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[AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT, SIGNED OF HARTE'S ACCOUNT OF THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH, "MY EXPERIENCES AS A GOLD DIGGER"] [with:] [CORRECTED TYPESCRIPT OF THE SAME STORY RETITLED IN MANUSCRIPT, "HOW I WENT TO THE MINES"] [Arford House, Headley, Hampshire, England. 1897].. 9;7pp. Quarto. Loose sheets. Accompanied by the original brown paper packaging with additional autograph notation by Harte and addressed to Harte, postmarked November 1897. Two tiny stains to the first page of the manuscript, mailing folds. Minor fold separations to first page of typescript, one horizontal mailing fold. Overall very good. In a cloth chemise with red morocco label in gilt, with two modern bookplates, in a blue morocco clamshell case. An extraordinary surviving literary treasure from one of the West's legendary authors, comprising working drafts of Bret Harte's account of his time as a gold digger, probably in the Stanislaus River region in Tuolumne or Calaveras county. Both the manuscript and typescript have holographic corrections in the author's hand. Little is known of Harte's life between his arrival in Oakland in 1854 and his move to San Francisco in 1860 to work for the GOLDEN ERA. His work in the gold-mining regions that figures so prominently in his work occurred during this dark period in his biography, and are of the most interest to Harte scholars. This present manuscript is one of the most important sources for researching Harte's experiences during this mysterious period. This story provides some of the best detail on how Harte first became acquainted with the mines and miners which figure so prominently in his most famous works. "[This sketch] lays no claim to biographical accuracy, and certain improbable incidents were doubtlessly elaborated for the sake of giving point to the narrative. The story…employs the first person - with Harte usually a sign of autobiographic tendency. Harte's sisters accepted it as essentially accurate; so did his devoted friend [T. Edgar] Pemberton. The narrative, moreover, has the ring of authenticity; the intimate experiences and petty difficulties of the boy walking to the mines are hardly ones which an elderly gentleman would be able to imagine in London" - Stewart. ^The typescript, the first seven pages of which are present here, has been corrected in manuscript to be nearly identical to the published version. Most notable in both typescript and manuscript are the passages which were entirely deleted from the published version which first appeared in the American periodical, YOUTH?'S COMPANION in 1899. The published version numbers approximately 3800 words and Harte's own notation on the packaging indicates the original story was 4500 words. Deleted passages include the first paragraph recounting Harte's experiences with mining and his bad first impression of miners: "I suspect that I never really caught what was then called - 'the gold fever' - an infection to which an imaginative and errant school boy like myself might have been unduly susceptible. I never had the faith of a gold seeker. Even the glamour of emigration to a distant and unknown country did not include the hopeful vision of picking up gold nuggets in the streets of San Francisco...I remember that at first the returning successful or unsuccessful miner as I saw him in the streets of San Francisco, unkempt of hair and beard and patched of trowser, did not strike my boyish fancy as an heroic figure. His implements were not picturesque, and in his kit or outfit the frying pan and the kettle were shamelessly obtrusive...Let any of my youthful readers, unused to manual labor, imagine himself condemned for days, weeks and perhaps even years, to the regular task of digging, shovelling and carrying earth in a wheelbarrow to a dirty stream to be as regularly washed; let him further imagine that his only reward for this toil was just sufficient to procure him the plainest food and he will have some idea of gold digging as practised by at least two-thirds of the mining population of California - even in what was known as its 'flush times.'" Later, Harte wrote of the visual environment in California, especially around the gold mines themselves: "In that absolutely clarified air, it seemed only a few hundred feet away. In point of fact it was nearly two miles as the crow flies, and a hawk swinging midway up the abyss, seemed larger than the crawling miners besides the canvas tents. There were gashes and excavations on the mountain side - and a rugged gap in the files of pines; there were hovels, misshapen sheds, and piles of debris.?" ^From the celebrated collection of Estelle Doheny copy, with her bookplate on the folder, sold as lot 720 at the auction of her collection at Christie's on Feb. 2, 1988, where it realized $18,000. George Stewart, BRET HARTE: ARGONAUT AND EXILE (1931), p. 46. [Bookseller: William Reese Company - Americana] 
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Vicomte De Bragelonne Volume 1-6 LITTLE,BROWN, AND COMPANY, BOSTON 1897 - Vicomte De Bragelonne:The D'artagnan Romances Beautiful Glowing Bright Gilt Cover. Fully Gold Decorated Cover on Red cloth.The Most Gilt covered covers i have seen. Top edge gold gilt, black end papers tissue guard over pictorial front piece is little brown 1897. 6 volumes complete. Volume 1 455 pages and Volume 2 436 pages Volume 3 454 pages Volume 4 468 pages Volume 5 453 pages Volume 422 pages . All in all $600.00. DATE PUBLISHED: 1897 EDITION: 455 [Attributes: Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop]
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The Principles and Practice of Medicine D. Appleton & Company, 1897-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Heavy wear. Pages before title page are loose but present. Chipping wiht loss to head and foot of spine. Binding loose in some spots, but holding fine. Text is clean. [Bookseller: Books Renewed]
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THE CHILDREN OF THE SEA 1897. A Tale of the Forecastle. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1897. Original pictorial light blue-grey mottled cloth. First Edition, first issue, of the tale subsequently published as THE NIGGER OF THE "NARCISSUS." Conrad wrote this story with the "Nigger" title, but consented to change the title for the American edition (which preceded the English); the publisher's argument was not that the "Nigger" title might be offensive, but rather that white American book-buying public would not buy the book if they knew it was about a black man. Nonetheless, the original title was restored for all subsequent editions, making this variant-titled edition one of the more sought-after of Conrad's works. In late 1897, Dodd Mead had a first edition of 1000 copies printed;~because the book was scheduled for publication late in the fall season, the printers were instructed to print both 1897 and 1898 title pages. The number printed with each date is not recorded... It was re-introduced in the spring and listed in Publisher's Weekly on March 12th among the spring publications... Copies of the spring issue were supplied with the 1898 title page [Cagle]. ~This copy is from the first issue, with an 1897 title page. It is in near-fine condition (some cracking of the front endpaper, only the slightest of cover soil). This is an increasingly-difficult book to find in collectible condition. Cagle A3b. [Bookseller: Sumner & Stillman]
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The Manuscript for "Dry Fly Entomology" London, 1897. Copy partly in Halford's handwriting and partly printed material derived from previous sources. 1 vols. 8vo. Some creasing and edge tearing. In custom half morocco slipcase and chemise. Part I, Entomology, is entirely in Halford's hand, marked up by proofreaders and typesetters in margins. With the typescript of this part. Part II, Hundred Best Patterns, printed galley proofs, annotated by Halford (derived from the appearance in three numbers of Baily's Magazine in 1896). Part III, Fly Dressing, derives partly from articles in The Field, with manuscript additions and corrections and some newly drawn figures, with two handwritten contributions by G.E.M. Skues and W.F. Brougham, and an index in manuscript. [Bookseller: James Cummins Bookseller]
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Über irreversible Strahlungsvorgänge. Mitteilungen 1 und 3-5 (von 5). SS. 57-68, 1122-1145, 449-476 und 440-480. In: Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Hefte 1897/7, 1897/52, 1898/34 und 1899/25. Berlin, Selbstverlag, 1897-99.. (25 x 16,5 cm). SS. 55-68; SS. 1121-1156; SS. 447-476; SS. 437-480. Moderner Pappband mit aufgezogenem Original-Umschlag.. Erste Ausgabe der vier bedeutenden Arbeiten über die Entdeckung des elementaren bzw. Planckschen Wirkungsquantums, das neben der Gravitationskonstante G und der Lichtgeschwindigkeit c eine der drei fundamentalen Naturkonstanten der Physik ist. - Bei der theoretischen Untersuchung der Temperaturabhängikeit der Wärmestrahlung schwarzer Körper findet Planck durch die Einführung der thermodynamischen Betrachtungsweise ein über das gesamte Spektrum gültiges Strahlungsgesetz und die später als "elementares Wirkungsquantum" bezeichnete Naturkonstante "h", deren Wert er in der entscheidenden 5. Mitteilung veröffentlicht. "Weder P. noch seine Zeitgenossen waren sich zunächst der Tragweite dieser Entdeckung und der fundamentalen Bedeutung der neuen Naturkonstante 'h' bewußt. Erst Albert Einstein erkannte in seinem 'annus mirabilis' (1905), daß nicht nur die Energie der Oszillatoren, sondern das Licht bzw. das Strahlungsfeld selbst und somit alle energetischen Prozesse quantenhaften Charakter besitzen" (NDB). - Sauber und wohlerhalten. Ohne die 2. Mitteilung. - NDB 20, 497; Akademie 33, 35, 38 und 39 First edition of this mathematical description of the electromagnetic radiation emitted from a black-body. 4 (of 5) parts in 1 volume. - Bound in modern boards. - A fine copy [Bookseller: Antiquariat Gerhard Gruber]
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Münchener Amtsblatt 1897 herausgegeben und verlegt von der königlichen Polizeidirektion München; Nummern 1 bis 143 (komplett) X Seiten Register und 686 Seiten; . Halbleinenband der Zeit (22x19cm) mit marmorierten Deckeln und ledernem Rückenschildchen [Papier etwas gebräunt ansonsten in sehr guter Erhaltung.] Interessantes zeit- wie heimatgeschichliches Dokument und Quellenmaterial.. [Bookseller: Antiquariat Niederbayern]
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Queen Victoria London & Paris: Boussod, Valadon & Co.,, 1897. Quarto (317 × 243 mm). Contemporary red straight-grain morocco by Durand of Paris (with his stamp), decorative gilt spine, gilt panelled sides, gilt royal insignia in centre of each cover, gilt turn-ins, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Title printed in red and black, chromolithograph portrait frontispiece, illustrated throughout with photogravure plates. A few minor abrasions to binding otherwise a very attractive copy. First edition, in a stylish binding by one of the premier binders of the day. A lavishly produced volume published in the year of Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, and written by the Queen's Librarian. [Bookseller: Peter Harrington]
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King's Views of the New York Stock Exchange 1897-1898 1897. [WALL STREET]. KING, Moses. King's Views of the New York Stock Exchange 1897-1898. 96 pp. Illustrated with 1061 black & white plates. Folio, bound in original publishers' green cloth with wrappers preserved, upper board block-printed in gilt, in a half morocco folding box. New York: Moses King, 1897.|~| |~||~||~||~||~| First Edition, thus. This account of the early years of the New York Stock Exchange is abundantly illustrated with photographic views of Wall Street, brokerage houses, exchange buildings, and hundreds of portraits of stockbrokers and of major Wall Street investors of the day. A fine attractive copy. [Bookseller: Ursus Rare Books]
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Eine Christnacht am Strande. Novelle. [Eigenhändiges Manuskript. Ohne Ort, ca. 1897].. 8vo. (21,2:16,5 cm). 1 nn., 20 num. Blätter. Lose.. Titelblatt und 20 eigenhändig in deutscher Kursive mit brauner Tinte beschriebene Seiten. Je Seite 23-25 Zeilen, erste Seite 19, letzte Seite 20 Zeilen. Gut lesbare, saubere Handschrift mit einigen eigenhändigen Korrekturen Durchstreichungen und Zufügungen. Die Novelle erschien in Buchform erstmals 1898 innerhalb der Sammlung "Mondscheinprinzeßchen" zusammen mit weiteren kleineren Erzählungen der Autorin im Paul List Verlag, Leipzig. Die Schriftstellerin Nataly (auch: Natalie) von Eschstruth (1860-1939; verh. von Knobelsdorff-Brenkenhoff) war eine der beliebtesten und erfolgreichsten Erzählerinnen der wilhelminischen Epoche. In ihren Unterhaltungsromanen schildert sie vornehmlich das Leben der höfischen Gesellschaft ihrer Zeit und erreicht, verglichen mit anderer Unterhaltungsliteratur der Zeit, durchaus ein gewisses Niveau. - Papierbedingt gebräunt, Titelblatt und letztes Blatt mit Randläsuren, Titelblatt mit altem Klebstoffleck in der oberen Innenecke; die übrigen Textblätter nur ganz vereinzelt mit geringen Randläsuren. [Bookseller: Antiquariat C. Rinnelt - (Versand mit Dt]
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The Railway Magazine, Volumes I-IV London: [Railway Publishing Ltd.,], 1897-9. 4 volumes octavo. Original green cloth over bevelled boards, title gilt to the spines, title in display types with illustration within decorative panel in black to the upper boards. Each issue with portrait frontispiece related to the "Illustrated Interviews" series, two folding plates one a chromolithograph - Great Northern Railway Express Locomotive No. 990 - profusely illustrated throughout, many full-page illustrations and maps. A little rubbed, a few minor edge-knocks, some light browning, but overall very good. Run of the first four volumes of this notable magazine for railways enthusiasts, which is still published today. Covers the period July - December 1897 to January - June 1899. Early volumes inevitably uncommon, particularly so well-preserved in the cloth. Loosely inserted timetable for services between Manchester and Stockport "via Manchester South District Line, May 1st to June 30th, 1900", torn but with only minor losses. [Bookseller: Peter Harrington]
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Morgenländische Stoffe in der Sammlung F. R. Martin. Stockholm, Gustaf Chelius, 1897. - Folio (280 x 374 mm). 12 pp. With 15 phototypes. Printed original boards. Fine, beautifully illustrated and extensively annotated catalogue of Martin's collection of Islamic textiles, including the fragment of a 19th century Kiswah: the elaborately embroidered cloth curtain that covers the Kaaba in Mecca, replaced every year. Translated from Swedish by C. O. Nordgren. A perfect copy. Rare. OCLC 9140858. [Attributes: Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH]
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PETRONILLA: THE SISTER 1897. LANE, Remington W.. THAYER, Emma Homan. PETRONILLA: THE SISTER. Illustrated by Thayer and Remington W. Lane. NY: F. Tennyson Neely, [1897]. Small 8vo., pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt; 408 pages. First Edition. [Wright 3, 5425]. One of the few novels penned by Thayer, who is better-known for her books on Colorado and Pacific Coast wild flowers. Most plots in her few novels are set in Colorado but this title is based in the White Mountains and New Hampshire. All of Thayer's novels are scarce! Signed inscription by Thayer on a front blank page: "With the best wishes of the Author, Emma H. Thayer, Glenwood Springs, `The Colorado.' Sept 27th/'98." Very Good (little wear & small, faint stain on rear cover; some darkening spine with front cover nice & bright; shallow stain to the fore-edge of the first 20 or so pages of text). Rare! $750.00. [Bookseller: Antic Hay Books]
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The Collected Writings of Thomas de Quincey. 14 Volume Set Adam and Charles Black 1897 - Hardcover; English language; No jacket; 12mo - over 6.75" - 7.75" tall; good condition; 14 volume set; Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. For buyers outside the UK we now offer significantly lower rates on our airmail shipping. [Attributes: Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Sunrise Books Ltd]
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SZELL, George (1897-1970), Hugarian-born conductor & composer, 1956, handwr. letter w/signature . On paper with address. 26,8 x 18,5 cm; 10,6 x 7,3 inches. Three folds, tiny paper loss at the upper left margin., with two small holes at the left margin [Bookseller: H. W. Fichter Kunsthandel e.K.]
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History of West Australia. A Narrative of her Past together with Biographies of her Leading Men Melbourne:: Niven,. 1897.. 1st and only edition. Hardcover. Fine. Scarce book which is highly prized for the photographs of social history of Western Australia at an important period in W.A. gold discoveries; with portraits of many ancestors of present-day WA citizens. Lge. 4to, (iv) 5- 358 pp, 236 pp biographical sketches. Frontis & ills on un-numbered pages. Portraits in biographical section. Rebound in sympathetic red gilt cloth, gilt title at spine; pages beautifully clean. Libraries Australia ID 44014041. Ferguson 11142. [Bookseller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints ]
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Dracula London: Archibald Constable and Company,, 1897. Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in mustard-yellow morocco, titles to spine and front cover in red in imitation of the original cover, single rule to boards red, twin rule to turn-ins red, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Some minor paper repair and the occasional minor blemish, an excellent copy. First edition, scarce first issue published in May 1897, with no advertisements and the terminal leaf. [Bookseller: Peter Harrington]
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The Excellent Narration of the Marriage of Cupide and Psyches translated out of Latine into English by William Adlington London: Hacon & Ricketts, 1897. First edition. Limited edition.. Hardback. 8vo. (9 x 6 inches). pp.57. Printed in red and black. Woodcuts by Charles S. Ricketts. Publisher's cream cloth gilt, darkened to spine, boards a little marked and a trifle soiled, slight spine lean. Free endpapers browned. Various dealers' pencil marks t ofront pastedown and ffep. Tiny spot to title page, off-set. O/w contents clean and bright. Binding firm and square. An edition limited to 210 copies. A Very Good copy We reduce the default shipping charge for lighter books or use it for a tracked service if books are expensive or uncommon. We pack books securely in boxes, or corrugated card or cardboard, and protect corners with bubble-wrap. [Bookseller: John Taylor Books P.B.F.A.]
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Ein Fall von Carcinom beider Ovarien und dessen Metastasen. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde der medizinischen Fakultät zu Kiel, vorgelegt von (...). Kiel. Druck: H. Fienke, Kiel, 1897.. gr.8°. 23,3 x 15,8 cm. 22 (1) Seiten, Broschur bzw. Taschenbuch,. In gutem Zustand. die empfindliche grüne Einbanddecke mit leichten Bräunungsrändern, Schnitt etwas braunfleckig, der Buchblock sauber. [Bookseller: Leipziger Antiquariat e.K.]
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The Lark: Volumes 1-24 + Epilark (SIGNED) San Francisco: William Doxey, 1897. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition, Second Issue. Two octavo volumes comprising the complete run of the Lark plus the Epilark, with publisher's index in each volume; The two volumes are INSCRIBED by Gelette Burgess, the magazine's co-editor and primary illustrator; additionally, Burgess has drawn in pencil his famous Goops character in Volume I. Illustrations throughout mostly by Gellett Burgess, but also some by Florence Lundberg, Ernest Peixotto, Willis Polk & Reginald Rix. Laid in are four typed letters SIGNED from Burgess (on his letterhead) to collector Charles Gould & his wife. Apparently Gould had come into possession of a presentation copy of a single Lark issue and had contacted Burgess about it. In his letter of reply, Burgess writes, "I recall that volume of The Lark very plainly, and with some emotion. It was annotated and given to a girl whith whom I was unconscionably intoxicated. It was gorgeous while it lasted." In the next pargraph he laments that it is always a blow to a writer's ego to learn that a presentation copy of his work has been sold by the recipient. The letters negotiate a return of the single issue in exchange for these two volumes. Book I contains issue numbers 1-12 and is bound in tan pictorial cloth. Book II contains issue numbers 13-24 plus the Epilark; the Index, 12 issues & the Epiliark are individual wrappers laid in tan cloth coverd boards. Founded by Gelett Burgess and Bruce Porter, The Lark featured primarily humorous vers and illustrations, almost all of it created by Burgess - best known for his short poem "The Purple Cow" - and other members of his circle, a group of artists and aesthetes known as Les Jeunes. The Magazine also features a number of pieces by and about Robert Louis Stevenson. [Bookseller: Carpe Diem Fine Books]
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FILIPINAS POR ESPAÑA. Narración episódica de la rebelión en el archipiélago filipino. Ed. Alberto Martin. Barcelona, 1897 - -1899. 27 cm. 2 vol.: (I) 746 pág. (II) 745 pág. Ilustrados con grabados, en el texto, y 18láms., fuera del texto (en el índice sólo constan 17). 2 vol. enc. en media piel, planos en tela estampada. Plano anterior del segundo vol. deslucido. Leves rozaduras en cantos. Ligera señal de óxido. Palau 263391. Historia y política. Historia de España. Filipinas. Història d'Espanya Libros modernos a partir de 1830 español [Bookseller: Libreria anticuaria Farré]
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The Tables of the Law And The Adoration of the Magi (including shipping to America, tracked and insured.) London: Privately Printed. G : in good condition without dust jacket. External split to spine. Endpapers browned and some off-setting to title page. Scattered light foxing to prelims. 1897. Limited Edition [80/110]. Brown hardback cloth cover. 200mm x 150mm (8" x 6"). 48pp. Frontis portrait of Yeats. The two stories were originally printed in the November 1896 edition of The Savoy. Allan Wade notes that although described as 'privately printed', copies were advertised in Bullen's catalogue at 5/s each. The two stories were intended to be part of 'The Secret Rose [1897] but were omitted from this volume when the publisher, A H Bullen asked to leave them out. . [Bookseller: Barter Books Ltd]
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PETRONILLA: THE SISTER 1897 - THAYER, Emma Homan. PETRONILLA: THE SISTER. Illustrated by Thayer and Remington W. Lane. NY: F. Tennyson Neely, [1897]. Small 8vo., pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt; 408 pages. First Edition. [Wright 3, 5425]. One of the few novels penned by Thayer, who is better-known for her books on Colorado and Pacific Coast wild flowers. Most plots in her few novels are set in Colorado but this title is based in the White Mountains and New Hampshire. All of Thayer's novels are scarce! Signed inscription by Thayer on a front blank page: "With the best wishes of the Author, Emma H. Thayer, Glenwood Springs, `The Colorado.' Sept 27th/'98." Very Good (little wear & small, faint stain on rear cover; some darkening spine with front cover nice & bright; shallow stain to the fore-edge of the first 20 or so pages of text). Rare! $750.00. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Antic Hay Books]
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1897 41 YEARS IN INDIA LORD ROBERTS 2 VOLUME SET FINE LEATHER MUDIE BINDERY 31 ILLUSTRATIONS BOER WAR ENGLAND $$$ FORTY-ONE YEARS IN INDIA1897; Lord Roberts of Kandahar; 16th Edition/Printing; London, Richard Bentley and Son; Rebound Leather, Mudie Bindery; Illustrated, Foldouts; 511, 522 Pages; w5.7"xh8.7"; Rare!!!Great For any History/Military Fan or Collector. Great Gift Idea; Complete in Two Volumes!!ATTRIBUTES:Two Beautiful, sleek marble cover designs with blue morocco leather bindings/corners, pretty gold trim/labeling to spines with floral stamps to each compartment, marble end pages/page edges, with two lovely frontispieces and illustrated title pages with red/black text, with 27 other Great Plates/Foldout Maps, and a Fascinating History Read; 16 Editions/Printings in Three Months!!!SUMMARY: The author describes his career from his arrival in India as a subaltern military officer to the chief of the Royal British army in India. During the 41 years the author describes, he always shares his own opinion to any affair of government and military he comes into touch with. Though this is sometimes a bit lengthy it nonetheless helps to keep track of the general history in a detail one will never get through a historical overview of British colonization of India.The parts where the author is involved into the great 'milestones' of history on the other hand is sometimes extremely thrilling. From the great Mutiny to the Afghan Wars (very interesting to understand what is happening since then in this wretched country). He has a very legible style, not too much 'honor and glory' though not without this very charm of British officers one is used to from literature, history, and movies. For anyone who wants to understand the history of the Middle East to India, this is an entertaining but (I'm convinced mostly) true autobiography. Topics from high politics and state affairs mingled with the private sorrows of an colonial officer away from his fatherland.BACKGROUND: Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, KStJ, VD, PC (30 September 1832 ?" 14 November 1914) was a British soldier who was one of the most successful commanders of the 19th century. He served in the Indian rebellion, the Expedition to Abyssinia and the Second Anglo-Afghan War before leading British Forces to success in the Second Boer War. He also became the last Commander-in-Chief of the Forces before the post was abolished in 1904.CONDITION:Conditions are Very Good/Excellent. Small wear to edges, light blemish to a few pages, pages/hinges/text blocks are very good/excellent for over 115 years old!!! [Bookseller: Roga Books]
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[Photograph Album, cover title]: Class of '97 (Union College) (Schenectady, New York: Union College). 1897. Quarto. Mounted photographs inserted so that the spine becomes the top when opened. String-tied (with later string) thick cloth boards with beveled edges. An album with 64 mounted gelatin-silver photographs, almost all the images approximately 4" x 5.5". Binding has some modest wear and is very good, mounts with some soiling, the photographs are mostly about fine. The breakdown of photographs as follows: 1 photo of the campus; 16 photos of administrators, all but one Signed by the subject; 47 photos of students, all but two Signed by the subjects (two Signed on affixed slips of paper). The faculty represented includes both the college president, Harrison Edwin Webster (1888--1894) and his successor, Andrew Van Vranken Raymond (1894--1907). Among the other notables are language professor William Wells (a world traveler and self-taught multi-linguist who was the first full time foreign correspondent for any American newspaper, for The New York Herald in 1852), chemistry professor Maurice Perkins (whose daughter married another longtime Union College professor, Edward Everett Hale, Jr., son of the author of The Man Without a Country), and Greek language professor Henry Whitehorne (born in Jamaica, he was teaching at the University of Mississippi at the outbreak of the Civil War but left hastily because of his Union sympathies; he was a Civil War correspondent before joining the Union College faculty, where he became a legendary fixture and interim president on several occasions). . [Bookseller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABA]
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F. R. Martins Sammlungen aus dem Orient in der allgemeinen Kunst- und Industrieausstellung zu Stockholm 1897. Stockholm, Königl. Buchdruckerei P. A. Norstedt & Söner, 1897. - Folio (248 x 318 mm). 8 pp. With 8 phototypes (all with tissue guards). Original printed wrappers. Fine catalogue of Martin's collection of oriental artefacts as shown at the Swedish Industrial and Art Exhibition, mainly with Persian, Turkish and Egyptian provenance. Inscribed to the Swedish naturalist Professor G. Retsius. Slight nick to lower corner near end of volume, otherwise a fine, spotless copy. Rare. OCLC 7923951. [Attributes: Soft Cover] [Bookseller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH]
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Die königliche ältere Pinakothek zu München. Eine Auswahl von 75 Meisterwerken in Pigmentdrucken. Mit begleitendem Text. München, Bruckmann, 1897.. Gross-Folio, circa 43,5 x 34 cm. 2 Bll., IV, 29 SS., 75 Tafeln mit dünnem Papier jeweils auf festen Karton aufgewalzt Original-Leinen mit reicher Vergoldung und aufwendiger Verzierung in mehreren Farben, Kopfgoldschnitt. Prachtband, mit grossem Aufwand hergestellt, die Tafeln auf schwerem Karton. - Schönes Exemplar, nur geringfügig berieben, frisch und sehr dekorativ. - Sehr schwer, kein Versand ausserhalb der EU!!. [Bookseller: Antiquariat Thomas Rezek]
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Love is Enough, or the Freeing of Pharamond: A Morality The Kelmscott Press, Hammersmith 1897 - Quarto. original limp vellum with three ties. Illustrated with two pictures designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones and engraved on wood by W. H. Hooper. One of 300 copies. One of the greatest Kelmscott Press publications. Four ties with short ends, vellum a tad rubbed, inside bright and crisp [Attributes: Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Randall House Rare Books (ABAA)]
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The Sundering Flood. Written by William Morris [Hammersmith: The Kelmscott Press, 1897. One of 300 copies. On front pastedown with line block map drawn by H. Cribb, elaborate woodcut border and initial on first page of text, and woodcut borders and initials at the beginning of each chapter, small woodcut initials throughout. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Holland -backed blue boards. Some rubbing at hinges, else fine. Morris's last book and last romance, with the notable map by Cribb that inspired Tolkien's maps of Middle Earth. [Bookseller: James Cummins Bookseller]
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The Water of the Wondrous Isles [Upper Mall, Hammersmith: Printed at the Kelmscott Press, 1897. First edition, one of 250 paper copies. Printed in red and black in Chaucer and Troy types. Decorative woodcut borders and initials designed by William Morris. 340 pp. 1 vols. Large 4to. Original limp vellum with silk ties. Spine titled in gold, uncut edges. Minor soiling of spine, a lovely fresh copy. Fine. Very attractive copy of this work, initially composed by Morris in verse and prose in 1895, but ultimately written entirely in prose and announced in June 1896. He read proofs of a few sections, and his daughter May finished the proofreading. It was not published until after his death. [Bookseller: James Cummins Bookseller]
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Poems. With an introduction by Walter Raleigh London: George Bell, The Endymion Series, 1897. 8vo, [xxiv], 337, [3] pp. Frontispiece, numerous plates, vignettes, and head- and tail-pieces from process blocks after Bell. Contemporary full brown morocco art nouveau binding by Zaehnsdorf for Truslove and Hanson, upper cover richly gilt with designs of lilies in onlaid green and white morocco, rich gilt stamping and the border lettered in gilt with a quotation from Keats, backstrip richly gilt, in a brown quarter morocco box. First edition in the Endymion Series, the de luxe version limited to 125 copies on Japan vellum, original wrappers bound in, an exceptionally fine copy. ?'Bell [1863Ð1933] came out of the Arts and Crafts movement, but he was content to draw in line for process reproduction. Though there is a suggestion of Ricketts about some of his work, of Daphnis and Chloe in his designs for KeatsÕs poems, and of De Cupidinis et Psyches Amoribus in his designs for ShelleyÕs, he was an accomplished book artist who knew how to impress his personal style on each of the major books he illustrated. Apart from The Tempest of 1901, his best work was done for the Endymion Series?" (Ray, The Illustrator and the Book in England, p. 182). [Bookseller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller]
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The Queen's Cup London: Chatto & Windus, 1897. First edition. [iv], 250, [ii]; [iv], 253, [3]; [iv], 221, [3] pp. + 32 pp. ads at back of vol. III dated Nov. 1896. With half-titles in all vols. Expert facsimile title-page to vol. III. 3 vols. 8vo. Original green embossed cloth, spines lettered in gilt, brown leaf endpapers. Spine gilt rubbed with some loss to vol. III, slight lean to vol. I, occasional light soiling, previous owner's pencil inscription to each vol., still a near fine copy. First edition. [iv], 250, [ii]; [iv], 253, [3]; [iv], 221, [3] pp. + 32 pp. ads at back of vol. III dated Nov. 1896. With half-titles in all vols. Expert facsimile title-page to vol. III. 3 vols. 8vo. A sharp copy of Henty's rare novel on yachting, among the last triple-deckers to appear in Britain. [Bookseller: James Cummins Bookseller]
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Researches into the Mathematical Principles of the Theory of Wealth New York: The Macmillan Company,, 1897. Translated by Nathaniel T. Bacon with a Bibliography of Mathematical Economics by Irving Fisher. Octavo. Publisher's green moiré cloth, spine lettered gilt. Folding plate opposite title-page with 10 mathematical figures. Spine faded, short tear to head of front joint, faint library shelfmark to spine. A very good copy. Rare first edition of the English translation of Cournot's Recherches sur les principes mathématiques de la théorie des richesses, originally published in French in 1838, here published as part of the series of Economic Classics, edited by W. J. Ashley. This edition is of particular interest because of Fisher's biographical essay on Cournot and the bibliography of mathematical economics. [Bookseller: Peter Harrington]
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Facing The Flag F.M.LUPTON PUB COMPANY, NEW YORK 1897 - pages browning; corners rubbed; on the front end paper previous owner signature and inside front cover; damages on a few pages DATE PUBLISHED: 1897 EDITION: 217 [Attributes: Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop]
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Kunst und Handwerk. Zeitschrift des Bayerischen Kunstgewerbe-Vereins. Jge. 47-70 in 197 H 1897/98-1920, MŸnchen 1897 - Prause 322. Kirchner 10477. Art Press 9. Ð Laufende Information zur angewandten Kunst, zeitgleich zu den stilistischen Entwicklungen vom Jugendstil bis zur Neuorientierung nach dem 1. Weltkrieg. Illustrierter Leistungsbericht zum bayerischen Kunsthandwerk, zugleich die langlebigste unter allen deutschen Kunstgewerbe-Zeitschriften. Mit der Absicht, dem Handwerk mit kŸnstlerischen Anregungen nŸtzlich zu sein, wurden zahlreiche Muster veršffentlicht, die sich hier zu einem laufenden Vorlagenwerk verdichten. Vorliegend 14 kpl. u. 5 inkpl. Jge.; fehlen: 1901, Nrn. 9-12; 1902, Nr. 12; 1906, Nr. 12; 1913, Nr. 1; 1916, Nrn. 10-12. In Jg. 1920 Nr. 1 doppelt. Ohne Jge. 48-50 (1898-1900) sowie 68 u. 69 (1918-19, evtl. nicht erschienen), tls. wie druckfrisch. Ð Provenienz: Sammlung Oertel [Bookseller: Antiquariat Schneider-Henn]
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Zur Geschichte Und Literatur Des Schachspiels: Forschungen :: Researches in the History and Literature of Chess Leipzig, Veit & Comp, 1897-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. viii, 269 p., diagrams. German. Bound in quarter red leather. Imitation vellum boards. Gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Good binding and cover. Wear to extremities. Chipping and loss to head and tail of spine. Sunning to spine. Clean, unmarked pages. Tassilo, Baron von Heydebrand und der Lasa was an important German chess master, chess historian and theoretician of the nineteenth century.To the modern chess world he is known above all as the main author of the Handbuch des Schachspiels (first published in 1843). Von der Lasa is also known for being the first to call for an international chess tournament in 1850, originally to be held in Trier, but was held next yearin London during the Great Exhibition. In this particular book, "The History and Literature of chess", the Lasa's most important work, "he examined in detail the origin and development of chess." (Lindorfer, p 152) "His most important book, still perhaps the clearest account of the game's development in Europe from medieval times." See: Sale 4645 �"Robert Blass Chess Book Collection8 May 1992 [Bookseller: SequiturBooks]
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Eigenh. Brief mit U. Sorrent, 4. April 1897.. 2 SS. auf Doppelblatt. 8vo.. In kleiner Schrift: an einen Herrn: "[...] nicht helfen können, wo Hilfe so noth thut, ist bitter: ich bin, Ihnen gegenüber, leider, in der Lage. Sie glauben es mir, ohne dass ich Ihnen die Ursachen klar lege, was nur langweilig und für Sie vollkommen ohne Interesse sein kann. Ich könnte, auch bei vollkommener Entblössung, nicht den zehnten Theil derjenigen Ansuchen erfüllen, denen der ehrliche Ernst der Noth aufgeprägt ist. So schliesse ich in der festen Überzeugung, dass die Kraft und Entschiedenheit, die Ihr Brief athmet, doch auch diesmal über den Drang der Stunde siegen und Sie weiter aufwärts führen wird. Es kann gar nicht anders sein. Haben Sie denn nicht versucht, mit Herrn S. Fischer ein Arrangement zu treffen? ich würde es gern unterstützen. Mit den herzlichsten Wünschen für glückliche Überwindung der Krise [...]". [Bookseller: Kotte Autographs GmbH]
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Forecasts of the Coming Century Manchester: The Labour Press Limited, 1897. About fine but for bumping to spine ends, a biy of soiling to back cover, and hinges starting, but still OK. Radical articles by William Morris, Bernard Shaw, Alfred wallace, and others. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. [Bookseller: Renaissance Books]
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Portraitphotographie mit eigenh. Widmung und U. O. O., August 1897.. 150 x 99 mm.. Brustbild en face aus dem Atelier H. J. Whitlock, Birmingham, mit dessen gedr. Signet verso. [Bookseller: Antiquariat Inlibris, Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH]
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Benzert. Prag, Heinrich Mercy, 1897. - 4to. XI, 69 SS. Mit 35 Tafeln, 1 Textabbildung, und 1 doppelblattgroßen farbigen Karte. Erste Ausgabe dieser Beschreibung von Bizerta in Tunesien. Die Tafeln wurden nach eigenhändigen Zeichnungen des Erzherzogs Ludwig Salvator in Photozinkographie gedruckt. - In sehr gutem Zustand, selten. Palau 288.444. [Attributes: First Edition] [Bookseller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH]
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Cannosa. Prag, Heinrich Mercy., 1897.. 4to. VI, 36 SS. Mit 10 xylographierte Tafeln. Originaler Leinenband mit golgeprägtem Rücken- und Deckentitel. In Pappschuber.. Erste Ausgabe dieser Beschreibung. Die Tafeln wurden nach eigenhändigen Zeichnungen des Erzherzogs Ludwig Salvator xylographiert. - In sehr gutem Zustand. [Bookseller: Antiquariat Inlibris, Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH]
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Dracula London: Archibald Constable and Company,, 1897. Octavo. Finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in mustard-yellow morocco, titles to spine and front cover in red in imitation of the original cover, single rule to boards red, single rule to turn-ins red, red silk endpapers, top edge gilt. The occasional minor blemish, an excellent copy. First edition, early issue without the terminal leaf. [Bookseller: Peter Harrington]
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British Golf Links: A Short Account of the Leading Golf Links of the United Kingdom London: J.S.Virtue & Co. Ltd. G+ : in Good condition. Cover lightly rubbed and bumped. Light edge wear and spine wear with some fading. Darkening to page ends. Bookplate on paste-down. Contents tight. 1897. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover with bevelled edges. 330mm x 250mm (13" x 10"). 331pp+ adverts. Numerous illustrations and portraits. . [Bookseller: Barter Books Ltd]
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Somerset County Cricket Club, 1896-97 (yearbook) Taunton: the Club 1897 - 7th year of issue. The Somerset yearbook was published annually between 1890 and 1905, not issued 1906-08, then 1909-13, 1920-39, 1940-46 in a single volume, then 1947-67. AD Taylor stated in 1906 that a complete set, ie from 1891-1906, is "difficult to procure". 8vo. 51pp + [3] adverts. Original cloth-backed boards. Front board becoming detached, otherwise a very good copy. [Padwick, 2558] Scarce. [Bookseller: Sportspages]
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Inscriptiones Graeciae Septentrionalis. Voluminibus VII et VIII non comprehensae. [Inscriptiones Graecae, Volumen IX Pars I+II], Berlin, G. Reimer, 1897 - 212+338 Seiten Pars II von 1908, Ausgetragenes Bibliotheksexemplar, Deckel stellenweise minimal berieben, Buchseiten altersgemäß leicht angedunkelt, insgesamt in sehr gutem Zustand Schneller Versand, mit Rechnung. Sprache: la Gewicht in Gramm: 2850 [Bookseller: Versand-Antiquariat Konrad von Agris]
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