viaLibri ~ Rare Books from 1905

        Photo Album of a Western Vacation in 1902; with later family photos (1905-1920)
      - Oblong octavo photo album. Flexible green cloth; "Photographs" in gilt on front cover. Approximately 220 photos, laid down on stiff grey sheets (30 or so are laid in loose). Many have captions written on verso, visible on those few that are loose or partially detached. The photos very in size, from 4.75" x 6.75" to 2.25" x 3.25" with a handful smaller. Most are very good and clear, with a few slightly overexposed. Some 120 of the snapshots show a group of well-dressed ladies and gentlemen on a vacation to Denver, Salt Lake City, and points west in 1902. They travel across the Ohio River and through St. Joseph, Missouri by train to Denver, Colorado. There is a small photo of the State Capitol in Denver, and one of the Brown's Palace Hotel. They take a sightseeing car, ride in horse drawn wagons and on donkeys to "Cave of the Winds," Williams Canyon and Garden of the Gods near Manitou Springs. The group visits Glenwood Springs, Salt Lake City, and Old Faithful at Yellowstone Park. They also tour the Presidio in California where they witness soldiers drilling, then go on to Puget Sound, Tacoma and Spokane. The travelers may have been from Pennsylvania or Maryland, as the later group of family photos (approximately 100) mention Gettysburg and Braddock Heights. [Attributes: Soft Cover]

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ROOSEVELT, Theodore (Teddy ROOSEVELT)
        OUTDOOR PASTIMES OF AN AMERICAN HUNTER
      New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Paper a little aged; offsetting from inscription to the half-title page. Near Fine with a superb inscription in a lovely binding. Attractively bound in half red morocco leather and marbled boards with marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, and a gilt-lettered spine with gilt and blindstamp decorations and four raised bands. With the following SIGNED presentation as President by the author on the front endpaper: "Inscribed for/Mrs. Thomas Hastings/at the request of/David Gray/with a Merry Xmas from/Theodore Roosevelt/Dec. 25th 1905." Illustrated with plates. David Gray, related to the Roosevelts through marriage, was a friend, a lawyer, and a journalist who wrote sporting books, the best known being GALLOPS. In a letter to his son Kermit, Roosevelt said of Gray: "I always find something companionable in a man who cares both for the outside of a horse and the inside of a book.

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VARIOUS [HIs Majesty's Stationary Office] [HAGGARD, H. Rider]
        Report on The Salvation Army Colonies In The United States and at Hadleigh, England. With Scheme of National Land Settlement by Commissioner H. Rider Haggard
      London: His Majesty's Stationary Office. 1905, 39. First edition. Small Folio (approx 12 1/2 inches x 8 1/2 inches). 74pp. Publisher's blue paper wraps and linen spine, miraculously still present, some tape marks and repairs, with some tape offsetting to the title page. Normally seen without wraps or in throughly dilapidated condition. Scarce.

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HUYSMANS Joris-Karl
        Trois primitifs EDITION ORIGINALE ENVOI AUTOGRAPHE
      Paris: Albert Messein, 1905. Fine. Albert Messein, Paris 1905, 16,5x23,5cm, relié. - Original edition on the current paper, he was fired Japan in 17 major papers. Binding to bradel open cardboard covered with paper to glossy tank, smooth spine piece morocco Navy Russia, preserved covers and backs, gilded head, elegant binding pastiche signed T. Boichot. Precious autograph signed by the author to his friend and executor Lucien Descaves. Book illustrated with 6 boards inset. Nice copy pleasantly established pastiche binding. - [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale sur papier courant, il n'a été tiré que 17 Japon en grands papiers. Reliure à la bradel en plein cartonnage recouvert de papier à la cuve glacé, dos lisse, pièce de titre de maroquin de Russie marine, couvertures et dos conservés, tête dorée, élégante reliure pastiche signée de T. Boichot. Précieux envoi autographe signé de Joris-Karl Huysmans à son ami et exécuteur testamentaire Lucien Descaves. Ouvrage illustré de 6 planches hors-texte. Bel exemplaire agréablement établi en reliure pastiche.

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Plutarch [Plutarch's Lives Corrected from the Greek and Revised By A H Clough + Plutarch's Morals Corrected And Revised By William W Goodwin]
        Plutarch's Lives & Plutarch's Morals Complete in Ten Volumes
      Athenaeum Press, Hardcover, Book Condition: Good, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket. COMPLETE IN TEN VOLUMES. PLEASE EMAIL FOR SHIPPING RATES NET WEIGHT OVER 8.0Kg SO PLEASE NOTE - WILL NOT BE SHIPPED OUTSIDE THE UK WITHOUT ADDITIONAL POSTAGE. Undated but Copac shows them as [1905?]. Plutarch's Lives in 5 volumes - xlii, 414, 422, 452, 570, 618 pages with an index, size 8.5 inches tall by 5.75 inches. Illustrated portrait frontispieces in each volume. Plutarch's Morals in 5 Volumes - i, 516, xiii, 507, xi, 518, xiv, 508, xiii, 534 with an index. Illustrated portrait frontispieces in each volume. An Introduction By Ralph Waldo Emerson. Books - in Very Good blue boards, bevelled edges and paper labels to the spine Gilt top edges - some marking to the boards, light bumping to the extreme ends of the spine and light sunning to the spine and browning to the labels on the spines, small piece missing to the top of the paper label to Moral's volume three not affecting the lettering. Contents, some browning to the pastedowns and endpapers, light browning to the title pages otherwise clean and tightly bound. A Rare and Attractive Set. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Classics (Latin & Greek); Languages & Linguistics; WBM. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 004371.

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Erskine Childers
        The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service Recently Achieved
      London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1905. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5 x 7.25 inches (12.5 x 18.5 cm). The sixth and final impression of the first edition. Quarter green morocco leather binding with marbled boards. Spine has five raised bands and gilt lettering, handsewn headbands, sprinkled page edges, marbled endpapers. Text has some scattered light foxing, light staining to outer margin of pages up to the Contents page. Fold out map is creased and has an old repair to reverse of fold, the three other maps are in very good condition. A few marks to text but generally in clean condition throughout. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone and widely considered to be the first modern spy novel, a rare early printing in a very fine later binding. Hardback. Printed pages: xii, 336

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Bousfield, William Robert; Thomas Martin Lowry; W.C Dampier Whetham; H. L. Callendar et al
        Bound Collection of 10 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Inc. INONIC SIZE IN RELATION TO THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; IONIC VELOCITIES; THE IONIZATION OF DILUTE SOLUTIONS A THE FREEZING POINT; Etc.
      Published for the Royal Society By Dulau and Co., London 1905 - 10 papers (philosophical transactions) published by the Royal Society, bound together, all with their original paper/card wrappers; several b/w plates and diagrams. Contemporary half-brown morocco with pink-brown cloth boards. good and strong with a little general wear and some rubbing, a few small scuff marks but binding remains strong and presentable. Contents clean and tight a few small paper repairs to a wrapper or two; thumb tabs to fore-edge. A very good set. Various authors; titles of all ten papers as follows: Bound Collection of 10 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Inc. INONIC SIZE IN RELATION TO THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS, 1906; IONIC VELOCITIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY AND OTHER PROPERTIES OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE, 1905; IONIC VELOCITIES, 1893; THE IONIZATION OF DILUTE SOLUTIONS A THE FREEZING POINT, 1900; ON THE ACCURATE MEASUREMENT OF IONIC VELOCITIES, WITH APPLICATIONS TO VARIOUS IONS, 1906; THE SOLUBILITY OF SALTS IN WATER AT HIGH TEMPERATURES, 1884; ON THE DETERMINATION OF THE BOILING POINT OF SULPHUR., 1891; ON THE DETERMINATION OF SOME BOILING AND FREEZING POINTS BY MEANS OF THE PLATINUM THERMOMETER, 1891; RE-DETERMINATION OF THE MASS OF A CUBIC INCH OF DISTILLED WATER, 1892; ON THE RESISTANCE AND ELECTROMOTIVE FORCES OF THE ELECTRIC ARC, 1904. Size: 4to [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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COLLECTIF & POULBOT
        Le petit illustré amusant 1905 année complète du n°1 au n°52 EDITION ORIGINALE
      Paris: Le petit illustré amusant, 1905. Fine. Le petit illustré amusant, Paris 1905, 30x39cm, relié. - First Edition. Bound in half red roan, flat spine decorated with gilt, some scuffs on flat minor marbled paper, corners lightly bumped, binding of the weekly cartoons époque.Cet is richly illustrated by Raoul Thomen Landelle, Jean d ' Aurian, Poulbot, Edmond Guenin, Bogron, Vallet, Valery Muller, Henry Muller, Leon Bardet, Haye, Ferdinand Bac, Ricardo Flores, Delannoy, The Bocain, E. Tap, Gog, Malherbe, of Albat, Schuster, Viriez, Gus Bofa, Alex, Zybalt, A. Ziem, Blondeau, J. Cadet, Stick, Zilberty, Vosrie, Lenature, Bourguignon, Arthur Perrier, Brun, Jean plume, Arboult Rose Maury Sirdey, L. Forton, Fertom, Jako, Gonzaga -Privat, Nay ... etc.Chaque issue contains eight pages, including large color drawings on the first and last pages and many drawings in black. The Christmas issue features a large fold-out color cover, hiding Santa Claus ... Rare and beautiful copy. --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are inaccurate. Contact us for any information! - [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale. Reliure en demi basane rouge, dos lisse orné de filets dorés, quelques épidermures sans gravité sur les plats de papier marbré, coins légèrement émoussés, reliure de l'époque. Cet hebdomadaire de caricatures est richement illustré par Raoul Thomen, Landelle, Jean d'Aurian, Poulbot, Edmond Guénin, Bogron, Vallet, Valéry Muller, Henry Muller, Léon Bardet, Haye, Ferdinand Bac, Ricardo Flores, Delannoy, Le Bocain, E. Tap, Gog, Malherbe, d'Albat, Schuster, Viriez, Gus Bofa, Alex, Zybalt, A. Ziem, Blondeau, J. Cadet, Stick, Zilberty, Vosrie, Lenature, Bourguignon, Arthur Perrier, Brun, Jean Plumet, Arboult, Rose Maury, Sirdey, L. Forton, Fertom, Jako, Gonzague-Privat, Nay, ... etc. Chaque numéro comporte huit pages, dont de grands dessins en couleurs sur la première et la dernière page et de nombreux dessins en noir. Le numéro de Noël comporte une grand couverture dépliante en couleurs, dissimulant le Père Noël... Rare et bel exemplaire.

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LORRAIN Jean
        Le crime des riches EDITION ORIGINALE ENVOI AUTOGRAPHE
      Paris: Pierre Douville, 1905. Fine. Pierre Douville, Paris 1905, 12x19cm, relié. - Edition on current paper. Bound in black half shagreen corners, back on four bands set with gilt decorated with a gilded finial initials, golden tail, gilt frame on flat paper snakeskin, guards and contreplats paper so skin snake, bookplate pasted on guard, covers and spine preserved, gilded head. Autograph signed by the author Paul Padovani: "The crime of the rich he meets every day ..." Some text passages underlined in pencil blue paper. Nice copy. --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are inaccurate. Contact us for any information! - [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale sur papier courant. Reliure en demi chagrin noir à coins, dos à quatre nerfs sertis de filets dorés orné d'un fleuron doré, initiales dorées en queue, encadrement de filets dorés sur les plats de papier façon peau de serpent, gardes et contreplats de papier façon peau de serpent, ex-libris encollé sur la garde, couvertures et dos conservés, tête dorée. Envoi autographe signé de Jean Lorrain à Paul Padovani : "Le crime des riches qu'il côtoie tous les jours..." Quelques passages du texte soulignés au crayon de papier bleu. Bel exemplaire.

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SAVARIN, Mme. Jeanne, editor
        La Cuisine des Familles: Recueil hebdomadaire de Recettes d Actualite tres clairement expliquees, tres faciles a executer
      Paris: La Cuisine des Familles. 1905-1909. Four quarto volumes. Publisher's(?) quarter purple morocco and marbled papercovered boards. Issues of this magazine bound into volumes by season: Printemps. Ete, Automne, and Hiver. 2484 pages with pagination as follows: Printemps: 154, [4]; 154, [4]; 416pp. Ete: 154, [4]; 154, [4]; 154, [4]; 178, [4]pp. Automne: 132, [2]; 64, [2]; 36, [2]; 154, [4]; 144; [2]; Hiver: 96, [2]; 108, [2]; 36, [2]; 154, [4]; 192pp. Pages toned, some small tears, scrape along the spine of one volume, corners bumped, overall a nice, very good set. Ex-historical society library copies, each with the bookplate of the Cookbook Collection of Beaumont Newhall, the historian, writer, and photographer, each with deaccession stamp (in addition to his other activities, Newhall wrote a regular newspaper column on cookery which were published as a book in 2009 as Beaumont's Kitchen). .

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GLAZUNOV, Aleksandr Konstantinovich 1865-1936 and Peter Ilich TCHAIKOVSKY 1840-1893
        Andante funebre e doloroso ma con moto. Third movement from Tchaikovsky's String Quartet no. 3, op. 30, arranged for string orchestra by Glazunov. [Score]. Autograph musical manuscript signed "A. Glazunov"
      May 22, 1905. Folio (350 x 267 mm.). 12 pp. Notated in black ink on printed 16-staff paper "No. 17. (I)" issued by P. Jurgenson, Moscow. Dated May 22, 1905 on final page of music, in Cyrillic: "22 maia 1905 g. A Glazunov." Fair copy with occasional corrections, possibly in Glazunov's hand, in pencil. Credit to "P. Tschaïkowsky" in Glazunov's hand to upper right corner of first page with "Glazunov" in Cyrillic to left in pencil in an unknown hand. Barlines in pencil from p. 5. Note in ink in an unknown hand to lower right corner of first page: "Andante du Quatuor op. 30 de Tchaïkovsky arr. pour orch. à cordes par Glazounof. Autographe de Glazounof." Engraver's markup indicating a page count from 3 to 13 and one editorial sharp (p. 8) in blue pencil. Plate number "30953" entered in pencil to foot of all pages through p. 9. Signature in pencil in Cyrillic, "Makar," to lower right corner of p. 8 with one word, possibly in the same hand, below second barline of p. 5.Browned throughout; slightly frayed at edges; some minor soiling; small ink stain to p. 6. . An unrecorded autograph of a little-known arrangement. Tchaikovsky dedicated his Third String Quartet to the memory of violinist Ferdinand Laub (1832-1875), his colleague on the faculty of the Moscow conservatory. The slow movement, which Glazunov arranged here, is the funeral music proper. The original is in E-flat minor; Glazunov transposed the movement to E minor, making it easier for string instruments to play. The arrangement was published by Jurgenson in Moscow (PN 30953), also in 1905 (the date in WorldCat, "1896," is an error). Jurgenson's edition is extremely rare: WorldCat lists one copy only, at the Free Library of Philadelphia.Glazunov, director of the St. Petersburg conservatory from 1905 to 1928, was one of Rimsky-Korsakov's most distinguished students. Ironically, like Stravinsky, he received his tuition privately and never attended the institution whose head he would later become. His most famous students were Sergey Prokofiev and Dmitry Shostakovich.

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Hardy, Thomas
        Autograph Letter Signed [to novelist Mrs. Humphry Ward]
      1905. [a lengthy literary letter] One leaf folded, on mourning stationery headed "Max Gate, Dorchester." Four pages of text, addressed to "My Dear Mrs Ward," signed "Yours sincerely, Thomas Hardy," and dated 24 March 1905. This long letter is Hardy's response to his receipt, from Mrs. Humphry Ward, of a copy of her new novel THE MARRIAGE OF WILLIAM ASHE (1905). Mary Augusta Ward, née Arnold (1851-1920), was a member of the illustrious Arnold / Huxley family (her uncle was the poet Matthew Arnold, and her sister became the mother of Julian and Aldous Huxley). Mary's 1905 novel that is the subject of this letter (featuring young Kitty Bristol and the dashing Geoffrey Cliffe) went on to become the #1 bestseller of 1905 in America -- beating out, for example, #4 THE CLANSMAN by Thomas Dixon and #9 THE HOUSE OF MIRTH by Edith Wharton; sixteen years later it was also a silent film. Hardy here gives his assessment of the book at length, as follows:~I have just got through the novel, & it has given me so much pleasure that I am quite unable to write critically about it -- as I suppose fellow-scribblers ought in wisdom to do with one another's books. I did not at all expect that there was such a treat in store for me, or I should not have waited to finish some work -- as I did -- before beginning.~The part of the book that laid hold of me most tightly was the middle third -- i.e. if the book had been in 3 vols. the second one. I don't mean to say that I think you fell off in the last third, but that the culmination & catastrophe of a story -- which necessarily admit of fewer varieties than the development, & must always be among a certain limited number -- must to an old reader appear less novel than the earlier parts need do.~You have exhibited unexpected dramatic powers. Part Two: Ch XII might be almost bodily transferred to the stage, & indeed a great deal of that Part throughout.~Kitty has, I think, more of my sympathy than you wished her to have; but I don't know. I know somebody like her, and so do you, and one day I will ask you in an unguarded moment if you had her in mind. Cliffe's views at the top half of p. 438 rather attracted me to him; but in other places I did not see why women should have cared for him. But I am not a woman, & bow my head.~I had forgotten to say till now how much obliged I am to you for giving me the book. With kind regards believe me...~Clearly Hardy has given the author a glowing appraisal of her new book (though he hedges his words about the common-formula ending): did he really like it, or was he repaying a debt from fourteen years earlier? When Hardy's TESS OF THE D'URVERVILLES came out in 1891, it was roundly attacked by just about all literary critics for its scandalous subject matter -- but it was just as enthusiastically applauded by several contemporary authors, notably Henry James, Walter Besant -- and Mrs. Humphry Ward [see Millgate p. 321]. Five years after TESS came Hardy's JUDE THE OBSCURE, which was again attacked -- so much that Hardy declined to write any more fiction for the remaining 32 years of his life.~The letter is in fine condition. Thomas Hardy Collected Letters III p. 163; from the renowned Frederick B. Adams Sale of 2001 (lot 524).

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EIFFEL Gustave
        Types généraux de comparaisons météorologiques appliqués à l'étude des stat EDITION ORIGINALE ENVOI AUTOGRAPHE
      Paris: L. Maretheux, 1905. Fine. L. Maretheux, Paris 1905, 24,5x31,5cm, reliure de l'éditeur. - Originale.binding editor "cartonnage" sandy nooks cream canvas back smooth cream canvas with scratches missing paper on plats.Envoi signed autograph from the author to his little son René Le Grain Edition. nice interior state. --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are inaccurate. Contact us for any information! - [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale. Reliure de l'éditeur en plein cartonnage sable à petits coins de toile crème, dos lisse de toile crème, éraflures avec manques de papier sur les plats. Envoi autographe signé de Gustave Eiffel à son petit-fils René Le Grain. Agréable état intérieur.

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BUSSER, Henri 1872-1973
        Op. 106]. Portuguesa pour basson et piano Morceau de Concours du Conservatoire national de Musique. Autograph musical manuscript signed
      - With numerous recordings available online, the Portuguesa has become a staple of the conservatory bassoonist's repertoire. Leduc also issued an undated, and probably later, version for bassoon and orchestra, of which only one copy is recorded, at the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Worldcat. Not in Grove Music Online."Firmly rooted in the French 19th-century tradition, Büssers symphonic and choral writing is indebted to Gounod and Saint-Saëns. He is best known, however, for his dramatic works, which betray Wagner's impact in both their form and their use of the orchestra. The influence of Debussy, whose advice Büsser sought over the opera that became his most successful, Colomba (c190210), is also evident in certain harmonic procedures and in an acute sensitivity to orchestral colour. The ballets, such as the light-hearted La ronde des saisons (1905) with its amusing descriptive touches, provide further evidence of his keen dramatic sense." Barbara L. Kelly in Grove Music Online. Folio (ca. 360 x 280 mm). [i] (title), 15 pp. Notated in black ink on music paper with 16 printed staves per page. The engraver's copy, prepared for the publishing house Alphonse Leduc. Scored for bassoon and piano, the work begins in E minor, in 2, Andante doloroso.First page with autograph dedication, signature, ("Henri Busser"), and dates ("1939"). Final page signed "H. Busser" and dated Paris, April 15, [19]39. Dedicated to Gustave Dhérin, noted professor of bassoon at the Paris Conservatory. With autograph annotation "Même édition que La Chasse de St. Hubert" to lower portion of title and occasional erasures and corrections in black ink in the composer's hand. Lower edge of first page with publisher's red handstamp, manuscript date "[193]9" and plate number ("A.L. 19882") in an early hand in maroon ink. Handstamps of the Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs & Éditeurs de Musique, dated May 19, 1939, to first and last pages. Numerous editorial markings and minor annotations in one or more early hands in pencil and red crayon.Slightly browned; two outer leaves and second bifolium detached, with several minor tears not affecting music; lower portion of pp. 3 and 4 with slight washing of ink, minimally affecting 1 "f" dynamic marking. Together with:An engraved proof of the first edition of the bassoon part. Folio (ca. 350 x 270 mm). 1 page. Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 1939 [PN A.L. 19,882]. With an autograph annotation in blue crayon signed "H. Busser" to blank upper margin. Various handstamps, including "11 Mai 1939," "Corrigé," and publisher's stamp to lower margin. Slightly worn, torn and creased. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Soft Cover]

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VERNE Jules
        Les Aventures du Capitaine Hatteras au Pôle Nord
      Paris: Hetzel, 1905. Fine. Hetzel, Paris s.d. [1905-1914], 18x28cm, cartonnage de l'éditeur. - Edition adorned with illustrations by L. Benett. Cardboard publisher Hetzel "the range and the elephant" in full red calico signed A. Lenègre first polychrome board Engel signed with the title in a black and gold range, several frames in black and gold, a head Goldenrod top left elephant, three small illustrations and various navigational instruments and gold exploration, all framed in green foliage, second flat type "i" as indicated by Jauzac back decorated with several illustrations color and gold, pages backgrounds blue guard, all gilt edges. Back uniformly irradiated, some very tiny scratches on the range. Copy entirely free of foxing. --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are inaccurate. Contact us for any information! - [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition ornée d'illustrations de Riou. Cartonnage éditeur Hetzel "à l'éventail et à l'éléphant" en pleine percaline rouge signé Engel, premier plat polychrome signé Engel présentant le titre dans le cartouche, plusieurs encadrements en noir et à l'or, une tête d'éléphant dorée en haut à gauche, trois petites illustrations ainsi que divers instruments de navigation et d'exploration dorés, le tout encadré dans des feuillages verts, second plat de type "i" comme indiqué par Jauzac, dos au phare orné de plusieurs illustrations en couleur et à l'or, pages de garde bleues d'origines, toutes tranches dorées. Exemplaire tout à fait exempt de rousseurs.

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GLAZUNOV, Aleksandr Konstantinovich 1865-1936 and Peter Ilich TCHAIKOVSKY 1840-1893
        Andante funebre e doloroso ma con moto. Third movement from Tchaikovsky's String Quartet no. 3, op. 30, arranged for string orchestra by Glazunov. [Score]. Autograph musical manuscript signed "A. Glazunov"
      May 22, 1905 - An unrecorded autograph of a little-known arrangement. Tchaikovsky dedicated his Third String Quartet to the memory of violinist Ferdinand Laub (1832-1875), his colleague on the faculty of the Moscow conservatory. The slow movement, which Glazunov arranged here, is the funeral music proper. The original is in E-flat minor; Glazunov transposed the movement to E minor, making it easier for string instruments to play. The arrangement was published by Jurgenson in Moscow (PN 30953), also in 1905 (the date in WorldCat, "1896," is an error). Jurgenson's edition is extremely rare: WorldCat lists one copy only, at the Free Library of Philadelphia.Glazunov, director of the St. Petersburg conservatory from 1905 to 1928, was one of Rimsky-Korsakov's most distinguished students. Ironically, like Stravinsky, he received his tuition privately and never attended the institution whose head he would later become. His most famous students were Sergey Prokofiev and Dmitry Shostakovich. Folio (350 x 267 mm.). 12 pp. Notated in black ink on printed 16-staff paper "No. 17. (I)" issued by P. Jurgenson, Moscow. Dated May 22, 1905 on final page of music, in Cyrillic: "22 maia 1905 g. A Glazunov." Fair copy with occasional corrections, possibly in Glazunov's hand, in pencil. Credit to "P. Tschaïkowsky" in Glazunov's hand to upper right corner of first page with "Glazunov" in Cyrillic to left in pencil in an unknown hand. Barlines in pencil from p. 5. Note in ink in an unknown hand to lower right corner of first page: "Andante du Quatuor op. 30 de Tchaïkovsky arr. pour orch. à cordes par Glazounof. Autographe de Glazounof." Engraver's markup indicating a page count from 3 to 13 and one editorial sharp (p. 8) in blue pencil. Plate number "30953" entered in pencil to foot of all pages through p. 9. Signature in pencil in Cyrillic, "Makar," to lower right corner of p. 8 with one word, possibly in the same hand, below second barline of p. 5.Browned throughout; slightly frayed at edges; some minor soiling; small ink stain to p. 6. [Attributes: Signed Copy]

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Grew, E. Sharpe
        War in the Far East - A History of the Russo-Japanese Struggle [Complete set: 6 Volumes in 3]
      Virtue & Co., London 1905 - Size: 220 x 260 mm. 1440 pages. Item Type: Book. NOT SOLD INTERNATIONALLY unless additional carriage is paid. Item constitutes all 6 Volumes of E. Sharpe Grew's 'War in the Far East,' in 3 large hardbacks, all with original green pictorial cloth binding. All volumes are in Very Good condition, by which we mean they show some notable signs of wear, with small bumps to covers, edges, and corners, and other small bumps and knocks to bases of spines from handling and shelving. Page edges have light foxing and discolouration marks, and endpapers are notably browned and lightly foxed. Interiors are otherwise in excellent condition throughout, with a full compliment of coloured and black-and-white image plates preserved in excellent condition, and only occasional very light foxing to the printed text. Why do most sellers not describe their actual item on Amazon? Buy with confidence, support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop and help to preserve our High Streets as interesting places to shop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA (now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre, UK. +44 116 253 2712 Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Military & Warfare; Britain/UK; 1900-1920; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 00331. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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[Culinary Periodical]
        Le Pot Au Feu : Journal de cuisine pratique et d'économie domestique
      Paris: Saint-Ange Ébrard, 1905. Twelve quarto volumes, 25.5 x 20 cm, page counts vary. Illustrated throughout. Text in French. The first thirteen years of the cooking magazine Le Pot-Au-Feu bound in twelve volumes (1893 and 1894 bound together). The fortnightly periodical was published from 1893-1940; a successor adopted the name for a shorter-lived run from 1949 to 1956. The magazine grew out of a series of lectures on domestic cookery given by the famed chef Charles Driessen, a prominent member of the Escoffier circle and chef to the King of Italy. Concerned with "practical" cookery and geared towards housewives of all social standings, the recipes and menus clearly reflect a cuisine bourgeoise. The publisher's wife contributed under the pseudonym "La Vieille Catherine" and in 1927 many recipes featured in the magazine were collected into La Bonne Cuisine de Madame E. Saint-Ange, a cookbook later revered by Julia Child, Anne Willan, and others. An atypical women's magazine in that it focuses solely on cookery and its contributors are primarily professional male chefs. Other contributors include Nobel Prize winning chemist Henri Moissan, journalist Emile Gautier, agronomist and naturalist Jean Dybowski, and statesman and philosopher Jules Simon. Table of contents featured at the end of each year, but lacking for 1896. Each magazine is bound without wrappers, except for the initial issue of each volume (January 1); 1893-1894 volume begins with the cover for September 15, 1893, though the first issue is April 15, 1893. In handsome dark blue quarter-leather with marbled boards and endpapers. All volumes with original silk ribbons. Some rubbing and edgewear with slight foxing throughout, otherwise fine.

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BELMAR Francisco,BELMAR Francisco
        Familia mixteco - zapoteca y sus relaciones con el Otomi Familia Zoque - Mixe - Chontal - Huave y Mexicano; LEG. CON: Investigaciones sobre la lingua Chatina; LEG. CON El Cuicateco; LEG. CON Breve noticia del idioma Papabuco del pueblo de elotepec LEG. CON Estudio del Huave
      Imprenta Particular 1905 In 8, pp. 374 + (4); 78; 119 + (1b); 163 + (1b); 111 + (1b). Vari timbri del consolato generale del Messico ai front. Legatura in p. tl. coeva. Interessante e raro insieme di opere sulle lingue messicane dello stato di Oaxaca. Compare all'interno anche il frontespizio di un'altra opera 'Investigacion sobre el idioma amuzgo que se habla en algunos pueblos del Distrito de Jamiltepec' ma poi non segue il testo in questione. Grammatica delle diverse lingue prese in esame: verbi, coniugazioni, glossari, fonetica, avverbi e aggettivi, ecc... SPA

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Horatio Nelson
        A commemorative plaque made from the copper sheathing and oak recovered from Horatio Nelson's flagship, the H.M.S. Victory
      n.p., October 21, 1905. 5.5" x 6.25". "A 5.5"" x 6.25"" plaque affixed to an 8.5"" x 10"" oak base cut in the shape of a shield, recovered from the copper sheathing of the H.M.S. Victory, commemorating the centenary of the Battle of Trafalgar and Nelson's death: ""Centenary Memento Oct. 21st 1905. Containing copper from HMS Victory from Lords of the Admiralty to British & Foreign Sailor's Society."" Like the copper, the oak is believed to have been recovered from the H.M.S. Victory. Light wear and a hint of oxidation.Following the battle of Trafalgar, the H.M.S. Victory was badly damaged and could not return under the power of its own sail. After delivering Nelson's body to London, the Victory was repaired and remained in active service until 1812, when she was moored at Portsmouth. The ship served as a training ship for some time, but by the turn of the 20th century, it had deteriorated so badly that in 1910, a group of enthusiasts established the Society for Nautical Research to help with funds. Restoration of the ship was finally completed well after the close of the Second World War, the last repairs not completed until 2005, just in time for the bicentennial of Trafalgar. Today, it is the oldest commissioned warship in the world and attracts over 350,000 visitors as a museum ship. To help fund its restoration efforts, the Society for Nautical Research took unusable parts, including nails and copper sheathing, and melted them down to be refashioned as souvenirs.Provenance: Society for Nautical Research; obtained by the War Museum from a prominent British naval family collection, which had additionally featured relics from the noted Benjamin Hill Collection?"that holding included one of the largest swatches of Nelson's ensign that flew at Trafalgar in private hands. Some of these relics were featured in a recently-published peer-reviewed article, a copy of which has been included for reference."

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STANFORD, Edward
        Stanford's New Map of the County of London
      London: Edward Stanford, 1st June, 1905.. A very large folding map printed over 20 sheets, presented here as often in five parts, four parts measuring c. 68 x 82.5 cm each comprising the main body of the map (i.e. 136 x 165 cm if joined) and a fifth section measuring 134.5 x 42.5 cm forming the long eastern eastern section. Scale of 4 inches to the mile, showing the extents from Crouch End down to Thornton Heath and Ealing across to Barking Level, each part dissected and mounted on linen, marbled paper to the folded end sections. Original black morocco box with a foldover tab and a blue silk pull out ribbon. Very good. Hyde, 266, (4).

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Julia Pardoe
        Pardoe's Works [consisting of] The Life of Marie De Medicis, The Courts and Reign of Francis the First and Louis the Fourteenth
      US: James Pott, 1905 New York, James Pott, 1905. 15 volumes. From the Astral Edition of 26 copies. This copy bound for Eben Dyer Jordan (son of Eben Dyer Jordan, founder of Jordan Marsh department stores - now Macys). Jordan's monogram to boards. Full leather with raised bands and beautiful tooling. A stunning binding though sadly a little worn with time. Page blocks are tight but bindings are rubbed to edgers and spine tips.. Limited Edition. Hardback. Near Fine.

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[HONG KONG PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS]
        Souvenir of HongKong with 65 Views
      Hong Kong.: Sternberg.. no date. (circa1910).. 64 postcard sized leaves each with black and white collotype views of Hong Kong, original wrappers, black and white view of Hong Kong on which is printed a verse in pidgin English laid down upper cover. Small tear edge upper wrapper, lower wrapper little patchy fading, very good copy. The publisher of this collection M. Sternberg was an important bookseller and wholesale and retail dealer in postcards in Hong Kong in the period 1905 - 1925. Although the title states that 65 cards are included this copy has only 64. However it doesn't appear as though one has been removed and it appears that other copies contain a varying number of cards. .

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VIVIEN Renée
        Une femme m'apparut EDITION ORIGINALE ENVOI AUTOGRAPHE
      Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1905. Fine. Alphonse Lemerre, Paris 1905, 13x19cm, relié. - New edition partly original as completely redesigned. Binding to bradel half purple morocco, smooth spine, date tail tucked cover boards and spine preserved, gilded head, binding signed Laurenchet. Precious autograph signed Renee (Vivien) his girlfriend (Jeanne Belluno) "With all my heart to you." Copy desirable, elegantly prepared. --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are inaccurate. Contact us for any information! - [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Nouvelle édition en partie originale, car entièrement remaniée.Reliure à la bradel en demi-maroquin violine, dos lisse, date en queue, plats de couverture rempliés et dos conservés, tête dorée, reliure signée Laurenchet. Précieux envoi autographe signé de Renée (Vivien) à son amie (Jeanne de Bellune) "De tout mon coeur à toi". Désirable exemplaire, élégamment établi.

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COLETTE & WILLY
        Minne EDITION ORIGINALE ENVOI AUTOGRAPHE
      Paris: Paul Ollendorff, 1905. Fine. Paul Ollendorff, Paris 1905, 12x19cm, broché. - First Edition paper current visionary mention 42nd. Important autograph signed Colette Viscountess Jeanne Belluno "... my brother and friend Jeannot / loving memory ..." enriched signature Willy. A slight lack in foot back, small spots in the second foot flat. Precious copy of exceptional provenance. --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are inaccurate. Contact us for any information! - [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale sur papier courant, fantaisiste mention de 42ème édition. Important envoi autographe signé de Colette à la vicomtesse Jeanne de Bellune "... à mon frère et ami Jeannot / affectueux souvenir..." enrichi de la signature de Willy. Un léger manque en pied du dos, petites taches en pied du deuxième plat. Précieux exemplaire d'une exceptionnelle provenance.

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ROOSEVELT, Theodore
        Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter
      London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1905., 1905. First Edition. 8vo.; pp. (xi), 369. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt illustration stamped to upper. Binding tight, gilt bright. Light foxing to end papers, else clean. Illustrated with a photogravure frontispiece portrait and 48 photographic illustrations. A very attractive copy of a book that once again subscribes to the view that you can only truly appreciate a country if you are slaughtering its animal life for entertainment; an odd notion, if widely held during Roosevelt's era. Wheelock p10

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DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930) [illustr. Sidney PAGET].
        The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated by Sidney Paget.
      London: George Newnes Ltd., 1905. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.403; 4 [advertisments]. Bound in blue publisher's cloth with title to front board in gilt, and title/author's name in gilt to spine. 16 illustrated plates by Sidney Paget. Cloth boards in very good condition with some minor marks and discolouration to front and rear in places, a little edgeworn, spine shows general shelf wear along edges, endcaps pushed with some colour rubbed away, gilt remains fairly bright although showing a little loss on the 'c' of 'Sherlock' on front board, corners do not appear bumped although are moderately worn, text block rather spotted with a water mark on top edge near to spine, very clean internally excepting some browning toward first and final few leaves, illustrated plates remain very bright. Overall, an excellent first edition of a well-loved Sherlock adventure.

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CONAN DOYLE, Arthur.
        The Return Of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated by Charles Raymond MacAuley
      New York: McClure, Phillips and Co. 1905. - FIRST EDITION, preceding the British Newnes edition. Octavo. With 13 illustrations throughout the text, including frontispiece with tissue guard. Elegantly hand bound in half black calf with five raised bands, gilt titles to spine, marbled sides, original pictorial cloth bound in at rear. A fine copy in attractive recent leather binding. A collection of thirteen Holmes stories, among them some of the most interesting in the whole series - 'The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton' is a good example (which Doyle first called 'The Adventure of the Worst Man in London'). Green & Gibson [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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BARRES Maurice
        Une visite sur un champ de bataille EDITION ORIGINALE Tirage de tête
      Paris: E. Sansot & Cie, 1905. Fine. E. Sansot & Cie, Paris 1905, 9x16 cm, relié. - First edition, one of 12 numbered copies on Japan, with 12 deluxe edition China. Binding half fawn calf, smooth spine, plates, and paper contreplats guards to moiré, wrappers and back preserved and bound in, gilded head, elegant binding of the unsigned time. Beautiful copy pleasantly established. - [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale, un des 12 exemplaires numérotés sur Japon, tirage de tête avec 12 Chine. Reliure en demi veau fauve, dos lisse, plats, gardes et contreplats de papier à effet moiré, couvertures et dos conservés, tête dorée, élégante reliure de l'époque non signée. Bel exemplaire agréablement établi.

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[LENIN, Vladimir, ed ; Maxim Gorky, contributor]
        [Text in Cyrillic] Vpered [Forward]. Complete run of 18 issues [BOUND WITH] Proletarii [The Proletariat]. Complete run of 26 issues
      Zheneva: Rossiyskayah Sochial Demokraticheskaya Rabochaya Partiya, 1905. First Edition. Full run of Lenin's (irregularly) weekly political newspaper Vpered (January-May, 1905), bound with its successor Proletarii (May-November, 1905), both published by the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in Geneva in 1905. Printed in the same format as Lenin's former news outlet, Iskra, which began publication in 1900 in Leipzig and Munich (and later Geneva), from where it was illegally smuggled into Russia. Lenin left the editorial staff in 1904 after the paper fell into the hands of the opposing faction with the Party, the Mensheviks. He went on to found Vpered as a continuation of the still-extant Iskra, albeit returning to the original Bolshevik platform. Consequently, all three newspapers are near-identical in format, the latter two, however, with the statement at the upper right-hand corner: "Proletarii Vsekh' Stran' Soedinyaytes!" ("All the Proletarians of the Country Unite!"). Of the authors who contributed to these two publications, possibly the most prominent was Maxim Gorky, the founder of Socialist realism and a close associate of Lenin. 44 tabloid-format issues (44cm.) bound together in slightly later marbled boards backed with black cloth, private rubber-stamped library labels to upper cover and spine foot; text printed in triple column. At head of title of Vpered: "En Avant"; at head of title of Proletarii: "Le Proletaire." Boards rubbed, all else Very Good and sound despite fragile (thought not brittle) paper stock. Old, faint rubberstamp of the "Archiv Bunda" throughout.

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Haeckel Ernst
        Wanderbilder. Nach eigenen Aquarellen und Ölgemälden. Erste und zweite Serie: Die Naturwunder der Tropenwelt. Ceylon und Insulinde. Gera-Untermhaus, W. Koehler (1905-06). Fol. 4 Bll., 8 (3 Porträt) s/w Tafeln u. 40 Farbtafeln mit jew. 1 Textblatt mit Abb., illustr. OLwd.-Flügelmappe.
      . . Vgl. NDB VII, 425.- Die auf der Mappe erwähnte dritte Serie ist nie erschienen (MNE I, 290).- Erste und einzige Ausgabe, vollständig mit allen Tafeln u. Textblättern selten.- Vorwort von Ernst Haeckel und des Herausgebers.- 3 Portraits von Ernst Haeckel und eine Votivtafel zum 70. Geburtstag. Die schönen Farbtafeln nach Aquarellen und Ölgemälden Haeckels die auf seinen beiden Tropenfahrten entstanden sind, mit Motiven aus Sri Lanka, Indonesien, Sunda-Inseln, Java, Sumatra, Bangka, Lingga-Archipel, Riau-Archipel, Sokotra, Elephanta-Insel.- Tls. etw. fleckig, berieben od. mit kl. Randläsuren, Mappe etw. fleckig u. berieben.# First and only edition; complete with 40 color plates and 8 black & white plates very rare.- Fine collection of tropical views of Ceylon and Indonesia, all after watercolours or oilpaintings by Haeckel.- In original pictorial coloured cloth portfolio.- Partly a little stained, rubbed or with small marginal defects.

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