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18 Watercolors of Italian costume design, tipped on to stiff card labeled on back on one Gitta Rinaldo Rossi Via G. Verdi 44 e 45 Napoli
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1914 and Other Poems
by Brooke, Rupert
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London: Sidgwick & Jackson [Printed at the Complete Press, West Norwood], 1915. First edition of the poet's posthumous second book. Photogravure frontispiece portrait in profile view by Sherril Schell. 63 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Original blue cloth with printed spine label, dust jacket. A fine copy in faintly soiled dust jacket (small ink notation on pastedown; half-inch split at foot of front flap of jacket). Blue half morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition of the poet's posthumous second book. Photogravure frontispiece portrait in profile view by Sherril Schell. 63 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. 'But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold'. Handsome copy of this landmark book of verse. Keynes 6; Hayward, English Poetry, 32; NCBEL, IV, p. 241
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1914 and Other Poems
by Brooke, Rupert
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London: Sidgwick & Jackson [Printed at the Complete Press, West Norwood], 1915. First edition of the poet's posthumous second book. Photogravure frontispiece portrait in profile view by Sherril Schell. 63 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Blue cloth, printed spine label. Near fine. Inscribed before publication from Edward Marsh to John Drinkwater on the front flyleaf: John from Eddie, June 4th 1915. Morocco book label of John Drinkwater. First edition of the poet's posthumous second book. Photogravure frontispiece portrait in profile view by Sherril Schell. 63 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Eddie Marsh to John Drinkwater. An outstanding association from the inner circle of Rupert Brooke's poet friends. Marsh, who was Brooke's agent, edited the Collected Poems. Both he and Drinkwater wrote memoirs of Brooke. Keynes 6; Hayward, English Poetry, 32; NCBEL, IV, p. 241
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20 Letters reporting events at Ladysmith, the Transvaal, Bloemfontein and elsewhere
by (Boer War) Carter, Sergeant D.A.
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VP including Ladysmith, Geluk Farm, Vluchfontein et al., 1901. Nine ALS, three TLS, eight carbons. 64 pp in total. Folio & 4to. Very good, some tiny chips to carbons and one two spots of minor dampstaining not affecting legibility. In manilla folder. Nine ALS, three TLS, eight carbons. 64 pp in total. Folio & 4to. FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH. A fine group of letters by an English intelligence officer steadily rising through the ranks. In 1899 he is "sleep[ing] in the open air, only one blanket & one waterproof sheet." Within a year he was Lord Roberts' private clerk and in December 1900 he is stationed at the Commander-in-Chief's Office (Kitchener's) doing "confidential military work for the Military Secretary to Lord Kitchener." Although part of the intelligence service, Carter saw more than his share of fighting. He describes the march to Ladysmith, and the action at Elands Laagte Station, noting "a bullet going through the top of my helmet and cutting off some of my hair but…
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2000 Miles on Foot: Walks through Great Britain and France
by Fox, E[dward]. W[illiam]
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London: Walter Scott Publishing, 1911. First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth, spotted and soiled, final contents leaf detached, must; in printed dust jacket, soiled and edgeworn, lacking large piece from spine; good. First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. A scarce record of pre-automobile tourism. [With:] Approximately 60 pen and ink sketches by Fox, pasted to album leaves. 8vo. V.p. [England, France], ca. 1903-1905. Bound in half red morocco gilt and cloth, tail of spine rubbed, boards soiled, sketches foxed, with Fox's bookplate. Sketches from Fox's wanderings in England and France, drawn at the time described in his 2000 MILES ON FOOT. OCLC: 2 copies
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The 25-Year War: America's Military Role in Vietnam
by Palmer, General Bruce, Jr.
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New York: Touchstone, 1985. First Paperback. 236pp. 8vo. Wrappers. VG. First Paperback. 236pp. 8vo. McNamara's Copy, Heavily Annotated. This copy was owned by Robert McNamara who has heavily annotated and underlined throughout. Signed and dated "Robert S. McNamara, 1993" on the ffep.
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3 typed letters signed ("H.C. Lodge"), two to John Hays Hammond and one to the assistant of Mrs. Hammond
by Lodge, Henry Cabot
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Washington D.C and Nahant, Mass, 1920. Together, 3 pp. 4to. On United States Senate stationery. Old folds, remnants of mounts to verso of each. Together, 3 pp. 4to. In the first letter Senator Lodge thanks Hammond for the copy of "Mrs. Hammond's pamphlet on the Boer War," saying he is "very glad to have it and to hear about both sides of this question." In the second letter Senator Lodge tells a Mr. James Campbell that he has "no copies of my speech at Gloucester" to send to Mrs. Hammond. In the last letter he promises to send John Hays Hammond a copy of "Silver Jack." Mining engineer and philanthropist John Hays Hammond (1855-1936) was jailed in 1896 by the Boer government in South Africa for his involvement in the failed Jameson Raid, designed to instigate an insurrection among the immigrant workers of the region and justify an extension of British rule. Natalie Hamonds published "The Boers and the Uitlanders," an address she delivered to the Century Club of San Francisco, in 1901.
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4 Autograph Letters Signed to Charles W. Webster. "Dear Charley"with proof of portrait of Pellet. In one he asks Webster for help in being appointed the Consul of Barranquilla for salary has gone from $500 to $1000 (another retained copy); ALS on death of brother Nelson
by Pellet, Elias P.
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Barranquilla. Estados Unidos de Colombia & Norwich, etc., 1874. On Imprenta Americana Stationery for two letter. 1 vols. Fine, with "Imprenta Ameerican" envelope. On Imprenta Americana Stationery for two letter. 1 vols. Founder of "Imprenta Americana" two letters on Imprenta Americana letterhead and 2 not.
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4 Prints: "The Hog Deer at Bay", "Hunting an Old Buffalo" (Number 25), The Tiger at Bay" & "Hog Hunters Meeting by Surprise a Tugress and her Cubs." FROM : Oriental Field Sports; being a complete, detailed, and accurate description of the Wild Sports of the East; and exhibiting, in a novel and interesting manner, the Natural History of. . . undomesticated animals. . . interspersed with a variety of origianl, authentic, and curious anecdotes BY Captain Thomas Wiliamson
by Howitt, Samuel
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London: Edward Orme, Printseller to His Majesty Henri Merke was principal engraver, 1807. from the First edition. 4 colored aquatint plates Number 25, by H. Merke after Samuel Howitt's Drawings. 4 vols. Image 14-1/2 x 18-1/2 inches. Uniformly framed and glazed in curly maple. Some fading and browning. Howitt, Samuel. from the First edition. 4 colored aquatint plates Number 25, by H. Merke after Samuel Howitt's Drawings. 4 vols. Image 14-1/2 x 18-1/2 inches. Williamson spent 20 years in Bengal. Howitt was the brother-in-law of Thomas Rowlandson. British Sporting Artists, 165 "The most beautiful book on Indian Sport in Existence. Another edition was published in 1808. It is greatly inferior to the First edition." Abbey Travel 427; Nissen ZBI, 4416; Schwerdt, vol. II, p. 297; Tooley (1954), 508
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4 Typed Manuscripts Signed ("J.A. Mahan"), approx 400 pp, Vienna, 1930s, being partial drafts of manuscripts of 4 of Mahan's published and unpublished works, each housed in cardstock covers bound with string, paper labels and annotations to upper covers, most annotated throughout; thumbing, chipping and wear to pages and covers
by Mahan, J. Alexander
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Vienna, 1930. J.A. Mahan was an American scholar living and working in Austria during the first part of the 20th century. He is best remembered for his biography, Maria Theresa of Austria, published in 1932. This collection features partial working manuscripts of the following titles: Maria Theresa, Elizabeth (Part II); Along the Trail of Culture and Fair Spoilers and Builders of France (Part I).
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7 original drawings of Indian hunt scenes
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np, 1840. 7 x 9 3/4 inches (17.5 x 25 cm) each. Laid into modern folding cloth case. Some spotting and minor edge wear,. 7 x 9 3/4 inches (17.5 x 25 cm) each. The group includes a darkely lit night scene titled "A Village Tragedy" in which a tiger has struck down a man; a scene in which a large horned animal looms over a man hanging from a cliff's edge is titled "A Choice of Evils"; a hunting scene in which two men attempt to subdue a large elephant is titled "The Rogue Elephant of Purrandpur"; and others.
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A, B, & C's Little Trip: Pleasant Recollections of a Holiday in Holland and Belgium. Narrated by "C." With "A's" Compliments
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Manchester: Richard Johnson, Printer, Brook Strreet, 1894. First edition. Illustrated with lithographs. 57 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original red pebbled cloth, stamped in gilt, a.e.g. Fine. First edition. Illustrated with lithographs. 57 pp. 1 vols. 12mo.
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A.L.S. To Patrick Falconer, Gasgow
by Chalmers, The Rev Dr. Thomas (1780-1847)
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London, 1831. 1 page. 4to. Fine. 1 page. 4to. Chalmers was a Scottish mathematician, political economist and a leader of the Free Church of Scotland. Reading in part in a wretched hand: "I have just time to say that I have seen Dr. L---, and have recommended Pinhester (?) to him...but I am a ---shattered by the work...
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A.S.M.I. Eugenia Montijo Bonaparte nella Fausta Occasione che il popolo Francese Imperatrice Imperatricer La Saluta questi versi offre gratulando adaucto de' Marchesi Diotallevi Patrizio Riminese. [With:] A.S.A.I. Luigi Napoleone Bonaparte
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Rimini: Tip. Fratelli Ercolani, 1853. 2 lithographic portraits of Napoleon III and his wife Eugénie, by Turgis, Paris.Each portrait with accompanying title page and 3 pp. of laudatory verse, printed in 5 colors. Folio. Contemporary decorated paper over boards. With stamps of "Cabinet de L'Empereur, Donaine Privé." Portraits erratically trimmed, with some loss to margins of image. 2 lithographic portraits of Napoleon III and his wife Eugénie, by Turgis, Paris.Each portrait with accompanying title page and 3 pp. of laudatory verse, printed in 5 colors. Folio.
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by Cardigan, James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of... (1797-1869)
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Homilow, 1842. 2 pp. 12mo. Old folds, removed. VG. 2 pp. 12mo. With engraved portrait. The officer in the British Army who commanded the Light Brigade during the Crimean War. He led the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava.
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by (French Revolution) Jackson, F.(?)
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Madrid, 1792. 3 pp. Docketed. 4to. Some toning and old folds. 3 pp. Docketed. 4to. ON FRENCH REVOLUTION. Reading in part: "A Messenger arrived here two days ago from Paris with the Account of the Nationall Assembly having suspended the French King provisionally, and convoked the Assembleés Primaires for the 20th Sept. to declare finally whether theThrone is to be considered as vacant...
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ALS. "Dear Cooke, I wish ... & hope to attend on Monday, but I am supposed to be at Hastings...My daughter is staying with D. Burton...
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Kew, 1873. 1 page. Mourning border. 12mo. VG. Old folds. 1 page. Mourning border. 12mo. British botanist and explorer.
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ALS. To J.L. Williams. About having daguerreotypes or kalotypes made "of all that is interesting with a view to give the public satisfaction." Lord Wellington had died in September, 1852. Douro, Wellington's first son, was elevated to Dukedom after his father's death
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[London]: Belgrave Street, 1852. 2-1/2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Old folds. 2-1/2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
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ALS To LeRoy et Bayard, New York
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Philadelphia, 1810. bifoliium, with integral address. 4to. Very Good. bifoliium, with integral address. 4to. With lithographic portrait Readinbg in part in translation"...your letter which concerns the bill of exchange fotr one thousand pounds...which you wish to keep until you have news from London...
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ALS. To Mrs William ("Rosie") Gaynor. About caviar ,naturally
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United States Lines, Easter Sunday. 3 pp. 8vo. Framed and glazed. 3 pp. 8vo.
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