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19728vo., Second Impression, with plates, and endpaper maps on blue stock; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON DEDICATION with newspaper obituary mounted on title verso. SOLD WITH A SMALL ARCHIVE OF STEPHENSON MEMORABILIA, INCLUDING 3 A.L.s, ASSOCIATED LETTERS AND COPY-LETTERS, Report & Accounts of the London Flotilla for 1972, Obituary number of the London Flotilla Bulletin (No. 2 July 1972) with cover photograph and extended obituary, and Order of Service of Thanksgiving at St. Martin-in-the-Fields 22 June 1972. Published a month after the first edition. Fascinating account and character sketch of the man who did more than any other to train the Royal Navy during the Battle of the Atlantic. Well-known BBC presenter and journalist Richard Baker, like many thousands of others, trained at Tobermory on Mull for the longest-running and hardest-fought campaign of WWII. A RARE AND RELEVANT ARCHIVAL COPY RELATING DIRECTLY TO ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INSPIRATIONAL COMMANDERS OF THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC.
réf. 43566Saint Malo, Chez L.H. Hovius,. , 1784 Relie, petit in-4 , Reliure de l'epoque. (relie 19e siecle,) 384pp avec illustrations. Derniere edition, bon etat.
1599réf. 21604Paris 1599 un document, de 26 lignes, manuscrit à l'encre brune d'une page sur velin parcheminé, format 39,5 centimètres de large par 20,5 centimètres de haut, ODET DE LA NOUE (et Marie de LAUNOY son épouse) ayant vendu la Chatellenie et Seigneurie de l'Espine-Gaudin et du Loroux Botreau à Messire GABRIEL DE GOULAINE, Ayant la garde Noble de Claude de La Noue leur Fils, requiert et Réclame au Nom du Dict Claude de La Noue avoir la Promesse préférable et d'avant Tous Autres du tout ou partie des dictes Chatellenies..... Signature manuscrite de Louis Leconte, Notaire de la prévôté au Chatelet de Paris, 1599,
1828réf. PHO-1669London, John Murray, 1828, 1 volume In-4, relié pleine toile orange, dos lisse avec pièce d’auteur et titre, date en pied, xxvi-320pp.cvii-1f., petites rousseurs, mouillure angulaire sur les planches au tome 2, petits frottements à la reliure. Édition originale, 31 planches, les cartes manquent, Cachet Émile Petitot, Ex-libris manuscrit, Ex-libris Jean-Pierre Legrand-Deloron. Avec une mention signée : "membre de l'Expédition arctique T.A. 23 , 1972-1973" .
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1833réf. 34458v.p. including Antwerp London Havana Pensacola New York 1833. Folio. 12 3/4 x 8 inches. 21 leaves plus two additional manuscript leaves laid in. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards manuscript label on front board. Bookseller's label on front pastedown. Account book of Atlantic trading voyages. An interesting manuscript ship's log containing financial accounts for the brigs Nimrod and Jasper for an eight year period from 1826 to 1833 while they were under the command of a Captain John Hill. The two ships made numerous voyages between the United States Europe and the Caribbean. The present log book contains line accounts of expenditures for journeys from London and Marseilles to New York and Norfolk in 1827; from Antwerp to London in 1828; from Philadelphia to the West Indies in 1829; from Madeira to the Turks Islands in 1831; from the West Indies to Pensacola to Havana in 1832; from the Indies to New York in 1833; and other similar voyages. The log also contains two copies of an 1832 letter written in Havana by Hill to merchants there inquiring about the price of molasses and a list of port charges at several major way points. A fascinating artifact of trans-Atlantic trade in the 1820s and 1830s. unknown
1833réf. 34458v.p. including Antwerp London Havana Pensacola New York 1833. Folio. 12 3/4 x 8 inches. 21 leaves plus two additional manuscript leaves laid in. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards manuscript label on front board. Bookseller's label on front pastedown. Account book of Atlantic trading voyages. An interesting manuscript ship's log containing financial accounts for the brigs Nimrod and Jasper for an eight year period from 1826 to 1833 while they were under the command of a Captain John Hill. The two ships made numerous voyages between the United States Europe and the Caribbean. The present log book contains line accounts of expenditures for journeys from London and Marseilles to New York and Norfolk in 1827; from Antwerp to London in 1828; from Philadelphia to the West Indies in 1829; from Madeira to the Turks Islands in 1831; from the West Indies to Pensacola to Havana in 1832; from the Indies to New York in 1833; and other similar voyages. The log also contains two copies of an 1832 letter written in Havana by Hill to merchants there inquiring about the price of molasses and a list of port charges at several major way points. A fascinating artifact of trans-Atlantic trade in the 1820s and 1830s. unknown books
1869réf. 17660New York: D. G. Beers & Co A. D. Ellis & G. G. Soule. Very Good. 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. Original 1869 brown marbled boards over brown cloth spine. Contain 41 color maps including 4 that are double page. Each is appox. 12" 15". THE MAPS ARE IN VG TO NEAR FINE CONDITION. Occasional light soil on a margin. Atlas is graded G due to several tears along spine & rubbed cover edges & corners. Binding is tight. New York Atlas. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 98 pages . D. G. Beers & Co, A. D. Ellis & G. G. Soule hardcover
1997réf. 068506Mainz Germany and East Berlin PA: Klaus Stopp 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete in six 6 volumes uniformly bound in red buckram lettered in gold foil oblong format. Published 1997-99. Vol. I unnumbered Vols. II-V numbered 82 of an edition limited to 500 copies. Volumes show a few slight surface marks to cover cloth but are essentially as issued with firm square bindings unmarked interiors. 284 286 303 332 240 278 pp. illus. in color b&w. A monumental undertaking stunningly presented. Essential to all fraktur collections. Technically a Vol. VII limited to only 200 copies was issued but is more of a tribute to Stopp including an addendum of copies cataloged since the publication of Vol. VI and typically isn't included in "complete" sets of this series. Klaus Stopp Hardcover
1769réf. 1956London: Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers Printers for the Royal Society 1769. Paper over boards with leather spine. Octavo. xii 382 2 pages. Bound in blue patterned paper over boards with leather spine with five raised bands gilt spine titles and rules. There are a few unobtrusive stamps from the Mercantile Library of Philadelphia including one to the title page. Mild browning to textblock some folding plates with repairs some with short tears at folds. Folding plates. First publication of Mason and Dixon’s landmark geodetic paper: “Observations for Determining the Length of a Degree of Latitude in the Provinces of Maryland and Pennsylvania in North America” pp. 274–328. This is the second and most mathematically rigorous of their published contributions detailing pendulum experiments zenith sector readings and triangulation methods used to calibrate the colonial boundary line—now known as the Mason-Dixon Line. The present volume includes another paper by Mason and Dixon on astronomical observations for calibration of the Royal Society's astronomical clock used in their survey. Together these papers document the astronomical and geodetic precision underpinning the Mason-Dixon boundary survey—among the earliest applications of Enlightenment science to American territorial mapping. One fold-out map shows the areas of Maryland Pennsylvania and Delaware involved in the Mason-Dixon survey. Volume 58 of The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society also includes an important paper on small pox inoculation experiments in electricity and magnetism and much more. Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers, Printers for the Royal Society unknown
1942réf. 016380New York Editions de la Maison Française 1942 In-4 broché, jaquette papier crista Edition originale
réf. Z1-I-015-01783Springer Verlag. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Springer Verlag unknown
1912réf. 016735Borough of Hopatcong New Jersey 1912. Near Fine condition. SEE PHOTO. This is a beautiful and very scarce color map of Lake Hopatcong New Jersey. When unfolded it measures 18" tall by 38" wide. Some folds have been neatly reinforced on the blank side with archival-quality document repair tape. Buildings are represented by red squares water in green. Some of the properties and locations depicted are: Port Morris Landing Roxbury Township Borough of Mount Arlington Byram Township Nolans Point Atlas Powder Co. Brookland Borough of Hopatcong Byram Cove Henderson Bay Byram Bay Maxim Park Jefferson Township Woodport Hurdtown Hurd Mining Co. W. M. Force Estate John P. Lawless Mary Ingram estate Aaron Peck estate Raccoon Island Halsey Island Bertrand Island Theodore King Gertrude Otten Violet Littell Robert Dunlap estate etc. Full title: "Property Map of Lake Hopatcong New Jersey Prepared by Hudson Maxim for the Morris Canal Investigation Commission November 16 1912 Compiled from Various Maps and Actual Surveys by P. E. Boomer C. E.". First Edition. Folded map. Near Fine condition. 18" tall by 38" wide when unfolded. Borough of Hopatcong, New Jersey? Paperback
1891réf. 16330Lancaster Pa.: The Society. Very Good. 1891-1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean marbled boards with leather spines and protective leather front corners. Gilt lettering on spines. Soft cover booklets with most original covers bound into ten hardcover volumes 1891 - 1900. Text's interiors are tight clean & intact. Each booklet has a tissue protected frontispiece. Illustrations: engravings drawings in one color maps photographs. Vol. 1. 94pp published in 1891. Proceedings & addresses: includes Society Constitution Lancaster April 15th 1891. Vol. 2. 182pp. Published in 1891-1892. Proceedings & addresses Harrisburg Oct. 14th 1891. Vol. 3. 292pp. Published 1893. Proceedings & addresses Oct. 12 1892. Vol. 4. 292pp. Published 1893. Proceeding & addresses York Oct. 11 1893. Vol.5. 266pp. Published 1895. Proceedings & addresses Reading Oct. 3 1894. Vol. 6. 283pp. Published 1896. Proceedings & addresses Bethlehem Oct. 22 1895. Vol. 7. 576pp. Published 1897. Proceedings & addresses Philadelphia Oct. 25 1898. Vol. 8. 322pp. Published 1898. Proceedings & Adresses. Lancaster Oct. 22 1897. Vol. 9. 468pp. Published 1900. Proceedings & Addresses Allentown Oct. 20 1899. Vol. 10. 565pp. Published 1900. Proceedings & Addresses Ephrata Oct. 20 1899. Volume #7 spine lightly rubbed. Genealogy Pennsylvania Germans; B/W Portrait illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . The Society hardcover
19425 works in 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces and plates; newly and handsomely bound in full navy blue crushed morocco, sides with double frame borders in gilt, backs gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments ruled and tooled in gilt with an anchor device, all original pictorial wrappers (a little dust-soiled) preserved, a splendid set ideal as a gift or for presentation. The finest novel of the Royal Navy in WWII and a maritime classic. The story, based upon the author's own experiences [see 'Chronicles' below] , forms 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. Monsarrat's 'WWII Chronicles', arguably the definitive record of corvette service in WWII, are the basis of the novel. The set comprises 'HM Corvette' (1942), 'East Coast Corvette' (1943), 'Corvette Command' (1944) and 'HM Frigate' (1946). The first three volumes were combined and issued in slightly abridged form as 'Three Corvettes' (1945). Taken together and in sequence the four volumes provide a near-continuous record of Monsarrat's own wartime service. Furthermore they contain much of the inspiration and context, and in several cases actual incidents which reappear in the author's masterpiece 'The Cruel Sea' (1951), arguably the finest novel of the Royal Navy in WWII. Monsarrat's seatime began in HMS Campanula [broadly the 'HMS Flower' of the first volume] on the North Atlantic convoys; at one time she was the only RN vessel operating out of St. Johns. She is perhaps best known for her service in convoy OG71 (Milford Haven-Gibraltar, August 1941) which suffered so badly at the hands of a U-boat pack that it was ordered to seek shelter in neutral Lisbon. Many of the merchantmen were lost (including the SS Aquila with 22 Wrens aboard) together with the escorts HMS Bath and HMS Zinnia. The full story is related by Lund and Ludlam in 'Nightmare Convoy' (1987). He then transferred to HMS Guillemot ['HMS Dipper' in the second volume] serving on the East Coast convoys. Among the actions portrayed are the torpedoing of HMS Vortigern by E-boat S-104, and the successful destruction of an HE-111 in August 1941. HMS Guillemot's captain, Lombard-Hobson' has said of Monsarrat 'he was reserved and unpopular, but I liked him myself'. Monsarrat then assumed command of HMS Shearwater ['HMS Winger' in the third volume] operating in the North Sea out of Harwich. Individual volumes are becoming increasingly elusive. COMPLETE SETS ARE SELDOM OFFERED FOR SALE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.120 (HM Corvette); Law 1008 (East Coast Corvette), 1007 (Corvette Command) and 1084 (HM Frigate). Astonishingly 'HM Corvette' is not recorded by Law.
réf. 8186dans le quel la côte Nord-ouest de l’Amérique a été soigneusement reconnue et relevée ordonnée par le Roi d’Angleterre, principalement dans la vue de constater s’il existe,à travers le continent de l’Amérique,un passage pour les vaisseaux,de l’Océan pacifique du nord à l’Océan atlantique septentrional et exécuté en 1790,1791,1792,1793 par le capitaine George VANCOUVER traduit de l’anglais. Ouvrage enrichi de figures.Trois tomes en trois volumes petit in folio,reliure cartonnée, postérieure,avec étiquette de titre imprimée.Tome premier:faux-titre,titre, XII,491 pages 7 gravures hors-texte sous serpente.I) village indien désert II)4 mâts singuliers fichés en terre III) Mont Rainier IV) village d’une tribu d’indiens V) village de Cheslakées VI) la découverte VII) Anse des amis. Tome second : faux-titre titre 516 pages 5 planches hors-texte sous serpente petites déchirures réparées en marge inférieure de la table des matières. Planche I) La mission Carlos près de Monterey II) cartes des iles d’Hergest, III) Anse des Saumons, dans l’entrée de l’observatoire. IV) New-Eddystone, dans le canal de Behm. V) le Présidio de Monterey Tome troisième : faux-titre, titre 562 pages, une déchirure réparée à la dernière page de la table des matières ainsi qu’à la page de garde. 5 planches hors-texte sous serpente planche I) cratère d’un volcan au sommet du Mont Worroway dans l’ile d’Owhyhée. II) Port Dick pris à l’entrée de Cook avec une flotille de pirogues indiennes III) Le mont saint Elie IV) Montagne remarquable près de la rivière de Monterey VI) le village d’Almandrel dans la baie de Valparaiso.La vue de Valparaiso,annoncée,n’était pas jointe à ce volume.Grandes marges.Sans l'atlas.Edition originale de la traduction française. A Paris de l’Imprimerie de la République An VIII
1982réf. 062449Reading PA: Historical Society of Berks County/George M. Meiser IX 1982. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete in 25 volumes accompanied by "A Comprehensive Index to The Passing Scene Volumes 1 to 10" Neiman. Issued more or less annually 1982-2018. Single-owner collection. Some volumes show minor foxing along top text block edge and/or to front flyleaf all otherwise as issued or nearly so. Vol. 4 is a presentation copy inscribed by GMMIX to a contributor to that volume and vol. 16 is signed by GMMIX; vols. 5 9 13 17 20 22 23 and 25 are signed by both Meisers. Vols. 1 9 and 12 show a gift inscription not by the Meisers to the former owner inked on front flyleaf; Vol. 6 shows a former owner's address inscription inside the front cover in pencil; Vol. 11 shows a former owner's name and date inked on front flyleaf. Vols. 14 15 are brand new still sealed in original shrinkwrap. A rare opportunity to purchase the complete set of this pioneering and literally unique photographic history the most comprehensive of its kind ever issued for any county in all 50 states. Historical Society of Berks County/George M. Meiser IX Hardcover
1753réf. PHO-10961753 , à Paris de l'Imprimerie Royale , in-4 (260 x 200 mm) , relié plein veau marbré époque , dos à nerf orné ave pièce de titre rouge , tranches rouge , léger accidents aux coiffes , une charnière fendillée , bel exemplaire illustré d'un bandeau gravé par Gobin d'après le peintre Flotte de Saint-Joseph, et 7 planches dépliantes : 6 cartes gravées par Dheulland, un tableau de calculs astronomiques.
1982réf. 060734Reading PA: Historical Society of Berks County/George M. Meiser IX 1982. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete in 25 volumes accompanied by "A Comprehensive Index to The Passing Scene Volumes 1 to 10" Neiman. Issued more or less annually 1982-2018. Single-owner collection as issued or very nearly so. Some volumes show a slight binding lean typical of issue; Vol. 2 shows minor foxing to front cover gold foil in a few areas. Vol. 2 signed by primary author George Meiser other volumes unsigned. A rare opportunity to purchase the complete set of this pioneering and literally unique photographic history the most comprehensive of its kind ever issued for any county in all 50 states. Historical Society of Berks County/George M. Meiser IX Hardcover
1913réf. 44456Charleston: Lanneau's Art Store. 1913. Paperback. Portfolio containing twenty architectural lithographs and introduction; still in original portfolio cover. One of the South's early preservationists Alice Huger Smith collaborated with her father historian D. E. Huger Smith providing architectural drawings for two important publications: Twenty Drawings of the Pringle House 1914 and The Dwelling Houses of Charleston South Carolina. The contents are housed in original hinged 16- x 18-inch paper-covered boards with moderate to heavy smudging mostly in area of three slots for closure although ribbon or cardboard for these slots is now missing. Contents pages loose as intended include title page; "The Colonial House of Miles Brewton: With Some Account of its owners" a three-page essay by D. E. Huger Smith; all 20 prints which are lightly foxed with "holes" along edges of at least one print does not affect image itself and appears to be a thinning or defect in paper. ; . Lanneau's Art Store, paperback
1823réf. BK0184Middletown Rhode Island 1823. Autograph letter signed three pages on a folded sheet with integral address panel to Charles E. Dudley in Albany and Newport postal markings. 7 ¾ x 9 ¾ inches. Old folds scattered staining and some marginal losses a few affecting text. Good to very good. A letter from Newport mariner John Wood concerning his acrimonious departure from the DeWolf family's Mary Ann plantation in Cuba and the ensuing legal dispute with James DeWolf and Charles Collins. Wood was almost certainly the same John Wood whose signature appears on an 1806 Newport agreement for an illegal voyage transporting enslaved Africans from Cape Coast to Havana now held by the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.1 By 1823 he was residing on the Mary Ann plantation one of several Cuban estates belonging to the DeWolfs among the most prominent families involved in the American slave trade. His relationship with DeWolf and Collins had evidently collapsed over his obligations on the estate resulting in what he describes as his forced departure from Cuba under apparently dangerous conditions with his family and a contentious effort to settle their accounts. Writing to his friend Charles E. Dudley then mayor of Albany and a New York state senator Wood reports that three mechanics who had resided with him on the plantation had recently given depositions in Bristol Rhode Island. Two of the three had testified in his favor though all had been called by DeWolf. Wood was particularly incensed by the circumstances surrounding his family's departure from Cuba writing: "I must acknowledge that myself & family have been most shamefully abused & for no provocation we were set adrift liable to be murdered & robbed on Shore My Wife & Daughter exposed at Sea to be captured By pirates and in case of Capture to suffer more than Death; Not content in what they have done but still persevere in wishing to rob me of all I possess a Respectable Character. The assassin will stab you in the dark but the Wretch who will traduce and injure an Innocent family is worse than an assassin." Wood goes on to describe receiving two writs from DeWolf and Collins and transcribes an August 8 letter from James DeWolf explaining his decision to pursue legal action despite their previous discussions of an amicable settlement: "Lest you should think me inconsistent in causing an action to be brought after the last conversation we had I take leave to explain my wishes to come to an amicable settlement by referring to men as we talked remains the same my object is to put the business in a legal and proper train for bringing it to a close . & to enable me to avail of the testimony of the people who were on the Estate with you." Wood expected the Rhode Island Supreme Court meeting at Bristol the following month to appoint referees to settle the accounts. The precise origin of the disagreement is not stated though the depositions of the mechanics and the references to outstanding accounts suggest a dispute over Wood's contractual obligations or activities on the plantation. Wood 1770-1826 was a Newport merchant and captain with longstanding connections to Atlantic commerce. He died at Cape Coast West Africa in 1826 three years after writing the present letter. James DeWolf 1764-1837 then serving in the United States Senate had amassed a substantial fortune through the slave trade and his Cuban plantation interests. Charles Collins his brother-in-law had served as collector of customs at Bristol from 1804 to 1820 an appointment closely connected to the family's slave-trading operations. The Mary Ann plantation is documented in the DeWolf Papers at the Rhode Island Historical Society which include inventories from 1818 and 1820 and contemporary plans of the plantation grounds. The present letter preserves Wood's account of his treatment by the DeWolf family together with his transcription of DeWolf's explanation for pursuing legal action. 1 "Agreement facilitating illegal trade of enslaved Africans" National Museum of African American History & Culture accessed October 12 2026 https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2019.28.1. . unknown
1823réf. BK0184Middletown Rhode Island 1823. Autograph letter signed three pages on a folded sheet with integral address panel to Charles E. Dudley in Albany and Newport postal markings. 7 ¾ x 9 ¾ inches. Old folds scattered staining and some marginal losses a few affecting text. Good to very good. A letter from Newport mariner John Wood concerning his acrimonious departure from the DeWolf family's Mary Ann plantation in Cuba and the ensuing legal dispute with James DeWolf and Charles Collins. Wood was almost certainly the same John Wood whose signature appears on an 1806 Newport agreement for an illegal voyage transporting enslaved Africans from Cape Coast to Havana now held by the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.1 By 1823 he was residing on the Mary Ann plantation one of several Cuban estates belonging to the DeWolfs among the most prominent families involved in the American slave trade. His relationship with DeWolf and Collins had evidently collapsed over his obligations on the estate resulting in what he describes as his forced departure from Cuba under apparently dangerous conditions with his family and a contentious effort to settle their accounts. Writing to his friend Charles E. Dudley then mayor of Albany and a New York state senator Wood reports that three mechanics who had resided with him on the plantation had recently given depositions in Bristol Rhode Island. Two of the three had testified in his favor though all had been called by DeWolf. Wood was particularly incensed by the circumstances surrounding his family's departure from Cuba writing: "I must acknowledge that myself & family have been most shamefully abused & for no provocation we were set adrift liable to be murdered & robbed on Shore My Wife & Daughter exposed at Sea to be captured By pirates and in case of Capture to suffer more than Death; Not content in what they have done but still persevere in wishing to rob me of all I possess a Respectable Character. The assassin will stab you in the dark but the Wretch who will traduce and injure an Innocent family is worse than an assassin." Wood goes on to describe receiving two writs from DeWolf and Collins and transcribes an August 8 letter from James DeWolf explaining his decision to pursue legal action despite their previous discussions of an amicable settlement: "Lest you should think me inconsistent in causing an action to be brought after the last conversation we had I take leave to explain my wishes to come to an amicable settlement by referring to men as we talked remains the same my object is to put the business in a legal and proper train for bringing it to a close . & to enable me to avail of the testimony of the people who were on the Estate with you." Wood expected the Rhode Island Supreme Court meeting at Bristol the following month to appoint referees to settle the accounts. The precise origin of the disagreement is not stated though the depositions of the mechanics and the references to outstanding accounts suggest a dispute over Wood's contractual obligations or activities on the plantation. Wood 1770-1826 was a Newport merchant and captain with longstanding connections to Atlantic commerce. He died at Cape Coast West Africa in 1826 three years after writing the present letter. James DeWolf 1764-1837 then serving in the United States Senate had amassed a substantial fortune through the slave trade and his Cuban plantation interests. Charles Collins his brother-in-law had served as collector of customs at Bristol from 1804 to 1820 an appointment closely connected to the family's slave-trading operations. The Mary Ann plantation is documented in the DeWolf Papers at the Rhode Island Historical Society which include inventories from 1818 and 1820 and contemporary plans of the plantation grounds. The present letter preserves Wood's account of his treatment by the DeWolf family together with his transcription of DeWolf's explanation for pursuing legal action. 1 "Agreement facilitating illegal trade of enslaved Africans" National Museum of African American History & Culture accessed October 12 2026 https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2019.28.1. . unknown books
1789réf. 187101789. Committee of the Whole House of the British Parliament investigation into the Atlantic slave trade recorded in Abridgment of the Minutes of the Evidence Taken Before a Committee of the Whole House to Whom It Was Referred to Consider of the Slave Trade published 1789 to 1791 presenting one of the earliest parliamentary documentary compilations addressing the operation and human consequences of the transatlantic slave trade. The volumes preserve testimony gathered during parliamentary inquiries that examined the practices of British slave traders and the treatment of enslaved Africans transported across the Atlantic. These proceedings formed part of the political campaign in Britain that eventually culminated in the abolition of the British slave trade in 1807. The collected evidence includes statements from ship surgeons naval officers merchants and other witnesses whose accounts describe the conditions experienced by enslaved Africans during capture transport and plantation labor. Abridgment of the Minutes of the Evidence Taken Before a Committee of the Whole House To Whom It Was Referred to Consider of the Slave Trade. London: 1789-1791. First edition first printing. Four volumes bound in two books. The compilation reproduces testimony presented before Parliament concerning the organization and operation of the slave trade and includes firsthand statements describing the physical suffering and resistance of enslaved Africans during transport. Surgeon Alexander Falcon-Bridge who had firsthand experience aboard slave ships described acts of despair among captives: he "Has known several enslaved persons to refuse sustenance with a design to starve themselves. refusing to take medicines when sick because they wished to die. Many other slaves expressed the same." Another witness Royal Navy surgeon Thomas Trotter recorded the emotional trauma experienced by captives during embarkation noting that "Slaves on being brought on board showed signs of extreme distress and despair from a feeling of their situation and regret at being torn from friends and connections." The volumes therefore preserve testimony that exposed the violence and human suffering embedded within the Atlantic slave trading system. During the eighteenth century European and American traders transported millions of Africans across the Atlantic through a commercial system that relied on maritime networks linking West Africa the Caribbean and the Americas. Parliamentary investigations of the slave trade in the late eighteenth century were fueled in part by abolitionist activism and public campaigns demanding government inquiry into the practice. Publications of witness testimony such as this abridged parliamentary record circulated evidence used by reformers advocating the end of the trade. Four volumes bound in two books with folding table in the fourth volume. Octavo format. Contemporary marbled quarter calf bindings with modern bookplates on the front past down. Wear present with most spine titles lacking and foxing primarily affecting the title pages; text remains clear. Overall condition very good. unknown
1789réf. 187101789. Committee of the Whole House of the British Parliament investigation into the Atlantic slave trade recorded in Abridgment of the Minutes of the Evidence Taken Before a Committee of the Whole House to Whom It Was Referred to Consider of the Slave Trade published 1789 to 1791 presenting one of the earliest parliamentary documentary compilations addressing the operation and human consequences of the transatlantic slave trade. The volumes preserve testimony gathered during parliamentary inquiries that examined the practices of British slave traders and the treatment of enslaved Africans transported across the Atlantic. These proceedings formed part of the political campaign in Britain that eventually culminated in the abolition of the British slave trade in 1807. The collected evidence includes statements from ship surgeons naval officers merchants and other witnesses whose accounts describe the conditions experienced by enslaved Africans during capture transport and plantation labor. Abridgment of the Minutes of the Evidence Taken Before a Committee of the Whole House To Whom It Was Referred to Consider of the Slave Trade. London: 1789-1791. First edition first printing. Four volumes bound in two books. The compilation reproduces testimony presented before Parliament concerning the organization and operation of the slave trade and includes firsthand statements describing the physical suffering and resistance of enslaved Africans during transport. Surgeon Alexander Falcon-Bridge who had firsthand experience aboard slave ships described acts of despair among captives: he "Has known several enslaved persons to refuse sustenance with a design to starve themselves. refusing to take medicines when sick because they wished to die. Many other slaves expressed the same." Another witness Royal Navy surgeon Thomas Trotter recorded the emotional trauma experienced by captives during embarkation noting that "Slaves on being brought on board showed signs of extreme distress and despair from a feeling of their situation and regret at being torn from friends and connections." The volumes therefore preserve testimony that exposed the violence and human suffering embedded within the Atlantic slave trading system. During the eighteenth century European and American traders transported millions of Africans across the Atlantic through a commercial system that relied on maritime networks linking West Africa the Caribbean and the Americas. Parliamentary investigations of the slave trade in the late eighteenth century were fueled in part by abolitionist activism and public campaigns demanding government inquiry into the practice. Publications of witness testimony such as this abridged parliamentary record circulated evidence used by reformers advocating the end of the trade. Four volumes bound in two books with folding table in the fourth volume. Octavo format. Contemporary marbled quarter calf bindings with modern bookplates on the front past down. Wear present with most spine titles lacking and foxing primarily affecting the title pages; text remains clear. Overall condition very good. unknown books
réf. 10787Magyar Helikon 1972. Hardcover. First edition. Very Good hardcover with light wear along the bottom boards light rubbing to two tips light remains of a sticker to the ffep and light handling wear in a Very Good dust jacket with light wear at the edges and extremities a short tear with chip to the back at the crown and light chipping at the crown. Black paper-covered boards with crisp gold-stamped title to the front and spine in dust jacket. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY WRAPPED IN PADDING IN A BOX. 108 pages with a foldout list of plates at the rear; 96 b&w photographs plus 2 plates printed in blue on vellum; 8.25 x 10 inches. Text in Hungarian. An energetic and hallucinatory view of New York City in the late 1960s presented through an "anything goes" embrace of techniques and layout similar to Daido Moriyama. One of the classics of modern photographic literature. See Parr & Badger The Photobook p.262-263; Auer p.540. Magyar Helikon hardcover
