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1719rif. 291534Paris 1719. Map. Engraving with original hand outline color. Image measures 19 x 23". Sheet measures 20 x 28". Unusual map of Peru from the early 18th century. Includes part of Ecuador Bolivia and Brazil based on Jesuit activity in the area. Amazon rain forest is visualized with a dynamic design. Cartouche describes the mining industry. Nicolas de Fer 1646-1720 was a prolific cartographer engraver and publisher who took over the family map business from his mother when she retired in 1687. The business flourished and he gained a great reputation in his lifetime and was appointed 'Geographer to the King' in 1690. This map demonstrates his skill and provides a curious yet alluring mixture of history and geography. unknown
rif. 156417hardcover. Dediees a Monseigneur le Dauphin par Sontres Humble et tres Obeissant Serviteur et Geographe De Fer. Beautiful double-page engraved title page 4 38 2 60 28pp. This splendid atlas is illustrated with 32 engraved coastal charts including a folding wind chart and a general index chart of France. The double page maps have delicate outline hand coloring. An engraved divisional title page number 26 entitled "Les Costes de la Mer Mediterranee" is the 33rd plate. Short 4to 9.5 x 7.75 inches 17th Century calf well-worn; neatly rebacked; marbled endpapers red edges. Inscription in ink first fly leaf. Paris: Chez le Sr. de Fer dans l'Isle du Palais sur Quay de l'Orloge a la Sphere Royale. Avec Pri. du Roy 1690. Nicolas de Fer 1646-1720 was a prolific cartographer engraver and publisher who took over the family map business from his mother when she retired in 1687. The business flourished and he gained a great reputation in his lifetime and was appointed 'Geographer to the King' in 1690. This original edition the first atlas to bear his name was published in 1690 on the basis of an atlas published in 1634 by order of Cardinal Richelieu by the publisher Tassin who sold his plates in 1644 to Antoine de Fer Nicolas's father. Scarce. unknown
rif. 239457Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 8.75" x 12". This charming map of Dunkirk shows the city as it sits on the coast of the southernmost part of the North Sea here labeled as the Sea of Flanders. Working circa 1705 De Fer has represented the city with a schematized drawing of its exterior walls. Canals connecting the city to nearby towns and churches are also depicted and labeled. Sand bars are drawn and mountains are represented pictorically and a decorative compass rose at the upper left points due north. The map is in very good condition with no chips or tears and minor staining. Nicolas de Fer 1646-1720 was a French cartographer engraver and publisher. He became official geographer to the French Dauphin 1691 and to the Spanish King 1702 and was renowned particularly for his maps of the French coast of which this is a fine example. unknown
1831rif. 231927Albany 1831. First. hardcover. very good-. Reports of Committees. On the Product and Manufacture of Iron and Steel. 32pp. Bound with: Proceedings of a Convention of Iron Workers Held at Albany N. Y. on the 12th day of Dec. 1849. 58 2pp. 8vo modern red cloth light foxing a few pages slightly underlined in pencil. New York and Albany 1831 1849. First Editions. unknown
1725rif. 204942Paris: de Fer Nicolas 1725. unbound. very good. Map. Engraving with modern hand coloring. Image measures 5.25" x 6.25". Charming miniature map of Denmark with the Coat of Arms incorporated in the cartouche. Map includes both Schleswig and Holstein while today part of the former and all of the latter are northern Germany. Nicolas de Fer 1646-1720 was a French cartographer engraver and publisher. He became official geographer to the French Dauphin 1691 and to the Spanish King 1702. de Fer, Nicolas unknown
rif. 1023912090.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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1977rif. 58273NY: Scribner's Sons 1977. First Edition the author first book. 8vo pp.86. Foredge foxed o/w a fine copy in dj. Signed by the author. Laid in is a note from Ferro to poet William Jay Smith: "Mr. Smith I am indebted to you for your kind words and gratified that you enjoyed the book with my very best wishes. Robert Ferro." Summers page 270. from Wikipedia: "Robert Ferro October 21 1941 – July 11 1988 was an American novelist whose semi-autobiographical fiction explored the uneasy integration of homosexuality and traditional American upper middle class values. He died of AIDS a few months after his partner Michael Grumley in 1988 at his father's home in Ho-Ho-Kus New Jersey age 46.35 Grumley and Ferro are buried together under the Ferro-Grumley memorial in Rockland Cemetery Sparkill New York. Following their deaths the Ferro-Grumley Foundation which manages their estate created and endowed the annual Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT fiction in conjunction with Publishing Triangle." Summers notes that Ferro was one of the original members of "The Violet Quill" which came together after the Stonewal Rebellion. l. Scribner's Sons unknown
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rif. B9780415555036Paperback / softback. New. Original Italian edition published as: Evitare le emozioni vivere le emozioni c2007 Raffaello Cortina Editore Milan. paperback
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1996rif. 403084California 1996. Hardcover. Near Fine. A Collection of 100 used concert tickets featuring punk new wave and heavy metal bands performing in California from 1983 through 1996. The tickets vary in size from 3” x 2” to 5.25” x 2.5”. All items are near fine with light soiling and a modest amount of creasing except for three torn tickets and 4 tickets stubs from use. The L.A. and Bay Area rock scene started in the late 1970s until new wave and heavy metal bands became the central focus of the 1980s. Some of the bands include: Mötley Crüe Iron Maiden Guns N’ Roses Depeche Mode Fatal Attraction Porno for Pyros Billy Idol Culture Club and others. The tickets span from Los Angeles to San Francisco and cities in between from 26 different venues some of which include The Troubadour Coconut Teaszer The Stone Trocadero Transfer The Metro Cow Palace The Palomino and Filthy McNasty Station. Many of the tickets are bright colors with printed pictures and stamped band logos showing the typographic designs of the time frame. Many bands kicked off their careers in California during this time. Mötley Crüe a popular heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1981 is featured here playing at Oakland stadium on October 10 1987. The band is well known for their heavy make-up shocking clothing high-heeled boots and their abuse of drugs and alcohol. In 1985 the band transitioned to a more glam metal style influencing the heavy metal signature look. Guns N' Roses formed in 1985 in Los Angeles and is featured here playing at the Warfield Theatre on February 5 1988. They are a hard rock band that quickly gained popularity after the release of their debut album “Appetite for Destruction” which has sold over 28 million copies worldwide. The band has been labeled as the "the most dangerous band in the world" due to their rebelliousness and were credited to the rekindling of rock music during a time of dance music and glam metal. 1n 1992 Porno for Pyros formed in Los Angeles as an alternative rock group formed out of Jane’s Addiction. They are featured here playing at the Trocadero Transfer on June 19 1996. Their shows featured props extras and pyrotechnics. The band lasted through the mid-1990s and mixed the sounds of grunge and rock together. In the 1980s California became the melting pot of music genres mixing in punk rock new wave and metal. Certain venues became synonymous with the music genres and bands of that time. The Stone opened in the 1980s and was linked to the Keystone Berkeley and Keystone Palo Alto. It was large enough for a capacity of 700 sold only hard liquor at the bar and attracted an audience with bigger hair bigger shoes and makeup. It featured many local and big name artists in its day and was an important part of the Bay Area rock scene in the 1980s. The Coconut Teaszer operated from the 1980s through the mid-2000s. It hosted bands from all genres and featured a downstairs acoustic bar named “8121”. Sawdust on the dance floor and giant goblets for draft beer were some of the popular trademarks of the venue. One of the notable and peculiar policies of the venue was “no open toe shoes” which was painted on the front door. The Troubadour which is still functioning today opened in 1957. New wave and punk was the main feature for The Troubadour in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Through the 1980’s the venue became synonymous with the heavy metal genre and glam bands during that time. Today The Troubadour is revered as one of Hollywood’s most respected places to see live music. An attractive collection of brightly colored concert tickets featuring popular heavy metal and punk bands from the 1980s through the mid-1990s displaying over a decade of music in California. hardcover
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2024rif. __1462553818Guilford Pubn 2024. Paperback. New. 368 pages. 10.50x8.00x0.83 inches. Guilford Pubn paperback
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1904rif. 7000024951904 The Post and Davis Co. Original oblong red and green cloth hardcover with gilt highlighted lettering. Light tip wear with light discoloredbleached area along front side. Interior clean and unmarked filled with period B&W photos and original charter attached to page ten with a small edge tear. 98 pages. Signed by FO Lem E Thomas. The Post and Davis Co. hardcover