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Zustand: Interior is clean and crisp. 19th century quarter vellum with marbled boards. Title in gilt in black label on spine. All edges speckled red and black. , Maciej Miechowita (1457 ? 1523) was a Polish Renaissance scholar, historian, and professor of Jagiellonian University, Poland?s oldest university and the 13th oldest university in operation in the world. His Tractatus de duabus Sarmatiis Asiana et Europiana et de contentis in eis was first published by Jan Haller in Krakow in 1517 and quickly gained popularity among European historians and travelers, who came to recognize the Tractus as signaling a milestone shift in the conceptualization of European topography, cultures, and languages of the time. Miechowita?s Tractatus refuted Ptolemy?s misconceptions about the geographies and ethnographies of Eastern Europe, and is considered to be the first accurate geographical and ethnographical description of Eastern Europe, as well as the source of the earliest authoritative information about the Rus? people and Cossacks. It provided the first systematic description of the lands between the Vistula, the Don, and the Caspian Sea. This work also repeated after Jan Dlugosz and popularised abroad the myth of Sarmatism: that Polish nobility (szlachta) are descendants from the ancient Sarmatians. Sarmatians were a large Iranian confederation of classical antiquity, originating in central parts of the Eurasian Steppe that stretched across Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Transnistria, Ukraine, Western Russia, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Xinjiang, Mongolia, and Manchuria. Sarmatians were part of ?Scythian cultures? that flourished across the Steppe during the Iron Age.The Tractatus, which is dedicated to Stanislav I Thurzo (1470 ? 1540), bishop of Olomouc of the present-day Czech Republic, is divided into two books; the first and longer book focuses on ?Asian Sarmatia? and Tartary, with descriptions about different groups of people including the Goths, Alans, Vandals, Swabians, Hungarians, and the Tartars. The second book focuses on ?European Sarmatia? and describes the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Muscovy.Tractatus was quickly translated into many languages, and Johann Mair Von Eck, a prominent German Scholastic theologian recognized as one of the most important interlocutors and theological opponents to Martin Luther, completed this German translation in 1518., Size : Small 8vo. (186x138 mm)., A very good example of this book on Sarmatia, a large Iranian confederation from the 5th century BC to the 4th century AD. Title in figural border. This example is bound without last 9 pages on Das Leben Sitten Und Wefen Der Scithi Gennant Die Chiarchassi (the life customs and ways of the Scithi called the Chiarchassi). Translated into German by Johann Mair Von Eck. Text in German, 32 leaves.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. On offer is a simply stunning, massive archive of original art, storyboards, photographs, negatives, correspondence, a proof copy of a book and cels created by the iconic American animator, Preston Erwin Blair (1908-1995). Blair s prodigious career took him to Romer Gray Studio, Walter Lantz Productions, Screen Gems Studio, Walt Disney Productions, MGM Studios, and Hanna-Barbera. Blair was also the published author of numerous animation instructional books for Walter Foster Publishing. The art contained in this collection, and created by Blair throughout his illustrious career, are staples of American popular culture. The California-born Blair was involved in the design and animation of Disney classics including Fantasia, Pinocchio and Bambi. At MGM, Blair became known for animating the female character "Red" in Red Hot Riding Hood. At Hanna-Barbera, Blair worked on The Flintstones. In the 1960s, Blair authored a successful series of animation instruction books, including Cartoon Animation and Animation 1, both of which remain in print today. This collection contains hundreds of pages of Blair s work. The centerpieces of the collection are the comprehensive art from two productions. The first is titled Return To The Land of Oz (ultimately released in 1972 as Journey Back to Oz by Filmation Studios; Blair is credited as a producer). The second is Rip Van Winkle. It is unclear whether Rip Van Winkle was released cinematically. Return To The Land Of Oz is a bound, printed storyboard measuring 13.75 inches by 11.0 inches. It is accompanied by coloured animation cels. The storyboard contains 97 pages, each page showing 6 to 12 black and white frames measuring approximately 3 inches by 2 inches. Many frames are accompanied with relevant dialog. The first page lists the cast of actors who voice the characters. This list includes, Lisa Minnelli, Ethel Merman, Danny Thomas, Milton Berle, Peter Lawford and others. The covers are in good condition and the pages are in very good condition as well. The Rip Van Winkle content includes 180 pages of original black and white drawings that appear to be a storyboard for a film, as well as animation cels. The storyboard is a collection of pages that are not bound. In total, there are 180 pages of original black & white drawings. Each page measures approximately 14 inches by 8 inches. Some of the drawings are annotated with penciled notes such as "dissolve out" (p. 136). The pages are in good condition with a little curling on some of the corners. Another highlight of this collection is an original proof copy of Blair s book "Animated Visible Speech/The Blair Symbol System". Among the many books that he wrote is this masterpiece. Measuring 11.0 inches by 8.5 inches and containing 185 pages, this is an unpublished manuscript of a manual that describes an invention, a reading method, using this art. Tucked inside the front cover are his proof-readers notes. His method as discussed in this proof copy was named Animated Visible Speech. Blair describes it as, "a phonetic reading method based on a system of simple mouth drawings that are animated, one into another, similar to the action and positions of your mouth when you speak" [Introduction, p ix]. He describes it as a serious proposal for teaching "a complete phonetic alphabet and pronunciation system that the five-year-old child or absolute illiterate can understand and use to learn the letters, words, and read. " The method is presented in nine chapters and illustrated throughout, primarily showing the shapes of the mouth in speech. The collection also includes: several commercial advertising and production animation cels and drawings, a patent application for a mid-1900s video game Blair designed called "TV Video Game", dozens of pages of correspondence to and from Walt Disney Productions, and some to others that are connected to his work at Disney, a beer commercial production cel sequence and colour layout, plus so much more. Some extras include the copy of a page from a storyboard depicting Hyacinth the Hippo from Disney s Fantasia The Dance of the Hours, which Blair animated. Ephemera includes a detailed, typed biography of Blair and a number of pieces of personal correspondence. In one casual personal correspondence, Blair comments on his neighbours, "Paul Newman, Woodward, etc. Another Blair family in town has a kid, Linda of "Exorcist" fame". An interesting bonus in this phenomenal collection are photographs and references to Preston s younger brother, Lee E. Blair. Lee Blair was a noted and accomplished artist in his own right, and a gold medalist in watercolour painting at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. He was married to Mary Blair, a highly accomplished American artist, animator, and designer. She was prominent in producing art and animation for The Walt Disney Company, drawing concept art for such films as Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Song of the South and Cinderella. She also created character designs for enduring attractions such as Disneyland's It's a Small World. She was a very successful book illustrator as well and several of her illustrated children's books from the 1950s remain in print, such as I Can Fly. This massive archive provides a visual history of film and commercial animation in the mid-20th century. It would make a simply sensational addition to the library of any art college, or that of a Disney collector, animation buff, film collector or fans of classic advertising content. While Blair had a full life outside of his work, this remarkable collection provides a fulsome look at the work life of one of the great animators of American film history. The collection is overall in Very Good condition. Some bending, folding and age toning in present. There are some minor rips and tears due to the age of the collection. Some pieces of the collection appear to have missing pages here and there (eg the Rip Van Winkle storyboard seems to be missing the odd numbered page). ; Manuscript.

Zustand: Good+. On offer is an exceptional, massive, historically significant archive of original handwritten manuscripts, documents, photographs and related ephemera including maps, passports and research materials of noted geographer, geologist, explorer and expert on South America Anselmo Windhausen. Of particular interest to historians and researchers and collectors of the natural history of the continent are 10 original manuscripts: 1. Geologica Argentina; 2. Paleonto Logia I; 3. Geologia Historica Y Sudamericana II; 4. Geologia De Los Combustibles; 5. Nociones de Hidrogeologia; 6. Mineralogia Y Geologia; 7. Geologia General I,II, III, IV; 8. Geografia Fisica I; 9. Accion Coustructiva Y Destructiva Aqua Carrienta; 10. Sierra De Cordoba Hidrogeolica Y Pampeano Cordoba with hundreds of photographs in albums full of exploration photographs and a trip from Argentina to California; across the US in 1915; the Panama Pacific Exposition plus the archive boast hundreds of documents, maps, passports and other ephemera. BIO NOTES: Dr. Anselm Windhausen (1882-1932) Anselm Windhausen was born in Lingen, Germany, on April 20th, 1882. He studied at the Gymnasium Josephinum in Hildesheim and, successively, at the universities of Berlin, Munich and Göttingen, where he had among his teachers such renowned scientists as Ferdinand von Richthofen, Wilhelm Roentgen, Karl von Zittel, Wilhelm von Branca and Adolf von Koenen. He began his scientific work at the Unicorn Cave, in the Harz mountains of Germany, under a scholarship from the Virchow Foundation, conducting geological and paleontological studies whose basic conclusions were confirmed many years later. In those early years, he worked for Göttingen's Geological-Paleontological Institute and the Roemers Museum in Hildesheim. In 1907, he obtained his Ph. D. in Geology at the University of Göttingen and that same year he was appointed to take care of the geological and paleontological collections at the Provincial Museum in Hanover. On April 20th, 1909, when he was turning 27, he was hired by the Mines and Geology Division of Argentina's Ministry of Agriculture as a staff geologist. He moved to Argentina shortly thereafter. His first geological surveys in Argentina where conducted in the southern area of the province of Mendoza between 1909 and 1910. In 1910, he was in charge of organizing the mineralogical collection at the Centennial Exposition in Buenos Aires. Commissioned by the Argentine government, he organized the Mines and Geology Division exhibition at the Industries and Labor Exposition in Turin and Roubaix in 1911, in which he obtained a "Grand prix." Between 1912 and 1913, he began his first explorations in northern Patagonia to investigate the oil outcrops that had been reported in the late 19th century in the Cerro Lotena area of the province of Neuquén. In September of 1913, he recommended the exploitation of oil in what is today the Plaza Huincul field, during a lecture he gave at the Sociedad Científica Argentina in Buenos Aires. (However, the merit of having discovered that oil field was wrongly attributed to one of his superiors, Dr. Hans Keidel, and it wasn't until 1972, some 60 years later, that Windhausen's achievement was finally recognized). In 1916, he resumed his explorations in the areas of Río Negro and Neuquén to define the limits between the Cretaceous and the Jurassic. His conclusions were first published in 1918 in the American Journal of Science. In that study, he established the concept and nomenclature of the so-called 'Jagüel layers'. Subsequently, he extended his expeditions to the area south of Lake Nahuel Huapí, the Chubut River, Puerto Camarones, Puerto Madryn and other parts of Patagonia. He published his research on the Neocomian fauna at the National Academy of Sciences in Córdoba, Argentina, of which he became a member a few years later, in 1922. He maintained important scientific correspondence on the controversy surrounding the theories of Florentino Ameghino wi. Spanish, German, English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 4to. pp. xv, 325, [1]. title in red & black within decorative border. 40 tipped-in colour plates (incl. frontis.) & numerous text illus. tissue guards with legends. A very good copy in original gilt-stamped vellum, top edge gilt, others uncut (silk ties present but detached, covers moderately spotted & soiled, a few marginal spots). Deluxe Edition, Limited to 750 numbered copies signed by Rackham. Signed by Author(s).

Zustand: Good+. On offer is a superb archive of 59 original manuscript multi-generational family of diaries spanning the civil war era through the early 20th century. The Carrington Family Diaries, 1867 - 1913. All 59 diaries from members of the Carrington Family of Colebrook, Connecticut. The patriarch, Edward, Sr., wife Sarah Ann Terry Carrington, sons Edward C. Jr. (died in the Civil War) and Edwin T. and daughters Sarah and Kate. Edward Sr. died in 1878 and Sarah Ann Terry Carrington died in 1881. Both are buried in the Colebrook Center Cemetery in Colebrook, Connecticut. Sarah Ann Terry Carrington (mother) was the daughter of Eliphalet Terry of New York. The group breaks down as follows: Sarah Terry [matriarch, wife of Edwin]: 11 diaries: 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877. [typical diary entries]; Edward Carrington Snr [father of Edwin]: 8 diaries: 1857, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1874. [sporadic, point form entries for the most part, business like records of day to day business and some personal content.]; Edward Carrington Jnr: 4 diaries: 1855, 1855, 1857, 1860. [typical diary entries of an obviously young man.]; Katherine Carrington [a daughter]: 2 diaries: 1868, 1872. [typical diary entries.] Edwin Carrington [patriarch after Edward Snr]: 34 diaries: 1875, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913. [like the father sporadic at tmes, point form entries for the most part, business like records of day to day business interspersed with personal content.] ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND: Lieut. Edward Carrington, son, was killed in the Civil War in St. Marks, Florida in the Natural Bridge Conflict on March 6, 1865 but the family did not get the news until March 22, 1865. In 1871 the son Edwin was married to Charlotte (nicknamed Lottie), born April 9. 1847 and the couple moved to Scio, NY. Edwin then moved to Bay City, Michigan it appears, in 1875. His wife and son Winny, born in 1873 did not move with him to Michigan but rather stayed in Scio, NY. Edwin traveled extensively on business, by train and then in the later years by automobile and visited his family about every two months coupled with his business trips. Edwin was Secretary and Treasurer of the Bay City Building Company, Rifle Room Company and Ausable Lumber Company in Michigan. Edwin and Lottie's son, Winny, died at the age of two years and eights months on 2/15/1876 and father did not make it home in time. A daughter Sarah was born in 1876; a son Eddy was born in 1877 and a daughter Gracie in 1882. Some of the earlier years have diaries from more than one member of the family. Edwin's diaries of 1875 - 1913 are both diaries as well as his business day planners. All have notations at the back of expenses and costs. As a hobby he enjoyed duck hunting. In 1901 Edwin and Lottie became grandparents by Sarah. The diaries mention both the deaths of Lincoln and McKinley. Several diaries have newspaper articles tucked at the back. One is an article about Mrs. Abraham Lincoln. There are two articles about how the Edward Carrington Sr. family made their "fortune" in 1874. THIS IS A SENSATIONAL AND UNIQUE MULTI GENERATIONAL FAMILY HISTORY THAT WOULD BE THE PRIDE AND CENTERPIECE OF ANY SERIOUS DIARY COLLECTOR. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Manuscript.

Zustand: Good. On offer is a sensational archive of two [2] manuscript items historical on a number of levels: the first item is the personal travel diary handwritten by William Lines [Havrah] Hubbard, noted expert, lecturer and author on the world Opera. Very well filled, nearly every inch of space is densely covered with his small legible cursive handwriting. Hubbard was the music critic for the Chicago Tribune and author of a definitive 11 volume work on the history of opera which was published in 1908. [Accompanying Hubbard and his family was his companion Julia A. Read whose personal diary of this extended voyage we list separately.] The second item is a notebook that Hubbard used as a photo album with many detailed descriptions and entries adding tremendous depth to the album. These two items of Hubbard's personal history were created from February 1932 through January 1934. Historians and collectors of Opera and related artistic disciplines will find a treasure trove as Hubbard proves to be a superb diarist. The travel journal, 190pp, makes for fascinating reading given the scope of these diaries of almost two full years of travel and visits and experiencing the high, artistic life only one so prominent as Hubbard could access with the added luck of Hubbard having Albert Einstein for many weeks as his ship board neighbor. The reader learns that on March 2, 1932 Hubbard was aboard the M.S. San Francisco and in Los Angeles he found himself in the cabin next to Albert Einstein and his first wife Elsa who at the height of his career and world fame set off on a vacation to their German homeland. [Einstein often traveled by this means as it was very relaxing and it reminded him of his love for sailing.] The author notes his encounters with Albert and Elsa Einstein. "Monday Mar 12 was Prof. Einstein's birthday their table was decorated with 3 vases of Easter and Tiger lilies which the Capt had ordered from La Libertad, with a birthday card and many cards & letters. Mrs. came in first then the Prof, we gave hand clapping in welcome and they were like two happy children. Sunday April 3 Prof E reading Philosophies and enthusiastic over it. Had chat at table with Dr. about music etc. Tuesday April 5 Had stroll with Prof. E & discussions of economic conditions. Believes employment is the solution to the problem. Sunday 10 Watched Election returns until 11:30 Conrads sympathizes with Hitler" and much, much more. Further entries on a number of topics and Hubbard's personal observations his noting the opinions of his c0-travelers including the politics of the day, conditions in Depression era, pre-Nazi, early Hitler Germany and researchers and collectors of Einstein will appreciate that this was a critical junction in the great man's life. To quote one online source: "1932 - While at age 53, Einstein is at the height of his fame. However, he begins to feel the heat of Nazi Germany because he is identified as a Jew. This is part of the reasoned that Albert wrote the letter to President Roosevelt in 1939. He was concerned that Nazi Germany would have a sole power of destruction." Also: "He went so far as to authorize the establishment of the Einstein War Resisters' International Fund in order to bring massive public pressure to bear on the World Disarmament Conference, scheduled to meet in Geneva in February 1932. When these talks foundered, Einstein felt that his years of supporting world peace and human understanding had accomplished nothing. Bitterly disappointed, he visited Geneva to focus world attention on the "farce" of the disarmament conference. In a rare moment of fury, Einstein stated to a journalist." Hubbard's journal provides interesting insight into the personal side of the great Scientist as well as the conditions existing in Germany at that time. One online biography notes: William Lines Hubbard (1867-1951) worked off and on from 1891 to 1907 as music critic and editor of the Chicago Tribune -he was also dramatic editor (1902-7)-while.

Couverture rigide. Zustand: Très bon.

2 Vols. Octavo (21.6cm x 13.4cm). Quarter brown morocco with leather corners and green cloth boards. Slight fading on spine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Dupuy, G. (illustrator). First Edition. A full-spectrum presentation of medical science as it was in the early 1900s. Edited by Sir William Osler, often considered the father of modern medicine. Each volume contains approximately 900 pages and an index. Volumes I through III printed in 1907, volumes IV and V in 1908, volume VI in 1909 and volume VII in 1910. Numerous colour and black and white plates. Black and white diagrams. Full leather bindings. Two maroon labels with gilt lettering upon each backstrip. Each volume approximately 10" high by 7" wide by 2.75" thick. Of particular note are eight graphic full-page time-lapse photos illustrating the progressive ravages of smallpox upon a middle-aged man, and his appearance after recovery. All bindings stout and strong. Hairline opening along front hinge of volume I. Underlining on relatively few pages in light ink and pencil. Two volumes unmarked. Minimal marginalia on only a handful of pages. Minor evidence of moisture exposure to part of fore-edge of approximately fifty pages in volume VII. A quality example of this magnificent set. Very heavy. Special shipping considerations may apply.

Zustand: fine. 1st Edition. lii,518,(2);xii,542,(2) pp.pp. Octavo. 2 volumes. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. Top of text block a bit dust soiled. Original printed dust wrappers on each volume. Other than a bit of darkening on the spines the wrappers are in amazing condition for a set of books over a hundred years old. Volume 1 has 49 illustrations and 3 maps. Volume 2 has 22 illustrations and 4 maps. The text and illustrations are clean and crisp and in fine condition. Housed in a purpose built slipcase. Fine condition fine The Brooke-Hitching's copy with his initials. Spruce was one of the great Victorian English explorer/botanists and spent over 15 years exploring the Amazon basin. Many of his collections are at Kew Gardens in London. He was also was one of the first to cultivate bitter bark quinine and make it widely available for the treatment of malaria. An absolutely amazing copy with a great provenance.

Zustand: Good+. On offer is a superb, unique, original 1905 French midshipman's manuscript logbook handwritten by 24 year old Hippolyte Joseph Vial. While in many ways this French Frigate's log is a classic midshipman's journal filled with the technical data compiled for centuries by eager men who served aboard a ship of War but the depth and breadth of the well filled journal represents and throughout iterates the talent and 'old salt' nature of Vial who is on the verge of his Lieutenancy and a mere four years from his own command has for the naval life; the 142 page folio book contains 24 hand drawn maps in colored pencil done and further littered with drawing and illustrations with a super eye of a man that will serve his country for nearly 40 years at sea and one day win the Legion of Honour. EDITOR'S NOTE: In our years of handling many 100s of nautical logbooks this is the first time we have seen a French Naval manuscript book. BIO NOTES: One online source: Officiers/Hors EN - Hippolyte Joseph VIAL (1881 - 19.) Né le 3 janvier 1881 à CAGNES-sur-Mer - Décédé. Fils de Victor et de Claire ARBIN Marié le 7 octobre 1911 avec Marguerite PUVEREL. Entre dans la Marine en 1898. Promu Enseigne de vaisseau le 1er octobre 1906, Port Toulon. Au 1er janvier 1908, sur le transport "SHAMROCK", détaché au MAROC (Cdt Étienne RAFFIER-DUFOUR). Le 11 mars 1908, affecté au Service central de la Flottille de torpilleurs des mers de CHINE. Idem au 1er janvier 1909. Au 1er janvier 1911, port TOULON. Au 1er janvier 1912, sur le cuirassé "SUFFREN", 2ème Escadre (Cdt Maurice MERCIER de LOSTENDE). Au 1er janvier 1914, port TOULON. Lieutenant de vaisseau le 8 mai 1915. Au 1er janvier 1917, port TOULON. Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur. Au 1er janvier 1918, port TOULON. Au 1er janvier 1921, Commandant la canonnière "GRACIEUSE", Escadrille de dragage du 5ème arrondissement maritime à TOULON. Capitaine de corvette le 10 septembre 1922. Capitaine de frégate le 22 septembre 1927. Officier de la Légion d'Honneur. Le 23 septembre 1931, Commandant les compagnies de formation de marins indigènes à BIZERTE. Versé dans le cadre de réserve le 3 janvier 1935, port TOULON. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. French Manuscript.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 35 Volumes [of 36] bound in 29. folio. 35 illus. titles & 2526 plates (several in colour, a few double-page & assigned 2 plate numbers). the first 12 vols. bound in later half roan (rubbed, contents of Vols. VII-VIII loose, staining to lower front cover of Vols. XI-XII), the second 12 vols. bound in original half roan (rubbed, some extremities damaged/chipped, splits in some joints, Vol. VII of with staining to front cover, Vol. XI text & plates dampstained & cockled & rear cover dampstained, the last 11 vols. bound in original quarter roan (spines worn, some spines defective, some joints cracked, 4 covers detached). Bookplates of the Toronto architectural firm, Sproatt and Rolph. The plates show plans, elevations, mouldings, and other architectural details, brickwork, metalwork, sculpture, paintings, terra cotta, &c. for selected twelfth to eighteenth century buildings in Great Britain, the Continent, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Syria, Egypt, and Algeria. The editors of Series III were William G.B.Lewis, John Begg, William A.Pite, and Theodore Fyfe.

Zustand: Good+. On offer is an interesting and very comprehensive family archive of handwritten manuscript diaries, journals and ephemera relating to the Thomas family of Toughkenamon, Pennsylvania, Kenneth Square, Chester County Pa. In total there are 24 diaries and other documents from 1864 to 1928. Written by the lady folk mostly including Rachel C. Thomas, Rachelle Thomas there are also writings by Harry Thomas, Ray Henry Thomas. Very detailed look at the life and times of pioneer family through the incredible journey of the Civil War through the Flapper Era detailing the hard scrap life of working off the land, cold winters, farming, everyday life; gardening, playing Crokinole, skating and also having a store in that time period there are many references to economy and genealogy of the area. Many trips to Philadelphia, Pa. The years represented are 1864, 1865, 1887, 1896, 1899, (2)1900, 1901, 1902, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, (2) 1910, (2) 1911, (2) 1912, 1913, 1921, 1922 and 1928. Many, many local residents are identified; Clem Tingley, Daniel Mendenhall, George Paschall, C. F. Pratt, John Pratt, Dr. G. L. Barken, Helen McGregor, A.E. Churchman, Mrs. Thomas Gilbert, Isaac and Amy Larkin, Dr. Tait, T.L. Hogue, James, Chambers, Forsythe's, Paschall Bros., Elizabeth Haines, G.E. Smedley, Fred and Emily Schwarz, Ellie and Florence Yerkes, Willie Cooper, Howard Pratt, Lizzie Wollaston, Timothy Sheehan whose house and barn burned, Laura Thompson and many dozens and dozens more. Truly an historical treasure trove for Chester County Pennsylvania history. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Autograph.

Zustand: Fair. On offer is a wonderful description of an American girl visiting Tsarist Russia in the years before the revolution. Measuring 8.25 inches by 6.25 inches, this journal has 35 pages and is 100% complete. The front and back covers are missing and the spine has been broken. All of the pages are intact. The handwriting is quite legible. The author of this travel journal is Olive Whipple Peabody, the adopted daughter of Philip G. Peabody. The journal describes the trip she took with her adopted father in 1908. Philip G Peabody was a noted American financier and philanthropist who lived in Boston in the early years of the 20th century. He was the son of a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and was himself an attorney by profession. He also was involved with several social campaigns of his day. In particular, he was active in the anti-vivisectionist movement and a supporter of a major project of the nascent NAACP. Peabody had adopted Olive in 1904 when she was 18 years old. Their friendship was somewhat unusual. They had met on a local train when she was 14. He was an avid world traveller and in his lifetime, he crossed the Atlantic an astounding 113 times and visited 43 different countries. He told her stories of his adventures and a friendship ensued. Over the years, he gave her gifts and money, took her places, and showed her the world he lived in. Olive later married James Beardwood, had a son named Jamie in 1930 and passed away in 1969 at the age of 83. This amazingly detailed diary is exceptional with its fascinating details of all that she saw and did in St. Petersburg and Moscow. The journal opens with them in Sweden: "Dad and I returned from Kristiania this morning. Our train left Kristiania at 6 o'clock last night and we rode without any change of cars until 7:50 this morning when we entered the large Central Station of Stockholm ." [May 17] They spent several days visiting historical sites in Stockholm before sailing for Finland and Russia. They arrived in St. Petersburg on May 21st. "All the Russian churches and many of the people have a sort of unclean odor. Found St. Isaac's Cathedral more impressive than the Kazan Cathedral. This Cathedral stands in the Nevsky Prospekt - the long main street of St. Petersburg. It has an arched colonnade of 136 pillars in imitation of St. Peter's at Rome". [May 22] ; A guide took us about St. Isaac's Cathedral and showed us the valuable stones set in the gold icons, until we really believed that the wealth of Russia is in the Cathedrals. I visited twice The Memorial Church, built on the exact spot where Alexander II was murdered. The stones in the pavement are left just as they were The Cathedral of Peter & Paul is an oblong building, 210 feet in length and 98 in breadth. All the sovereigns of Russia since the foundation of St. Petersburg lie buried in the Cathedral, except Peter II. The bodies are deposited under the floor of the church and the marble tombs above marking the sites of the graves." [May 22]; "We asked admissions to the Winter Palace and we were sent on, from one man in charge to another, then another & so on till at least we were shown into a little room where we sat down on benches and waited. We did not know how long we would have to wait before someone came. No one spoke English or French. We decided to go on to another Cathedral for we had only the afternoon before we left for Moscow. We went to the bazaars but really most of them were closed for some sort of a holiday. Lots of things were very expensive. Dry goods priced in the windows of the shops were terribly high. A very large good natured cat sat in the door way of every shop. Candy and fruit were very expensive. Car fares cheap - hotels poor & expensive - cab fares moderate." [May 23]; "Passports are compulsory in Russia. Anywhere & everywhere you go a passport is demanded. At every Russian hotel it is taken by the manager, then given to the police official of the hotel. The next day it is return. Manuscript.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Shaw, George Bernard. MISALLIANCE. The Dark Lady Of The Sonnets And Fanny's First Play. With a Treatise on Parents and Children. Inscribed. London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1914. "It is more dangerous to be a great prophet or poet than to promote twenty companies for swindling simple folk out of their savings". First Edition. Small 8vo. 234 pp. + 2 pp. of ads. A near fine or better copy in light moss green cloth, gilt titles to the spine, t.e.g., in a bright, near fine slightly spine darkened example of the rather uncommon dustwrapper. A significant presentation copy inscribed in black fountain pen on the half-title: "To Robert Loraine, who created Hotchkiss (among / other good turns), from Bernard Shaw. / 17th May 1914". Loraine [1876-1935] was a man of action: actor-manager, soldier, aviator, Fabian & of course, a close friend to Shaw - perhaps best known as an actor he's seen most commonly on holiday with the Shaws & Harley Granville-Barker or at Fabian events. Loraine & Shaw shared political affiliations & a passion for theatre: it was Loraine who premiered as the lead in Man & Superman on Broadway, the production was massively successful & launched Shaw as a force to be reckoned with in the United States. "The whole strength of England lies in the fact that the enormous majority of the English people are snobs". - Hotchkiss in GETTING MARRIED first performed in 1908 & published in THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA, 1911. Excellent example. Custom TBCL embossed cloth slipcase in fine condition.

Zustand: Good+. On offer is a superb, original ship-board journal kept by a British Royal Navy sailor in the late 19th Century. It is a handwritten volume, about 180 completely filled pages. The unidentified author is left England on board HMS Thalia, a Royal Navy warship. While the author of this journal is unknown from context, it is clear that he is not an officer. He works on the ships electrical systems. He notes at one point that his last visit to Malta had been seventeen years earlier. This would suggest that he may be a Petty Officer. Petty officers were seamen who had been "rated" to fill a particular specialist trade on board ship. He writes about daily tasks, notes the ship's position and the daily happenings on board. Working in Commanders cabin placing an extra electric light complete it during the afternoon and during the process a fire broke out on the mess deck in one of the circuits owing to a quantity of water getting into the wires, the fire bell rung but the flames were soon put out. . We have heard the sad intelligence tonight that HMS Wasp is lost with all hands in Chinese waters. We sincerely hope the news is not correct. [Oct 14, 1887] (HMS Wasp departed Singapore on Sept 10th, 1887 and was never heard from again. She was lost with all hands.) In Gibraltar, they were tied up for a number of days. On Oct 17th, he notes that Thalia sailed for England. He does not mention the ship he is transferred to but an entry much later identifies her as HMS Edinburgh, an iron-clad battleship. He describes daily tasks, a trip on shore to visit the fortress, the comings and goings of other RN ships and some critical observations of foreign ships that came in: An Italian man of war came alongside this forenoon and is coaling. . As she passed, she looked very dirty . [Nov 4, 1887] They sailed from Gibraltar to Malta, arriving Dec 2nd: Malta was in sight early this morning and at 4 o'clock the Watch was busy getting the upper portions of the ship in apple pie order and at 6 o'clock all hands were turned out and breakfast was had by 6:45 when all hands had to clean in a White working rig and then had to go to stations for going into harbour. . [Dec 2, 1887] We were off the Rock of Gibraltar early this morning and we steamed in to with a mile of the back of it and I went torpedo (Whitehead*) practice. We have got ten runs when we sighted the Fleet and we had to stop and then steamed to meet them. We got into position about one o'clock and together we steamed into harbour, the Flag ship going alongside the New Mole and the other 5 ships Colossus, Thunderer, Phaeton and us (Edinburgh) anchoring in the bay . May 23, 1888] The Whitehead torpedo was the first self-propelled or "locomotive" torpedo ever developed. EDITOR'S NOTES: Three ships in the Royal Navy have carried the name Thalia. The third of these was a Juno-class wooden screw corvette. The second in this 2-ship class, she was designed to carry troops. HMS Thalia was the last ship to be built at Woolwich Royal Dockyard. She was laid down in 1866 and launched 14th July 1869 and completed for the Royal Navy in May 1870. Following this cruise, in 1890 she was loaned to the War Department as a powder hulk, stationed at Portsmouth. In 1915, she was converted to a base ship. In 1920, she was sold to a Scottish foundry for breaking up. HMS Edinburgh was commissioned at Portsmouth in July 1887 for the 1887 Golden Jubilee Fleet Review, and was then posted to the Mediterranean, where she was commanded by Commander (later Admiral Sir) Percy Scott until 1890. Her posting to the Mediterranean ended in 1894. She was then briefly guardship at Hull, and was then guardship at Queensferry until 1897, when she went into reserve. In 1908 she was converted for use as a target ship and finally, in 1910, she went to the breakers. This journal is a goldmine for a naval historian. It is jam packed with details of ship-board tasks and the comings and goings of ships of the largest fleet in the world at that tim. Manuscript.

Zustand: Good+. On offer is an interesting, very detailed archive of 18 original manuscript diaries handwritten by Cincinnati Ohio Reverend Charles G. Reade a man who is consumed by his visits with the poor, the grieving, the orphaned and needy. Educated, prolific and meticulous he rarely misses a day right up until the end of his life. [The 18 volumes are dated between 1908 and 1940, with 1915-1918 conspicuously absent and perhaps due to chaplain service in the military.] Very detailed, there are accounts of visits to the homes of those who've died from influenza and scarlet fever, every visit records names and addresses and every restaurant visited. There are also travels recorded including Toronto and Detroit. The Reverend also records weather for every day but most importantly we learn of this pious, dedicated man's every good deed, every sermon and collector's and historians of the Cincinnati area is a detailed picture of Depression era and pre-World War II Ohio. It is apparent, right from the early years, that this man is unbelievably tireless in his devotion to the church and community. After the first years, there is scarcely a day that passes in which he does not record going out into the community to lead sermons and teachings, attend or preside at funerals, marriages, births and baptisms. When he writes "in office," or "at desk," one almost gets the feeling that there's a lot of guilt in it. Here are some snippets: January 31, 1910: "Read Morning Prayer at 9. Taught 4th & 5th grades. Gave help to __ __. He has a job. Unpacked 100p. books & 100 hymnals belonging to city Mission Society. After lunch had funeral of Mrs Clara Hall at Central & 7th & Wesleyan Cemetery. She was probably murdered. Called on Kountz a patient from City Hospital at 3563 Colerain Ave. Paralyzed. Has wife &2 children." Excerpt from Tuesday, October 22, 1929: "President Hoover's visit to city. At desk in a.m. Wrote several letters. had burial services for Augeust Miller aged 53, died Sunday oct 20. Had been in Longview Hospital a long time." Finally on December 23, 1940, Reverend Reade wrote his last entry: "Went to Dr Stewart Hagan's in taxi with Mrs Schreiber. Mr Henry G Mather took me -- taxi $15. Mr & Mrs Gentry & Robert called on us. They are going to Atlanta Ga. Gave $1 to colored clergyman. Talked to Lewis at Marietta, O." Then on December 24, 1940, Christmas Eve, there is a single entry, noting Eternal Rest, and signed by his son Lewis Reade. Each book is a standard dated yearbook, and were in different formats by years; the smallest format is about 3.5 by 6 inches, and the largest is about 4.25 by 7 inches. Overall G+. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES: One learns from one annual: "Rev. Chas. G. Reade," he was born September 18, 1865, and he "took charge" of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Cincinnati in 1921. His family originated from the UK, he was married to a woman named Nora who returned to England in her last years, and had at least two younger brothers who were also reverends in England. He lived to the ripe old age of 75, and kept his journals faithfully right up to the day he passed away. [EDITOR'S NOTE: We have an earlier group of four diaries of Reade's time in Dayton listed seperately Seller Id# 0001304.] Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Zustand: Good. On offer is a super, original diary and manuscript relic of a Mississippi man named Volney Fowler, consisting of entries for the years 1908, 1909, and 1916. Fowler seems to be an Surveyor working with a small company in Natchez, Mississippi offering researchers and historians an interesting perspective of life in the Deep South. Throughout the diary, and throughout all years of writing, Fowler writes of receiving calls from many different people in town to survey various plots of land, as well as reports from his boss Forest and a coworker (and brother) "Orrick" For example: "April 6, 1909. While at breakfast at Osceola a phone message came from Foresh for me to return home immediately to survey ____ place for Farrar. So when cars came at Lake Bruen, I returned home.I did not wish to leave Osceola on Tuesday and would not have come away if Farrar had not got Mr. Ratcliffe to phone me to come to survey." In between reports of his work in Natchez, Fowler writes of day-to-day occurrences and activities such as watching movies (he is especially moved by "Birth of a Nation" by D.W. Griffith), vacationing in Osceola, Arkansas. As well, Fowler is very interested in astrology, and the diary is filled with many instances of astrological movements in the sky: "Jupiter enters Leo. Mars enters Leo."; "Venus enters Gemini"; "Venus conj. with moon in Cancer." In addition the verso and recto of the cover are filled with Fowler s writing on the stars and astrological movements in the year 1908. "Precession of equinoxes has caused vernal equinox to leave Aries and become Pisces."; "Mars enters Leo 13 Sept."; "Mercury in Taurus * Aug. 20th in Cancer."; At the end of 1909, Fowler writes of the long sickness and death of wife: "Dr. Chamberlain is treating my wife for Angina Pectoris - which is inflammation of the chest.wife rested Tolerably last night. We think she is a trifle better at Sunrise.Dr. Beekman called 8 1/2 clock A.M. About 9 1/2 clock AM it began to appear that end was a matter of short time. Mrs. Baker came and was helpful and so Mr.s. Stamply. About 12 1/2 Clock Winnie began to show that she knew she was losing her best friend - Ida and children arrived after dark.Mamma [his wife] died at Eleven clock this night.My wife s funeral took place this evening at 4 clock. Our boys brought a lot yesterday in city cemetery." His entries for the year 1909 end after the death of his wife. The book is about 390 pages of which there is writing in 370 or so. The cover is in fair shape. The front cover is almost wholly detached. The spine and front cover show discoloration, tears, and signs of wear and age. The pages and writing are still in good shape. Fowler s handwriting is easy to read, even when slightly faded or written in pencil. There are only a few entries in 1916, at the very beginning of the diary. They stop after the middle of the month in January. The entries for 1909 end after the death of Fowler s wife, while the entries for 1908 continue throughout the year. This diary is a very interesting look into the life of a deep south surveyor living through the ups and downs of life. Excerpts of text: "January 21, 1908. I surveyed 2 lots for Jeter and dix for Hall-Fletcher women - all on Holden Lane - Gus Peale drove one home after dark."; "August 14, 1908. Race riot in Springfield, Ill."; "December 30, 1908. Mississippi whiskey dealing stops to-night. Orrick setn map and wrote Mrs. Austin Smith. Orrick says Sleihenrock ____ him to share his office with him - but O has too good an office in ___ to quit it. Sleihenrock thinks Orrick be reelected City Engineer next Monday"; "January 30 1909. Harry Marks (trustee) ____ in default of payment by J.C. Jenkins.Spent 5 days this week surveying for Miss Johnston near Church Hill. He reported to her this morn. He found field notes in Fayette which old C. W. Babbitt failed to find. He surveyed to ____ out land he been claiming. Bt. dime tobacco Mon morn. Lasted this eve. One week less two a day."; Manuscript.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. On offer is an exceptional archive of art circa 1904-1905, by Charles Reginald (C. R. ) Enock (BIO NOTES below listing). Enock lived and traveled in Peru for four years and wrote extensively on the country, analyzing it from many social and scientific perspectives. He wrote and published two full- length books focused solely on Peru: The Andes and the Amazon: Life and Travel in Peru (1907) and Peru: Its Former and Present Civilisation History and Existing Conditions Geography and Natural Resources Commerce and General Development (1908). He also incorporated his vast knowledge and learned opinions on Peru in later books that focused more broadly on the Pacific coast region. In 1909, Enock published: The Great Pacific Coast, Twelve Thousand Miles in the Golden West: Being an Account of Life and Travel in the Western States of North and South America, from California. British Columbia, and Alaska: to Mexico, Panama, Peru and Chile; and a Study of Their Physical and Political Conditions. In 1912 Enock published The Secret of the Pacific; a Discussion of the Origin of the Early Civilisations of America, the Toltecs, Aztecs, Mayas, Incas, and Their Predecessors; and of the Possibilities of Asiatic Influence ThereonIn 1913 Enock published The Republics of Central And South America, Their Resources, Industries, Sociology And Future. Enock put a similar critical social science lens to his work on Peru as he did to England, the United States, and every other country he studied. An example of his analysis of Peru comes from a news article on Enock s time there. The Time (March 27, 1913) , reported that Enock observed, "evidence of Indians having been ill-treated in order to make them work". Enock s recommendation was that a government-funded "national institution should be established" with the goal of "developing the tropical regions within and without the British Empire.[with] the power to exercise a censorship of prospectuses proposed to be issued by companies which would exploit native labour.". He argued that this would protect both British investors, native labourers and the environment. Enock s grand ideas for social reform can be traced throughout his body of work. This particular offering is a collection of 12 quite stunning pieces of art reflecting locations visited by Enock in Peru and drawn by Enock. Some were drawn on the spot during his travels and some were copied by Enock from photographs. The collection also includes three photographs (two with handwritten annotations by Enock) , and a map published by the Royal Geographical Society, showing the route Enock traveled through Peru. The hand-drawn and painted images were intended for publication in Enock s books about Peru, and many of them were published (details below). For example, one ink-drawn image included in the collection is titled "Fig. V, Huanuco Viejo". On the verso, Enock notes: " Huanuco Viejo - one of the doorways to the Palace" he has noted the intention for the image to appear on "P230" in "Andes". There is a printed version of this same image included that indicates "182". The image does, in fact, appear on p. 182 of Enock s books, The Andes & The Amazon and The Secret of the Pacific. Two larger pieces of Enock s art have more extensive manuscript notes on the verso in Enock s hand, such as his notes on a painting of the ruined Inca palace and the town of Huanuco Viejo: "Ruined Inca Palace and Town of Huanuco Viejo in the Andes of Peru above the River Maranon 11,880 ft above sea level sketched on the spot by C. R. Enock F. R. G. S.It is to be [recorded? ] that there was a pre-Inca culture in Peru which has left [? ] others the astonishing ruins of Tiahuanacco not far from Titicaca. Perhaps contemporaneous with Babylonia, and a world mystery of origin". Another hand drawn and painted image with significant manuscript notes on the back.REQUEST FULL LISTING FROM SELLER D/T WORD LIMITS ON ABEBOOKS. Signed by Author(s).

Zustand: Very Good. On offer is a remarkable archive of thirteen [13] manuscript diaries handwritten by railroad executive George B. Ahn of Elmira New York and later Williamsport Pennsylvania. Collectors and historians of Pennsylvania and New York State railroad Americana will find a treasure trove of details in these diaries spanning forty-one years between 1908 - 1949 [1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1918, 1920, 1924, 1925, 1926 and 1949]. The reader will see a man and his family mature before one's eyes. Most of the diaries are 80-90% full with about 4 years half full but overall George does a fantastic job relating the events of his life in specific detail [except for his own age! We know from the first diary in 1908 his wife is 30 years old and then we learn they were married in 1902. It would appear since there is one child born well prior to the wedding Helen could be his second wife the first having died or been a divorce within the last ten months. Local historians and researchers will undoubtedly discover the prior events with some small effort.] The books are small format diaries but George writes in tiny perfectly legible script typical of an engineer. His life breaks down into four areas: family, Church, politics and the Railroad. We believe P. and E. Railroad is his specific employer but he travels so many numbered trains and lines on a daily basis it is hard to be certain. Living in Elmira he often takes daily trips to Baltimore, Buffalo, Harrisburg, Williamsport +++ and as in the case of emergencies he would go to the far reaches of Pennsylvania as he did when the Austin Dam burst. The family is large and growing: wife [Helen] nee McClosky [b. Jan.28.1878, married in Dec. 27th 1902], her sick mother, their five kids Harold Daniel [b. Feb. 3rd 1902], Georgie, Bertha [b. Oct. 25 1897] and baby Helen Elizabeth [b. Nov.22 1907], Eloise [b. Jan. 30 1913]. Executive level meetings, the Austin Dam disaster clean up, Charlie Snyder crushed under train wheels, passenger train inspections, heads investigations into loss and damage claims, worked on instructions for New Car Distribution Blanks and revised Loading Instructions, other investigations and committees are all matters for George's attention. Then there is the Church. If George is not working or dealing with family matters he is attending Church Revival Services, going to meetings for different missions, appealing to 'seekers', going to lectures etc. [In the 1949 diary we learn that George preaches almost exclusively most certainly long retired as he must be in his seventies by then.] Lastly there is politics which George has a keen interest: he notes on a mayoralty race: "Wolfe being elected by landslide of Republican votes. Unfortunately he was backed by the base element Wolfe is a stock broker - gambler." George also gives a tremendous amount of family and area history and genealogical information noting births, deaths and other local events. Online research provided this following interesting note that validates the claim further research is required to flesh out the missing years of this interesting gentleman and his family. ONLINE REFERENCE: "D. F. Ahn and wife, of Williamsport, spent Monday evening with Mrs. Sallie Roath, in this place. Mrs. Ahn was formerly Miss Jane Billow, of this place. She with her husband formerly resided in Sunbury, but have moved to the above city to take charge of the orphaned children of their son, Geo. B. Ahn, who has been promoted to the General Superintendent's office of the P. & E. Railroad." Overall VG. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Manuscript.

Zustand: Good. On offer is an outstanding collection of minute books, records and ledger of a significant Women's Club that has been in continuous operation for well over 100 years. In 1900, Minnie Dana founded a club for women with a mission "To promote interest of the members in Literature, Science, Art and other timely topics of vital importance; to further social relations among its members; and to contribute to the welfare of the community", Thus began the Thursday Club, a club that operates to this day, well over a century later. The meetings focused on an eclectic range of subjects and members were expected to speak on a wide variety of topics. These topics included biographies, the suffrage movement, the effects of industrialization, a trip to Hawaii, Shakespeare, History, taking care of the feeble minded, etc. It is clearly evident that these were well-educated women who were engaged in the world around them. Each journal follows a consistent format with the exception of the last one - it is a Treasurer's Report and ledger book. The first journal covers a time period of 1906 to 1913. It contains a copy of their constitution and, most importantly, a listing of members. Each meeting followed a standard format: minutes of the previous meeting were read, new business discussed and then the program for the afternoon. The report of the Dec 6th, 1906 meeting included the topics addressed: 'Topics for the first part were "The Young Nation from 1787 -1815" and "Statesmen of the 18th Century" led by Mrs. Pomeroy who read a paper on the trials, discouragements and victories of this. Mrs. Herbert Dickinson gave a sketch of the period life of Alexander Hamilton, the youngest statesman of that period and Mrs. Pomeroy a short sketch of Benjamin Franklin, the oldest statesman. The 2nd part of the program American Inventors and Inventions was in the charge of Miss Armstrong. [Dec 6, 1906] This was standard fare for these ladies as the following excerpts will show: Mrs. Gleason and Mrs. Hammond had charge of the program for the afternoon, the subject being Later-day Crusades and Crusaders. Mrs. Gleason taking the life and works of Jacob Riis and Judge Ben B. Lindsey and Mrs. Hammond Booker T. Washington and Theodore Roosevelt. . [Jan 16, 1908] The program in charge of Mrs. Wales consisted of the reading of the first three acts of Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar". The readers of the play were as follows . (a number of ladies' names are then listed) [Nov 18, 1909] The program for the afternoon Famous Canadians of the Twentieth Century in charge of Mrs Mary Pomeroy and Mrs. Albert Wales was then taken up. Mrs. Pomeroy . read an interesting paper on Sir Wilfred Laurier, Gov Gen'l Connaught, Dr. William [ ] Miss Kathleen Parlow, musician of note. . [Jan 4, 1912] The second journal continues the record of meetings held in 1906, picking up in December of that year. The Mar 7th, 1907 meeting tackled head on the uncomfortable topic of slavery. The notes record the discussion: . For 1/4 of a century before the War, there was a controversy between North and South over the extension of slavery. The South feared the North would soon have large representation in Congress and abolish slavery . [Mar 7, 1907] The third journal covers 1915 and 1916 The program for the afternoon "Needle and Tongue" in charge of Mrs. Davie was then taken up. Mrs. Howlett played two selections on the Victrola. Mrs. Davie then introduced Miss. Ruth Henry of Amherst as speaker for the afternoon. While the ladies were engaged in various kinds of needlework, they listened to a very interesting talk by Miss Henry on her life in Hawaii. . [Dec 2, 1915] The fourth journal also records meetings in 1915 and 1916 while the fifth journal covers a 6 year period from 1922 until 1928. The latter contains minutes of a number of annual meetings. These meeting offer many details about various members, their roles and contributions and their finances. Club membership numbers indicate a healthy and thriv. Manuscript.

Zustand: Very Good. On offer is a super, significant photograph album detailing an important 1929 through 1930 'Oriental Study Expedition' requested and underwritten by the well known Durfee Foundation, wherein ten Pomona College students traveled on a one-year expedition to China. Some later pictures show them in Mongolia in 1931 and Bulgaria in 1934. The book was kept and we assume compiled by Oliver H. Haskell (b.1908) who later served as director of the China Aid Council of the American League for Peace and Democracy and traveled through the Soviet Union. He reflected on relations between China and Russia and the impact of the 1930 expedition on his adult life. There are approximately 112 snapshot photographs contained in old disbound album. The photos are for the most part good but it must be noted that the album proper is a wreck. Casual research finds that in a series of interviews in 1989 Mr. Haskell discussed his family background and early life, his initial career objectives and political views, his relationship with Avery and Tsui, his involvement in the Expedition despite his own initial rejection of the idea. He discussed his prior knowledge of China and Japan, his first impressions, and he relates the social activities of the group, the attitudes of the Chinese students and famine relief work. Other interviews record the recollections of these men as to: planning the expedition; the year of travel in China; and their reflections on the impact the trip had on their lives. The interviews are part of an Oriental Study Expedition Archive housed in Special Collections of the Honnold Library at Claremont Graduate University. Pomona College is a private, residential, liberal arts college in Claremont, California. The founding member of the Claremont Colleges, Pomona is a non-sectarian, coeducational school. Since 1925, the Claremont Colleges, which have grown to include five undergraduate and two graduate institutions, have provided Pomona's student body with the resources of a larger university while preserving the closeness of a small college. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Manuscript.

Zustand: Very Good. On offer is a fascinating book, both for the contents within and for the person who created and owned it. The book in question is an 1899 notebook from a Royal Navy course teaching Pilotage, which is another term for navigating using fixed points of reference on the sea to obtain the fixed position of the vessel with respect to a desired course or location. Such knowledge included General Navigation ("general knowledge of the duties of the navigating officer's"), "Practical use and management of barometer, chronometer, surrounding machines and other navigational instruments," "Practical use of clocks, including determining position and plotting position by bearings and angles," and more including general knowledge of lights, signals, tides, systems of buoys, wind and storms, compasses, etc. What makes this book especially interesting is that it was created by a noted and lifelong Royal Navy soldier and officer by the name of L.E.H. Llewellyn. Llewellyn entered the Royal Navy in 1893, at the age of 14, as a midshipman. This book was written when Llewelyn was 20, shortly before he was specially promoted to Lieutenant, for meritorious examinations. His front-line career was cut short in 1908 in a gunnery accident, but he continued with the Royal Navy, joining the Admiralty and spending almost the rest of his life in various positions there. First as Inspector of Steel, then in 1919 as Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance, and finally, in 1940 as one of Britain s foremost explosive experts, becoming the Director of the "Department of Unexploded Bomb Disposal," created specifically for the aftermath of the Blitz in England. The book also contains a number of drawings and diagrams by Llewellyn, including a diagramed Barometer, various drawings of curves and angles, depictions of tides as related to earth and the moon, a couple buoys, and more. The drawings are amateur but well done. The pilotage course was most probably done on the H.M.S. Otter. The ship's name is written under Llewellyn s name on the front and back of the book, and on the front title page, the word s "H.M.S. ship Otter on passage to China," are written as well. The book is approximately 200 pages long, in which all but 20 or so are full of writing. The binding is half-leather. The covers and spine show some wear, especially at the edges and the spine is cracked and a good bit of the binding under the spine is showing. The pages within are in good shape, showing some age-toning throughout, but nothing that affects the content of the handwriting. The handwriting throughout is easy to read and legible, in dark blank ink. OVERALL: VG. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Manuscript.

Zustand: Good+. On offer is a sensational early 20th Century manuscript travel diary, notebook and scrapbook compiled and handwritten by Ian Campbell Hannah (16 December 1874 - 7 July 1944) a British academic, writer and Conservative Party politician and author of such books as Christian Monasticism, Eastern Asia a History, The Heart of East Anglia, The Story of Scotland in Stone, The Sussex Coast, The Berwick and Lothian Coasts. The 250 or so page diary covers the period of 1908 through 1920 and quite heavily leans to an architectural study with super descriptions of the places he visited during his travels. Adding so much more depth are letters, postcards clippings and cut outs of the various places he visited making for a very over stuffed book. The book has 200 pages or so on New York, Cleveland and Pennsylvania and about 64 pages cover Scotland. Interestingly tucked in is a letter from Somers Clark, a noted English Egyptologist communicating about one of his writings. There is also a pen and ink drawing and some colored postcards in the book he used as illustrations. BIO NOTES: Hannah was president of University of King's College in Windsor, Nova Scotia. Married the American artist Edith Brand - he was elected a Member of Parliament at the 1935 election and held that seat until he died in 1944. Overall G+. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Manuscript.

Zustand: Good+. On offer are a super group of eight [8] original early 20th Century manuscript diaries handwritten by the young Marjorie Mabie who was born in 1895 and grew up in Roswell New Mexico in the early part of the century. Her family is well noted in local Roswell history having moved from Independence Iowa and once settled in Roswell they owned a number of well-known businesses. Marjorie's father at various times had a number of responsible public positions within the local community. Miss Mabie was an enthusiastic writer, the notebook style diaries are well filled [save for one about 1/3rd full], dated 1908 through 1913. Six of the diaries are all about her life in Roswell but one smallish diary is specific to a 1929 trip to California. Marjorie does a super job detailing her life and times in pre War New Mexico. Life as a student in a small town for this typical 'all American girl' is filled with school friends, activities, family and Church. Rivalries in sports between the High School and the Institute, travelling about with her gaggle of girlfriends and the simple pleasures from baseball to going to the dressmaker are detailed. Here are some snippets: "Wednesday the 25th. Ironed in the morning. The tailor shop had an explosion. Luther was burned to death. Talked to Florence and Jamie on the phone in the afternoon. Went to the library in town. Got a letter. July 1 Lilia came by before nine in the buggy and I went up to office with her. Then went and took my painting lesson. Frank was up at noon. Finished my dress in the afternoon and Mila came down and covered my buttons for me it sure looks dandy the skirt is pink and the coat is pink and white striped voile with pink cuffs and collar. Friday the 10th. Had a test in sewing. Had assembly at 11:30 and practiced yells. Bill and I went to town and got my megaphone. We went to the high school and met Lilia, and Holly we went to the football game. It was a good game, in the score was 0-0. The Institute always beat us before and we are going up. Bill Lomax broke his collarbone but no high school boys were hurt. We went to get them some candy at Nolans. We walked up north away until Milo came along in their car and took us all up there and us girls back after." Overall G+. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Manuscript.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Limited Edition. Folio (12 3/4 x 9 1/2"). 6 p.l., 151, [3] pp. With double sided bifold of additions and corrections laid in at rear. Mid green crushed morocco by Leighton-Straker (stamp-signed on rear turn-in), covers exuberantly gilt à la fanfare, the design inspired by the 16th century bindings described in the book, smooth spine ruled in gilt, with gilt titling and small floral ornaments, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Spine evenly sunned to green/brown as common in this edition. Housed in original slipcase, with complete suite of extra plates in its original envelope. With numerous figures in the text, 37 plates (29 black & white, three of these folding; eight in color), all with tissue guards. No. 28 of 30 printed on Batchelor paper, SIGNED by the author, from a total edition of 215 copies. Glaister describes the main feature of the fanfare style as interlacing ribbons that form "compartments of various shapes, with emphasis given to a central compartment. This interlacing ribbon is bounded by a double line on one side and a single one on the other." Ornaments made with small hand tools "fill all the compartments except the central one and almost completely cover the sides." Geoffrey Dudley Hobson (1882-1949) earned a first-class degree from Oxford University, but severe hearing loss kept him from pursuing his intended profession within law. In 1908 Hobson, along with a group of other individuals, jointly purchased the Sotheby's auction house, where he made great contributions to the business administration and scholarly research of that firm. According to DNB, the respect that Hobson had earned as a longtime bibliophile "made Sotheby's the centre of the world's rare book business, and the scholarly standards he attempted to impose across all areas of the business improved the standing of the firm significantly." The present work contains what Bernard Breslauer called "one of Hobson's most ingenious investigations" into the fanfare style of 16th century French bookbindings and the binders who created them. Very good. Item #455. Signed by Author(s).

Zustand: Very Good +. On offer is an fascinating diary, chronicling in fantastic detail and comprehensiveness, the entire life of a Mrs. Carrie Cecilia Cole Frye. The diary was begun in 1908, but it begins all the way back from her birth in 1864. She details her childhood, family life, parents, brothers and sisters, notable births, deaths, marriages, her marriage to Robert John Frye, the first time she was able to vote for President, her family being quarantined for a Smallpox outbreak, and so much more, all the way up to 1939. This is a tremendously unique document, covering a person s entire life in unprecedented detail. From reading this diary, it is easy to see that Mrs. Cole had an exceptional and truly fulfilled life. Born on February 18, 1864, in Portage City, Wisconsin, to a family with ten other children, she writes about moving around the state often. A child of strict parents, she began working at 10 years old for her room, board, and education. In 1882 she met Robert John Fry, a 34-year-old Civil War veteran, whom she would later marry on July 2, 1884. She and Robert Fry had five children (one passed away in her infancy) and homesteaded on a 40-acre ranch just north of Lakewood, Wisconsin. She talks about numerous positions she held as housekeeper, caregiver, and cook, always returning, however, to the homestead in the spring and summer. In 1909, Robert Fry became quite ill and moved into the Wisconsin Veteran's home. Shortly after her husband moved in, Mrs. Cole followed, first rooming in Marston Hall. At this point she became the primary bread winner for the family and began working as a telephone operator for the Veteran's home, making $15.00 per month. She quickly ascended the ranks and earned the title of Chief Telephone Operator, along with a pay increase to $25.00 per month. On March 11, 1914, her husband and true love, Robert John Fry, passed away from "prolonged paralysis of the limbs and a heart seizure." She ended up selling the family farm, netting $800.00, and on September 1, 1914, left her post as Chief Telephone Operator, and began working for the post office as Assistant Postmistress for $20.00 per hour. Again, she ascended through the ranks through sheer hard work and determination, ultimately achieving position as the Head Postmistress. Interestingly, she also tells of the first time she was able to vote, in the first election after Women's Suffrage (the 19th Amendment) had been passed into law. She notes on September 22, 1923, that she received a telegram from Washington D.C., saying that she will be receiving pension pay as soon as she submits the appropriate paperwork as the President had signed the Omnibus Bill into law. She sees the beginning of World War I with one of her sons volunteering to serve. She celebrates his safe return and the first Armistice Day Celebration on November 11, 1921. She also sees the Great Depression and the start of World War II. By the last few years of the book, she is a fairly old woman and her diary notes mostly weather, visits from friends and family, births and deaths. A life this fully detailed and chronicled is so very rarely found to be read and appreciated. This is an exceptionally interesting document of a life lived, through so much love, happiness, tragedy, and war, spanning 74 years of life. Though the text ends in 1939, Carrie C. Frye would live a few more year, until 1946. The diary is 98 pages long and each page is almost completely filled with writing, sometimes from the very top to the very bottom. On only two pages is there an instance of the whole page not being devoted to writing. On these two pages, Carrie has pasted cloth on the page that reads, "To The One I Love" and writes around it. The book is in very good condition. The front and back cover and spine are in good shape. It is a half-leather binding. The pages within are in good condition as well, exhibiting very little wear, rips, tears or discoloration. For the most part, the journal is easy to read, with Ca. Manuscript.

Zustand: Very Good. On offer is a historically significant diary from the main founder of the British League of Unitarian and Other Liberal Christian Women (commonly known as the British Unitarian Women s League), Helen Brooke Herford. In addition to founding the organization, Herford worked as Secretary from the League's inception in 1908 until 1929 accomplished a tremendous amount of good due to her tireless effort and enthusiasm. She helped set up the Correspondence Bureau during the First World War, oversaw the publication of many pamphlets, and help set up District Leagues, establish the organization s Monthly Letter and the League Annual Meeting and much more. By the time of Herford s death, 171 Branches, 11 District Leagues, and 2 Neighbourhood Leagues were in existence. This diary is from 1905, three years before she would found the organization, when Herford was only 19 years, living in Watertown, Massachusetts, and attending the Cambridge County School. It details the parties, dances, gossip, crushes, concerts, church visits and many other aspects of the life of a liberal 19 year old female student. It certainly shows a different and very formative side of a woman who would go on to do so much good in her life. In addition to the normal entries of student life, Herford also spends a significant amount of time traveling by train across America, from Massachusetts to Portland, Oregon, stopping in Billings, Montana for two weeks to stay with family. Helen goes to church often, but does not speak too much on her personal beliefs. Like many young women her age, she is more concerned with friends, boys, and school than she is with her religious beliefs. This diary contains approx 70 pages of handwritten entries, some pages of which are full and double sided, others just a few lines or paragraphs. Also included is a hand drawn floor plan of her house in Watertown, Massachusetts. Her enthusiasm for the landscape of Montana would be realized when, later in life, she ended up owning a dude ranch near Limestone (Stillwater County) Montana. The book's leather cover shows some wear, but is generally in good condition. All pages are intact and free of any major damage or discoloration. The diary is not full but does contain some interesting background information about her early life. TEXT: "Jan 1, 1905. Went to bed this morning very early after Nannies party. Nannie and L went back with Whitney & Scott to sleep at the Henderson's because there were so many to sleep at the Whitneys. We decided we would not go in the any house again until next year so as it was only 15 past eleven we walked slowly to the station sat there for awhile that went to H s and sat on the door step unit 12 Saturday 31 was Nannies birthday."; "Jan 5, 1905. School begun today and most of the girls are back but Edith Stor hasn't come yet and I wish she would come. We played around after noon and at dinner I had my presents Crawford from the four Rodgers Pride and Prejudice from Alice and Patty Sense & Sensibility from miss Hays and Miss Holbrook."; "Jan. 13, 1905. Went to Cambridge to see Rose with Elizabeth, Mabel was there and we had tea. At the square waiting for a car Mr R. Moot came up and spoke to Elizabeth. Nell Murphy was here for the dance when we got back. Dressed after dinner Helen was here for the first one she has been down to only two of all the boys."; "July 19, 1905. Arrived in Billings Stayed in Billings for two weeks then started West for Portland Tacoma. The scenery from Livingston is very good some places in the mountains we could see three tracks below us where we had been. The prettiest scenery at Livingston and Bozeman and along the Green River. From Livingston we had two engines in front of and one behind part of the way. Spent the night in Tacoma and then took a train to Centralia and changed there for Hoquiam where we took the boat off to West Port Had met mother Mrs. Armstrong - Brooke & Jack half way there from West Port Edina visited on going through. Manuscript.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2 Volumes in 1. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., [v]-xv, [1], 351; xiii, [1 leaf], 304. with half-title in Vol. II only. 2 engraved maps (1 folding), 12 chromolithographed plates, & 23 wood-engraved text illus. (1 full-page). modern half calf, top edge gilt (extremities bit rubbed, occasional light foxing & marginal soiling, short repaired marginal tear in folding map). First Edition. Hind, a professor of chemistry at the University of Toronto, had previously been engaged as a geologist by the Canadian government on the Red River and Assiniboine and Saskatchewan surveying expeditions of 1857-58. In 1861, in company with his brother, artist William George Richardson Hind, he explored Labrador along the Montagnais route, from the Bay of Seven Islands on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, overland through the interior by the Moisie River to Hamilton Inlet on the Labrador coast. In addition to providing a detailed report on the topography and natural history of the country, Hind s narrative also contains much interesting detail regarding the Esquimaux, Montagnais, Nasquapee and Abenakis Indians, their customs and way of life. Historical accounts are given of the various Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Moravian missions established there, as well as of the political and commercial importance of the Labrador peninsula and Newfoundland fisheries. The chromolithographed plates, after original watercolours by W.G.R.Hind, are particularly striking, and vividly portray the Labrador landscape, the events of the journey, and various aspects of local aboriginal life. Dionne II 1465. Field 700. Lande 442. Morgan p. 189. O Dea 675. Sabin 31933. TPL 4069. Watters p. 966. Story pp. 358 & 418.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Special Edition. Peter Beard (1938-2020) was an internationally famed artist and photographer who spent the best part of his life in East Africa photographing its varied life, especially the Big Game and its hunters from the glorious past. In 1962 he tracked down the great professional hunter and author J.A. Hunter at his Makindu Lodge, he met and photographed the dean of hunters - Philip Percival who accompanied the Roosevelt expedition in 1908 and later served as a guide for Ernest Hemingway, another professional hunter and author Douglas Collins accompanied Beard on a lengthy foot safari, and more.Beard photographed the largest elephant herd numbering several hundreds, even close to a thousand- most of them later died of drought and starvation. His first book - The End of the Game- first came out-in 1965 became an international best seller. This Special edition published by the International Centre of Photography contains more excellent photographs including the excerpts from J.H. Patterson s original diaries covering his encounters with the Man eaters of Tsavo, and more. But the uniqueness about this volume is Peter Beard s handwriting presentation of this copy to a well known politician, with a 16 line inscription addressed to him and signed at the bottom, as well as Beard s own sketches of two elephants - one spraying water up in the air. In a recent published Biography of Peter Beard titled WILD, the author stated that Beard had a habit of using his own blood to enhance his sketches and drawings. The-original sketch of the two elephants he drawn in this book, looks similar to dried blood, but not certain. Whatever that might be, this is a precious volume from the late author. His art works were fetching a cool $ six hundred thousand or more. In addition to his presentation , inscription, art works and signature, there are some more annotation by Beard in Green ink on two occasions, and a photo copy of a a NY Times page with Beard s note also laid in. The 45 year old book is in excellent condition with lightest wear, the boards have some discolouration which is common with this ICP edition which issued no dustjacket. Limited edition commemorating the exhibition at the ICP. Large format 10x11 tall, approximately 386 pages, printed on high quality heavy stock with hundreds of photographs, drawings and sketches. Very good collectors volume, inscribed, sketched and signed by Peter Beard. Inscribed by Author(s).