DIXON, GeorgeLivre Rare Book
866 risultati
1789rif. PHO-2526Paris, Maradan, 1789, in-4 (28x21,5cm), 2ff.-499pp.-46pp.-1f., reliure d’attente, dos manquant, coins usés, quelques rousseurs.
1943rif. 203061943. Photographer unknown. World War II photo album 1943-1944. This album documents the daily lives of American service members and their families across multiple locations with a significant concentration of images in Hawaii shortly after the Attack on Pearl Harbor. The photographs record military personnel in uniform alongside wives girlfriends and social circles capturing leisure travel and domestic life during wartime. Scenes from Hawaii include beaches agricultural landscapes and local environments providing visual evidence of how stationed personnel experienced the Pacific setting beyond formal military activity. The material supports research into World War II social history military life outside combat and the intersection of service travel and civilian relationships during the war years. Photo album containing approximately 173 black-and-white silver gelatin photographs with 47 images loose ranging in size from 1.5 x 3 inches to 8 x 10 inches most approximately 4 x 5 inches. Album measures 9.25 x 11 inches with woven fabric covers and 62 pages. Many photographs are captioned with names ranks locations and dates. Images include men in Navy and Army uniforms posing with women in dresses and swimwear beach scenes and group outings. Hawaiian photographs depict sugar cane fields waterfalls coastal views and botanical landscapes as well as individuals hiking relaxing on beaches and interacting in social settings. Additional images show oxen plowing fields and local scenes including residents in huts and outrigger canoes. Mainland photographs include locations in Lake Michigan Florida Charlottesville Tucson and Philadelphia documenting travel and movement across the United States. Other scenes include a wedding portrait a sorority picnic and informal gatherings indicating the range of social environments captured within the album. These photographs align with broader patterns of wartime mobility and social life when military service relocated individuals across regions while maintaining connections to civilian routines and relationships. Hawaii functioned as a critical military and logistical center following the attack on Pearl Harbor while also serving as a site of recreation and daily life for stationed personnel. Personal photographic albums from this period provide primary evidence for the study of how individuals experienced wartime conditions beyond combat including leisure practices gender roles and cross-regional movement within the United States and Pacific territories. Minor wear to album covers and edges; photographs remain clear with strong contrast and legible captions. Overall very good condition. unknown
1847rif. 332697Honolulu 1847. 12pp. 12mo. Unbound. Toned and a bit brittle some splits. 12pp. 12mo. Lists the names of the women missionaries and their children with dates of birth. Includes two children born in January 1847 and none thereafter thus ascribing the date of this listing to 1847. Forbes 1669 unknown
1819rif. 332862Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong 1819. 40 xvi pp. 8vo. Disbound. Foxing. 40 xvi pp. 8vo. "A sermon preached at the ordination of two missionaries just prior to their departure as members of the first 'company' of missioanries . to the Hawaiian Islands" Forbes. Includes "Instructions from the Prudential Committee of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to the Rev. Hiram Bingham and the Rev. Asa Thurston and others . Members of the Mission to the Sandwich Islands" in the rear. Shaw & Shoemaker 48291; Forbes 499; Sabin 33794 Samuel T. Armstrong unknown
1935rif. 52777Various locations in and around Honolulu Oahu Hawaii. ca. 1935. American Military Life in Pre-War Hawaii An absorbing collection of photographs capturing American military life in Hawaii during the first half of the 20th century with the great majority of the photographs captioned in ink on the album pages. The unnamed photographer and compiler of the photographs apparently served at the Schofield Barracks in Honolulu as he includes several photographs of the base including the "Boxing Bowl." He also records other notable locations around Honolulu including the Waipahu Sugar Mill the Kilaeua Crater Japanese Temple the Mid-Pacific Railway wreck Kapiolani Park the Honolulu railway station Sand Island the naval destroyer Jeanne D'Arc Sampans Haleiwa Bay the Monoa Hotel the Waipahi Sugar Mill Diamondhead and Kahala Bay Waikiki Beach several shots of volcanoes and lava formations and more. He even includes a shot of the pack mule he presumably used in his wanderings. Hawaiian photographs are scarce in the market and continually more desirable especially with holographic notations like those present in this intriguing album. Seventy-eight mounted silver gelatin photographs either 3½ x 5¼ inches or 2½ x 3½ inches. Oblong octavo photograph album paper-covered boards string-bound. Front cover detached covers and spine chipped. Some album pages chipped but photographs remain largely untouched. Very good. hardcover
1854rif. 329930Honolulu: Mission Press 1854. 47pp. 12mo. Original blue wrappers minor browning and chipping. 47pp. 12mo. Scarce pamphlet commemorating the inauguration of Edward G. Beckwith as president of Oahu College giving a complete account of the event. The work includes a history of Oahu College also called Punahou School which was founded in 1841 by missionaries. "The minutes of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association record the edition as 500 copies" Forbes. Forbes 2042 Mission Press unknown
1785rif. 29433London 1785. Very good overall. Copper engraved images of Hawaii from the folio atlas of Cook's 3rd voyage Pacific Ocean exploration. The images illustrate the native Hawaiians at their village on the island now called Kauai plt. 35. The ethnographic items include featherwork carving and weapons embedded with shark teeth plt. 67. Both with very wide margin. Paper sizes 21.5 x 16.25". The Atooi print with light marginal dusting and a small closed tear ikn the margin lower left. unknown
1879rif. 28286S.l. [Cherbourg] Imprimerie Ch. Syffert s.d. [1879] in-8 en feuilles
1833rif. PHO-1342Paris (Imprimerie Royale) 1833/35. 4 vol. in-8°, 23,5 x 15,5 cms, reliés demi basane lisse rouge, dos ornés.Coiffes accidentées, cachets effacés 3ff-XLI-558pps; 6ff-481pps; 6ff-510pps; 6ff-480pps., pages de titre avec réparations (tome 3 et 4)
1839rif. 332695Honolulu 1839. 4pp. 8vo. Unbound. 4pp. 8vo. "Under the name of each member are listed the names and birth dates of her children . The printed minutes of the 1840 General Meeting record an edition of 250 copies" Forbes. The 1839 edition is scarce with only a single example at auction. Forbes 1180 unknown
1845rif. 8476Paris: Akermann & Co 1845. View of Karakakoa Bay in Hawaii scene of Captain Cook's death. The view is from the voluminous 'Voyage Autour du Monde Execute Pendant les Annees 18361837 sur la Corvette La Bonite'. The monument was erected approximately where Captain James Cook was killed in 1779. The view was sketched by Theodore Fisquet one of the artists on the Bonite expedition a French scientific and diplomatic voyage that circumnavigated the globe in 1836 - 1837. Unlike Cook's voyage the Bonite was particularly fortunate and no sailors were lost. Black and white lithograph plate 47. 12.5 x 9" plus wide margins very good condition. Borba de Moraes 874; Nissen ZBI 4208; Sabin 98298; Stafleu 1969; Wood 609 referring to the book. Akermann & Co unknown
1940rif. 222391940. Photographs of a Chinese American family in Hawaii dating primarily to the early 1940s document transpacific mobility family structure and cultural adaptation during World War II when Hawaii served as a critical military and social hub in the Pacific. The images capture multiple generations of a Chinese diaspora family in formal Western dress situating them within a community that had established significant economic and social presence in Honolulu by the wartime period. Produced in a context shaped by military buildup and shifting racial dynamics in the Pacific theater these photographs support research into Asian American history migration and family life during World War II. Archive consists of eighteen original black and white silver gelatin photographs ranging in size from approximately 3.25 x 4.5 inches to 4 x 6 inches. Several larger images depict the family posed on the deck of a passenger ship with individuals wearing flower lei garlands and formal attire indicating participation in departure or arrival ceremonies associated with transpacific travel. These shipboard photographs include men women children and elderly family members emphasizing intergenerational presence. Additional images show posed group portraits in outdoor settings such as gardens and residential yards documenting family gatherings and social presentation. A small number of later photographs extend beyond the wartime period maintaining continuity of the family group across time. These photographs were produced during a period when Chinese American communities in Hawaii occupied a distinct position within the islands' ethnic and economic structure with access to certain forms of integration not available to other groups under wartime racial policies. The presence of formal attire staged portraiture and travel imagery reflects both assimilation into American cultural norms and sustained connections across the Pacific. The shipboard scenes provide visual evidence of mobility and exchange at a moment when wartime conditions reshaped migration and identity in the region. Minor edge wear and light toning to a few photographs; images remain clear and well preserved; overall very good condition. This archive provides a focused visual record of Chinese American family life and transpacific movement in wartime Hawaii. unknown
1944rif. 224221944. Olson Laverne Edwin vernacular photo album circa 1944-1946 documents U.S. Navy enlisted service across the Philippines and Hawaii during the final phase of World War II and the immediate postwar occupation period providing direct visual and documentary evidence of military presence local communities and wartime social life in the Pacific Theater. The album is anchored by Olson's official U.S. Navy Certificate of Satisfactory Service confirming duty from December 18 1944 through April 23 1946 situating the material within the aftermath of the U.S. return to the Philippines following the Leyte landings and the transition into occupation and reconstruction. The photographs support research into Pacific War military infrastructure American servicemen's daily life and interactions with local populations in recently contested and strategically critical regions. Album titled "Snapshots: The Philippines and The Islands of Hawaii" compiled circa 1944-1946 contains 25 items: 23 silver gelatin photographs one wallet-sized U.S. Navy Certificate of Satisfactory Service and one Roosevelt Commemorative Birthday Ball exchange coupon dated January 30 1946. Album measures approximately 4.5 x 3.5 inches with most photographs approximately 4 x 2.5 inches. Images include candid and landscape views from the Philippines likely including Leyte depicting rural villages shoreline activity docked naval vessels and local labor such as fishing and canoe transport. One photograph shows a group of Filipino children and young men gathered along a beach while another captures men and boys navigating shallow coastal waters in a canoe. Hawaiian images include group recreation scenes and coastal landscapes reflecting off-duty life within a major U.S. naval hub. The Roosevelt Birthday Ball coupon printed with the slogan "Dance That Others May Walk" provided access to multiple Honolulu venues and connects the album to wartime charitable campaigns supporting polio treatment through organized social events. Created during the closing campaigns of the Pacific War and the first year of U.S. postwar presence in the Philippines the album situates an enlisted sailor within a broader military and geopolitical transformation that included amphibious warfare territorial reoccupation and the reestablishment of American administrative and logistical systems. The Philippines served as a critical site of both combat and reconstruction while Hawaii functioned as a central staging and support base for naval operations. The inclusion of both official documentation and leisure-related ephemera demonstrates how military service encompassed bureaucratic recordkeeping mobility across strategic locations and participation in organized morale and fundraising activities tied to the American home front. Light wear to album covers minor handling and edge wear to photographs with images remaining sharp; service certificate shows toning and wear; pages largely intact. Overall very good condition. unknown
1833rif. 332703Boston 1833. 4pp. Signed in print by B.B. Wisner R. Anderson and David Greene. 4to. Folds. 4pp. Signed in print by B.B. Wisner R. Anderson and David Greene. 4to. This circular was sent to the missionaries at Bombay Ceylon Siam China Syria Constantinople Greece Malta Sandwich Islands and the Washington Islands and is comprised of a series of 48 questions regarding their experiences. The questions relate to languages spoken geography and demographics schools and education religion printing and availability of books other missions etc. Very scarce with no examples located in OCLC and no auction records. unknown
1962rif. 5299Numerous locations in Japan 1962. Very good. 26 leaves illustrated with 103 black-and-white photographs mostly about 4.5 x 6.25 inches each with typed caption printed in both Japanese and English. Oblong folio. Contemporary presentation photograph album bound in gold cloth stamp-dated 1962 and with blind-embossed titles in Japanese two tassel ties. Spine chipped and partially perished some edge wear and rubbing both bottom corners bumped and partially split. Contents clean and well organized. A tidy annotated presentation album commemorating a trip through Japan by a large group of Shinshu Buddhists from Hawaii in 1962. The photographs are almost all composed with the tour group posed mostly in front of various temples and shrines but also at hotels palaces gardens theaters and other landmarks. The locations begin in Tokyo and proceed to numerous Japanese cities including Nikko Yokohama Hakone Kyoto Koyasan Izumo Hiroshima Yuda Nagasaki Beppu and so forth. The titles on the front cover translate roughly to "Spring Tourism Memorial Hawaii Shinshu Buddhist Tour Group." A rare glimpse into Japanese American religious tourism to the homeland following World War II. unknown
1930rif. 57146N.p. ca. 1930. Rare Guide for Japanese Tourists in Hawaii Pre-WWII A brightly printed and well-preserved piece of Hawaii ephemera for visitors from Japan. This brochure put together by the Aala Automobile Union sometime around 1930 was given to visitors arriving by ship. It features a street map of Honolulu and brief descriptions of attractions accompanied by a photographic illustration in each panel printed entirely in Japanese. Among the attractions are the Moanalua Gardens Diamond Head Nuuanu Pali the Bishop Museum of Natural History and a bronze statue of Kamehameha I. The reverse of the city map includes a small map of the island of Oahu accompanied by some details about the geography and population and advertises tours of other attractions operated by Aala. A very rare and interesting look at Japanese tourism in Hawaii prior to World War II. OCLC records copies at the International Resource Center for Japanese Studies Nichibunken in Kyoto and at the Huntington Library. Lightly soiled minor foxing and wear near folds. Very good plus. OCLC 1020932646 1285604465. unknown
1774rif. PHO-1976Paris, Saillant et Nyon, Panckoucke, 1774. 4 volumes in-4, 2 ff., xviii, 1 ff., xxxii, 388 ; 3 ff., 536 ; 3 ff., 394, 1 ff.; 1 ff., viii, 367, demi veau et coins , dos lisse orné avec titre et tomaison ,tranches bleues, supra libris aux premiers plats ,cachets de bibliothèque, illustré de 43 planches et cartes (52), la plupart dépliantes, 5 planches détachées, quelques planches courtes en marges, mouillure sur une dizaine de feuille (tome 1) , petites rousseurs , plats ,coins et coupes frottés,
rif. 59813c.1865. The image is a little faded but is otherwise in very good condition. Queen Emma of the Sandwich Isles Hawaii born 1836 died 1885 strongly nationalist and also pro-British. She visited England in 1865 and met with Queen Victoria who recorded the occasion in her diary - 'After luncheon I received Queen Emma the widowed Queen of the Sandwich Islands or Hawaii. Met her in the Corridor & nothing could be nicer or more dignified than her manner. She is dark but not more so than an Indian with fine feathers features & splendid soft eyes. She was dressed in just the same widow's weeds as I wear.' Both Queens had lost sons in infancy indeed Victoria had agreed to be godmother by proxy to Emma's son shortly before he died in 1862. This photograph must have been taken on that visit to England in 1865. It is included in a small photograph album also containing cartes of QUEEN VICTORIA PRINCE EDWARD and PRINCESS ALEXANDRA PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF PRUSSIA 2 views of PORTSLADE CHURCH Brighton 6 views of gardens a croquet party the ruins of the MANOR probably PORTSLADE and 'UNCLE EVELYN'S RUINS' 5 female portraits mostly by Brighton or Lewes photographers and 4 reproductions of Victorian genre paintings. [c.1865]. unknown
1838rif. 332694Honolulu 1838. 2 blank 1-5 1 blankpp. 8vo. Unbound sheets. 2 blank 1-5 1 blankpp. 8vo. Very rare circular issued to aid missionaries in detailing the goods and provisions needed and supplied. "The categories of goods include: provisions kitchen furniture iron and hardware crockery stationery men's clothing articles for ladies and children's use building materials carpenter tools and articles of trade" Forbes. Forbes locating only one copy and only a single example in the auction records. Forbes 11255 unknown
1853rif. 329932Honolulu: Government Press 1853. 29pp. 12mo. Original green wrappers very minor chip at lower corner else near fine. 29pp. 12mo. The first report of the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society: "This society was formed in 1852 in the 'Old Mission School House' partly as a social organization but more specifically to lend support to the Micronesian mission then getting started." Forbes. Forbes 1942; Carter p. 81; Hunnewell p. 65 Government Press unknown
1868rif. 332700Honolulu: Paiia e Henry M. Whitney 1868. 15 1; 15 1pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Stitched. 15 1; 15 1pp. 2 vols. 8vo. The first two reports of the Sunday School Association of a series of annual reports by the Hawaiian Evangelical Association. Each includes a table in the rear listing statistics for all the religious schools on the island. Scarce. Forbes 2749 Paiia e Henry M. Whitney unknown
1887rif. 67658Oahu Hawaii: October 29 1887. Hawaiian Manuscript from the Reign of King KalÄkaua An unusual manuscript deed recording the sale of land on Hawaii's Mokauea Island with the land boundaries expressed in 'Ōlelo Hawai'i the Hawaiian language and the land coordinates included in the boundary description. The land in question was sold by Antone Rodrigues to Manuel Rodrigues during the KalÄkaua Dynasty for three thousand dollars. Written in 'Ōlelo Hawai'i the deed the land being sold and its history of ownership: the land was "described in Royal Patent 1853 based on Land Commission Award 7168 to Kailio for J. Kaaukai and conveyed to me Antone Rodrigues by J. Kaaukai and Mahiaihis his wife by deed dated the 23rd day of August A.D. 1865 of record in the Hawaiian Registry of Deeds in said Honolulu in Liber 20 folios 97 and 98." Ana Kalama Rodrigues Antone's wife then releases her dower rights to the property to Manuel Rodrigues and his heirs. The document is signed with Antone's mark and Ana's full signature each followed by a seal. The document is also endorsed by the attorney who wrote the document. An additional section written and signed by the Hawaiian Registrar of Conveyances follows verifying that Ana Rodrigues was not coerced by her husband to sign away her dower rights: "the said Ana Kalama on a private examination by me separate and apart from her husband further acknowledges to me that she executed the same without any fear compulsion or restraint of her said husband." Antone Rodrigues aka Antonio Rodrigues-Gaspar was born in approximately 1830 and immigrated to Hawaii from Pico Island in the Portuguese Azores sometime before 1865 when he purchased the land in question. Antone had likely arrived as a sailor or officer on a whaling ship as had most Portuguese migrants to Hawaii prior to 1878 and married Ana Kalama in 1868. A rare administrative document created during the KalÄkaua Dynasty incorporating an 'Ōlelo Hawai'i description in addition to English. Officially marked documentation with Hawaiian language content is quite scarce outside of the islands. Narrow folio. Old folds. Light even tanning one-inch separation at right edge of lower fold line. Very good. unknown
1840rif. PHO-1421Gayet et Lebrun, Paris, 1840. 4 tomes en 2 volumes in-8 (220x142) ,2ff-400pp ,2ff-417pp, 4ff-399pp ,3ff-451 pp , illustré de 56 (60) gravures colorisées et gommées, et de deux portraits en noir de Jacques et François Arago ,petit dictionnaire du dialecte des différents peuples rencontrés à la fin du quatrième tome . Relié demi cuir époque ,dos lisse avec auteur , titre et tomaison, frottements au plats , coins , coupes et coiffes usées ,début de fente aux charnières, peu de rousseurs , qlqs planches brunies, titre tome 1 et feuillets détachés , certains avec marge abîmée .
1841rif. PHO-2141Paris, Gide, 1841-1846, 10 tomes en 9 volumes in-8 (22,5x14cm), demi basane, dos lisse orné avec auteur, titre et tomaison, ex-libris manuscrit au faux titre du tome 1 et cachet répété « ex-libris de Cayrol », frottements aux reliures, quelques coiffes abimées, rousseurs, papier bruni, complet des 9 cartes dépliantes in fine.
1789rif. PHO-2082Paris, Hôtel de Thou et Lyon, Bernuset & Comp., 1789. 2 vol. in-8° de xl, 387, [1] pp. ; 419, [1] pp. Basane fauve jaspée, dos long orné de fers à la corne d'abondance & aux épis de blé, p. de t. et de tom. en maroquin vert, double filet à froid sur les plats, filet doré sur les coupes, tranches marbrées (Reliure de l'époque). Quelques épidermures et 4 trous de vers à la reliure. Bon exemplaire. Mention ms. d'achat : « 18 février 1789, 6 [livres] les 2 vol. brochés ».
