Author Autograph (29 results)

Suede Cloth. Condition: Fair. ***please read*** Book has a green suede cloth covering paper end papers with gold printing on front cover - the covers and spine show much wear with bumps, nicks and apparent foxing - insides of both covers have a greenish stain, possibly from the green suede - the spine seems loose but has threading keeping the text pages intact - edges of text pages have gold gilding - note in lighgt pencil on second front flyleaf - at least two notary imprint stamps on text pages - no other marks on text - inside a mylar sleeve - my shelf location - 28-a-74*.

leather_bound. Condition: Good.

HC. B&W illustrations (illustrator). 426pp very good, green cloth (hardcover) light edgewear.

Cloth and boards. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine. Autograph Letter Signed by Author laid in. (illustrator). INSCRIBED by the Author in green ink on the front free endpaper, tall 8vo, black cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting the Chicago skyline at night viewed from Lake Michigan, [xiv] + 278, [279] pages. ALS on personal stationary from the Author to a friend laid in. EXCEPTIONAL INSCRIBED COPY: with ALS by AUTHOR: Tight, bright, very clean in comparable dj. No previous owner or remainder marks. Mystery drama about a Chicago newspaper columnist turned magazine publisher. Ships bubble-wrapped in a stout box. First Edition [Printing presumed first; no number line].

229 pages, few illustrations. - Publisher's blue gilt-titled cloth with dustjacket (ca. 16 x 11 cm). *** FIRST EDITION, CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL WITH DUSTJACKET; INSCRIBED AND FULLY SIGNED BY MIDDLEBROOK on the titlepage. - Dustjacket with minimal shelfwear, else in best condition. isbn 0859674894.

150 pages. - Publisher's titled green softcover; 8vo.(ca. 20 x 13 cm). *** FIRST EDITION, SOFTCOVER ORIGINAL; front flyleaf with 7-line autograph-dedication in german ''dem viellieben Kammersänger . . . Im Nachklang der . . . Melodeien in der Chicagoana'', fully signed and dated by Corbell ''Chicago, Ill. U.S.A. / den 27. des Eismonds d. U. 71''(January 27th, 1929); inner frontpanel with owner stamp 'Theo Strack, Kammersänger, Karlsruhe'. - Spine slightly sunned, panelcorners slightly rubbed; else in best condition.

79 pages. - Publisher's titled softcover, spine with rest of former stiff binding (probably together with other pamphlets); 8vo.(ca. 21 x 16 cm). *** [Erweiterter FRÜHLINGS-VERKAUF bis Donnerstag, den 19.03.2026 / SPRING-SALE until Thursday, March 19, 2026: um 25% REDUZIERTER PREIS / PRICE-REDUCTION of 25%; ehemaliger Preis / previously EUR 48,-] --- FIRST EDITION, SOFTCOVER ORIGINAL; INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ''À Ms. Ant. Baillard. Hommage de l'Auteur, A. Jal.''. - Cover minimally used, else in best condition. Many more 19th-century marine-related french pamphlets in stock. . . --- L'HISTORIEN DU 19me SIÈCLE, PIERRE MARGRY (1818-1894); ''Ayant entamé sa carrière comme archiviste au ministère de la Marine et des Colonies en 1844, il devient par la suite conservateur adjoint aux Archives nationales. Par son patient travail de transcription des manuscrits, il a sorti de l'oubli les grands aventuriers français des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. - [Among his publications are: ]'De la Démocratie en France. - Réponse à M. Guizot', 1849; 'Familles de la France coloniale. - Les Rouer de Villeroy', 1851; 'Belain d'Esnambuc et les Normands aux Antilles: Origines transatlantiques, d'après des Documents nouvellement retrouvés', 1863; 'Relations et Mémoires inédits pour servir à l'Histoire de France dans les Pays d'outre-mer, tirés des Archives du Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies', 1867; 'Les Navigations françaises et la Révolution maritime du XIVe au XVIe siècle', 1867; '. . . - Découvertes et Établissements des Français dans l'Ouest et dans le Sud de l'Amérique septentrionale (1614-1698, 1694-1703, 1683-1724, 1679-1754)', 6 vols., 1879-1888; 'La Conquête et les Conquérants des Îles Canaries. - Nouvelles Recherches sur Jean IV de Béthencourt et Gadifer de La Salle / Le vrai Manuscrit du Canarien', 1896; . . .''.('wikipedia').

The recipient Eileen Cond was an enthusiastic collector of autographs, and had the ability to draw a more than perfunctory response from her targets. 1p, 4to. In good condition, lightly aged and creased, and folded for postage. Signed 'Warren Tute', the letter reads: 'Dear Miss Cond, / I was very pleased to hear from you again after all these years and delighted you are enjoying "A Matter of Diplomacy". It is heartening that people still buy books in these public library days! Thank you for buying mine.'.

See his entry by his biographer Nigel Starck in the Australian Dictionary of Biography. The recipient Eileen Cond was an enthusiastic collector of autographs, and had the ability to draw a more than perfunctory response from her targets. 1p, 4to. On lightly aged and creased paper, with stain from coffee splashing to top left corner (well away from the firm valediction and signature. Reads (with autograph text in square brackets): '[22/XII/63 / Dear Mrs Cond.] / Thank you for your Christmas card - and I'm sorry you'll not get one from me. Decided this year on a cheque to charity instead - and I've been explaining ever since [!!] / Christmas greetings to you. / [Yours faithfully / Russell Braddon.]'.

20 pages on untrimmed and unopened paper. - Publisher's titled papercover; large-8vo.(ca. 24 x 17 cm). *** FIRST EDITION, PAPERCOVER ORIGINAL; INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR at titlepage top-right. - Cover acceptably used; STILL A VERY GOOD COPY OF THE FRAGILE PUBLICATION.

(8) 310 (2) pages, 3 p. Publisher's adverts; foreedge untrimmed. - Publisher's gently embossed darkblue cloth-binding with gilt Eagle at frontpanel, gilt-titled spine and illustrated endpapers; 8vo.(ca. 20 x 14 x 3 cm). *** [Erweiterter FRÜHLINGS-VERKAUF bis Donnerstag, den 19.03.2026 / SPRING-SALE until Thursday, March 19, 2026: um über 35% REDUZIERTER PREIS / PRICE-REDUCTION of over 35%; ehemaliger Preis / previously EUR 115,-] --- FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING; CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the titlepage. - Both panels towards the foreedge with slight humidity-stain, minimally offsetting to the opposite interior of the panels; els in best condition, protected by loose mylar cover. --- Few other signed or inscribed Books by Roberts in stock. . .

25 pages. - Publisher's titled papercover; larg-8vo.(ca. 25 x 18 cm). *** [Erweiterter FRÜHLINGS-VERKAUF bis Donnerstag, den 19.03.2026 / SPRING-SALE until Thursday, March 19, 2026: um über 20% REDUZIERTER PREIS / PRICE-REDUCTION of over 20%; ehemaliger Preis / previously EUR 36,50] --- FIRST EDITION, PAPERCOVER ORIGINAL; INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ''À Gustave Fougère. . .''. - Cover minimally used, else in best condition; A VERY GOOD COPY OF THE FRAGILE PUBLICATION.

47 unopened pages. - Publisher's titled softcover, spine with rest of former stiff binding (probably together with other pamphlets); 8vo.(ca. 21,5 x 15,5 cm). *** [Erweiterter FRÜHLINGS-VERKAUF bis Donnerstag, den 19.03.2026 / SPRING-SALE until Thursday, March 19, 2026: um über 30% REDUZIERTER PREIS / PRICE-REDUCTION of over 30%; ehemaliger Preis / previously EUR 120,-] --- FIRST EDITION, SOFTCOVER ORIGINAL; INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ''À Monsieur Feuillet de Comtoi . . .'' et avec des 'Timbre[s] Impérial[es]'. - Rearcover slightly used, else in best condition. Many more 19th-century marine-related french pamphlets in stock. . . --- L'HISTORIEN DU 19me SIÈCLE, PIERRE MARGRY (1818-1894); ''Ayant entamé sa carrière comme archiviste au ministère de la Marine et des Colonies en 1844, il devient par la suite conservateur adjoint aux Archives nationales. Par son patient travail de transcription des manuscrits, il a sorti de l'oubli les grands aventuriers français des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. - [Among his publications are: ]'De la Démocratie en France. - Réponse à M. Guizot', 1849; 'Familles de la France coloniale. - Les Rouer de Villeroy', 1851; 'Belain d'Esnambuc et les Normands aux Antilles: Origines transatlantiques, d'après des Documents nouvellement retrouvés', 1863; 'Relations et Mémoires inédits pour servir à l'Histoire de France dans les Pays d'outre-mer, tirés des Archives du Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies', 1867; 'Les Navigations françaises et la Révolution maritime du XIVe au XVIe siècle', 1867; '. . . - Découvertes et Établissements des Français dans l'Ouest et dans le Sud de l'Amérique septentrionale (1614-1698, 1694-1703, 1683-1724, 1679-1754)', 6 vols., 1879-1888; 'La Conquête et les Conquérants des Îles Canaries. - Nouvelles Recherches sur Jean IV de Béthencourt et Gadifer de La Salle / Le vrai Manuscrit du Canarien', 1896; . . .''.('wikipedia').

xiv (i), (1) 589 pages on untrimmed pages; 1 folded plate. - Publisher's gilt-titled dark-red cloth binding, topedge black; large-8vo.(ca. 24 x 17 x 4 cm; ca. 1,3 kg.). *** [Erweiterter FRÜHLINGS-VERKAUF bis Donnerstag, den 19.03.2026 / SPRING-SALE until Thursday, March 19, 2026: um über 40% REDUZIERTER PREIS / PRICE-REDUCTION of over 40%; ehemaliger Preis / previously EUR 165,-] --- FIRST EDITION, CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL; FRONT-ENDPAPER INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO CLIF[TON] DANIEL, then New York Times London- and later Moscow-bureau-chief before he became Managing Editor in 1964: ''To Clif Daniel, friend and / associate, whose good works / will show up in Volume Two. / With sincere Good Wishes / . . .'', dated 'Jan. 4 1954'; front flyleaf with later holograph ownership-name 'Tanner'. - Clifton Daniel was married to former U.S. President Harry S Truman's only child, Margaret, a celebrated opera-singer and mystery-novel writer. The first of the couple's four sons is Clifton Truman Daniel (* 1957), now honorary chairman of the board of trustees of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute. . . --- A BEAUTIFUL COPY WITH A NICE ASSOCIATION.

2pp., 12mo. Very good, on lightly-aged paper. In worn envelope, with stamp and postmark, addressed by Martin to 'John T. Baron Esq | 48 Griffin Street | Witton | Blackburn'. He begins by explaining that he has 'had every minute so fully occupied of late', that he has not been able to comply with Baron's request. 'Lady Martin has done what she is now most reluctant to do - written the name she once bore with a few lines from Cymbeline. I have copied the verse you wish from the little Bon Gaultier Poem'. He explains that this was written 'upon a remark actually made by a young friend of mine when looking over the odds & ends of gifts &c. that had accumulated in his drawers!'.

Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardback NODJ, November 1901, 1st Limited numbered edition, #121/1,000, 1st edition 2nd printing Same year as 1st, 1st, NF/GOOD, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Cloth Boards decorated Cover with Gold Gilt of Man on front has Rub Scuff & Chips around Corners, Spine wrap around may be Leather, Minor Fox & Wear Interior, Slightly Repaired Leather Spine Cvr with Gold Gilt .Drummond has managed to move us to tears, as well as laughter. He has evidently a minute knowledge of and kindly sympathy with, the simple country folk of the Dominion. As a whole, the book is a most delightful one. Signed by Author.

513 / 501 pages. - Publisher's red-titled softcovers bound in gilt-titled darkblue half-chagrin bindings with black-blue-yellow-and-white marbled boards; large-8vo.(ca. 23 x 17 x 9 cm; ca. 2,3 kg.). *** [Erweiterter FRÜHLINGS-VERKAUF bis Donnerstag, den 19.03.2026 / SPRING-SALE until Thursday, March 19, 2026: um über 35% REDUZIERTER PREIS / PRICE-REDUCTION of over 35%; ehemaliger Preis / previously EUR 280,-] ---FIRST EDITION IN BIBLIOPHILE BINDINGS, 2 VOLUMES COMPLETE; BOTH FORETITLES BOLDY INSCRIBED BY HEDIN TO HIS FRIEND the danish journalist Johannes Lehmann, signed and dated in the year of publication. - BEST CONDITION; inner frontpanels with Lehmann's Exlibris (naked boy [or girl?] reading a book, framed with oak-leaves and -fruits), signed 'Joakim Skovgaard'. --- Other Hedin-Originals - some inscribed - in stock. . .

I) 8 pages incl. wrapper, printed with brown letters; II) 79 p., 1 single-size but 33 1/3 rpm Record in a paper-sleeve at inner rearpanel; III) Yellow-cardboard 'City-Lights-Books'-Postcard, with stamps (10+1 Cent) and postal 'San Francisco California'(Ja[n.] 31, 7pm)- +'Air Mail'-stamp. - I) Publisher's stapled brown-titled wrapper, 8vo.(ca. 21 x 14,5 cm); II) Publisher's red-titled photographically illustrated ('Machu Picchu' by Cornell Capa, Magnum) hardcover-binding, square-8vo.(ca. 20 x 20 cm); III) Postcard-size (ca. 9 x 14,5 cm). *** [Erweiterter FRÜHLINGS-VERKAUF bis Donnerstag, den 19.03.2026 / SPRING-SALE until Thursday, March 19, 2026: um über 35% REDUZIERTER PREIS / PRICE-REDUCTION of over 35%; ehemaliger Preis / previously EUR 280,-] ---FIRST EDITIONS, 'BERLIN' INSCRIBED TO DIENST ''EL RHINO''*, FULLY SIGNED AND DATED 1961; 'STARTING . . .', with Publisher's large printed dedication-card ''With the Compliments of the Author / . . .'' at front flyleaf; on THE POSTCARD FULLY HANDWRITTEN, -SIGNED AND ADDRESSED TO ''Rolf-Gunter Dienst, Rhinozeros-Revue*, . . ., Germany''. Ferlinghetti expresses his thankfulness to ''Rhino[*] - . . . for new issue containing Burroughs - Corso - Creeley - Ginsberg etc.'' and asks Dienst to ''send 10 copies to CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE for us to sell?(Send bill with it + we'll pay) . . . It's a Great issue!'', dated ''1-30-62''; small ms.-note probably by Dienst in red ''erl. [abbrev. 'done'] 5.11.62''. - *) During the early 1960ies then not yet established german artist Rolf-Gunter Dienst edited a periodical named 'Rhinozeros' to publish American Beat-Poetry in Germany. --- The fragile Pamphlet 'BERLIN' slightly used, 'STARTING FROM SAN FRANCISCO' with minor shelfwear, the record quite well; the postcard nearly in best condition; A BEAUTIFUL ATMOSPHERIC SET, documenting the interrelations between american and german poetry-avantgarde in their important early years. . . - From the estate of Rolf-Gunter Dienst who died a few years ago.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Siskowitz (Siskovics) [Josef (József) von] Count. (1719-1783) Grundsatz Zu Erhaltung einer graden Linie bey denen in Front Marche vormarschirenden Officirs. Prague 1782 83. Calligraphic manuscript in brown ink on Dutch watermarked paper. Folio (320 x 204mm). [84] pages = [13 + 3 blank + 51 + 1 blank + 10 + 2 blank + 12]. Introductory 4- page letter in French in roman letters signed by the author at the end; main text in German penned in a neat gothic hand arranged in half-page columns; with tactical sketches in two of the ample blank margins. also some notes. Leaves with vertical folding marks in centre- page; contents inscription on recto of front blank leaf in a contemporary gothic hand: Grundsätze Ueber die Richtung mit mehreren Batallions von dem F[eld]z[eug]m[ei]ster Grafen von Siskowitz 1782. Contemporary sprinkled brown boards; gilt morocco title label in top of backstrip; ends of spine worn; contemporary armorial bookplate pasted inside frontcover. An unpublished Austrian 18th century treatise on linear tactics and function. The present manuscript interprets the principle of officers and non-commissioned officers having to maintain a straight line consisting of several ranks when advancing in battalion strength. (The Prussians mostly used the oblique order in most of their battles). This was based on the author s experiences during the Seven Years War (1756-63), when Prussian infantry advanced in three lines of battalions with three ranks apiece. Movement in the formation was very slow and a breakdown in cohesion likely unless the battalion was well trained. Described in detail are the various manoeuvers involved for directing marching columns, keeping proper distance, and wheeling at the right moment; two illustrations (one half-page) and 15 commentaries are contained in the ample blank margins. Siskowitz, an Hungarian staff officer from Szeged, made a rapid career in the Imperial Austrian army reaching the rank of lieutenant.general . He distinguished himself at the battle of Kolin in 1757, where he successfully carried out an order by Fieldmarshal von Daun to ambush a Prussian column with a force of 7000 men for which he was decorated and ennobled. The author died in Prague on 18th December 1783. The present manuscript was submitted to the attention of an unnamed military superior by way of an introductory letter in French on the subject. The 4-page extract , dated 12th February 1783, signed C[om]te.Siskovics , has been bound to precede the manuscript in this volume. The letter refers to an imperial order by Joseph II to align flags and marching columns of several battalions before advancing on the enemy; Siskowitz states that he considers it necessary to prescribe his method saying that he has no difficulty whatsoever to submit it to the recipient as an old friend if he wishes to make use of it. However, he stresses that his system should be carefully studied before it is put it into practice. Siskovitz insists the relevant maneuvers be carried out by officers and non-commissioned officers, never by other ranks, that they must be properly exercised before applied, and that it was not sufficient to rely on reading his instructions. He states that he demonstrated his method in 1782 with 13 batallions taking 2000 steps in 8 seconds. Both letter and manuscript are written on the same quality Dutch laid paper showing two different watermarks respectively : a larger with the legend PRO PATRIA surrounding a circular composition and a smaller one wih the the crowned initials GR of the paper maker within a round border of intertwined leaves. The Pro Patria or Maid of Dort watermark shows a seated maid, holding a hat on the point of a spear, and a rampant lion brandishing a sword and holding a bundle of arrows; both are surrounded by a palisade, a symbol of Holland maintaining liberty by force of arms. Reference: Churchill, W.A. Watermarks in Paper in Holland, England, France etc. in XVII and.

2pp., 12mo. On bifolium. Fair, on lightly-aged paper. In envelope, with stamp and postmarks, addressed to 'John J. Baron Esqr. | 48 Griffin St. | Witton | Blackburne | Lancashire'. Although Hazlitt's handwriting is legendarily attrocious, the reader escapes lightly on this occasion. Hazlitt regrets that he has no copy of either of the books Baron names, as he 'printed only a few copies for presents. Nor have I any photograph of myself.' He is 'extremely glad that the perusal of my publications' has 'proved agreeable' to Baron. He will 'probably reprint some day the two volumes of verse with additions', and is at present 'bringing out a new edition of my Proverbs'.

2pp., 12mo. Bifolium. Good, on lightly-aged paper. In original stamped and postmarked envelope, addressed by Smiles. The 'last photographic likeness' of Smiles 'was taken by Mr S. A. Walker, 230 Regent Street W'. Smiles has 'no doubt' that Walker will let Bacon 'have a copy' (i.e. Bacon will not be getting a free copy from Smiles). Smiles's book 'Physical Education' was 'published by me no less than 44 years ago. It had a small sale, and is now quite out of print. Though pretty good at the time, there are now far better works on the subject.'.

Jenkins's Bond book 'Per Fine Ounce', which he claimed was based on a diamond-smuggling storyline he had developed with Fleming in 1957, was rejected by Fleming's production company Glidrose in 1966. The recipient Eileen Margaret Cond (1911-1984) of Honiton was an enthusiastic collector of autographs, with the ability of drawing a more than perfunctory response from her targets. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded for postage. Signed 'Geoffrey Jenkins'. He explains that the 'inordinate' delay in replying to her letter is due to having been 'up to the ears in finishing my new book, which is entitled A GRUE OF ICE and is to be published in Britain and America in the autumn'. The book is 'now done' and the manuscript is with his publishers. 'On the strength of the synopsis alone I was given the most handsome contracts on both sides of the Atlantic and everyone is predicting that it will be a very big success. The story centres round Bouvet Island, a remote island 1600 miles south of Cape Town, the only land between the Cape and the Antarctic.' 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. He explains that the 'inordinate' delay in replying to her letter is due to having been 'up to the ears in finishing my new book, which is entitled A GRUE OF ICE and is to be published in Britain and America in the autumn'. The book is 'now done' and the manuscript is with his publishers. 'On the strength of the synopsis alone I was given the most handsome contracts on both sides of the Atlantic and everyone is predicting that it will be a very big success. The story centres round Bouvet Island, a remote island 1600 miles south of Cape Town, the only land between the Cape and the Antarctic.'.

Both items in good condition on aged paper. A dramatic, almost novelistic correspondence, regarding 'the Signora' (named in the second letter as 'Mme Sineo', who is staying at her house in Torquay and is apparently too frail to return to her London house. Letter One: Docketed 'No 1'. 12mo, 4 pp. Peard states that she has not 'written of late about the Signora. She has got fairly well again, but she does not seem to us fit to return to London, & I hear that her doctor does not think she ever will be fit. This she does not know, & you must not let out!' As her 'best friend', Mrs Cole will know whether 'she would be better off if she had only one home'. 'She is a very difficult person to advise, & is easily offended. I believe she has never been angry with me, but then I am very cautious! [.] One lady here, too (a friend of mine) has always pleased her, & has been very kind.' Letter Two: Docketed 'No 2. Do not return any of these | S C'. 12mo, 3 pp. She thanks her for her 'long & explicit' letter, which puts me fully in possession of the case'. She has written to Madame Sineo's doctor, 'saying I had only heard that he did not think she could ever return to London, & if that was his opinion suggesting it might be better for him to tell her so, on account of her rooms in London.' The doctor's answer 'does not take any responsibility!' Peard then states: 'I do not want it [i.e. responsibility] again.' The kind lady has given Madame Sineo '£5 at Xmas, & £3 last week, & no doubt others have assisted her'. Peard does not think 'we can do anything about her going back to London'. She ends by congratulating Mrs Cole on her son's book. The identity of 'the Signora' is unclear, but the Athenaeum, 11 January 1862, carries an advertisement for Italian teaching by 'Professor and Madame Sineo-Benaducci' of 17 Northumberland Place, Westbourne Grove.

Condition: Near fine. Autograph letter signed with photograph of award-winning author Joan Didion, written in 2007. (illustrator). Signed ALS. Photograph of Didion measures 5.5" x 7". Printed on Fujicolor crystal archive paper supreme. Cardstock leaf measures 5" x 8". Inscribed: "To Leonard --- / with regard / Joan Didion / October 28 2007." Both pieces held in original mailing envelope, addressed to Tourcoing, France. With a certificate of authenticity from Philippe Petit of Belgium. Joan Didion (1934-2021) was an acclaimed American writer and journalist known for political writings, notably her coverage of the Central Park Five case. She authored influential works such as "Slouching Towards Bethlehem," "The White Album," and "The Year of Magical Thinking," which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1694 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 191 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 191 Language: English.

None. Condition: Very Good. Quarto, ca. 27x19,5 cm (10 ½ x 7 ¾ in). Four pages; brown ink on cream laid paper with fleur-de-lis watermark, written in a legible hand. Paper aged and slightly faded, with fold marks, but the text is still bright and easy distinguishable. Beautiful period style crimson elaborately gilt tooled custom made full morocco clamshell box with cloth chemise. The letter in very good condition. Remarkable and Very Important Primary Source for Russian-Western European relations in the 17th century. This is a very important anonymous letter: "Curiosissimi Costumi de'Sig.i Ambasciatori Moscoviti, che ora si trovano in Livorno per passare all'Ambasciata di Venezia." According to the historians who worked with two other known copies of the letter (see below: Attribution of "Relatione d'Alcuni Costumi") it was written by a first-hand witness of the embassy, somehow involved with it, most likely between the 19th and 23rd of December, 1656. The written dialect of the letter's language indicates that the author was a common person from Livorno, possibly of Sicilian origin. The letter vividly describes the Muscovite diplomatic delegation, staying in Livorno on its way to Venice in the winter of 1656. It was an official embassy to the Doge of Venice from the Russian Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich (1629-1676) sent in 1656-57 and headed by the Pereyaslavl governor Ivan Ivanovich Chemodanov (before 1618 - after 1657) and Deacon A. Postnikov. The goal of the embassy was to strengthen political and commercial relations with Venice, to negotiate the joint struggle against the Turks, to give Venetians the permission to trade in Archangelsk, and to borrow money from the Doge. A small "side task" was to: "to sell a hundred poods (1600kgs) of rhubarb and some sable furs for a thousand roubles." Overall the embassy didn't achieve its goals as it didn't manage to get the money from the Doge and to successfully sell the stale rhubarb and the sable furs (some of which were damaged during the voyage to Italy and some were sold to feed the embassy itself). The embassy left Venice in March 1657 and went back to Russia through Switzerland, Germany and Holland. In spite of a lack of diplomatic skills, Chemodanov's embassy left its trace in history. Its members became the first Russians to travel to Italy by sea, around northern Europe. They left Archangelsk on the 12th of September, 1656; passed the "Northern Nose" (North Cape), the "land of the Danish king," "Icelant, or Icy island (Iceland)," "the lands of Hamburg and Bremen," Scotland, Holland, "possessions of the English King," French and Spanish lands - "all those countries we passed from the left," and arrived in Livorno on the 24th of November the same year. During the voyage they suffered from storms in the Atlantic, when most of the state goods were damaged. The embassy's appearance in Italy was met with great interest and curiosity; the official relations from both the Russian and Italian sides noted crowds of people accompanying the Muscovites wherever they went. Our letter "Relatione d'Alcuni Costumi" reveals what impression the Russian diplomats made on the Italians, e.g. "they are dressed in cloth of cotton wool as they are afraid of cold, which is very common in their country"; "they beat their servants with their own hands, and so brutally that four of five of them was on the verge of death, and one ran away and is still not found"; "they have sable skins for 100 thousand skudi and also a big amount of rhubarb, caviar and salted fish, and it stinks so much, that people get sick, and where they were for one hour it stinks afterwards for twelve hours. "The Muscovites often seemed barbaric to the inhabitants of Livorno, as they all slept together, "and the Ambassador with them too, as he was afraid to fall off the bed"; they liked wine, but "put it all in one barrel, not distinguishing whether it is white or red or any sort of wine"; when the Governor took them around the city in a carriage, local people were astonished to see that the Muscovites didn't open the doors, but climbed over them. There are also descriptions of their table manners which indicate that the Muscovites didn't know how to use forks, also descriptions of how balls and festivities amused them, how "all small houses seemed to them as Gran Palazzos." Amusing also is the note that the Muscovites liked "Belle Donne" a lot, and spent many sable furs on them. A separate story describes how the chief Ambassador got attracted to the wife of a local doctor and tried to get her attention. The letter concludes with a note of the embassy's coming departure to Florence, where they will be met as Royal ambassadors, and "comedia redecolosa" and that a big feast will be given in their honour, as "they like it more than anything else." Attribution of "Relatione d'Alcuni Costumi": There are two other known copies of "Curiosissimi Costumi," the older one is found in the Vatican Library (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana) as a part of "Codex Vaticanus Latinus" ? 8891. It was first published in printed form in 1890 as a part of "Spicilegio Vaticano di Documenti Inediti e Rari, Estratti Dagli Archivi e Dalla Biblioteca della Sede Apostolica (Roma 1890, p. 381-383). The editor of the book, Monsignor I. Carini attributed that the Vatican letter was written in the middle of the 17th century by a first-hand witness of the Muscovite Embassy. Based on the written dialect of the letter's language, Carini attributed the author as one of Livorno's common people, a Sicilian by origin. The second of the two other known copies of "Curiosissimi Costumi" is deposited in Russia, in the archive of the Saint Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The text of the letter is included in the Italian manuscript collection titled "Storie Diverse." Soviet historians also published a printed version of their copy of the letter and thoroughly analysed it (see special articles by S. Anninskii, 1934, and I. Sharkova, 197.

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