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ref. 2m373Selbstverlag New York 1988-1996. Zusammen 4008 S. mit jeweils zahlreichen Abb. kartoniert quart. - gute Exemplare / good condition / Text englisch italienisch / Enthalten: Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana / Christie's east. The Russian Library of an American Collector / Old Master American and Modern/ Contemporary Prints and Multiples / American Modern and Contemporary / Printed Books ans Manuscripts / American Modern and Contemporary / Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana from the Collection of Teh Hon J. William Middendorf II / Illuminated Manuscripts Illustrated Books Autograph Letters and Music. London / Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana and Bookbindings / The Chevalier Collection of English. Twentieth-Century Bookbindings and a selection of Modern Continental/European Bookbindings / Old Masters Contemporary American and Modern Prints ans Illustrated Books / Early Printed Books and Manuscripts including Incunabula / Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana / Christie's East. Printed Bookd Autographs Maps and Decorative Graphics / Valuable Continental Books and Fine Bindings / Valuable Printed Books and Manuscripts Autograph Letters and Music. London / Medieval and Illuminated Manuscripts Valuable Printed Books Autograph Letters and Manuscripts including the Edwin Wolf 2nd Collection of Nelson and Hamilton Part II. London / Illuminated Manuscripts Autograph Letters. Valuable Printes Books and Historical Bindings. London / Valuable Printed Books Music and Manuscripts. London / The Dr. Sali Guggenheim Collection of French Illustrated Books. London / Fine Books from the Aldine Press Venice: 1495-1566. London / Manoscritti Autografi. Libri e Stampe. Rom - unknown
1801ref. PHO-2497Paris, Imprimerie de Crapelet, 1801, 1 volume (sur 3) in-8 (21,5x13,5cm), xii-409pp., basane postérieure, dos à nerfs avec titre, tomaison et date en pied, quelques rousseurs. Exemplaire tel que paru, non rogné, illustré de 4 tableaux dépliants, 1 gravure et 1 carte.
1845ref. 6332Juli 1845. Vollständigste Schilderung nach den Berichten von Augenzeugen und amerikan. Blättern. Mit lithogr. Frontispiz. Hamburg, B. S. Berendsohn, (Gedruckt von Conrad Müller), 1845. 8vo. (18,4 x 13,0 cm). 27, (1) S. Grüner Orig.-Umschlag.
ref. awd-1173Pointe sèche originale imprimée sur vélin, légendée Épreuve I, datée 1937 et signée au crayon en marge. Contrecollée sur une feuille libre et titrée The Bronx Cheer (14,8/24,8 cm).
19318vo, pp. XII, 289 con 4 illustrazioni fotografiche in nero, legatura in mezza tela editoriale con piatto superiore illustrato a colori raffigurante lo skyline newyorkese in nero, oro e argento. Prima edizione di quest'opera che è una vera celebrazione della città di New York "This is not, in any sense, a history of New York. Nor is it an autobiography. Nor is it a guide-book. It is but a timid attempt to tell of the city where I have lived practically all of my life" (cfr. Prologue, all'inizio dell'opera). Ottimo esemplare. . .
1865ref. 217403New York: N. Orr 1865. Later printing. Frontispiece additional wood-engraved title page 10 plates and numerous wood engravings in the text by N. Orr & Co. 96 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Nineteenth-century half green morocco and marbled boards and endpapers marbled edges. Beautiful copy from the library of J.B. VOORHEES of Brooklyn. Later printing. Frontispiece additional wood-engraved title page 10 plates and numerous wood engravings in the text by N. Orr & Co. 96 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Charmingly illustrated with pictorial initial capital at the beginning of each chapter and fine wood-engraved views. This copy is EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with two inserted lithographed views of the Falls and with a receipt from M. Moore proprietor of the Hotelwho is mentioned on pp.12-13 from 1868. N. Orr unknown books
1418ref. 31133Skaneateles N.Y. August 14 1844. Sent to Jurist Charles James Folger This notice announces a Democratic mass meeting at Skaneateles New York on August 24 1844. The featured speaker was the New York senator Silas Wright called by Thomas Hart Benton the "Cato of the Senate" DAB. In 1844 Wright resigned from the Senate and was running an ultimately successful campaign for governor of New York. The notice also gives instructions on train service to the meeting location. This copy of the meeting announcement was sent to the noted jurist Charles James Folger who would go on to become Treasury Secretary under Chester A. Arthur. In 1844 Folger had just been appointed a judge at the Court of Common Pleas Ontario County New York marking the beginning of his career in public service. Quarto. Light fold lines. Near fine. ANB 8 pp.166-67. DAB XX pp.565-67. unknown books
1865ref. 217403New York: N. Orr 1865. Later printing. Frontispiece additional wood-engraved title page 10 plates and numerous wood engravings in the text by N. Orr & Co. 96 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Nineteenth-century half green morocco and marbled boards and endpapers marbled edges. Beautiful copy from the library of J.B. VOORHEES of Brooklyn. Later printing. Frontispiece additional wood-engraved title page 10 plates and numerous wood engravings in the text by N. Orr & Co. 96 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Charmingly illustrated with pictorial initial capital at the beginning of each chapter and fine wood-engraved views. This copy is EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with two inserted lithographed views of the Falls and with a receipt from M. Moore proprietor of the Hotelwho is mentioned on pp.12-13 from 1868. N. Orr unknown
1418ref. 31133Skaneateles N.Y. August 14 1844. Sent to Jurist Charles James Folger This notice announces a Democratic mass meeting at Skaneateles New York on August 24 1844. The featured speaker was the New York senator Silas Wright called by Thomas Hart Benton the "Cato of the Senate" DAB. In 1844 Wright resigned from the Senate and was running an ultimately successful campaign for governor of New York. The notice also gives instructions on train service to the meeting location. This copy of the meeting announcement was sent to the noted jurist Charles James Folger who would go on to become Treasury Secretary under Chester A. Arthur. In 1844 Folger had just been appointed a judge at the Court of Common Pleas Ontario County New York marking the beginning of his career in public service. Quarto. Light fold lines. Near fine. ANB 8 pp.166-67. DAB XX pp.565-67. unknown
1917ref. 34296Kings NY: Kings County Medical Society 1917. fair to good. 108 illus. references tables boards somewhat worn and soiled some foxing to text corners bumped some edge wear uncut. Subtitled: Being the Reports of Surgical Clinics at the Hospitals and Clinical Monographs by Surgeons in Brooklyn New York to commemorate the completion of his fifty years of service as a doctor of medicine. Preface by James P. Warbasse and Ralph H. Pomeroy. Kings County Medical Society hardcover
1909ref. 020685New York: New York Commercial 1909. First Edition . Hardcover. VG. Hinges starting wear at the tips and spine extremities. A heavily illustrated history of New York City with numerous historical illustrations several full color "early views of the city" for example "Stone Bridge 1794 Corner of Broadway and Canal Streets" "A Copy of the Original Contract Between Henry Hudson and the Amsterdam Chamber Together with an Abstract of the Instructions for the Voyage" contemporary photographs of New York and other material. An uncommon item and important source of New York history. New York Commercial hardcover
1924DJ tattered with significant open tears with some dampstaining and staining ; Very rare look at the early history of an often overlooked part of Manhattan; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 366 pages
2026ref. x-1107187540Cambridge University Press 2026. Hardcover. New. 250 pages. 6.43x0.70x9.03 inches. Cambridge University Press hardcover
18928vo., First Edition, with illustrated title in red and black, over 800 photographs (many full-page) and a full-page map in the text, and pictorial endpapers; original pictorial tan cloth gilt, upper board board elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and brown, gilt back, brown top, very neatly recased, a remarkably bright, clean copy. A remarkably well-preserved copy of the best nineteenth-century guide to the city, extensive in scope and comprehensive in detail. A second edition was issued in the following year; the original edition is very scarce, especially in this condition.
1946ref. 001184New York Duell, Sloan & Pearce Inc. 1946 In-8 Cartonnage toilé Ed. originale
1986ref. 156575Schaffhausen ; Zürich ; Frankfurt/M ; Düsseldorf : Ed. Stemmle. 1986. 139 S. : überwiegend Ill. (farb.) 28*24 cm. OBroschur.
ref. 13211Albany New York. 21 January 1841. 1p. 4to. Bifolium. In good condition on lightly-aged paper. Addressed on reverse of second leaf to 'Mr Silas O Smith Rochester'. The letter begins: 'Dear Sir During my short sojourn at your city last October I had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of your daughter. Since my return a correspondence has taken place between us in which she has given me permission to visit her & to entertain the hope that she may be persuaded to exchange the protection of the best of Parents for that of a husband. Should I be so fortunate as to obtain the sanction of those Parents to such a mesure May I hope for the approbation & blessing of those Parents'. In a final paragraph he points out that his 'happiness is involved' in Smith's decision. From the papers of the couple's daughter Marie de Grasse Lady Evans d.1920 wife of Sir Francis Henry Evans 1840-1907. Albany [New York]. 21 January 1841. unknown
ref. 13212New York. 15 June 1842. Stevens married Mary Frances Smith d.1890; second husband John Fowler Butterworth daughter of Silas O. Smith of Rochester and two of their children were the novelist Augusta de Grasse Stevens 1852-1894 and Marie de Grasse Lady Evans d.1920 wife of the English Liberal politician Sir Francis Henry Evans 1840-1907. 2pp. 4to. 35 lines of text. In good condition on lightly-aged paper. Addressed on reverse of second leaf with postmark to 'Mr L Ward Smith Rochester N.Y-'. The letter begins: 'My dear Ward How affectionate & familiar a man is when he is about to ask a favor. Now although such is the object of the present writing yet I beg leave to assure you it is not the cause of my affection or familiarity. On the contrary my affection is the cause both of my familiarity & of my requesting of the favor which I am about to ask. You know there are situations in which a man may be placed that require all the preliminaries to be settled by a friend - now dont start - I am not about to fight a duel. To the end that you may fully comprehend the nature of the service with which I am about to task your kindness I must disclose to you a verry sic great secret. I am to be married on the last tuesday of July next to the verry sic Dearest and best girl in the world - Miss Mary Frances Smith of your city - perhaps you know the young lady - If you do I know you will approve of my choice whatever you may think of her's. sic On that occasion I shall require the service of four friends as groom's men & I hope my Dear Sir I may rely upon you as one'. The letter continues for another eleven lines in much the same tone. From the Evans papers. New York. 15 June 1842. unknown
ref. ria9781394180158_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; N/A hardcover
2012ref. 350393New York Enfield : Skira Rizzoli ; Publishers Group UK distributor 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper now mylar-sleeved. In an equally fine slip-case and publisher's protective cardboard casing. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 1 v. : col. ill. ; 33 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; A biograhical sketch of an American icon / Roberta J.M. Olson -- Audubon's innovations and the traditions of ornithological illustration : some things old some things borrowed but most things new / Roberta J.M. Olson -- Drawing birds : Audubon's artistic practices / Marjorie Shelley -- Highlights from the watercolors for The birds of America / Roberta J.M. Olson -- The rest of the flock -- Listing of Audubon's bird watercolors in the New-York Historical Society / compiled by Alexandra Mazzitelli. Subjects; Audubon John James 1785-1851. Birds of America ; Exhibitions. New-York Historical Society ; Exhibitions. Historical Society New York. Birds in art ; Exhibitions. Birds North America ; Pictorial works. Birds North America ; Pictorial works ; Exhibitions. Ornithological illustration ; Exhibitions. Watercolor painting American ; Exhibitions. Ornithologists United States ; Biography. Wildlife artists United States ; Biography. Artists United States. Zoological illustration United States. Aves Illustrations United States. Audubon John James 1785-1851. Genre; Illustrated. New York Enfield : Skira Rizzoli ; Publishers Group UK [distributor] hardcover
ref. ria9780471385455_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Expert coverage of the physics and mathematics of diffusion-reactions in solids and melts This book presents a unified treatment of diffusion and reaction in a wide variety of oxides-with a special emphasis on the reactive molecules of hardcover
1807ref. 8028AB1807. Albany Barber 1807. 215 : 135 cm. 236 3 pages with 6 1 folded engraved plates. Contemporary half calf. First edition. Rink 20. The first agricultural association in the state of New York was the "Society the Promotion of Agriculture Arts and Manufactures" organized in New York C in 1791. It was succeeded by this society in 1804 and this is the first vol of their transactions. Butter butter churns protractors cleaning casks weights and measures manure the introduction of Spanish sheep cultivation hemp Indian corn smut in wheat disease in flax culture of the grape etc. with handsome plates. Here are a number of contributions by Chancellor Rober R. Livingston several on merino sheep with a folding plate as well as a description and plate of "A Floating Battery on a new construction by the l Abraham Bloodgood." The rotating battery involved substantially the principa that would be used in the turret in Erickson's Civil War Monitor. - Binding rubbed. - Exlibris Alexander Crofts. unknown
1906ref. 19848AB(New York), 1906. 38,5 : 25 cm. 16, VIII, 112 pages with over 400 illustrations. Coloured illustrated original cloth.
1906ref. 19848AB1906. New York 1906. 385 : 25 cm. 16 VIII 112 pages with over 400 illustrations. Coloured illustrated original cloth. Interesting documentation of the City of New York shortly after the turn of the century. Contains artistic photographs of the most important buildings places streets. Souvenir-Edition of the "Deutschen Liederkranzes" of the City of New York for the Viennese men's choir in conmemoration of their stay in New York in 1907. WITH INTERESTING VIEWS OF HARLEM. HARLEM RIVER; HARLEM VIEWED FROM CATHERAL HEIGHTS ETC. hardcover
1920ref. 043245Hartford CT: Arrow Electric Company Arrow Quality Electric Wiring Devices 1920. First and only edition 1920. Exceptional record of early 20th century manufacturing and Connecticut industrial history with 60 real photographs by Underwood & Underwood mounted on thick tan paper with descriptive content opposite. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine oblong format about 8.25 x 11.5 inches 1.75 inches thick 122 pages. Covers have noticeable wear particularly to the extremities short separation of front joint and hinge but cover secure binding quite shaken but no pages detached upper binder's cords separated photographs all in very good condition name and address in pencil on front free endpaper April 1920 neatly written in ink on the introductory page no other markings. Arrow was noteworthy for its time with photographs including special provisions for employee health care as well as an on-site restaurant with food sold at cost employee recreation recognition of employee service in World War I and a large number of female employees including those operating manufacturing machinery. The book is a virtual tour of the plant from the front office to the shipping department. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Oblong 4to. Arrow Electric Company [Arrow Quality Electric Wiring Devices] Hardcover
