Programm mit eigenh. Unterschriften.
Schnabel, Arthur, österreichischer Pianist und Komponist (1882-1951). 8vo. 1 p. Bleistift. Eigenh. Unterschrift auf einem Programm im Städtischen Konzerthaus in Aachen. Aufgeführt wurden an diesem Klavierabend Beethoven und Schubert. Signiert von Schnabel.Schnabel war als Interpret ein Verfechter entschiedener Werktreue. Er widmete sich vorwiegend Kompositionen, die seiner Meinung nach besser sind, als man sie aufführen kann". Dabei spielte er nahezu ausschließlich das alte klassische Repertoire. Arnold Schönberg meinte dazu in einem Brief an Carl Engel: Sein Standpunkt scheint mir nicht nur albern, sondern fast verbrecherisch. Ich meine, es ist die erste Pflicht eines wirklichen Künstlers, zeitgenössische Musik zu spielen. Hätten sich alle Interpreten benommen wie er, so hätten die Werke der größten Meister noch immer nicht das Ohr des Publikums." Schnabels Schwerpunkt lag auf den Werken von Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Schumann und Mozart, die er zum Teil auch edierte. In den 1920er Jahren spielte er den gesamten Zyklus der Beethoven-Sonaten. Er gilt zudem als Entdecker der damals noch unterschätzten Klaviersonaten Schuberts. Kein Komponist, so Schnabel, sei näher an Gott als eben Schubert".- $133
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The Young Lady’s Book: A Manual of Elegant Recreations, Exercises, and Pursuits
16mo. Full black blind-embossed calf with gilt spine lettering; rebacked in matching black calf with original spine remounted. 504, (1p). All edges gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, numerous small engravings and several tissue-guarded full-page plates, decorative endpapers. Very good. Mild binding wear only; internally tight and nice, with mild age toning; ornate lady's ownership signature on inner flyleaf and pencilled 1843 gift inscription to same. First published by Vizetelly, Branston, and Co. in London in 1829, offered here is the sixth U.S. edition. The "Preface to the American Edition" (first published 1830) is by Abel Bowen (1790-1850), a Boston publisher and engraver who provided most of the American edition's illustrations. Among the pastimes and topics considered suitable for entertaining and instructing young unmarried women are "Moral Deportment," "The Florist," "Mineralogy," "Conchology," "Entomology," "The Aviary," "Embroidery," "The Escrutoire," "Painting," "Music," "Dancing," "Archery" and "Riding." Delightful pictorial endpapers picture embroidery. Very scarce.- $195
- $195
Codices illustres: The world’s most famous illuminated manuscripts 400 to 1600
WALTHER, Ingo F., and WOLF, Norbert Folio. Pictorial paper over boards. 504pp. Color frontispieces, extensive color illustrations, decorative endpapers. Fine. Tight and handsome first edition of this enormous, broad and generous survey of manuscript treasures, superbly illustrated and with informative accompanying text.- $100
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A Lost Hero
WARD, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, and WARD, Herbert D. Illustrations by Frank D. Merrill. Small 8vo. Beige cloth with elaborate gilt lettering and extensive burgundy pictorial stamping. 74pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, numerous illustrations (some full page), floral endpapers. Near fine. Stunning, tight and bright first edition of this syrupy novella about an elderly African-American who sacrifices himself for the Union cause during the Civil War by the crusading feminist, reformer, intellectual and activist (1844-1911) who cranked out dozens of novels between 1864 and her death. In 1888 Phelps outraged many by marrying a man seventeen years her junior, author/journalist Henry D. Ward (1861-1932), and "A Lost Hero" is one of three titles this couple produced together. Little, Brown and Company of Boston published a 62-page edition this same year and with the same illustrator, and while both editions are usually labeled as first, true priority between them remains unclear. To muddy the waters further, another Roberts Brothers edition is bound in green cloth. This is a stellar copy, in any case, a lovely and striking example -- as good as it gets. Laid in is a fine satin 2½" X 6½" bookmark, a beige late 19th century beauty that appears to be and might -- just might -- be hand painted (the lack of any printed publisher's data suggests this), depicting a delicate plant sprig in shades of brown with "Christmas / Greeting" beneath. (A ghostly shadow in gutter of pp. 34-35 shows where it has rested for the past century and a quarter.).- $100
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The Greek Commentaries on Plato’s Phaedo
WESTERINK, L.G. Complete 2-volume set. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jackets. 204pp; 408pp. Near fine/very good. Both jackets faintly edgeworn, with lightly sunned spines. Surprisingly scarce first editions of BOTH volumes of these Neoplatonic critiques of Plato's famous fourth and final dialogue about Socrates' last days, also known as "On the Soul" as it concerns the immortality of the soul. First volume presents Olympiodorus's lecture notes and the second volume Damascius's second and third lecture notes. Front flyleaf of first volume bears an unusual philographic addition: Tipped in is a First Day Cover, standard 6½" X 3½", cancelled in Washington, DC on 12 October 1943 and bearing a 5-cent "Greece" postage stamp (from the "Overrun Nations 'Flag' Stamps of 1943" series) at upper right. Near fine. Red-printed cachet at left depicts Greek crest and text about Greece's invasion by Axis troops in 1941. Recipient's name/address inked at center. A scarce duo and with appropriate postal addition.- $150
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Representation of a function by its line integrals with some radiological implications II in Journal of Applied Physics 35, October 1964, pp. 2908 – 2913 [ORIGINAL WRAPPERS]
Cormack, Allen FIRST EDITIONS IN ORIGINAL PAPER WRAPS OF PART II ONLY OF ALLAN CORMACK'S SEMINAL INVENTION OF A MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUE FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY (CAT Scans) - TOGETHER, THESE TWO PAPERS DOCUMENT THE INVENTION OF THE CAT SCAN. Cormack's work produced the most revolutionary development in the field of radiography since the discover of the x-ray by Rontgen in 1895. In 1979, Cormack and Godfrey Hounsfield received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for their work in "the development of computer assisted tomography" (Nobel Prize Committee). "This was the first time that researchers trained not in the medical sciences but in mathematics and engineering received the Nobel Prize in Medicine" (Grolier Medical Hundred, 365). Cormack's work as a theoretical physicist with a special interest in computer tomography and math drove his interest in and invention of a mathematical technique for computer-assisted X-ray tomography. Cormack's papers contain the first description of the mathematical theory of axial tomography, the method by which the varying X-ray absorption rates of tissues in the human body can be used to construct a detailed picture of the organs and soft tissues. Computerized axial tomography, otherwise known as the CAT scan, is a process by which X-rays can be concentrated on specific sections of the human body at a variety of angles. Once this information is analyzed by a computer, it is combined to reproduce images of internal structures previously unviewable by medical technology. Cormack was the first to analyze the possibility of such an examination of a biological system, and in these papers, developed the equations needed for computer-assisted x-ray reconstruction of pictures of the human brain and body. CONDITION & DETAILS: Individual issue original wrappers, October 1964. American Institute of Applied Physics. (10.5 X 8 inches; 263 x 200mm). Fine condition. Clean and bright inside and out.- $500
- $500
Quantum Theory of Gravity. I. The Canonical Theory in Physical Review 160 No. 5, 25 August 1967, pp. 1113-1148 [WHEELER DEWITT EQUATION; COSMIC SCHRODINGER EQUATION]
DeWitt, Bryce FIRST EDITION of Bryce DeWitt's first paper on quantum gravity, including the introduction of both the Wheeler-DeWitt equation and canonical quantum gravity. "Quantum gravity attempts to unify quantum mechanics (which describes the behavior of electromagnetism, the weak interaction and the strong interaction) with general relativity (the theory of gravity)" (Wenner Collection). NOTE that we separately offer the 1st ed. in original wraps of all three parts of Bryce DeWitt's paper on quantum gravity, including the introduction of the Wheeler-DeWitt equation. In this work, DeWitt, known as the father of quantum gravity, formed important calculations on quantum gravity highly controversial and important to modern theoretical physics. The Wheeler-DeWitt "equation expresses the expectation that the total energy of a closed universe vanishes" (Liebscher, Cosmology, 269). It is a "cosmic Schrodinger equation" that describes the whole universe - both atoms and galaxies - in a unified manner. Although controversial, the equation does in fact unify deep properties of both quantum theory and general relativity. "The Wheeler-DeWitt equation is a functional differential equation on the space of three dimensional spatial metrics. It is ill defined in the general case, but very important in theoretical physics, especially in quantum gravity. The equation has the form of an operator acting on a wave functional, the functional reduces to a function in cosmology. Contrary to the general case, the Wheeler-DeWitt equation is well defined in mini-superspaces like the configuration space of cosmological theories" (Wikipedia). CONDITION & DETAILS: Lancaster: The American Physical Society. Vol. 160, Number 5, 25 August 1967, pp. 1113-1148 (DeWitt paper). Full volume pp. 719-1611. Fully indexed. Additionally, there are 36 pages of separately culled abstracts. Ex-libris bearing only a small stamps on the front & rear flypapers & text block. There are no spine markings. 4to (10.5 x 8 inches; 263 x 200mm). Bound in pristine brown buckram, gilt-lettered at the spine. Near fine condition inside and out.- $400
- $400
Spectroscopic Observations of the Sun. Received February 2, Read March 19, 1874. Pp. 577-586 in The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 165, Pt. 2., 1875. [OFFPRINT of LOCKYER’S DISCOVERY OF HELIUM ON THE SUN. 6 PLATES]
Lockyer, J. Norman RARE OFFPRINT OF JOSEPH LOCKYER'S DISCOVERY OF HELIUM ON THE SUN. ORIGINAL PAPER WRAPS, FINE CONDITION. 6 PLATES. An "offprint" is a separately published and bound issue of the journal paper in question. Usually these are printed for the given authors and for authors to give to colleagues. Because they are rare, offprints are considered more desirable that either the original issue of the journal in paper wraps or bound. Helium was the first chemical element discovered on an extraterrestrial body -- in this case, the sun -- prior to its discovery on the Earth. Lockyer's discovery of helium also represents the first element discovered via spectroscopy. Though rare on the Earth, helium is the second most abundant element in the universe, comprising 24% of known baryonic matter by weight. Lockyer discovered helium on the sun in 1868 when he adapted his 6-inch telescope to utilize a spectroscope and while using it to carry out electromagnetic spectroscopic observations of the sun during an eclipse, he discovered a yellow line never seen before in the laboratory. Unable to reproduce the line in his lab, Lockyer made the bold suggestion that the line was the 'fingerprint' of an element, an element he named 'helium' for Helios, the Greek God of the Sun. Lockyer's finding -- the only element to be discovered in space before it was discovered on Earth -- was the first element to be discovered by spectroscopy. As Lockyer tried to make sense of his initial discovery of a yellow line, he reasoned that "because the bright yellow line was close to the D1 and D2 lines of sodium, it [should be] designated D3. In order to identify the lines in his spectral data, Lockyer enlisted the help of the prominent British chemist, Edward Frankland. Their laboratory work showed that the majority of the observed solar lines were due to hydrogen, though often modified by changes in temperature and pressure. The D3 line, however, could not be reproduced in the laboratory" (Jensen, "Why Helium Ends in 'ium'?) . While Lockyer was ridiculed for his discovery for many years, in 1895, twenty-five years after Lockyer's initial discovery, William Ramsay confirmed the existence of Helium when he managed to isolate it from another mineral. In 1897, Lockyer was finally knighted for his discovery of helium. CONDITION & DETAILS: London: The Royal Society. Offprint from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 165, Pt. 2. 1876. [Printed in 1876]. Continuously paginated, pp. 577-586. 4to. (300 x 225mm; 12 x 9 in.). ILLUSTRATIONS: 6 plates EXTERIOR: Bound in original paper wraps. Tightly bound. Near fine condition.- $1,400
- $1,400
Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete? [Einstein, Podolsky, Rosen] WITH: Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete? [BOHR]
EINSTEIN, ALBERT; PODOLSKY, BORIS; ROSEN, NATHAN; BOHR, NIELS FIRST EDITION of the famous "EPR" paper, one of the most discussed and debated papers of modern physics. WITH: Bohr's response. "In the May 15, 1935 issue of Physical Review Albert Einstein co-authored a paper with his two postdoctoral research associates at the Institute for Advanced Study, Boris Podolsky and Nathan Rosen. The article was entitled 'Can Quantum Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?' [.] Generally referred to as EPR, this paper quickly became a centerpiece in debates over the interpretation of quantum theory, debates that continue today. Ranked by impact, EPR is among the top ten of all papers ever published in Physical Review journals." (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Indeed, like the verification of Einstein's earlier prediction of the gravitational deflection of light, EPR even got attention in the popular press. Eleven days before the paper was published: "The New York Times carried an extensive report under the provocative headline 'Einstein Attacks Quantum Theory,' which was summarized by the sentences: 'Professor Einstein will attack science's important theory of quantum mechanics, a theory of which he was sort of grandfather. He concluded that while it [the quantum mechanics], is "correct" it is not "complete."'" (Mehra and Rechenberg, p. 724-25). In essence, Einstein and his collaborators devised a thought-experiment involving two physical systems (say, A and B) with necessarily-correlated physical properties, that were widely separated in space. (For example, the two systems might have equal and opposite momenta and positions dictated by physical conservation laws.) From the perspective of quantum theory, the two systems could be described by a single wave function, or state vector. A measurement performed on A could precisely determine its position, which would also fix a precise position for B. The momenta of A and B could be determined in the same way. The central insight of EPR was that either the position and momentum of A and B were real, determinate and fixed prior to the measurement of A, or else B only took on a fixed and determinate value when A was measured. But the latter interpretation implied that the measurement event at A had somehow instantaneously fixed the (previously indeterminate) properties of B, despite the spatial separation between A and B, which could be made as great as one wished. Einstein argued that this implied one of two things: either that the quantum description of A and B was incomplete, in that each of them had a fixed, determinate position and momentum at all times; or that nature permitted actions such as measurement to have "nonlocal" influences on distant systems. Leon Rosenfeld, who was in Copenhagen at the time, remembered the fallout of these developments vividly: "This onslaught came down upon as a bolt from the blue [.] As soon as Bohr heard my report of Einstein's argument, everything else was abandoned: we had to clear up such a misunderstanding at once." (Pais, 430). According to Rosenfeld, the next day Bohr was heard muttering "Podolski, Opodolski, Iopodolski," etc. By mocking Podolsky-who was, after all, only a postdoctoral student and the second-named author of EPR-Bohr presumably was, even in his anger, avoiding saying anything that might be interpreted as a direct attack on Einstein. Bohr's argument proceeded with what some might describe as his characteristic lack of explanatory clarity. Indeed, in revisiting EPR fifteen years later, Bohr himself would admit, "[r]ereading these passages, I am deeply aware of the inefficiency of expression which must have made it very difficult to appreciate the trend of the argumentation" (Schilpp, p. 234; see also Lehner, p. 331, who describes Bohr's rebuttal of EPR as "obscure in content but confident in tone."). Generally speaking, however, Bohr's approach seems to boil down to a willingness to accept non-local or "contextual" theory of measurement interactions. In any event, it is clear that Bohr was more prepared than Einstein was to take quantum theory at face value as a complete theory, even if this meant abandoning notions of physical reality that are part of humanity's intuitive understanding of the world. Later in a famous 1964 paper, John Bell, using an EPR-like thought experiment, proved that the situation was even worse than Einstein had imagined: even a hidden variable theory that reproduced the empirical predictions of quantum mechanics would necessarily violate Einstein's desideratum of local realism. As Christoph Lehner puts it, "this proof is of great importance because it shows the impossibility of Einstein's idea that quantum mechanics could be understood as an incomplete description of a reality that is objective and locally definite." (Lehner, p. 234). Included are both papers - the original EPR paper and Bohr's response. IN: The Physical Review,pp.777-780 Vol. 47, No. 10 (whole issue offered), May 15, 1935. Quarto, original green wrappers. WITH: Physical Review, vol. 48, no. 8 (whole issue), October, 1935. Quarto, complete issues in original wrappers; housed together in custom box. Stamp of P.E.O. Memorial Library, Iowa Wesleyan College (now defunct). Mild toning around edges (as often) otherwise crisp, clean copies. RARE IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.- $8,900
- $8,900
Papeles de Recienvenido. Con una fotografía inédita del autor.
FERNÁNDEZ, Macedonio In-8º.- 74 (4) p.- Retrato fotográfico del autor en frontispicio.- Encuadernación en chagrin marrón, tapas con recuadro de filetes dorados, lomo de cuatro nervios, títulos horizontales dorados, canto superior dorado; cubiertas y lomo originales conservados.- Pequeño orificio de insecto en la bisagra superior.- Ejemplar nº 97, de una tirada de 450 en papel pluma.- PRECIOSA DEDICATORIA MANUSCRITA DEL AUTOR, estrictamente contemporánea: "A Oliverio Girondo (artista de Buenos Aires). Inquietud en lo inmóvil, duradera duda que mucho asegura. Suyo affmo. Macedonio Fernández (artista de Buenos Aires). S./c. Olavarría 622".- Procedencia: Biblioteca Oliverio Girondo (ex dono Macedonio Fernández y monograma "O. G." estampado al pie del lomo). PRIMERA EDICIÓN. SOBERBIO EJEMPLAR ASOCIADO. COLOMBO, 8.- $1,650
- $1,650
Les Milles et une Nuits
GALLAND, Antoine Demi veau moderne, reliure pastiche bien exécutée. Dos lisses dorés. Trois volumes in-8 (203x107 mm), (4)-520 pages et 2 gravures hors texte / (4)-560-(1) pages et 1 gravure / (4)-559-(1) pages et 3 gravures. Papier avec rousseurs. Bon exemplaire. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________ENGLISH_DESCRIPTION : Modern quarter calf, gilt flat spine. Three 8vo (203x107 mm), (4)-520 pages and 2 plates / (4)-560-(1) pages and 1 plate / (4)-559-(1) pages and 3 plates. Paper with foxings. Good copy. 2060g.- $200
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Contribution à l’étude de l’acide nicotique et de quelques-uns de ses dérivés.
SUSSDORFF, Guillaume Plein maroquin de l'époque, dos à cinq nerfs. Reliure signée Hans Asper réalisée pour l'auteur. Un volume in-8 (221x140 mm), 64 pages. Edition originale. Exemplaire de l'auteur, finement relié. Thèse de doctorat présentée à l'université de Genève en 1896 sur des travaux réalisés sous la direction d'Amé Pictet et Carl Graebe. La chimie des dérivés nicotiniques trouvera son application bien des années plus tard en biochimie et en médecine. On connait désormais le nom de l'acide nicotique sous le nom commun de Vitamine B3. Provenance : Ex libris de Guillaume Sussdorff. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________ENGLISH_DESCRIPTION : Contemporary full morocco, spin in six compartments. Binding signed by Hans Asper, made for the author. 8vo (221x140 mm), 64 pages. First edition. Author's copy, finely bound. Doctoral thesis presented at the University of Geneva in 1896 on work carried out under the direction of Amé Pictet and Carl Graebe. The chemistry of nicotine derivatives would find its application many years later in biochemistry and medicine. We now know the name of nicotic acid under the common name of Vitamin B3. Provenance : Ex libris de Guillaume Sussdorff. 390g.- $499
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P’tit Bonhomme
VERNE, Jules Cartonnage éditeur en percaline rouge polychrome dit "au portrait collé". Dos au phare. Tranches dorées. Un volume grand in-8 (269x176 mm), (4)-458-(2) pages, 12 planches couleurs et 8 pages catalogue GU. Première édition grand in-8 illustré. P'tit bonhomme est un roman de Jules Verne, publié en 1893. Il raconte l'histoire d'un garçon orphelin nommé P'tit bonhomme qui lutte pour survivre en Irlande au XIXe siècle. References : Jauzac [270]. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________ENGLISH_DESCRIPTION : Cartonnage "au portrait collé". Original red cloth decorated in many colors, all edges gilt. 8vo (269x176 mm), (4)-479-(1) pages, 20 color plates. 8 pages (catalogue "A.V." for 1899-1900). First large 8vo illustrated. P'tit bonhomme is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1893. It tells the story of an orphan boy named P'tit bonhomme who struggles to survive in 19th-century Ireland. References : Jauzac [270]. 1770g.- $166
- $166
One of the best editions of Fernel’s medical works with additional material. It contains the Pathologia which introduces the term ‘pathology’ in its modern sense and describes gonorrhoea as an independent infection of the bladder .
Fernel, Jean François, Opera medicinalia. Fernel, Jean François, Opera medicinalia, nempe phisiologia, pathologia et terapeutica seu medendi ratio, quibus adiecimus de abditis rerum causis. Venice, Rutilio Borgominieri, 1565. 4to. [18]f + pp13-655 (misnumbered 659) + [1 blank]p. Roman & italic letter with some Greek. Printer's woodcut device on title. Historiated initials. 18th century calf, spine gilt, worn, woodblock red. One of the best editions of Fernel's medical works with additional material. It contains the Pathologia which intorduces the term 'pathology' in its modern sense and which Garrison calls the 'first explicit treatise on special pathology'. It also includes the Physiology libri septem, the first work to deal solely with physiology and the first to call it by name. Gonorrhoea is also described here as an independent infection of the blader apart from the chapter on lues in which the various modes of contact transmission (syphilis insontium) are ennumerated. Fernel (1497-1558), physician to Henri I of France, was one of the teachers of Vesalius. He was the first to describe many diseases such as appendicitisand endocarditis. Very good copy with contemporary ownership signature of 'Annibalis Magnocaballo' in tailend title margin; Hannibale Magnocavallo (1543-96), a physician and writer at Pavia was born a nobleman in Cuccaro, Piedmont and recorded as an academician at Casale Monferrato. Durling 1462; Garrison-Morton 2271; not in Adams, Wellcome, no copy in British Library.- $1,617
- $1,617
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Beer and Vittels [Gastronomy]
Craig, Elizabeth First UK Edition. Publisher's pale brown boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Faint offsetting to both sets of end-papers and the slightest of foxing to the fore-edge otherwise a near fine copy in like dustwrapper with the price of 12/6 net to the inside flap (as called for). Includes recipes such as bacon bunnies, canteen whoops, Chicago dip, Churchills, dirty Dicks, fiddle-de-dees, rainbow canapes, San remo relish, Seville toast and others. "The inadvertently amusing dirty Dick turns out to be made from grated cheese, egg yolk, 'meat essence' and caraway. Both the name and purported connection to bear are entirely arbitrary.Cookery with Beer would make a useful, even sprightly, addition to the kitchen shelf of any innovative cook of British food. A final note of caution: Please disregard her advice on the use of beer as a cleaning fluid, shampoo or 'insect trap' ". (review in the British Food in America Magazine Fall/Winter 2023). Photographs/scans available upon request.- $323
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The Red Rover
[James Fenimore Cooper] The second edition of this exciting adventure novel set on the sea, by the American author James Fenimore Cooper. The second edition.Complete in three volumes.Half-title is present to each volume.One leaf of adverts to the rear of Volume II.Collated, complete.'The Red Rover' is a gripping sea-based adventure novel, following a group of three sailors as they encounter a famous pirate named Red Rover.This was a popular when first published in 1827, being adapted to stage in both the United States and England.One cause for this work's popularity was Cooper's writing two black characters at the center of the novel, some of the first black characters to be seriously treated in American literature.By James Fenimore Cooper, an American novelist who wrote historical romances depicting colonial and indigenous characters. Rebound in paper covered boards. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of the spines. Small chips to the spine labels, mostly to Volumes I and II. Minor marks to the boards and spines. Front hinge of Volume II is strained, rear hinge is weak. Hinges of Volume III are weak. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with a few scattered spots and handling marks. Prior owner's ink inscription to the half-title of Volume I. Good- $194
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Spies in Spain
J. M. Walsh An uncommon, first edition of this spy novel surrounding a secret service mission, written by J. M. Walsh. The first edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Dated using Jisc from copies of the work held at the British Library. Written by Australian novelist James Morgan Walsh, who was known for his prolific writing of mystery, crime and science-fiction works. 'Spies in Spain' follows the story of Colonel Ormiston of the Secret Service as he is asked to find out about a tunnel that is being projected from Spain to the African coast. Bound in the publisher's green cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, generally smart, with damp staining to the board extremities. A little fading to the spine and rubbing to the extremities. The odd spot to endpapers and fore edge. Dust wrapper is very good, with edge wear and the odd tear or crease. Slight sunning to the spine and the odd mark to wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Bright pages with the odd spot. Very Good- $194
- $194
Death notice.
WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig AN EXCEPTIONAL MEMENTO: THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY HELENE SALZER, BORN WITTGENSTEIN, MARGARET STONBOROUGH, BORN WITTGENTSTEIN, AND PAUL WITTGENSTEIN OF THEIR BROTHER S DEATH IN CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND, SIX DAYS EARLIER, ON APRIL 29, 1951, AND HIS BURIAL ON MAY 1. In the 1930s and 1940s Wittgenstein conducted seminars at Cambridge, developing most of the ideas that he intended to publish in his second book, Philosophical Investigations. These included the turn from formal logic to ordinary language, novel reflections on psychology and mathematics, and a general skepticism concerning philosophy s pretensions. In 1945 he prepared the final manuscript of the Philosophical Investigations, but, at the last minute, withdrew it from publication (and only authorized its posthumous publication). For a few more years he continued his philosophical work, but this is marked by a rich development of, rather than a turn away from, his second phase. He traveled during this period to the United States and Ireland, and returned to Cambridge, where he was diagnosed with cancer. Legend has it that, at his death in 1951, his last words were Tell them I ve had a wonderful life (Monk: 579) (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Born in Vienna into one of Europe s richest families, Ludwig Wittgenstein, his three sisters (a fourth died as a baby) and four brothers received a Catholic education, taught at home in an exceptionally intense environment, and an environment that deeply marked all of them. Ludwig inherited a fortune upon the death of his father in 1913. He initially made some donations to artists and writers, and then, in a period of severe personal depression after the First World War, he gave away his entire fortune to his brothers and sisters. Three of Ludwig s four brothers Hans, Rudi, and Kurt - committed suicide, which Wittgenstein had also contemplated; Hermine died in February 1950, a little over a year before her famous and youngest brother. Ludwig s death is here jointly announced by all of his surviving siblings, Helene, Margaret, whose husband, Jerome Stonborough also had committed suicide 13 years earlier, and Paul. The note mentions Ludwig to have succumbed on Sunday, April 29, after prolonged grave illness, and after having received the last rites. The latter note is of some interest regarding Wittgenstein s faith and relationship with Christianity, which changed over time. Baptized and educated a Catholic, he lost his faith and became an atheist whilst attending the Realschule in Linz as a teenager in 1903-1906. It is also well documented though, that whilst resisting formal religion, he was always sincerely disposed towards religious faith, developing a deepening spirituality with age. The end of the notice prints the siblings respective addresses: Vienna IV, Brahmsplatz 4 for Helene, Vienna III, Kundmanngasse 19, for Margaret, and New York 25, 310 Riverside Drive for Paul, who had fled to America in 1938 to spend the rest of his life there, following charges of racial defilement. This death note was never posted; the original envelope remained unused and is in virgin state. It is thus likely that it remained in the possession of one of Wittgenstein s siblings until it found its way into the open. The number of copies produced was undoubtedly rather small, and sent to close relatives, friends, fellow philosophers, and possibly to members or heads of institutions concerned or involved with Ludwig s work only. Its ephemeral nature much impedes the search for other known examples. Various separate searches on KvK, OCLC, or the catalogue of the Austrian National Library locate no copies though.- $10,996
- $10,996
CONVERSATIONS ON THE SANDWICH ISLANDS MISSION. “By a Lady.” Revised by the Publishing Committee.
[Tuttle, Sarah]. 12mo, marbled boards, 216 pp., engraved frontispiece. Rare in commerce. OCLC/World Cat locates 12 copies. Forbes Hawaiian National Bibliography #822. A slightly shorter first edition was published in 1829. Complete but poor. Boards detached but present, spine perished, first gathering loose, first few pages detached, brown stain to last 25 pages (not obscuring text), scattered faint stains to text.- $150
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1872
Light-House Board of the United States Original maroon cloth with gilt title; octavo; 83 pp. 9 full-page plates of lighthouses (8 lithographs and 1 Woodburytype, tissue guards. Report of the Board (founded in 1851) on its operations regarding buoys, lighthouses, light ships, etc. on the coasts of the United States. Plates depict newly-constructed lighthouses, including the Light-House at Race Rock (Long Island Sound); Light-House at "The Thimble" Shoal (Hampton Roads, VA); Light-House at Body's Island (North Carolina); Light-House at Trinity Shoal (Gulf of Mexico); Light-House at Calcasieu (Golf Coast of Louisiana); Light-House at Cleveland, Ohio (Lake Erie); Light-House at Spectacle Reef, Lake Huron; Sea Coast Light-House at Piedras Blancas, Cal. (this one is the Woodburytype printed by Am. Photo-Relief Printing Co., Phila.); Light-House at Mare Island, Cal. Scarce. OCLC/Worldcat locates only 2 copies.- $300
- $300
Master Humphrey’s Clock (In 88 Weekly Parts), Comprising “The Old Curiosity Shop” and “Barnaby Rudge.”
Dickens, Charles Quarto. First issue, large octavo in sixes; the 88 weekly parts; [i-viii],[1]2-306; [i-v]vi, [1]2-306; [i-v]vi, [1]2-426. Original printed wrappers by Cattermole, 2 frontispieces, 130 woodcuts and 25 initials by Browne; 1 frontispiece and 38 woodcuts by Cattermole; 1 woodcut each by S. Williams and Maclise. A very handsome set, now scarce on the market. All wrappers are correct; a very good set, internally clean and bright; Light soiling to front wrap of part 1 and the rear wrap of part 88. Housed in a handsome maroon quarter leather slipcase, with chemise. Overall, an outstanding set, in collectible condition, and with a pedigree - it is from the famed Hatton & Cleaver collection. Provenance: The Hatton & Cleaver Collection, The Heritage Bookshop, Charles Parkhurst Books, Inc.- $3,000
- $3,000
![The Most Celebrated Songs in the Oratorio Call'd Athalia. [HWV 52]. [Score]](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/31834122653.jpg)
The Most Celebrated Songs in the Oratorio Call’d Athalia. [HWV 52]. [Score]
HANDEL, George Frideric 1685-1759 Folio. Modern stiff marbled wrappers with dark red title label gilt to upper. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 29, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved throughout. Named singers include Sigra. Strada, Sigr. Carestini, Mr. Beard, The Boy, Miss Young, and Mr. Waltz. Binding slightly worn and rubbed. Slightly worn and browned; occasional foxing and small stains; minor worming to blank lower margins, slightly heavier to first leaves; small hole to blank outer margin of several leaves and long vertical tear to one leaf repaired with archival tape without loss. First Edition, probable first issue. Scarce. Smith p. 97, no. 1. BUC p. 433 (dated 1733). RISM H506 and HH 506. Athalia, to a libretto by Samuel Humphreys (ca. 1698-1738) based on Racine's eponymous play, was first performed in Oxford at the Sheldonian Theatre on 10 July 1733 and in London at Covent Garden on 1 April 1735. It was the composer's third oratorio in English. It is regarded as "the first great English oratorio." Dean: Handel's Dramatic Oratorios and Masques, p. 247.- $2,070
- $2,070
![Lavius Egyptus: Or the Unveiling of the Pythagorean Senate [together with] Lavius Egyptus: Lectures in the Pythagorean Senate](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/31826623489.jpg)
Lavius Egyptus: Or the Unveiling of the Pythagorean Senate [together with] Lavius Egyptus: Lectures in the Pythagorean Senate, in the Temple of the Oracle of Dodona. Complete in two volumes.
SPIVEY, Thomas Sawyer First edition. Two octavo volumes. vi, 196; vi, 180 pp. Illustrated. Publisher's blue (Vol. I) and Green (Vol. !!) cloth, gilt spine and cover lettering, each front board bears a gilt coiled snake. Some silverfishing to the edges of the cloth on the second volume. Else very good and clean copies Of this somewhat elusive title, especially so for the second volume. Thomas Sawyer Spivey (whose wife insisted was the model for Twain's protagonist of the same name) led two lives. For his working years he work for a lock and safe manufacturing company. As he put that behind him he became a modestly successful author of occult and pseudo-religious works as well as novels. The work purports to be a novel but clearly it is just a vehicle for his more outlandish theories. It claims to deliver "the fundamental lessons received by Lavius Egyptus before the Essenic Body whose wisdom he recorded for twenty-nine years," hundreds of years before the birth of Christ. In the second volume, Spivey gives the reader the "Lectures in the Pythagorean Senate in the Temple of the Oracle of Dodona." The printing of the second volume was purposely meant to imitate a typescript in its presentation, with attendant illustrations, corrections, etc. "The suggestion that we publish this edition in the form of a reproduction of out manuscript came to us as we were ready for press, otherwise we might have attempted more artistic effort in making the simple drawings" (Preface). It is a hodgepodge of the Gnostic, Theosophical and Hermetic ideas so popular in that age.- $350
- $350
![[SECOND SOVIET GOUT EXPEDITION TO SVANETI] chiq'vi svanetshi: (mritskhvelobiti masala) [i.e. Gout in Svaneti: Quantitative Data]](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/31844385706-600x878.jpg)
[SECOND SOVIET GOUT EXPEDITION TO SVANETI] chiq’vi svanetshi: (mritskhvelobiti masala) [i.e. Gout in Svaneti: Quantitative Data]
Aslanishvili, I. Tbilisi: sametsniero dats'esebulebata mtavarmartvelobis gamotsema, 1926. 62, [2] pp.: ill. 25.7x17.3 cm. In original publisher's printed wrappers. Rubbed spine, closed tear to the lower right corner of the front wrapper, light soiling of the wrappers, otherwise in a very good condition. Author's ink inscription on the front wrapper: "With great love and respect to Mr. Grigol Mukhadze. From the writer. 12/II 36 Tbilisi." Grigol Mukhadze (1879-1948) was a noted Soviet Georgian surgeon and hermotologist. Very rare Georgian imprint with no copies found in Worldcat. First edition, 1 of 1,000 copies. With 35 black-and-white illustrations. Title-page in French and Georgian. Text in Georgian with a resume in French. Foreword by the Georgian doctor and scientist Alexander Machavariani (1884-1941). A historically significant collection of quantitative data collected by a pioneer Georgian endocrinologist Ioseb Aslanishvili (1891-1955) during the second Soviet gout expedition to Svaneti (first - 1924). A graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Novorossiysk (1915), Aslanishvili was one of the organizers of the fight against gout in Georgia. In 1932, he founded an endocrinology laboratory in Tbilisi, where he remained a prominent figure until his death in 1955. The expedition, aimed to investigate the outbreaks of gout in Svaneti, was launched by the Public Health Commission of Georgia in the summer of 1925. Led by Professor Mikhail Asatiani, the party consisted of at least seven members, including Ioseb Aslanishvili (the author), Beso Oqropiridze, and Paata Mgaloblishvili. Departing from Lechkhumi on July 20th, the expedition sequentially explored Lower Svaneti followed by Upper Svaneti over the ensuing weeks. The party discovered that Svaneti had the highest incidence of gout among all regions in Georgia. Moreover, it revealed a significant disparity in gout prevalence between Lower and Upper Svaneti. Ultimately, the expedition's findings pointed to water sources as the underlying cause of the epidemic. In the book, the author offers a first-hand account of the expedition and includes data collected during the mission. Aslanishvili delineates the unique aspects of life in both Lower and Upper Svaneti, providing stats on population figures, gender ratios, and incidence rates in local communities and villages. He then compares these current findings with data from prior expeditions in 1903 and 1924, noting an increase in percentage distribution over the years. The book features 35 black and white illustrations capturing scenes from the expedition, including vibrant, vernacular images of local Svans infected by gout. The photos likely appeared in press for the very first time. Overall, a historically important and one of the earliest Soviet studies of gout in Svaneti. No copies found in Worldcat.- $750
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- $750
MAP OF SAN FRANCISCO, COMPILED FROM LATEST SURVEYS & CONTAINING ALL LATE EXTENSIONS & DIVISION OF WARDS
[San Francisco] Lithographed map, issued as a letter sheet, measuring 9 x 11 inches and printed on blue paper. In a cloth chemise and half morocco and cloth slipcase, spine gilt. Very lightly silked on the verso, repairing neat splits along folds, and some tears in the top edge. Very good. In a cloth chemise and half morocco and cloth slipcase, spine gilt. An early and important map of the developing city of San Francisco, issued as a letter sheet by the lithographic firm of Britton & Rey. It shows the city bounded by San Francisco Bay, the Presidio Ranch, and Mission Creek and Tracy Street. Most significantly, it shows proposed extensions of the city's waterfront area into the bay. Speculation in these proposed lots was running rampant at the time, and the city had sold "water lots" in the central business district as early as 1847 in order to pay down municipal debt. Planked streets are shown in darker tones, and the extra width of Market and California streets is indicated. The "Mission Plank Road," a toll road built in 1851, is also indicated. A vignette of a building in the lower right corner is captioned "Page Bacon & Co. - Adams & Co.," showing the offices of the important banking firms that likely commissioned the map. A key gives the locations of City Hall, the post office, customs house, places of worship, etc. "The date was derived from comparisons with the B.F. Butler map of 1852 and the Zakreski map of 1853" - Streeter. Baird locates only three copies of this scarce and important early San Francisco map. BAIRD, CALIFORNIA'S PICTORIAL LETTER SHEETS 149. CLIFFORD LETTER SHEET COLLECTION 155. WOODBRIDGE, SAN FRANCISCO IN MAPS & VIEWS, pp.52-54. PETERS, CALIFORNIA ON STONE, p.83. STREETER SALE 3885. EBERSTADT 158:31.- $3,750
- $3,750
DIARIO DEL VIAGE EXPLORADOR DE LAS CORBETAS ESPAÑOLAS “DESCUBIERTA” Y “ATREVIDA” EN LOS ANOS DE 1789 A 1794, LLEVADO POR EL TENIENTE DE NAVIO D. FRANCISCO JAVIER DE VIANA.
Viana, Francisco Javier de [2],360pp., including two titlepages. Each page of text is printed within a decorative border. Contemporary marbled boards, rebacked in modern brown morocco with modern brown morocco corners. Boards slightly rubbed and shelfworn. A few gatherings tanned, leaf with pp.115-116 bound out of order. A very good copy. In a brown cloth clamshell box, spine gilt. A very rare work, the first published account of the Malaspina expedition of 1789-94. Malaspina, an Italian who sailed under the Spanish flag, was for a long time virtually forgotten. Nevertheless, his voyage of circumnavigation stands as Spain's most important 18th-century scientific exploration in the Pacific. Although an official publication was envisioned from the start, with artists and scientists aboard working towards its production, Malaspina became the victim of Spanish court intrigues, and the elaborate expedition report never materialized. It was not until 1885 that his narrative was published in Madrid. The present book thus stands as the first publication on the Malaspina expedition. It is based on the narrative of an ensign on the voyage, Francisco Viana, who settled in Uruguay towards the beginning of the 19th century. According to Palau, Viana's account was prepared for publication by D. Manuel Dribe, who worked with the manuscript which was still in the possession of Viana's sons in Montevideo. Viana's narrative adds greatly to the later publication of Malaspina's account, elaborating with much detail on the visits to the northwest coast of America (Nootka), Australia (describing Port Jackson barely five years after its settlement), Manila, Acapulco, Monterey, Tierra del Fuego, Islas Malvinas, and Patagonia. Malaspina's expedition is one of the great voyages of exploration of the 18th century and is often likened to the exploits of La Pérouse and Captain Cook. "Malaspina left Cadiz in 1789 and visited the western coast of North America as far as 60 degrees North latitude. He then returned to South America, by way of the Philippine Islands and Australia, rerounded Cape Horn, and reached Cadiz in 1794. During his voyage he visited Nootka Sound and Monterey; he gives an account of his explorations on the California coast. The work also contains Ferrer Maldonado's relation of the discovery of the Straits of Anian; accounts of the principal Spanish expeditions to the North Pacific between 1774 and 1791; a description of the country and customs of California; and a long historical introduction of the voyage by Pedro de Novo y Colson" - Hill (describing the 1885 publication of Malaspina's narrative). "This diary is of immense value. It is the only full and detailed printed account of Malaspina's voyage from California to Alaska by one of the participants.For some reason, Viana's diary was published on the traveling press of the Army besieging Montevideo, during the war between Argentina and Uruguay. This is the reason for the extreme rarity of this important diary, not recorded by Sabin or Wagner" - Lada Mocarski. Not in the catalogue of the Hill Collection, though there is a copy at the University of California at San Diego. An important and exceedingly rare Pacific voyage account. FERGUSON 5100, 5228. PALAU 361688. HOWES V85. LADA-MOCARSKI 134. TOURVILLE 4696. WICKERSHAM 6642.- $27,500
- $27,500
COLONIE ICARIENNE AUX ÉTATS-UNIS D’AMÉRIQUE. SA CONSTITUTION, SES LOIS, SA SITUATION MATERIELLE ET MORALE APRES LE PREMIER SEMESTRE 1855
[Icarian Community]: [Cabet, Etienne] 240pp. 12mo. Original printed brown wrappers, expertly rebacked in matching brown paper. Wrappers a bit soiled, worn at edges. Small tear in upper margin of p.239, neatly repaired and not affecting text. Quite clean internally, and in very good condition. Untrimmed and unopenend. A scarce French printing of the principles, history, laws, constitution, and status of the Icarian communities in the United States. Founded by Étienne Cabet, the Icarian Community was among the most interesting Utopian experiments in the United States during the 19th century. After an unsuccessful attempt to settle in Texas, the Icarians established themselves in Nauvoo, Illinois, an abandoned Mormon town. After Cabet's death in 1856, the group splintered, with some of the remaining Illinois group moving to Corning, Iowa. This volume, published in the year of Cabet's death, offers his description of the community and the principles of its founding and operation, as well as the laws and constitution that governed them. We find no copies at auction since the Streeter sale in 1969, where a copy in wrappers was purchased by H.P. Kraus for $160. SABIN 9779. HOWES C5, "aa." STREETER SALE 4267.- $6,500
- $6,500
ARABIA INFELIX
HUXLEY, Aldous First edition, limited issue. One of 692 copies signed by the author. Quarter blue gilt decorated buckram cloth over yellow paper covered boards. Bookplate to front pastedown. A very good copy, with some dustiness to boards. Bookplate of Ronald Fuller to the front pastedown, designed by Rex Whistler while the pair were at university together. It is the first bookplate Whistler designed, for the man who would later write the artist's biography.- $250
- $250
The Hedàya, or Guide; a commentary on the Mussulman laws: translated by the order of the Governor-General and Council of Bengal.London, Thomas Bensley, 1791. 4 volumes. Small folio (22 x 27.5 cm). Modern half calf in period style, marbled sides, gold-tooled smooth spine divided into six fields by rolls, black morocco spine label in the second field, the others with an arabesque ornament.
[MARGHINANI, `Ali ibn Abi Bakr] (Charles HAMILTON, transl.). [2], LXXXIX, [1], XII, 561, [3]; VIII, 727, [3]; VIII, 609, [3]; VIII, 574, [54] pp. Errata leaf at end of each volume.First English edition of al-Hidayah, the authoritative guide to Islamic jurisprudence, printed in a small number of copies only (cf. Brunet) by the most prestigious London printer of his time, Thomas Bensley. The understanding of Islamic law was critical to the colonial administration of India, and in particular of Bengal with its large Muslim population, and this work was intended to enable English officials to understand local proceedings. Commonly referred to as al-Hidayah (the guidance), it originated as a 12th-century Hanafi work by Sheikh al-Islam Burhan al-Din al-Farghani al-Marghinani (1135-97) and is considered an authoritative guide to Islamic law among Muslims throughout the world. The Hidayah presents a legal tradition developed over many centuries and represents the corpus of Hanafi law in its approved and preferred form. Hanafi, one of the four principal schools of Sunni jurisprudence, emphasizes public good above dogmatic legalism. The primary reason for the Hidayahs popularity is the reliability of its statements and the soundness of its legal reasoning. It is arguably the most popular and important work in fiqh literature, which concerns the human understanding of the divine sharia law. Hamiltons English translation is based on a Persian translation by Ghulam Ya Khan from the original Arabic. Intended for a British audience, chapters relating to rituals were omitted, while his coverage of contracts, torts, and criminal law is more complete. Hamilton explains in his preface: "The permanence of any foreign dominion (and indeed, the justification of holding such a dominion) requires that a strict attention be paid to ease and advantage, not only of the governors, but of the governed; and to this great end nothing can so effectually contribute as preserving to the latter their ancient established practices, civil and religious and protecting them in the exercise in their own institutes . they must be infinitely more acceptable than anything we could offer; since they are supported by the accumulated prejudice of ages, and, in the opinion of their followers, derive their origin from the divinity himself" (preliminary discourse). A second edition of Hamiltons translation was published in 1870, though the first edition is rare.Light browning throughout with occasional brown stains, but generally a fine copy in an attractive and expertly executed modern binding in period style.l Brunet III, col. 75; WorldCat 10111750.- $27,726
- $27,726
ANN-MARGRET | KITTEN WITH A WHIP (1964) Oversized portrait
Universal [Los Angeles]: Universal Studios, [1964]. Vintage original 11 x 14" (28 x 35 cm.) black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photo. Original paper blurb from Universal Studios on verso. Crease at bottom left corner, near fine. Ann-Margret, very early in her film career, is at her most demure in this lovely portrait for her role as a sassy juvenile delinquent. The role somewhat typecast the multi-talented lady who still thrills us today.- $350
- $350
ERROL FLYNN, BURT LANCASTER, ROBERT MITCHUM IN DRAG at FRIARS’ FROLIC (1950) Photo by Charles Rhodes
Charles Rhodes [Los Angeles]: Fawcett Publications, 1950. Vintage original 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm.) black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photo. Ink stamp on verso from Fawcett Publications and credited to photographer Charles Rhodes, ink stamp date of April 1950. About fine. Original attached paper blurb claims that Burt Lancaster is ordering Robert Mitchum to keep his hands off Erroll Flynn, at the Friars' Frolic at the Shrine Auditorium. Flynn was one of the masters of ceremonies for this all-male fundraising event. Mitchum and Lancaster were part of a musical number and were two of six Floradora Girls. The 3rd Annual Friars' Frolic was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on April 22, 1950, in which Hollywood's big-name male actors starred. Proceeds were for the Motion Picture Relief Fund and various Friars charities. Famous figures like Jack Benny, Burt Lancaster, Robert Mitchum, Red Skelton and Keenan Wynn played girls. Dan Dailey and Mario Lanza did solo acts. George Burns and Broderick Crawford performed together, as well as famous duo Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Other comedians included Phil Silvers, George Jessel, Harpo Marx, etc. Many other actors, including well-known Ricardo Montalban, Edward G. Robinson, James Stewart, Errol Flynn, Al Jolson and violinist Isaac Stern played in the sketches and specialty acts. A rather flamboyant evening!- $500
- $500
KATHARINE HEPBURN | QUALITY STREET (1937) Oversized portrait
RKO Radio Pictures [Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures, 1937]. Vintage original 11 x 14" (28 x 35 cm.) black-and-white double weight glossy silver gelatin photo. Crease at bottom right corner, minor wear. About fine. A stunning portrait -- and of the highest quality -- from the golden age of Hollywood portraiture. Katharine Hepburn, wearing a period costume designed by Walter Plunkett, is in perfect characterization as the 1810s prim maid Phoebe Throssel of J. M. Barrie's story. George Stevens directed. RKO felt that adapting some of Barrie's works for Hepburn would be appropriate. Audiences did not respond and, with a box office poison rating, Hepburn found herself needing to change gears. She soon did by starring, first on stage and then on screen, in The Philadelphia Story. Photo is coded QS-36.- $550
- $550
ARCHIE SHEPP (ca. 1970) Photo by Raymond Ross
Raymond Ross New York: Raymond Ross, [ca. 1970]. Vintage original 10 x 8" (25 x 20 cm.) black-and-white photo. With photographer Raymond Ross' stamp on verso, fine. Archie Shepp, whose instrument was the saxophone, was one of the great innovators in avant-garde jazz. His music increasingly reflected his Afrocentric orientation and his growing political consciousness.- $325
- $325
JOAN CRAWFORD SHOWS HER LEGS | DANCE, FOOLS, DANCE (1931) Photo
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [Los Angeles]: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1931. Vintage original 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm.) black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photo. Photo has minor use. Typed credit information on verso comes through on Lester Vail's face. About fine. A riches-to-rags saga involving the Roaring Twenties, the 1929 Wall Street stock market crash and the subsequent Depression, which is reason for wealthy Joan Crawford to seek a job at a newspaper. All of the pre-Code story elements were here, some of the storyline was based upon the real-life incidents of the 1929 St. Valentine's Day Massacre in a garage in Chicago and the June 9, 1930 murder of Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle. Photo is coded 531-58.- $300
- $300
Richard Strauss RARE Signed Portrait with Zarathrustra Musical Quote!
Richard Strauss A superb signed and inscribed 8.25″ X 11″ portrait (photograph size 6.5″ X 9.25″) by Richard Strauss. The composer inscribes to a Mr. Grassir Diaz and adds the date, 1920. He adds a three-bar musical quotation from his most famous work, Also Sprach Zarathrustra — writing out the opening musical fanfare made so famous by Stanley Kubrick in 2001: A Space Odyssey. He identifies it above the musical annotations as ‘Zarathrustra’. Neatly laid down to card, and in very fine condition. Of the utmost rarity in this format. Extremely rare and desirable in this format. This is the first time, in 30 years of dealing, that we have encountered a musical quotation by Strauss of this opening motif — the lone trumpet rising notes, the dramatic brass fanfare, then the back-and-forth timpani — surely one of the most famous segments of classical music ever written.- $10,980
- $10,980
Discorsi politici di Paolo Paruta nobile vinetiano cavaliere e procurator di San Marco ne i quali si considerano diversi fatti illustri, e memorabili di principi, e di repubbliche antiche, e moderne. Divisi in due libri. Aggiontovi nel fine un suo Soliloquio, nel quale l’auttore fa un breue essame di tutto il corso della sua vita [.]
PARUTA, Paolo (1540-1598) Two parts in one volume, 4to (233x170 mm.). [22], 12 ll., 13-350, [2], 351-636, [2], 21, [3] pp. Collation: *-**? a-b? c? A-Yy? Zz² Aaa-Nnnn? 2A-2C? Leaves *4, c6, Zz2 and 2C4 are blank. Woodcut portrait of the author on title page with a caption around it: Paulus Paruta eques ac Divi Marci Procurator aetatis suae. Colophon and printer's device of Discorsi politici at l. Nnnn4, colophon and printer's device of the Soliloquio at l. C3v. Many woodcut historiated initials, head- and tail-pieces. Title page a bit soiled and stained, small marginal worm holes to ll. *1-3, on ll. Xx-Bbb3 tiny burn stain to the utter margin, larger stain affecting the upper outer corner of l. Mmmm1, another stain to the lower margin of the last 15 ll. Contemporary flexible vellum with manuscript title on spine and on the lower edge (panels slightly stained and soiled, small restoration to spine, lackiing the flyleaves). A genuine copy.First edition of this important political treatise. The Discorsi politici were not published till after the death of Paolo Paruta. Gathered here are 25 essays composed by Paruta and disposed without any particular order in which he deals with different issues such as the forms of government, honours and glories, light or invasive state, lost and won battles, blame and praise, alliances, fortifications, etc. Though Paruta is an independent thinker, Macchiavelli's influence is notable. The policy of Italian equilibrium, which a century later developed into that of European equilibrium, was clearly foreseen by him. The Soliloquio is a brief examination of his own existence published here for the first time.Paruta was a historian and statesman of the Venetian Republic, born at Venice into a family originary of Lucca. After studying at Padua he served the Republic of Venice in various political capacities, including that of secretary to one of the Venetian delegates in the Council of Ten. In 1562 he acted as official historiographer of the Republic at the Court of Emperor Maximilian II, during which he delivered the funeral oration for those killed at the naval battle of Lepanto (1571). He was then made minister for the administration of the Terraferma and was elected a senator. Subsequently he was appointed official historian to the republic, responsible for the Chamber of Loans, governor of the Cadore region, ambassador to the pope in Rome, and governor of Brescia. In 1579 he published at Venice his first political treatise entitled Della perfettione della vita politica libri tre. In 1596 he was appointed procurator of St Mark's and superintendent to the fortifications in 1597. He died in Venice in December 1598, one year before the publication of the Discorsi politici.Edit16, CNCE31935; Bozza, Scrittori politici italiani dal 1550-1650, pp. 95-6; The Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 11, col. 1911 (Benigni); Adams, P-363; Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, vol. 81, 2014, s.v. (G. Benzoni).- $754
- $754
Duty, Honour, Empire
Lord, John THE LIFE AND TIMES OF COLONEL RICHARD MEINERTZHAGEN 1971 London 1st ed. 412 pp. Ill. Life of the brilliant, eccentric army officer who was equally at home when facing a herd of charging elephant, running a network of 3,000 spies or fighting in E. Africa. Meinertzhagen's own books, including Kenya Diary and Army Diary are scarce. Recommended. Now scarce in 1st ed. Former owner's name written twice in front and a number of pages had been folded. Vg in like dj.- $100
- $100
CATCH-22 Franklin Library Signed
Joseph Heller Near Fine, Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. Gentle bump at top front panel edge. ; Signed by author on 2nd FEP. ; Signed by Author.- $759
- $759
Gustave Caillebotte
VARNEDOE, Kirk Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. vi, 220 pages. Square 4to, gray cloth with gilt lettering at the spine, pictorial d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987. First edition. Previous ownership embossed stamp at the half-title page, lightly sunned at the edges. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.- $100
- $100
Love Looks Not with the Eyes: Thirteen Years with Lee Alexander McQueen
DENIAU, Anne Full-page color and black & white photographic illustrations throughout. 399 pages. Large 4to, patterned endpapers, gray pictorial cloth. New York: Abrams, (2012). Signed and inscribed by Deniau opposite the title page. A fine copy.- $125
- $125
![ORDER AND CHAOS CHEZ HANS REICHEL [1/26 Copies]](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/31834664333-600x785.jpg)
ORDER AND CHAOS CHEZ HANS REICHEL [1/26 Copies]
HENRY MILLER A very fine, clean and tight copy in a very fine jacket and slipcase. One of Twenty Six copies, The Crimson Oasis Edition, Lettered V and signed by Henry Miller. No bumped corners to book or case. No tears, no chips to jacket. Jacket is brodart covered. A very nice copy.- $1,500
- $1,500
Arabia Felix: Across the Empty Quarter of Arabia. With a Foreword by T.E. Lawrence and Appendix by Sir Arthur Keith.
THOMAS, Bertram Second impression. 8vo. (xxix), (3), 396, (2) pp. Publisher's brown buckram, gilt lettered to spine, ownership inscription dated the year of publication to the front free endpaper. 81 black and white illustrations, mostly photographic, of which a number feature more than one subject to a page, plus 3 maps including the large folding one to the rear of the volume. Small patches of discolouration to the covers plus occasional marking and light wear, else very good. The first crossing by a European of the Empty Quarter. "I will not say how much I like this book, lest Jonathan C. dig out the odd sentence for his blurb. [Thomas] is a master of every desert art. Here once more is the compleat Arabian traveller enshrined. Not twice but twenty times his tiniest touches set me remembering that wide land which I liked so much." (from T.E. Lawrence's Introduction). O'Brien, A155.- $110
- $110
The Return of the King, being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
J. R. R. Tolkien A first edition, first impression of The Return of the King with dropped text and "4" to page 49. Original red cloth boards with v. slight lean. Fading of the gilt and spine with a few marks, rubbed and overall in very good shape. Clean contents with intact map in situ. A very good find. 8vo. 416pp with appendix.- $1,550
- $1,550
Farewell My Lovely
Chandler, Raymond Advance issue of the 1st edition. Original wrappers (bound into the dustjacket as published). A few page corners lightly pushed and toned, spine faded, rubbing to the extremities, back panel a bit dusty with some small spots, somewhat musty, else very good. The publisher's stamp is on the top page edges (as issued). This perishable state (probably 5% of the 7,500 copy 1st printing) precedes the hardbound issue. Bruccoli A2.1.a. Chandler has managed an additional level of fame, first because unsophisticated readers, with their literal minds, were baffled by his irony, and sought explanations that only intensified the joke, and second because those writers who did not have his acute powers of accurate observation, simplistically scorned them as cynicism. So he remains unequaled by his counterfeiters (those literary equivalents of Judy Garland impersonators), who regarded how he wrote as easy to exceed, if one just wrote "grumpy" and then, of course, they did so inadequately (when they came to shoe the horse, the beetle stretched out his leg), a Haycraft-Queen cornerstone.- $3,500
- $3,500
Beyond The Page : The Limited Special Edition Signed by Sir Quentin Blake
Blake, Quentin The First UK printing published by Tate Publishing, London in 2012. The special limited edition issued in a limitation of only 200 copies. This is number '10' and is in Fine unread condition. Issued in red cloth with a gilt titling and cover designs by Quentin Blake. The gilt decorations remains bright and not dulled. Signed by Quentin Blake to the limitation page and housed in the publisher's green slipcase with gilt titling, as issued. Quentin Blake is one of the best-known and best-loved illustrators in the world, creating brilliant and iconic characters for amongst others Russell Hoban, Joan Aiken, Michael Rosen and most famously Roald Dahl. He has won numerous awards over the years, including the 'Whitbread Award', the 'Kate Greenaway Medal' and the 'Hans Christian Andersen Award' for Illustration. In 1999 he was appointed the first ever 'Children's Laureate' and in 2005 was created CBE. In 'Beyond the Page' Blake writes about his projects since 2000, vividly describing his working processes, his collaborators, his travels and his various projects and commissions, including his illustrated walls projects for hospitals in the UK and France Generously illustrated with 240 full-colour reproductions of his inimitable work, this is an unsurpassed collection of Quentin Blake's achievements. Increasingly elusive as the special signed limited edition. A very handsome production. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.- $581
- $581
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The Health and Happiness Club. [Cover title.] [A Service for the Mother-to-be and the Baby-to-come.]
[ Women's health ]. [ Kenyon, Josephine Hemenway.] Dr. Josephine Hemenway Kenyon, M.D. (1880 Ð 1965) received her undergraduate degree from Pritchett College in Missouri in 1898 and graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1904, one of only three women in her class. Kenyon trained at the Johns Hopkins Hospital for a year and the BabiesÕ Hospital in New York City for six years before opening her private practice, which she maintained until 1950. She also taught courses on childcare and social hygiene at the Columbia University Teachers College, helped organize the first International Conference of Women Doctors in 1919, and wrote the extremely popular manual Healthy Babies are Happy Babies (1934). Kenyon was a contributor of articles on childcare and womenÕs health to Good Housekeeping for thirty years. 9 x 6 Ó [36] pp. The full set of eight ÒLetters,Ó each [4] pp., written for Good Housekeeping by Dr. Josephine Hemenway Kenyon with information for mothers on pregnancy and preparing for childbirth. Brown printed paper folder enclosing the eight ÒLetters.Ó Disbound, as issued, with punched holes in each leaf for compilation in a binder. Three items laid in: instructional sheet on sewing baby clothes (laid in to third ÒLetter,Ó as issued), order postcard for the second series of The Health and Happiness Club (left blank), and Good Housekeeping-issued card for recording a babyÕs health information (also left blank). Some toning to a few leaves and creasing to the postcard. Enclosed in an envelope addressed from Good Housekeeping at the Hearst Magazine Building to Mrs. Lloyd S. Williams in Waite, Maine (postmarked April 1937). A very good set of rare ephemera. Third printing? Date from publisherÕs mark on verso of first ÒLetterÓ (12-35). All printings are rare: OCLC records only two copies of a 1920 printing (Harvard, the Strong) and two copies of a 1932 printing (Harvard, the Center for Research Library in Illinois). These eight ÒLettersÓ comprise the first series; a second series, The BabyÕs First Year, was also issued. ÒJosephine Hemenway Kenyon CollectionÓ (webpage). Johns Hopkins Chesney Archives.- $350
- $350
Collotype: Being a History-Practicum-Bibliography.
CHAYT, Steven, and Meryl Chayt. Steven and Meryl Chayt were a couple from Pasadena (who were quite young when this book was produced) that were devoted to every aspect of the printing arts. They published modern poetry under the imprint Anachronic Editions, but spent most of their time and energy writing works like Collotype and A Ludlow Anthology (1986), which they printed in very small editions. They subsequently gave up printing and work in public education in Florida Small folio. [12], [106] pp. Text illustrations, plates (nyloprint engravings made at Anachronic Editions). Printed on dampened Penshurst & Langley handmade paper on a Washington handpress and a Vandercook proof press. Green cloth boards with natural linen spine. In the glassine dust jacket. Slight wear to glassine. A fine copy. One of eighty-five copies. Signed in pencil on the colophon by the Chayts. This is the only work, that we know of, devoted completely and exclusively to this very important photographic and printing process, invented in 1856 by the French photographer, chemist, and engineer Alphonse Poitevin, and appreciated for its very rich results. OCLC records fifty-five copies of this book in libraries. Considering that the edition is only eighty-five copies, there are not many chances to purchase a copy of this book, and it is indeed very scarce in commerce.- $2,500
- $2,500
DEATH VALLEY IN ’49: IMPORTANT CHAPTER OF CALIFORNIA PIONEER HISTORY; The Autobiography of a Pioneer, Detailing His Life from a Humble Home in the Green Mountains to the Gold Mines of California; and Particularly Reciting the Sufferings of the Band of Men, Women and Children who Gave “Death Valley” its Name
Manly, William Lewis Octavo, 8 in. x 5.5 in., pp. 498. Illlustrated with frontis of the author and two additional plates. Mustard-colored cloth boards with title and stripe design stamped in black to front and in blind to rear. Gilt title to rebacked spine, with original cloth reattached to the spine, Rubbing ot extremities; front, lower corner bumped. Spine faded, but legible. Floral endpapers. Booksellers sticker to front pastedown (from San Jose bookstore) and rear pastedown (from San Francisco). Old tape repair to front and rear hinges. Reinforced paper to versos of front and rear free endpapers and frontis. Hinge torn but holdoing firmly at title page. Protected in mylar. William Lewis Manly (1820 - 1903) was an American pioneer of the mid-19th century. He was first a fur hunter, a guide of westward bound caravans, a seeker of gold, and then a farmer and writer in his later years. He wrote an autobiography, first published with the title From Vermont to California, then a second edition with the title Death Valley in '49, that tells of the pioneer experience in the Far West, in particular the 1848 California Gold Rush.- $248
- $248
Sketches and Stories
Blue and yellow pictorial paper covered boards. Text in both English and Japanese. Wear to head of spine and to hinges with the front board beginning to detach at bottom (see image). Previous owner's name to front pastedown, but otherwise a clean copy with no further defacements. Scarce. 5.25 x 7.5 in- $100
- $100
A New Mappe of the Romane Empire newly described by Iohn Speede.
SPEED, John Speed's map of the Roman Empire Double-page engraved map with hand-colour. A map showing the historical extent of the Roman Empire from the 1676 edition of the first atlas compiled and published by an Englishman, Speed's 'Prospect'. The decorative border along each side depicts men in regional costume from former imperial countries (for example, 'A Spainyard'), with 'His Wyfe' illustrated in the panel below. Along the top of the map is a series of city views. Among these is Venice, despite the fact that it was not founded until 421 C.E. and, as such, post-dates the heyday of Rome. A cartouche at the lower edge provides a potted history of the foundation and expansion of the Roman Empire. In the top left-hand corner is a medallion portrait of Roma, the personification of Rome, and in the top right-hand corner is Romulus, legendary founder of the city. Accompanying text in English, 'The Description of the Roman Empire', is printed on the reverse. John Speed (1552-1629) was the outstanding cartographer of his age. By trade a merchant tailor, but by proclivity a historian, it was the patronage of Sir Fulke Greville, poet and statesman, that allowed him to pursue this interest in earnest. His 'Theatre of Great Britain', first published in 1611 or 1612, was the first large-scale printed atlas of the British Isles. The 'Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World', from which the present work is drawn, appeared in 1627, bound with the 'Theatre', and is the first world atlas compiled by an Englishman to be published in England. Engraved in Amsterdam, many of the maps are anglicized versions of works by Dutch makers in distinctive carte-à-figure style, featuring borders with figures in local costume and city views. This map is from the 1676 edition of the 'Prospect', published by Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell. While not as rare as the earlier publications, this edition is perhaps the most important, given that it is the first to include the nine new maps: among them, Virginia and Maryland, Barbados, and Russia. It is also the last time that the 'Prospect' was printed as an atlas. Shirley [Atlases], T.SPE-2f.- $1,938
- $1,938
Description du premier voyage faict aux Indes Orientales par les François en l¿An 1603. [including separate title pages for the Description et Remarque de quelques animaux, episceries, drogues¿ and the Traicte du Scurbut].
François Martin, de VITRÉ (4) ff., 134 (i.e. 131) pp. Bound in contemporary vellum, housed in modern book box. Signature I misbound. Impeccable copy, excellent. Extremely rare first edition of the first French account of the East Indies to appear in print (cf. Lach & van Kley, III: 373), here in an impeccable copy bound in early vellum. The work is that of the French adventurer François Martin de Vitré (c. 1575-c. 1631), who, upon his return to Brittany from the East Indies in 1603, prepared this lively account at the behest of King Henry IV (1553-1610). Martin¿s narrative inspired Henry in 1604 to establish the first iteration of the French East India Company (Compagnie des Indes Orientales) with designs on exploiting the treasures described in the present work (cf. Lombard, ¿Martin de Vitré, Premier Breton à Aceh¿). Likely enlisted as ship¿s surgeon aboard the Croissant, François Martin of Vitré, along with several companions from Saint-Malo and Laval, sailed from Britanny in 1601, rounding the Cape of Good Hope in May of that year. The Croissant¿s companion ship, the Corbin, wrecked in the Maldives, but Martin eventually succeeded in reaching Ceylon and trading with the Aceh in Sumatra. Upon his return journey he was captured by the Dutch at Cape Finisterre but finally returned to France in 1603. In his preface Martin summarizes the European powers¿ incursions in the East and laments the tardiness of the French to exploit the region¿s riches: ¿This has made me deplore the defect of the French, who more than any other nation are provided with a vivacity of spirit and a formidable worthiness, but who have nevertheless languished for so long in a slumber of idleness, ignoring information on the treasures of the East Indies with which the Portuguese and Spanish have enriched themselves¿ (p. 3). In the first two sections of the work Martin gives ample space to the discussion of flora, fauna, and commercial matters relevant the regions he visits (aromatic plants, spices, crops, the elephant, rhinoceros and tiger, the crocodile, tortoise and bird of paradise, livestock, the hunt, woods, weights and measures, currency, etc.), but he also includes a great deal of anthropological detail. Evidently the stereotypical red-blooded Breton seafarer, Martin, in his chapter on the ¿habits and customs we observed during our stay in the Indies¿ (pp. 38-66) dwells mainly on women ¿ the prostitution of premarital women, their perfumes, their bathing rituals, their medicines, and their punishment for adultery. He also notes gestures of salutation (two hands together before one¿s forehead), marriage customs (¿they can marry seven wives if they have the means to support them¿), and gives detailed reports on the traditions and inner workings of both Hinduism and Islam. He notes Turkish merchants to be frequent visitors to these lands, and writes of seeing a cannon of Chinese manufacture. Martin¿s intriguing 4-page dictionary of words useful for the traveler includes a section on counting in Malagasy, the language of Madagascar. The volume also contains a brief but significant ¿dictionary¿ of the Malay language, described here as ¿Elegant and easy to learn, like Latin¿ (¿fort beau & facile a aprendre ¿ comme le latin en leurope¿). Finally, in his presumed role as ship¿s surgeon, Martin penned a third section treating scurvy, recommending among other cures the use of citrus fruits and an aqueous preparation of alum. OCLC lists only two U.S. copies of this 1604 first edition: NYPL and the Minnesota¿s Bell Library (lacking 2 prelims). The work was reprinted in 1609, and of this second edition OCLC locates U.S. copies only at Harvard and the Boston Athenaeum. * Atkinson 444; Brunet, Supl. I, 920 (citing only the second edition); cf. also Denys Lombard, ¿Martin de Vitré. Premier Breton à Aceh (1601-1603),¿ Archipel 54: 3-12 (1997).- $50,000
- $50,000
Astronomicarum Institutionum Libri III. Quibus doctrinae sphaericae elementa methodo nova, facili, & ad captum Tyronum aptissima traduntur.
NAIBOD, Valentin / [NABOD] (8), 192 ff., with numerous textual woodcut illustrations. Bound in contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title on spine. Minor rubbing to binding, some wrinkling to spine. Minor browning in some quires, some minor marginal worming not affecting text, a few contemporary inscriptions in the text. Generally very good. Very rare first edition, second issue of this understudied work, ¿apparently the earliest Italian imprint to depict and discuss the Copernican system¿ (Gingerich) by the Cologne-born Professor of Mathematics at Padua. The work includes a printed diagram of the geo-heliocentric system of Martianus Capella (41r) as well as a diagram and exposition of the Copernican system (leaf 41v). The work is included in the Galileo bibliography of Cinti (no. 5) owing to the Copernican diagram. Cinti does not comment further than this, but it is interesting to speculate that the young Galileo (b. 1564), whether as a student at Pisa or a lecturer at Padua, may have encountered the Copernican hypothesis in the present work. It is not surprising that the exegesis of Copernicus would come relatively late to Catholic Italy in comparison to Protestant, German speaking countries, in light of both the establishment of the Index of Prohibited Books (1559) and the widespread efforts of the Counter-Reformation to insure doctrinal conformity in printed books. That it passed the watchful eye of the censor at all is probably due to its appearance in an unassuming astronomy primer and the somewhat hypothetical manner in which the theory is expressed. Although the impact of Naibod¿s work in Italy is difficult to assess, it is positively known that a copy of the first issue was owned by Tycho Brahe, still extant in the Clementinum in Prague, and it has been argued by the historian of astronomy Robert Westman that Tycho¿s encounter with the geo-heliocentric diagram of Martianus influenced the development of the Tychonic system. It also has been suggested that the Tycho assistant Paul Wittich was familiar with this work, and that the concept of ¿world system¿ (systema mundi) employed by Kepler, Tycho and Galileo originated with the present work. ¿In his elementary textbook of astronomy Valentin Nabod gave the system of Martianus Capella in which Mercury and Venus revolve about the sun. He added that Copernicus had taken occasion from this to make Saturn, Jupiter and Mars, and indeed everything included within the sphere of the moon, revolve about the sun as center of the universe, while the sun and fixed stars remain unmoved. Copernicus had thus ¿with so small a number of spheres¿ saved all the phenomena through the ages, as no one before him had done, with the greatest praise and admiration of the learned. Nabod then presented a figure of the Copernican system, which, as we have seen, was an unusual thing to do in an elementary textbook. He remarked that no one should be greatly offended by the movement of the earth and quiet of the sun. If, however, anyone preferred to consider the earth at rest and the sun as in motion, he could reach the same results by practically the same demonstrations, as was understood by all who knew anything about mathematics¿ (Thorndike, VI.40). Naibod (d. 1593) matriculated at Wittenberg in 1544, one year after the publication of De Revolutionibus, when the faculty included such important Copernicans as Reinhold and Melanchthon. He also wrote commentaries on the astrologer Alcabitius and on the Sphere of Sacrobosco. He acquired a certain amount of fame in the astrological literature of his own time for the rare feat of successfully predicting the day of his own death (see Thorndike VI.121). OCLC lists Huntington (Dibner), CIT, Harvard, University of Michigan, American University and University of Oklahoma. No American copy of Primarum de coelo (Venice 1573), though OCLC lists 4/5 German/Swiss copies. Cinti 5; not in Riccardi and no mention in Rose, The Italian Renaissance of Mathematics; Weil Cat.29.39 (c. 1950); Thornd- $8,500
- $8,500
SS. Apostolorum et Evangelistarum Icones cum suis parergis.
BARBÉ, Jean-Baptiste / VAN LOON, Theodoor Single-sided engravings, (1) engraved title, (20) engravings. Unbound, fixed with small staples at top edge. Minor marginal handsoiling and spotting, small marginal holes to a few leaves, minor edge wear, light browning to a few leaves. Generally very good. Very rare first edition of a set of engravings by the Antwerp printmaker Jean-Baptiste Barbé (1578-1649) after the designs of Theodoor van Loon (c.1581-1649), a Flemish painter noted as an early stylistic follower of Caravaggio (1571-1610). The work presents bust-length portraits of the Holy Family, the Four Evangelists, and the Twelve Apostles, each set within a fancifully designed sculptural frame, with the wording of the collection¿s title ¿ Icons with their Frames (¿parergis¿)¿ emphasizing the importance of the relationship between painted image and its enclosing frame. While the strong shading of some plates recalls Caravaggio¿s tenebrism, facial types, which gaze sweetly into the distance, are perhaps more indebted to those of Guido Reni (1575-1642), who was working in Rome and at the height of his popularity around the time these engravings were produced. Each ¿icon¿ is depicted with his attribute or an instrument of martyrdom (e.g., Peter¿s keys, Luke¿s ox, Andrew¿s cross), and the frames often echo these iconographic connections (e.g., herms flanking the portrait of James the Major are dressed as pilgrims). The emphasis on framing devices here is likely related to the rise in an interest in Christian archeology that began around 1600 and greatly influenced the way venerable images were treated in the remodeling of major churches and their altarpieces: For example, Theodoor van Loon certainly would have known his countryman and exact contemporary Peter Paul Rubens¿ (1577-1640) early Roman commission to enclose the ancient Santa Maria in Vallicella icon at Chiesa Nuova in an elaborate, pictorial altar frame (1606-08). This suite of engravings by Barbé should not, therefore, be seen only as a collection of images suitable for personal devotion, but also as a thoughtful visual treatise concerning the way artists were asked to confront and re-present early Christian art and iconography in the first half of the seventeenth century. Interestingly, these engravings are prominently dedicated on their title page to Wenceslas Cobergher (1560-1634), a painter, architect, engineer, theorist of institutional pawn shops (monti di pietà), numismatist, and collaborator of van Loon who was deeply interested in Roman and early Christian antiquities and their use by contemporary artists. * Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish, vol. 1, p. 100, nos. 45-64; M. Funck, Livres belge à gravures, p. 356; I. Baldriga, et al., Theodoor van Loon: ¿Pictor ingenius¿ et contemporain de Rubens, 2011; T. Meganack, De kerkelijke architectuur van Vensel Cobergher in het light van zijn verblijf te Rome, 1998. OCLC and KVK locate copies at the National Gallery (D.C.), Clark Art Institute, BnF, and Vlaamse Erfgedbibliotheek (Antwerp).- $3,850
- $3,850
Tortilla Flat.
Steinbeck, John. First Printing. A Fine copy in pale tan cloth stamped in powder blue, blue topstain, in a Fine later state blue and cream dustwrapper, price-clipped, with minor restoration to extremities. Illustrations by Ruth Bennett. 317pp. Text and endpapers clean and unmarked. Steinbeck's first critical and commercial success. Adapted by Hollywood in 1942. Q19980- $4,000
- $4,000
Palissy in Prison and other verses
Strange (Edward Fairbrother). One of 200 copies signed and numbered by the author and with printed date "June" crossed through b him and changed to "November 1892" Lower wrapper, upper hinge repaired, wrappers somewhat soiled and frayed, pieces missing from spine, otherwise a very good copy; errata-slip tipped in at end. Presentation Copy, inscribed on the fly-leaf "Julian Marshall Esq., Edward F. Strange", text with a few typographical corrections in his hand Scarce and fragile, perhaps Uranian, only the British Library, Cornell and the Australian National University recording copies. Strange was an assistant keeper at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Original dark brown wrappers lettered in black, uncut- $163
- $163
Children of Hertha and other poems
Whistler (Laurence). Title and illustrations by Rex Whistler One of 300 numbered copies Very slight wear to wrappers and a little cockling, but a very nice copy; numbers in ink on inner lower wrapper Original wrappers decorated with stars with printed label- $475
- $475
L’Opaline Franciseau XIX Siecle
Yolande Amic No. 864 of a limited edition of 1500 copies. French text. 188pp, list of plates, appendices, bibliography. Color frontispiece, 7 color and 40 monochrome plates, 24 monochrome figures. Blue cloth with white lettering to spine and front panel, illustrated dust wrapper. Vital reference on 19th century French Opaline Glass. Text block gently toned and with small stain (non obtrusive) at bottom edge throughout; dust wrapper fine save for ever so slightly faded spine- $195
- $195
Americae pars VII, plate I
Theodore de Bry Verissima praecipuarum quarundam Indiae regionum atque insularum iam primo, ab Ulrico Fabro Staubingensi multo cum periculo, inventarum, consignatarum que, descriptio. / An accurate description of some Indian countries and islands, which were first explored at great risk and described by Ulrich Schmidel von Staubingen. GORGEOUS ORIGINAL COLORING. HEIGHTENED IN GOLD AND SILVER. De Bry, Theodore, Grand Voyages. - [Voyages of Sir Francis Drake, Thomas Cavendish and Sir Walter Raleigh.] Americae pars VIII. Continens primo, descriptionem trium itinerum nobilissimi et fortissimi equitis Francisci Draken, qui peragrato primum universo terrarum orbe, postea cum nobilissimo equite Iohanne Hauckens, ad expug-nandum civitatem Panama, in Indiam navigavit, ubi vitam suam ambo finierunt. . . . Frankfurt am Main, 1599. Size sheet: 31 x 22 cm. Size engraving: 13,5 x 17,5 cm. Some small wormholes, else excellent.- $1,331
- $1,331