Kirss, Odette; compiler

Rakvere Vanadel Fotodel: Fotosid Virumaa Muuseumide Kogust / Rakvere in Old Photos: Photos from the Collection of the Museums of Virumaa Foundation

Tanapaev, (2006). (2006). Tanapaev, (2006). (2006). Fine. - Small folio [11-5/8 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide], pictorial paper covered boards in a matching dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped. 140 & [3] pages. Profuse photographic illustrations in mauve, black & white. Near fine.

The text is in Estonian with an English translation.

Scarce. Fine .

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Book number: 23328

Catalogue: Travel & History

Keywords: TRAVEL & HISTORY; ESTONIA; RAKVERE VANADEL FOTODEL; RAKVERE IN OLD PHOTOS; ODETTE KIRSS; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Kismaric, Carole; Shawcross, William; et al

Forced out: The Agony of the Refugee in Our Time

[New York]: Human Rights Watch and the J. M. Kaplan Fund, (1989). (1989). [New York]: Human Rights Watch and the J. M. Kaplan Fund, (1989). (1989). Very good. - Quarto [13-3/8 inches high by 10 inches wide], softcover bound in black- and-white pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped with some creasing to the corners. The head & tail of the spine are slightly chipped. 191 pages plus colophon. Profuse black-and-white photographic illustrations, including folding illustrations. The top page corners & a few bottom page corners are lightly bumped. Very good.

First edition.

Published in association with Random House, Inc. The text includes eyewitness accounts by refugees from Afghanistan, Cambodia, El Salvador, Ethiopia,, Guatemala, Haiti and many other countries, as well as commentary by William Shawcross and contributions by Mark Malloch Brown, Bill Frelick, Arthur Helton, Jeri Laber and Aryen Neier. Very good .

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Book number: 23800

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY; REFUGEES; FORCED OUT: THE AGONY OF THE REFUGEE IN OUR TIME; CAROLE KISMARIC; WILLIAM SHAWCROSS; MARK MALLOCH BROWN; BILL FRELICK; ARTHUR HELTON; JERI LABER; ARYEN NEIER; HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH; PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS; EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS.

Kitson, James; 1st Baron Airedale (1835-1911). British Liberal politician, member of Parliament.

Autograph of the British Liberal Politician James Kitson, 1st Baron of Airedale.

Circa [1880's]. [1880's]. Circa [1880's]. [1880's]. Very good. - James Kitson's signature penned on a 1-1/2 inch high by 2-7/8 inch wide slip of paper mounted onto a 1-3/4 inch high by 3-1/4 inch wide piece of paper cut from an autograph album. Very good. The British liberal politician James Kitson, 1st Baron Airedale (1835-1911) was initially a member of Parliament and subsequently appointed a peer. Kitson ran Gladstone's electoral campaign and supported Irish home rule, education and old age pensions. The first Lord Mayor of Leeds, he was a member of the Institution of Civil engineers and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, he was a supporter of the Mechanics Institute and Yorkshire College (later the University of Leeds). His home Gledhow Hall was the subject of a painting by J.M.W. Turner and William Morris designed a window for the Unitiatiran church's Mill Hill Chapel, frequented by Kitson, which he dedicated to Kitson's mother Ann. Very good .

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Book number: 36889

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY; BRITISH; JAMES KITSON, 1ST BARON AIREDALE; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; ENGLISH; LIBERAL POLITICIAN; MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT; PEER; LORD MAYOR OF LEEDS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

Knight, David M

Natural Science Books in English 1600-1900

NY and Washington: Praeger Publishers, (1972). (1972). NY and Washington: Praeger Publishers, (1972). (1972). Very good. - Small quarto, green cloth, in dw. The book is rubbed & slightly frayed at the head & tail of the spine. The dw is lightly chipped. 262 pp. Owner's name on flyleaf. Color frontispiece & B&W illustrations. Very good.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 17365

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: NATURAL HISTORY; REFERENCE; BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; DAVID M. KNIGHT; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION. (Natural History). NATURAL SCIENCE BOOKS IN ENGLISH 1600-1900. Knight, David M.

Krutch, Joseph Wood; compiler.

The World of Animals: A Treasury of Lore, Legend and Literature by Great Writers and Naturalists from the 5th Century B.C. To the Present. Compiled with Commentary by Joseph Wood Krutch.

NY: Simon and Schuster, 1961. 1961. - Square 8vo, brown cloth backed black cloth (very lightly bumped) titled in gilt within red rectangle with vignette of winged serpent in gilt on spine & image of lion stamped in white on front cover, in dw (lightly chipped & soiled; dw spine & extremities darkened). 508 & [1] pp. (tiny creases to front edges of a few rear pages). Profuse illustrations in B&W & black & cream, many full-page, from drawings, woodcuts, prints & paintings. Very good in good dw.

First edition.

From the library of Leonard Bernstein [Sotheby's Sale 7070, Lot #144].

A collection of natural history writings on a wide variety of topics by authors from Homer, Virgil and Pliny the Elder to Audubon, Thoreau, Darwin and John Steinbeck. Very good .

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Book number: 913

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: NATURAL HISTORY; LITERATURE; FICTION; LEGEND; SPORTING; HUNTING; EVOLUTION; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ANTHOLOGY; JOSEPH WOOD KRUTCH; ILLUSTRATIONS; COMPOSER; CONDUCTOR; AMERICAN; LEONARD BERNSTEIN; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Lacroix, Paul.

Science and Literature in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

NY: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. (1964). (1964). - Large 8vo, tan cloth (rear joint split; bumped; small dents to bottom edge of front cover) titled in purple, in dw (soiled & chipped with small pieces out; dw spine darkened & torn; tear to rear panel). xvii & 552 pp. (soiling to front endpaper). B&W illustrations from wood engravings. Very good internally.

Originally published in 1878, this compilation of text and more than 400 illustrations assembled by the 19th-century bibliophile, librarian and amateur historian Paul Lacroix unfolds "an unusual panorama of the life of the period, putting the reader into closer touch with the scholars and surgeons, the magicians, rulers and actors who peopled these centuries. It was an age of slowly widening horizons for scientists and philosophers, yet an age of stubborn superstition, when sorcerers flourished in pacts with demons and scholars pursued their studies alert to accusations of influence by evil spirits.."--From the dw. Very good .

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Book number: 778

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY; MIDDLE AGES; MEDIEVAL; RENAISSANCE; SCIENCE; OCCULT; MAGIC ; MAGICIANS; SORCERERS; SCIENTISTS; SCHOLARS; MEDICINE; PHILOSOPHY; NATURAL HISTORY; LITERATURE; THEATER; DRAMA; MATHEMATICS; ASTRONOMY; ALCHEMY; HERALDRY; LINGUISTICS; ROMANCES; EUROPE;

Landau, Rom

The Arab Heritage of Western Civilization. Information Paper Number 20

New York: Arab Information Center, 1962. 1962. New York: Arab Information Center, 1962. 1962. Fine. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed green stiff paper wraps. 88 pages. Black-and-white textual illustrations. Near fine. Fine .

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Book number: 11653

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY; ROM LANDAU; THE ARAB HERITAGE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION; ARAB INFORMATION CENTER; ISLAM; MUSLIMS; PHILOSOPHY; ART;CULTURE; MATHEMATICS; DECIMAL SYSTEM; RELIGION; MEDICINE; GEOGRAPHY.

Larsen, Thor

Isbjornliv

(Oslo): J. W. Cappelens Forlag, (1972). (1972). (Oslo): J. W. Cappelens Forlag, (1972). (1972). Very good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed & chipped. 173 & [1] pages. Illustrated with a black-and-white maps & 16 pages of black-and-white photographic illustrations. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

An account of an expedition to look at polar bears in the Arctic. The text is in Norwegian. Very good .

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Book number: 24198

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: NATURAL HISTORY; ARCTIC; POLAR BEARS; EXPEDITION; THOR LARSEN; ISBJORNLIV; ILLUSTRATIONS.

(Lassalle, Ferdinand). Schirokauer, Arno

Lassalle: The Power of Illusion and the Illusion of Power

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, (1931). (1931). London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, (1931). (1931). Good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The corners of the covers are rubbed with slight fraying. The head of the spine is creased & lightly chipped. The dust wrapper is rubbed & chipped with tears & pieces out. The jacket spine is darkened & torn with a piece out of its head. 320 pages. Black- and-white illustrations & a black-and-white portrait frontispiece. There is light soiling & a light stain to the top edge and the fore-edge is lightly foxed & soiled. The front endpaper is foxed & there is a small area of soiling to the half-title. Good in a fair dust wrapper.

First edition in English. Translated by Eden and Cedar Paul.

Ferdinand Lassalle [1825-1864] was a German jurist, philosopher and socialist political activist. He is best known for introducing an international style of socialism to Germany. Good .

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Book number: 28704

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY; NINETEENTH CENTURY POLITICS; SOCIALISM; GERMANY; ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY; FERDINAND LASSALLE; JURIST; PHILOSOPHER; SOCIALIST; POLITICAL ACTIVIST; LASSALLE: THE POWER OF ILLUSION AND THE ILLUSION OF POWER; ARNO SCHIROKAUER; FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH;

Lavater, Johann Caspar (1741-1801).

Lavater's Letter to the French Directory. Translated from the German.

London: Printed for J. Hatchard, 1799. 1799. - Octavo. Softcover pamphlet, unbound, removed in the distant past. Half-title & 33 pages plus [1] page of publisher's ads. The half-title is detached with a few short tears to the edges. There are 2 short tears to the bottom edge of the leaves throughout. A good clean copy of this pamphlet and well worth binding.

The first edition in English. This work was translated from the German edition published without the author's knowledge as "Ein Wort eines freyes [sic] Schweizers an die Franzosische Nation..".

Subsequent to the French Revolution, France sought by force to impose its new system of government on its neighbors. Lavater chides the French representatives for their hostile actions in Switzerland. Applauding the principles of "Liberty, Equality, and the Rights of Man", Lavater tellingly signs the work in print at the end "In The First Year of Swiss Slavery".

The Swiss theologian Johann Caspar Lavater was the author of the significant work of "Essays on Physiognomy".

Scarce. Good .

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Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY; FRENCH REVOLUTION; SWITZERLAND; SWISS SLAVERY; JOHANN CASPAR LAVATER; SWISS; SLAVERY; FIRST YEAR; LETTER TO THE FRENCH DIRECTORY; ESSAY; FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH; TRANSLATED FROM GERMAN; EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY; 18TH CENTURY; 1ST; SCARCE; PAMPHLET; BO

Chadwick, Sir Edwin (1800-1890). English social reformer who changed England's Poor Laws and instituted reforms in urban sanitation and public health

Autograph Close Signed by the English Social Reformer Sir Edwin Chadwick.

19th Century. 19th Century. Good. - Sir Edwin Chadwick's closing sentiments "to education. Yours truly E. Chadwick" penned on 1-1/2 inch high by 4-1/4 inch wide creamy white paper. The letter "s" in "yours" is smudged. Once folded, the corners are clipped and the edges are darkened. The autograph was likely once mounted into an album as evidenced by glue stains and paper remnants adhering to the edges of the verso. Good. The English social reformer Sir Edwin Chadwick (1800-1890) was a leader in reforming England's Poor Laws. A follower of the Utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham, Chadwick instituted major reforms in urban sanitation and public health and pioneered the use of scientific surveys to identify all phases of social problems. Good .

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Book number: 96505

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY; SOCIAL REFORM; SOCIOLOGY; SIR EDWIN CHADWICK; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; EDUCATION; POOR LAWS; URBAN SANITATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCIENTIFIC SURVEY.

Wood, William, 1st Baron Hatherley (1801-1881). British lawyer and statesman who served as a Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain under Gladstone.

Autograph Letter Signed by the British Lord High Chancellor William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley, Together with His Autograph on a Slip of Paper.

31, Great George Street, March 5, 1866. 1866. - Over 30 words penned on both sides of 7 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide creamy white paper. The first page of the letter is framed by black mourning borders. William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley writes to apologize as he "cannot leave my court". Signed "W.P. Wood". Folded for mailing, the letter was once mounted into an album with paper remnants still adhering to the bottom edge of the verso. A previous owner has identified the author as "Vice Chancellor Wood, now Lord Chancellor (Hatherley)". Good. Together with William Wood's autograph signed "Hatherley" on 1-1/8 inch high by 2-1/8 inch wide creamy white paper with his monograph printed in green at the top. The autograph is mounted with glue from the verso onto 2 inch high by 5-1/2 inch wide paper clipped from an album upon which a previous owner has penned the following note identifying the autograph "Lord Hatherley, Lord Chancellor 1870". The British lawyer and statesman William Page Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley (1801-1881) was called to the Bar in 1824 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1845. Elected to parliament for the city of Oxford, he was subsequently appointed Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster and then Solicitor General for England and Wales. Made Lord Justice of Appeal in 1868, William Gladstone selected him to be Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain in that same year. Very good .

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Book number: 96532

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY; WILLIAM WOOD, 1ST BARON HATHERLEY; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED; SIGNATURE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF GREAT BRITAIN.

Thurlow, Edward, 1st Baron Thurlow (1731-1806). British lawyer and Tory politician who served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.

Holograph Document: A Bankruptcy Document Signed by Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow, the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.

April 21, 1789. 1789. - An autograph document penned in an unknown hand on 1-7/8 inch high by 8-1/4 inch wide parchment paper with clipped corners. A bankruptcy document dated "21st April 1789" reading "Let a Commission issue as prayed and be directed to Samuel Buck Nicholas Smith Esquires Thomas Bolland Charles Coupland and James Nixon Gentlemen", signed "Thurlow" by the British attorney and Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. Closely cropped with a partial line of text along the top edge. Once likely mounted in an album, there is some soiling with offsetting to the edges of the document from the glue which adhered to the verso. Good. The British lawyer and Tory politician Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow (1731-1806) served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1778 to 1792. After practicing law, Thurlow had turned to politics in 1768 and was elected Member of Parliament for Tamworth. Appointed Solicitor-General two years later, he was promoted to Attorney General in 1772. He ardently opposed American independence. He was defeated in his attempt to indict the publisher of the "Letters of Junius" Henry Sampson Woodfall for seditious libel when Lord Mansfield issued a verdict of mistrial. Appointed Lord Chancellor by Lord North and he retained the position through the governments led by Lord Rockingham, Lord Shelburne, and subsequently William Pitt the Younger. While in office, he opposed the economic and constitutional reforms proposed by Edmund Burke and John Dunning. Good .

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Book number: 96527

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY; LAW; POLITICS; BRITISH LAWYER; EDWARD THURLOW, 1ST BARON THURLOW; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 18TH CENTURY; HOLOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE; BANKRUPTCY DOCUMENT; LET A COMMISSION ISSUE AS PRAYED AND BE DIRECTED; SAMUEL BUCK; NICHOLAS SMIT

Rolfe, Robert; 1st Baron Cranworth (1790-1868). British lawyer and Liberal politician who served as Lord High Chancellor of Gread Britain.

Holograph Cover with the Signature of the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Robert Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth.

London, 1857. 1857. - Robert Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth's signature at the bottom left of a 3 inch high by 5 inch wide clipping from an envelope. "PAID 1857" with the royal crown is stamped in red at top right and partially overlaps the address penned in an unknown hand. The autograph is mounted with glue from the verso onto a larger sheet of heavier stock clipped from an album. Very good. The British lawyer and Liberal politician Robert Monsey Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth (1790-1868) represented Peryn and Falmouth in Parliament before being appointed a Baron of the Exchequer in 1839. He was appointed Lord High Chancellor in 1852 serving under Lord Aberdeen's coalition ministry and subsequently that of Lord Palmerston. He was not immediately reappointed following Lord Palmerston's resignation in 1858 but accepted the office again after Lord Westbury's retirement in 1865, serving under the Russell administration. Very good .

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Book number: 96559

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY; BRITISH; ROBERT ROLFE, 1ST BARON CRANWORTH; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE; ADDRESS; POSTMARK; ROYAL FREE FRANK; LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF GREAT BRITAIN; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; LIBERAL POLITICIAN; PARLIAMENT; PENRYN AND FALMOUTH.

Boyden, Roland William (1863-1931). Lawyer and Statesman who as the U.S. Representative to the Reparation Commission suggested that the Versailles Treaty would guarantee Germany could not pay reparations and that the agreement should be redrawn.

Two Typed Letters Signed by Roland Willian Boyden As U.S. Representative on the Reparation Commission, Regarding Concessions Accorded Germany.

Paris, June 4th and June 5th, 1923. 1923. Paris, June 4th and June 5th, 1923. 1923. Fair. - Two letters by the U.S.'s unofficial representative to the Reparation Commission responding to James R. Barbour, the representative of the Farmers Loan and Trust Company. The first letter contains over 400 words typed on 2 pages of 10-5/8 inch high by 8-1/4 inch wide buff paper, the first page of which is typed on "United States Unofficial Delegation Reparation Commission" stationery with the United States pictorial eagle logo embossed in blind at top left. In his letter Roland William Boyden writes that "I think there is no such record as you have in mind in your letter.." He goes on to enumerate certain concessions made to Germany: "One illustration might be the advance which the Allies made to Germany in connection with the Spa coal agreement, something in excess of 300,000,000 gold marks. This amount was advanced in cash, and, of course, has now been charged up against Germany's payments.. I think also, off-hand, of delays accorded Germany in connection with disarmament, dissolution of military forces, etc.. " He mentions that "It is not uncommon to speak of the determination of the German reparation obligation at 132 milliards of gold marks as a concession.." He concludes by writing that: "As you will see, I am not attempting to give a list, but merely to guess at some of the things which Mr. Loucher had in his mind." Signed "RW Boyden". A discreet pencil annotation on the second page was likely written by the recipient. Folded for mailing with tears along the right edges of the folds and rust stains and tears from a paper clip once affixed to the top of both pages. The edges of the first page are darkened with creases and chips to the top and right edges of that page.

Having read something the following morning, Roland William Boyden has typed a second letter, dated June 5th, 1923. In this 100 word letter typed on 10-5/8 inch high by 8-1/4 inch wide buff paper "United States Unofficial Delegation Reparation Commission" stationery, Boyden is reminded of a "speech made by Mr. Dubois, former President of the Reparation Commission.. it involved some resume of the German obligation and the changes in it. While it was devoted mainly to Germany's failure to meet her obligations, my guess is that you would find in it more or less helpful history.." Signed "RW Boyden". Folded for mailing with tears along the right edge of the folds and a paper clip stain at top left. There is some creasing with a couple of small chips along the right edge and a tear to the top edge.

The American lawyer and statesman Roland William Boyden (1863-1931) led the legal enforcement division of the United States Food Administration and, after the war, was in charge of the American Relief Administration. In 1920, Boyden was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson to unofficially represent the United States at the meetings of the Reparation Commission, a position to which he was re-appointed by President Warren Harding. Controversy arose when, in January of 1923, he suggested that the Treaty of Versailles pretty much assured that Germany would default in reparation payments and suggested that the agreement be redrawn. The Senate demanded his recall and, though he was not officially recalled, Boyden resigned.

Boyden's observations were prophetic. In keeping with the argument advanced by John Maynard Keynes in his book "The Economic Consequences of the Peace", the burden of reparations would prove a humiliating burden on Germany and lead to the events which foreshadowed the Second World War. Fair .

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Book number: 34755

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY; ECONOMICS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; ROLAND WILLIAM BOYDEN; TYPED LETTER SIGNED; LETTERS; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; TLS; T.L.S.; ECONOMIST; LAWYER; STATESMAN; UNITED STATES UNOFFICIAL DELEGATION REPARATION COMMISSION; WORLD WAR ONE; WWI; TREATY OF VERSAILLE