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2005ref. mon0000076893Jones and Bartlett Publishers I 2005-09-27. DVD Audio. New. 1.7766 in x 32.2335 in x 28.1726 in. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, I unknown
1906ref. 61981San Francisco. 1906. Photographs of the Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906 A remarkable collection of photographs taken immediately after the San Francisco earthquake and fires of April 1906 showing the scope of the damage to the city as well as providing a stark reminder of the human toll taken by what is considered one of the worst natural disasters in American history. Many of these images are apparently unpublished having been produced by an Army engineer and used to accompany a report on earthquake relief efforts made for the United States Senate. Although there was a quick and immediate response from San Francisco's large military population the earthquake and fires killed an estimated 3000 people and left over 200000 San Francisco residents homeless. Fifteen of the twenty-nine images in this collection are signed in the negative "Hughes Fort Mason" or simply "Hughes" and were almost certainly taken by Private William H. Hughes a member of the First Battalion Corps of Engineers stationed at Fort Mason located on the bay at the northern edge of San Francisco. The other fourteen are not signed by a photographer but some of them may have also been taken by Hughes. Troops from Fort Mason were the first military units to respond following the earthquake of April 18 1906. There was no photography studio at Fort Mason in 1906 but Private Hughes was acknowledged as being "a very efficient photographer" for John Steven Sewell's report on the 1906 disaster "The Effects of the Earthquake and Fire on Buildings Engineering Structures and Structural Materials" for the United States Geologic Survey. Many of Hughes' photographs from the present series accompany the Army's report to the U.S. Senate on earthquake and fire relief efforts now housed with the records of the United States Senate in the National Archives. Since many of the images in this series were taken for the relief effort report to the Senate there is a focus on the human aspect of the disaster. As far as we know Hughes' photographs were not published except in conjunction with the Army report to the Senate. The photographs in the present collection include an image of members of San Francisco's business community dressed in suits bowler hats and patent leather shoes helping to haul a fire hose close to an active fire; a small group of people viewing the devastation following the quake and during the fire; San Francisco residents cooking in the street and queuing for food and bedding; and a panoramic view of the of a San Francisco refugee camp near Fort Mason showing some refugees just starting to set up their tents. There are also two images showing the tragic loss of life during this disaster – one deceased man pinned upside down in a pile of rubble and another within a panoramic view of city-wide devastation pinned by a massive beam in the basement of what was likely his home. This collection of original photographs shows the devastation and the very human tragedy left in the wake of the San Francisco earthquake and fire with four of the photographs showing the fire in progress and two showing the loss of men killed by the rubble in which they were trapped. Fifteen of the photographs carry the imprint "Hughes" or "Hughes Fort Mason" in the negative those that do not are numbers 3 4 5 9 13 14 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 and 29 below. The photographs included in this collection are captioned as follows captions in the negatives are given within quotes; those without captions have our descriptive caption provided: 1 "52 Union St." remaining caption is indecipherable. Image of severe ground upheaval on Union Street with cable car tracks lifted above ground level the brick street sinking and concrete sidewalks shattered. Pedestrians walk in the street and children sit on the cable-car tracks dangling their feet in the deep crevices alongside. 2 "53 Birds-eye view of camp around Fort Mason." A hilltop view of the tent city in the open areas that surround Fort mason on the left. 3 "54" A long line of men women and children along a fence in a residential neighborhood are lined up to receive canned goods from the military. 4 "55" A group of men near a crumbling building receive tents and mattresses. 5 "56" Twenty men in suits patent leather shoes and bowler hats shoulder a fire hose and walk toward burning Victorian row houses in the distance. 6 "62" Men in bowler hats and suits picking through the rubble in the foreground with the hulking remains of shattered buildings rising through smoke in the background. A uniformed soldier stands in the corner right. An almost identical picture signed by Hughes Fort Mason is in the National Archives collection captioned by the Archives as "No. 63. Souvenir hunters." 7 "67" Sailors disembark and march off the marina boardwalk in front of the ferry "Garden City" packed with passengers. 8 "68" Women and men crowd together at the top of a hill viewing the ruins of their devastated city shrouded in billowing smoke before them. The identical picture signed by Hughes is in the National Archives collection captioned by the archives as "Fire partially under control - 3rd day." 9 "69" Shows the front of two Victorian row houses on Howard Street sinking into the ground as a result of liquefaction of alluvial soil. 10 "70 Cooking in Street after Earthquake." Families on either side of a woman cooking on a cast iron stove on a residential street lined with Victorian row houses. The identical picture signed by Hughes Fort Mason is in the National Archives collection captioned by the archives as "Chimneys were destroyed and cooking in houses was prohibited." 11 "71" Two members of the military stand on a corner next to the remains of a blasted church. 12 "72" A view of the remains of a residential neighborhood from the top of a hill showing ground rupture and surface faulting as well as an active fire. 13 "84" Shows a large group of families waiting near a large garage for distribution of emergency supplies. 14 "85" Near the end of a long line of families waiting for distribution of emergency food including canned roast beef and corned beef. 15 "F5 75 St. Dominic's church." A view of the ruins of the St. Dominic church towers as seen looking North on Steiner Street near Bush Street. 16 "F8 Wrecked by earthquake." Shows a multi-story furniture dealer's warehouse with much of the facade having crumbled away. 17 "F15 View from Turk St between Jones and Hyde." A view looking up the southern slope of Nob Hill showing the ruins of what was then informally called the "Tenderloin District." 18 "F17 Ruins of Hall of Justice." A view of the ruins of San Francisco's Hall of Justice from Kearney Street. The Hall of Justice housed the city jail as well as the Coroner's office and San Francisco's criminal and civil courts. Red Cross tents are set up at the base of the building with saddles and tack for the city's mounted police on a saddle stand in the foreground. 19 Unnumbered. "Refugees in the vicinity of Fort Mason." A tent city that sprung up in the open land surrounding Fort Mason to shelter all those who lost their homes during the earthquake and fire. Within the picture there are various vignettes: a mother and father leaning down to speak to their children seated on the ground near their tent; a father holding a baby up to its mother while another man works on building their tent; a large family working together to assemble their tent while the mother father and a young girl wearing a white pinafore and hat talk to each other over some provisions. Entire iron double beds and rockers are sitting alongside tents and there are a number of family horses picketed beside tents. 20 Unnumbered. On Broadway looking up Battery toward the fires on Telegraph Hill and the headquarters of the American Biscuit Company at 855 Battery Street. 21 Unnumbered. "North Beach – after the Fire." Looking from the water across towards the smoking ruins of North Beach. 22 Unnumbered. A view looking south on Steiner Street past the French Bakery toward the ruins of St. Dominic's Church. Steiner Street is filled with horse-drawn vehicles an early motor car and pedestrians. 23 Unnumbered. The ruins of San Francisco City Hall viewed from Larkin and Grove streets. City officials and members of the military stand on a crumbled wall in the foreground. Having been built over twenty-five years on sandy wet ground and according to a later investigation "without any of the principles of the steel frame construction having been used" this iteration of San Francisco's City Hall with the exception of the dome fell to the ground in the forty-five to sixty seconds that the earthquake lasted. 24 Unnumbered. A military supply depot likely at Fort Mason fronted by sand bags with a member of the military leaning against boxes of supplies. Piles of furniture and statuary are near the right-most door with another member of the military seated at his leisure before them. A group of civilians gather around some furniture on the ground at the far right. 25 Unnumbered. The image of a deceased man in a suit under a pile of rubble. The man appears upside down in the top left of the photograph with his body having been draped and/or pinned by rubble above him. His left hand is draped down below his face caught between a stone and the metal plate at the end of a support rod. The skin of his forehead is pushed into a series of concentric folds and the iris of his right eye is pushed beyond the edge of the outer canthus. 26 Unnumbered. The image of a deceased man buried within the rubble of what looks to have been a residential building. Initially one would assume this photograph is simply of the wide swath of devastation left by the earthquake in the foreground and in the distance but a careful view of the tangle of metalwork in the foreground along the remains of a steel beam shows a man standing but slumped to his left pinned by metal supports. Part of his head and right shoulder are in view with his face looking outward through the tangle of rubble before him. In the distance a group of three men stand on top of the rubble. 27 Unnumbered. A member of the military looking pensive while seated on fallen and twisted decorative metalwork atop a pile of brick rubble near building ruins. 28 Unnumbered. The ruins of residential buildings with piles of brick and metalwork in the foreground and the standing remains of buildings beyond. 29 Unnumbered. The ruins of Victorian row houses with shattered windows; the sidewalk and street before them show ground rupture and surface faulting. A very informative and evocative group of original photographs showing the utter devastation and human misery in San Francisco in the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake and fires. Some light wrinkling from handling. Faint toning to the edges and a stain on the verso of one print not affecting the image. Very good. Housed in a modern binder. John Stephen Sewell "The Effects of the Earthquake and Fire on Buildings Engineering Structures and Structural Materials" in Grove Karl Gilbert et al. The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of April 18 1906 and Their Effects on Structures and Structural Materials Washington 1907 p.63. National Archives. San Francisco Earthquake 1906. Center for Legislative Archives September 30 2020. "Historical Vignette 101 - The Army Engineers Were Key Responders to the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire" U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters website April 2006. hardcover books
1906ref. 61981San Francisco. 1906. Photographs of the Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906 A remarkable collection of photographs taken immediately after the San Francisco earthquake and fires of April 1906 showing the scope of the damage to the city as well as providing a stark reminder of the human toll taken by what is considered one of the worst natural disasters in American history. Many of these images are apparently unpublished having been produced by an Army engineer and used to accompany a report on earthquake relief efforts made for the United States Senate. Although there was a quick and immediate response from San Francisco's large military population the earthquake and fires killed an estimated 3000 people and left over 200000 San Francisco residents homeless. Fifteen of the twenty-nine images in this collection are signed in the negative "Hughes Fort Mason" or simply "Hughes" and were almost certainly taken by Private William H. Hughes a member of the First Battalion Corps of Engineers stationed at Fort Mason located on the bay at the northern edge of San Francisco. The other fourteen are not signed by a photographer but some of them may have also been taken by Hughes. Troops from Fort Mason were the first military units to respond following the earthquake of April 18 1906. There was no photography studio at Fort Mason in 1906 but Private Hughes was acknowledged as being "a very efficient photographer" for John Steven Sewell's report on the 1906 disaster "The Effects of the Earthquake and Fire on Buildings Engineering Structures and Structural Materials" for the United States Geologic Survey. Many of Hughes' photographs from the present series accompany the Army's report to the U.S. Senate on earthquake and fire relief efforts now housed with the records of the United States Senate in the National Archives. Since many of the images in this series were taken for the relief effort report to the Senate there is a focus on the human aspect of the disaster. As far as we know Hughes' photographs were not published except in conjunction with the Army report to the Senate. The photographs in the present collection include an image of members of San Francisco's business community dressed in suits bowler hats and patent leather shoes helping to haul a fire hose close to an active fire; a small group of people viewing the devastation following the quake and during the fire; San Francisco residents cooking in the street and queuing for food and bedding; and a panoramic view of the of a San Francisco refugee camp near Fort Mason showing some refugees just starting to set up their tents. There are also two images showing the tragic loss of life during this disaster – one deceased man pinned upside down in a pile of rubble and another within a panoramic view of city-wide devastation pinned by a massive beam in the basement of what was likely his home. This collection of original photographs shows the devastation and the very human tragedy left in the wake of the San Francisco earthquake and fire with four of the photographs showing the fire in progress and two showing the loss of men killed by the rubble in which they were trapped. Fifteen of the photographs carry the imprint "Hughes" or "Hughes Fort Mason" in the negative those that do not are numbers 3 4 5 9 13 14 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 and 29 below. The photographs included in this collection are captioned as follows captions in the negatives are given within quotes; those without captions have our descriptive caption provided: 1 "52 Union St." remaining caption is indecipherable. Image of severe ground upheaval on Union Street with cable car tracks lifted above ground level the brick street sinking and concrete sidewalks shattered. Pedestrians walk in the street and children sit on the cable-car tracks dangling their feet in the deep crevices alongside. 2 "53 Birds-eye view of camp around Fort Mason." A hilltop view of the tent city in the open areas that surround Fort mason on the left. 3 "54" A long line of men women and children along a fence in a residential neighborhood are lined up to receive canned goods from the military. 4 "55" A group of men near a crumbling building receive tents and mattresses. 5 "56" Twenty men in suits patent leather shoes and bowler hats shoulder a fire hose and walk toward burning Victorian row houses in the distance. 6 "62" Men in bowler hats and suits picking through the rubble in the foreground with the hulking remains of shattered buildings rising through smoke in the background. A uniformed soldier stands in the corner right. An almost identical picture signed by Hughes Fort Mason is in the National Archives collection captioned by the Archives as "No. 63. Souvenir hunters." 7 "67" Sailors disembark and march off the marina boardwalk in front of the ferry "Garden City" packed with passengers. 8 "68" Women and men crowd together at the top of a hill viewing the ruins of their devastated city shrouded in billowing smoke before them. The identical picture signed by Hughes is in the National Archives collection captioned by the archives as "Fire partially under control - 3rd day." 9 "69" Shows the front of two Victorian row houses on Howard Street sinking into the ground as a result of liquefaction of alluvial soil. 10 "70 Cooking in Street after Earthquake." Families on either side of a woman cooking on a cast iron stove on a residential street lined with Victorian row houses. The identical picture signed by Hughes Fort Mason is in the National Archives collection captioned by the archives as "Chimneys were destroyed and cooking in houses was prohibited." 11 "71" Two members of the military stand on a corner next to the remains of a blasted church. 12 "72" A view of the remains of a residential neighborhood from the top of a hill showing ground rupture and surface faulting as well as an active fire. 13 "84" Shows a large group of families waiting near a large garage for distribution of emergency supplies. 14 "85" Near the end of a long line of families waiting for distribution of emergency food including canned roast beef and corned beef. 15 "F5 75 St. Dominic's church." A view of the ruins of the St. Dominic church towers as seen looking North on Steiner Street near Bush Street. 16 "F8 Wrecked by earthquake." Shows a multi-story furniture dealer's warehouse with much of the facade having crumbled away. 17 "F15 View from Turk St between Jones and Hyde." A view looking up the southern slope of Nob Hill showing the ruins of what was then informally called the "Tenderloin District." 18 "F17 Ruins of Hall of Justice." A view of the ruins of San Francisco's Hall of Justice from Kearney Street. The Hall of Justice housed the city jail as well as the Coroner's office and San Francisco's criminal and civil courts. Red Cross tents are set up at the base of the building with saddles and tack for the city's mounted police on a saddle stand in the foreground. 19 Unnumbered. "Refugees in the vicinity of Fort Mason." A tent city that sprung up in the open land surrounding Fort Mason to shelter all those who lost their homes during the earthquake and fire. Within the picture there are various vignettes: a mother and father leaning down to speak to their children seated on the ground near their tent; a father holding a baby up to its mother while another man works on building their tent; a large family working together to assemble their tent while the mother father and a young girl wearing a white pinafore and hat talk to each other over some provisions. Entire iron double beds and rockers are sitting alongside tents and there are a number of family horses picketed beside tents. 20 Unnumbered. On Broadway looking up Battery toward the fires on Telegraph Hill and the headquarters of the American Biscuit Company at 855 Battery Street. 21 Unnumbered. "North Beach – after the Fire." Looking from the water across towards the smoking ruins of North Beach. 22 Unnumbered. A view looking south on Steiner Street past the French Bakery toward the ruins of St. Dominic's Church. Steiner Street is filled with horse-drawn vehicles an early motor car and pedestrians. 23 Unnumbered. The ruins of San Francisco City Hall viewed from Larkin and Grove streets. City officials and members of the military stand on a crumbled wall in the foreground. Having been built over twenty-five years on sandy wet ground and according to a later investigation "without any of the principles of the steel frame construction having been used" this iteration of San Francisco's City Hall with the exception of the dome fell to the ground in the forty-five to sixty seconds that the earthquake lasted. 24 Unnumbered. A military supply depot likely at Fort Mason fronted by sand bags with a member of the military leaning against boxes of supplies. Piles of furniture and statuary are near the right-most door with another member of the military seated at his leisure before them. A group of civilians gather around some furniture on the ground at the far right. 25 Unnumbered. The image of a deceased man in a suit under a pile of rubble. The man appears upside down in the top left of the photograph with his body having been draped and/or pinned by rubble above him. His left hand is draped down below his face caught between a stone and the metal plate at the end of a support rod. The skin of his forehead is pushed into a series of concentric folds and the iris of his right eye is pushed beyond the edge of the outer canthus. 26 Unnumbered. The image of a deceased man buried within the rubble of what looks to have been a residential building. Initially one would assume this photograph is simply of the wide swath of devastation left by the earthquake in the foreground and in the distance but a careful view of the tangle of metalwork in the foreground along the remains of a steel beam shows a man standing but slumped to his left pinned by metal supports. Part of his head and right shoulder are in view with his face looking outward through the tangle of rubble before him. In the distance a group of three men stand on top of the rubble. 27 Unnumbered. A member of the military looking pensive while seated on fallen and twisted decorative metalwork atop a pile of brick rubble near building ruins. 28 Unnumbered. The ruins of residential buildings with piles of brick and metalwork in the foreground and the standing remains of buildings beyond. 29 Unnumbered. The ruins of Victorian row houses with shattered windows; the sidewalk and street before them show ground rupture and surface faulting. A very informative and evocative group of original photographs showing the utter devastation and human misery in San Francisco in the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake and fires. Some light wrinkling from handling. Faint toning to the edges and a stain on the verso of one print not affecting the image. Very good. Housed in a modern binder. John Stephen Sewell "The Effects of the Earthquake and Fire on Buildings Engineering Structures and Structural Materials" in Grove Karl Gilbert et al. The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of April 18 1906 and Their Effects on Structures and Structural Materials Washington 1907 p.63. National Archives. San Francisco Earthquake 1906. Center for Legislative Archives September 30 2020. "Historical Vignette 101 - The Army Engineers Were Key Responders to the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire" U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters website April 2006. hardcover
1854ref. 2111902160201214Izumiya Hanbei version 1854. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Izumiya Hanbei version paperback
1830ref. 4479France 1830. Two matching embroidered pole fire screens oblong octagonals 202 x 290 mm. sides of silk over thin boards or scaleboards the decorated side of beige satin silk with a large central flowerpot containing sprigs and a large pink bow within ornate floral border between two white braided thread borders outermost gilt ribbon border with tiny loops; the designs composed of metallic thread pink flat sequins molded white or silvery sequins and couched gilt leaves: embossed leaves on the plant and flat leaves in the border; the reverse sides covered in plain dark rose silk contemporary bone and wood handles with small screws on back. One screen lacking a tiny embossed leaf the other screen lacking four of the same and with one leaf almost detached. A handsome pair of embroidered hand-held fire screens probably from the first decades of the 19th century in fine condition. "A beautiful addition to any room decorative pole screens served an important function in the 18th century: The tall thin screens shielded people's faces from the direct heat of the fire. In the 17th and 18th centuries both men and women wore makeup to hide blemishes. It was said that before he turned fifty the Prince Regent's face had turned waxen and copper colored from make up. The cosmetic preparation worn to hide small pox was thick and made up of wax and white lead. The lead was toxic especially when warmed and the heat from a fire could be life threatening. A pole screen protected the face from intense heat and prevented the wax from melting and the cosmetics from interacting with the skin. The earliest panels were made of wicker but these were replaced with beautiful needlework or embroidered panels that came in many shapes and sizes - oval heart-shaped rectangular etc. By the late 18th century skin disfiguration caused by plagues was no longer as prevalent as before and smaller polescreens became more fashionable."- Jane Austen's World website viewed 4-6-26. unknown books
1830ref. 4479France 1830. Two matching embroidered pole fire screens oblong octagonals 202 x 290 mm. sides of silk over thin boards or scaleboards the decorated side of beige satin silk with a large central flowerpot containing sprigs and a large pink bow within ornate floral border between two white braided thread borders outermost gilt ribbon border with tiny loops; the designs composed of metallic thread pink flat sequins molded white or silvery sequins and couched gilt leaves: embossed leaves on the plant and flat leaves in the border; the reverse sides covered in plain dark rose silk contemporary bone and wood handles with small screws on back. One screen lacking a tiny embossed leaf the other screen lacking four of the same and with one leaf almost detached. A handsome pair of embroidered hand-held fire screens probably from the first decades of the 19th century in fine condition. "A beautiful addition to any room decorative pole screens served an important function in the 18th century: The tall thin screens shielded people's faces from the direct heat of the fire. In the 17th and 18th centuries both men and women wore makeup to hide blemishes. It was said that before he turned fifty the Prince Regent's face had turned waxen and copper colored from make up. The cosmetic preparation worn to hide small pox was thick and made up of wax and white lead. The lead was toxic especially when warmed and the heat from a fire could be life threatening. A pole screen protected the face from intense heat and prevented the wax from melting and the cosmetics from interacting with the skin. The earliest panels were made of wicker but these were replaced with beautiful needlework or embroidered panels that came in many shapes and sizes - oval heart-shaped rectangular etc. By the late 18th century skin disfiguration caused by plagues was no longer as prevalent as before and smaller polescreens became more fashionable."- Jane Austen's World website viewed 4-6-26. unknown
ref. 93113Depot De Lbrairie. As New. HARDCOVER. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - HARDCOVER. Text in French. No date Individual volumes published between 1851 - 1854 The Almanach includes the image of an engraving after Daubigny. -- with a bonus offer-- . Depot De Lbrairie hardcover
1975ref. ZB394025National Fire Protection Association 1975. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday Oct. 26 weekend SALE item volumes 11-17; 20-23; 26-33. 1975-1997. partly bound library markings textually clean & tight PRICE IS FOR THE LOT. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. National Fire Protection Association unknown
ref. 215931Japan. Very large hand coloured folding map 200 x 189.5cm at the largest section six panels have been removed from one corner while another two and a half panels have been included along one edge to show the reach of the city. Some insect damage repaired with washi but overall in very good condition. An exceptionally beautiful and detailed rare map of Tokyo in the Edo period the latter half of the 17th century. This remarkable delicately executed map of Edo around the 1660s offers a wealth of detailed information about the city and its population during the early Edo period. Hundreds of names of landholders are neatly recorded. Family crests or mons are shown across Edo indicating locations of daimyo's or feudal lord mansions temples depicted with even ferry routes named! Edo Castle takes centre stage with the Sumida River flowing from north to south and emptying into the bay. Here several boats are delicately illustrated in colour some carrying images of lucky gods. Prominently displayed in red is the mansion of Sakai Shurinosuke namely Sakai Tadanao 1630-1682 who received the rank of Shuri-Taiyfu 修理大夫 from the Emperor. He was a daimyo from the domain of Obama Fukui Prefecture and successor to his prominent father Sakai Tadakatsu 1587-1662. Tadakatsu served as one of the most trusted ministers of Tokugawa Iemitsu 1604-1651 the third shogun. His son Tadanao was active as a daimyo between 1656 and 1677. A handwritten section at the top right details the Sakai family's fire responsibility area. The borders are defined by street names and landmarks and distances are listed from the main mansion and residence to Ushigome-mon one of Edo Castle's gates. In summary the area of responsibility is approximately 10 cho 1 kilometre east to west and 12 cho 1.2 kilometres north to south. Though not explicitly dated beyond the mention of "November" the map was probably created in the 1660s. The Meireki Fire 1657 caused a large scale devastation around the castle and the Tokugawa government heightened the need of fire fighting activities in the capital. The government firstly allocated responsible areas for each daimyo to carry out fire fighting and secondly started to produce large maps of Edo based on actual measurement. Consequently this map was most probably produced around the 1660s. Furthermore the dating is supported by the presence of Ryogoku Bridge built in 1659 and the absence of Shin-Ohashi Bridge which wasn't constructed until 1693. Additionally the map provides detailed information on residents street names around the castle and other areas with major temples and shrines highlighted in colour illustrations. This truly exceptional map leaves many questions unanswered. Indeed who gathered the vast amount of information to be found on the map What was the exact purpose behind its creation The more we examine this map the more we learn and the more questions we have. However it is very clear that this rare and beautiful manuscript map provides a depth of information about Edo in the 1660s rarely found making the map a vital key to the city at this period. A handsome map which calls for more research. We have not been able to find a similar map nor have we ever handled anything comparable. . unknown
1937ref. 219744New York : FDNY 1937. First Edition. Paperback. The documents are bound by metal clasp in a brown portfolio folder. The contents are in a very good to near fine condition with just some minor edge nicks and dust-toning as with age. Remains particulalry well-preserved overall. Further scans images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 0 pages; A unique collector's item. New York Fire Department's 1937 case files in typescript regarding the case of George S. Preston who set a large number of fires around the Bronx area of New York between 1935 & 1937. A number of fires were also set while he was employed by the New Haven Railroad. Contents: File and case reports some on headed Bureau of Fire Investigation paper statements from the accused and witnesses employment records police statements interview transcripts and an original b/w portrait photo of the accused. Also includes 'George S. Preston's Confession' in a sealed Fire Department envelope. New York : FDNY paperback
1842ref. 123046Paris: L. Curmer 1842. First edition of this collection which Carteret considers to be one of the most important illustrated books of the 19th century. Octavo elaborately bound in full red morocco with elaborate gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands elaborate gilt ruling and stamping to the front and rear panels gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles elaborately decorated green morocco doublures hand-stitched patterned endpapers all edges gilt with intricate botanical carvings illustrated with eleven frontispiece titles by Trimolet Charles Jacque Penguilly etc. and numerous vignettes throughout the text. In fine condition. Rare and desirable. This collection of ten short narratives mostly Gothic or exotic from the literatures of several countries is one of the most charming books of the Romantic period" Ray. L. Curmer unknown
1985ref. 748DG1985. Zwei Entwürfe und 48 Bleistiftzeichnungen auf Pergaminpapier. Blattformat: 42 x 29,5 cm. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, A|B [2 Warenabbildungen]
1985ref. 748DG1985. Zwei Entwürfe und 48 Bleistiftzeichnungen auf Pergaminpapier. Blattformat: 42 x 29,5 cm.
ref. 11026Scroll 190 x 3980 mm. outer front endpaper covered with blue silk inner endpaper of gold & silver paper manuscript title label on outside “Meiwa kasai zu” 明和ç«ç½å›³ “Meiwa Fire illustrated”. Japan: late Edo. Japanese cities have always been plagued by terrible fires. Regarding Edo “the wooden construction of all of the city and the narrow lanes of commoner quarters made fire a devastating experience and it came sufficiently frequently to be called ‘the flowers of Edo.’ Fires were no respecters of status and rank and when driven by winter winds in the dry season they roared through the city.…In the 268 years of Tokugawa rule the Tosa ‘upper’ yashiki at ‘Blacksmith Bridge’ suffered eighteen fires and the Shiba middle residence burned twelve times. Four of these were citywide conflagrations. Merchant areas burned thirty-one times in two centuries and even the shogun’s castle suffered major damage seven times.”–Jansen The Making of Modern Japan Harvard: 2000 p. 151. This wonderfully detailed scroll is a record of the Great Meiwa Fire of 1772 in Edo one of the three most severe fires of the Edo era destroying a 30-square-mile section of the city including an estimated 178 temples and shrines 127 daimyo residences 878 non-official residences 8705 houses of bannermen and 628 blocks of merchant dwellings. Almost 15000 people died and another 4000 went missing. The fire was deliberately set by a Buddhist priest of the Daien-ji temple on the eastern side of the Meguro River. Because of the regularity of such fires the city of Edo organized 48 brigades of trained firefighters with each group having a specific name after the old i ro ha alphabet. Our scroll begins with introductory text dated and signed “Meiwa Mizunoe tatsu aki / Guyū bÅ shi / Tanaka Totsugen hitsu” 明和壬辰秋 / æ„šå‹æŸèªŒ / 訥言 筆 “1772 Autumn / text by anonymous friend / painted by Totsugen”. Tanaka Totsugen 1767-1823 was a prominent artist and we believe that our scroll is a copy of Totsugen’s original creation. The text gives details of the origins of the fire its path and a summary of the incredible devastation. This remarkable scroll consists of four long panoramic scenes. The first depicts the origins of the fire at the temple. We seeing a priest running from the burning temple carrying a precious scroll. Adjacent modest thatch roofed homes are on fire with residents fleeing carrying their valuables. Next to them is a grand mansion in danger. We see servants removing precious objects burying some of them in the ground. A kura warehouse is being replastered to protect it. Workers are on the roofs pouring water fanning the wind away from the house and brushing off embers. A fireman is rushing by on horseback while residents seek relief in ponds. The next scene shows the fire making its way through the city. In the desperate attempts to flee the fire two palanquins carrying noble people have collided on a bridge completely blocking the way for others. A samurai is in the water swimming away and on land we see people on fire collapsing onto the ground. The following two scenes depict the inferno of the fire in vivid oranges and reds. Desperate residents are crossing the river and all the vegetation is aflame. A samurai is seen committing seppuku in despair a fireman is carrying a person away from the fire and all the houses right up to the waterside are burning. In fine condition preserved in a wooden box. unknown books
ref. 11026Scroll 190 x 3980 mm. outer front endpaper covered with blue silk inner endpaper of gold & silver paper manuscript title label on outside “Meiwa kasai zu” 明和ç«ç½å›³ “Meiwa Fire illustrated”. Japan: late Edo. Japanese cities have always been plagued by terrible fires. Regarding Edo “the wooden construction of all of the city and the narrow lanes of commoner quarters made fire a devastating experience and it came sufficiently frequently to be called ‘the flowers of Edo.’ Fires were no respecters of status and rank and when driven by winter winds in the dry season they roared through the city.…In the 268 years of Tokugawa rule the Tosa ‘upper’ yashiki at ‘Blacksmith Bridge’ suffered eighteen fires and the Shiba middle residence burned twelve times. Four of these were citywide conflagrations. Merchant areas burned thirty-one times in two centuries and even the shogun’s castle suffered major damage seven times.”–Jansen The Making of Modern Japan Harvard: 2000 p. 151. This wonderfully detailed scroll is a record of the Great Meiwa Fire of 1772 in Edo one of the three most severe fires of the Edo era destroying a 30-square-mile section of the city including an estimated 178 temples and shrines 127 daimyo residences 878 non-official residences 8705 houses of bannermen and 628 blocks of merchant dwellings. Almost 15000 people died and another 4000 went missing. The fire was deliberately set by a Buddhist priest of the Daien-ji temple on the eastern side of the Meguro River. Because of the regularity of such fires the city of Edo organized 48 brigades of trained firefighters with each group having a specific name after the old i ro ha alphabet. Our scroll begins with introductory text dated and signed “Meiwa Mizunoe tatsu aki / Guyū bÅ shi / Tanaka Totsugen hitsu” 明和壬辰秋 / æ„šå‹æŸèªŒ / 訥言 筆 “1772 Autumn / text by anonymous friend / painted by Totsugen”. Tanaka Totsugen 1767-1823 was a prominent artist and we believe that our scroll is a copy of Totsugen’s original creation. The text gives details of the origins of the fire its path and a summary of the incredible devastation. This remarkable scroll consists of four long panoramic scenes. The first depicts the origins of the fire at the temple. We seeing a priest running from the burning temple carrying a precious scroll. Adjacent modest thatch roofed homes are on fire with residents fleeing carrying their valuables. Next to them is a grand mansion in danger. We see servants removing precious objects burying some of them in the ground. A kura warehouse is being replastered to protect it. Workers are on the roofs pouring water fanning the wind away from the house and brushing off embers. A fireman is rushing by on horseback while residents seek relief in ponds. The next scene shows the fire making its way through the city. In the desperate attempts to flee the fire two palanquins carrying noble people have collided on a bridge completely blocking the way for others. A samurai is in the water swimming away and on land we see people on fire collapsing onto the ground. The following two scenes depict the inferno of the fire in vivid oranges and reds. Desperate residents are crossing the river and all the vegetation is aflame. A samurai is seen committing seppuku in despair a fireman is carrying a person away from the fire and all the houses right up to the waterside are burning. In fine condition preserved in a wooden box. unknown
ref. 231001S.l., s.d. (1826-28) in-folio, en feuilles ou broché sous couverture d'attente de cartonnage souple orange moucheté, le tout dans double emboîtage de carton vert moderne.
