viaLibri ~ Rare Books from 1894

Kipling, Rudyard
        The Jungle Book [and] The Second Jungle Book [two Volumes in First editions]
      Macmillan and Co, London [1894, 1895] - Viii, 212; (Ii), 238 + 2 Page Catalog At End. Blue Cloth, Lettered And Decorated In Gilt; All Edges Gilt; Slate Grey Endpapers. Both Volumes With Late 19Th Century Engraved Bookplates Of George Lindsay Bury [Of Moreton Central Sugar Mill, Starfield Observatory, Etc.]. The Jungle Book, 1894, First Printing, In Good To Very Good Condition, Some Wear To Gilt, More So To Illustrations On Spine And Cover, Beginning To Fray At Top And Bottom Of Spine And At Tips, Spine Cloth A Little Darkened; Hinges Beginning To Crack; Contents Immaculate, No Names Or Marks, Tissue Guard Intact. The Second Jungle Book, 1895, First Printing, Very Slight Wear, Very Good + To Near Fine Condition, 1" Crack At Center Of Rear Hinge, Slight Rubbing At Corners. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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WARNER (George F.) [Duchess of Milan]
        Miniatures and Borders from the Book of Hours of Bona Sforza, Duchess of Milan in the British Museum. With Introduction By George F. Warner
      London: Published By the Trustees, 1894, 1894. 1 vol., 10" x 7-5/8", illustrated. Bound in fine full brown morocco, ribbed gilt lettered spine, spine panels tooled in blind, covers elaborately tooled in blind, blind tooled crest to both covers, gilt dentelles, spine slightly sunned, all edges gilt, by Riviere & Sons, head and foot of spine fine, inner and outer hinges fine, a VERY GOOD copy. This illuminated manuscript 'Book of Hours' is of the Milanese and Flemish Schools and is of the highest order. The plates are printed in collotype. This is a reproduction of Charles V's, the Holy Roman Emperor, Book of Hours originally created for Bona Sforza, Duchess of Milan. The introduction by G.F. Warner deals with the history of the manuscript and commentary about the plates and artistic content. The fine details of the drawings and the artistic merits of the composition will not fail to excite the admiration of those interested in a fine example of the Book of Hours which is considered one of the most finest examples.

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Riesenthal, Oskar von:
        Die Raubvögel Deutschlands und des angrenzenden Mittel-Europas Darstellung und Beschreibung der in Deutschland und dem angrenzenden Mitteleuropa vorkommenden Rauvögel.
      Cassel, Verlag von Thgeodor Fischer / Gera, C.B. Friesbach's Verlag, 1894. - 2. Auflage der Tafeln mit kurzem Text, 2° Folio (40x30), 3 Bl., 56 Textseiten sowie 60 chromolith Tafeln, OHldr mit LdrEckemit goldTitel und reicher goldRPräg, Leder teils berieben, obKapital minimal eingerissen, Name auf Vorsatz, 1 Tafel im Bug sorgfältig mit Papierstreifen nachfixiert, gutes Exemplar, fest und sauber, [Nissen, ZBI 782].- vollständiges und sauberes Prachwerk mit geringen Gebrauchsspuren am Original-Einband.- [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Dickens, Charles
        Works (45 volumes)
      Boston: Samuel E. Cassino, 1894. 1st. Leather bound. First Edition Thus, Limited 'Cruikshank Edition' #284 of 500 copies. 8v0. Various paginations. Original illustrated plates (with tissue guards) by George Cruikshank; the plates follow those which appeared in the first editions. Press of Berwick and Smith. Electrotyped by C.J. Peters & Sons. Bound by Estes & Lauriat of Boston in three-quarter red leather over marbled paper boards; gilt lettering to spiens; top edge gilt; deckled edges; marble endpapers. Uniformly very good plus condition (slight fading to spines; intermittent rubbing to joints, corners, and spine tips; some shelf wear to lower board edges; decorative owner bookplate in each volume); overall, an attractive set.

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Skeat, Rev. Walter W. (Ed)
        The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
      Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1894. Seven volumes complete, (1894-97), plus the pamphlet of cancelled sheets - Volume One - lxiii, [1], 568pp, [2]; Volume Two - lxxx, 506pp, [2]; Volume Three - lxxx, [10], 504pp, [2]; Volume Four - xxxii, 667pp, [3]; Volume Five - xxvi, [2], 515pp, [3]; Volume Six - ciii, [1], 445pp, [3]; Volume Seven - lxxxiv, 628pp, [4] and the pamphlet volume 'Cancelled Sheets of the Latter Portion of the Testament of Love', which reprints pages 113-160 of volume three "the material appears in the right order in the volume itself [this pamphlet exhibits] the arrangement which has appeared in all previous editions, even though such arrangement is now known to be erroneous". Uniform original cloth (except the pamphlet which is in original wrappers), title, editor, running title and publisher in gilt to spine. Spines slightly faded, some chipping to head of spines, very minor rubbing to extremities, pamphlet covers lightly browned to edges with minor chipping, internally endpapers are lightly foxed with occasional light foxing to frontispieces, previous owners book plate to front pastedowns, buy generally quite bright and clean. Important scholarly edition of Chaucer. First Edition. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

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Morris, Willima, trans
        THE TALE OF THE EMPEROR COUSTANS AND OF OVER SEA
      Hammersmith: The Kelmscott Press, 1894. Limnited to 525 paper copies. Slightest hint of rubbing to spine extremes, else pristine. Limnited to 525 paper copies. 16mo. [a]4 b-i8 k4. 72 leaves, pp. [8] [1] 2-130 [6] [=136]. Printed in Chaucer type in black with some lines and shoulder notes in red. Half titles and double-page ornamented spread incipits for each title, and with three- and six-line ornamented initials. Bound at the Doves Bindery in 1901 signed T. J. Cobden-Sanderson on the rear turn-in ("19 C - S 01"). Binding of full red crushed morocco, a.e.g. with gauffered borders, the covers with line and dot border and small cornerpieces in designs of three rose leaves, with dots and gougework, the spine with raised bands and five panels with Tudor roses and leaves. According to Tidcombe this is American collector John A. Saks copy sold by Christie's in 1983. (Tidcombe. The Dove Bindery, no. 221).Peterson Q21;.

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[Riesenthal, Oskar von.
        Die Raubvögel Deutschlands und des angrenzenden Mittel-Europas. Darstellung und Beschreibung der in Deutschland und dem angrenzenden Mitteleuropa vorkommenden Arten. 2. Auflage der Tafeln mit kurzem Text. Kassel, Theodor Fischer / C. B. Griesbach's Verlag, Gera, 1894].
      1894. (4), 56 SS. Mit 57 (von 60) chromolithographischen Tafeln. Halbleinenband der Zeit. Folio. Zweite Auflage des zuerst 1876-78 erschienenen Tafelwerkes mit dekorativen Raubvogeldarstellungen. "Da die Raubvögel mit peinlicher Naturtreue abgebildet sind, konnte sich die weitere Beschreibung ihres Aeussern auf das beschränken, was aus den Bildern nicht zu ersehen, oder auf was sonst besonders aufmerksam zu machen ist" (Vorwort). Der Forstmann und Jagdschriftsteller Riesenthal ist bekannt für seine Publikationen "Das Waidwerk" (1880) und "Das Jagdlexikon" (1882). - Einband berieben. Es fehlen der Titel sowie die Tafeln 6 (Sperber), 59 (Schleiereule) und 60 (Lapplandseule), die gesuchten Falkendarstellungen jedoch vorhanden. Nissen, IVB 782. OCLC 302340448. Vgl. Harting 127.

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(Burton, Sir Richard Francis) Camoens, Luis Vaz de
        Os Lusiadas (The Lusiads) [with] Camoens: His Life and His Lusiads [with] The Lyricks
      London: Bernard Quaritch, 1894. First Editions. Hardcover. Uniformly bound in lime green cloth decorated and lettered in gilt by the Hansard Publishing Union. Teg. Very good. 6 vols. 471, 738, 540. 17 x 11.5 cm. Translated by Richard Burton and edited by Isabel Burton. "Os Lusiadas" is often regarded as Portugal's national epic, much in the way as Virgil's Aeneid was for the Ancient Romans, or Homer's Iliad and Odyssey for the Ancient Greeks. Burton's translation was originally intended to comprise ten volumes, only six were published. Glossary, and Opinions Of The Press. PENZER, p.103-105. Bright set, slight rubbing to backstrip extremities, bookplates and owner signatures. Volume I is second issue.

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Freud, Sigmund:
        Die Abwehr-Neuropsychosen. Versuch einer psychologischen Theorie der acquirierten Hysterie, vieler Phobien und Zwangsvorstellungen und gewisser hallucinatorischer Psychosen In: Neurologisches Centralblatt, hsg. von E. Mendel, Band 13
      Leipzig Veit & Comp., 1894 (24 Hefte in 1 Bd.). 23 x 16cm, HLwd. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. RTitel und handschr. ehem. Bib.-Schild, Stempel auf Vorsatz und einzelnen Heftseiten; 1 Bl., 930 S., zahlreiche Abb. im Text, sehr gutes Exemplar Erstdruck der bedeutenden Vorabveröffentlichung zu den Studien über Hysterie (auf den S. 362-364 und 402-409). Freud fängt an, die Bedeutung der Abwehr herauszuarbeiten, und beschreibt, wie ein Patient versucht, die Erinnerung an ein mit dem Bewußtsein unverträgliches traumatisches Ereignis dadurch unschädlich zu machen, dass der zugehörige Affekt abgespalten und verschoben wird (beispielsweise in ein körperliches Symptom) Versand D: 5,00 EUR Geschichte der Psychoanalyse, Psychiatrie, Psychoanalyse, Neurose

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Kipling, Rudyard
        The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book.
      London: Macmillan, 1894-95. First editions of both volumes in The Jungle Book. Octavo, two volumes, original blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. In near fine condition with a touch of rubbing, contemporary bookplate to the The Jungle Book. Illustrated by J. L. Kipling, W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. Housed in a custom clamshell box. A very bright set. The Jungle Book is a collection of fables which provide moral instruction by using animals anthropomorphically. Each story begins and ends with a verse, and the original publications contain some illustrations that were done by Rudyard's father John Lockwood Kipling. The inspiration for the book is evident. Kipling was born in India, and he spent his childhood there. Interestingly, Kipling wrote these stories when he lived in Vermont.

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Sand, George
        François The Waif - Limited Edition
      George H. Richmond & Co, 1894. 8vo; 243, [1] pages A Very Good+ edition limited to seven hundred and fifty copies, this one being number 201, printed on Windsor hand-made in paper, top edges gilt. In the rare dust-wrapper, minor chips, along edges, light soiling; "Francois le Champi, a pretty idyl that tells of homely affections, self-devotion, 'humble cares and delicate fears,' opens a little vista into that Arcadia to which, the poet says, we were all born. It is a rustic tale, put into the mouths of peasants, who relate it with a primitive simplicity, sweet and full of sentiment." Translated from the original French by Jane Minot Sedgwick

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Twain, Mark [PSUED Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910)
        The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson And the Comedy of Those Extraordinary Twins
      American Publishing Company, Hartford 1894 - 432 pages with illustrated with frontispiece from photograph of Twain with tissue-guard; marginal drawings throughout. Octavo(9" x 6 1/4") bound in original rust decorative cloth, lettered in gilt, grey end-papers and red sprinkled edges. (BAL:3442) First American Edition, First Issue. With BAL first issue points: title page integrally bound (not on a stub), frontispiece with Twain's facsimile autograph 1-7/16" wide, and sheets bulk 1-1/8." Pudd'nhead Wilson is a novel by Mark Twain. It was serialized in The Century Magazine (18934), before being published as a novel in 1894. The setting is the fictional Missouri frontier town of Dawson's Landing on the banks of the Mississippi River in the first half of the 19th century. David Wilson, a young lawyer, moves to town and a clever remark of his is misunderstood, which causes locals to brand him a "pudd'nhead")a nitwit. His hobby of collecting fingerprints does not raise his standing in the townsfolk's eyes, who see him as an eccentric and do not frequent his law practice. Pudd'nhead Wilson moves into the background as the focus shifts to the slave Roxy, her son, and the family they serve. Roxy is only one-sixteenth black, and her son Valet de Chambre (referred to as "Chambers") is only 1/32 black. Roxy is principally charged with caring for her inattentive master's infant son Tom Driscoll, who is the same age as her own son. After fellow slaves are caught stealing and are nearly sold "down the river", to a master further south, Roxy fears for her life and the life of her son. First she decides to kill herself and Chambers to avoid being sold down the river, but then decides instead to switch Chambers and Tom in their cribs so that her son will live a life of privilege. The narrative moves forward two decades, and Tom Driscoll (formerly Valet de Chambre), believing himself to be wholly white and raised as a spoiled aristocrat, has grown to be a selfish and dissolute young man. Tom's father has died and granted Roxy her freedom. Roxy worked for a time on river boats, and saved money for her retirement. When she finally is able to retire, she discovers that her bank has failed and all of her savings are gone. She returns to Dawson's Landing to ask for money from Tom. Tom meets Roxy with derision and Roxy tells him that he is her son, and uses this fact to blackmail him into financially supporting her. Twin Italian noblemen visit the town to some fanfare, and Tom quarrels with one. Then at last, desperate for money, Tom robs and murders his wealthy uncle and the blame falls wrongly on one of the Italians. Thereafter the story takes on the form of a crime novel. In a courtroom scene, the whole mystery is solved when Wilson demonstrates, through fingerprints, that Tom is both the murderer, and not the real Driscoll heir. The book ends in bitter irony. Although the real Tom Driscoll is restored to his rights, his life changes for the worse, for having been raised a slave, he feels intense unease in white society, while as a white man he is forever excluded from the company of blacks. In a final twist, the murdered man's creditors successfully petition the governor to have Tom's death sentence overturned. Now that he is shown to be black, he is a slave, and as such, is rightfully their property. His sale "down the river" helps them recoup their losses. Condition: Corners gently bumped, previous ownership tag to front pastedown else a better than very good copy. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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George Egerton = Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright / Dt. Erstausgabe Übers.: Dora Landé Rarität
        DISSONANZEN = DEUTSCHE ERSTAUSGABE 1896 (engl. "Discords" 1894)
      George Egerton - Discords (1894) Einzig autorisierte Übersetzung von Dora Landé. Druck von Greßner und Schramm , Leipzig Inhalt 1. Kind - Mädchen - Weib 2. Ihr einziges Glück 3. Untergegangen 4. Ehestand 5. Jungfräulichkeit 6. Wiedergeburt Gebundene Ausgabe Halbleinen Marmorierter Einband in changierendem Rot blauer Leinenrücken. Äußerlich mit kleinen Spuren, die Seiten wie neu, gutes Papier, ohne Bräunungen. Innen Top Zustand, fester Buchblock, sauber, ohne jegliche Knicke oder Anmerkungen. Aus Nichtraucherhaushalt. Rarität aus meiner Büchersammlung aus dem 19. Jh. George Egerton (Pseudonym, 1859-1945)eigentl. Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright. Ihr Einfluß auf James Joyce, D.H. Lawrence, Th. Hardy ist legendär. Orig. Buchblock, m. ern. Einbanddeckeln in marmoriertem Ton.

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Reiffenstein, Karl Theodor:
        Frankfurt am Main, die freie Stadt in Bauwerken und Straßenbildern. Nach des Künstlers Aquarellen und Zeichnungen aus dem Städtischen historischen Museum und aus Privatbesitz.
      Frankfurt am Main, Jügel, 1894-1899. Erste (1.) Ausgabe. 6 Hefte (alles Erschienene). Mit 72 (13 farb. u. mont.) Tafeln, 12 Seiten u. 6 Hefttitelblätter. Kl.-Folio (38,5 x 28,5 cm), Text u. Tafeln wie erschienen lose in Orig.-Heftumschlägen in roter Orig.-Leinwandmappe mit Deckeltitel und Deckelillustration. Sauer 824, Demandt I, 774. \"Einzig in seiner Art und zugleich von besonderer lokalgeschichtlicher Bedeutung\" (Sauer). Mit kurzen Erklärungen zu den Tafeln von Otto Cornill und einer biographischen Einleitung von G. Beck. Erster Heftumschlag mit leichten Gebrauchspuren, Mappe an den Kanten minimal berieben. Sehr gutes Exemplar. Versand D: 5,00 EUR

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S. Cid Kaoui
        Dictionnaire Français-Tamaheq 1894
      A. Jourdan Alger 1894 Relié. La reliure est frottée, les coins et les bords des plats sont usés mais la reliure est solide. Contenant : tous les mots de la langue française traduisibles en tamâheq soit directement, soit par des phrases. La traduction en tamâheq de tous ces mots avec la prononciation figurée en caractères français et en caractères tifinar' les différentes acceptions des mots avec de nombreux exemples, dictons, proverbes, traits de moeurs des Imouhar. L'indication du genre, du nombre, des noms . etc. Cid kaoui était interprète militaire, membre de la Société historique algérienne. Bon exemplaire.

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Goslin, H. C.
        H. C. Goslin. H. M. S. 'Porpoise' China [cover title]
      n.p., n.d., 1894. A sailor's personal record of ships from the British Royal Navy, Japanese Imperial Navy, and the Chinese Beiyang Navy: a unique record in a small notebook compiled by H.C. Goslin measuring 5Â¾" x 4", unpaginated but approx. 130 pages, containing 26 small black and white albumen photographs showing ships and 35 hand-colored Japanese albumen photographs (3 loosely inserted, one damaged with a little loss along left edge) showing Japanese scenes and people. On the page facing the photographs of the ships Goslin has handwritten details about each ship including its performance and armament specifications, strengths and weaknesses. Most photographs measure approximately 5Â¼" x 3Â½". Upper cover and first photograph damp stained, some of the Japanese photographs are a little faded causing the red coloring to show more prominently but overall the photographs are in reasonablly good condition. Wrappers a bit waterstained, and with the spine partially perished. Damp staining has significantly affected the first photograph and text opposite with a little occasional staining on a few other leaves not affecting the photographs. Ships represented in this record are H.M.S. Porpoise 1894 (two photographs one considerably waterstained); H.M.S. Archer 1894; H.M.S. Imperieuse 1893; H.M.S. Centurion, 1894; Japanese Navy ships: Matsushima - 2 photographs; Kongo; Akitsushima; Takow; Yoshino; Naniwa; Yamato; Itsuksuhima; Hashidate; Chiyoda; Fuso 2 images of which one has the photograph reversed; and photographs of the then newly European built Chinese naval vessels from the Beiyang Fleet: Ting Yuen; Lai Yuen; Chen Yuen; E Yuen; the Russian Gunboat Bobi; H.M.S. Mercury; H.M.S. Plover; H.M.S. Servern. There are also handwritten details of a further 5 Japanese ships without accompanying photographs, the Tsukushi, Seiki, Musashi, Rio-Jo, and Yateyama. An interesting and unique personal record of the ships that British sailor, H.C. Goslin was aware of and probably saw while on the China Station. The H.M.S. Archer was serving on the China Station in 1894 when Japanese forces surrounded Seoul. A landing party was sent to protect the British Consul-General after he was threatened by the Japanese forces. Between 7th of September 1900 and the 5th of December 1903, H.M.S. Archer served on the Australia station. H.M.S. Imperieuse served on the Pacific Station 1896-1899. H.M.S. Centurion was the flagship of the China Station between 1894 and 1905 and supported the Allied Forces during the Boxer Rebellion. As well as documenting British ships serving in East Asia in the last years of the 19th century, Goslin records ships from both the Japanese Navy and the ill-fated Chinese Beiyang Navy.

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Gauguin, Paul (1848 - 1903)
 Mahana Atua [The Day of God]
 Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Woodcut, 1894-5, on Chine volant, a proof apart from the signed and numbered edition of 100 published by the artist's son, Pola Gauguin in Copenhagen in 1921. Monogram "PGO" in plate lower left, title "Mahana Atua" lower right. Image size 7 1/8" x 8", sight 7 3/4" x 8 3/4", frame 15 1/2" x 16 1/2". In very good condition, not examined out of the frame. Mongan/Kornfeld/Joachim 31. Paul Gauguin began to paint in his late 20s. A restless man, he traveled and worked in the French regions of Brittany and Provence as well as South and Central Americas. In 1891, he moved to the French colony of Tahiti in search of "ecstasy, calm, and art." He spent all but two of the remaining years of his life in the South Seas. When he returned to France in 1893, he spent most of his time in Paris promoting his work and writing and illustrating Noa Noa, a fictionalized account of his Tahitian experience. Set in a Tahitian landscape by the sea, the composition is divided into three horizontal bands. At the top, islanders perform a ritual near a towering sculpture. Like many figures in Gauguin's Tahitian images, the monumental sculpture was derived not from local religion but from photographs of carved reliefs adorning the Buddhist temple complex at Borobudur (Java). In the middle band, three symmetrically arranged figures are placed against a field of pink earth in poses that may signify birth, life, and death. The woman in the center, formally linked to the sculpture at the top, is similar in appearance to other depictions of Tahitian females who Gauguin used to suggest the Christian figure of Eve in paradise. The lower portion of the composition evokes contrasting hues reflected in the water. Gauguin's Post-Impressionist style, defined by a decreasing tendency to depict real objects and the expressive use of flat, curving shapes, influenced many abstract painters of the early 20th century.

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THE STROBRIDGE LITHOGRAPHY COMPANY
 Hoyt's A Black Sheep
 New York: The Strobridge Lith. Co., 1894. Original poster. Color lithograph. 38.75 x 29 inches. This beautiful 1894 poster for Charles Hale Hoyt's 'A Black Sheep And How it Came Out in the Wash' an image of features Fanny Da Costa "The Queen of Burlesque". The New York Times called the play a success and a big hit. According to the review "'A Black Sheep' is amusing, and it has an understandable story. It carries as many singing and dancing 'specialties' as Mr. Hoyt ever out into 'The Tin Soldier' or 'The Brass Monkey'; but those specialties are not introduced in the usual 'I'll-sing-a-song-that-will-tell-you-all-about-it' style." Charles H. Hoyt was a popular American dramatist in the late 19th century. He wrote over twenty comedy dramas, often involving baseball. This is a scarce poster for one of his popular work. The poster is in good condition with some wear along the folds. Minor edge wear and toning at places. Large rip on the right hand of the poster, repaired on verso.

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McCain, Charles W., compiler
        HISTORY OF THE SS. "BEAVER"...ALSO CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY FROM ITS FORMATION IN 1670, DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME...
      Vancouver, 1894. 99pp. Illus. Original gilt cloth. Cloth bit soiled, hinges tender, last two leaves a bit rumpled. Internally clean. Good. [with:] A KEEPSAKE OF THE "BEAVER." THE FIRST STEAMER IN PACIFIC WATERS. Vancouver. 1901. [1]pp. with commemorative copper medal. [with:] Another example of the commemorative medal, loose. A brief history of the Beaver, a pioneer steamer of the Hudson's Bay Company which played an important role in the history of the Northwest. Also includes a biography of Captain McNeill, and a chronology of developments in steam since its introduction in 1769. The book is accompanied by two examples of the commemorative medal "made of the copper fastenings from the hull and bronze portions of engines of the steamship BEAVER." One of the medals is affixed by ribbon to a card mount, with one page of explanatory text folded inside the mount, as issued. The other medal is loose. Interestingly, in the book, McCain describes his salvage operation on the wreck of the Beaver, and his utilization of the copper and bronze fittings for medals he had minted as souvenirs. Howes and Soliday indicate copies issued with the medal, but such was not always the case. A rare group relating to a famous Canadian steamship. HOWES M26. EBERSTADT 106:196. SOLIDAY B939 (with medal). SMITH 2281.

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        Das Bauernhaus in Österreich-Ungarn und in seinen Grenzgebieten. Herausgegeben vom Österr. Ingenieur- und Architekten-Verein. [Textband und Atlas].
      (Textband:) Lex.-8. XII(2), 228 S. Mit 67 Textabb. u. 6 tls. gef. Taf. Unaufgeschnittene OBrosch. Buchblock etw. verzogen, Einriss am ob. Kapital. (Atlasband:) Folio. Titel, 1 Bl. (Verzeichnis), 75 tls. photogr. Foliotafeln und 1 Hausformen-Karte in OHLeinenflügelmappe. Mappe stärker angeschmutzt, fleckig u. z. Tl. m. Kratz- u. Schabspuren, Leinenrü. an einer Stelle geworfen, die Tafeln papierbed. geringf. gebräunt, aber sauber u. kaum abgegriffen. Seltene, sehr umfassende Monographie zur Bauernhausforschung in den Gebieten des österreichischen Kaiserreiches. Mit einem geschichtlichen Teil von M. Haberlandt und einem von Anton Dachler bearbeiteten Kapitel über Anlage, Herstellung und Zierformen des Bauernhauses. Im Anhang mit einem Orts- und Sachregister. Der Atlasband neben Abbildungen aus den heutigen österreichischen Bundesländern auch mit Beispielen aus Krain, dem Küstenland, Böhmen, Mähren, Österreichisch-Schlesien, Galizien, Bukowina, Ungarn, Siebenbürgen und Kroatien. Die Tafeln mit photographischen Abbildungen, Grundrissen sowie Detail- u. Übersichtszeichnungen. - Der Verband Deutscher Ingenieur- und Architekten-Vereine sowie der Schweizer und der Österreichische beschlossen bereits 1894 die Herausgabe ihres jeweiligen Gebietsteiles. Wohl auch getragen von dem Stilphänomen Heimatstil der für die Gestaltung ländlicher Sommerhäuser v.a. der Oberschicht sich die bäuerliche Architektur als Vorbild nahm.

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Austen, Jane; Thomson, Hugh [Illustrator]
        Pride and Prejudice
      London: George Allen, 1894. Very Good. First edition thus. Dark green cloth with gilt stamped peacock, illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Very Good with lean to binding. Spine cloth darkened and gilt on spine dulled. Cloth lightly rubbed at rear. Light fraying at corners and spine ends. Previous owner inscriptions to prelims. Heavy foxing at prelims and terminals, though pages mostly clear, a bit toned. Elaborate gilt stamping of a peacock on the front cover is just a touch rubbed, and remains very sharp and bright. A rather nice copy of a book produced with such exquisite and unparalleled beauty.

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Twain, Mark [PSUED Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910)
        The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson And the Comedy of Those Extraordinary Twins
      432 pages with illustrated with frontispiece from photograph of Twain with tissue-guard; marginal drawings throughout. Octavo(9" x 6 1/4") bound in original rust decorative cloth, lettered in gilt, grey end-papers and red sprinkled edges. (BAL:3442) First American Edition, First Issue.With BAL first issue points: title page integrally bound (not on a stub), frontispiece with Twain's facsimile autograph 1-7/16" wide, and sheets bulk 1-1/8."Pudd'nhead Wilson is a novel by Mark Twain. It was serialized in The Century Magazine (1893â€“4), before being published as a novel in 1894. The setting is the fictional Missouri frontier town of Dawson's Landing on the banks of the Mississippi River in the first half of the 19th century. David Wilson, a young lawyer, moves to town and a clever remark of his is misunderstood, which causes locals to brand him a "pudd'nhead")â€”a nitwit. His hobby of collecting fingerprints does not raise his standing in the townsfolk's eyes, who see him as an eccentric and do not frequent his law practice. Pudd'nhead Wilson moves into the background as the focus shifts to the slave Roxy, her son, and the family they serve. Roxy is only one-sixteenth black, and her son Valet de Chambre (referred to as "Chambers") is only 1/32 black. Roxy is principally charged with caring for her inattentive master's infant son Tom Driscoll, who is the same age as her own son. After fellow slaves are caught stealing and are nearly sold "down the river", to a master further south, Roxy fears for her life and the life of her son. First she decides to kill herself and Chambers to avoid being sold down the river, but then decides instead to switch Chambers and Tom in their cribs so that her son will live a life of privilege. The narrative moves forward two decades, and Tom Driscoll (formerly Valet de Chambre), believing himself to be wholly white and raised as a spoiled aristocrat, has grown to be a selfish and dissolute young man. Tom's father has died and granted Roxy her freedom. Roxy worked for a time on river boats, and saved money for her retirement. When she finally is able to retire, she discovers that her bank has failed and all of her savings are gone. She returns to Dawson's Landing to ask for money from Tom. Tom meets Roxy with derision and Roxy tells him that he is her son, and uses this fact to blackmail him into financially supporting her. Twin Italian noblemen visit the town to some fanfare, and Tom quarrels with one. Then at last, desperate for money, Tom robs and murders his wealthy uncle and the blame falls wrongly on one of the Italians. Thereafter the story takes on the form of a crime novel. In a courtroom scene, the whole mystery is solved when Wilson demonstrates, through fingerprints, that Tom is both the murderer, and not the real Driscoll heir. The book ends in bitter irony. Although the real Tom Driscoll is restored to his rights, his life changes for the worse, for having been raised a slave, he feels intense unease in white society, while as a white man he is forever excluded from the company of blacks. In a final twist, the murdered man's creditors successfully petition the governor to have Tom's death sentence overturned. Now that he is shown to be black, he is a slave, and as such, is rightfully their property. His sale "down the river" helps them recoup their losses.Condition:Corners gently bumped, previous ownership tag to front pastedown else a better than very good copy.

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Woldeck Fritz
        Die Frau Major. Lustspiel in einem Aufzug. Soufflierbuch mit einem Dekorationsplan und der vollständigen Regiebearbeitung. (Reclams Universal Bibliothek - RUB 4020).
      erste Ausgabe / sehr selten! Zustand: geringfügige Gebrauchsspuren / Knick am Rückdeckel der Autor duerfte heute als unbekannt gelten. Auch einschlaegige Lexika der Zeit fuehren diesen Autoren nicht. Vorliegende Ausgabe ist - sicher auf Grund der kleinen Seitenzahl - klammergeheftet was sehr ungewoehlich ansgesichts des Erscheinungsjahres des Buechleins ist denn ab etwa 1894 wurden die Reclam-Heftchen mit einer Fadenheftung versehen. Eine absolute Raritaet innherhalb der Reclam-Reihe!___Dieser Titel wird nicht per Versand verkauft sondern nur gegen Barzahlung in unseren Geschaeftsraeumen. Der Eintrag in unserer Datenbank dient lediglich der Information des interessierten Kunden. Bei Interesse sprechen Sie uns bitte an. Vielen Dank fuer Ihre Aufmerksamkeit!___

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Fritz, Georg
        Mark Brandenburg. 30 Originalradierungen von Georg Fritz mit einem Geleitwort von Dr. Willy Kurth.
      Imperial-Folio. 3 Bl. Text, 1 w. Bl. u. 30 Bl. Orig.-Radierungen in OHpgt.-Mappe m. goldgeprägt. Deckelillustration. Nr. 13 von 60 num. Exemplaren. Alle 30 Blätter sind vom Künstler numeriert u. signiert. - Vollmer 2,167 erwähnt 30 Radierungen von Georg Fritz (1894-1967). Das vorliegende Exemplar trägt einen Zwischentitel, der 60 Radierungen nennt und hs. mit "2. Folge" bezeichnet ist. - Beginnt mit "Märkische Dorfstraße" u. enthält u.a. die Schlösser in Berlin, Cüstrin, Cöpenick, Dobrilugk, Sorau, Schwedt u. Wiesenburg, den Park von Sanssouci, Ansichten aus Alt-Döbern, Brandenburg, Jüterbog, Mittenwalde, Schwedt, Landschaftsbilder etc. - Die Mappe stärker berieben, Überzugspapier stellenweise fehlend, innen Tasche abgelöst.Titelbl. gebräunt. Seidenpapiere nicht alle vorhanden. Die Taf. nur am äußersten Rande etw. abgegriffen. Teilweise Bräunung durch Abklatsch d. Seidenpapiere. - Sehr schöne Radierungen.

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TISSANDIER, Gaston
        Livres Minuscules La plus Grande BibliothÃ¨que des plus Petits Livres du Monde Collection de M Georges Salomon Extrait de La Nature
      Illus. in the text. 2 p.l., 20 pp. Small 4to, orig. printed wrappers bound in cont. red straight-grained morocco (upper cover with the slightest abrasions), single gilt fillet round sides, flat spine gilt, t.e.g. Paris: G. Masson, 1894. First edition of this very uncommon bibliography of miniature books, based on the celebrated collection of Georges Salomon. He formed the largest 19th-century collection of such books, numbering about 700 volumes. They were later dispersed; many of them found their way into the library of Arthur A. Houghton Jr. and were sold at auction in 1979. This copy, specially bound in fine red straight-grained morocco, comes from the library of the Tissandier Brothers. Fine copy. ❧ Besterman 3975-76.

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        Liebig-Bilder-Serie: ( Véritable Extrait de Viande Liebig ): Sanguinetti-Nummer 423: Rebus 13 ( mit goldenem Schild )
      ( Liebig-Bilder-Serie in Chromolithographie gedruckt, teils unter Verwendung von Gold und Silber. Bildgröße 10 x 7 cm: Katalognummer und Erscheinungsjahr nach dem Katalog von Sanguinetti ermittelt: Serie in französischer Sprache ): Hier die Serie Nummer 423: " Rebus 13 " aus dem Jahrgang 1894 ( Serie nur in Frankreich erschienen / italienischer Titel: " Rebus 13. con cartellone dorato " ). Gezeigt werden: " Il faut chercher la malle que jai laissee ici, ou est-elle? / Mon pinson sest echappe, ou le rattraperai-je? / Bonne recompense a qui trouvera le chat de la Mere Michel! / Pendant quel siecle est ne Raphael? / Ou diable le domestique a-t-il mis mon paraplute? / Un coup de vent ma enleve mon chapeau, ou le retrouver? ". Zusammen 6 Bilder von insgesamt guter Erhaltung. ( Pic erhältlich / webimage available )

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Wriggers, Adolf Henry
        Ölgemälde " Bauernhaus im Hammer Park ".
      Schönes Ölgemälde auf Pappe des 1894 geborenen und 1984 verstorbenen Hamburger Künstlers, der lange Zeit in Hamburg-Eppendorf lebte. Gezeigt wird ein altes Bauernhaus vor reichen Staudenrabatten im Hammer Park in Hamburg-Hamm. Bildmaße 28 x 30 cm ( Höhe x Breite ), alt gerahmt ( schlichte Rahmung ), Rahmenmaße 35 x 37,5 cm ( Höhe x Breite ). Links unten signiert mit " Wriggers 23 ". Verso findet sich eine handschriftliche Notiz ( möglicherweise des Künstlers ) " Adolf Wriggers, Maler + Graphiker, Hamburg 20, Tarpenbekstr. 66 - Motiv aus dem Hammerpark, Öl, 1923 ". Der Rahmen gering beschädigt, sonst von farbfrischer, guter Erhaltung. ( Gewicht 700 Gramm ) ( Pic erhältlich / webimage available )

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