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Parsons, Albert Richard
Anarchism [FIRST EDITION] Its Philosophy and Scientific Basis, as Defined by Some of Its Apostles
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Chicago: Mrs. A. R. Parsons, 1887. FIRST EDITION of a treatise on anarchism by the famous labor activist Albert Parsons, one of the anarchists hanged after the Haymarket riots. 215x150mm, 200 pages. Red cloth hardcover. Cover worn in several places and stained. Cover corners slightly bumped. Spine edges bumped and peeling. Spine slightly cracked along hinges. Pages yellowing. Aging stains on endpapers. Personal dedication on whitepage. Ex library stamps on title page and copyright page. Few pencil underlinings throughout the book. Save for this mostly external damage, this historical document on Anarchism is in good condition. The book is in : English
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HARDY, Thomas
The Woodlanders. In Three Volumes
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London:: Macmillan and Co.,, 1887. First edition; second binding, without the ad leaf. publisher's pebbled green cloth. Shallow (1/8") chipping at the extremities of the spines; two bookplates in each volume; light rubbing and bumping to corners. An attractive set, tight and sound. 8vo,.
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LOCKYER, JOSEPH NORMAN.
The Chemistry of the Sun.
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- London, Macmillan and Co., 1887. Royal8vo. Orig. full cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. A small paperlabel pasted to spine. XX,457,(1) pp., 133 textillustrations. Internally clean and fine. First edition of a major work by Lockyer in which he presents his dissociation hypothesis and the evidence for it. (The theory states that the atoms of elements are groupings of smaller constituents, which he used to explain some simple facts of the spectra). Lockyer is also well known for his creation of the scientific journal "Nature" in 1869."Joseph Norman Lockeyer (1836-1920), pioneer English astrophysicist. He made importent advances in the field of solar and stellar physics, and is responsible for naming the element helium, for emphasizing the two-branch theory of stellar evolution, and (jointly with Janssen) for the method of observing solar prominences without an eclipsee." (Source Book in Astronomy). [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]
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TAYLOR, Bayard.
BAYARD TAYLOR'S WORKS. Thirteen Volumes. India, China, and Japan"; "Africa"; "Egypt and Iceland"; "Greece and Russia" and other volumes noted below.
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G. P. Putnam, New York 1887 - THIRTEEN VOLUMES. Thirteen Very Good+ volumes uniformly bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering spines, engraved frontispieces and title pages. From the library of noted California bibliophile Edwin D. Lyman with his bookplate on paste-down in each volume. Minimal scuffs covers, cover edge wear, soil edges. 8vos. The thirteen volumes are: "India, China, and Japan"; "Africa"; "Egypt and Iceland"; "Greece and Russia"; "The Saracens"; "Northern Travel"; "Byways of Europe"; "Home and Abroad: First Series"; "Home and Abroad: Second Series"; "Views a Foot"; "Eldorado"; "Story of Kennett"; "John Godfrey's Fortunes". [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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John Rhys (ed)
The Text of the Mabinogion and Other Welsh Tales from the Red Book of Hergest (2 Vol complete)
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J. G. Evans - 1887. Part of a limited edition set, of which 500 were printed and this is no. 460. Issued to subscribers only, printed on antique laid paper and numbered by the publisher. Foxing & normal age spots present. Slight edgewear to cloth, o/w good. . . . . All books in stock. from our warehouse. Over 250,000 customers served online! Our feedback reflects our service. 'Quick delivery and book was exactly as described', 'Great service - thank you!' [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Gould, Robert Freke
THE HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY: ITS ANTIQUITIES, SYMBOLS, CONSTITUTIONS, CUSTOMS, ETC (Six Volumes)
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New York: John Beacham. Very Good. 1887. Early Edition. Hardcover. Small Folio Six Volumes. Deep Purple Cloth Gildied edges. Gilt lettering, Freemason symbols on front panels. Bordered in dark blue decorative cloth and spines, which also have gilt lettering symbols. Frontispieces with tissue guards in each volume, illustrations throughout., foldouts. . The volumes have rubbing and wear to extremities, some have foxing on preliminary pages. Overall tight, very clean, volumes II has front inner hinge reinforced. The volumes are uniform, ranging in years 1884 to 1887. Complete set. An attractive edition of this classic written by an early proponent of the authentic school of masonic research . .
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GOULD, (Robert Freke)
THE HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY
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Edinburgh, T.C. & E.C. Jack, , (1887). Three volumes. Large 4to. (6)+504pp. Engraved frontispiece and 14 full-page plates; (4)+502pp. Engraved frontispiece and 14 full-page plates; (4)+502pp. Engraved frontispiece and 14 full-page plates. Handsomely bound in uniform decorative half red morocco, gilt. All edges gilt. Covers slightly faded, otherwise a good, tight set.
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Mongomery Lucy de
Premiers vers: Feuilles éparses, Le cahier d'un rêveur, Les amours de Fantasio
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Alphonse Lemerre 1887 - Petit In-8, relié pleine toile, Bon Etat, couverture originale conservée, avec une lettre incorporée + bel envoi de l'auteur à Baron de Vaux, Originaire d'Ecosse Lucy de Montgomery était la grande-grande fille de miniaturiste suédois Hall et la grande fille de baron Michaux, chef général du 1e Empire et compagnon d'armes de Bernadotte. Elle a reçu le grand prix d'or de littérature de la presse italienne. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Brand Book]: [Missouri]:
LEDGER RECORDING BRANDS FOR JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI FOR A PERIOD OF SIXTY YEARS].
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Jackson County, Mo. 1827-1887 (but probably initially compiled 1866). - [13],126pp. Folio. Original plain blue boards, rubbed, neatly rebacked with leather spine. Minor foxing, but contents quite clean, legible and in very good condition. In a half morocco box. The earliest record of cattle brands and marks we have ever encountered, in some forty years of interest in the subject. The earliest printed brand book in the West was published in 1865, and the earliest manuscript records we have seen begin in the 1850's. This volume was probably compiled initially in 1866, with brands reaching back to 1827. Jackson County was organized in the newly admitted state of Missouri in 1826. Its location in the far western part of the state on the Kansas border and along the Missouri River meant that it was a crossroads for the Western expansion of the nation. Lewis and Clark passed through what would become Jackson County; Joseph Smith declared it the "New Jerusalem" for the Latter Day Saints in 1831 before they moved farther west; Civil War battles secured Missouri for the Union. But most residents were hard-working farmers and ranchers, and the need arose to identify their holdings. This Jackson County brand ledger records the early days of the county and state. The first pages have an index, followed by 126pp. of recorded brands. Several of the first entries, from 7 July 1827, are early residents of Blue Township, itself only organized 22 May 1827. There are many brands recorded in 1827, then fewer and fewer each year, as certainly the land was kept in families with little available for newcomers; some later years record none at all, until the last entry on 3 Dec. 1887. The last couple are the only ones with drawings of brands, most of the early ones are crops and slits. The first entry, for example: "James King this day records his mark which is as follows, to wit: a swallow fork on the right ear and an under bit off the left ear." The first ninety-eight pages of this ledger are in several uniform hands. As of 1866 these become varied with each entry, making it likely that this ledger was originally compiled from earlier records in 1866, and the brands from then on were added individually. Most of these were added 1867- 1875, trailing away to fewer and fewer entries up to 1867. An early bit of Western history from the edge of the Great Plains.
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Michelson, Albert A. Morley, Edward A.
On the Relative Motion of the Earth and of the Luminiferous Aether." In American Journal of Science,Third Series, Vol. 34, 1887, pp. 333-345. WITH: MICHELSON, Albert A. "On the Relative Motion of the Earth and of the Luminiferous Aether." In American Journal of Science, Third Series,Vol. 22, 1881, pp. 120-129. WITH: "Influence of Motion on the Medium on the Velocity of Light." In American Journal of Science, Vol. 31, 1886, pp.377-386.
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J. D. & E. S. Dana 1887 - Rare first editions, first printings of work regularly hailed both as the greatest failed experiment of all time AND as "one of the greatest achievements in physics of all time" (Lightman, Great Ideas in Physics, 130). A complete, three volume grouping of American Journal of Science volumes housing the entirety of Michelson & Morley’s landmark series of experiments. "What Michelson and Morley did, without actually intending to, was undermine a longstanding belief in something called the luminiferous ether; a stable, invisible, weightless, frictionless medium that was thought to permeate the universe. Conceived by Descartes, embraced by Newton, and venerated by nearly everyone ever since, the ether held a position of absolute centrality in nineteenth-century physics as a way of explaining how light traveled across the emptiness of space. It was especially needed in the 1800s because light and electromagnetism were now seen as waves, which is to say vibrations" (Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, 117). Prevailing theories held that ether formed an absolute reference frame with respect to which the rest of the universe was stationary and that ether was a medium for the propagation of light (just as water waves must have a medium to move across (water), and audible sound waves a medium to move through (air or water). Because the speed of light is so great, designing an experiment to detect the presence and properties of ether and its drift, or hypothetical motion relative to earth, was particularly challenging. Toward this end, Michelson designed an interferometer (essentially a massive stone block with mirrors and crisscrossing light beams) capable of measuring the velocity of light with great precision. "A slightly silvered glass set angular to a ray of sunlight so that a part of the ray was transmitted, a part reflected out and again returned, [thus] providing two paths, one perpendicular to the other. If drift existed, the super-imposed rays would produce interference" (Dibner, Heralds of Science. 161). The device enabled Michelson and Morley to measure the speed of light in different directions, enabling them, in theory, to measure the speed (or drift) of the ether relative to Earth, thus establishing its existence. Although Michelson and Morley were expecting to see their light beams shifted by the swift motion of the earth in space, thus giving measure to different speeds of light in each direction, "none was observed, showing that the earth's motion did not affect the light's speed" (ibid). "The failure of this experiment was a serious blow to classical scientific theories because it cast doubts on the existence of the universal ether which had been a basic principle of, for example, the Newtonian theories of the universe" (Printing and the Mind of Man, 401). The result discredited the ether theories "and opened the door to "new standards of reference of time and space from geometry and cosmometry," ultimately leading to Einstein's 1905 proposal that the speed of light is a universal constant" (Dibner, Heralds of Science. 161; Lightman, 130). The history of science records the 1887 ether-drift experiment of Albert Michelson and Edward Morley as the turning point at which the energetic ether of space was discarded by mainstream physics, thereafter replaced with the postulate of "empty space."The 1881 paper represented Michelson's first attempt to measure the presence of the aether; the 1886 experiment repeated (and confirmed) Fizeau's t [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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LORENTZ, H.A. - THE STATIONARY ETHER.
De L'Influence du Mouvement de la Terre sur les Phénomènes Lumineux.
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Harlem, Les Heritieres Loosjes, 1887. Lex8vo.Orig. printed wrappers. Wrappers a bit frayed at edges. Upper right corner of frontwrapper gone. A faint stamp on wrapper and on titlepage. In "Archives Néerlandaises des Science Exactes et Naturelles. Redigée par J. Bosscha", Tome XXI. VI,492 pp. a. 8 plates (2 in chromolithography, 2 with 8 mounted photographs (photottypie)). Uncut and unopened, clean and fine.(The entire volume offered). Lorentz's paper pp. 103-176. ¶ First appearance of an importent paper on the aberration of light "in which he concluded that Fresnel's view of the luminiferous ether was superior to Stokes's. Unlike Stokes, Fresnel in his theory of aberration assumed that the ether near yhe earth did not participate in its motion. Lorentz thought that the hypothesis of the complete transparancy of matter to the ether was implicit in Fresnel's whole theory."(DSB VIII, p.493). Lorentz further shows that the results of the Michelson-Morley experiments did not vindicate the theory of Stokes as Michelson thought, and he demonstrates that the results can be explained by his own theory as a combination of Fresnel's and Stokes's theories.
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Spataro, Donato
Igiene Delle Abitazioni
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Milano: Hoepli, 1887. 2 volumi rilegati in mezza pelle con nervature e titoli in oro al dorso. I volume: Fognatura domestica 1887 pagg. X, 477 - Volume II: Igiene delle acque 1891 pagg. XIII, 574. Mezza Pelle. Eccellente/Senza Sovraccoperta. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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HATTIE BAKER
1887 - 1892 THREE (3) DIARY ARCHIVE LOT OF HANDWRITTEN DIARIES OF A VERY PROLIFIC 21 YEAR OLD HOLLAND NEW YORK GIRL HANDWRITTEN DIARY
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Holland New York NY, 1887. On offer three diaries all belonging to Hattie Baker of Holland, New York. This first diary represents the year 1887 when Hattie turns 21 and I she was very faithful when writing in her diariy. Once you start reading this personal memoir her amazing life story unfolds which only makes the reader want to know more about Hattie. Intertwined between the pages of her diary you'll find subtle hints, little pieces to the puzzle that give our young woman a sense of mystery to her life. For example, on October 8th, 1887 she writes, "This day will never be forgotten, H & I".Or at one point in the later diary she has been corresponding with a Mr. Smith and in her diary she writes. "I reached my brink this morning, wrote to Mr. Smith. Have a headache, everything is so strange.." and that's just the start. She's also quite the seamstress, sewing dresses and jackets for many people. She travels, attends plenty of social functions and in the last diary starts attending school (college) in Northfield. I'd also like to give you a brief description of a few more of the entries, in Hattie's own words. "Made 9 badges for our society "The Willing Workers". Mr. Cades had a magic lantern show in the school house. In the evening saw a couple bidding each other good night. Mrs. Durse was hung at 12 O'clock today. Mrs. Coyne prophesized I was going to get married in less then a year. Went to the train and saw the President and his wife. Went to see the President in the evening. Finished Minnie's boating dress and my new red waist. I left at 4:45 for Fish Creek. Arrived in Rome between 7 & 8. Rained very hard. C.S.W. and I went on the creek rowing in the evening. Had a very nice time.Charles and I and Sara drove to Sylvan Beach this morning. Went on Lake, rowing. Rode on roller coaster. Started for Edels. Enjoyed our trip very much. Mr. K and I went to Trenton Falls this afternoon. The falls were grand, took supper at Moore's. Arrived at home 8:30 pm. Emma, Anna, Mr. K and I took a walk through the woods. Visited the spring by the factory. Had to climb in a tree for protection. Three against one is not fair. Got up at 7 O'clock for Thousand Island excursion. Enjoyed the ride on the river. Bought a handkerchief in Canada.The girls gave a surprise party. There were 30 present. Had a lovely time. Danced two sets with Mr. Kissner, my first time." The names she mentions are as numerous as the entries, of which some are; Ella Peck, Dr. Corey, Frank Ward, Hattie Perry, Barton, Wolcott, Vandawalker, Watkins, Webb, John Roger, Siger, Asa Draper, Wetherbe, Charles Jones, Miles Conklin, Fanny Beebe, F. Hamlin, Kellogg, Chester Clark, Meredith, Peabody, Huntington, Rosa Coffey and more. She also mentions places such as; Utica, Oswego, Prospect, Syracuse, Halifax and Cloverville. The diary measures about 2 ½" x 4", small, but packed full of entries as she rarely skips a day. This, the SECOND diary represents the year 1888 when Hattie turns 22 and I she was very faithful when writing in her diariy. Once you start reading this personal memoir her amazing life story unfolds which only makes the reader want to know more about Hattie. Intertwined between the pages of her diary you'll find subtle hints, little pieces to the puzzle that give our young woman a sense of mystery to her life. "Addie's wedding day. Charles arrived at noon. About 40 were present besides family. Every Republican is happy, Harrison is elected. Helped Mrs. Wolcott frost the cakes and helped trim the parlor with cedar (I think she's helping prepare for a wedding). Em, Etta and I went to Cemetery planted some flowers on Grandpa's and Louisa's grave Charles brought me to Taberg (?) Start to meet noon train. Mr. Ford came after me. Waited in Mr. Sherman's gallery until Mr. Ford finished some business. Reached his home about 4 pm." The names she mentions are as numerous as the entries, of which some are; Ella Peck, Dr. Corey, Frank Ward, Hattie Perry, Barton, Wolcott, Vandawalker, Watkins, Webb, John Roger, Siger, Asa Draper, Wetherbe, Charles Jones, Miles Conklin, Fanny Beebe, F. Hamlin, Kellogg, Chester Clark, Meredith, Peabody, Huntington, Rosa Coffey and more. She also mentions places such as; Utica, Oswego, Prospect, Syracuse, Halifax and Cloverville. The diary measures about 2 ½" x 4", small, but packed full of entries as she rarely skips a day.The THIRD diary represents the year 1892 when Hattie turns 26 and I she was very faithful when writing in her diariy. Once you start reading this personal memoir her amazing life story unfolds which only makes the reader want to know more about Hattie. Intertwined between the pages of her diary you'll find subtle hints, little pieces to the puzzle that give our young woman a sense of mystery to her life. "Did some trading. Took dinner with Henrietta and supper with Ins Blight at State Hospital. There is a great deal of sickness in town. Rode from depot with Jennie Gunter, found Bertha heart broken. Glad that I could come Funeral at 11 am today. Baby looked so sweet in a little blue and white casket….Went to cemetery this morning to help up cedar in Mr. Evens grave Uncle Albert died today. Frank, Grandma and Sara left for Oswego with Corpse..Had examination in Arithmetic, grammar and geography. Northfield is a beautiful place, have a nice room. Set out on the lawn and wrote letters. Celebrated Halloween by dressing up for supper. Had fortunes told, shadow pictures, ghost stories etc, in parlor." The names she mentions are as numerous as the entries, of which some are; Ella Peck, Dr. Corey, Frank Ward, Hattie Perry, Barton, Wolcott, Vandawalker, Watkins, Webb, John Roger, Siger, Asa Draper, Wetherbe, Charles Jones, Miles Conklin, Fanny Beebe, F. Hamlin, Kellogg, Chester Clark, Meredith, Peabody, Huntington, Rosa Coffey and more. She also mentions places such as; Utica, Oswego, Prospect, Syracuse, Halifax and Cloverville. The diary measures about 2 ½" x 4", small, but packed full of entries as she rarely skips a day. . Soft Cover. Good+. 64mo - up to 3" tall. Manuscript.
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Broinowski, Gracius J.:
The Birds of Australia
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Charles Stuart, Melbourne, 1887-1891 Folio. Six volumes in three. "Comprising three hundred full-page illustrations with a descriptive account of the life and characteristic habits of over seven hundred species". Contemporary black silk, gilt titles, slightly frayed at the top of the spines, some shelfwear, minor bumping to corners. With some occasional spotting to the edges of the tissue guards and occasional minor spots to the edges of plates, mainly in volume three. With 303 full-page chromolithographs. A sound and attractive set with fine colour plates.
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LOCKYER, JOSEPH NORMAN.
The Chemistry of the Sun.
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London, Macmillan and Co., 1887. Royal8vo. Orig. full cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. A small paperlabel pasted to spine. XX,457,(1) pp., 133 textillustrations. Internally clean and fine. ¶ First edition of a major work by Lockyer in which he presents his dissociation hypothesis and the evidence for it. (The theory states that the atoms of elements are groupings of smaller constituents, which he used to explain some simple facts of the spectra). Lockyer is also well known for his creation of the scientific journal "Nature" in 1869."Joseph Norman Lockeyer (1836-1920), pioneer English astrophysicist. He made importent advances in the field of solar and stellar physics, and is responsible for naming the element helium, for emphasizing the two-branch theory of stellar evolution, and (jointly with Janssen) for the method of observing solar prominences without an eclipsee." (Source Book in Astronomy).
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PARDOE, Julia
Louis the Fourteenth
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And the Court of France in the Seventeenth Century. Scribner and Welford, 1887, 3 Volumes. - R. & R. Clarke - Edinburgh. 8vo - Vol. I - 491pgs. Vol. II - 487pgs. Vol. III - 495pgs. Sept. 5, 1638 to Sept. 1, 1715. Five years old when he became king, his mother Anne of Austria, was made regent until 1651 when he was thirteen. Much glory in the war with Spain, but internally France was in the throes of a civil war. Anne's conduct of the regency and the supremacy of her agent, the Cardinal, were forced to flee the capital, and Spanish armies streamed into France from Holland. War ensued between England and Holland and Louis joined with Holland, eventually losing at sea and ending with the Peace of Breda in 1667. Louis took the blame. ----- He ruled to the end of his life, instituting many reforms. He negotiated reparations for France and its ambassadors. He still desired military glory and after a successful campaign in Holland, ending with the Treaty of Nimeguen in 1678. He was acknowledged as the leading sovereign in Europe, with the best army, and led Europe in art, science, letters, trade and industry. He built Verssailles at a cost of 150,000,000 francs. ----- In 1685 he revoked the Edict of Nantes, and thus brought on war with Holland, Spain and England, eventually losing to Marlborough, but the French were saved from dismemberment through the boldness and vigor of Louis. But his many mistresses made his court a by-word of scandal. But the legacy of Louis le Grand was made by the great soldier, sailors, literati, artists, scientists and architects who were his contemporaries. His reign was styled as the Golden Age of France. //// Numerous, on steel and wood. //// Dark Blue buckram - gold stamping on spine - shield and crest on cover. Blind stamped double line border on covers. Head bands wrinkled, pages uncut, no inscriptions or marks. As new, except for age. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Edmond HUMEAU - [Saint Florent le Vieil 1907 - Vanves 1998] - Poète français
Lettre Autographe Signée à "mon cher Pierre" (Boujut ?) - Le 21 février 1944 - 2 pages in4 -
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- Belle et longue lettre écrite 3 jours après la mort de Marcel Martinet (Dijon 1887 - Saumur 1944) qu'il vient de lire dans un quotidien: "Nous savons, nous, quel ami nous précéde dans la nuit et que les "temps maudits" gardent l'image prècise d'une époque ou aussi des hommes n'ont point failli" - Il demande des détails sur cette fin et n'ose écrire à sa femme qu'il ne connait pas - Il le voyait comme un "Assembleur de vivants" avec ses "Chants du passager" - Il cite quelques vers sur le tombeau du poète et "c'est là que nous le retrouvons avec des roses.parentes de Rilke, et les coquelicots de Whitman au temps ou Verlaine revient" - -[En tant que bien culturel de catégorie 8, (décret no 93-124 du 29 janvier 1993), cet article ne peut être vendu sans formalité que dans la Communauté Européenne ]- [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Scharff, Edwin
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. Edwin Scharff (1887-1955), Bildhauer und Graphiker. Ms. Brief mit e. U. München, 16. Oktober 1909. 1 S. auf Doppelblatt. 4°. - An den Kunsthändler Walter Zimmermann: "Gestatte mir höflichst anzufragen, ob Sie geneigt sind ein Exemplar meines grossen Radierwerkes Träume' (9 Originalradierungen auf Chinapapier in eleganter Ausstattung), Preis M 200,-, auf vorläufig 3 Monate in Kommission event. Ausstellung mit 25% Verkaufsprovision zu nehmen [...]". - Edwin Scharff, ehedem Schüler von Ludwig Herterich und Gabriel von Hackl, erhielt 1907 den Rompreis der Akademie und ein Reisestipendium. Nach Studienreisen durch Frankeich, Spanien und Italien stellte er 1908 erstmals im Münchner Kunstverein aus und wurde 1910 Mitglied der Neuen Künstlervereinigung. Während eines Aufenthalts in Paris sich unter dem Eindruck des Kubismus der Bildhauerei zuwendend, war er 1913 Gründungsmitglied der Neuen Sezession in München und lehrte seit 1923 als Professor an der Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Berlin. Nach der Machtübernahme durch die Nationalsozialisten wurde er beurlaubt, an die Düsseldorfer Akademie versetzt und schließlich 1937 mit Arbeitsverbot belegt; seit 1946 wirkte er an der Hamburger Landeskunstschule. Zu seinem umfänglichen Werk zählen Monumentalbildwerke, Einzelfiguren, Tierplastiken, Bildnisse, Reliefs sowie Radierungen, Lithographien und Buchillustrationen. - Etwas fleckig und mit kleineren Läsuren; alt auf Trägerpapier montiert.. Edwin Scharff (1887-1955), Bildhauer und Graphiker. Ms. Brief mit e. U. München, 16. Oktober 1909. 1 S. auf Doppelblatt. 4°. - An den Kunsthändler Walter Zimmermann: "Gestatte mir höflichst anzufragen, ob Sie geneigt sind ein Exemplar meines grossen Radierwerkes Träume' (9 Originalradierungen auf Chinapapier in eleganter Ausstattung), Preis M 200,-, auf vorläufig 3 Monate in Kommission event. Ausstellung mit 25% Verkaufsprovision zu nehmen [...]". - Edwin Scharff, ehedem Schüler von Ludwig Herterich und Gabriel von Hackl, erhielt 1907 den Rompreis der Akademie und ein Reisestipendium. Nach Studienreisen durch Frankeich, Spanien und Italien stellte er 1908 erstmals im Münchner Kunstverein aus und wurde 1910 Mitglied der Neuen Künstlervereinigung. Während eines Aufenthalts in Paris sich unter dem Eindruck des Kubismus der Bildhauerei zuwendend, war er 1913 Gründungsmitglied der Neuen Sezession in München und lehrte seit 1923 als Professor an der Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Berlin. Nach der Machtübernahme durch die Nationalsozialisten wurde er beurlaubt, an die Düsseldorfer Akademie versetzt und schließlich 1937 mit Arbeitsverbot belegt; seit 1946 wirkte er an der Hamburger Landeskunstschule. Zu seinem umfänglichen Werk zählen Monumentalbildwerke, Einzelfiguren, Tierplastiken, Bildnisse, Reliefs sowie Radierungen, Lithographien und Buchillustrationen. - Etwas fleckig und mit kleineren Läsuren; alt auf Trägerpapier montiert.
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RICHARD, Henry, W. Evans Darby, et al
Papers on theReasonableness of International Arbitration, Its Recent Progress, and theCodification of the Laws of Nations, Held at the Hague, Cologne, Milan,Liverpool, and London. Bound with: 3 papers on International Arbitration; Europe in 1895; Neutralization of Seas and Inter-Ocean Canals; and ThePlace of International Law in the Evolution of Peace; Military Drill inSchools.; Origin of Peace Societies; A League of Peace; ( W. EvansDarby). Practicability of Christian Peace Principles (Canon Barker).Massacre of Missionaries in China (J. Hudson Taylor). The Anti-ChristianNature and Tendency of War (Robert Spence Watson). Is War Compatible withthe Christian Religion? A Sermon. (Joseph Burrows). England and America.The Proposed Court of Arbit
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London. Published by Peace Society. 1887-1895.. 8vo,22cm, numerous paginations (c.300pp.), in the original printed wrappersbound together in contemporary green pebbled cloth, gilt title, librarystamp on spine, endpaper stamps, very good to fine. (cdn) A collectionof papers and sermons, many read at various Peace Conferences held in TheHague, Cologne, Milan, Liverpool, Birmingham, Brussels, London, Bristol,and Genoa. The Peace Society in Britain existed from 1815 to 1930 withthe aim of permanent and universal peace, the disarmament of all nationsand international arbitration in cases of dispute. Henry Richard,Congregational pastor and politician, was the secretary of the PeaceSociety from 1848 to 1885 and W. Evans Darby followed from 1885 to 1915.An interesting letter to Thomas Edison is included " It would appear thatyou are planning new engines of destruction in case of war betweenEngland and America."? A scarce series of pamphlets uniquelyassembled.. Hardcover.
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Sedira, Belkassem ben
Cours de Langue Kabyle. Grammaire et Versions
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Adolphe Jourdan, Alger 1887 - An about fine copy, apparently unread. An early and important work on the Kabyle grammar with a large selection of fables and poetry. Written in the Berber Latin alphabet with the occasional comment and footnote in the Arab language. ccxlvlll, 430pp 8vo 13.0 + 21 cm. I: Une Mission en Kabylie. II: Elements de Grammaire Kabyle. III: Traditions et Legendes Kabyles. Cours de Versions Kabyles. (200) Contes et Fables. Kanouns Kabyles. Kanouns general de la commune mixte Djurdjura. Devinettes Kabyles. Chansons Kabyles. Poesies Diverses. In the publisher's red linen covered boards, titled in black to front and in gilt to the spine. Strongly bound with a square spine. Very minor wear to the covers. Small bookseller's rubber stamp to free front paper, tears to two page's lower edges. No inscriptions but with age toning to end papers, edges and occasional within the text block. A rare and quite well preserved copy. From the library of Charles Kuentz, the director of The Institut Français d¿Archéologie Orientale in Cairo (1940-1953) [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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Cronin, David Edward, illustrator).
The Story of Nell Gwyn and the Sayings of Charles the Second. Related and Collected by Peter Cunningham, F.S.A., To Which is Added Mrs. Jameson’s Memoir of Nell Gwyn
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J.F. Sabin, New York - 1887. Vii, 174 pp., HAND ILLUMINATED. One volume extended to two with a profusion of EXTRA ILLUSTRATIONS. First American edition of the combined Nell Gwyn biography by Cunningham and Jameson. ONE OF ONLY SIX LARGE-PAPER COPIES PRINTED ON WHATMAN’S DRAWING PAPER, of an edition of 560 copies, SIGNED by the artist (D. E. Cronin) and the publisher. Extra-illustrated with nearly 400 engraved portraits, views, facsimilies, leaves from printed books, etc., some hand-colored; with marginal original illustrations in pen, ink and watercolors by David Edward Cronin throughout. An extraordinary copy, containing hundreds of portraits of eminent 17th and 18th century British poets, dramatists, and other historical figures, in copperplate, stipple and steel engraving, lithography and mezzotint, some hand-colored and others sepia-tinted, many of them done by celebrated painters and engravers such as Lely, Kneller, Reynolds, Van Dyck, and Harding. Some of the engravings, including semi-nudes of Nee Gwyn Lucy Waters, Jane Shore (by Bartozolli) and Lady Williams, are quite rare. Equally enhancing to the text are the delicate and charming marginal illustrations by David Edward Cronin (1839 – 1925), American illustrator, portrait painted and political cartoonist, who, toward the end of the 19th century, devoted himself to the art of hand-illustrating books (see: Croce & Wallace, The New York Historical Society’s Dictionary of Artists in America p. 155). Peter Cunningham (1816 - 1869) published his Story of Nell Gwyn originally in 1852. Anna Jameson’s memoir is reprinted from her essay, "Beauties of the Court of Charles II". Thick small folio, three-quarter dark red crushed morocco, gilt spines and tops, by Bradstreet’s. Preserved in custom marbled slipcases. An extremely lavish and attractive extra-illustrated book with numerous rare and excellent portraits, uniquely illustrated by an artist’s hand. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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MENDES (Catulle),
Pour lire au couvent,
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P., Marpon et Flammarion 1887, - in-8, 254 pp., avec 60 dessins de Métivet, reliure demi-maroquin à coins, dos à nerfs, tête dorée, couverture illustrée conservée. Exemplaire sur vergé. EDITION ORIGINALE. Titres en bleu, rose ou beige. Dédicace en caractères gothiques: "Aux filles pâles, Mères Professes Novices du Couvent de la Visitation des Anges, ce livre est consacré par un pélerin indigne qui s'agenouilla dans la chapelle un matin qu'Elles chantaient, à peine visibles, lointaines et voilées, célestes dans le Choeur." Délicieux ouvrage qui ne fut jamais réimprimé. Photos numériques disponibles sur simple demande. Dos légèrement passé, mais bel exemplaire. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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DICKENS. CHARLES.; Extra Illustrated edition.
THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB. With Illustrations by R. Seymour; R. W. Buss; Hablot K. Browne (Phiz); and J. Leech.
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J. S. Virtue & Co, Limited. London. ND.,1887. LIMITED EDITION. Two Volumes. Large 8vo. (9.4 x 6.6 inches). The Victoria edition. One of 1500 sets, out of a total edition of 2000, with facsimile Autotype plates of the various artists drawings published in the original first edition and several early illustrated editions. Several of these plates were not published in the intended editions and are published in this edition for the first time. Facsimiles of both the cover to the first of the original parts, and a leaf of Dickens manuscript. ------- Extra illustrated, by A. W. Waters of Leamington Spa, and with their small ink stamp to that effect at the bottom of the blank rear endpapers of both volumes, with 105 plates, some full page and some mounted onto a leaf, including two sets of 12 plates illustrated by C. E. Brock, one set plain and the other all hand coloured. These were issued in 1921. The extra plates are in various mediums including colour chromolithographs, steel, copper and wood engravings, some hand coloured. Plates include 31 portraits and views of People, and places mentioned within the novel. ------ Finely bound in attractive early leather bindings, by Bayntun of Bath, of half dark blue morocco. Spines with raised bands, gilt. Compartments double ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Dark blue cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown endpapers. Some minor rubbing to extremities but overall this is a lovely set in fine decorative leather bindings. ----- The illustrations in this edition include all those used for the original edition, but, instead of taking impressions from worn plates, the original drawings by the artists have been carefully reproduced in facsimile, by a beautiful method of photogravure. By this process the drawings are engraved by photography on copper plates, so accurately that every line, shade or light is correctly reproduced in the prints, which are worked by hand as in the old fashioned copper plate press. :.
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Thomas, Jerry
The Bar-Tender's ( Bartender's ) Guide Or How to Mix All Kinds of Plain and Fancy Drinks
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New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1887. Very good Very good in brown cloth boards with rubbing that affects some of the black titles (although mostly still legible). Binding tight. "For he's a jolly good fellow" neatly written on flyleaf and two recipes written on rear pastedown, otherwise clean and unmarked. A nie copy of one of the first and most important bartending titles, and the first to feature an appearance by the "Tom Collins."
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MOISSAN, HENRI - ONE OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS IN CHEMISTRY S...
Recherches sur L'Isolement du Flour.
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Paris, G. Masson, 1887. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf, raised bands, gilt spine. Light wear along edges. Small stamps on verso of titlepage. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique", 6e Series - Tome 12. 576 pp. (Entire volume offered). Moissan's paper: pp. 472-537. Many textillustrations of apparatus in woodcut. ¶ First appearance of the paper in which Moissan describes his isolation and observation of the properties of fluorine gas and his succes in producing diamond with his pectacular arc method. Fo these achievements he was the first French to be awarded the Nobel Price in chemistry (1906).The existence of the element fluorine had been well known for many years, but all attempts to isolate it had failed and some experimenters had died in the attempt."Moissan eventually succeeded in preparing fluorine in 1886 by the electrolysis of a solution of potassium hydrogen difluoride (KHF2) in liquid hydrogen fluoride (HF). The mixture was needed because hydrogen fluoride is a non-conductor. The device was built with platinum/iridium electrodes in a platinum holder and the apparatus was cooled to -50 °C. The result was to completely isolate the hydrogen produced from the negative electrode from the fluorine produced at the positive one.This is essentially still the way fluorine is produced today." (Wikipedia).Partington IV, p. 912. - Weeks "Discovery of teh Elements", p. 272 ff. - Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1885 C.
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!_!# Clément, Félix
Les Musiciens célèbres depuis le seizième siècle jusqu'à nos jours
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Paris, Hachette et Cie 1887. (Quatrième Edition), Gr.-8°, XII, 672 Seiten, 48 Porträts, davon 45 radiert, auf Taf. Lederband der Zeit (Ecken und Kanten etwas bestoßen) mit Rückentitel, reicher Rückenvergoldung, blindgeprägten Deckelfileten, Leseband und GoldschnittVereinzelt minimale Stockflecken; die letzten Lagen am oberen Rand schwach wasserfleckig; Titelrsnd mit Kugelschreiber-Widmung, Sehr selten. - Prächtiges Nachschlagewerk mit biographischen Essays über 113 Komponisten des französischen, deutschen und italienischen Kulturraumes sowie schönen Musiker-Porträts; diese feinen Radierungen stammen von Deblois, Massard und Masson, dazu kommen 3 Reproduktionen von A. Durand nach alten Stichen. Das Werk erschien erstmals 1868 und hat trotz gewisser popularisierender Tendenzen auch heute noch seinen Reiz. - Clement (1822-1885) lebte als Komponist, Musikkritiker (vor allem gegen Berlioz und Wagner gerichtet), Kirchenmusiker und Musikhistoriker in Paris. Er war einer der ersten, die im 19. Jahrhundert Musik des 13. Jahrhunderts aufführten, und machte sie in Ausgaben zugänglich, die heute allerdings zum Teil umstritten sind. Außerdem setzte sich Clément nachhaltig, u. a. mit mehreren Publikationen, für die Wiederbelebung des Gregorianischen Chorals ein. - Mit Bibliographie und Namenregister.
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Cook, Frederick
General John Sullivan's Indian Expedition, 1779
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Knapp, Peck & Thomson Printers, Auburn, New York 1887 - Front hinge loose, frontispiece, title page, and first two pages of table of contents missing, last introduction page loose but included. Book smells smoky, front joint cracked, shelf wear, a few spots on cover. Text clean & unmarked. 1887 Hard Cover. xv, 579 pages. Includes several fold-out maps, plus a pocket inside the front cover containing maps and plans. John Sullivan (b. February 17, 1740, Somersworth, New Hampshire â€" d. January 23, 1795, Durham, New Hampshire) was an American general in the Revolutionary War and a delegate in the Continental Congress. Sullivan served as a major general in the Continental Army and as Governor (or 'President') of New Hampshire. He is most famous for leading the Sullivan Expedition in 1779, a scorched earth campaign against the Iroquois towns that had taken up arms against the American revolutionaries. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Pauvre Pierrot.
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Armand Magnier,, Paris 1887 - Paris, Armand Magnier, (1887), in-4, en feuilles, sous chemise en percaline bleue avec en bas à droite la représentation de Pierrot la corde au cou, 41 feuillets. Poèmes illustrés par WILLETTE. Tirage limité à 1029 exemplaires. Un des 29 exemplaires sur papier de Chine. "Edition originale et premier tirage" (Monod- 11540) "Intéressante publication" (Carteret IV-410). Plat supérieur insolé sur les bords, manque un ruban, quelques rousseurs. Livres
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Haggard (H. Rider).
Jess
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Smith, Elder, & Co., 1887 - Spine somewhat rubbed and soiled, sides a little soiled and corners slightly rubbed, but a very good copy; ownership signature on front free end-paper. Scarce Scott 6; McKay 6 Original red cloth lettered in black and gilt, upper cover decorated in black [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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GREENWELL, WILLIAM & ROLLESTONE, GEORGE:
British Barrows. A Record of the Examination of Sepulchral Mounds in various parts of England. Together with Description of Figures of Skulls, General Remarks on Prehistoric Crania and an Appendix by Rollestone. With A.L.S
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Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1887. First edition. Illustrations throughout. Large 8vo (9 1/2 x 6 inches), 763-pages. Original burgundy cloth. Spine sunned, some chipping to headbands, light vertical crease to backstrip, upper inner hinge strained. With, losely inserted in the original envelope pasted to the half-title, an interesting autograph letter signed from Greenwell to Sir Herbert E. Maxwell regarding ash found in barrows and other achaeological matters and commenting that George Rollestone sometimes makes "rather rash assertions, as for instance in a lecture....he horrified me by stating the the horse was unknown to the Egyptians". 4-sides. No place. 22nd Dec. 1885. From the library of the eminent archaeologist Professor John Davies Evans (1925-2011) with his bookplate and signature. He was director of the Institute of Archaeology (now part of University College, London) from 1973 to 1989; renowned especially for his research into the prehistory of the Mediterranean, particularly the prehistoric cultures of Malta.
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