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Seidel, Paul (Hrsg.):
        Hohenzollern - Jahrbuch 1897 - 1916. Forschungen und Abbildungen zur Geschichte der Hohenzollern in Brandenburg-Preußen. 18 Bände von insgesamt 20. (Ohne die Bände 5, 1901 und Band 18, 1914). Mit Beiträgen von Dr. Bailleu, Prof. Dr. Berner, Dr. Friedländer,Dr. Granier, Dr. Hintze, Dr. Koser, Dr. Krauske, Dr. Krieger, Dr. Seidel, Dr. Ubisch, Dr. Volz und anderen. (Band 4: Festausgabe zur zweihunderjährigen Jubelfeier der Preußischen Königskrone 18. Januar 1701 bis 18. Januar 1901.. Band 15 Festausgabe zum zweihundertsten Geburtstage Friedrichs des Großen 24. Januar 1712 bis 24. Januar 1912.)
      Berlin und Leipzig: Verlag von Giesecke & Devrient, 1897 - 1916.. Jeder Band mit zahlreichen Textabbildungen, Plänen, Wappen, Medaillen usw., teils farbigen Vollbildern auf Tafeln, sowie teils faksimilierten Beilagen und Stammtafeln. 35, 5 x 27 cm, grüne Original-Leinenbände mit goldgeprägten Deckel- und Rückentiteln und illustrierten Vorsätzen nach Zeichnung von Prof. E. Doepler d. J., Kopfgoldschnitt (Bände 15 und 19, 1911 und 1915, abweichend gebunden: Original-Halbleinenbände mit goldgeprägten Deckel- und Rückentiteln. Einbandtitel: Brandenburg-Preußens Geschichte, Kultur und Kunst in Einzeldarstellungen und Meisterbildern. Hohenzollern-Jahrbuch).. Dem Jahrgang 17 von 1913 beigelegt ist die Inhaltsangabe und das alphabetische Namen- und Sachregister von Band 1 bis XVII, 56 Seiten. Dem Jahrgang 6 fehlt eine Beilage (Friedrich Wilhelm der Große Kurfürst von Brandenburg und seine erste Gemahlin Louise Henriette von Oranien. Nach einem Olgemälde von G. Honthorst); dem 16 Band fehlen 3 Beilagen (Friedrich der Große, 1 Portät nach Pesne und 1 von J. H. Chr. Franke; 1 Bildnis einer Sängerin von der Oper Friedrichs d. Gr. von Pesne), sonst sind alle Bände vollständig. "Das Hohenzollern-Jahrbuch , jährlich erscheinend, bildet einen Mittelpunkt für die heute überall verstreuten Forschungen über die Geschichte der Hohenzollern und ihrer Tätigkeit für den Staat.Zahlreiche Mitarbeiter von bedeutendem Ruf unterstützen den Herausgeber durch wertvolle Beiträge für den literarischenTeil. Ganz eigenartig ist indessen das Jahrbuch in seiner Erscheinung dadurch, daß neben der literarischen Daestellung auf die Illustrierung nach zeitgenössischen Quellen ganz besonderer Wert gelegt wird. . . . Das Hohenzollern - Jahrbuch setzt sich in bezug auf die Darstellungen die Aufgabe, folgende Gebiete ganz besonders zu pflegen: Portätgalerie des Brandenburgisch-Preußischen Königshauses, und solch er Männer die sich um das Haus Hohenzollern und den Brandenburgisch-Preußischen Staat besonders verdient gemacht haben, zeitgenössiche Darstellungen von wichtigen Ereignissen, wie Schlachtendarstellungen und Pläne, Darstellungen von Staatsaktionen usw., Denkmäler der Hohenzollern, die eigenen Leisstungen der Hohenzollern auf Künstlerischem, literarischen und issenschaftlichem Gebiete, Wahlsprücher der Hohenzollern und Abbildungen besonders bemerkenswerter Urkunden derselben, Baugeschichte der königlischen Schlösser und Gärten, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe, Baugeschichte der Hofkirchen und Fürstengrüfte, Geschichte der Musik, der Oper, Geschichte des Jagd- und Marstallwesens." ("Das Hohenzollern-Jahrbuch" in der Beilage zu Band 17) * * *Die meisten Bände ehemalige Bibliotheksexemplare unterschiedlichster Provenienz, auf dem Titel gestempelt, Spuren entfernter Standortsignaturen auf den Rücken. Einbände der Bände 1 und 2 berieben und fleckig, Band 14 etwas fleckig und angelockert, die restlichen Bände ordentlich und gut erhalten. In dieser fast erreichten Vollständigkeit sehr selten.

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Schwarz, August Friedrich:
        Phanerogamen- und Gefässkryptogamen-Flora der Umgegend von Nürnberg-Erlangen und des angrezenden Teiles des Fränkischen Jura um Freistadt, Neumarkt, Hersbruck, Muggendorf, Hollfeld.
      Nürnberg, U. E. Sebald 1897 - EA - Erstausgabe. 5 Bände gebunden in 3 Bänden. Band 1 (I. oder allgemeiner Teil, 1897) mit drei mehrfach ausfaltbaren Tafeln mit 9 farbigen geologischen Schnitten und einer große mehrfach ausfaltbare farbige Karte. Teil 2: II. oder spezieller Teil, 1897. Band 3: II. oder spezieller Teil, 2. Folge: Die Calycifloren, 1899. Band 4: II. oder spezieller Teil, 3. Folge: Corolliflorae, Monochlamideae, 1900. Band 5: II. oder spezieller Teil, 4. Folge: Monocotyledones, Gymnospermae, Pteridophyta. Index. 1901. 1.450 Seiten, durchgehend paginiert. Jeder Band mit eigenem Titelblatt. Die Bände 1 und 2 in einem Band sowie 4 und 5 in einem Band gebunden. Ca. 16,5 cm x ca. 13 cm, zusammen ca. 10 cm stark, ca. 1,6 kg schwer. Ringsum marmorierter Schnitt. Einheitliche neuere Halbleineneinbände mit goldgeprägten Rückentiteln. - Bedeutende und sehr seltene Regionalflora mit sehr ausführlichen Fundortangaben. Erstklassiger Zustand! Nicht berieben oder bestoßen. Keine Einträge. Papier ganz überwiegend nicht gebräunt, nur sehr vereinzelt minimal altersfleckig. Bindung sehr gut und fest. Zustand I (deutsche Schulnotenskala). Auf Wunsch senden wir Ihnen gern per Email Fotos des Werkes zu., [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Drollinger, Eugen:
        Architektonisches Skizzenbuch des Architekten Eugen Drollinger aus München. - Schwerpunkte der Skizzen sind Südtirol, Oberbayern und Rothenburg o.d.T.
      - München, 1897 u. ff.; 1918; ca. 12,2 (H) x 17,8 cm (quer). Original-Skizzenbuch des Architekten Eugen Drollinger aus München, mit dessen eigenhändigen Besitzeintrag auf dem vorderen Anklebevorsatz: "Eugen Drollinger, Architekt / München, Briennerstraße 26/0 (?) / 1897"; von den 44 Blättern sind auf 32 Blättern Bleistift-Skizzen zu finden, 5 Blätter davon sind doppelseitig mit Zeichnungen versehen, eine Zeichnung ist mit Farbstiften angefertigt; die Skizzen zeigen zumeist achitektonische Details innen wie außen, sie reichen von einfachen Mustern und Ausmessungen über detaillierte Teilansichten bis zu 2 kompletten Außenansichten. Die Skizzen sind zum Teil beschriftet und können in diesen Fällen wie folgt zugeordnet werden: "Altes Schlachthaus Heilbrunn (?) / 13. Sept 97" (Säulendetails); "Haus-Ecke bei St. Jacob / S. Ulrich / 7. Sept. 98"; "Muster auf dem Gewand d. heil. Christoferus / St. Jacob" mit Farbangaben; "Altes Haus bei St. Ulrich / 8. Sept. 98 (Jahreszahl 1693 mit Blumenranken; vermutlich Gröden/Südtirol); "Füllung am Betstuhl St. Jacob-Kapelle / 6. Sept. 98" Farbzeichnung); "8.IX.98 / Kapelle Fischburg b./ Wolkenstein (detaillierte Fensternischen-Ansicht mit verzierten Säulen und Gewölbe); "Plafondtheilung Capelle"; "Fischburg /Stuccornament Kapelle / 8. Sept. 98"; "Holzplafond in d. / Fischburg b/ Christina / Grödnerthal 8.IX.98"; "Fischburg, / 8.9.98" (Gesamtansicht); "Kamine Gries"; "Thüre Bozen"; dann: "Steingaden / Ostern 1901" (Säulen); "Prien" (Säule); "Baluster Hohenaschau"; "Garmisch / Stirnbrett"; Gmund / Säule / bemalt"; "Hohenaschau / gemalt: Fensteraufsatz"; "Bretteraufsatz über einem Fenster / Brettausschnitt / Gemalt"; spätere Skizzen: "Rothenburg / o.d.T. 13.V.18; "Wolfgangskirche Emporenbrüstung um 1650" / . / Rothenburg o.d.T. 14.V.18". - Die Skizzen-Mappe besitzt einen naturfarbenen Ganz-Leinwand-Einband mit Steckhülse für Zeichen-Stift. - Einband etwas fleckig, Aufhängung gelockert; eine Verbindung zwischen 2 Lagen angeplatzt, Inhalt aber noch fest; Inhalt etwas finger- und leicht braunfleckig; insgesamt noch passable Erhaltung. - Beiliegen 2 weiter Skizzenblätter auf dünnerem Papier und etwas kleinerem Format, eine Wegkapelle (dat. 7.9.18) und einen Kirchturm darstellend. Eugen Drollinger, 1958 bis 1930, war Hofoberbaurat im Hofbaubüro für Königsschlösser und letzter Baumeister König Ludwigs II. Nach 1918 stand er in gleicher Eigenschaft im Dienst der Verwaltung des ehemaligen Kronguts. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Dalrymple, W.].
        The GolferÕs Referee. Compiled by The Editor of ÒThe Golfer.Ó
      - Edinburgh & London: W. H. White & Co. Ltd./Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd. [1897]. Small 8vo, (1), 99pp. Original red cloth stamped in black. Bookplate affixed to front pastedown. Some water-staining to top cover, as well as buckling to top and bottom boards. Owner inscription in pencil to front free endpaper. First edition. ÒA small and scarce book on the rules of golf.Ó - PBA. D&J D2440. No copy listed online (08/10-01/11). Last copy at auction, 2006 -- $500, faded, stained, and spotted. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Brinkley, Captain F (editor)
        Japan Described and Illustrated By the Japanese Written By Eminent Japanese Authorities and Scholars
      Boston, MA: (1897-98): J.B. Millet Co. Folio. 15 section (volume) set, 260 illustrations which includes 30 albumen photographs hand colored and 15 color collotypes (by K. Ogawa of flowers), 382 pp. Bound in pictorial stiff paper wraps backed in red cloth, Japanese fan-fold (i.e. uncut double pages) and containing the insert cautioning not to cut the pages. The plates are not numbered but this particular edition contains the five K. Ogawa flower collotypes which are normally not found in 10 volume sets. Section one has large chip to head of front panel, #14 chip to rear upper corner and #15 heavy chipping along bottom edge and smaller chip to front panel of wrappers, with some overall toning to wrappers, only minute wear to spines, otherwise a very nice worthwhile set.

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ZOLA Emile
        Messidor EDITION ORIGINALE ENVOI AUTOGRAPHE
      Paris: Fasquelle, 1897. Fine. Fasquelle, Paris 1897, 13x19,5cm, relié. - first edition on the current paper. Binding to bradel half percaline fir, smooth back with a gold floral pattern, date and dual gold tail thread, as burgundy shagreen room with two scratches, marbled paper plates, two corners lightly bumped, binding of time. Signed autograph of the author Henri Meilhac. Nice copy. --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are inaccurate. Contact us for any information! - [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale sur papier courant. Reliure à la bradel en demi percaline sapin, dos lisse orné d'un motif floral doré, date et double filet dorés en queue, pièce de titre de chagrin bordeaux comportant deux éraflures, plats de papier marbré, deux coins légèrement émoussés, reliure de l'époque. Envoi autographe signé de Emile Zola à Henri Meilhac. Agréable exemplaire.

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Carroll, Lewis
        The Hunting of the Snark
      Done into types at The Philosopher Press and published in Wausau Wisconsin by Van Vechten & Ellis, Wausau, WI 1897 - First Edition Thus, Limited Edition #26 of 333 copies. The first publication of The Philosopher Press. Large 12mo. [93] pp; 9 illustrated plates, diagrams & red chapter initials by Gardner C. Teall. With a word by way of palliation, put in by William H. Ellis. Half brown morocco spine over rust cloth boards; dark brown embossed lettering to spine; deckled fore-edges. Light spotting to covers; spine professionally restored with original spine label laid down; light foxing to first two pages; small dampstaining to fore-edge of a few pages; a very good copy. In 1897, Helen Gilbert Van Vechten and her husband Philip, along with partner William Ellis, founded The Philosopher Press. Helen became fascinated by the bookmaking business and before long made a discovery which revolutionized the hand printing process, devising a solution for feeding deckle-edged paper that ensured accurate registration on both sides of the sheet. Helen personally printed every issue of the Philosopher Press, this being the first one. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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WELLS, H[erbert] G[eorge] (1866-1946)
        The Invisible Man. A Grotesque Romance
      London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897., 1897. FIRST EDITION, First Issue. Octavo, pp.[viii]; 246; [2], adverts, with page 1 incorrectly numbered as 2, rubric lettered title-page. Publisher's pictorial red cloth. Contents toned as usual, inner joints started, owner name to flyleaf (dated Oct 13, 1897). Cloth is rubbed and dusty but without major defects. A prefectly sound and affordable copy of Wells' classic sci-fi novella; a commentary on the misuse of science for selfish ends - the famous story of a scientist who tampers with nature in his pursuit of superhuman powers. Geoffrey H. Wells [11]. Bleiler; Checklist of Fantastic Literature [279]. Shorter New Cambridge Bibliography (Eng.Lit.) 1293-8. See also Haining; H.G.Wells' Scrapbook.

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Burton, Captain Sir R. F
        THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT In Twelve Volumes with IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPHED, SIGNED LETTER FROM BURTON TO LARKING [dedicatee of vol. VII) Inserted
      London: H. S. Nichols Ltd, 1897. An outstanding "association" copy including an important original autographed letter (in Burton's hand), signed from Burton to his friend and dedicatee of (the original) vol. VII, John Wingfield Larking. The set includes the bookplate of R.N. W. L. (Reginald Nesbitt Wingfield Larking) grandson of J. W. Larking (see note on provenance). Burton famously spent five weeks in Alexandria, staying at "the Sycamores" the home of John Larking, the Consul who himself "lived in half- Oriental style". It was here that Burton made his final preparations for his pilgrimage to Meccah and Al-Madinah. The letter was written the day Burton completed vol. VII of the Nights (30/03/1886) and was ostensibly written to inform Larking of his intention to dedicate this volume to him. Transcript as follows:- "Trieste March 30/86 [Arabic text in black] My dear Larking I was delighted to see the Academy (March 20) that you are to the fore and are editing Halsted's Kent. Viva [single word?] ammi! Let me hope that you will not be offended if I dedicate to you a vol. of The Arabian Nights with a delicate allusion to my final preparation for the Pilgrimage under The Sycamores. We returned from Tangier (a hideous hole like Suez 50 years ago) on March 23rd. Today I send home vol. VII and in a week or ten days time vol. VIII. I hope to be in London in May-June and have time to be with my friends, not scamping to duty and pleasure as I was obliged to do in my last visit. [single word?] luck to the venture! and with love and [single word?] to you and yours I am [three words?] sincerely R. F. Burton. " And the Dedication to volume 7 reads:- "I INSCRIBE THESE PAGES TO AN OLD FRIEND, JOHN W. LARKING (WHILOME OF ALEXANDRIA), IN WHOSE HOSPITABLE HOME ("THE SYCAMORES") I MADE MY FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR A PILGRIMAGE TO MECCAH AND AL-MADINAH. R. F. BURTON." The Library Edition (First illustrated edition). Translated from the original Arabic edition by Captain Sir R. F. Burton and edited by Leonard C. Smithers. Complete in 12 volumes, including 71 plates from the original oil paintings by Letchford, including a portrait of Burton. Also issued with reproductions of the title-pages from the original 16 vol. Benares Kamashastra edition. Uniformly bound in the publisher's red half-morocco, with gilt decoration and lettering to the spines. Very good with a little general wear and light rubbing to some edges and joints; a couple of volumes slightly more worn to head of spines with minimal chipping, vol. I with a very short crack to head of the front joint, but all volumes remain strong and firmly bound. Contents, clean and tight, matching marble endpapers with a small square bookplate bearing the initials R.N.W.L (Larking); with light spotting to the prelims and last few pages and just a little scattered spots to a few further pages, all plates present and clean with titled tissue guards, not generally affected by staining or spotting. Neatly tipped in between the frontispiece plate of Burton and the title page to vol. I is the Burton letter; this has been historically reinforced to the edges with glassine tape (could be removed). [Provenance with the bookplate of RNWL - Reginald Nesbitt Wingfield Larking (1868-1943) son of Lieutenant-Colonel Cuthbert Larking (1842-1910) son of John Wingfield Larking (1802 - 1891).] An outstanding copy. . Signed by Author to Letter. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Letchford, Albert. 8vo.

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Herzl, Theodor
        Der Baseler Congress
      Wien: Verlag der Welt, 1897. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 17 x 21 cm, 22 pp, stapled binding. Original wrappers present but detached, somewhat edgeworn. Text clean, complete, and tightly bound. Herzl's account (in German) of the First Zionist Congress, held in Basel in August 1897. Herzl convened and chaired the Congress, which came about largely as a result of the publication of his seminal work Der Judenstaat (1896), which called for the establishment of a permanent Jewish homeland. Printing and the Mind of Man (# 381): "It was Herzl's book which really crystallized the idea of a national home for the Jews. Two conceptions had prevailed hitherto: either that of the ghetto, presupposing an unbridgeable gulf between Jews and Gentiles, or that of assimilation, which meant a complete acceptance by the Jews of their environment, leading eventually to their becoming a part of the the people among whom they lived. Herzl took a different view. By his work he transformed the Jewish people from a passive community into a positive political force....In consequence of the publication of his book, a congress was held in Basle in 1897, attended by 206 delegates from all parts of the world and the Zionist organization was founded. The movement became world wide.

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Hawaii / Nickels, Capt. Edward D.P
        HONOLULU VIEWS: PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF EARLY VERNACULAR IMAGES TAKEN ON A VOYAGE TO JAPAN IN 1897
      1897. Original photograph album. String-tied Boards. Very Good. This album contains 24 albumen print photographs with handwritten captions, mounted one per leaf, with tissue guards, in a string-tied album made by the Captain's wife, Emma Curtis Nickels. Green paper boards, 5.75" x 7.25". The photographs vary in size from 4.5" x 3.5" to 3.25" x 3.25" The 24 views of Hawaii include: vacant shore with Diamond Head in background; clock tower and statue of King Kamehameha adorning the Aliiolani Hale Government Building; the Executive Building, Lolani Palace, including the gardens; Kapiolani Park, dedicated as the first Hawaiian public space in 1877; a woman [Emma?] in 19th-c. dress "At the Pali"; men climbing the Lava Bed Bunch Bowl; women frolicking in the surf; entrance to the Whitney residence; P.S.M. Steamer "China"; Moana Hotel also known as the First Lady of Waiki-ki, built late in the 19th century and opened in 1901--after this photograph was taken; Arlington Hotel, the estate of Bernice Bishop until she died in 1884; &c. Laid in are two earlier cabinet-card photographs of Captain Nickels and his wife, circa 1872, measuring 6.5" x 4.25", made and mounted in New Orleans by W.W. Washburn. Captain Nickels, a Boston commander of high repute and much experience, was master of the clipper ship "Flying Fish" and captain of the "May Flint."

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KEMBLE, E.W
        BLACKBERRIES
      KEMBLE, E.W.. (KEMBLE,E.W.)illus. THE BLACKBERRIES. NY & London, R.H. Russell & Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner 1897 (1897). Oblong 4to (11 3/4 x 9") cloth backed pictorial boards, edges rubbed, cloth worn off at top of spine, some general shelf soil, tight, clean and VG condition. 1st edition. Written by Kemble and illustrated by him with 16 full page full color plates, 16 half page orange plates and pictorial endpapers (all printed on only one side of the paper). The images depictthe misadventures of a group of stereotypical little Black children, three of whom are the Blackberries who wear large bonnets (something like Black Sunbonnet Babies)! The text is written completely in dialect. One of the most fabulous books of its kind and quite scarce.

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Davis, Richard Harding
        Cuba In War Time
      New York: R. H. Russell. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown paper-covered boards, titles and decoration printed in black and red on upper board and spine, t.e.g., in the publisher's matching printed paper dust-wrapper; pp. 143, frontis, and 23 b/w plates, four from photos by the author, the others from original drawings by Remington. But for a touch of rubbing at the spine tail and corners, book is fine, without flaw, with an attractive previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown; jacket also very attractive, with some expert paper repair at the corners and spine ends. Jacket not noted in BAL, nor in Dykes. BAL 4524, Dykes 504 .

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Mahan
        THE LIFE OF NELSON: THE EMBODIMENT OF THE SEA POWER OF GREAT BRITAIN
      THE LIFE OF NELSON: THE EMBODIMENT OF THE SEA POWER OF GREAT BRITAIN. (TWO VOLUME SET) EXTRA ILLUSTRATEDBound by Bayntun-Riviere and sons for Goodspeed of BostonLittle, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1897MAHAN, CAPTAIN A.T. (ALFRED THAYER)Life of Nelson 2 vols, bound in full Levant, blind lines on the spine and simple lettering, Gilt boarders on the inside of the boards and "Extra Illustrated by Goodspeed Boston in gilt on the lower front inside board on both vols. These were bound by Bayntun-Riviere for GoodSpeed Boston;Leather Bookplates on the front paste-down of both Volumes of Harry Pomeroy Davis (1867 ?" 1922; an American Financier, Partner of J. P. Morgan)First American Edition. 1897 printed on title pages of both volumes. VERY GOOD+. A clean, bright, well-bound two-volume set. Minor rubbing and edge wear to covers, Both Vols. have been expertly repaired at the joints an almost invisible repair done in Levant leather. The inside is clean crisp and as perfect as you could get very pleasing to look through..Set is complete with 19 tissue-guarded portrait engravings as well as 20 maps and battle plans, two of which are foldouts as published.6 x 9". Volume I = xxviii + 454 pages. Volume II: xx + 427 pages, including detailed index. Two ad pages for other titles by the author at end of bookModestly plain bindings on the outside, that open to an amazing history on the Life of Napoleon, Extra Illustrated with more than 100 Portraits and views all pertaining to Nelson together with Nelsons Signature! Extra Illustrated; 5 Autograph's 8 Views 89 Portraits 16 of NelsonVol I. Autographs, Admiral Codington ?" Commanded at Trafalgar Admiral St Vincent ?" (John Jervis) Admiral Hood ?" Fought in North AmericaVol II. Autographs, Lord Keith ?" Admiral Sir James Saumarez ?" Admiral and General of MarinesThe Life of Nelson remained the standard biography of Nelson for some 50 years. In it, Mahan sought to resurrect Horatio Nelson as a national hero in Britain and used the book as a platform for expressing his views on naval strategy and tactics.Alfred Thayer Mahan (September 27, 1840 ? December 1, 1914) was a United States Navy flag officer, geostrategist, and historian, who has been called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century. " His concept of "sea power " was based on the idea that countries with greater naval power will have greater worldwide impact. The concept had an enormous influence in shaping the strategic thought of navies across the world, especially in the United States, Germany, Japan and Britain, ultimately causing a European naval arms race in the 1890s, which included the United States. His ideas still permeate the U.S. Navy Doctrine. Several ships have been named USS Mahan, including the lead vessel of a class of destroyers.

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Kelmscott Press
        Love is Enough, or The Freeing of Pharamond: a Morality. Written by William Morris
      Hammersmith: 1897 (issued 1898). 4to, (4), 90, (1)pp., printed in Troy and Chaucer types, with 2 full-page woodcuts after Burne-Jones and a full-page opening border. Original stiff vellum with original ties, four missing. Limited to 300 copies, the penultimate book of the Press and one of only two Kelmscott Press titles printed in three colors. The final woodcut was designed in 1870 by Burne-Jones for an edition that was never carried out - it is in a quite different style from his usual work for the Kelmscott Press. Peterson A52.

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Wharton, Edith; Codman, Jr , Ogden
        The Decoration of Houses
      New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897 First and only edition, first printing, first (American) issue, in Garrison's "B" binding (priority undetermined). Publisher's pink, white, light green and blue marbled boards, paper label lettered in black to the spine, light green top stain. Near fine, with some light rubbing to the extremities, minor toning to the spine, bright boards, former owner's inscriptions to the front endpapers, sturdy binding, clean pages. Overall, a fresh and unsophisticated copy. Garrison A2.I.a Wharton's second book, The Decoration of Houses is an interior design manual that she wrote in collaboration with architect Ogden Codman, Jr., whom she worked with to redesign her Newport, Rhode Island home. Specifically, Wharton and Codman denounce the Victorian bric-a-brac decorative style in favor of a more natural and simple classical style. As the authors explain in their preface: "Rooms may be decorated in two ways: by a superficial application of ornament totally independent of structure, or by means of those architectural features which are part of the organism of every house, inside as well as out." By focusing on balance and comfort, Wharton and Codman argue that interior design can achieve an attractive aesthetic without cumbersome decoration. Notably, this text is illustrated with black and white images of Wharton's preferred design style, including many rooms in notable European palaces which are "as simple as those in any private home.". 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

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Nickels, Capt. Edward D.P
        "MAY FLINT": RARE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF EARLY VERNACULAR IMAGES, SHOWING THIS AMERICAN SAILING VESSEL WRECKED BY A HURRICANE OFF LONG , ISLAND, NEW YORK, IN SEPTEMBER 1897
      1897. Original photograph album. String-tied Boards. Very Good. This album of photographs taken by Captain Edward D.P. Nickels, Master of the "May Flint," contains 15 albumen print photographs with handwritten captions, mounted one per leaf, with tissue guards (and one unmounted), in a string-tied album made by the Captain's wife, Emma Curtis Nickels. Green paper boards, 5.75" x 7.25". The photographs vary in size from 4.5" x 3.5" to 3.25" x 3.25" These original 1897 photographs show the "May Flint" in the Delaware River and in the aftermath of a hurricane at the New York Bight, where Long Island and New Jersey form an upside-down L around shallow waters, a hurricane alley. (The "May Flint," originally an iron steamship named "Persian Monarch," had been enroute three years earlier from London to New York when a terrific storm drove her onto the beach at Long Island on 3 May 1894. After the storm, she was broken up, re-launched, and sold. All engines were removed. She was converted to a sailing vessel and renamed "May Flint" by her new owners, Flint & Co.). The photographs in this album are captioned: "May Flint" in the Delaware River; Next morning after the hurricane; Main and Mizen from the top gallant forecastle; Clearing wreckage at the Main; Wreckage about the deck; Bending the double Topsail; Hoisting main Topmast; Taken lying off Staten Island; &c. Captain Nickels, a Boston commander of high repute and much experience, was master of the clipper ship "Flying Fish" as well as captain of the "May Flint." ~~ Laid into this album are three cabinet-card photographs. The first is of Captain Nickels, made in his home town of Searsport, Maine, and signed [by him?] on the verso. The second cabinet card is of the Captain's wife, Emma Curtis Nickels, done by Morse of San Francisco, and signed [by her?] on the verso. The third photograph is of the Captain in later years, done by Taber of San Francisco, inscribed and signed by the Captain on the verso: "With the compliments of the season / David Nickels." The cabinet cards range in size from 6.5" x 4" to 8.5" x 5.25"

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DARWIN, Charles
        The Origin of the Species By Means of Natural Selection
      London: John Murray, 1897. Definitive 6th Edition which includes all the final revisions by Darwin. Original green cloth with covers decoratively stamped in blind and spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Some spotting to front board, otherwise an excellent example of this rare book with cloth and gilt very fresh and bright. One of the most important scientific works of the last two centuries, On the Origin of Species was (and still is) also one of the most controversial. The book caused an uproar immediately upon its publication. Before publication of the Origin, Darwin wrote to his publisher John Murray:' It may be conceit, but I believe the subject will interest the public.' The first edition of 1250 copies sold out quickly. With copies of the First English Edition approaching 6 figures, this very nice copy of the 6th edition is an appealing alternative. Freeman 451. 6th Edition (49th Thousand). Very Good.

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Felsing.- Franke, W.
        100 Jahre im Dienste der Kunst. Erinnerungsgabe der Firma O. Felsing aus Anlass des hundertjährigen Bestehens der Kupferdruckerei. Berlin, Felsing, 1897. 5 Bll., 163 S., 1 Bl. > u. zahlr. Abb. u. Faks. 4°. Etw. spät. Hlwd. mit goldgepr. RTit. (leicht berieben).,
      1897 - Söhn HDOG 704.- LGB II, 567.- Erste u. einzige Ausgabe. - Exemplar der kleinen Ausgabe mit den Familienbildnissen (vgl. S. 161). - Die Festschrift enthält Originalgraphiken von Heinrich Vogeler (Die sieben Raben. 1895. Rief 15 c), Fritz Mackensen (Aus der Heide), Ludwig von Kalckreuth (Sturzacker) u.a. sowie Reproduktionsstiche nach alten Meistern sowie Abdrucke alter Orig.-Platten u.v.m.- Umfangreiche Firmendokumentation der lange Zeit führenden Kupferdruckerei Deutschlands.- Original-Broschurdeckel mit eingebunden.- Vereinzelt leicht stockfleckig. Gewicht in Gramm: 500

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Daniel Schramm e.K.]

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Dr. Antonio Peñafiel
        Nomenclatura geográfica y etimológica de México, Primera y segunda part (Etimologías de los nombres de lugar correspondientes a los principales idiomas que se hablan en la República)
      Secretaría de Fomento, Ciudad de México 1897 - PRIMERA EDICIÓN FIRMADA POR EL AUTOR. FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Bellisimo ejemplar de las dos partes del tratado + la nomenclatura indigena del nombre de los lugares. Plena piel con portada bajo relieve y dorados en el marco interior. Plena de imagenes de la nomenclatura indigena coloreadas a mano en varias tintas. El Dr. Antonio Peñafiel fue el encargado de diseñar el pabellón mexicano para exposición mundial de París en 1889, motivos mexicas. MUY BUEN ejemplar. Primera parte 224pp; Segunda Parte 336pp + índice; Nomenclatura 109pp [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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Cholmondeley, Mary
        A Devotee: An Episode in the Life of a Butterfly
      London: Edward Arnold. 1897. First. First edition. Octavo. pp. [1-9] 10-211 [212-224 (publisher's advertisements)]. Publisher's blue-grey cloth blocked on the front cover with a decorative design in black, lettered on the spine in gold. Author's presentation copy (to her brother?) inscribed on a paper slip neatly laid-down on the front free endpaper: "With Mary's Love, March 10th '97." Corners lightly bumped, a bright, fine copy. Both Sadleir and Wolff go out of their way to praise Cholmondeley and this work in particular. Sadleir: "She is an excellent example of the not-so-long-ago front-rank novelist, whose books in good condition are extraordinarily difficult to find." Wolf: "A very interesting story psychologically, Freudian case-history observed with clinical detachment." A beautiful presentation copy. Sadleir 549; Wolff 1211. .

      [Bookseller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABA]

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        Arabian Sea - Maskat To Karáchi Compiled from the Surveys of Captains G.B. Brucks, S.B. Haines, T.G. Carless, A. Grieve, C.G. Constable, & A.W. Chitty, Late I.N. . Lieut. A.W. Stiffe, Late I.N. 1874 . - Engraved by Edwd. Weller. - Large corrections August 1890, April 1897':.
      - Lithographie v. Edward Weller b. Admiralty (Hydrographic Office) in London, dat. 1874, 65,5 x 104 Tooley's Dic. of Mapm. Rev. Ed. Q - Z, S. 345f. - Zeigt die Küste von Oman, mit dem Arabischen Meer bis Karachi in Pakistan. - Über der Karte Insetkarten von der Chabahar Bay, Jiwani Bay (Gwatar Bay) und Gwadar Bay (Paddi Zirr). - Oben rechts Titelkartusche. Seekarte. (Bilder zum Artikel auf meiner Homepage, oder bei Anfrage - pictures on my homepage or after request)

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Norbert Haas]

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DARWIN, Charles
        The Origin of the Species By Means of Natural Selection
      John Murray, London 1897 - Definitive 6th Edition which includes all the final revisions by Darwin. Original green cloth with covers decoratively stamped in blind and spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Some spotting to front board, otherwise an excellent example of this rare book with cloth and gilt very fresh and bright. One of the most important scientific works of the last two centuries, On the Origin of Species was (and still is) also one of the most controversial. The book caused an uproar immediately upon its publication. Before publication of the Origin, Darwin wrote to his publisher John Murray:' It may be conceit, but I believe the subject will interest the public.' The first edition of 1250 copies sold out quickly. With copies of the First English Edition approaching 6 figures, this very nice copy of the 6th edition is an appealing alternative. Freeman 451

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