viaLibri ~ Rare Books from 1903

LONDON, Jack (1876-1916)
        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].

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Turgenieff, Ivan
        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 Paperlimited 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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Potter, Beatrix
        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]

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The Countess of Cork and Orrery
        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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Mardrus, J C
        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).

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POTTER, Beatrix.
        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.

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Franklin, Benjamin:
        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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LANG, Andrew (ed )
        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.

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AUSTEN, Jane
        [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.

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Bártok, Béla, Hungarian composer and pianist (1881-1945).
        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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GOLGI, CAMILLO
        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]

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Bricchetti, Luigi Robecchi:
        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

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Hardy, Thomas
        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.

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Lilien, E. M. und Stefan Zweig:
        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 LilienÂ´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

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[China]: [Boxer Rebellion]
        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.

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AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817)
        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.

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DRAESEKE, Felix 1835-1913
        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 onlineHans 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.

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Freeman], Mary E. Wilkins.
        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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MORE, Thomas
        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]

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MarÃ§ais, William
        Les Monuments arabes de Tlemcen, par MM. William MarÃ§ais,. et Georges MarÃ§ais. Ouvrage publiÃ sous les auspices du Gouvernement gÃ nÃ ral de l'AlgÃ 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.

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Whitney, Milton, chief
        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]

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SAGE
        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.

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TURGENIEFF, IVan
        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.

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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]

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DRAESEKE, Felix 1835-1913
        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 BÃ¼low and Wagner." Thomas M. Brawley in Grove onlineHans 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.

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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. .

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[Allonby, Edith.]
        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.

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Doyle, A(rthur) Conan
        ADVENTURES OF GERARD (Fine, Square Copy of the First Edition)
      London: Newnes, 1903. Doyle, A(rthur) Conan. ADVENTURES OF GERARD. London: Newnes, [1903]. Illustrations by W. B. Wollen. FIRST EDITION. A Fine, square copy with only the most minimal wear, really as nice as it gets. In original publisher's cloth decorated in gilt. Small blind-stamp of W. H. Smith & Son, London on front free endpaper. Doyle had bigger and better heroes, of course, but none so comical and hilariously portrayed as is vain, egotistical Etienne Gerard, a French brigadier serving during the Napoleonic Wars. He thinks he's the best soldier and lover that ever lived and all his deeds are efforts to prove it. As with the Sherlock Holmes stories, Brigadier Gerard first appeared in the Strand Magazine in stories published between 1900-1903. THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES was produced just one year before in a similar size and format. Surprisingly scarce in collector's condition and a worthy addition to a Conan Doyle collection.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Fine. Illus. by W. B. Wollen.

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Arkell-Hardwick
        An Ivory Trader in North Kenia
      London: Longmans Green, 1903. First. 1/4 Leather. VG+ to near Fine. The record of an expedition through Kikuyu to Galla-Land in East Equatorial Africa with an account of the Rendili and Burkeneji Tribes. 368 pp, 23 illustrations from photographs and a folding map in the rear. One of the most exciting elephant hunting books ever written. The author hunted for months in the northern frontier districts of Kenya but because the poachers preceded him, the elephants had departed. Notwithstanding this book is condiered to have some of the best descriptions of what it is really like to hunt for elephants on foot in Eastern Equatorial Africa. Hunting was mainly along the Gyaso Nyiro and the party did bag buffalo and rhinoceros. The tried to reach the Lorian Swamp. One member of the party, other than the author, did bag an elephant after an exciting hunt. A really lovely, vg+ to near fine, above average condition of this very scarce-to-rare, sought after and excellent book. Recased in original blue gilt cloth with a finely bound leather spine, raised spine bands and gilt rules in bands, new endpapers. Retains original front/rear cover.

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Wilpert, Joseph (Hrs.)
        Die Malereien der Katacomben Roms (The Paintings in the Catacombs of Rome) 2 Vol. set (Complete)
      Freiburg im Breisgau: Herdersche Verlagshandlung, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Folio. XIX, [1], 596 (Text volume), 1 leaf (Title), 267 leaves (Plates). Original 3/4 brown cloth over golden cloth covered boards, with black lettering to spines and front covers. Exhaustive and authoritative study of the early Christian frescoes of Rome's catacombs with a complete set of striking photographic reproductions. This monumental work is divided into two volumes, of which the first contains the text illustrated by 54 in-text figs; the second is made up entirely of plates to the number of 267 (more than one-third being published for the first time), of which 132 are in color. The subject is divided into two categories, and the text is therefore arranged in two parts. The first part gives us the necessary details and information in regard to the paintings; the second treats of the content of the pictures. In the second volume, the author has placed the plates in a chronological order, thus helping to understand more clearly the gradual development of early Christian art. The splendid 132 chromolitographic plates have been realized by Danesi, Rome.Some rubbing along edges of binding. Front joint of second volume (Plates) reinforced by a yellow binder's tape. Ex-Library copy, with sticker at tail of spines, bookplate on inside of each front board, and pocket on inside of back covers. Upper margin of plate 82 partly stuck to the verso of plate 81. Minor foxing to very first and very last leaves of text volume. Text in German. Binding in overall fair to good-, interior in good+ to very good, plates in very good condition.

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Bloomer, J[ames] M[oses].
        D'MARS' AFFINITY: ROMANCE OF LOVE'S FINAL TEST IN TIME AND TIDE .
      New York: J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, [1903] - Octavo, [1-6] [1-5] 6-342 [343-346: blank] [note: first and last two leaves are blanks], six inserted plates with illustrations by A. D. Condo, original medium blue cloth, front panel stamped in black, spine panel stamped in gold and black, olive-green floral patterned endpapers. First edition. "A romance coupling the then fashionable American novel of high finance and monopolistic practices with a story of spirit travels to the past, future and other planets undertaken by the hero, Ozam D'Mars. Includes a description of the destruction of a highly advanced civilization on earth 45,000 years ago, the witnessing of which enables D'Mars to locate vast quantities of treasure. The sequence dealing with the civilizations on Venus and Mercury, with passing mention of Mars and the sun, occupy 3-4 chapters towards the end." - Locke, Voyages in Space 39. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 37. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516- 1985, p. 128. Bleiler (1978), p. 26. Reginald 01558. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 B-683. Cloth rubbed at spine ends and corner tips, small scuff to spine panel, a very good copy. An uncommon book. (#147754) [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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CRAIG, JOHN R.
        RANCHING WITH LORDS AND COMMONS; OR TWENTY YEARS ON THE RANGE. BEING A RECORD OF ACTUAL FACTS AND CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CATTLE INDUSTRY OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES OF CANADA; AND COMPRISING THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE FORMATION AND CAREER OF A GREAT CATTLE COMPANY.
      William Briggs, [1903]. - First edition. 8vo. Inked presentation inscription to Canadian Pacific Railway magnate Sir William "Billy" Van Horne "To Sir B. Van Horne with the compliments of the author. John R. Craig, Montreal, November 19th 1903." Pictorial cloth, vii [blank], 293 pp., preface, illustrated, plates, portraits, frontispiece. Six Score 25 says, "Craig was an American who became manager of the Oxley Ranch in the province of Alberta during the 1880s. The book recounts a classic example of absentee ownership [by the British lords and commons referred to in the title] and the subsequent mismanagement brought about by conflicts between Craig and the owners. This book and that by L.V. Kelly are the best two books on Canadian ranching. Craig was bitter about his experience and his narrative is one-sided. For the owner's side, see A. Staveley Hill's FROM HOME TO HOME." From the library of William "Billy" Van Horne, former President of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Van Horne was active in southern Alberta, completing the transcontinental railway and overseeing the construction of the Chateau Lake Louise in Alberta. Van Horne spent his later years in Montreal (where this book was inscribed), serving as a governor of McGill University from 1895 until his death. A wonderful association copy, inscribed to Van Horne in the year of publication, of an already scarce and important book on Canadian ranching. Top edges and fore-margins of most pages have a light, old water stain, cloth lightly rubbed, repair to cloth along the foot of spine, black & white coloring on the front cover is bright, as is spine panel, else an overall very good copy. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Wells, H[erbert] G[eorge].
        TWELVE STORIES AND A DREAM.
      London: Macmillan and Co., Limited / New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903 - Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-377 [378: blank] [379-384: ads] + 16-page publisher's catalogue dated "20.9.03" at base of page [16] inserted at rear, original decorated green cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold, t.e.g. First edition. Presentation copy with signed inscription by Wells on the half title page: "S. P. Bowkett / with profound respect / H. G. Wells." Sidney Bowkett was a close personal friend of the author and provided Wells with the model for Chitterlow in KIPPS. See Mackenzie, The Life of H. G. Wells, revised ed, 1987, pp. 27-8. A collection of thirteen science fiction and fantasy stories including "Filmer," one of Wells's finest stories, "The Valley of the Spiders," "The Inexperienced Ghost," "The New Accelerator," The Stolen Body," and "A Dream of Armageddon." Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1680. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2336. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 29. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 227. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1967-72. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-248. Bleiler (1978), p. 205. Reginald 15097. Currey, p. 526. Hammond C5. Wells 23. Wells Society 23. Cloth lightly rubbed at spine ends and corner tips, some rubbing to cloth along outer joints, some mild tanning to endpapers, closed split along inner front hinge professionally repaired, a very good, externally bright and attractive copy. A fine association copy. (#130682) [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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Hebrew Union College
        CEREMONIES AT THE INSTALLATION OF REV. DR. KAUFMANN KOHLER AS PRESIDENT OF THE HEBREW UNION COLLEGE, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1903, AT MOUND STREET TEMPLE, CINCINNATI, O.
      Cincinnati; Press Of May & Kriedler. 1903. Paperback. Original Wraps. 8vo. 84 pages. 20 cm. First edition. With frontispiece portrait of Kaufmann Kohler. Addresses, speeches, and sermons to dedicate the appointment and installation of Dr. Kaufmann Kohler as President of Hebrew Union College in 1903. Includes addresses by Tobias Schanfarber, Bernhard Bettmann, Samuel Woolner, Emil G. Hirsch, Joseph Stolz, Gotthard Deutsch, Frederick Cohn, and Kaufmann Kohler. Inscribed by Rose Kohler ?- daughter of Kaufmann and Johanna Kohler - on first endpage. Attractively bound and printed. Subjects: Kohler, Kaufmann, 1843-1926. OCLC lists 8 copies. Wraps bumped, slight tears to edges; some pages dogeared, with pencilled underlining; otherwise fresh. Good condition. (AMR-46-3) .

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Schreber, Daniel Paul:
        Denkwürdigkeiten eines Nervenkranken nebst Nachträgen und Anhang: unter welchen Voraussetzungen darf eine für geisteskrank erachtete Person gegen ihren Willen in einer Heilanstalt festgehalten werden,
      Leipzig Mutze, 1903 - extrem selten! Geschrieben in Schrebers Zeit als Patient der Heilanstalt Sonnenstein bei Pirna, veröffentlicht auf eigene Kosten bei einem sonst auf Occulta spezialisierten Verlag. Angeblich soll die Familie gleich die Auflage aufgekauft haben, um sie aus dem Verkehr zu ziehen. Schreber (1842-1911) war Senatspräsident beim Königlichen Oberlandesgericht Dresden und Sohn von Daniel Gottlob Moritz Schreber, dem Autor der weitverbreiteten "Ärztlichen Zimmergymnastik" und (Mit-) "Erfinder" der Schrebergärten. Dieses Buch gehört zu den wenigen Autobiographien eines wahnkranken Menschen (Schreber war bis zu seinem Tode u.a. in der Anstalt Dösen bei Leipzig untergebracht). Es veranlaßte Sigmund Freud zu seiner eigenen Veröffentlichung zum Problem der Paranoia (Psychoanalytische Bemerkungen über einen autobiographisch beschriebenen Fall von Paranoia; 1911). Elias Canetti hat ihm zwei Kapitel in "Masse und Macht" gewidmet. In jüngster Zeit ist viel zu der Frage publiziert worden, ob der Sohn wegen der Erziehungsmethoden des Vaters wahnkrank geworden sei (Schatzman, Die Angst vor dem Vater 1974; Israels, Schreber, Vater und Sohn 1989; Niederland, The Schreber Case 1974). NORMAN F157. - aus dem Vorbesitz von Jürg Zutt mit dessen eigenhändigem Namensvermerk "Dr. Jürg Zutt Berlin 1920", also aus der Zeit, als er nach frisch erfolgter Promotion als Volontärassistent bei Karl Bonhoeffer arbeitete! Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 748 21 x 14cm, mod. Halbleder, goldgeprägter Rückentitel, alter Namenszug auf Vortitel; 1 Bl., XV, 516 S., 2 Bl. Verlagsanzeigen [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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LOU?S (Pierre)
        Sanguines.
      - Paris, Bibliothèque Charpentier, Eugène Fasquelle, 1903; in-12, 259 pp. + 2 ff.n.ch. + 8 ff.n.ch. de catalogue, demi-chagrin brun à coins de l'époque, dos orné à nerfs (dos très légèrement gauchi, petites brunissures au cuir). Édition en grande partie originale, sur papier d'édition (il y a eu 80 grands papiers). Avec un envoi autographe signé de l'auteur aux écrivains Paul et Victor Margueritte. Deux des dix contes qui composent ce recueil avaient paru précédemment chez Borel : "L'Homme de pourpre" et "Une Volupté nouvelle", célèbre éloge de la cigarette. L'ouvrage est dédié au frère de Pierre, Georges, à qui il écrivait : "J'ai réuni là-dedans des spécimens de tout mon répertoire, antique ou moderne, lyrique ou tragique ou même auteur gai, n'importe quel titre serait donc mauvais". Bon exemplaire, rare avec envoi. 1903 [Attributes: Signed Copy]

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        Illustration on Cloth of a Woman Hunting with a Shotgun and Dogs
      [No place: no publisher]. 1903. Large vintage illustration on cloth, possibly silk, of a woman in trousers, gaiters, and a western style hat, holding a shotgun at the ready, with a game bag slung across her shoulder. Approximately 20" x 22". Upper left corner has what might be some modest discoloration, or might be part of the design of the outline of the clouds in the background, else near fine. Copyright date of 1903 in lower left corner. We have been unable to track this image and are unsure to what use it was put, either as a decorative wall-hanging or as an advertisement, possibly for a gun or ammunition manufacturer. A highly unusual and a relatively early image of a lone woman with a gun in a recreational context. Currently housed in a cheap and not particularly well-fitting frame as we received it, we would recommend shipping it without the frame. .

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