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1797réf. PHO-1058Paris : De l'Imprimerie de Hautbout l'aîné, l'an V [1797]. In-12, veau blond, dos lisse orné, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque). Manques à la coiffe de tête, coins émoussés, trou de ver à un mors. Édition originale de la traduction française de cette relation de voyage en Afrique composée de 8 lettres dans lesquelles l'auteur abordera les différents aspects de la Sierra Leone et notamment la traite des noirs.
1795réf. PHO-2537Paris, chez Buisson, An 3 de la République (1795), 3 volumes In 8° (210x130 mm), XXIV-391pp, (4) 386pp, et (4) 371pp., reliure d’attente, manque aux reliures, papiers cornés, mouillure, quelques rousseurs, non rogné, accompagné d’un atlas en facsimilé moderne comportant 28 planches, grand in4° (310x230 mm), relié avec titre au plat.
1896réf. 234211896. TransportationIndustrial Disasters Atlantic City railroad disaster photo archive likely documenting the July 30 1896 collision west of Atlantic City New Jersey one of the deadliest American railroad accidents of the 1890s. The wreck occurred when a West Jersey Railroad excursion train carrying members of the Improved Order of Red Men fraternal organization from Bridgeton and Salem crossed the Reading Railroad line and was struck by a Philadelphia express crushing loaded passenger coaches and leaving dozens dead and injured. The local Atlantic City photographer's stamp the beach and pier crowd the open rail junction the smashed wooden coachwork and the dense public gathering around the debris all support identification with the Atlantic City disaster rather than a more inland wreck. Photo archive of 4 albumen photographs each approx 7.5 x 8 inches mounted on boards measuring approximately 10 x 12 inches Atlantic City New Jersey likely 1896. At the wreck site men in suits caps work clothes and shirt sleeves stand among splintered timbers exposed wheel assemblies broken coach framing twisted metal and scattered railroad debris. A damaged passenger car remains partly upright with its roof torn open and side panels crushed while another wreck scene includes telegraph poles parallel tracks a railroad signal and a wide crowd gathered across the right of way. Workers and onlookers climb over the wreckage stand on overturned components and cluster around the remains of the coaches giving the scenes the character of both recovery work and public witnessing. The fourth view shows the community Atlantic City's shore economy with men women and children gathered along the beach and crowded across a pier many in formal summer dress hats and parasols. Verso stamp reads: "W. Crompton & Co. 132 N. South Carolina Ave. Atlantic City N.J. Duplicates can be furnished at Short Notice." By the 1890s Atlantic City had become a major East Coast resort town and railroad access was central to its growth; the same excursion system that filled its beaches also concentrated large numbers of passengers in wooden cars vulnerable to catastrophic collision. The presence of a local commercial photographer's stamp is significant indicating that these disaster scenes circulated as purchasable local views for an audience already accustomed to buying Atlantic City souvenirs. Mounts toned and soiled prints faded with some loss of contrast scattered surface wear and staining to mounts one with slight loss at upper right corner; overall in good condition. The archive preserves the immediate aftermath wreckage and response to a major Atlantic City disaster in the late 19th century. unknown
1944réf. 929931944. Good. Letter dated September 13 1946. 28 cm. Carbon copy on thin Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company letterhead stationery. Substantial chipping around edges no loss of text on first leaf. Our unnamed Captain of Police reports on an incident which began when around 200 African American soldiers were changing trains. Local police arrested two of the soldiers for intoxication and took them to the local Police Station. When police returned to the railroad station they found six of the soldiers assaulting two military policemen and intervened to help the MPs using the butt end of a riot gun to break up the fight. When a large number of other soldiers came to join the fight they were stopped at gunpoint by the local policemen with assistance from the MPs and military officers. The African American soldiers marched in formation to local Police Headquarters where 133 soldiers were charged with disorderly conduct and five others differently charged. Almost all pleaded not guilty but all were found guilty the next day and remained in jail another night until their fines were paid -- $17 each for the 133 soldiers and up to $100 for the five who were differently charged. All 138 soldiers were then marched back the the train station and departed. One wonders how accurately the incident was described to our unnamed Captain by those he interviewed. There is nothing in his letter to suggest that he interviewed any of the African American soldiers. unknown
1896réf. 234211896. TransportationIndustrial Disasters Atlantic City railroad disaster photo archive likely documenting the July 30 1896 collision west of Atlantic City New Jersey one of the deadliest American railroad accidents of the 1890s. The wreck occurred when a West Jersey Railroad excursion train carrying members of the Improved Order of Red Men fraternal organization from Bridgeton and Salem crossed the Reading Railroad line and was struck by a Philadelphia express crushing loaded passenger coaches and leaving dozens dead and injured. The local Atlantic City photographer's stamp the beach and pier crowd the open rail junction the smashed wooden coachwork and the dense public gathering around the debris all support identification with the Atlantic City disaster rather than a more inland wreck. Photo archive of 4 albumen photographs each approx 7.5 x 8 inches mounted on boards measuring approximately 10 x 12 inches Atlantic City New Jersey likely 1896. At the wreck site men in suits caps work clothes and shirt sleeves stand among splintered timbers exposed wheel assemblies broken coach framing twisted metal and scattered railroad debris. A damaged passenger car remains partly upright with its roof torn open and side panels crushed while another wreck scene includes telegraph poles parallel tracks a railroad signal and a wide crowd gathered across the right of way. Workers and onlookers climb over the wreckage stand on overturned components and cluster around the remains of the coaches giving the scenes the character of both recovery work and public witnessing. The fourth view shows the community Atlantic City's shore economy with men women and children gathered along the beach and crowded across a pier many in formal summer dress hats and parasols. Verso stamp reads: "W. Crompton & Co. 132 N. South Carolina Ave. Atlantic City N.J. Duplicates can be furnished at Short Notice." By the 1890s Atlantic City had become a major East Coast resort town and railroad access was central to its growth; the same excursion system that filled its beaches also concentrated large numbers of passengers in wooden cars vulnerable to catastrophic collision. The presence of a local commercial photographer's stamp is significant indicating that these disaster scenes circulated as purchasable local views for an audience already accustomed to buying Atlantic City souvenirs. Mounts toned and soiled prints faded with some loss of contrast scattered surface wear and staining to mounts one with slight loss at upper right corner; overall in good condition. The archive preserves the immediate aftermath wreckage and response to a major Atlantic City disaster in the late 19th century. unknown books
1944réf. 929931944. Good. Letter dated September 13 1946. 28 cm. Carbon copy on thin Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company letterhead stationery. Substantial chipping around edges no loss of text on first leaf. Our unnamed Captain of Police reports on an incident which began when around 200 African American soldiers were changing trains. Local police arrested two of the soldiers for intoxication and took them to the local Police Station. When police returned to the railroad station they found six of the soldiers assaulting two military policemen and intervened to help the MPs using the butt end of a riot gun to break up the fight. When a large number of other soldiers came to join the fight they were stopped at gunpoint by the local policemen with assistance from the MPs and military officers. The African American soldiers marched in formation to local Police Headquarters where 133 soldiers were charged with disorderly conduct and five others differently charged. Almost all pleaded not guilty but all were found guilty the next day and remained in jail another night until their fines were paid -- $17 each for the 133 soldiers and up to $100 for the five who were differently charged. All 138 soldiers were then marched back the the train station and departed. One wonders how accurately the incident was described to our unnamed Captain by those he interviewed. There is nothing in his letter to suggest that he interviewed any of the African American soldiers. unknown books
1867réf. 055532Baltimore: Selby & Dulany 1867. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Octavo. 408 pages. Hardcover bound in original brown cloth with titles in gilt. The binding is rubbed and worn and the hinges are splitting. The rear hinge appears to have been repaired with a flexible glue and the cloth on the front hinge is fraying and torn. The binding is cocked and the text block appears sound. Early owner's signature of "C. B. Meredith" at the top of the Dedication page. Complete with the portrait frontis. The book is now housed in a removable clear mylar jacket. "Final" Howes A-427. Selby & Dulany hardcover
1906réf. 070459Philadelphia PA: American Philosophical Society Printed by New Era Printing Co. Lancaster 1906. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete in six 6 volumes uniformly bound in dark green cloth spine panels lettered in gilt untrimmed text block edges with top edges in gilt issued 1906-08. 1st ed. Nicely preserved nearly as issued with several spine crowns showing a short 1/8" closed tear all hinges intact except for front hinge of Vol. I which shows neat repair. Several volumes show a few minor surface marks and/or slight rubbing to cover cloth. Vol. I concerns itself with the commemoration itself 1906 and Vols. II-V are comprised by the Calendar of the Papers of Benjamin Franklin in the Library of the American Philosophical Society edited by I. Minis Hays. xix321 xx573 ix526 ix560 ix510 ix325 pp. Exceptional and quite scarce. American Philosophical Society [Printed by New Era Printing Co., Lancaster] Hardcover
2006réf. 060869Jerome ID: Selma Leininger Sullivan Printed by Masthof Press Morgantown PA 2006. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dark blue cloth-effect boards lettered in gold foil. New/as issued. xvi600 pp. Accompanied by 1-page TLS and 2 pp. photocopies from editor Tom Leininger relating to a Leininger branch marrying into the Ferree family in Steinweiler near Landau Switzerland. Selma (Leininger) Sullivan [Printed by Masthof Press, Morgantown, PA] Hardcover
1938réf. 059006New York: Sheridan House 1938. Book. VG-. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth lettered in dark green black topstain. Cover cloth is a bit grubby from handling with a few white flecks/speckles on front cover mild darkening along spine panel with rubbing to its extremities and thin 3/4" stripe of staining. Mild tanning to endpapers and text block edges numerical stamp on upper rear fixed endpaper. Firm square binding. Interior shows light scattered soiling. 1st ed. 284 pp. 2 b&w plates. Brand new facsimile dust jacket in mylar. Sheridan House Hardcover
1888réf. 17219Chcago; New York: Rand McNally & Co. Very Good. 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Dark green boards with bright gilt title on front cover. Front endpaper has rand McNally ads: rear endpaper has map mounted onto it. Text is tight clean & intact. Map measures 39" x 25 1/2" and is in very nice condition except for a few small tears on the folds. Pennsylvania Map Railroad. ; Fold out Map; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 152 pages . Rand McNally & Co. hardcover
1794réf. 007663Philadelphia: Robert Campbell 1794. Paperback. Good. 32 p.: woodcut illustration tables; 19 cm. Stitched. Wrapper included in page count. Wrapper title. Woodcut illustration of "The Anatomy of Man's Body as governed by the Twelve Constellations." "DJenkins" stamped at lower edge of front wrapper. Not in Early American Imprints or WorldCat. Very scarce. In Good Condition: restitched at some point; some chipping from fore-edges; old dampstaining heaviest on first 2 leaves; hole at upper corner of back wrapper with minor loss of printing from tables; corners creased. Robert Campbell paperback
1857réf. 0104891857. Hardcover. Good. Approx. 200 pages; 31 cm. Calf spine and marbled paper over boards. Contains: 66-page store ledger with surname index 1856-57; 71-page "Accounts of the Firm of Shank & Weltmer" 1857-58; 52-page "Diary by C. H. Shank" Jan. 1868-April 1870. Christian Henry Shank 1834-1895 son of Henry and Magdalena Shank was born in North Annville Township Lebanon Co. Pa. He worked in stores in Annville and Union Deposit; farmed the Shank homestead in North Annville; engaged in timber land speculations in North Carolina; went into the shoe business with John Kelchner; and was the bookkeeper of the Lebanon Stove Works. He married first Leah Landis 1842-1868 with whom he had Alice 1859-1938 Clara 1860-1881 and Ida 1868-1868; and second Barbara Funck 1840-1924 with whom he had Florence 1879-1956 and Henry 1881-1949. In the period covered by the diary he was working the farm and then moved into Lebanon and started working in a store. His non-work activites included: travelling to Virginia for a week; attending camp meetings the state fair political meetings a convention in Lebanon "the Drummer Boy of Shiloh" possibly the play by Samuel Muscraft church conferences and lectures and an organ dedication; serving as a juror; joining a hay fork company; and taking goods to the poor house. His wife Leah Landis Shank "gave birth to a Female child" in Feb. 1868; on Sept. 2 he notes: "Been to the Doctor several times about my wife she died at Quarter past one oclock." Several days after the funeral he rented out the farm and mill. The baby Ida who had been staying with his mother in Lebanon died a month later. In Feb. 1869 he sold his personal property at the farm moved to a house he had purchased in Lebanon and started working in John Rauch's store. He continued to be involved in various other money-making ventures including raising and selling Italian bees; making medicine "under the name of Shank Heiss & Co"; and investing in a hay rake company and in land in the Bay River area of North Carolina which he visited in Jan. 1870. In Nov. 1869 he "Left for Detroit Michigan this morning to have Perry arrested and brought in to Lebanon if Possible but he made his escape to Canada" probably someone who owed him money. In Jan. 1870 he notes that he "spent a few hours after church with Miss Funck" which continues regularly until the beginning of April when he prepared to return to North Carolina. In Good Condition: loss of leather from spine; back board is detached but present; old dampstaining at upper edges of ledgers and into upper half of pages in the diary which is still legible. hardcover
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1997réf. Adhya-9780306453694Springer 1997. Paperback. New. Springer paperback
1997réf. Adhya-9780306453694Springer 1997. Paperback. New. Springer paperback
1908réf. 055599New York and Washington: The Neale Publishing Company 1908. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 238 pages. Hardcover bound in green cloth with titles in gilt. The binding is rubbed and bumped. The spine is browned and shows heavier rubbing. Rear inner hinge is cracking. Text block is a bit toned but is sound and generally clean. INSCRIBED by the author on the front flyleaf "For My Beloved Friend and Grand Commander V. D. U.C.V. / Captain William C. Whittle C.S.A. one of the noblest Southern heroes of the High Seas and purest gentlemen of Virginia's Homes / From the Author". Note: Signed as "The Author" and without using Stewart's name; the book is NOT signed by Whittle. William H. Stewart 1838-1912 enlisted as a Captain in the C.S.A. in Norfolk Virginia in 1861 and was part of the Jackson Greys. He was wounded at Chancellorsville 1863 Spotsylvania Court House 1864; and Cold Harbor 1864. He was with the 61st Virginia Infantry when he was surrendered at Appomattox on April 9 1865. William Conway Whittle II 1840-1920 a native of Norfolk Virginia was an officer with the Confederate States Navy. He served on the river near Yorktown as well as on several Confederate naval vessels including the C.S.S. Nashville as 3rd Lieutenant and the C.S.S. Louisiana an Ironclad sailing on the lower Mississippi. The Louisiana was lost in battle with Federal forces near New Orleans and Whittle was captured and taken to Boston as a prisoner. He was exchanged in August 1862 and returned to service taking command of the gunboat CSS Chattahoochie as 1st Lieutenant. He was later chosen to run blockades to get correspondence to Confederate commissioners in Europe. In spring of 1864 he was in Paris with other Confederate officers. His last service was on the infamous C.S.S. Shenandoah which he joined in October 1864 as an Executive Officer. He was onboard the Shenandoah as the ship made its way across the northern Pacific in 1865 attacking American whaling vessels and sinking 29 ships in 12 weeks not knowing that the Civil War had ended. In fact the last shot of the Civil War was fired from the Shenandoah. The ship surrendered at Liverpool on November 6 1865. Whittle and others made their way to Argentina and a couple years later he returned to his home in Norfolk where he went to work with the Old Bay Line as a Captain. The United Confederate Veterans UCV was formed in 1889 and Whittle was a member. Stewart's inscription to him as "Grand Commander V.D. U.C.V." likely suggests that he was Grand Commander of the Virginia District. He should not be confused with his father also William Conway Whittle 1806-1878 who was also a Captain in the Confederate Navy but who died before the U.C.V. was formed. The Neale Publishing Company hardcover
1990réf. 005146NY: St. Martin's 1990. Author's first hardcover book and the first to be published under his own name. First book in the Doc Ford mystery series. First edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover. The book is very lightly soiled at page edges else about fine condition and the dust jacket is clean bright and not price clipped. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Book. St. Martin's Hardcover
19518vo., Second Impression, with double-page map, some very light and occasional spotting; handsomely bound in navy blue full morocco, boards with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second compartment lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, blue ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Published a month after the first edition. The finest novel of the Royal Navy in WWII and a maritime classic. The story, based upon the author's own experiences, formed the basis of Charles Frend's notable feature film starring Jack Hawkins in one of his most memorable roles. So accurate is its depiction of the Battle of the Atlantic that it is one of the very few works of fiction admitted by Law to his standard bibliography The Royal Navy in World War Two. Law, 1865
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19518vo., First Edition thus, with double-page map; handsomely bound in navy blue full morocco, sides with frame border, back with raised bands, second compartment lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, fore-edges lightly mottled else a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. This edition was published simultaneously (September 1951) with the first edition. It is now scarce in its own right. The finest novel of the Royal Navy in WWII and a maritime classic. The story, based upon the author's own experiences, formed the basis of Charles Frend's notable feature film starring Jack Hawkins in one of his most memorable roles. So accurate is its depiction of the Battle of the Atlantic that it is one of the very few works of fiction admitted by Law to his standard bibliography The Royal Navy in World War Two. Law, 1865 (recording the first edition).
1932réf. 020659New York: The American Historical Society Inc. 1932. Very Good condition. Bright clean square and tight. SEE PHOTOS. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked -- probably little read if at all. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. NEW JERSEY A HISTORY : BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 1932. First Edition. Biographical profiles and family histories of New Jersey's historical figures and leading citizens from the 1930s and earlier. Profusely illustrated with their full page portraits -- photographic or engraved. Tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Gov. Foster M. Voorhees. This appears to be what some would call a "Mug Book" in which the state's politicians professionals doctors lawyers etc. and businessmen pay to have their life stories placed into print. Nonetheless the book is a valuable source of biographical and genealogical data that can be found in no other single source. VERY SCARCE probably published for subscribers only in a very limited quantity. Index. Attractively bound in the original blue marbled paper with black cloth spine and corners. Stamped in bright gold. Top edge gilt. Oversize Hardcover. 8" wide by 10.75" tall by 2" thick. This large heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments but only the standard charge for media mail. . First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket as issued. viii 405pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. The American Historical Society, Inc. Hardcover
1960réf. 016652Flemington New Jersey: Democrat Press 1960. INSCRIBED by the AUTHOR E. K. Red Crutts on the front free endpaper "Sincerely yours" and his signature only NOT personalized to anyone. Very Good condition. SEE PHOTOS. Bound in the original blue cloth stamped in shiny gold. Several tiny white speckles on the rear cover. No year of publication is given but the online entry for the New Jersey State Library says "1960" Included here are twelve chapters as follows: 1 Early New Jersey Mines; 2 Iron Contents of New Jersey; 3 Bog Iron Ores; 4 List of Known Limonite Localities; 5 Description of Individual Mines; 6 Magnetite Ores; 7 Description of Magnetite Mines in Limestone; 8 Description of Magnetite Mines in Gneiss; 9 Copper Mine Legend; 10 Early Days of the Iron Works; 11 Doverite a New Yttrium Mineral; 12 The Scrub Oak Mines. INSCRIBED by E. K. Red Crutts. 1st ed No additional printings listed. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 8vo. 55pp. Democrat Press Hardcover
1868réf. 92958New York: James McGuiran Printed By 1868. From actual surveys by and under the direction of F.W. Beers A.D. Ellis & G.G. Soule. Brown cloth cover with gilt lettering. Spine taped with black tape. Frontis 2-page map of New York state one page is stuck to innerboard. Table on contents page is heavily taped with black tape at hinge and has clear tape as well. Hand colored maps are in real nice condition showing the towns and villages of Otsego County. Maps are all one-sided. 3 pages of engravings in rear. Complete copy if well-worn. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Maps. 14"x15". James McGuiran, Printed By
