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1987réf. 1417756Columbia: University of South Carolina Press 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo x xii xviii 332 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine pictorial light blue and white with light blue and black lettering. Exterior has slight wear including light soiling. Boards have slight wear including mild cocking to the spine. Text has very slight wear including mild age toning to the edges. Illustrated. First edition. Shelved in Column L. 1417756. FP New Rockville Stock. University of South Carolina Press hardcover books
1664réf. 2341508London: Excudebat J.F. James Flesher pro Jona Hart 1664. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Rebound with new end sheets: brown leather spine marbled paper over boards red morocco spine label gilt titles and rules. Binding tight pages clean and unmarked. 1664 Hard Cover. viii 230 pp. Last text page misnumbered 216. Descartes's fundamental and originating work of the modern era in Western philosophy bound together with a work by one of the Utrecht Cartesians Lambert van Velthuysen. This is the first British printing of the Meditations though it does not include Descartes's 'Objections and Replies' as many editions do. Velthuysen was connected by marriage to Descartes's friend Henry Regnier and corresponded with scientists and philosophers such as von Leeuenhoek Spinoza and Leibniz. The work included here shows the influence of Thomas Hobbes - unsurprising given that Velthuysen is credited with translating Leviathan into Dutch. John Locke may have met Velthuysen while in Utrecht in 1684/85 and had eight titles by Velthuysen in his personal library including the Rheims edition of the present title. Bound into this volume are two plates not called for in either work which may be taken from the Hart printing of Principia Philosophia which was published the same year. Wolf 736 Wing D1133a. Excudebat J.F. [James Flesher] pro Jona Hart hardcover books
1936réf. 91525Milano: Touring Club Italiano 1936. Very Good. 12 of 37 unbound sheets. 4p.center 2 pages are 34 cm. x 25 cm. map. Partly colored. Scale: 1:1000000. Italian text. Touring Club Italiano unknown books
2007réf. 49413Washington D. C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 2007. Good to near fine condition. Quarto. li 394 xv 290 plates 3 folding maps in envelope on inside back cover. Original textured blue cloth with gilt lettering on covers and spines in photo-illustrated dustjackets brown lettering on spine. Frontispiece maps. The Pontos and its Empire of Trebizond 1204-1461 embraced the distinctive Black Sea coastlands mountains and pastures of northeastern Anatolia. "The purpose of this Study is twofold. First it is an essay in placing the material remains of the medieval peoples of a distinct region of Anatolia the Pontos in their historical and geographical setting. Second it is a record - all too often of what can no longer be recorded. In the two decades since Anthony Bryer A.A.M.B. and David Winfield D.C.W. first met in the east porch of the Hagia Sophia Trebizond on 19 August 1959 the Pontos has suffered a greater physical transformation than in its entire previous history." Preface. Illustrated with some five hundred b/w photographs on 290 plates three folding maps two in two colors and in-text drawings maps plans and tables. Contains list of figures abbreviations and an extensive bibliography at front appendix with measurements and indices at rear. Dustjackets with light creasing at top and bottom edges light creasing hear and small closed tear at top left of volume two. Interiors in near fine condition. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection unknown books
1833réf. 18856Milano: Fortunato Stella e Figli 1833. First Italian edition. Hardcover. f to vg. Oblong folio 12 6/8 x 18 1/2". 1 leaf Title 38 leaves Plates 1 leaf List of content. Original half morocco over burgundy paper covered boards. Gold lettering and tooling on spine. Rare first Italian edition of Paul-Louis-Bernard Drach's atlas volume of his "Sainte Bible de Vence" a series which was originally published in 27 volumes in Paris from 1827 to 1833. The striking 38 engraved plates featured in this atlas are composed of 13 maps by A. R. Fremin and 25 engravings signed by Falkeisen Angelini and Lanzani. The engraved plates have been laid down on beautiful hand-made paper and describe the following: 1. Map of the place of Eden Mesopotamy and Persian Gulf; 2. Noah's Arch construction; 3. Noah's Arch; 4. Map of the land divided among Noah's sons; 5. The Babel Tower; 6. Map of the Land of Canaan; 7. Map of Jews' Pilgrimage; 8. The Jerusalem Sahnedrin; 9. The Temple of Jerusalem plans and sections; 10. The Temple of Jerusalem square plan; 11. Map of ancient Jerusalem; 12. The Temple of Salomon; 13. The Temple's foundations; 14. The East Gate; 15. The Buildings of the Temple; 16. Musical Instruments of the Jews; 17. Hebrew Alphabet; 18. Jew's Vestments and worship's objects; 19. Two Menorah; 20. High Priest's vestments and Golden Menorah; 21. Moses' Tabernacle; 22. The Loaves of Proposition; 23. Plan and section of the Tabernacle; 24. The encampment of the Israelites; 25. Map of the Holy Land South; 26. Map of the Holy Land North; 27. Map of Syria; 28.Map of Israel under Salomon; 29. Plan of the House of the Forest of Lebanon; 30. The House of the Forest of Lebanon; 31. The Bronze Sea; 32. The Washings; 33. The Altars of the Holocausts; 34. Map of the Persian Empire; 35. Map of the Land of Canaan according to Ezechiel; 36. Map of Herod's Reign; 37. Zachary's Vision; 38. Map of the travels of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. The plates measure appr. 12 1/2 x 18 1/4" image size appr. : 9 1/2 x 14 6/8". Binding rubbed on covers and along edges. Head and tail of spine chipped. Previous owner's Ex-libris Calvin Bullock on inside of front cover. Minor and sporadic foxing along paper margin not affecting plates. Title and captions in Italian. Binding in overall fair interior in very good plates in near fine to fine condition. About the author: "David Paul Drach aka Paul-Louis-Bernard Drach after his conversion 1791-1865 was a Catholic convert from Judaism and librarian of the College of Propaganda in Rome. Drach received his early education from his father who was a rabbi. After spending some time in various Talmudic schools he became a teacher at Rappoltsweiler though only sixteen years of age. The love of the secular sciences brought him to Paris where he was welcomed by his coreligionists and became tutor in a wealthy Jewish family. His reputation as a teacher brought him Christian pupils; and this may have had some influence on his subsequent conversion; in fact he had always manifested some leaning toward Christianity. Drach had already begun the study of Greek and Latin so as to become acquainted with the Christian doctrines in their original sources. Struck by the accusation of some of the Fathers that the Jews had corrupted the Hebrew text he began a comparative study of the Hebrew and the Septuagint which study he continued in spite of the remonstrances of the president of the Central Consistory. Drach was received into the Catholic faith in 1823 together with his two daughters and his son Paul who afterward became a priest and a distinguished Biblical scholar. In 1827 Drach accepted the position of librarian of the Propaganda in Rome which position he held until the year of his death." From the Jewish Encyclopedia. Fortunato Stella e Figli hardcover books
1958réf. 37615Berlin: Verlag des Ministeriums für Nationale Verteidigung 1958. First edition. Paperback. g to vg. 18 2pp text 48 loose plates 2 loose folded maps as issued. Original photo-illustrated wrap around. Published by the East German Ministry of National Defense on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Red Army this work features 48 b/w photographic plates depicting the Soviet Army in action during the Russian Civil War 1917-1922 the Second World War 1941-1945 to the annual Moscow Military Parade held on the 40th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution November 7 1957. Includes two color folded maps The fronts of the civil war and the armed intervention 1918-1920; and The Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. Moderate rubbing along edges of wrappers. Text and captions in German. Wraps in overall good interior in good to very good condition. Verlag des Ministeriums für Nationale Verteidigung paperback books
1885réf. 30824Glasgow: David Bryce & Son 1885. First English language edition. Hardcover. g. Quarto. XXX 333 1 3pp. Original red cloth with gold lettering on spine. The present work is a captivating survey of the German Universities for the last 50 years between 1835 and 1885. It forms the second part of the third volume of a series of statistical inquiries in various departments of the national economy of Germany conducted by Dr. Conrad Professor of Political Science at Halle. Minor age wear on binding with spine slightly age toned. Previous owner's signature in ink on half-title page and dated 1885. Very minor age toning along paper margin. Binding and interior in overall good condition. David Bryce & Son hardcover books
1860réf. 48522Antigua but actually Philadelphia: R.B. Eldridge & Co. ca.1860. Interesting Map of the Island of Antigua An unusual lithographic edition of Norie's 1827 revision of this handsome chart lithographed by Wagner & McGuigan in Philadelphia. A statement in the cartouche reads: "Presented by R.B. Eldridge Antigua to Captain Andrew Tyler." The captain's name is accomplished in manuscript. R.B. Eldridge is not listed in Tooley's DICTIONARY OF MAPMAKERS and appears to be unrelated to publisher of charts George Eldridge. It seems most likely that he was rather an Antigua merchant who commissioned a reprint of the chart for complimentary distribution to sea captains. A handsome piece. Lithographic sheet map 20½ x 26½ inches. Backed with contemporary blue paper. Light foxing and toning. A few small tears in margins. Very good. unknown books
1942réf. 1372836Princeton: Princeton University Press 1942. Second Printing. Hardcover. Octavo x 291 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is gray with a black box and gilt lettering. Boards have minor shelf wear and a library identification sticker on the spine. Text block has pen writing on the front end page and minor foxing on some pages. Ex-Library. 1372836. Special Collections - Downstairs. Princeton University Press hardcover books
1783réf. ST19355London: Engraved by G. Terry and Sold by T. Longman London and W. Wilson Dublin 1783. Second Corrected Edition. 260 x 155 mm. 10 1/4 x 6". XXVII 289 pp. 4 leaves index. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards flat spine divided into panels by gilt rules red morocco label very neat repair to head of front joint and top of spine. Engraved title page with vignette and dedication leaf large folding map of Ireland and 289 engraved maps. Title page with early ink signature of Jos. Sabine. Moreland & Bannister p. 190; Tooley "Maps and Mapmakers" p. 94. Small signs of age and wear to the binding including slight crackling and nicks to the spine folding map with faint dampstain to tail margin two negligible ink spots to blank area on the map of the Irish Sea but A VERY APPEALING COPY quite clean and remarkably fresh internally and in an entirely solid period binding. This is the second corrected edition of the first comprehensive road atlas of Ireland offered here in especially attractive condition. In response to increasing demand for accurate maps of the country's road system the Irish House of Commons commissioned George Taylor and Andrew Skinner who together had previously produced the first road atlas of Scotland among other works to undertake a survey of the land. Taylor and Skinner completed their work in 1777 and published the first edition of their findings in 1778. This second edition includes updates to the year 1783 as well as an additional map no. 289. Renowned for their precision and detail Taylor and Skinner's maps clearly show roads crossroads and bridges as well as topographical features such as hills lakes and rivers including the direction of the water flow; landmarks such as castles churches and ruins; and the names of local landlords and their homes. The maps appear either as half-page strips or in full-page and the distances are given in both Irish and English miles 11 Irish miles being equal to 14 British miles. The robust list of subscribers which includes a number of earls viscounts lords bishops and British and Irish army men demonstrates the great need for and widespread success of this important work. Our former owner may well be the famed and controversial naturalist Joseph Sabine 1770-1837 who often signed his name as "Jos. Sabine" as seen here. He certainly had good reason to own maps of Ireland. He was from an Anglo-Irish family himself and was Honorary Secretary of the Horticultural Society a position which at the time carried great clout in the botanical community and one that presupposed knowledge of geography across the realm. DNB tells us that "Sabine played a leading part in the establishment of the society's garden first at Hammersmith and afterwards at Chiswick; in sending out David Douglas and others as collectors; in starting local societies in connection with the Horticultural Society; and in growing and distributing new and improved varieties of flowers fruits and vegetables throughout the country." While not a rare book this is the kind of volume that would have normally encountered frequent and inevitably damaging use so to find a copy as well preserved as this one is a lucky occurrence. Engraved by G. Terry and Sold by T. Longman, London and W. Wilson, Dublin unknown books
1904réf. 47779New York: C.S. Hammond & Co 1904. Very Good . New York: C.S. Hammond & Co. 1904. Fold-out map of Maine in red pictorial wrappers 33x26 cm. Wrappers gently creased and dust soiled with mild water damage and previous paperclip ghosting. Interior has calendars for 1905 and 1906 and another ad for R. M. Lewsen & Co which matches the exterior proclaiming they are the largest cloak store and leading millinery store in Maine. Map folded with only light toning. A Very Good or better example. C.S. Hammond & Co unknown books
1946réf. 33453Washington D.C.: Maps and Graphic Division 1946. 1st. revision March 1946. Edges browned 4 inch and 2 inch tears on folds one with small loss at double fold small chip and stain to margins top and bottom some minor edge wear and marginal tears; a good copy. 1 pp. 110 x 90 cm. Color map of China's transportation routes during the war. Scale ca. 1:2750000; E 1000--E 1260/N 420--N 180. Map no. 1379 June 15 1945. OCLC shows only one copy at the LOC of this revised copy. Maps and Graphic Division unknown books
1928réf. 2443San Francisco and Los Angeles: The Heald-Menerey Company 1928. Very good. Large color map measuring 44 x 64 inches cut into eight sections and folded into book form. Original black limp textured cloth yapp edges titled in pale yellow on front cover. Moderate edge wear titles on front cover almost completely worn away. Internally clean. A rare portable version of the large and impressive Heald-Menerey's Geographical Commercial and Recreational Map of California produced in the late-1920s. According to the sheet of instructions bound before the map: "The first of its kind ever devised for desk home or automobile use. It consists of the California Survey 44 x 64 inches in size cut into eight strips and folded to make a book of 64 pages. Page No. 1 is the extreme northwest corner of our Survey and page No. 64 is the extreme southwest corner." The instructions proceed to inform the user on how to locate points on the map given its form as a book. The verso of the instructions page is a county index keyed to the pages of the map. The cover title begins "California Survey" but the remainder is rubbed beyond readability. The map was produced by the Schmidt Lithograph Company of San Francisco. The legend of the map contains symbols representing roads trails railroads streams springs swamps aqueducts lighthouses county and state boundary lines national forests mountain peaks township and range lines base and meridian lines and more. There are also two inset maps - one showing San Francisco and vicinity and the other Los Angeles and its immediate surroundings. OCLC records just a handful of copies of this book-form map published between 1928 and 1933. The Heald-Menerey Company unknown books
1969réf. 1408486Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1969. First printing. Hardcover. Octavo xx 656 pages. In Good plus condition with a Fair plus dust jacket. Spine is grey with white and black print. Dust jacket has edgewear with short tears at spine ends and flap corners mild shelf wear. Price unclipped: “$10.00”. Boards in grey cloth black and white print; light wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has penciled name of owner ambassador Paul Bremer. Illustrated: b&w plates photographs and maps. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column Z. 1408486. FP New Rockville Stock. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
1980réf. 3562N.p. probably Brownsville Tx 1980. Very good. Blue-line map 42 x 62 inches. Uneven toning minor overall wear. A large-format plat map of the Texas border town of Brownsville likely created in the early 1980s. The date is based on the appearance of the Sunrise Mall which opened its doors in 1979 and the name of the airport which was changed in 1983; as such the present map was printed sometime between those two dates. The present map shows the original city parcel as well as many other notable modern developments including the Airport Industrial Park the Fourteenth Street Commercial Plaza and the Amigoland Theme Park the latter of which was never built. The Rio Grande can be seen winding its way through the bottom portion of the map. We locate no other copies of this map anywhere. It was likely produced for local developers and as such is quite rare. An ideal decorative Texas map. unknown books
1819réf. 1405618Paris: Menard et Desenne 1819. Dernière édition. Hardcover. Octavo 684 pages. In Fair minus condition. Spine is tan with gold print on red banner. Boards half bound with green leather to spine and corners and green cloth to boards; corner leather not present spine leather is toned with some rubbing and wear to hinges board cloth has worn edges rubbing shelf wear. Text block has deckle edges; cracked front hinge foxing and toning throughout. Illustrated: “Enrichie de sept Cartes géographiques conformes aux nouvelles divisions et ornée des Pavillons des vingt principales Puissances maritimes”— title page; however illustrations may not be present. Text in French. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column W. 1405618. FP New Rockville Stock. Menard et Desenne hardcover books
1823réf. 42750London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1823. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Large quarto 11 1/4 x 9". 2 xxviii xxiii 1 812pp; xix 13 715pp 1pp Errata 2pp Publisher's advertisement; 2 xv 12 20 822pp; 2 xx 14 735pp 1pp Errata; xii 14 763pp 1pp Errata; 2 iv 14 555 1pp. Modern half black morocco over dark grey cloth with gold lettering and ruling to spines. Raised bands. First volume with a striking tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by Richard Golding after a painting by John Opie. Tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece in each volume. First edition of Edward Daniel Clarke's magnum opus "Travels in Various Countries of Europe Asia and Africa" the author's personal account of a fascinating journey throughout three continents. Following a tour of Scandinavia in 1799 Edward Daniel Clarke 1769-1822 travelled through Russia and the Crimea before proceeding to Constantinople Rhodes and afterwards Egypt and Palestine. Greece was the country next visited. While touring this country Clarke as a mineralogist and antiquary collected marbles coins and vases and purchased a large ancient statue at Eleusis. From Athens he proceeded by land to Constantinople and after a short stay in that city directed his course homewards through Rumelia Austria Germany and France. Each of the six volumes is lavishly illustrated throughout with numerous in-text vignettes and woodcuts as well as full-page copper plates many folded depicting views monuments natives in traditional costume ceremonies and processions antiquities etc. Includes several folded maps and charts. All the 185 copper plates and 157 vignettes and cuts are accounted for. Plates engraved by Joseph Skelton R. Pollard Laetitia and Elizabeth Byrne F. R. Hay J. Fittler and R. Cooper after illustrations by E. D. Clarke Angelica Clarke Guarenghi Martin Dreier W. Havell Camporesi J. B. Lusieri Morritt W. Harraden Grelot Fauvel G. Wilkins Henry Wrighte and Preaux. Most of the delightful vignettes were engraved by Elizabeth and Laetitia Byrne. The maps and plans were engraved by S. I. Neele and H. Mutlow. Some offsetting to text pages facing plates. Moderate to heavy foxing to plates throughout. Minor foxing to text pages. Sporadic clear water-staining along edges of plates in second volume Part 2 section 1. Ex-library copy with perforating library stamp to each title page and small reference stamp at inner gutter of the first text leaf of each volume not affecting lettering. Bindings in overall very good interior in good to very good condition. T. Cadell and W. Davies hardcover books
1932réf. 69128London: William Heinemann 1932. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. Sixth printing. xxix 577pp index; 14 maps. Name on front free endpaper scattered pencil underlining to text notes on half of rear endpaper some spotting to rear board else very good in publisher's red cloth. William Heinemann hardcover books
1891réf. List3031Lynn Massachusetts: Arthur W. Robinson 1891. Nine of a ten-map series mostly measuring 14 ½ x 19 inches. Folded with slight marginal folding and wrinkling; Near Fine. Nine of a set of ten maps of the entire state of Massachusetts produced in 1891 for the League of American Wheelmen. The League was founded in Rhode Island in 1880 as a membership organization for cyclists. Besides presiding over racing and producing cycling guidebooks it advocated for increased government spending on road improvements especially for rural roads; these maps indicate roads of superior and inferior quality. In the 1890s there was a boom in cycling’s popularity mainly because of several inventions that allowed a safer and more pleasant ride compared to that of a penny-farthing. This group is near complete; we find two complete editions on OCLC. Arthur W. Robinson unknown books
1928réf. List2973George J. Nostrand; Winkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co 1928. Map measuring 20 x 29 inches; trifold measuring 8 ½ x 12 inches. Map folded with some small tears at folds slightly wrinkled pencil markings verso; very attractive. Overall excellent. Offered here is a large attractive bird’s-eye view map of New York City and the surrounding areas by George J. Nostrand a New York City-based lithographer and cartographer; and a small pamphlet advertising sightseeing tours by car or yacht with “lecturers accompanying each trip explaining all points of interest”. The map highlights the most car-friendly routes around the city and New Jersey as far west as Mountain View and is beautifully illustrated with buildings landmarks and ships in the harbor. It was likely produced between 1927 and 1929 given certain details for instance the George Washington Bridge is labeled only as “proposed”; we find two copies of the 1928 printing and four of the 1929 printing on OCLC. George J. Nostrand; Winkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co unknown books
réf. 66643Yale University Athletic Association. Good. 160pp. Thin quarto 31 cm The front wrap is detached but present. The rear wrap is absent. Two small closed tears to the fore-edge of the front wrap. Scarce. Cover art by Utah artist John Held Jr. Utah Artist John Held Jr. 1889-1958 was a prominent illustrator of the 1920s and 1930s. He began by drawing sports and political drawings for The Salt Lake Tribune when he was just 16 years old. Held moved to New York City in 1910 where he went on to gain notoriety for his drawings in the popular magazines "Life" "The New Yorker" "Vanity Fair" "Judge" and "College Humor." His work epitomized the Jazz Age. He is most recognized for creating the short-haired "flapper." The cover of this publication features one of Held's maps. Held's maps illustrate the diversity of his art while at the same time serving to demonstrate Held's interpretation of various notable places and things. Kori Alexander writes in his article entitled Relevant Magic in the Art of John Held Jr. "While it was Held's caricatures of the young college chaps and flapper girls that earned him public notoriety it was his linoleum cuts and pen and ink maps that fortified his legitimacy as a social commentator." Virginia Commonwealth University website. Yale University Athletic Association unknown books
1969réf. 58769San Francisco: The Realty Index Co 1969. Hardcover. Very good. 631pp. Folio 36.5 cm Burgundy boards. With dividers and tabs. Moderate scuffing to the extremities; some discoloration to endpapers else internally clean. May require extra postage due to weight. An attractive and highly detailed volume of miniature Assessor's Blocks Maps reduced in size to make a legible yet at the same time compact and uncluttered book. With zoning information sectional maps major development areas and Assessor's Block Maps. The Realty Index Co hardcover books
1935réf. 1395167New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1935. First Edition Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 255 pages. In Very Good minus condition and lacking issued dust jacket. Bound in dark blue cloth with silver gilt lettering on spine. First edition fourth printing as stated on copyright page. Foxing to boards with light fraying to cloth along edges. Top edge of textblock dyed dark blue though faded. Toning to interior pages and tanning to pastedowns. Inscribed by Anne Morrrow Lindbergh on second endpaper in Spanish. Shelved in Case 9. 1395167. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover books
1977réf. 598584West Long Branch: West Long Branch Historical Society 1977. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. 86pp. Illustrated. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Small bookplate foxing on wrappers and a few leaves else very good. West Long Branch Historical Society unknown books
2015réf. 328252San Francisco: Self-published by the author 2015. Paperback. 108p. illustrated expertly by the architect author; her two line maps the numerous floorplan plats and the photographs in color very clear show an amazing combination of talents. Softbound in 10x8 inch colorphoto wraps an as-new copy despite Blake's brief ballpoint gift inscription on copyright page signed as "Laura" that is entirely sound clean and otherwise unmarked. Blake a practicing architect who is or was based in San Francisco. Conveniently the city boasts a full-on Asian Art Museum and consultation was provided by assistant curator Jeff Durham. Self-published by the author paperback books
