. First edition. Softcover. Nearly Fine. Octavo. 47 1 blankpp. Sewn at spine. Lacking plain wrappers. Faint foxing throughout else a nearly fine crisp copy. The author's first publication expressing his view on the origins and responsibilities of American Jewry being a transcript of the address delivered at the consecration of the new synagogue building of Shearith Israel the oldest Jewish congregation in America founded in 1745. His address received written responses from Thomas Jefferson John Adams and James Madison which were published in his 1819 book Travels in England France Spain and the Barbary States. A man with an astonishing and varied career Mordecai Manuel Noah 1785-1851 was an American sheriff playwright diplomat and journalist. He served as American consul in Tunis after 1813 where he was able in to assist in the rescue of a number of American sailors being held captive. Despite this success he was recalled in 1815 controversially under the claim by the Madison administration that his religion was an impediment to his duties. Among the most prominent American Jewish lay leaders of the early 19th century he is perhaps best known for his idealistic but ultimately failed attempt in 1825 to create a refuge community solely for Jewish Americans on land he purchased on New York's Grand Island in the Niagara River. Predating modern Zionism by many decades he styled this project "Ararat" after the mountain on which Noah's Ark came to rest in the biblical account. "After the failure of the Ararat experience Noah turned more strongly to the idea of Palestine as a national home for Jews" EJ 2nd ed. vol. 15 p. 291. From 1821-1823 he served as the 16th Sheriff of New York County the borough of Manhattan; the Surveyor of the Port from 1829-1833; and a judge of the Court of General Sessions in 1841. As a newspaper publisher and journalist Noah founded the New York Enquirer in 1826 and the Evening Star in 1834. In the realm of more imaginative literature he is considered the first major Jewish American playwright. Noah was featured as a character in the Ben Katchor graphic novel "The Jew of New York" 1999 and Gore Vidal's "Burr" 1973. Noah's cultural pride and surpremely optimistic view of his people's destiny is emphatically expressed in the present discourse: "Never were the prospects for the restoration of the Jewish nation to their ancient rights and dominion more brilliant than they are at present. There are upwards of seven millions of Jews known to be in existence throughout the world a number greater than at any period of our history and possessing more wealth activity influence and talents than any body of people of their number on earth. Let us then hope that the day is not far distant when from the operation of liberal and enlightened measures we may look towards that country where our people have established a mild just and honourable government accredited by the world and admired by all good men" p. 27. References: Enc. Jud. 12 cols. 1198-99; Shaw & Shoemaker no. 45110; Singerman 290. C. W. Van Winkle unknown books
1817réf. 42702Schenectady: Isaac Stevens 1817. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Octavo 8 x 5". iv 28pp A Solemn Review of the Custom of War 36 36 36 36 34 2 32 35 1pp. Modern full cloth with gold lettering to spine. The author of this work Noah Worcester 1758-1837 was a "Unitarian clergyman and a seminal figure in history of American pacifism. Although active in Unitarian theological controversies of the day Worcester is best remembered as a pioneer in the American peace movement. In December 1814 he published A Solemn Review of the Custom of War under the pen-name Philo Pacificus still considered one of the best pieces of anti-war literature ever committed to print and as relevant today as then." From Wikipedia This book contains the first seven issues of "The Friend of Peace" intended to direct the public to a more attentive consideration of the subject of war. It is prefixed with an analytic work on the custom of war its causes and consequences and the possible remedy. Ex-library copy with bookplate on inside of front cover reference sticker at rear stamp at lower margin of the Index's first page and at upper margin of the title page for "A Solemn Review of the Custom of War." Very minor and sporadic age-toning and foxing throughout. Binding and interior in overall very good condition. Isaac Stevens hardcover books
1880réf. 15669Paris: Calmann Levy 1880. Hardcover. fair. This copy has an ex-libris stamp inside of front board by Robert Florey: Robert Florey 1900-1979 was a French screenwriter director of short films and actor who moved to Hollywood in 1921. Florey worked as assistant director to Josef von Sternberg Frank Borzage and Victor Fleming before making his feature directing debut in 1926. He turned out more than 50 movies over the next 23 years from the first Marx Brothers movie "The Cocoanuts" 1929 to horror movies such as "Murders in the Rue Morgue" 1932 starring Bela Lugosi to skillful low-budget crime programmers like "The Crooked Way" 1949. Scarce. 4to. 349pp. Original contemporary illustrated paper covered boards with gold lettering and illustration to cover and spine. Blue endpapers. Ex libris Robert Florey see above. Great collection of 3b/w caricatures by the acclaimed French artist Cham a.k.a. Amedée Charles Henry de Noé. With a short biography. Head and tail of spine rubbed and worn with tear to top spine. Corners worn. Scuffing rubbing staining to boards. Minor browning to pages. In French. In overall good- condition. Calmann Levy hardcover books
1825réf. 57132Hartford: Printed for H. Hudson by W. Hudson and L. Skinner 1825. 1825 Edition of Webster's Immensely Popular Speller with Contemporary Ownership Inscription The 1825 edition of Noah Webster's monumentally important and phenomenally popular American speller originally issued in 1783. The American Spelling Book was Webster's most popular work and went through scores of editions in his lifetime the income from which enabled him to dedicate his efforts to his famous dictionary. The impact of this work should not be underestimated as it became the most common way in which Americans came to learn and understand their own language. The inscription likely that of the original owner and user on the front free endpaper of this copy reads: "Nancy Smith's Book East Haven Jan 24 1826." A well-used but sturdier than usual copy of this book which is often found in tatters. 12mo. Contemporary half calf and paper-covered boards. Paper stained and peeling from boards front board chipped at corners spine rubbed and splitting at head. Interior lightly tanned and foxed stain to lower right corner through the last two dozen pages. Contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper see below. A good sound copy overall. SKEEL 212. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 23275. SABIN 102337 note. hardcover books
1819réf. 63295New York: Published by Kirk and Mercein London: by John Miller 1819. A Notable Jewish-American Diplomat Noah was U.S. Consul in Tunis during the Barbary Wars and as such was responsible for freeing American seamen. The present account is based on his experiences while in that office in addition to his travels in Europe. Some time after publishing this work he purchased Grand Island in the Niagara River with the intention of establishing a Jewish refuge which he named Ararat. While a number of men and women arrived in Buffalo in September of 1825 for a celebration of the founding of Ararat the proposed settlement did not attract even a single resident and Noah gave up on the venture within days of the ceremony. Noah was notable as one of the first Jewish Americans to hold an important diplomatic post and was ultimately removed from office for anti-Semitic reasons. This volume prints letters of support from Jefferson Madison and John Adams. The Jefferson letter is particularly famous for its support for fairness to Jewish citizens. Contemporary calf spine ruled in gilt gilt leather label. Binding rubbed and scuffed front board nearly detached holding by upper cord. Frontispiece detached but present closed tear repaired on verso with linen tape. Scattered foxing and staining occasional small marginal tears or flaws not touching text a few leaves and one plate apparently supplied from another copy. A fair copy lacking one plate. SMITH N17. ROSENBACH 205. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 48941. hardcover books
1831réf. 68639New Haven: Published and sold by Hezekiah Howe et al. 1831. Revised edition of the work first published in 1807 as Webster's Philosophical and Practical Grammar. Its initial reception was tepid but with this revised edition Webster's Grammar began to see wider academic adoption. 12mo. Contemporary tree calf gilt crimson label. Binding lightly rubbed some minor wear to extremities boards slightly bowed. Scattered foxing and discolorations to text corner torn from rear blank free endsheet. A good copy the binding well-preserved. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 10587. SKEEL 435. hardcover books
1794réf. 20219Boston: Printed and Sold by John W. Folsom 1794. An early edition of a popular guide reprinted well into the 19th century first printed in Hartford in 1791. 96pp. Leather backed birch boards. Most paper worn away from boards 20% loss to rear board which is detached. Lacks free endpapers. Else a sound copy. SABIN 102383. EVANS 28050. hardcover books
1790réf. 56704Boston: I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews 1790. William Safire's Copy Noted grammarian and pundit William Safire's copy of the first collection of Noah Webster's writings demonstrating the broad reach of the pioneering lexicographer's genius. Webster's essays touch a variety of topics from the new constitution to the practical reasons why marriage between cousins is discouraged. Of particular note is the presence of many words that are spelled phonetically such as "Guvernment" "Skools" and "Karacter." This editorial decision was in keeping with Webster's growing desire to simplify language and qualify it in American as opposed to British ways by dispensing with unnecessary vowels and misleading consonant pairings such as "ch" for "k". The language experiments played out here demonstrate an important step in Webster's development as lexicographer which would culminate in the publication of Webster's famous dictionary nearly forty years later in 1828. A charming Webster item with a notable linguistics-related provenance having been owned by William Safire the preeminent popular language and grammar expert of the 20th century. Safire was an author journalist and speechwriter who wrote the long-running column "On Language" for the NEW YORK TIMES. An attractive copy by the foundational American language expert owned by the most notable public expert on language in 20th-century America. xvi414pp. Modern half calf and marbled boards with early calf corners laid down on the outer corners spine gilt leather label. Leather bookplate of William Safire on front pastedown with a handful of marginal pencil notations in the text likely in his hand. Mild offsetting on titlepage minor toning. Overall very good. NAIP w030387. EVANS 23053. SKEEL 745. BRINLEY SALE 7292. HOWES W203. ANB 22 pp.874-75. hardcover books
1823réf. 56705New Haven: S. Converse Printer Sold by Howe & Spalding 1823. The Emily Skeel-William Safire Copy of Webster's LETTERS TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN The Skeel-Safire copy of the first edition of this unusual Webster publication. In a series of nine letters to an unknown and likely universal correspondent Webster discusses the usual array of issues surrounding grammar and parts of speech as well as virtue and other moral ideals and also comments on the English language dictionaries of his day such as those compiled by Johnson Sheridan and Kenrick. Following the letters is a "Summary History of the discovery and settlement of America from the time of English settlement through the American Revolution" "adapted to the use of families and schools.a convenient Manuel sic for travellers and seamen." In subsequent years Webster's American history would be expanded and reissued but this is its first appearance. A esoteric Webster item with notable etymology-related provenance having been owned by both Emily Ellsworth Ford Skeel Webster's granddaughter and bibliographer and William Safire the preeminent popular American language and grammar expert of the late 20th century. Skeel compiled A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF NOAH WEBSTER and published the work in 1958; books from her library are scarce. Safire was an author journalist and speechwriter who wrote the long-running column "On Language" for the New York Times. An interesting work by the foundational American language expert owned by his granddaughter who was also one of his bibliographers and then the most notable public expert on language in late 20th-century America. 335pp. Contemporary calf expertly rebacked in matching style spine ruled in gilt gilt morocco label. Leather bookplate of noted grammarian William Safire and the Green Knoll bookplate of Roswell and Emily E.F. Skeel on front pastedown. Contemporary ink ownership inscription on titlepage. Text tanned minor foxing throughout. Good. SKEEL 533. SABIN 102365. hardcover books
1820réf. 55522New York: Printed by G.L. Birch & Co. 1820. Essays by Mordecai Noah An interesting work on saving and thrift by a consequential American diplomat. Most of the essays blame poverty and bankruptcy on moral faults such as reckless spending and devotion to fashion. Among the examples of moral failings Noah offers are rowdy teens at a late-night oyster house and Wall Street wives bidding recklessly at a silverware auction. Mordecai Noah 1785-1851 was U.S. Consul in Tunis during the Barbary Wars and as such was responsible for freeing American seamen. Noah was notable as one of the first Jewish Americans to hold an important diplomatic post and was ultimately removed from office for anti-Semitic reasons. He was editor of the National Advocate in New York for over a decade beginning in 1817. 16mo. Modern paper-covered boards leather label. Leaves a bit tanned else very good. SHOEMAKER 2557. WOLF UNRECORDED JUDAICA 50. BAL 14997. hardcover books
1942réf. M3702Baltimore:: Williams & Wilkins 1942. 1942. 221 x 147 mm. 8vo. ix 134 pp. 20figs. indexes. Red cloth. Bookplate of Harold Owens. Very good. Williams & Wilkins, 1942. hardcover books
réf. 05993Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. 1850. Jokes in Poor Taste CHAM pseudonym of Amédée de Noé. Turlupinades Contrariétés et Autres Amusemens Négatifs Jokes in Poor Taste Par Cham. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. ca. 1850. First edition. Folio 13 1/16 x 9 3/4 inches; 331 x 249 mm. Hand-colored lithographed title and fifteen full-page hand-colored lithographed plates with captions. Publisher's original yellow cloth over yellow boards printed in black and bronze. A very fine copy. OCLC locates just four copies worldwide: Morgan Library & Museum; New York Public Library; Getty Institute; University of Illinois. CHAM pseudonym of Amédée de Noé 1818-1879. French caricaturist and lithographer published his first book Monsieur Lajeunesse in 1839 and from 1843 began to be regularly published in illustrated magazines such as Le Charivari which in 1835 focused primarily on publishing satires of everyday life thereafter becoming one of the most popular of French caricaturists through entertaining storybooks such as this work which satirized 'jokes in poor taste.' Several artists "followed in the wake of Daumier and Gavarni. Among the most attractive of the former is Amédéé de Noé "known as Cham that is Ham the son of Noah.it was said that he had 'an idea a day' for Le charivari. A good proportion of his thousands of lithographs were gathered into albums. His contributions to the Album du siège 173 in which Daumier was his collaborator are typical of his work" Ray pp. 155-156. Cham had contacts with English artists many of whom had trained on the Continent most in company with English artist and follower of the pioneering German lithographer Alois Senefelder. The Plates: 1. Tout ça c'est bel et bon! It's all well and good! 2. L'éducation es tune bonne chose! Education is a good thing! 3. Hardi! Conscrit la patrie a les yeux sur toi!. Daring! Conscript the fatherland has its eyes on you!. 4. Je veux que mon fils ait un prix! I want my son to have a prize! 5. Mes papiers.mes papiers! My papers.my papers! 6. Tiens tiens elle était pressée c'tte lettre Well well she was in a hurry that letter 7. De de quoi.de de quoi!. From what.from what!. 8. Malheureux! Tu me feras blancher avant l'âge. Unfortunate! You will make me white before my age. 9. Enfin j'en tiens un!. Finally I got one!. 10. Non vous ne vous trompez pas! No you are not mistaken! 11. Je risqué tout tant pis pour moi! I risked everything too bad for me! 12. Ah! Vous êtes ambitieux! Ah! You are ambitious! 13. Qué bonheur m'ssieu! What happiness sir! 14. Cré coquin mes chemises neuves. Naughty creation my new shirts. 15. Y sont drôles les maitres! The masters are funny there! Bobins IV 1349. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1850 unknown books
1994réf. 233168Little Brown & Co 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Hardcover with two-toned green and white paper-covered boards. Externally light shelfwear and dust jacket has archival protective wrapper. Internally light sun toning to the endpapers but otherwise clean has a good binding no marks or notations. 470 pages. CS Little Brown & Co hardcover books
réf. 1882First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket in as new unread condition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. A pristine copy of this Edgar Award winning novel somewhat scarce signed in F/F condition. Not remaindered not price clipped not ex-library; in archival protection and will ship in a sturdy box. Grand Central Publishing hardcover books
1843réf. 4964Montpelier VT: E. P. Walton n.d. but after 1843. Last Revised Edition. Acceptable. 12mo 18 cm; 168 pages. Woodcut frontispiece title page with woodcut ornamental border and seven woodcut vignettes in text. Bound in quarter cloth over printed boards with title page reproduced on upper board. Worn and thumbed yet sound and entire. Published in the year of the author's death. E. P. Walton hardcover books
1828réf. 140938425New York: S. Converse Printed by Hezekiah Howe New Haven 1828. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing. Complete in two volumes. Contemporary mottled calf with black morocco spine labels lettered in gilt with the "Additions and Corrections" leaf bound at the end of Volume II; November 28 Advertisement absent as is nearly always the case. Engraved frontis provided in sympathetic facsimile lacking tissue guard. Internally Very Good with offsetting and several instances of penciled marginalia. Previous owner name in light pencil on title page. One of only 2500 copies. An extremely important early declaration of American cultural identity which heralded the nation's linguistic independence from Britain inspiring the many dictionaries that to this day carry Webster's name. S. Converse, Printed by Hezekiah Howe, New Haven unknown books
1808réf. List2316Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin 1808. Letterpress broadside measuring 13 x 7 ¾ inches. Some slight toning near fine overall. Fine. A broadside announcing the candidates for the United States House of Representatives a list which includes Noah Webster. Webster received 212 votes in the preliminary election in May enough to get him a spot on the ballot but lost in the general election in a generally difficult time for Federalist politicians. Webster experienced a religious conversion during this period after being a not particularly devout Congregationalist earlier in his life and embraced the church completely perhaps due to the death of his infant son in 1806. Webster would run again for U.S. Representative in 1810 1812 and 1816 losing each time and eventually abandoned politics his last office held being in the Connecticut House of Representatives ending in 1807 shortly before his first campaign for national office. We find no record of this broadside in OCLC or other ephemera relating to Webster's political career in Connecticut in the trade. The collected acts from this session were published in octavo format but we find no other record of this broadside printing. Hudson and Goodwin unknown books
1794réf. 26415Worcester MA: Leonard Worcester 1794. Very Good-. Worcester MA: Leonard Worcester 1794. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 28pp. A4 B-C4 D2 collated and complete; woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Spotting to title page and final leaf serving as wrappers stitching loose and gatherings starting to separate else a Good to Very Good sound copy. Contemporary ownership signature of an Ebenezer Hill at head of title page. Early work by the American Congregationalist minister later turned Unitarian and pacifist. Quite uncommon with none in the trade as of May 2023 and last seen at auction in 1914. ESTC W20491; EVANS 28131; SABIN 105267. Leonard Worcester unknown books
1882réf. 09608NOAH WEBSTER Houghton-Mifflin 1882 first edition spine lightened three very tiny nicks to the head of the spine else a tight vg copy in the publishers original cloth with t.p.e.'s in gold-gilt gold-gilt lettering to the spine and front cover as well as an engraved frontispiece of Webster by F. Halpin Part of the AMERICAN MEN OF LETTERS series edited by Charles Dudley Warner. Houghton -Mifflin hardcover books
