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1856réf. 41598London: J & C. Brown & Co. 1856. 1856. First edition. First edition of this Queen’s Quorum title #2 preceded only by Poe’s Tales in the history of the detective short story. A rare book to find in the original yellowback format; original covers laid down lacking the spine former owner's small name stamp on front pastedown sheet and a small inked number on the front fly leaf else a very good copy with interior clean. "Waters" is identified as a detective in the Metropolitan police and many of his cases are reported in this book which is quite readable. This book is a result of the publicity and public relations of the new Metropolitan Police which had been established in the 1820s. An interesting and early historical book in the early days of crime and mystery fiction. Also an early Haycraft/Queen Cornerstone mystery title and a rare book. Housed in a cloth clamshell case with titles stamped in red on the spine and front cover of the book reproduced on the front of the case. J & C. Brown & Co., [1856]. hardcover
1890réf. List2833Shasta County and Siskiyou County 1890. Fifteen photographs approximately 4 ½ x 7 ½ inches. Each mounted on heavy cardboard backing approximately 5 ½ x 8 ½ inches which is mounted on heavy cardboard of approximately 8 x 10 ½ inches. Unknown if photographs are stamped verso due to mounting. Some with recent captions on the largest mount; some captions likely incorrect see description. Fine contrast overall fine condition. Raper James Waters 1856–1937 was a professional photographer from Sacramento California. He was first active as a photographer in Gold Hill Nevada in the 1880s. Following this he returned to California and had studios in Berkeley and San Francisco between the late 1880s and mid-1920s. Offered here is a collection of fifteen of Waters’ photographs from around Mount Shasta likely from the late 1880s or 1890s. The photographs are mainly from places in Siskiyou County where Mount Shasta is located including shots of the towns of Sisson now Mount Shasta and Dunsmuir Sisson and Dunsmuir are on the Siskiyou Trail an ancient Native American footpath running from the San Francisco area to Portland Oregon. The Central Pacific Railroad Company completed a train line along the Siskiyou Trail in 1887; one shot from an unknown location shows railroad tracks rounding a curve among felled trees. Just outside of Dunsmuir is the Shasta Springs resort mislabeled here as Shasta Bottling Works famous for its springwater – the fountains of water in the photograph are from pressurized pipes coming from the springs. Other captioned photographs show Castle Crags hikers summiting Mount Shasta Mossbrae Falls and Castle Lake mislabeled as Crystal Lake. Photographs also show campers with their tent small houses a canoe on a lake and snowy winter scenes. Overall a striking set of photographs. unknown
1920réf. ALB-4421920. Photo album; silver prints 22. This unique promotional album showcasing a variety of businesses and other entities in Lincoln NE with manuscript "show cards" mounted throughout was presumably on view in the Hotel Lincoln where it could be perused by travelers wishing to explore the capital city during the roaring twenties. The album speaks to the use of photography as both a dynamic mutable advertising apparatus and as a practical guidebook for wanderers in unfamiliar places. The credited photographs were mostly taken by Lincoln commercial photographer Roy Hindmarsh with one credited to F. Madonald. Among the businesses pictured are Armstrong's Clothing Store; Harris-Sartor Jewelry Co.; Miller's Tires; Hotel Koehler; Hussong's Ford Sales; Carpenter Hotel "a place of comfort and service"; Lincoln Hide and Fur Co. "furs direct from trapper to consumer" picturing a fur dealer in the shop examining furs; the Beatrice Creamey Co. etc. Other entities pictured include the University of Nebraska; Green Gables Dr. Benjamin Bailey's sanatorium "a good place to get well and to learn to keep well"; the Lincoln Commercial Club; Antelope Park and more. A bird's eye view of Lincoln is included as well. The showcards are mounted opposite the photographs thirteen of them corresponding to the photo with which they are paired and nine advertising businesses that are not pictured the latter including the calligrapher who designed the show cards G. H. Walters; chiropractor Dr. Ashworth; Miss Margaret Easter "manicuring for gentlemen"; Dr. W. H. Slattery house physician Dodds Hats for Women "most exclusive hat shop in city" and others. Among the more appealing shots here is that of the establishment of undertaker Henry B. Brown. In front of Brown's office two men pose in the driver's seats of the firm's handsome private ambulance and its hearse. This composition-of two driver/employees in vehicles is repeated for the ad of Heaston's Nash Auto Dealers "when in the market for a real car see us". Each 8 x 10 inches ; With accompanying "show cards" on each facing page. unknown
2005réf. 91012Hatje Cantz Publishers. New. 2005. Paperback. 3775714855 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- TWO 2 VOLUME SET. 408 pages 475 illustrations most in color. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee Hatje Cantz Publishers paperback
1998réf. 163H1402New York: Seven Stories Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. First Printing. Hardcover. 1888363681 . Signed and inscribed by Gary Webb upon half-title page. "Shows how the L.A. crack market flourished through a breathtaking combination of government negligence greed and criminal conduct. Demonstrates that U.S. government agencies including the CIA DEA and FBI were aware of the activities of this well-connected drug network and did little or nothing to stop it. Indeed in several instances documented here the Justice Department the CIA and the secret National Security Council unit run by Oliver North took extraordinary steps to protect the ring from public exposure. In the final chapters Webb reveals the conflict that led to his newspaper's stunning repudiation of its own series - and at what cost he stood by his story." - dust jacket. xxviii 548 pages. Footnotes glossary and index. Webb was found dead in his home in 2004 with two gunshot wounds to his head. Curiously his death was ruled a suicide. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new archival-grade mylar. A quality signed example of this heroic work.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Dark Alliance: The CIA the Contras and the Crack Cocaine Explosion Conspiracy California Los Angeles Habit Counterrevolutionaries Nicaragua United States Central Intelligence Agency Black African Americans Social Destruction Investigative Journalism; Signed by Authors . Seven Stories Press hardcover
1880réf. 14974Shanghai 1880. 880 by 960mm. 34.75 by 37.75 inches. Lithographed map dissected and laid down on linen in 24 sections with contemporary hand-colour in full; preserved in original publisher's green cloth slipcase. Compiled by Thomas Waters 1842-1898 "expressly for Sportsmen" slipcase label. Waters was an Irish civil engineer and architect who carved out a successful early career in Japan designing the Imperial Mint in Osaka and the headquarters for the Imperial Japanese Army. He worked briefly in Shanghai in the 1880s before going out to Colorado to join his brothers in silver and gold mining. This map also appeared in cyanotype probably originally drawn up as part of Waters' bid for the commission to construct a new waterworks in Shanghai. Waters was a strong contender in the competition as he had experience in the field: he was partially responsible for the construction of Japan's first sewer system. Rare: OCLC locates only two institutional examples those in the BnF and University of Chicago. hardcover
1994réf. 68940Various places 1994. Frank Waters 1902-1995 was perhaps the preeminent writer of the American Southwest in the 20th century. His writings described the culture of the Southwest in all of its diversity - Anglo Hispanic and Native American. He wrote fiction history and interpretive studies. Terence A. Terry Tanner a friend of many in the book trade was a respected antiquarian book dealer and at the time of his death in 2003 was owner of the Chicago-based firm Hamill & Barker. Terry was born in Chicago in 1948 attended Knox College in Galesburg IL where he met the antiquarian book seller Clare Van Norman Sr. who introduced him to the book trade. When Terry graduated from Knox College in 1970 he moved back to Chicago where he found a job working as the office manager for Van Allen Bradley the rare book dealer and literary editor of the Chicago Daily News. Tanner next worked as an assistant to the distinguished antiquarian Kenneth Nebenzahl and in 1975 became an assistant to the well-known booksellers Frances Hamill and Margery Barker. He became the sole owner of their firm in 1987 following the death of Ms. Hamill Ms. Barker having died in 1980. Terry was introduced to the writings of Frank Waters by Morton Weisman of the Swallow Press in 1970. He continued purchasing books by Waters throughout the early and middle 1970's and near the end of that decade decide to undertake a descriptive bibliography of Waters' work. That bibliography was published by Meyerbooks of Glenwood Illinois in the late summer of 1983 as Frank Waters: A Bibliography with Relevant Selections from His Correspondence. This collection is the basis for that bibliography. The collection contains the first printing of every primary work published by Frank Waters from his first book published in 1930. Moreover every copy is present in the original dust jacket and was the product of continual upgrading. In addition the collection contains numerous later printings of all of Waters's books including some that are rarer than the first printings. For example while preparing his bibliography Terry was unable to locate a copy of the paperback printing of Diamond Head issued under the title Secret Affair. That printing finally was added to the collection. Frank Waters destroyed the manuscripts for his early books and those that exist for most of his other works are already in institutions. The Tanner collection contains the corrected carbon typescript of the manuscript for Leon Gaspard which is probably the only manuscript of Frank Waters in private hands. The Tanner collection must certainly rank among the very best collections of Frank Waters in private hands today. A detailed inventory with all the items listed according to Tanner's bibliography in chronological order is available on request. unknown
