Search Results: Titles starting with S from Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA

Berlin: Geschäftsstelle Saarverein, 1935. 6 issues of this Saarland (the smallest state in Germany) pro-Nazi periodical . Comprises Special Editions (Sondersgaube) Nos. 2 & 3, two issued form February of 1934 and 2 issues from March of 35. Continuous pagination but for one break. Each issue about 32 pp. Numerous half-tone photograph illustrations. Printed on wood-pulp paper. Very good condition.This periodical ended when Hitler came to power. As this state was close to France it likely did not feature the Third Reich until 1935, its last year of publication. Information about it is minimal. Neither of the Special Editions bear any illustrations. . But Saarland was important to both Hitler and Gen. Patton. Hitler's plans to strengthen Germany and undermine the Treaty of Versailles were given a boost in 1935. The German-speaking Saar region voted to reunite with Germany. Important for coal production, Saar had previously been removed from German control as a term of Versailles to weaken Germany… Read More

(Burlington, VT): Verve, (2005). Folio. 192 pp. With Edward S. Curtis photographic illustrations throughout. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. pictorial dust jacket. Fine.Inscribed by the editor.

Santa Fe: Fenn Galleries Publishing, (1979). First edition. Oblong quarto. 135, [1]. Numerous illustrations of Jacob's art, some in color. Publisher's brown cloth with silver spine lettering and an elaborate silver design of a Native American on the front, brown endpapers with cover device reproduced in miniature, dust jacket with same image again. Some light edge wear to jacket but overall a very good copy.

Bridgeport [CA] & Welllington [NV]: The author, (1963). First edition. Inscribed by the author on the title page (herself a member of the Hunewill family). Octavo. 54, [2] pp. Textual illustrations. Publisher's ochre wrappers with printed paper cover label. A very good copyEsther and Napoleon Bonaparte Hunewill married, crossed the Isthmus of Panama, and came to California in 1859. That same year, W.S. Bodey struck gold. In 1861, Esther and Napoleon founded Hunewill Ranch to begin supplying timber, hauled by teams of oxen, to build the young mining town of Bodie. When Mono Mills and the Bodie & Benton Railway began operations in 1881, the ever-enterprising family built a thriving business supplying beef to workers and residents in the burgeoning area instead. Then in 1931, the Hunewills added a guest ranch on the property to welcome paying visitors to learn to ride horses, herd cattle, and appreciate the majestic beauty of the area. The Hunewills are one of the region’s longest-established… Read More

New York: N.p., 1958. Second edition. Octavo. 48 pp. and well illustrated, including a two-page map of Armerniaa territory. Publisher's mprinted blue wrappers. Sunning to the fore and top edge of front cover. Rear cover with a lits of other titles in Armenian. A very good copy.A succinct history of these two great Armenian thiners. The author, Vahan M. Kurkjian (1863–1961) was an Armenian author, historian, teacher, and community leader.In 1904, in Cairo, he published the Armenian newspaper Loussaper (The Morning Star), in the pages of which he and other intellectuals called for a national union for the Armenian people. The idea eventually materialized in the form of the Armenian General Benevolent Union. In 1907 he emigrated to the United States and studied law at Boston University. Two years later, also in Boston, he founded the first American chapter of the Armenian General Benevolent Union. From its inception he was inseparably identified with that organization, serving as its executive… Read More

Paris: L'Auto, 1913. First edition. Bifolio (16 3/4 by 24 inches). Now separated into two leaves but complete. Photographic illustrations. Very good.A free newspaper supplement detailing the 1913 Air Meet in France. The third page bears photographic illustrations of the winners and include; Monoplane Nieuport; Monoplane Morane-Saulnier; Biplan Breguet; Hydravion Borel; Biplan H. Farman; Monoplan Bleriot; Hydravion M. Farman; Hydravion Caudron. There are alos photographic portraits of 10 pilots including one woman: Mme de Laroche. Born on 22 August 1882 in Paris, Elise Raymonde Deroche was the daughter of a plumber. She had a fondness for sports as a child, as well as for motorcycles and automobiles when she was older. As a young woman she became an actress and used the stage name "Raymonde de Laroche". Inspired by Wright's demonstations of flight in Paris in 1908 she decided to become a pilot. "In October 1909, de Laroche appealed to her friend, aviator and aeroplane builder Charles Voisin, to… Read More

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1937. First limited edition. One of 199 numbered copies, signed by the author. Introduction by Zane Grey. Quarto. 452 pp. plus 12 full page color plates, textual illustrations and numerous photographic illustrations. Publisher's green cloth with gilt spine lettering, front cover with a gilt marlin, all edges gilt, original slipcase. Presentation on front endpaper (from the Headmaster and the Faculty, Roxbury Memorial High School (Boys), June 14, 1945). Spine a bit dulled but a very clean and attractive copy in the original slipcase.

Grffin, GA: J. F. Thompson, 1911. First edition. Octavo. 32 pp, Illustrated from photographs. Publisher's printed gray wrappers, front cover with Union and Confederate flags in red, white and blue. Old and mild rippling to top margin. A very handsome copy."Sam Davis is "The Boy Hero of the Confederacy." He wasn't a boy (he was 21 and battle-scarred) and although a combat veteran of several years of Civil War fighting, that's not where he became a hero. Injuries forced him into a less confrontational wartime role as a spy behind the Yankee lines -- and then he was caught, court-martialed, and hanged on a hill overlooking Pulaski on November 27, 1863" (Sam David Museum).

Paris: A. Dorey [and others], 1937-1940. Sheet music for 99 anarchistic and revolutionary songs bound together by D'Avray as a gift for his lover/friend Sonia May Malkine. Eight poems are also bound in (likely one-offs as there is no publication data). All but seven of the 99 pieces retain their original (and often outre) covers. Most of the songs run about 4 pages. It is very apparent that this was a very meaningful gift (and at no small expense either). For on the opening pastedown we see an original large photograph of D'Avray at his piano; and on the opposing recto we find another original photograph and this one is of the very attractive Sonia May, and above it a farewell verse to her in pen by D'Avray. Both of these intellectuals were swept up in the politics of the day and it is easy to see how they formed such a tight bond. At 18, Sonia was forced to flee occupied Paris to Toulouse under cover of night, having refused to assist in the distribution of anti-Allied literature by her employer.… Read More

London: V. p., 1735-36. Nine octavo pmphlets bound in one volume. All first editions but for the first entry which is a second edition. Contemporary calf over unadorned boards. Top of spine peeling away but present, old tidemark to upper blank margin of the first half of the first entry. Early (perhaps contemporary) owner's name (Will Preston) and list of contents, all in a very nice hand. Overall, a very clean and good copy in the original binding.Tiles are as follows:Remarks on a book lately published in titled, a plain account of the nature and end of the sacrament of the Lords supper. Second edition. London, 1735. 52 pp.A defense of the plane account…By Strickland GOUGH. London, 1735. 58 ppDitto. A Farther Defense of the Plain Account...London, 1735.44 pp.[Benjamin Hoadly]. An apologetical defence, or a demonstration of the usefulness and expediency of a late book… London, 1735. 39 pp.Christian exceptions to the plain account… By Thomas BRERR. London, 1736. 53 pp.The new true… Read More

London: Various publishers, 1699-1854. A bound collection of 18 ‘Forms of Prayer’ for special occasions. Octavos and quartos of differing sizes. Modern brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. Harvard deaccession stamps to versos of titles of the first 7 offerings. All were issued originally as pamphlets so there is some soiling to a few of the first pages, otherwise in quite good condition. The titles are:A Form of Prayer to be used … on Wednesday the Fifth Day of April next; being the Fast-day .. London: Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, 1699. 4to, Uncut. A-E4. Mostly black letter.A Form of Prayer to be used … on Friday the Fourth Day of April next; being the Fast-day .. London: Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, 1700 . 4to. A-E4. Mostly black letter.[Battle of Blenheim] A Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving … to be used … on Thursday the twenty third of August next… For the late Glorious success in forcing the enemies lines in the Spanish Netherlands… Read More

Worchester: V.p., 1879-1897. The works are as follows "Ravenna: It's Art and Architecture." Worchester; Press of Chas. Hamilton, 1897. First edition. Octavo. 35, [1] pp. Printed by His Wife for Private Circulation: "Origin of the Names of the States of the Union." Ibid; 1882. First edition. Octavo. 25, [1] pp. With author's presentation and errata slips laid in; "Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society in the Matter of the Winthrop Sword." Ibid; 1888. First edition. Octavo. 13, [1] pp.: "A Day At Mount Vernon in 1797". Ibid; 1879. First edition. Signed by the author. Octavo. 13, [1] pp.: "The Province Laws of Massachusetts." Ibid; 1884. First edition. Octavo. 22 pp. All bound together in original half-red morocco over marbled boards, spine with gilt lettering and devices. Front joint expertly restored. Presentation inscription from the author's daughter to her nephew (Francis Hamilton Staples). A very good and clean copy of most of Staples works. A native of Worcester, Massachusetts;… Read More

Schwerin: Bärensprung , 1803-1805. Parts I & II (of III). First edition. Wide octavos, [8], 90 pages, [16] leaves bearing 60 numbered specimens, each with a printed label next to it; [8], 48 pages, [10] leaves bearing specimens numbered 61-90, all with printed labels next to them. None of the specimens have fallen out. Original green wrappers. Somewhat rubbed but really a very good copy of the fragile and ephermal item.Pencil annotations next to many of the specimens. Baron Crome's third herbarium contained items 91-120. Only one copy ever at auction.

San Antonio: Paul Ebers, (1909). First edition. Oblong octavo. 80 pp. Predominantly full page photographic illustrations (most full page). Publisher's printed pictorial wrappers in red green and blue. Lower corner of title page excised but not even extending into the border. A very good copy.Quite unusual on the market although OCLC records 12 copies. While the numerous views of early San Antonio are excellent, the real interest in this item lies in the Fort Sam Houston section (the second half of this book). In it are views of soldiers manning machine guns and a machine gun mule, soldiers at parade, four wonderful views of cavalry charges, heavy munitions, signal corps, etc. "1890 the post at San Antonio was designated Fort Sam Houston in honor of Gen. Sam Houston. In 1886 Apache Chief Geronimo was held in the quadrangle before his exile to Florida. During the Spanish-American War, the First United States Volunteer Cavalry, commanded by Col. Leonard Wood but known as Roosevelt’s Rough Riders,… Read More

Arcadia: Big Santa Anita Historical Society, 1990. First edition, second printing. Quarto. Profusely illustrated throughout (some in color). Publisher's green cloth with gilt spine lettering. In the dust jacket. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. An excellent copy.

New York: Henry Bill, 1854. Color lithographed view of San Francisco. 7 1/4 x 15 1/2 plus margins, with title and key in lower margin. Matted and framed under glass. Original fold lines, area of foxing in sky on upper right, small closed marginal tear (not affecting image). Overall, a very good copy of this famous print.Originally published in Henry Bill's History of the World, this is a charming and important color lithographic birds-eye view of early San Francisco. Thirteen points of interest are listed and keyed to the view including Contra Costa in the distance, the California Exchange, the Marine Telegraph, etc. Reps 272.

San Francisco: A. Carlisle & Co., 1911. This is a typed verbatim copy of the original book. At the head of the title page there is a manuscript notation "Copied verbatim; 1963." Quarto (8 1/2 x 11 inches). 107 ll., typed on rectos only. Orange school folder. Folder a little soiled but solid and contents are clean. At the back there is laid in a 19-page manuscript entitled "Index of Vessels." This is written in a very diminutive but neat hand. We thing this unique to this copy. In any case, a useful reference.

San Francisco: Sunset Magazine, 1907. In Vol. XX, No. 1 (November 1907) Comprised of pp. 3-12 and with 11 photographic illustrations. Publisher's pictorial color wrappers. Some edge crimping to the wrappers but a very good copy.This issue also contains an essay by Mary Austin: Some Literary Myths.

San Francisco: H.S. Crocker Company, 1894. Scarce first state chromolithograph panoramic bird's-eye view of San Francisco at the height of the Gold Rush, based upon a painting by George H. Burgess. It measures 38 3/8 x 20 inches and is untrimmed. Some minor restoration. Backed on cotton and mounted on archival foam board and frame ready. Margins with light soiling but nonetheless a very good copy of a lovely and scarce bird's-eye chromolithograph.The view is from the foot of Montgomery Street looking north to Telegraph Hill and shows buildings and warehouses in center; ships in harbor at right; fenced residences at left; men in campsite with tents and cook fires in foreground. The view shows what is now San Francisco's Financial District. This is the first of three states listed by Reps, with a large title directly beneath the image, and a small title under labeled diagram in the lower left margin. The later states did not have the large title. Peters p.106.

San Francisco: The San Francisco News Letter and California Advertiser, 1925. First edition. Quarto. 126 pp. plus original printed wrappers with a color depiction of the new Pony Express (an airplane flying over the desert) and an ad on the rear, Profusely illustrated from photographs throughout and with numerous ads for San Francisco businesses. Publisher's deluxe finding in flexible red morocco with gilt cover lettering. Excellent.The entire state of California celebrated it's 50th anniversary as a state. Parks were opened, streets were cleaned and activities abounded. The San Francisco News Letter commenced publication in 1856 under the direction of Frederick Marriotf. As of this issue his son, Frederick Alfred Marriott, took over. Apparently he didn't have quite the same knack for publishing as it folded in 1928. This Jubilee issue contains numerous articles about San Francisco, past and present. OCLC only locates 4 copies.