Asselineau, Charles

Vie de Claire-Clemence de Maille-Breze / Princesse de Conde 1628-1694

Paris: Leon Techener, Libraire, 1872. 1872. Paris: Leon Techener, Libraire, 1872. 1872. Very good. - Small octavo, softcover bound in printed yellow wraps. The binding is lightly bumped & very lightly soiled. The head & tail of the spine are chipped. Half-title, title & 125 pages. Some overlapping page edges are darkened. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 14006

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY; FRENCH; PRINCESS; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; 17TH CENTURY; VIE DE CLAIRE-CLEMENCE DE MAILLE-BREZE PRINCESSE DE CONDE 1628-1694; BIOGRAPHY; CHARLES ASSELINEAU; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

Elmore, Alfred (1815-1881). Irish-born British historical genre painter associated with "The Clique".

Autograph Letter Signed by the Irish-Born British Historical Genre Painter Alfred Elmore.

Kensington, April 22, 1879. 1879. - Over 65 words penned on 5-1/2 inch high by 3-1/2 inch wide creamy white "1 St. Albans Road, Victoria Road, Kensington" embossed stationery. In his letter addressed to T.H. Hills, Elmore fears that he may not feel well enough to have dinner with his friend on Thursday: "I am not very well or strong and I fear I shall be too done up to join you at dinner on that day.." Signed in full "Alfred Elmore". Folded for mailing with a strip of paper glued along the top of the verso. Very good. The British historical genre painter Alfred Elmore (1815-1881) was born in Clonakilty, Ireland. Initially influenced by Richard Parkes Bonington's troubadour style, he soon moved on to paint religious canvases such as "The Martyrdom of Thomas a Becket", a work commissioned by Daniel O'Connell for Dublin's Westland Row Church. Associated with "The Clique", young artists who followed in the footsteps of Hogarth and David Wilkie, Elmore's paintings frequently explored historical settings, including episodes from Shakespeare and the French Revolution. He often incorporated scenes depicting technological innovations such as depicted in his paintings "The Invention of the Stocking Loom" and "The Invention of the Combing Machine", though his most famous work "On the Brink" is a moral genre painting of young woman who has lost her fortune gambling and is on the brink of responding to the seduction of a satan-like figure. Very good .

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Book number: 96448

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; ALFRED ELMORE; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED; ALS; NINTEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; SIGNATURE; HISTORY; HISTORICAL GENRE PAINTING; THE CLIQUE; ARTIST; ON THE BRINK; THE MARTYRDOM OF THOMAS A BECKETT; THE INVENTION OF THE STOCKING LOOM.

Dayman, Dwight. Canadian artist associated with NYC's Castelli Gallery in 1970.

An Original Lithographic Collage of a Flower by Dwight Dayman Consisting of Patterns and Images Lithographed on Layers of Tissue and Paper Laid over Art Paper.

[Circa late 1970s]. [Circa late 1970s]. Fine. - The 29-7/8 inch high by 20 inch wide lithographic collage on a 31 inch high by 23 inch wide fine art paper consists of images and patterns lithographed on layers of tissue and paper. The abstract image, constructed of consecutive layers, consists of a beautiful yellow flower cut out and partially laid over an indigo rectangle. This rectangle is laid over purple tissue which is mounted over the lower half of the print. Above the flower, its shadow is lithographed on dark maroon tissue. Columns of dark red tissue over a deep red base form the backdrop of the upper half of the print. Fine. The Canadian artist Dwight Dayman was associated with the Castelli Galery in New York City in 1970. He was a frequent visiting artist at the Western Front Society in Vancouver. Dayman died of AIDS at a young age. An artist run center based in Vancouver, BC, the Western Front Society was founded by several Canadian artists in 1973. The 8 founding members Martin Bartlett, Mo van Nostrand, Kate Craig, Henry Greenhow, Glenn Lewis, Eric Metcalfe, Michael Morris and Vincent Trasov sought to create a space to explore and create new forms of art. Fine .

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Book number: 95933

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; ORIGINAL PRINT; COLLAGE; LITHOGRAPH; TISSUE PAPER; YELLOW FLOWER; ABSTRACT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; ABSTRACT ART; CANADIAN ARTIST; DWIGHT DAYMAN; AIDS; WESTERN FRONT SOCIETY; VANCOUVER, B.C.; CANADA; CANADIAN ARTIST; PATTERNS; CASTELLI GALLE

Dayman, Dwight. Canadian artist associated with NYC's Castelli Gallery in 1970.

An Original Lithographic Collage of a Sun Rising over an Abstract Image, Consisting of Patterns Lithographed on Layers of Tissue Laid on Watermarked Art Paper Signed and Dated by the Artist Dwight Dayman on the Verso.

1978. 1978. - The 24 inch high by 19-1/2 inch wide lithographic collage on a 30 inch high by 22-1/4 inch wide watermarked art paper consists of images and patterns lithographed on layers of blue & red tissue paper. The abstract image, constructed of consecutive layers, consists of a layer of yellow tissue covered by red tissue with a notch at the top from which peeks out the bright yellow sun. A large section of bright blue tissue, filling the lower two thirds of the print overlaps the red tissue. Three darker blue rectangles of diminishing sizes are laid as blocks upon the blue background. Smokey grayish shapes float within these blocks. Fine. The collage is signed and dated in pencil by Dwight Dayman on the verso. The Canadian artist Dwight Dayman was associated with the Castelli Galery in New York City in 1970. He was a frequent visiting artist at the Western Front Society in Vancouver. Dayman died of AIDS at a young age. An artist run center based in Vancouver, BC, the Western Front Society was founded by several Canadian artists in 1973. The 8 founding members Martin Bartlett, Mo van Nostrand, Kate Craig, Henry Greenhow, Glenn Lewis, Eric Metcalfe, Michael Morris and Vincent Trasov sought to create a space to explore and create new forms of art. Fine .

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Book number: 95935

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; ORIGINAL PRINT; COLLAGE; LITHOGRAPH; TISSUE PAPER; YELLOW SUN OVER RED & BLUE TISSUE; ABSTRACT; SIGNED; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; ABSTRACT ART; CANADIAN ARTIST; DWIGHT DAYMAN; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; AIDS; WESTERN FRONT SOCIETY; VANCOUVER, B

Dayman, Dwight. Canadian artist associated with NYC's Castelli Gallery in 1970.

An Original Lithographic Collage of Abstract Boomerang-Shaped Lithographic Images over Layers of Colored Tissue Laid on Watermarked Art Paper Signed and Dated by the Artist Dwight Dayman on the Verso.

1978. 1978. - The 28 inch high by 20 inch wide lithographic collage on a 30 inch high by 22-1/4 inch wide watermarked art paper consists of images and patterns lithographed on layers of pink & brown paper. The abstract image, constructed of consecutive layers, consists of a light blue "v" or boomerang shaped image laid over a light pink patterned tissue filling the top half of the print. An identically shaped dark brown lithograph is laid over copper brown tissue filling the bottom half of the print. This latter copper tissue overlaps the pink resulting in a light brown band along the middle of the image. Both of these colored tissues are themselves laid over deep red tissue which peeks through along the top and left edge and from the bottom right corner. Fine. The collage is signed and dated in pencil by Dwight Dayman on the verso. The Canadian artist Dwight Dayman was associated with the Castelli Galery in New York City in 1970. He was a frequent visiting artist at the Western Front Society in Vancouver. Dayman died of AIDS at a young age. An artist run center based in Vancouver, BC, the Western Front Society was founded by several Canadian artists in 1973. The 8 founding members Martin Bartlett, Mo van Nostrand, Kate Craig, Henry Greenhow, Glenn Lewis, Eric Metcalfe, Michael Morris and Vincent Trasov sought to create a space to explore and create new forms of art. Fine .

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Book number: 95936

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; ORIGINAL PRINT; COLLAGE; LITHOGRAPH; TISSUE PAPER; CORNER; BOOMERANG-SHAPED LITHOGRAPHS; V-SHAPED IMAGES; PINK & BROWN TISSUE OVER RED; ABSTRACT; SIGNED; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; ABSTRACT ART; CANADIAN ARTIST; DWIGHT DAYMAN; SIGNATURE; AU

(New Hampshire Association)

Extracts from the Minutes of the General Association of New-Hampshire / Assembled at Lime. September 6, 1825

Concord [NH]: Printed by Shepard and Bannister, 1825. 1825. Concord [NH]: Printed by Shepard and Bannister, 1825. 1825. Fair. - Octavo, printed cream self-wraps. 11 pages plus 1 blank. The leaves are detached with their front & bottom edges chipped with several short tears. There are areas of light staining to the inner edges of the pages with light staining to the bottom edges of some pages. The title & the last page are soiled & a bit darkened. Fair working copy.

The Minutes include a three-page report, "The State of Religion", lamenting that few churches have been added and that a number are without pastors.

Rare. Worldcat locates only one copy. Fair .

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Book number: 22338

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; NEW HAMPSHIRE; RELIGION; CHURCHES; EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE Assembled at Lime; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

(California Miners' Association).

Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Convention of the California Miners' Association Held at Golden Gate Hall, San Francisco November 17, 18, 19, 1902.

San Francisco: Press of the Hicks-Judd Company, 1902. 1902. - Octavo, 9-7/8 inches high by 6 inches wide. Burgundy cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & the spine. The covers are rubbed & soiled with wear to the bottom edges and head of the spine. Pages [i]-xvi, [1]-170, [2 portraits], and xvii-xlii. Illustrated with portraits, textual diagrams & illustrations, pictorial ads and a folding cost sheet. The bottom edges of several pages are bumped resulting in a tear and chips. There is a tiny ink mark on the title page. Good. First edition. RARE. From the library of geologist and mining engineer James Douglas, after whom Douglas, Arizona was named, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Douglas, who was born in Quebec, spent much of his early life in Scotland. For many years, as a metallurgist and mining engineer, he was involved in several important Western American enterprises. Good .

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Book number: 97198

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; MINERS; PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE CALIFORNIA MINERS' ASSOCIATION; MINING; JAMES DOUGLAS; GOLDEN GATE HALL; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; FOLDING COST CHART; PORTRAITS;

D'Astier, Emmanuel.

Honey & Gall.

London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1958. 1958. - Octavo, black cloth in a dust wrapper. The gilt titling on the spine is partially faded & the top corner of the rear cover is slightly creased. The dust jacket is lightly soiled & chipped with its spine slightly darkened. There is a price sticker on its front fold. 176 pages. There is a previous owner's blind stamp on the front endpaper. Good.

First English edition.

Translated from the French by Humphrey Hare. Good .

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Book number: 35383

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; FRENCH AUTHOR; EMMANUEL D'ASTIER; HONEY & GALL; HUMPHREY HARE, TRANSLATOR; RUSSIAN REVOLUTION; WORLD WAR I; WORLD WAR II; THE RESISTANCE; FIRST ENGLISH EDITION; 1ST ENGLISH EDITION.

Athanasiades, Leon

Souvenirs

Saint-Maurice, Suisse: Published by Georges Athanasiades, 1989. 1989. Saint-Maurice, Suisse: Published by Georges Athanasiades, 1989. 1989. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wrappers. The wraps are very lightly rubbed & bumped & the edges of the rear wrap are darkened. 241 & [2] pages plus colophon. Black-and-white illustrations. There is an ink inscription on the half-title page. Very good.

Leon Athanasiades was a pinaist and piano teacher and the father of Canon [chanoine] Georges Athanasiades, who in 1973 gave his father a file of 100 sheets of blank paper, suggesting that he write his memoirs. The memoirs are followed by a series of tributes to Athanasiades. The text is in French. Very good .

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Book number: 18112

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: MUSIC; MUSICIAN; PIANIST; PIANO TEACHER; LEON ATHANASIADES; MEMOIRS; ILLUSTRATIONS.

(Atherton, John). Ives, Vernon

Jaufry the Knight and the Fair Brunissende. Newly Revised from the Original Provencal by Vernon Ives

(New York): Holiday House, 1935. 1935. (New York): Holiday House, 1935. 1935. Very good. - Squarish octavo, gray & red cloth titled in black with vignette stamped in black on front cover, in dw. The covers are lightly bumped & there is a small hole in the cloth of the spine; the dw is lightly soiled & chipped & somewhat darkened with several small pieces out of the dw spine. [x] & 124 pp. Full-page B&W illustrations & B&W head-pieces by John Atherton. The contents are near fine.

First edition.

"The adventures of Sir Jaufry of Normandy were being sung by the troubadours of southern France three centuries before Malory wrote his Morte d'Arthur. Consequently, this story forms one of our earliest pictures of English knighthood..'Jaufry the Knight' was written by an unknown twelfth-century troubadour." - From the dw copy.

Scarce, especially so with the dust jacket. Very good .

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Book number: 24235

Catalogue: Arthurian Legends

Keywords: ARTHURIAN; KNIGHT; CHIVALRY; MIDDLE AGES; MEDIEVAL; TWELFTH CENTURY; 12TH CENTURY; ROMANCE; FRENCH; NORMANDY; KING ARTHUR; CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; VERNON IVES; ILLUSTRATOR; JOHN ATHERTON; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Atkins, John; Owens, William A.; Antaeus, S.; Weir, Charles, Jr; Viereck, Peter; et al

Epoch (a Quarterly of Contemporary Literature). Vol. I: No. 4: Summer 1948

Ithaca, NY: Epoch Associates, 1948. 1948. Ithaca, NY: Epoch Associates, 1948. 1948. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wraps. The extremities are darkened & there is a tiny stain & some very light foxing to the front wrap. 95 & [1] pages. Very good.

Among the contents of this issue are poems by Charles Weir, Jr. Warren Wirtz, Winfield Townley Scott, Peter Viereck and Edward McGehee. Very good .

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Book number: 14921

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; PERIODICAL; EPOCH; JOHN ATKINS; WILLIAM A. OWENS; S. ANTAEUS; CHARLES WEIR, JR.; WARREN WIRTZ; WINFIELD TOWNLEY SCOTT; PETER VIERECK; EDWARD MCGEHEE.

Atkinson, Frank

Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms: A Selection of Popular Modern Writers in English

London and Hamden, CT: Clive Bingley and Linnet Books, (1977). (1977). London and Hamden, CT: Clive Bingley and Linnet Books, (1977). (1977). Fine. - Octavo, blue cloth, in dw. Very lightly soiled. The dw is lightly rubbed with the spine faded. 248 pp. The top edge is soiled, else near fine in a very good dw.

Second edition, enlarged. Fine .

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Book number: 7270

Catalogue: Reference

Keywords: LITERATURE; PSEUDONYMNS; DICTIONARY; REFERENCE; FRANK ATKINSON. (Pseudonyms). DICTIONARY OF LITERARY PSEUDONYMS: A Selection of Popular Modern Writers in English. Atkinson, Frank.

Atkinson, Philip

Electricity for Everybody; Its Nature and Uses Explained. Revised and Enlarged

New York: The Century Co. 1907. 1907. New York: The Century Co. 1907. 1907. Very good. - Octavo, pictorial olive green cloth with vignettes in red & black on the front cover & spine. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped with the extremities slightly darkened. xiii, [1] leaf & 276 pages. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece & numerous black-and-white illustrations & diagrams. The contents are very good.

Later printing. Very good .

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Book number: 10986

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: PHYSICS; SCIENCE; ELECTRICITY FOR EVERYBODY; PHILIP ATKINSON; ILLUSTRATIONS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; DYNAMOS; MAGNETISM; BATTERIES; MOTORS; LIGHTNING; HEAT; TELEGRAPH; TELEPHONE; X-RAYS; WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

Atkinson, Geoffroy.

La Litterature Geographique Française de la Renaissance. Repertoire Bibliographique Par Geoffroy Atkinson, Plus Supplement. 2 Volumes in 1.

NY: Burt Franklin, (1968). (1968). - Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt. 565 pp.; and 88 pp. Illustrated. Slightly dusty, else near fine.

Reprint of the 1936 edition of 500 copies. Very good .

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Book number: 5806

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY; FRANCE; FRENCH; RENAISSANCE; GEOGRAPHY; BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE; GEOFFROY ATKINSON; ILLUSTRATIONS. (History). (Renaissance). LA LITTERATURE GEOGRAPHIQUE FRANÇAISE DE LA RENAISSANCE. Repertoire bibliographique par Geoffroy A

Peck, George Record (1843-1923). Railroad attorney and President of the American Bar Association who was a childhood friend of the American Impressario & Lecture Manager Major James B. Pond.

A Collection of 7 Letters Signed by the Railroad Attorney and President of the American Bar Association George R. Peck Addressed to His Boyhood Friend the American Lecture Manager Major James R. Pond, One Referring to Winston Churchill.

1891 through 1901. 1891-1901. 1891-1901. - A collection of 7 signed letters to Major James B. Pond from his boyhood friend, the Railroad Attorney & President of the American Bar Association, George R. Peck. Included are 6 Typed Letters and 1 Autograph Letter, each signed by Peck, plus a telegram to Pond. The collection consists of the following: An autograph letter penned on 8-1/2 inch high by 5-3/8 inch wide "Gilsey House, New York" hotel stationery. In his letter dated April , 1891, Peck states that "I came up from down town sick .. I expect to come to your dinner though, sick or well. Would particularly like to meet Mr. Depew". Signed "Y - GRP". In a letter dated September 20, 1895, typed on his 10-1/2 inch high by 8 inch wide "Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. Legal Department" stationery, Peck addresses Pond as "My Dear Old Sweetness" and describes his sad departure from his previous Railroad position. Signed "Geo R Peck". The letter is folded for mailing with Pond's dated red "Answered" stamp across the top. In a telegram dated July 1, 1898, Peck offers to help Pond with an army matter and the Paris Exposition "..will write letters to president or anybody else." Sent during the height of the Spanish American War, Peck comments on the troops "If it is as hot in Cuba as it is here I feel sorry for our soldiers." He goes on to express his pride that his "boy Charley is to be first lieutenant in the 12th Illinois". In an August 8, 1899 letter typed on his 7-1/2 inch high by 5-1/2 inch wide "Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company Office of General Counsel" stationery, Peck thanks Pond for sending "so beautiful a copy" of "The Message to Garcia". Signed "Geo R. Peck". Folded for mailing. In a March 12, 1900 2 page letter typed on facing sides of his folded 7-1/2 inch high by 11 inch wide "Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company Office of General Counsel" stationery Peck, addressing Pond as "My dear old sweetness", writes that he "shall take the greatest pleasure in meeting Mr. Landor. Walter Savage Landor is one of my divinities .. Tonight there is to be a literary gathering at the Oakland Culture Club on the South Side, in honor of Eugene Ware - 'Ironquill', - of Topeka. He will be here and I am to introduce him. You see Kansas continues to come to the front." Signed "Geo R Peck". Folded for mailing with a small smudge affecting 2 words. In a May 22, 1900 2-page letter typed on 2 sheets of 10-1/2 inch high by 8 inch wide creamy white stationery, with the first page being on his "Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. Legal Department" stationery, Peck addresses Pond as "My dear old American Beauty". He again mentions his son: "My boy Charley is in Texas on a cattle ranch, and bids fair to become a cattle king in time, He rides a bronco, wears a sombrero, and can round up a herd of Texas steers with the best of them." Signed "Geo R Peck". Folded for mailing, the edges and corners are soiled and creased. In a September 24, 1900 letter typed on his 7-1/2 inch high by 5-1/2 inch wide "Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company Office of General Counsel" stationery Peck states that "Sunday night after leaving you, I went to Boston .. but I saw no place more charming and visited no one who gave me such pleasant hospitality as I received at your grand old home at Bergen Heights." Signed "Geo R Peck". He sends "kind regards to Mrs. Pond" and with a postscript in his hand "Also to 'Bim'". Folded for mailing. In a January 4, 1901 letter typed on his 7-1/2 inch high by 5-1/2 inch wide "Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company Office of General Counsel" stationery Peck states that "I shall be on hand when you and Winston Churchill come. I noticed what the newspapers said about his striking for better pay, and was delighted that you stood your ground." Signed "Geo R Peck" with a typed postscript "P.S. D---n the dog". Folded for mailing. Having escaped from a Boer prison in South Africa, Winston Churchill received several offers for lecture opportunities. Major Pond's offer was among the first and Churchill left for America in December 1900. The lectures arranged by Pond were not successful and Churchill's earnings were far less than he expected. He sometimes spoke in nearly empty theaters. He wrote to his mother: "I arrived to lecture in an American town & found Pond had not arranged any public lecture, but that I was hired out for 40 pounds to perform at an evening party in a private house - like a conjurer." Pond often sent books, including his own "Eccentricities of Genius", to his correspondents. He would then stamp the word "BOOK" on the letter from the correspondent he was planning to respond to. He has done so on 5 of the letters here. The Railway attorney George Record Peck (1843-1923) was born in Steuben County, NY and was a childhood friend of James B. Pond. He joined the First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery when 19 years old. Promoted to Captain in the Thirty-first Wisconsin Infantry, he took part in "Sherman's March to the Sea". Peck studied law at Janesville after the Civil War and was later appointed as United States District Attorney for the District of Kansas by President Ulysses S. Grant. Leaving that position in 1879, he became the general solicitor for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad in 1881 and subsequently held the same position with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company. Peck served as President of the American Bar Association in 1905-06. Very good .

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Book number: 96406

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; LAW; GEORGE RECORD PECK; COLLECTION; SIGNED LETTERS; TYPED LETTER SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED; LOT; RAILWAY ATTORNEY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; GEORGE R. PECK; CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY; PRESIDENT OF THE AMER