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John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1903 - 1903 Original Hardback Wisden. Very Good Condition. 1903. Hi, Here we have a very rare 1903 Original Hardback Wisden, in Very Good Condition. The 8th Wisden Hardback. As per all 1903s the hinges were broken, Wisden forgot the strengtheners and hence why you never see one with original hinges or just with broken ones, but I have had them proffesionally restored and you can hardly tell, otherwise a super book. The lettering (gilt) is bright and strong to the front and to the spine. The front board is in excllent condition. The spine cloth has the odd mark and at an angle the rear board has a splattering of marks but not obvious unless you look under light. The pastedowns are bright and yellow, and the pages very clean, some spotting around the photoplate tissue which is in very good condition. 1903 is a rare Wisden. Please see the large photographs. More photographs available on request. [Bookseller: Wisdenshop.com] 
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The Durbar [of 1903]. [With special descriptions of The Press Camp - The Rajputana Camp - The Punjab Camp - The Baroda Camp - The Sikkim Camp - The Central India Camp - The Bombay and Imperial Cadet Camp - The S.S.Arabia etc.]. London: Adam and Charles Black. No.14 of the Deluxe Edition. Signed by Mortimer Menpes. The first layer with the Frontispiece cleanly detached, otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.. London, Adam and Charles Black, 1903. Quarto. XII, 210 pages. With 100 fine coloured plates, including frontispiece (all illustrations including their original tissue guards). Hardcover / Beautiful original ivory buckram with ornaments to front board and spine. No.14 of the Deluxe Edition. Signed by Mortimer Menpes. The first layer with the Frontispiece cleanly detached, otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The Durbar of 1903 was held to celebrate the succession of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra as Emperor and Empress of India. The two full weeks of festivities were devised in meticulous detail by Lord Curzon. It was a dazzling display of pomp, power and split second timing. Neither the earlier Delhi Durbar of 1877, nor the later Durbar held there in 1911, could match the pageantry of Lord Curzon?'s 1903 festivities. In a few short months at the end of 1902, a deserted plain was transformed into an elaborate tented city, complete with temporary light railway to bring crowds of spectators out from Delhi, a post office with its own stamp, telephone and telegraphic facilities, a variety of stores, a Police force with specially designed uniform, hospital, magistrate?'s court and complex sanitation, drainage and electric light installations. Souvenir guide books were sold and maps of the camping ground distributed. Marketing opportunities were craftily exploited. Special medals were struck, firework displays, exhibitions and glamorous dances held. Edward VII, to Curzon?'s disappointment, did not attend but sent his brother, the Duke of Connaught who arrived with a mass of dignitaries by train from Bombay just as Curzon and his government came in the other direction from Calcutta. The assembly awaiting them displayed possibly the greatest collection of jewels to be seen in one place. Each of the Indian princes was adorned with the most spectacular of his gems from the collections of centuries. Maharajahs came with great retinues from all over India, many of them meeting for the first time while the massed ranks of the Indian armies, under their Commander-in-Chief Lord Kitchener, paraded, played their bands and restrained the crowds of common people. On the first day, the Curzons entered the area of festivities, together with the maharajahs, riding on elephants, some with huge gold candelabras stuck on their tusks. The durbar ceremony itself fell on New Year's Day and was followed by days of polo and other sports, dinners, balls, military reviews, bands, and exhibitions. The world?'s press dispatched their best journalists, artists and photographers to cover proceedings. The popularity of movie footage of the event, shown in makeshift cinemas throughout India, is often credited with having launched the country?'s early film industry. The India Post issued a set of two commemorative souvenir sheets with special cancellation struck on 1 January 1903 - 12 noon, a much sought after item for the stamp collectors today. The event culminated in a grand coronation ball attended only by the highest ranking guests, all reigned over by Lord Curzon and more so by the stunning Lady Curzon in her glittering jewels and regal peacock gown. (Wikipedia) Mortimer Luddington Menpes (22 February 1855 ?- 1 April 1938), was an Australian-born artist, author, printmaker and illustrator. Menpes was born in Port Adelaide, South Australia, the second son of property developer James Menpes, who with his wife Ann arrived in South Australia from London on the Moffatt in December 1839. Educated at Adelaide Educational Institution, he attended classes at Adelaide's School of Design, and did some excellent work as a photo-colourist, but his formal art training began at the School of Art in London in 1878, after his family had moved back to England in 1875. Edward Poynter was a fellow student at the school. Menpes first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1880, and, over the following 20 years, 35 of his paintings and etchings were shown at the Academy. Menpes set off on a sketching tour of Brittany in 1880, during which he met James McNeill Whistler. He became Whistler's pupil, and at one stage shared a flat with him at Cheyne Walk on the Chelsea Embankment in London. He was taught etching by Whistler, whose influence, together with that of Japanese design, is evident in his later work. Menpes became a major figure in the etching revival, producing more than seven hundred different etchings and drypoints, which he usually printed himself. As early as 1880, a selection of ten of his drypoint portraits, donated to the British Museum by Charles A. Howell, brought him critical acclaim. A visit to Japan in 1887 led to his first one-man exhibition at Dowdeswell's Gallery in London. Menpes moved into a property at 25 Cadogan Gardens, Sloane Square, designed for him by A. H. Mackmurdo in 1888 and decorated it in the Japanese style. Whistler and Menpes quarrelled in 1888 over the interior design of the house, which Whistler felt was a brazen copying of his own ideas. The house was sold in 1900, and Menpes moved to Kent. In 1900, after the outbreak of the Boer War, Menpes was sent to South Africa as a war artist for the weekly illustrated magazine Black and White. After the end of the war in 1902 he travelled widely, visiting Burma, Egypt, France, India, Italy, Japan, Kashmir, Mexico, Morocco, and Spain. Many of his illustrations were published in travel books by A & C Black. His book on the Delhi Durbar was an illustrated record of the commemoration in Delhi of the coronation of King Edward VII. For the last 30 years of his life, Menpes retired to Iris Court, Pangbourne from where he managed his Purley-on-Thames business, "Menpes Fruit Farms". He built forty large greenhouses in which to grow carnations and eight cottages to accommodate the farm workers. He died in Pangbourne in 1938. Menpes became a member of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers (RE) in 1881, Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) in 1885, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI) in 1897 and Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI) in 1899. An exhibition of his work, The World of Mortimer Menpes: Painter, Etcher, Raconteur opened at the Art Gallery of South Australia on 14 June 2014. Menpes, his parents and three of his siblings moved to England in 1875, never to return to Australia. However five of Menpes' sisters remained in South Australia. In 1875, Menpes married fellow Australian Rosa Mary Grosse (d. 23 August 1936) in London. They had a son, Mortimer James (b. 1879) and two daughters, Rose Maud Goodwin and Dorothy Whistler. Menpes painted in both oil and watercolour. He developed a special form of colour etching, used to illustrate his books, and founded the Menpes Press of London and Watford. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Menpes travelled Europe, making copies of paintings by the old masters which he used as a basis for a series of prints published in 1905 and 1909. In 1911, Menpes donated 38 of the copies in oil to the Australian Government; these works have subsequently become part of the Pictures Collection at the National Library of Australia. Some pencil sketches by Menpes were published in the Adelaide Observer in 1903. They are portraits of Sir Charles Todd, Sir James Fergusson and the Rev. Canon Green; Dean Marryat, Sir Anthony Musgrave and Dr. Schomburgk; Charles Mann, Sir Arthur Blyth and William Townsend Sir William Milne, Thomas Playford and George Stevenson, Jun. (Wikipedia) [Bookseller: The Time Traveller's Bookshop]
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Famous photograph of the First Man-Flight, signed by Orville Wright n.p., n.d.. 6.25" x 4.5". "Signed photographic halftone print of, ""First Man-Flight, December 17, 1903, Kitty Hawk, N.C."", Signed, ""Orville Wright,"" in center of bottom of image in ink, 6.25"" x 4.5"", image size 5"" x 3.5"". Mounting remnants on verso, Very Good condition.This photograph depicts the famous first flight, and is signed by Orville Wright, the world?s first airplane pilot. Orville set up the photograph by placing a tripod at the location where the plane was to take off, and John T. Daniels, one of the few witnesses to the event, snapped the shutter during the 12 seconds that the first heavier-than-air vehicle flew its 120 feet. Orville documented the event in his diary: ?After running the engine and propellers a few minutes to get them in working order, I got on the machine at 10:35 for the first trial ... On slipping the rope the machine started off increasing in speed to probably 7 or 8 miles. The machine lifted from the truck just as it was entering on the fourth rail. Mr. Daniels took a picture just as it left the tracks.? Three more flights were made that day with Orville?s brother Wilbur piloting the record flight lasting 59 seconds over a distance of 852 feet. This halftone photograph may have been printed by the Wrights themselves, being familiar with the halftone process from their earlier newspaper publishing enterprises, the weekly West Side News and the daily Evening Item." [Bookseller: University Archives]
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The Kingis Quair. Vale Press, London 1903 - Edited by Robert Steele. Printed in red and black in a special font designed by Charles Ricketts, 'The King's Fount'. One of 260 copies. 8vo., a really fresh and crisp copy in the original quarter linen with blue paper covered boards, printed paper label on upper cover. Very slight speckling to endpapers and edges as usual, otherwise a very good untrimmed copy. A more elaborate illustrated edition had been planned but it was abandoned in favour or the rather charming simplicity of this version in Rickett's extraordinary typeface. The three planned illustrations appeared later in 'The Dial' (no.4 & 5). [Attributes: Hard Cover] [Bookseller: SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS, ABA, ILAB]
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Tristan. Sechs Novellen. 2. Aufl. Bln., S.Fischer 1903 - 4 Bl., 264 S. 4 Bl. Orig. leinenband mit Gold- und Schwarzpräg. von A. Schäffer, Kopfgoldschnitt Einband etwas fleckig und gering bestossen +++Antiquariat seit über 25 Jahren+++ [Attributes: Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Der ANTIQUAR in LAHR, Werner Engelmann]
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BERICHTE DER DEUTSCHEN PHYSIKALISCHEN GESELLSCHAFT in den Jahren 1904-1910 enthaltend Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft. Im Auftrage der Gesellschaft hrsg. v. Karl SCHEEL. 5.-12. Jg. und Halbmonatliches Literaturverzeichnis der \"Fortschritte der Physik\" dargestellt von der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft redigiert von K. Scheel u. R. Assmann. Braunschweig, Vieweg 1903-1910. 8 Bde. 8°. VI, 474; VI, 377, 438; VIII, 481, 444; VII, 711; IX, 797, 456; X, 1001; VII, 749, 450 u. VIII, 1102 S. Mit zahlr. Textabb. HLdr. d. Zt.m. goldgeprägt. Rückentit. Tit. gestemp. Von sehr guter Erhaltung. EAMit hunderten Beiträgen in Erstdruck: 5. Jg. 1903. G. QUINCKE: Über Kristalle. A. WEHNELT. Über die Röntgenröhre mit veränderlichem Härtegrad. - 6. Jg. 1904. H. STARKE. Über die Elektrizitätsleitung in der Flamme. E. MARX: Über die Elekrizitätsleitung in der Flamme (Antwort auf die Erwiderung des Herrn STARKE.). A. VOLLER. Versuche über die zeitliche Abhnahem der Radioaktivität und über die Lebensdauer des Radiums im Zustande sehr feiner Verteilung. H. KRONE. Über Radioaktivität vom universellen Standpunkte aus. H. FRANKE. Schnelltelegraphensystem von SIEMENS & HALSKE. - 7. Jg. 1905. M. THIESEN. Über eine Methode zur Bestimmung der Schallgeschwindigkeit. I. TRAUBE. Über eine Methode zur Analyse von Wechselströmen. P. DRUDE. Über den Einfluß der Erde bei der drahtlosen Telegraphie. Nach Versuchen von J.S. SACHS. W. SEITZ. Über eine neue Art sehr weicher Röntgenstrahlen. E. MARX. Die Geschwindigkeit der Röntgenstrahlen. - 8. Jg. 1906. M. PLANCK. Das Prinzip der Relativität und die Grundgleichungen der Mechanik. Ders. Bemerkung über die Konstante des WIEN’schen Verschiebungsgesetzes. - 9. Jg. 1907. M. PLANCK. Wilhelm v. Bezold. M. PLANCK. Nachtrag zu der Besprechung der KAUFMANN’schen Ablenkungsmessungen. M. LAUE. Die Mitführung des Lichtes durch bewegte Körper nach dem Relativitätsprinzip. - 10 Jg. 1908. J. FRANCK u. R. POHL. Zur Frage nach der Geschwindigkeit de rRöntgenstrahlen. WIESSNER. Beitrag zur Bestimmung der Bahn des Lichtes. H. T. SIMON. Über neuere Methoden zur Erzeugung elektrischer Schwingungen und Bedeutung derselben für die drahtlose Telegraphie. M. PLANCK. Bermekungen zum Prinzip der Aktion und Reaktion in der allgemeinen Dynamik. O. WIENER. Über Farbenphotographie und verwandte naturwissenschaftliche Fragen. O. HAHN. Über eine neue Erscheinung bei der Aktivierung des Aktiniums. - 11. Jg. 1909. O. HAHN u. L. MEITNER. Eine neue Methode zur Herstellung radioaktiver Zerfallsprodukte; Thorium D, ein kurzlebiges Produkt des Thoriums. M. BRON. Über die Dynamik des Elektrons in der Kinematik des Relativitätsprinzips. A. EINSTEIN. Über die Entwicklung unserer Anschauungen über das Wesen und die Konstitution der Strahlung. A. SOMMERFELD. Über die Zusammensetzung der Geschwindigkeiten in der Reltativtheorie. K. KURZ. Die radioaktiven Stoffe in Erde und Luft als Ursache der durchdringenden Strahlung in der Atmosphäre. F. DESSAUER. Röntgenaufnahmen in kurzen Zeiten. - 12. Jg. 1910. F. KIEBITZ. Einige Versuche über schnelle Lichtbogenschwingungen. - F. BREISIG. Absolute Bestimmung der Dämpfung von Fernsprechleitungen durch Sprechversuche. - M. BORN. Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper. - J. WÜRSCHMIDT: Über die Anregbarkeit von Entladungsröhren mit Glühkathode und ihre Verwendbarkeit f.d. drahtlose Telegraphie. - O. HAHN. Über die Gesetzmäßigkeit bei der Emission von ß-Strahlen und über die Absorption derselben in Materie. - A. WIGAND. Erdmagnetische und luftelektrische Störungen in Halle beim Duchgang des HALLEYschen Kometen am 19. Mai 1910. - E. MEYER. Über die Struktur der ?-Strahlen. - W.v. IGNATOWSKY. Einige allgemeine Bemerkungen zum Relativitätsprinzip. - M. PLANCK. Die Stellung der neueren Physik zur mechanischen Naturanschauung. - R. W. WOOD. Photographie mit unsichtbaren Strahlen Versand D: 4,00 EUR Naturwissenschaften, Physik, Zeitschriften [Bookseller: Antiquariat Burgverlag]
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Call of the Wild The Macmillan Company, New York 1903 - First Edition, First Printing with the words "Set up, electrotyped, and published July, 1903" printed on the copyright page. A superb copy. This ORIGINAL unrestored dustjacket is rich in color with slight wear to the edges. The book is bound in the original publisher's green cloth. The binding is tight with slight wear to the edges. The pages are clean with minor discoloration to the front endpaper. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A fabulous copy in collector's condition. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Quintessential Rare Books, LLC]
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The Cyclopedia Of Victoria. (Three Volume Set) An Historical And Commercial Review. Descriptive And Biographical Facts Figures And Illustrations. An Epitome Of Progress. Melbourne, Cyclopedia Company, 1903. 1905.. First Editions; Three Volume Set; Lge 8vo, 24 x 29 cm; Vol.I pp. (xiv), 611; Vol.II pp. (vi), 559; Vol. III pp (vi), 644; marbled edges, numerous photographic illustrations, original half leather bindings, titles lettered in gilt on spines, some rubbing to bindings but overall a nice firm set. Includes an interesting view on Colonel Collins siting the early settlement at Sorrento and why he did not pursue the Yarra River settlement discovered and described by Grimes. Aboriginal Chapter states they are ' extremely "interesting" relates legends and that they have many fine qualities. Includes illustrations of 1850 bridge over the Yarra River, the Queens Arch, Kings Arch, Bourke Street, Law Courts, King Billy and the Ballarat tribe. Also includes articles on Horse Racing, Cricket, Art, Education, railways, Federation, Sir Henry Parkes, Parliament, Hospitals. Volume 3 describes regions of Victoria including, Frankston well described including the murderers hut and the pleasant ride to Mt. Eliza.. Also described are Melbourne Union Cricket Club, Flinders, Lorne, Portsea, Sorrento', Leongatha and much more. An invaluable reference work on Victorian local history and biographies of the time. [Bookseller: Time Booksellers]
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The Vision of Hell; The Vision of Purgatory and Paradise [The Divine Comedy] London: Cassell & Co., 1903. xxiv, 183; xii, 337, 135 b/w plates. fo. HB. 2 vols. Orig. half-leather; spine gt with raised bands; aeg. Minor rubbing to spine and corners.; some spotting to boards. Browning to end-papers; some creasing to endpaper in vol. 2; occasional foxing. Vg.. Illustrated by Gustave Doré. Translated by Henry Francis Cary. With Critical and Explanatory Notes, Life of Dante and Chronology. Vol. 2 is undated and marked as 'New Edition'. Complete set with Vol. 1 containing The Vision of Hell, and vol. 2 The Vision of Purgatory and Paradise.. [Bookseller: Pemberley Natural History Books]
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Novels 1903 - HUGO, Victor. The Novels. Edinburgh: John Grant, 1903. Twenty-eight volumes. Small octavo, early three-quarter navy morocco, raised bands, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt, uncut. $6500.Complete and unabridged edition of Hugo’s novels, illustrated with 84 plates, beautifully bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.Hugo was "the inspired torchbearer, champion, and theorist of Romanticism, essayingâ€"and revolutionizingâ€"all genres… [His philosophy] released a torrent of words, symbols, and images, and some visionary writing of the highest order" (Reid, French Literature, 296). Set includes Les Miserables, Notre Dame of Paris, Toilers of the Sea, The Laughing Man, Ninety-Three and Hugo's first novel Hans of Iceland. Texts in English. Fine condition. [Attributes: Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Bauman Rare Books]
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Autoritratto di profilo. - 1903, disegno originale a matita sanguigna, su carta. Firmato e datato in basso a sinistra: G. Costetti 903. Lievi sgualciture; tratti del disegno molti tenui. Provenienza: collezione Nello Puccioni. [Bookseller: Libreria Oreste Gozzini snc]
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Sacrorum Conciliorum Nova et Amplissima Collectio (53 vols. cpl./ 53 Bände KOMPLETT) - Vol. 1 - 36 A: Introductio/ Anni 1 - 1867/ Vol. 36 Bis/ Ter: Collectio Conciliorum Recentiorum Ecclesiae Universae: Synodi Occidentales Anni 1596 - 1719/ Vol. 37 - 39: Occidentales Anni 1720 - 1845/ Vol. 40 - 45: Synodi Orientales Anni 1806 - 1884/ Vol. 46: Synodi Melchitarum 1716 - 1902/ Vol. 47/ 48: Synodi Occidentales 1854 - 1967/ Vol. 49 - 53: Sacrosancti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani: Acta Praesynodalia/ Acta Synodalia Congreg. I - LXXXIX. Bd. 1 - 36 A: Unveränderter Nachdruck (Faksimile-Druck) der bei Hubert Welter in Paris erschienenen Ausgabe; ab Bd. 36 BIS: Original-Ausgaben im Verlag H. Welter; Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt/ Société nouvelle d\'édition de la colection Mansi (H. Welter); 1903 - 1962. je Band ca. 1200 Seiten; zweispaltig; Gebundene Ausgabe/ Großformat; Die hier angebotenen Bände stammen aus einer teilaufgelösten Bibliothek und tragen die entsprechenden Kennzeichnungen (Rückenschild/ Instituts-Stempel ...); Schnitt und Einband sind leicht staubschmutzig; Der Gesamtzustand ist ansonsten ordentlich und dem Alter entsprechend gut; Textsaubere Exemplare; Orig.Ganzleinen; KOMPLETTPREIS für 53 Bände; bei Versand ins Ausland erfragen Sie bitte zuerst die Versandkosten; LATEINISCH !! Versandkostenfreie Lieferung mfb [Bookseller: Petra Gros]
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The Call of The Wild With colour illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull New York, NY: The MacMillan Company, 1903., 1903. FIRST EDITION. 8vo., pp 231 + 2pp adverts. Publisher's decorated olive green cloth with titles in gilt to front board and spine. Attractive illustration to front board. Gilt to top edge. Beautifully illustrated throughout, including frontispiece and endpapers, by Philip R. Goodwin and Charles Livingston Bull, with front board decoration by Chas Edw. Hooper. Ink ownership to half-title, cloth lightly rubbed, spine tips nominally frayed; very goof indeed. Sisson & Martens p13. Listed in The Observer's All-Time 100 Best Novels [2003], also Modern Library; Top 100 Novels [1998]. [Bookseller: Adrian Harrington Rare Books]
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The Novels and Stories New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. Leather bound. Fine. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. Leather bound. Sixteen volumes. Octavo. The Novels and Stories by Ivan Turgenieff. This edition printed on Ruisdael Hand-Made Paper limited to two hundred and four copies which this is number 117. Illustrated frontispiece to each volumes and title tissue guard. Handsomely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in three quarter red morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles, top edge gilt, marbled endpaper. [Bookseller: Imperial Fine Books]
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Badende Frauen an der See. 1903 1903 - Farbholzschnitt, 1903, (Graugrün, Rot), auf Japan, im Stock monogrammiert (vgl. Goldstein, p. 354); signiert, mit Ortsangabe „München" versehen, datiert und als „Handdruck" bezeichnet. Darstellungsgr. 24 : 17 cm, vollrandig. Maler und Graphiker. Studium in Kassel und Berlin. Neben Martha Cunz und Daniel Staschus gehörte Neumann zu den wichtigsten Münchner Farbholzschneidern. [Bookseller: Galerie Joseph Fach GmbH]
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THE TALE OF SQUIRREL NUTKIN Published by Frederick Warne & Co., 1903. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good. Illustrated by Potter, Beatrix. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Small format. Dark blue boards. Pictorial onlay to front cover. 84 numbered pages. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine slightly darkened. Some purple paint(?) marks and a biro scribble to front cover. Child's pencil writing to front pastedown and address in ink to endpaper. Grubby fingermarks to contents. This is the third printing of the first edition. [R] [Bookseller: Stella & Rose's Books]
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THE ORRERY PAPERS. (2 VOLUMES) Duckworth and Company, London 1903 - From The Spectator, 20 June 1903: "In the last few years an immense quantity of papers has been discovered in the great houses of England, and given to the world. Of these, few possess the same charm as The Orrery Papers now edited by Lady Cork." A lovely, edition, with color frontispiece and extra-illustrated with a number of engraved plates throughout. Handsomely bound in gold morocco, with raised bands and gilt decoratoins, all edges gilt, tissue guards, etc. Near Fine binding. [Attributes: Hard Cover] [Bookseller: BLACK SWAN BOOKS, INC., ABAA, ILAB]
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Le Livre des Millie Nuits et une nuits Paris: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle Eugene Fasquelle Editor, 1903. Full leather. Fine. Paris: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle Eugene Fasquelle Editor, 1903. Full leather. Sixteen volumes. Octavo. Le Livre des Millie Nuits et une nuit. Traduction litterale et complete du texte arabe,( The Writings of the Arabian Nights). Bound in full tan polished calf, covers and spine gilt decoration, red and black title labels, raised bands, marbled edges and endpaper, ( Text is in French). [Bookseller: Imperial Fine Books]
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The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin. London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co.,, 1903. Sextodecimo. Original grey boards, titles to front cover and spine in white, pictorial label with illustration to front cover, pictorial endpapers. Frontispiece and 26 illustrations in colour by the author. Ownership inscription to front pastedown and first blank. Spine gently rolled and mildly toned, small patch of abrasion to head of front free endpaper, and pp.12-13, slight crease to p. 14. An excellent, bright copy. First edition, third printing sheets with "Author of the Tale of Peter Rabbit" on the title page. [Bookseller: Peter Harrington]
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1903. First thus . Very near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt borders on the front board and gilt text on the spine with a minor dent to the upper end of the spine just over the "The" in the title giving it a bumpy texture. The gilt in the top bar of the letter "T" in that word is very slightly worn as are the letters "es" in "Lakeside" and the "e" in "Press" at the base of the spine. The gilt text is otherwise very bright and clean. There are no prior ownership markings of any kind within this copy. This is the first Lakeside Classic which was issued at Christmas time in 1903 and is quite uncommon. A highly collectible copy of a rather uncommon and seldom found title. [Bookseller: Town's End Books]
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The Five Nations. London: Methuen and Co 1903 - LIMITED FIRST EDITION printed on Japanese paper. Crown octavo, pp.xv; 215; [1], blank. Elegantly bound in publisher's full vellum with gilt titles, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. A clean, fine copy with just a little expected bowing to the vellum covers. A rare book, this being one of just thirty copies. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB]
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The Crimson Fairy Book. London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co.,, 1903. With eight coloured plates and numerous illustrations by H. J. Ford. Octavo. Original crimson cloth, illustration to front cover and spine gilt, titles to spine gilt, pictorial endpapers with line drawings, all edges gilt. Colour frontispiece, vignette engraved title page, 7 colour plates, 35 engraved plates, and illustrations in the text throughout. Occasional spotting to pages, spine lightly rolled, wear to ends of spine, light soiling to spine with slight toning. A very good copy. First edition, first impression, of this eighth instalment in Lang's Fairy Book series, a truly international collection with stories originating from eastern Europe, Siciliy, Scandinavia and the Far East. [Bookseller: Peter Harrington]
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[The Novels] Sense and Sensibility Pride and Prejudice Emma Mansfield Park Northanger Abbey [with] Persuasion London: Macmillan and Co., 1903-1907.. Five volumes. 8vo. Bound by Bayntun in half streaked tan calf over cloth sides, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered to two panels and decorated with a rose motif in gilt to the others, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Numerous illustrations throughout, "Pride" illustrated by Charles Brock, the others by Hugh Thomson. A lovely set. These illustrated editions of Austen's novels, each with an introduction by Austin Dobson, were first published between 1895 and 1897. [Bookseller: Bow Windows Bookshop]
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Autograph letter signed. Passail near Weiz, 7. VIII. 1903. - Small 8vo. 2 pp. on bifolium. To Ludwig Bösendorfer. As Bártok does not yet know his Gmunden address, he asks that his piano be sent "Railway Restante": "Sehr geehrter Herr! Da ich die Adresse meiner Wohnung in Gmunden noch nicht weiss, bitte ich das Klavier nach Gmunden 'Bahn restante' zu senden. Ich treffe dort am 17. Aug. ein, also wäre es gut, wenn ich das Klavier bei meiner Ankunft schon dort finden könnte. Nach dessen Übernahme werde ich sehr geehrten Herrn davon verständigen [.]". [Bookseller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH]
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Opera omnia.: Vol.1 Istolgia normale (1870-1883) Vol. 2 Istologia normale (1883-1902) Vol. 3 Patologia hererale e Isto-patologia (1868-1894). Hoepli 1903-1925, Milan - Three Volumes. Folio. Modern half green leatherette and marble boards. Collation: Vol. 1- xii, 1-393pp + portrait and 21 plates; Vol. 2- viii, 397-735 pp. + 21 plates; Vol. 3 - viii, 737-1257 pp. + 9 plates. The binding, text and plates are in very good condition. The sewing of the plates occasionally has a thread passing through a small hole in some of the plates. This does not affect viewing of the image. This work was originally issued in stiff paper boards and has been rebound. There was a fourth volume, Sovitti su orgamenti variee 1903-1925, that was published in 1929. The present set of volumes provides an extensive collection of Golgi's major works on neurons and numerous other cells as well as his research on malaria. Golgi introduced a selective silver stain that stained individual neuronal cells and a discrete reticulate structure inside cells, subsequently called the Golgi Apparatus. With his staining method, Golgi was able to study "of the finer anatomy of the nervous system. Using this technique, he identified Golgi's Type I and Type II nerve cells and did other detailed studies of the cerbrum, spinal cord, and olfactory system. Golgi later determined the correct course of the uriniferous tubules and their relation to the glomeruli of the kidney. In 1886, only a few years after Laveran's discovery of the malaria parasite, Golgi described the parasites of the tertian and quartan fevers and their nonsexual development. Together with Ramón y Cajal, Golgi was awarded the Nobel prize in 1906 for their many contributions into man's understanding of the structure and function of the nervous system." (Heirs of Hipporcrates, p. 611 no. 2056) .This is an exceptionally scarce publication of Golgi's research, much of which only appeared as journal articles, with only 350 copies printed. [Attributes: Soft Cover] [Bookseller: Antiquariat Botanicum, ABAA]
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Nel Paese degli Aromi. Diario di una esplorazione nell\'Africa Orientale da Obbia ad Alula. Milano : Cogliati. 1903. XVI, 633 p., con 165 illustrazioni, schizzi originali e 17 carte geografiche. 8°, Oktav, 19 cm, Hardcover / Festeinband Pp. mit aufmontiertem Deckelbild. Vom Autor auf Frontispiz signiert! Sehr schöner frischer Privateinband, einige Seiten leicht stockfleckig. Sehr selten / très rare. u107 Versand D: 5,00 EUR Italienische Literatur , Raritäten , descrizione e viaggi - 1890 [Bookseller: SURAT Internet Antiquariat]
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THE DYNASTS (All 3 Volumes in Original Dust Jackets, EARLIEST ISSUE with integral 1903 Title Page in Volume One) London: Macmillan, 1903. Hardy, Thomas. THE DYNASTS: A Drama of the Napoleonic Wars, In Three Parts, Nineteen Acts, & One Hundred and Thirty Scenes. London: Macmillan, 1903-1906-1908. Three volumes. First Edition in publisher's original green cloth. First issue of Volume One (1903 title page integral, only 103 copies at most printed, expert repair to front inner hinge), first British issue of Volume Two (title page a cancel as found in all British first editions; some 1905 titles were found among the American issue), First Issue of Volume Three. Very Good copies (a little worn at the edges) in Very Good examples of ALL THREE ORIGINAL DUST JACKETS (some light restoration to corners and spines). Very rare in the original dust jackets and as nice a set of the first issue as we've seen. Hardy's interest in The Napoleonic Wars was most famously expressed in his 1880 novel THE TRUMPET MAJOR but also found expression in his poetry and here in his Magnum Opus, THE DYNASTS, which took him several decades of hard work to bring to fruition. THE DYNASTS is little read today but contains the best and most complete insight into of Hardy's world-view (as hinted at in the last line of TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES when he invokes The President Of The Immortals as having finished his sport with Tess). Bookplate of a distinguished previous owner on front paste-down all three volumes. Purdy pp. 119-135. . First Edition. Decorative Boards. Very Good/Very Good. [Bookseller: Lakin & Marley Rare Books ]
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Ephraim Moses Lilien - Sein Werk mit einer Einleitung von Stefan Zweig Berlin und Leipzig, Schuster & Loeffler, 1903. Leinen !!! ACHTUNG!!! sehr selten!!!Buchzitat:Dieses Werk wurde nur in dieser einen Auflage von 1.000 Exemplaren hergestellt.Buch- und Zustandsbeschreibung:Illustrierter Ganzleinenband, Illustrierte Monographie mit einem ganzseitigen photographischem Portrait Lilien´s,Bindung im Vorsatz bruchstückhaft leicht gebrochen aber fest mit kleinen Fehlstellen, Buchblockbindung fest und ordentlich, Vorsatzblatt mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren, es fehlt ein Blatt zwischen Vorsatz und Schmutztitel, kaum fingerfleckig (nur vereinzelt auf sehr wenigen Seiten), auf der Rückseite des photographischen Portrait Liliens befindet sich ein sauberer handschriftlicher Namenszug, eine Seite eingerissen,Einband:Ecken und Kanten leicht berieben / bestoßen, Buchdeckel vorn am oberem Rand mit vereinzelten kleinen Farbfehlstellen, Buchdeckel hinten im oberem Bereich und ein ca. 4 cm breiter senkrechter Streifen über die gesamte Höhe mit Farbfehlstellen, Buchrücken oben berieben und leicht bestoßen; ca. 1 cm aufgeplatztunten leicht eingedrücktVon etwa 80 Zeichnungen / Abbildungen fehlen zehn Zeichnungen (Auf zarten Saiten ; Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt ; Aus der Barbierstube der Grazien; Ex Libris Franz Filipek; Das Sehnsuchtslied ; Das Trauerlied ; Trugland ; Ex Libris Richard Wöpke ; Mein Kind; Titelzeichnung zu Lieder des Volkes) ; Bilder wurden sauber herausgetrennt (fiel beim genauen durchsehen auf ; sonst nicht bemerkt)Auf Wunsch schicken wir weitere FotosDas Buch enthält Exlibris, Buchillustrationen, Vignetten, Plakate, Grafiken, graphische Arbeiten des Künstlers E. M. Lilien. Exlibris, Buchillustrationen, Vignetten, Plakate, Grafiken, graphische Arbeiten, Jude, Judentum, Jugendstil, Monographie, Zionistische Bewegung, Zionismus, nationaljüdischen, Renaissance, Vignette, Randverzierung, Buchillustrator, Buchillustrationen, Selbs [Bookseller: Antiquariat Hobbystube]
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Eigenh. Brief mit U. O. O., 12. September 1903. - 1 S. 8vo. An den Schriftsteller und Strindberg-Übersetzer Emil Schering (1873–1951): „[.] Härmed ombrytningen af Luther, som dock kan få ändras af en direktör! [.]" Mit kleinem eh. Postskriptum am oberen Blattrand: „Duger Herr Wolkenstein von Schrön? Eller har ni mera klangfulla namn, så tagom dem! Von Schrön är icke vackert kanske". [Bookseller: Kotte Autographs GmbH]
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ALLIED FORCES IN CHINA, 1901, 1902, 1903 [Np, 1903. Some fraying at edges, particularly lower left corner. Light wear and soiling. Very good. A unique, striking hand-embroidered silk flag commemorating the alliance that suppressed the Boxer Rebellion in China and honoring the Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire) regiment of British infantry. The title, "Allied Forces in China," is embroidered in a large banner across the top, with the dates "1901, 1902, 1903" stitched across the bottom. The member nations of the alliance are represented by their flags. Arrayed to the left and right of a central Union Jack design are the flags of the United States, Italy, Germany, Russia, Japan, Austria-Hungary (a red and white variant flag with a crest), and France, as well as the flag of the Qing Dynasty (a variation, with a dragon on a white background, birds embroidered on the edges, and a red sun at top left). Centered at the top of the banner appears the insignia for the "Sherwood Foresters, Derbyshire," a crowned Maltese Cross with a white stag, the Union Jack of Britain, and the flags of the Red Ensign of the British Merchant Navy and the Royal Naval Ensign. Below the flags is a British battleship flying three U.K. flags. Each corner of the banner is embellished with a pink rose. The Boxer Rebellion was a proto-nationalist uprising in China between 1898 and 1901, in which elements in China revolted against foreign intervention and the imposition of Christianity and Western influence on the Qing government. The Imperial Court was deeply divided in its attitude toward the Boxer movement, and although the Dowager Empress eventually chose to side with the Boxers against the westerners, other parts of the Court allied with the foreign powers. The crisis came to a head when the Boxers attacked the European embassies in Beijing, leading to a fifty-five-day siege of the legation district in the summer of 1900. The swift response of the Eight Nation Alliance brought in twenty thousand armed troops, crushed the revolt, and captured Beijing. The Eight Nation Alliance then imposed severe reparations on the Chinese government as indemnity for the campaign. Allied troops remained in China for the next three years in a "peace-keeping" role. Stitching embroidered decorations of unit service was a tradition in the British Navy, and such pieces are traditionally known as "woolies." Similar items can be found in the Royal National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, generally woolwork or embroidered pictures with similar design elements of flags and ships, but nothing quite like this flag relating to China and the Boxer Rebellion. It is most unusual for being on silk, for commemorating an international expedition rather than unit service alone, and for relating to China. Only a part of the Sherwood Foresters regiment served in China, since most of the regiment was engaged in the Boer War, making this an unusual service designation as well. A beautiful and possibly unique flag relating to a major event in Chinese history. [Bookseller: William Reese Company - Americana]
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The Works London: Chapman and Hall, 1903. Leather_bound. Fine. London: Chapman and Hall, 1903. Leather_bound. Thirty volumes. Octavo. The Complete Works of Charles Dickens. The standard library edition with illustration throughout. bound in three quarter red polished calf, marbled boards, spine gilt decoration, tan and black title labels, raised bands, all edges marbled and endpaper. A splendid set. [Bookseller: Imperial Fine Books]
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The Five Nations. London: Methuen and Co 1903, 1903. LIMITED FIRST EDITION printed on Japanese paper. Crown octavo, pp.xv; 215; [1], blank. Elegantly bound in publisher's full vellum with gilt titles, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. A clean, fine copy with just a little expected bowing to the vellum covers. A rare book, this being one of just thirty copies. [Bookseller: Adrian Harrington Rare Books]
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The Works of Jane Austen Including: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Emma, and Persuasion New York, NY: Bigelow, Smith and Co., n.d. (c.1903)., 1903. EDITION DE LUXE. Limited to 1000 sets. 6 volumes, octavo. With colour frontispiece illustrations and numerous black and white plates by Brock. Elegantly hand-bound in half mid-blue calf with cloth sides, raised bands and gilt decoration to the spine, top edge gilt. A clean, fine set in an attractive recent leather binding. [Bookseller: Adrian Harrington Rare Books]
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The Tailor of Gloucester. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1903., 1903. FIRST EDITION, beautifully illustrated with 27 colour plates. Bound in publisher's paper-covered boards, illustration laid-down to upper, finely respined and cornered in recent navy morocco. Five raised bands, gilt titles and tooling to spine, title and author's name in silver to front board. Pictorial endpapers. A very good copy of a children's classic. [Bookseller: Adrian Harrington Rare Books]
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Autograph letter signed in full to Hans Volkmann 2 pp. of a bifolium. Octavo. Dresden, February 3, 1903. In black ink on stationery with watermark "Extra Superfine." In German (with translation). Draeseke thanks the musicologist Hans Volkmann belatedly for sending him a copy of his new book on the composer Robert Volkmann (1815-1883): "... I learned of your address [only] yesterday through my old friend, Geheimer Hofrat Stern. Perhaps it will be of interest to you that, while living in Lausanne, I have energetically championed [Robert Volkmann's Piano] trio in B-flat minor... [I wish] your book, devoted to the memory of such an excellent musician, the widest possible dissemination..." Slightly creased at upper edge. Together with: Vintage postcard bust-length photograph, ca. 136 x 87 mm. With reproduction signature to lower margin. Edges slightly worn and silvered; verso lightly browned with some biographical annotations in pencil. . "Early in his career Draeseke was among the most original of the composers associated with the New German school of Wagner and Liszt, but by the time of this essay [Die Konfusion in der Musik, 1906] he had become more conservative in style. He developed a distinct approach to harmony, and an idiosyncratic handling of voice leading..." Alan H. Krueck in Grove online Robert Volkmann's Piano Trio in B-flat minor, op. 5 (1850), mentioned in the letter "was championed by Liszt, to whom it was dedicated, and admired by Bülow and Wagner." Thomas M. Brawley in Grove online Hans Volkmann's monograph on his great uncle Robert is considered to be one of his most significant works. Adolf Stern (1835-1907) was a poet and literary historian. [Bookseller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC]
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THE WIND IN THE ROSE-BUSH AND OTHER STORIES OF THE SUPERNATURAL . New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1903 - Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-237 [238-240] [note: last leaf is a blank], eight inserted plates with illustrations by Peter Newell, original pictorial light green cloth, front panel stamped in dark green, red, white and gold, spine panel stamped in dark green and gold. First edition. "New England regionalist writer, highly regarded for cameo like, naturalistic pictures of domestic life and for supernatural stories . THE WIND IN THE ROSE-BUSH (1903), Freeman's only supernatural collection, is of greater critical and historical importance than its uniqueness might suggest. It is one of the very few bodies of work that combine domestic realism with supernaturalism, and it has been the founding document of a minor school within supernatural fiction (notably August Derleth and his followers). The individual stories are also excellent." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 163. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-71. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 662. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 231. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 395. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-259. Bleiler (1978), p. 77. Reginald 15339. BAL 6371 (BAL notes that Merle Johnson termed this binding the earliest). Cloth just a bit dusty, a bright, nearly fine copy of this lovely book. (#149536) [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB]
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UTOPIA Written by Sir Thomas More in Latin and translated by Ralph Robynson to which are added The Life of the Author by his son-in-law William Roper and some letters. London Printed at the Chiswick Press for George Bell and Sons 1903 - Limited edition #2 of 200, tall 4to., frontispiece portrait after Holbein, text in red and black, slight spotting mostly to front endpapers, 20th century half morocco for Asprey, gilt panels and devices to spine, marbled endpapers and all edges gilt, small area of fading to top of upper cover otherwise a very handsome copy. A work of fiction and political philosophy first published in 1516; it is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. [Attributes: Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Shapero Rare Books]
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Les Monuments arabes de Tlemcen, par MM. William Marçais,. et Georges Marçais. Ouvrage publià sous les auspices du Gouvernement gà nà ral de l'Algà rie A. Fontemoing 1903 - Rebound Ex Library Book In Good Condition WIth Usual Stamps And Stickers, Minor Shelfwear, Slight Tan To Page Edges, Speckled Page Edges Good condition is defined as: a copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. [Bookseller: Revival Books Ltd]
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FIELD OPERATIONS OF THE BUREAU OF SOILS, 1903, MAPS U.S. Department of Agriculture/U.S. Government Printing Office/U.S. Geological Survey/GPO, Washington, DC 1903 - Intended to accompany the separate volume of FIELD OPERATIONS OF THE BUREAU OF SOILS, 1903. 78 large folded maps within a four-fould wrapper, within the original cloth slipcase. All maps are present as the index of maps lists. All near fine and appear unopened. Ribbon ties on the slipcase worn away, else the case is very good plus. Seldom found complete and within the the original folder and slipcase. [Attributes: Soft Cover] [Bookseller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA]
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RHYMES OF REAL CHILDREN SMITH, JESSIE WILLCOX. (SMITH,JESSIE WILLCOX)illus. RHYMES OF REAL CHILDREN by Betty Sage. NY: Fox Duffield 1903 (Oct. 1903). Large square 4to (11x11 3/4"), cloth backed pictorial boards, slight edge and corner wear else near Fine. 1st edition of this magnificent book, illustrated by Smith with cover illustration (front and back), 6 large color plates, orange and black pictorial border on every page of text, plus small color illustration on dedication page. This is a nice copy of a scarce and very desired Smith book. [Bookseller: Aleph-Bet Books, Inc.]
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The Novels and Stories of Ivan Turgenieff Translation by Isabel F. Hapgood. Complete 16-volume set. 4to. Quarter calf with compartments and gilt lettering and decorations and orange decorated paper over boards. Top edges gilt. Various paginations (partly unopened). Frontispieces with captioned tissue guards, decorative endpapers. Very good overall.Occasional faint edgewear only. A tight and lovely full set -- not the trade edition with Henry James introduction, but the limited edition with colophon in each volume noting printing on handmade Ruisdael paper in an edition of 204 numbered sets (this #181). Though not so marked, from the library of Adlai E. Stevenson III, Illinois senator, and before him from the library of his father, Adlai E. Stevenson II (1900-65), Illinois governor and twice presidential candidate -- whose wife Ellen Borden (1907-72) likely acquired it, she being the family member who read and collected fine literature and poetry. A scarce in set in lovely custom binding and with interesting provenance to boot. [Bookseller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, AB]
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Eine Art Musterbuch für künstlerisch gewebte Seidenstoffe als Geschenk an einen Generalsekretär. Aufschrift: "La Section Stephanoise de la societe de Geographie commerciale de Paris. A son Secretaire Perpetuel M. Charles Gauthiot, Decembre 1903. Paris, (1903). - Folio. Format: 49 x 32 cm. 22 Blatt Karton mit montierten gewebten Mustern aus Seide mit Motiven nach zeitgenössischen Künstlern. *Vermutlich ein Unikat als Geschenk an Charles Gauthiot (1832-1905), den französischen Journalisten und Generalsekretär der "Societe de Geographie commerciale de Paris". Die im Titel genannte Bezeichnung ist auf dem Mappendeckel und ebenso auf dem ersten Stoffmuster eingeprägt. Der Inhalt der Mappe besteht aus 22 Blatt mit montierten Seidenstoffen mit eingewebten zeitgenössischen künstlerischen Motiven. - Enthält: 1. Ein Blatt mit 2 Seidenstücken im Format 17 x 14 cm, unten mit Bleistift alt bezeichnet "Mucha". - 2. Ein Blatt mit 4 Seidenstücken zu je 10,5 x 9,5 cm mit den 4 Jahreszeiten nach Mucha, unten alt mit Bleistift bezeichnet "Mucha". Dargestellt sind 4 Frauenköpfe mit Bezeichnung der Jahreszeiten und je unterschiedlichem Blattwerk im Haar. - Desweiteren 20 Blatt mit je einem großen Seidenstück (meist ca. 40 x 18 xm) mit Genremotiven nach französischen Künstlern wie Ernest Meissonier, Lionel Royer, Achille Fould, P.A. Cot, Hamza u.a. mit Landschaften, Allegorien und Genrestücken, darunter nochmals die 4 Jahreszeiten auf 4 Blatt. Das Ganze bildet eine Art Musterbuch für gewebte Seidenstoffe französischer Manufakturen mit zeitgenössischen Künstlermotiven des Fin de siecle und des Art Nouveau. - Hervorzuheben sind die 2 Blatt mit 2 bzw. 4 möglicherweise unbekannten Motiven nach Mucha. - Die Mappe scheint nach der Textwidmung auf dem Deckel und dem ersten Seidenstück ein Unikat zu sein, es gibt keinerlei weitere Hinweise auf einen etwaigen Herausgeber, Der Deckeltext ist auch im KVK oder sonst unbekannt. - Die Mappenhülle außen mit leichten Alterspuren, an den Kanten etwas berieben. Insgesamt in sehr guter und sauberer Erhaltung. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 3000 Tafeln lose in bedruckter Halbledermappe der Zeit, innen mit Spiegeln aus gewebter Seide. [Attributes: Soft Cover] [Bookseller: Antiquariat Braun]
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Autograph letter signed in full to Hans Volkmann 2 pp. of a bifolium. Octavo. Dresden, February 3, 1903. In black ink on stationery with watermark "Extra Superfine." In German (with translation). Draeseke thanks the musicologist Hans Volkmann belatedly for sending him a copy of his new book on the composer Robert Volkmann (1815-1883): "... I learned of your address [only] yesterday through my old friend, Geheimer Hofrat Stern. Perhaps it will be of interest to you that, while living in Lausanne, I have energetically championed [Robert Volkmann's Piano] trio in B-flat minor... [I wish] your book, devoted to the memory of such an excellent musician, the widest possible dissemination..." Slightly creased at upper edge. Together with: Vintage postcard bust-length photograph, ca. 136 x 87 mm. With reproduction signature to lower margin. Edges slightly worn and silvered; verso lightly browned with some biographical annotations in pencil. . "Early in his career Draeseke was among the most original of the composers associated with the New German school of Wagner and Liszt, but by the time of this essay [Die Konfusion in der Musik, 1906] he had become more conservative in style. He developed a distinct approach to harmony, and an idiosyncratic handling of voice leading..." Alan H. Krueck in Grove online Robert Volkmann's Piano Trio in B-flat minor, op. 5 (1850), mentioned in the letter "was championed by Liszt, to whom it was dedicated, and admired by Bülow and Wagner." Thomas M. Brawley in Grove online Hans Volkmann's monograph on his great uncle Robert is considered to be one of his most significant works. Adolf Stern (1835-1907) was a poet and literary historian. [Bookseller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC]
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[Photographs]: New Jersey Infrastructure and Transportation Reference Photos New Jersey. [1930s]. A collection of 217 photographs from PSEG (Public Service Enterprise Group) printed in the 1930s measuring between 5" x 7" to 8" x 10", most with captions. All photos about near fine with some original envelopes and negatives. PSEG was formed in 1903 after the merger of numerous smaller energy companies and firms throughout New Jersey. These prints, created in the 1930s, are taken from a variety of sources from the early days of the company and its sister companies starting in the late-1800s to promote the new face of the New Jersey power company. They show towns and companies throughout New Jersey, some after natural disasters, roads, buildings, public transportation, and company baseball games. Companies shown are the Newark Gaslight Company founded in 1845, United Electric Company of New Jersey, and Citizens Gaslight Company founded in 1870, these and numerous other branches of small New Jersey area power companies combined to form what is now PSEG. One photo of a group of men taking the field in baseball uniforms is captioned, "first field day meet of the P.S. Railway May 20, 1913 - Hilton Oval." Another photos shows downed power lines and reads, "Elizabeth - E. Grand St. and Jefferson Ave. Pole line result of storm March 1, 1914." The same storm is captured in a photo from Plainfield showing "P.S.E. wires in good shape," while "Western Union Line down." A photo depicting a horse drawn car that reads "Belleville & Cemetery" on the side is captioned, "driver - Mr. James J. Noonan 1884 - Jimie had more claim to fame than merely as chauffeur of the deluxe equipage he was the backstop for the old Woodstock's baseball team and a hero to all the kids of the Woodside section and Belleville." An extensive collection of photographs depicting the first few decades of the 20th Century in New Jersey and the early days of PSEG. . [Bookseller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABA]
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JEWEL SOWERS: A NOVEL. London: Greening & Co., Ltd.,. 1903. original decorated green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black.. Early owner's name and date on front free endpaper. Cloth rubbed at. edges, several small spots on front cover, spine panel a bit soiled,. a tight, very good copy. Scarce. (#149682). First edition. Later binding of green cloth stamped in black; 6 pages of undated ads at rear. First of the author's satirical fantasies set on the imaginary planet Lucifram, followed by MARIGOLD (1905). Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 11. Locke, Voyages in Space 12. Bleiler (1978), p. 4. Reginald 00231. [Bookseller: L. W. Currey, Inc.]
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Bruges-la-Morte Swan Sonnenschein, London 1903 - First edition, first printing of the symbolist classic. Contents clean and unmarked, and complete with the three plates, no markings or inscriptions. Later issue blue cloth binding with motif on upper cover, a bit rubbed at edges, but overall a very good solid copy. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Broadford Books]
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