Gambetta, Leon (1838-1882). French statesman prominent during and after the Franco-Prussian War who, as an attorney, defended the journalist Delescluze and opposed the 1851 coup d'etat.

Leon Gambetta": A Richly Toned Woodburytype Oval Portrait of the French Statesman Leon Gambetta Who Opposed the 1851 Coup D'Etat and Played a Prominent Role During the Franco-Prussian War.

Lock and Whitfield, circa [1875]. [1875]. - A richly hued 4-1/2 inch high oval woodburytype portrait of Leon Gambetta mounted onto 11-1/4 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide stiff cream stock. A light gray printed decorative frame highlights the image. The subject's name is printed in the same light gray centered within the lower half of the sheet. "Lock and Whitfield" and "Woodbury Process" are printed at left and right along the lower edge. There is a light vertical crease in the mat and a tiny stain to it's right edge. Very good. The French statesman Leon Gambetta (1838-1882) was admitted to the bar in 1859 and the Conference Mole in 1861. In 1868, Gambetta was selected to defend the journalist Delescluze who was being prosecuted for promoting the erection of a monument to Baudin who'd been killed resisting the 1851 coup d'etat. Gambetta used the occasion to both attack the coup d'etat and the government. He was elected to the assembly by both a district in Paris and one in Marseille. Initially opposing the war with Prussia he gradually came to accept the patriotic line and called for strong measures following the disaster at Sedan. It was he who proclaimed the deposition of the emperor at the corps legislatif and the establishment of a republic at the Hotel de Ville. As one of the first members of the new Government of National defense, he became Minister of the Interior. When the delegation to organize resistance in the provinces failed, Gambetta set off in the "Armand-Barbes", a coal gas-filled balloon to take control as minister of the interior and of war in Tours. With his assistant secretary of war and the young officer of engineers Freycinet, Gambetta organized an army which might have successfully relieved Paris if Metz had not fallen. He later faded from politics after his republican party was defeated by the conservatives and monarchists. Both a printing process and the print which it produces, Woodburytype was invented and patented by Walter B. Woodbury in 1864. A photomechanical process, Woodbury type prints are made from exposing a dichromate-sensitized sheet of gelatin to UV light shining through a photographic negative. Each area of the gelatin hardens to a depth in proportion to the amount of exposure to the light before it is then soaked in warm water. The relief image is then pressed onto a sheet of lead to create an intaglio metal printing plate. Very good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: HISTORY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOMECHANICAL PRINTING PROCESS; PORTRAIT; PRINT; WOODBURYTYPE; ART; 19TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; LEON GAMBETTA; FRENCH STATESMAN; ASSEMBLY; FRANCE; FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR; DEFENDED DELESCLUZE; RESISTED THE COUP D'ETAT; MINIST

Dutcher, George Matthew; Shipman, Henry Robinson; et al; editors

A Guide to Historical Literature

NY: The Macmillan Company, 1937. 1937. NY: The Macmillan Company, 1937. 1937. Good. - Octavo, red cloth. Rubbed & bumped. 1,222 pp. Ex-library with the usual markings. Good. Good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; ART OF THE BOOK; BIBLIOGRAPHY; (History). (Historical Literature). A GUIDE TO HISTORICAL LITERATURE. Dutcher, George Matthew; Shipman, Henry Robinson; et al; editors.

Dykstra, Gerald O

A Belated Rebuttal on Russia

Allegan, Michigan: The Allegan Press, (1928). (1928). Allegan, Michigan: The Allegan Press, (1928). (1928). Good. - Octavo, limp burgundy cloth titled within a gilt rectangle above a blind- stamped vignette on the front cover. The book is also titled in gilt on the spine, but the gilt is faded. There is light white staining to the binding. 196 pages, with profuse illustrations throughout. The front hinge is cracked. There is staining to the front blank and some foxing and light staining to the first and last few pages. Good.

First edition. A young American student's travels to Soviet Russia. Good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: TRAVEL; EXPLORATION; HISTORY; GERALD O. DYKSTRA; A BELATED REBUTTAL ON RUSSIA; HISTORY; SOVIET UNION; U.S.S.R.; FIRST EDITION; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; 1ST EDITION; COMMUNISM; COMMUNIST; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY.

Eaton, Walter Prichard

Wild Gardens of New England

Boston, MA: W. A. Wilde Company, (1936). (1936). Boston, MA: W. A. Wilde Company, (1936). (1936). Good. - Small octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The titling on the spine is faded. There are some tiny white marks & a dent to the front cover. The dust jacket is chipped & soiled with a long tear to the upper half of its spine & a piece out of the tail. 124 pages, There is light offsetting to the pastedowns & endpapers. Illustrated with black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece. Good in a fair dust wrapper.

First edition. Good .

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Katalog: Natural History

Sonstige Stichworte: NATURAL HISTORY; WILD FLOWERS; FLORA; NEW ENGLAND; WILD GARDENS OF NEW ENGLAND; WALTER PRICHARD EATON; PLATES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Eban, Abba.

Israel's Finest Day. The Timetable of Victory. The Complete Text of Abba Eban's June 6th Address to the United Nations Security Council.

West Pittston, PA: Marc Publishing Co. (1967). (1967). West Pittston, PA: Marc Publishing Co. (1967). (1967). Good. - Quarto, 10-3/4 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in pictorial wrappers featuring a portrait of Moshe Dayan drawn by Ken Frantz. The covers are rubbed, creased and slightly stained. [62] pages profusely illustrated in black & white with photographs and maps. The corners of the pages are slightly creased. Good. First edition. Good .

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Katalog: History

Sonstige Stichworte: HISTORY; 6 DAY WAR; ABBA EBAN; MOSHE DAYAN; ISRAEL'S FINEST DAY; THE TIMETABLE OF VICTORY; THE COMPLETE TEXT OF ABBA EBAN'S JUNE 6TH ADDRESS TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; ARAB-

Edel, Leon

The Age of the Archive. Monday Evening Papers: Number 7. (Cover Title)

[Middletown, CT]: Center for Advanced Studies, Wesleyan University, (1966). (1966). [Middletown, CT]: Center for Advanced Studies, Wesleyan University, (1966). (1966). Fine. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wraps. 21 pages. Near fine.

One of a series of papers read during the Center's sessions on Monday evenings to Fellows of the Center and members of the Faculty. Leon Edel was a Fellow of the Center in the fall semester of 1965 and read this paper on October 11 of that year. Fine .

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Sonstige Stichworte: HISTORY; THE AGE OF THE ARCHIVE; LEON EDEL; MONDAY EVENING PAPERS; CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDIES; WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.

Edwards, Everett E.

A Bibliography of the History of Agriculture in the United States.

Detroit, MI: Gale Research Company, 1967. 1967. - Octavo, pebbled brown cloth. 307 pp. Near fine.

United States Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publication no. 84.

Reprint of the original edition published by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1930. Very good .

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Katalog: Natural History

Sonstige Stichworte: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NATURAL HISTORY; AGRICULTURE; AMERICAN; UNITED STATES; EVERETT E. EDWARDS. (Natural History). (Agriculture). A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES. Edwards, Everett E.

Elder, Joseph W.; editor; King, Christopher R.; Johnson, Willard L

Lectures in Indian Civilization

Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, (1970). (1970). Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, (1970). (1970). Very good. - Small quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], softcover bound in printed red wraps. The wraps are rubbed & bumped with the head of the spine & the adjacent edge of the rear panel lightly chipped. xviii & 453 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white maps. Some bottom page corners are bumped & 2 are creased. Very good.

A series of lectures intended to enable college students studying India to learn about all aspects of Indian civilization -- history, arts, politics, religion, economics, anthropology, etc. Very good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: ASIA; INDIA; LECTURES IN INDIAN CIVILIZATION; JOSEPH W. ELDER; CHRISTOPHER R. KING; WILLARD L. JOHNSON; ARTS; LITERATURE; HISTORY; POLITICS; RELIGION; ECONOMICS; ANTHROPOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; CULTURE.

Embody, George Charles.

Birds of Madison County New York. Presented As a Thesis for the Degree of Master of Science, Colgate University, Nineteen Hundred One.

Hamilton, NY: Colgate University, 1901. 1901. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY GEORGE CHARLES EMBODY - Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The binding is darkened and lightly soiled, rubbed & chipped. There is a small stain to the rear wrap. 36 pages. Illustrated with a black-and-white frontispiece. There is a light vertical crease to the pamphlet where it has been folded. Good. First edition. inscribed and signed by the author on the front endpaper: "Compliments of G.C. Embody". Bulletin of the Department of Geology and Natural History, Colgate University. George Charles Embody [1876-1939] was best known for his research but was also an eminent teacher. Though his early interest was in the physical sciences, a love of the outdoors soon turned him towards biology and natural history. "Birds of Madison County" was one of his first publications. His investigations led him into many fields, including birds, Crustacea, the life history of fishes, fish diseases and nutrition, and a host of field and laboratory studies bearing on the problems of game-fish production. Good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: NATURAL HISTORY; ORNITHOLOGY; GEORGE CHARLES EMBODY; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; BIRDS OF MADISON COUNTY NEW YORK; M.S. THESIS; BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY, COLGATE UNIVERSITY; FISH; FISH DISEASES; GAME-FISH PROD

Frederick III [Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl (1831-1888)]. German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days in 1888.

His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince of Germany": A Richly Toned Woodburytype Portrait of the German Emperor and King of Prussia Frederick III.

Lock and Whitfield, circa [1880]. [1880]. - A richly hued 4-3/4 inch high by 3-1/2 inch wide woodburytype portrait of the then Crown Prince Frederick III mounted onto 11-1/4 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide stiff cream stock. An eagle & crown device above a light gray printed decorative frame highlights the image. The subject is identified in the same light gray centered within the lower half of the sheet. "Specially taken for this work by Lock and Whitfield" is centered below the title. Near fine. Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl (1831-1888) was German Emperor and King of Prussia for a period of 99 days in 1888, the year in which he passed away. The period came to be known as the Year of the Three Emperors as his father Wilhelm I passed away in March of that year and Frederick (Wilhelm's only son), afflicted with cancer of the larynx died in October. Though he professed a hatred of war, Crown Prince Frederick had distinguished himself in the Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian wars. He was admired by both friends and enemies for his humane conduct. Both a printing process and the print which it produces, Woodburytype was invented and patented by Walter B. Woodbury in 1864. A photomechanical process, Woodbury type prints are made from exposing a dichromate-sensitized sheet of gelatin to UV light shining through a photographic negative. Each area of the gelatin hardens to a depth in proportion to the amount of exposure to the light before it is then soaked in warm water. The relief image is then pressed onto a sheet of lead to create an intaglio metal printing plate. Fine .

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Katalog: History

Sonstige Stichworte: HISTORY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOMECHANICAL PRINTING PROCESS; PORTRAIT; PRINT; WOODBURYTYPE; ART; 19TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; FREDERICK III; FRIEDRICH WILHELM NIKOLAS KARL; HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNESS THE CROWN PRINCE OF GERMANY; AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN WAR; FRANCO-PRU

Erskine, Thomas

A View of the Causes and Consequences of the Present War with France. By the Honourable Thomas Erskine. The Fifth Edition

London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1797. 1797. London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1797. 1797. Very good. - Octavo, disbound, removed with only a portion of the leather spine present. 138 pages. The leaves have been additionally numbered in ink at top right by a previous owner. The half-title is lightly darkened and the title page lightly stained. The is a small piece out from the bottom corner of one leaf. The contents are in othewise very good condition. Very good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: HISTORY; FRENCH; ENGLISH; THOMAS ERSKINE; WAR WITH FRANCE; CAUSES; CONSEQUENCES; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 18TH CENTURY.

Evelyn, John; Bray, William; editor

Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R. S. To Which Is Subjoined the Private Correspondence between King Charles First and Sir Edward Nicholas and between Sir Edward Hyde, Afterwards Earl of Clarendon, and Sir Richard Browne. Edited from the Orginal Mss. At Wotton by William Bray, Esq. F.A. S. A New Edition in Four Volumes. Corrected, Revised, and Enlarged. (4 Volumes)

London: George Bell and Sons, 1889-1891. 1889-1891. London: George Bell and Sons, 1889-1891. 1889-1891. Good. - Octavo, three quarter tan calf & marbled boards with gilt-lettered leather labels between raised bands & decorations in gilt on the spines. The top edges are gilt & the endpapers are marbled. The bindings are lightly rubbed with some darkening to the leather at the extremities. Some kind of veneer has been applied to the spines & there are pieces out of the leather & out of the labels, affecting the titling. The front cover of Vol. 1 is detached. xxxviii & 434 pages; [iv] & 398 pages; xii & 399 pages; viii & 469 pages; with a 16-page publisher's catalog in each volume. Illustrated with 45 engraved plates, including a portrait frontispiece in each volume & a folding genealogical table. There is an owner's bookplate displaying a coat of arms on each front pastedown with a later owner's ink address stamp & printed address label on the preliminary blanks of each volume. The front edges of a few pages in Vol. 2 are darkened. Good.

A title in Bohn's Historical Library. Good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: HISTORY; LITERATURE; DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN EVELYN; LETTERS; Correspondence Between King Charles First and Sir Edward Nicholas; CORRESPONDENCE Between Sir Edward Hyde, Afterwards Earl of Clarendon, and Sir Richard Brown; EDITOR; WILLIAM BRAY; EN

Fabi, Lucio; editor.

La Guerra in Salotto: Miti, Monumenti, Memoria, Quotidiano Della Grande Guerra. Der Krieg IM Salon: Mythen, Denkmaler, Erinnerungen, Alltagliches Des 1. Weltkrieges.

(Udine, [Italy]): Gaspari, (1999). (1999). (Udine, [Italy]): Gaspari, (1999). (1999). Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly rubbed. There is a sticker on the rear wrap & the film surface is chipped along its front edge. 95 & [1] pages. Illustrated in black & white and color. The contents are near fine. Good.

Catalog for an exhibition being held through the summer of 1999 at the "grande sala espositiva del Municipio di Lavarone". The text, which is printed in Italian and German is by curator and editor Lucio Fabi and by Laura Safred. Good .

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Katalog: History

Sonstige Stichworte: HISTORY; WORLD WAR I; FIRST WORLD WAR; LA GUERRA IN SALOTTO: MITI, MONUMENTI, MEMORIA; QUOTIDIANO DELLA GRANDE GUERRA; DER KRIEG IM SALON: MYTHEN; DENKMALER; ERINNERUNGEN; ALLTAGLICHES DES 1. WELTKRIEGES; ILLUSTRATED CATALOG; EXHIBITION; LUCIO FABI, CURAT

Fage, J. D

An Atlas of African History

London: Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd, (1961). (1961). London: Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd, (1961). (1961). Good. - Quarto, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The binding is bumped & lightly soiled. The dust jacket is stained, soiled, darkened & chipped. The top edge of the front panel & the head of the dust jacket spine are torn & creased. 64 pages. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white maps.There is scattered light foxing & staining. Good in a fair dust wrapper.

Second printing.

The history of Africa told through a series of maps with accompanying commentary.

From the library of cartographer Vincent Kotschar with his signature on the front endpaper and with a few minor ink corrections in his hand. Good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: HISTORY; GEOGRAPHY; MAPS; AFRICA; J. D. FAGE; ATLAS.

Fantappie, Renzo; editor

L'Ottocento a Prato / a Cura Di Renzo Fantappie / Testi Di Rosella Agresti, Sandro Bellesi... [Et Al]

(Prato, Italy): CariPrato, (2000). (2000). (Prato, Italy): CariPrato, (2000). (2000). Very good. - Quarto [12 inches high by 9-3/4 inches wide], black cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is rubbed. 365 & [1] pages plus colophon. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

The text is in Italian. Very good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: HISTORY; CULTURE; ART; ARCHITECTURE; PAINTING; SCULPTURE; CHURCHES; MONASTERIES; ITALIAN; CITY; TUSCANY; PRATO; L'OTTOCENTO A PRATO; RENZO FANTAPPIE; ILLUSTRATIONS; ARCHITECTURAL PLANS.