1979rif. 158125N.p.: N.p. 1979. Vintage reference photograph from the 1979 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso noting director Walerian Borowczyk's name and the film title in French. An anthology film divided into three segments set in three different time periods Rome in 1520 France at the turn of the century and modern Paris and following three women who are driven to commit crimes of passion. 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1991rif. 182999New Haven CT and New York: Yale University Art Gallery and Abbeville Press Publishers 1991. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 328 pages. Exhibition catalog. Features text by Sasha M. Newman Marina Ducrey Richard S. Field Deborah L. Goodman Margrit Hahnloser-Ingold John Klein and Rudolf Koella. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. A clean very near fine copy in cloth boards with a small sticker shadow to the front free endpaper in a very near fine dust jacket. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. Yale University Art Gallery and Abbeville Press Publishers unknown books
1967rif. 155298N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage reference photograph from the 1967 French film directed by Jean-Luc Godard showing actors Raoul Lévy and Anny Duperey. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A day in the life of a seemingly normal suburban housewife who intersperses her daily routine of housework cleaning and shopping with appointments as a call girl. One of director Godard's most highly regarded and stylistically innovative films released the same year as "Weekend" and "La chinoise." Set and shot on location in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 482. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown books
1985rif. 176888Eindhoven: Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum 1985. First edition. Softcover. 95 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran September 14 through October 13 1985 at Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum and then October 20 through November 17 1985 at Kolnischer Kunstverein in Cologne and 1986 at the Castello di Rivoli in Turin. Text in English by Thomas McEvilley. Includes numerous color illustrations lists of performances previous exhibitions publications films and videotapes. A near fine copy in French style wrappers with some very minor wear. Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum unknown books
1983rif. 149305Rome: 2T Produzione Film 1983. Vintage grande French poster for the 1983 erotic film. Inspired by Ovid's 2 AD collection of poems "Ars Amatoria" "The Art of Love". Set in ancient Rome the poet Ovid teaches courses in the art of love. One of his students sets out to test his newfound skill on a woman whose husband has gone to war. 47 x 63 inches. One panel. Folded as issued. Near Fine. Bier 96. 2T Produzione Film unknown books
1961rif. 143272Paris: Cinedis 1961. Three original color transparencies from the 1961 film. Starring actors including Marais and Vlady are seen in lavish period costumes designed for the film by Marie-Claude Fouquet and Jacqueline Guyot. Housed in a light blue mailing envelope with annotations on the recto in manuscript ink noting contact information for Fouquet and Guyot. Based de La Fayette's 1678 anonymously published novel France's first historical novel widely regarded as an early psychological novel. The Princess Vlady marries a much older prince Marais but yearns for a handsome duke Poron. Her fidelity eventually coming into question. Marais also starred in Delannoy's and Cocteau's other collaboration "Love Eternal" 1943. Two transparencies 3.25 x 4.5 inches one slightly larger. Near Fine overall in original transparent sleeves. Cinedis unknown books
1961rif. 144012Paris: Cinedis 1961. Archive of 14 original single weight black-and-white photographs and various ephemera from the 1961 film here under the original French title. The photographs numbered on the versos in manuscript pencil detail costumes for starring actors Marina Vlady and Jean Marais an exhibit of film stills and costume designs at a bookshop called "Lavocat" costumes displayed at tge shop "Delvaux" and the ephemera consists of a press packet detailing film credits and biographies an invitation for two to the premiere on March 26 at the Marivaux cinema a small slip with annotations in manuscript ink and a carbon typescript from Maryse Martres to "Madame Armon" at Delvaux regarding the costumes. Housed in a large manila folder. Based de La Fayette's 1678 anonymously published novel France's first historical novel widely regarded as an early psychological novel. The Princess marries a much older prince Marais but yearns for a handsome duke Poron. Her fidelity eventually coming into question. Marais also starred in Delannoy's and Cocteau's other collaboration "Love Eternal" 1943. Delannoy directed over 50 films at first well-regarded dissipating at the end of his career with several B-grade films. Costuming for the film was produced by Pierre Cardin and Marcel Escoffier both also worked together on "Beauty and the Beast" 1946 and "Fernandel the Dressmaker" 1956. Martres Martin was a prolific French actress since 1948 notably "Girl on the Third Floor" 1955 and "The Happy Road" 1957 and she was later involved in press relations at Cinedis a notable film agency in operation since the Silent Film era. Kishi was born in 1932 and became a Japanese actress and writer. She married director Ciampi in 1957. Since 1996 she has been a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund UNFPA. The Delvaux shop has been producing leather goods mostly handbags since the 19th century with central locations in Belgium. Photos range from 6.75 x 9 inches to 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Ephemera ranges from 3.5 x 4.75 inches to 8 x 10.5 inches. Very Good plus overall with scattered creases and toning. Cinedis unknown books
1970rif. 143871Rome: Fair Film 1970. Draft script for the 1970 film. An English language script for consideration by US filmmakers though the film was shot in Italian. Based on Alberto Bevilacqua's 1964 novel of the same name. The widow of a worker killed by police joins the militant strike against the factory owners one of which falls in love with her and is forced to face his glaring conflicts of interest. Shot on location in Parma Italy. Grey titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter and director Alberto Bevilacqua. 82 leaves with last page of text numbered 82. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Fair Film unknown books
1967rif. 138581Paris: Concordia Compagnia Cinematografica 1967. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1967 film. Studio rubber stamp on the verso. One of the photos features Marina Vlady sharing a cigarette with Roger Montsoret. Based on a 1966 article on casual prostitution in France by Catherine Viminet. One of three feature films Godard released in 1967 and like both "Week End" and "La chinoise" one that showcases Godard's increasing focus on deconstructing filmic narrative and structure and vocalization of leftist political ideas. Godard has stated that his overall desire with the film was "to include everything: sports politics even groceries" to make "an attempt at description of a phenomenon known. as a complex." 5 x 7 inches. Fine condition. Criterion Collection 482. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Concordia Compagnia Cinematografica unknown books
1987rif. 140549Big Timber MT: Seven Buffaloes Press 1987. First edition. Softcover. 67 pages. A collection of poems printed in an edition of 500 copies. A near fine copy in wrappers. Seven Buffaloes Press unknown books
2003rif. 112417Milan: Sfera International 2003. First edition. Softcover. Text in English and Italian. Illustrated with her black and white photographs. A fine copy in a fine printed glassine. A very attractive production. Only 5 copies listed in OCLC. Sfera International unknown books
1945rif. 41433np 1945. Very good . Small photograph collection of a Crossing the Line ceremony aboard an unnamed WWII-era US naval ship. A long-established naval tradition dating back at least until the 19th century such "Sons of Neptune" proceedings initiate sailors "Pollywogs" after their first crossing of the equator by their more seasoned shipmates "Shellbacks". Though these ceremonial hazings could be brutal the one here portrayed seems rather tame with most participants seen smiling and initiates confined to activities like scrubbing the deck. One image does picture a "Neptune Crawl" however where Pollywogs crawl along the deck and are "paddled." Collection of 9 loose approximately 6" x 4" black and white photographs one duplicate. Ink stamp of Universal Photo Service of Lacrosse Wisconsin to rear of each. Print edges slightly curled few with corner creases. Overall very good. unknown books
1934rif. 234751934. Pearl Harbor salvage operations and Navy deep sea diving work extensive archive documenting the military career of Navy diver John Krohta from the late 1930s through the Cold War era. A Department of the Interior letter addressed to Krohta states "I understand that you were on the Medusa on December 7th 1941 and that you worked as a diver during the post-attack salvage operations at Pearl Harbor" before requesting an interview intended to add "a more human dimension to the existing historical record." The archive preserves the operational record behind that statement through wartime diving requests submarine-base training certificates issued at Pearl Harbor salvage commendations discharge records insignia official Navy photographs and later newspaper coverage identifying Krohta as a retired "master diver" who continued training civilian rescue teams decades after the war. Archive of over 80 items including 17 silver gelatin Navy photographs dating from 1934 into the 1980s. Including ten certificates connected to submarine and diving instruction at Pearl Harbor and other naval facilities military insignia patches naval discharge and reenlistment paperwork commendations newspapers and clippings school records including a Diploma and grade cards and correspondences. The photograph group includes official U.S. Navy salvage-operation images showing damaged vessels under repair wreckage removal compressed-air diving chambers divers operating in confined underwater environments and severe structural damage to ships undergoing recovery operations. Several retain "Official U.S. Navy Photograph" stamps on the versos. The archive also includes Krohta's 1938 Navy oath of allegiance; multiple Bureau of Navigation and Bureau of Naval Personnel training certificates; a Deep Sea Divers course certificate completed in Washington D.C. with helium-oxygen notation; submarine-base records from Pearl Harbor; a 1963 "SECRET" clearance certificate issued during Cold War submarine service; and discharge records documenting assignments aboard USS Pathfinder USS Anchor USS Relief USS Bluebird USS Coucal and other Pacific naval stations. Three surviving insignia patches include a Chief Petty Officer style eagle-and-chevron rating insignia a pair of star collar devices and an embroidered specialty badge connected to Krohta's naval advancement and diving service. Newspaper coverage from Arkansas publications during the 1980s identifies Krohta as a retired Navy diver advising the Benton County Diving Team and assisting civilian rescue-diving instruction after twenty-six years of naval diving work. A typed 1945 request for assignment to Naval Training School Deep Sea Diving Washington D.C. records Krohta's earlier salvage work at Pearl Harbor in 1942 together with blasting operations in the Aleutian Islands while a June 1945 commendation aboard USS Anchor credits Krohta and his salvage squad with raising a four-thousand-ton wreck in Naha Harbor in half the projected operational time after the Okinawa campaign. The surviving material traces the technical labor carried out by enlisted Navy divers during Pacific fleet recovery operations harbor clearance submarine support work underwater demolition and decompression treatment during and after the Second World War. The archive follows the expansion of Navy diving from emergency wartime salvage into the submarine and hyperbaric systems that defined Cold War undersea operations. Overall in very good condition; letters and printed documents remain legible and photos clean without curling. unknown books
1944rif. 235151944. Women's Royal Naval Service photograph album documenting life at HMS Royal Arthur the Royal Navy's training camp establishment at Skegness where a prewar holiday camp was transformed into a military training and accommodation center during the Second World War. Named individuals throughout with handwritten identifications the album follows Dorothy Gardner and other Wrens serving in the expanding wartime navy while also capturing the theatrical entertainment routines featuring cross dressed men and ceremonial duties that shaped daily life away from the front lines. Beyond its images of uniformed women the album records a military community of offices dining halls stages chalets and training facilities that supported Britain's wartime naval operations at a camp which was bombed by German aircraft on February 21st 1942. Photo album of approximately 73 silver gelatin photographs various sizes ranging from 1.5" x 1.5" to 8.5" x 6.5" chiefly HMS Royal Arthur Camp Skegness Lincoln and other British locations c. 1944. Large group portraits are captioned "H.M.S. Royal Arthur July 1944" showing rows of Wrens in naval caps and dark uniforms. Several photos show soldiers by artillery navy men on small military boats and canons. Multiple group photos show men and women in Navy uniform. The photographs place women within the essential but often overlooked machinery of wartime naval administration including supply clerical work communications camp management transport and food service. Captions identify Peggy Marjorie Dorothy Margaret Joan Harry Blake Farnsworth Bernard Cavanagh Dennis Leo Dugay May of Glasgow Geoffrey Roy Bluemel Mrs. Thomason of Leigh Pat Taylor Nancy and Cynthia of HMS Ariel. Additional off camp photographs show bicycle outings skating scenes shipboard snapshots barracks and chalet interiors social gatherings and a guard of honour at Lincoln near the cathedral. Particularly notable is the album's extensive documentation of entertainment and morale-building activities. Several photographs are captioned "Up Spirits" and "concerts at H.M.S. Royal Arthur" revealing an active performance culture within the camp. Sailors appear in theatrical productions alongside women in costume while musicians perform with accordions and pianos before assembled audiences. One series features actor Charles Redgrave "with the girls" and another photograph captures the wartime tradition of gender-crossing stage entertainment in which male servicemen performed in women's clothing for camp audiences. These scenes provide an unusually vivid record of military leisure performance and social life within a wartime naval community. HMS Royal Arthur was bombed by German aircraft on 21 February 1942 The album therefore records daily life at a site that was both a military workplace and a target of wartime attack. By 1944 the Women's Royal Naval Service had expanded dramatically from its earlier First World War role with women serving in hundreds of naval occupations while remaining largely excluded from combat at sea. The photographs capture that transformation through named individuals workplace groups ceremonial events friendships and recreational activities illustrating how women became integral to the operation of Britain's wartime navy. The album documents the social world created when thousands of servicewomen and servicemen lived and worked together inside one of Britain's largest naval shore establishments. Sailors Wrens airmen Canadians civilians performers and local acquaintances appear throughout its pages creating a rich portrait of wartime relationships and community formation. Album shows handling wear page wear and a few removed photographs; handwritten captions remain extensive and legible throughout. Overall in good condition. An unusually dense and highly personal record of women's naval service wartime labor military entertainment gender performance and everyday life at HMS Royal Arthur during the Second World War. unknown books
1802rif. 354328Washington 1802. 6pp. plus four folding tables. Dbd. Contemporary manuscript pagination and wormhole in upper outer corner. Early stains in outer corners affecting a few words in text. Scattered foxing. A good copy. 6pp. plus four folding tables. Dbd. Letter and five tables relating to the "Act for the better government of the Navy of the United States." The pension funds reported on here represent investments made from the sales of naval prizes. Scarce with OCLC and Shaw & Shoemaker locating a total of four copies. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3305 unknown books
1944rif. 51104Washington DC: Bureau of Ships Navy Dept 1944. United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Ships. Radar system fundamentals NAVSHIPS 900 017. Washington DC: Bureau of Ships Navy Dept. 1944. VI 394pp. 235 x 150 mm. Library stamp to front wrapper. Confidential classification status. Stamp of the "Inspector of Naval Material" to the last page. Very good. First Edition. "There are some activities of the United States Navy . employing relatively few navy personnel which are almost unknown to civilians and only vaguely understood by most officers and men of the Navy. This is the Naval Inspection Service" Manning G.C. "The Navy Material Inspection Service" Proceedings 62402: 1143-1155 August 1936. Accessed online 27 June 2023. 51104. Bureau of Ships, Navy Dept unknown books
1899rif. 185571899. Wagner Arthur L.; Kelley Assistant Adjutant-General; Jerrold J.D. The United States Army and Navy: From the Era of the Revolution to the Close of the Spanish-American War 1899 presenting a comprehensive late nineteenth-century account of American military development with direct relevance to the study of warfare institutional organization and expansion of U.S. military power. The work surveys major conflicts including the Revolutionary War Mexican War Indian Wars and Spanish-American War situating the latter within a period of overseas engagement and changing strategic priorities. It also provides detailed treatment of military structure including administrative divisions pay systems and operational organization within the Army alongside parallel developments in the Navy. Naval sections address earlier conflicts such as the War of 1812 and engagements with Tripoli and France as well as contemporary actions including Manila Bay and Santiago de Cuba reflecting the emergence of the United States as a naval power at the close of the nineteenth century. Wagner Arthur L.; Kelley; Jerrold J.D. The United States Army and Navy: From the Era of the Revolution to the Close of the Spanish-American War; with Accounts of Their Organization Administration and Duties. Akron Ohio: The Werner Company 1899. First edition. Oblong folio measuring approximately 18 x 13.5 inches illustrated with 43 full-color lithographic plates on heavy stock comprising 25 army subjects and 18 navy subjects each accompanied by descriptive text on protective tissue guards. The plates depict soldiers officers and marines in uniform battlefield scenes and naval vessels including battleships and cruisers providing visual representation of personnel equipment and engagements across multiple conflicts. Single oblong folio volume in dark blue cloth with gilt title on the front board. Light wear to edges of spine and boards; text and plates clean and well-preserved; overall very good condition. A large-format illustrated survey of United States military history and organization at the close of the nineteenth century. unknown books
1826rif. 179101826. Cruikshank George; Barker Matthew Henry. Greenwich Hospital A Series of Naval Sketches. Descriptive of A Man-of-War's Man 1826 combines illustrated naval satire with firsthand narrative material that includes direct testimony of British participation in the Atlantic slave trade. Issued during the period between the 1807 Slave Trade Act and the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act the work provides evidence of how naval literature circulated both popular entertainment and moral critique within British society. Barker writing under the name "An Old Sailor" drew on his experience as a seaman who entered maritime service as a teenager and his accounts move between humor and confrontation with the realities of imperial maritime labor warfare and slavery. One narrative titled "The Slave Ship" describes captives "brought aboard in droves" and "stowed away below. many of them in irons" documenting the violence of the trade while also framing an explicit moral appeal: "Aren't they all flesh and blood sir" The presence of such passages situates the volume within the broader cultural production that contributed to public awareness and critique of slavery in the decades preceding full abolition across the British Empire. Cruikshank George; Barker Matthew Henry. Greenwich Hospital A Series of Naval Sketches. Descriptive of A Man-of-War's Man. London: James Robins and Co.; Dublin: Joseph Robins 1826. First edition. Quarto. Illustrated with 12 hand-colored plates by George Cruikshank with additional wood-engraved tailpieces. Text authored by Matthew Henry Barker who published under the pseudonym "An Old Sailor" and contributed to periodicals including Bentley's Miscellany under the editorial direction of Charles Dickens. Volume presents a sequence of narrative sketches depicting life aboard naval vessels and on shore combining comic treatment of sailors' conduct with episodic accounts grounded in lived maritime experience. The work emerges from a period of expanding British naval power and intensified public debate over slavery empire and moral responsibility within maritime systems. Cruikshank's illustrations noted for their animated treatment of sailors both ashore and at sea operate alongside Barker's narratives to produce a layered depiction of naval culture that includes discipline labor leisure and violence. The inclusion of a detailed slave ship account within an otherwise humorous collection underscores the permeability between entertainment literature and political discourse in early nineteenth century Britain where printed narratives helped shape public understanding of imperial practices. Three volumes. Approximately 200 pages total. Illustrated with 12 hand-colored plates and wood-engraved tailpieces. Bound in marbled boards with gilt compartments to spine. Some soiling to pages with occasional offsetting from plates; textblock remains tight. Corners bumped hinges cracked but holding boards scuffed with later brown endpapers. Overall very good. unknown books
1852rif. 332767Philadelphia: Printed for the Navy Department by T.K. and P.G. Collins 1852. 151pp. text printed mostly in two columns plus fifteen lithographed plates thirteen in color after J. Goldsborough Bruff by C. Schuessele and P. S. Duval. Folio. Contemporary black morocco backed marbled boards spine lettered in gilt some wear and scuffing. Scattered light foxing and soiling. Bookplate of the New England Historic Genealogical Society on front pastedown with withdrawal stamp and their blindstamp on titlepage. A bit of soiling small old stain in lower edge of titlepage and text. Very good. 151pp. text printed mostly in two columns plus fifteen lithographed plates thirteen in color after J. Goldsborough Bruff by C. Schuessele and P. S. Duval. Folio. A rare color plate book describing and illustrating the uniforms and dress of officers in the United States Navy and Marines. Contains several pages of detailed regulations on the dress of officers non-commissioned officers musicians and privates in the Navy and Marines along with fifteen lithographed plates. The lithographs done by P.S. Duval & Co. after drawings by artist and Gold Rush adventurer J. Goldsborough Bruff depict full dress uniforms as well as details of epaulets hats belts swords and other accoutrements. This copy has the bookplate of the New England Historic Genealogical Society indicating it was donated to them by Com. George H. Preble. Preble was a career Naval officer who rose to the rank of Rear Admiral serving in the Seminole Wars the Mexican-American War and the Civil War. Preble was also a lieutenant on Perry's 1853 journey to Japan authored the first history of the American Flag and was custodian of the original "Star-Spangled Banner" which flew over Fort McHenry. A rare and important color plate book in the field of U.S. Naval History with a notable and quite relevant association. Hiler page 864 stating Washington as the imprint and with varying pagination; Sabin 68960. Colas and Lipperheide citing later edition Printed for the Navy Department, by T.K. and P.G. Collins unknown books
1926rif. 172861926. Moore Alan Sailing Ships of War 100-1860 1926 traces the visual and technological history of naval warfare from early sailing vessels through the nineteenth-century transition to steam power. The volume uses engraved painted and drawn ship images to document changing forms of maritime military power with particular value for the study of naval architecture Royal Navy history and the representation of warships in British collecting culture. Its emphasis on annotated plates from the A.G.H. MacPherson collection makes the book both an illustrated military reference and a curated record of how naval development was studied in the early twentieth century. Moore Alan Sir. Sailing Ships of War 100-1860 Including The Transition to Steam. With Illustrations From Engravings Drawings and Paintings. London: Halton & Truscott Smith Ltd.; New York: Minton Balch and Company 1926. No. 137 of a limited edition. 78 pages. Mounted color frontispiece with 90 large illustrated plates including 11 mounted color plates and one folding plate. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. Large quarto. The plates are individually annotated pairing visual evidence with historical commentary on ship form armament national service and development across centuries of naval warfare. The introduction analyzes the evolution of naval vessels the transition to steam and includes a Royal Navy Admiralty list from 1798 to 1805. Published after World War I the volume belongs to an era of renewed attention to naval history technological change and Britain's maritime military past. Its long chronological scope places wooden sailing warships early modern fleets and steam transition within a single visual narrative of naval power. Near fine. A substantial limited-edition military reference preserving illustrated evidence of warship design and the historical memory of naval warfare before modern mechanized fleets. unknown books
1931rif. 159541931. J.J. Martin photograph album 1931-1930s documents United States Marine Corps service during interwar naval deployments and records the geographic reach social structure and daily experience of enlisted personnel attached to the USS Arkansas BB-33. The album establishes direct evidence of Marine Corps participation in peacetime naval operations that linked domestic training hemispheric presence in Central and South America and European port visits during a period when the United States maintained strategic visibility without active wartime mobilization. The inclusion of a certificate marking Martin's crossing of the equator en route to Chile on October 22 1931 places the album within formal naval ritual practice while the extensive listing of fellow servicemen with names home locations and personal remarks provides unusually detailed documentation of interpersonal networks identity and camaraderie within Marine detachments aboard capital ships. Photo album 1931-1930s likely compiled aboard U.S.S. Arkansas during voyages throughout the United States Central and South America Panama Canal Zone and Europe. Oblong format album measuring approximately 8 x 11 inches containing 49 pages including approximately 120 original photographs ranging in size from approximately 2 x 3 inches to 5 x 6.5 inches. The first nine pages consist of handwritten entries identifying fellow Marines and acquaintances with names residences and descriptive commentary. The remaining pages contain photographs depicting uniformed Marines aboard ship shipboard life port visits civilian encounters including women and children at various locations and views associated with transoceanic travel routes including the Panama Canal and European destinations. Several photographs bear captions and a printed equatorial crossing certificate is laid in. Service aboard U.S.S. Arkansas during the interwar years situates this album within a broader framework of American naval diplomacy and military readiness between the First and Second World Wars when battleships functioned as instruments of both training and international presence. Marine detachments assigned to such vessels fulfilled roles in ship security ceremonial duties and expeditionary readiness and their photographic records provide granular insight into how service members experienced global mobility during a period often defined in historiography by relative peace but sustained military infrastructure. The combination of named social registers visual documentation of multinational encounters and evidence of naval ritual contributes to research in military social history interwar geopolitics and the cultural life of enlisted Marines operating within the expanding reach of U.S. naval power. Light soiling to leather boards with two of three ties detached; some page tears and instances of loose or missing photographs; images generally remain clear with subjects unaffected. Overall good condition. unknown books
1837rif. 256446Washington D.C. 1837. 1-1/2 pages pen and ink on paper. Folio. Old folds else fine. 1-1/2 pages pen and ink on paper. Folio. A chronicle of the short-lived Bank of the United States and its continued involvement in US Navy pensions. After the demise of the Second Bank of the United States in 1836 a result of the historical "Bank War" between US President Andrew Jackson and Bank President Nicholas Biddle Biddle attempted to resuscitate the institution as a commercial bank chartered by the State of Pennsylvania. The former bank's stock holders except the US government voted to transfer the old bank's assets and liabilities to the new bank which made it difficult to disentangle the dealings of the defunct bank with the newly state-chartered bank. This letter from Secretary of the Navy Mahlon Dickerson discusses arrangements for The Bank of the United States to fund Navy Pensions and is an example of it's continued involvement with the US Government after the Second Bank of the United States charter had expired. Reading in part: "I have received your letter of the 19th inst. and agree to the arrangement you propose that for the funds you may place at the disposal of this department for the payment of Navy Pensions credit shall be given on the Bond from the Bank of the United States chartered by the Legislature of Pennsylvania to the United States." Written at the onset of the Panic of 1837 Biddle would fail to replicate the success he experienced as President of the Second Bank of the United States and resigned as President in 1839. The Bank of the Unites States failed in 1841. Biddle faced financial ruin and was arrested for fraud but was acquitted before his death in 1844. Born in Hanover Township New Jersey Mahlon Dickerson 1770-1853 was a cavalry veteran of the Whiskey Rebellion who would go on to be elected Governor of New Jersey serve as US Senator receive two appointments as Secretary of the Navy and be confirmed as a judge for the United States District Court of New Jersey. unknown books
1590rif. 3060561590. Manuscript pen and ink on paper pot watermark in neat secretary hand. 9 1 blank recto with docketing on verso ff. Folio 12-1/4 x 8 inches. Disbound first two leaves loose some light soiling and edgwear. Manuscript pen and ink on paper pot watermark in neat secretary hand. 9 1 blank recto with docketing on verso ff. Folio 12-1/4 x 8 inches. A late 16th-century manuscript listing of Admirals and Lord High Admirals of the British fleet from the reigns of Edward II to Elizabeth I. The manuscript comprises 115 entries each 6-10 lines in length with transcriptions of the letters patent associated with each appointment. It was compiled during the reorganization of the admiralty office by John Hawkins just 2 years after the English victory over the Spanish Armada. We locate three other copies of this document: two at the British Library in the Harliean collection 6843.30 and the Cottonian manuscripts collection and a third in the National Maritime Museum the latter two copies were extended at a later date into the early 17th century. Despite its title the manuscript opens with the appointments of Thomas de Coleton in 1264 during the reign of Henry III and William de Leiburn in 1286 during the reign of Edward I. The final entry is for Charles Howard appointed by Elizabeth I in 1585 and who several years later led the English to victory against the Spanish Armada. Provenance: Sir Thomas Phillipps; H.P. Kraus unknown books
1757rif. 65706Paris: Dépot général de la Marine 1757. DÉPOT GÉNÉRAL DE LA MARINE. . Le Pilote des Iles Britanniques publié d'aprés les ordres du Contre-Amiral Decrés Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies. Par le Dépot général de la Marine. Paris 1757-1804. Large folio 25 1/2 x 20 inches; 640 x 505 mm. Atlas containing thirty-two charts thirty of which are double-page the first of which is folding. Letterpress title and table of plates. Modern half calf over marbled boards. Spine ruled in gilt. Black calf spine label lettered in gilt. Charts mounted on stubs. Title-page and table of plates with a bit of smudging. Some toning to backsides of the charts due to the use of mounting adhesive not affecting front side of the charts. A few charts with professionally repaired small closed tears most of which are marginal and barely affecting the charts if at all. Some old ink and pencil notes on blank backsides of the charts. Overall a very nice copy. Charts after Bellin John Knight Hamilton Moore Stuart Amos Arnold corrected by MacKenzie Joseph Huddart and others. "As with the Neptune François this volume was made up from the charts available to the French Admiralty. They range in date over half a century from those complied by J.-N Bellin to charts of England's south coast harbours prepared by Napoleon. There are two general charts of the North Atlantic followed by detailed charts covering the whole of the British Isles particularly places of strategic importance such as the Isle of Wright Portsmouth Torbay and Plymouth." Sotheby's. Greene and Hanff II. HBS 65706. $8500. Dépot général de la Marine unknown books
1839rif. 241925Paris: Baudry's European Library 1839. First Paris edition in English same year as the Phila. edition. Half titles present. xxv 258; viii 348 349 blank 350 Note pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Later nineteenth century evergreen morocco marbled boards. Bound without portraits or map. Some minor spotting and shelf wear owner signature of "N.S.S. Tompkins Nov. 1894" in each volume. First Paris edition in English same year as the Phila. edition. Half titles present. xxv 258; viii 348 349 blank 350 Note pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Spiller and Blackburn p. 105 calling for 3 portraits and a map; Howes C748 calling for 2 portraits; BAL 3888 note Baudry's European Library unknown books
