Collection Pamphlets, Signed (42 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by publisher Ronald Holmes on front endpaper. One of 500 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Publisher's prospectus and 'conditions of Sale' laid in loose. A Very Good copy in red cloth over boards, paper spine label (some fading and wear to binding, minor bumps to top edges).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Limited to 300 numbered copies. This is "one of 7 unnumbered copies" presented to contributors. Signed and dated by Dennis Kruska on the colophon. A descriptive bibliography of the collection formed by Clifton F. Smith. Quarto: xiv, 193 p. with a color frontispiece and numerous textual illustrations. Full blue leatherette binding, with printed paper title labels. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. This is book number 138 of 300 copies signed by the authors. A descriptive bibliography of the collection formed by Clifton F. Smith. Quarto: xiv, 193 p. with a color frontispiece and numerous textual illustrations. Original gray paper-covered boards over a blue leather spine, with printed paper title labels. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. SIGNED ON THE COLOPHON PAGE by both authors. #139 of 300 copies. 4to. (29 cm.) xiv[2S]1-193[3]p. Frontispiece color reproduction of a canoe with Santa Barbara Mission in the background plus black and white captioned photos throughout. Rubricated title page. References and Index. Endpapers are black and white reproductions of drawings of what appear to be sailing ships anchored in Ventura harbor. Laid in is the flyer announcing the book, an 8.5 x 11" sheet printed both sides and folded in half. Grey paper over blue leather spine with paper labels to front cover and spine. Fine with no internal markings. Based on the collection of Clifton F. Smith, noted bibliophile and collector. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Cloth-backed boards, spine label. Limited to 500 copies. Inscribed by Harold C. Holmes, an antiquarian bookseller and owner of the Holmes Book Co. Slight rubbing to boards. "Conditions of sale" sheet laid in. ; quarto; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. A collection of 24 pamphlets and sermons, all early 19th century, bound together, front board tender, repaired at spine. Original title pages. present with some pamphlets inscribed by the authors to title pages. Titles listed in the owners hand to verso and end page of front and rear board. Containing the following 1. Christ the End of the law for Righteousness, pp19. By Rev G.H, Bowers, 1829. 2. The Holy Eucharist a comfort to the Penitent, pp. 93.2. by Rev, E,B. Pusey, 1843. 3. The Danger of Ministerial Delinquency, pp.20, by Rev. Henry Rolls, (Signed to the owner) To the Rev G.B. Paley with the authors kind regards 4. Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, pp. 24, by Charles James, published 1827. 5. Ministerial Responsibility, pp. 12, by William Mandell, published 1835. (signed by the author) With the authors kind regards 6. Entire Absolution of the Penitent, pp.76.by Rev, E.B. Pusby published 1846. 7. On The Church, pp. 22. by Rev, Thos, Paley, published 1848. 8.The Preaching of Christ Crucified, pp.22.by Charles Smith Bird, published 1844. (signed by the author) To the Rev, G.B. Paley from his affectionate friend the author 9. The Principles that Influence a Christian Student, pp. 24. by Alfred Olivant, published 1841, (signed by the author) Rev G.B. Paley with A.O. kind regards 10. National Schools, pp. 28. by Alfred Olivant, published 1829. (signed by the author) G.B. Paley from the author 11. An augural Discourse, pp, 21. by Rev. Walter Farquhar Hook, published 1837. 12. The Introductory lecture, pp. 42. by Alfred Olivant, published 1844. 13. Tracts for the Times, pp. 83. by Alfred Olivant, published 1841. 14. ATTEMPT of King James the Second to force a dissenter upon the university of Cambridge, pp. 15. by Alfred Olivant, published 1837 15. Ecclesiastical Establishments not consistent with Christianity, pp.67. by William Hill, published 1834. 16. A Plea for the Reformed church pp. 102. by Charles Smith Bird, published 1841. 17. A Charge of the Clergy of the Diocese of St Davids, pp. 74. by Connop, Lord Bishop of St. Davids, published 1842. 18. A Vindication of St. Davids college from the Misrepresentations of the Christian Remembrance, pp. 32. by Alfred Ollivant, published 1842. (Signed by the author) Rev G. B. Paley with A.O. kind regards 19. Remarks on the right exercise of church patronage, pp. 54. by Thomas Chalmers, published 1836. 20. Some difficulties in the late charge of the lord Bishop of Oxford, pp. 30. by William Goode, published 1842. 21. an Apology for the evangelical party, pp. 33.by Rev. F. Close, published 1846. 22. An Argument for the Greek Origin of the Monogram IHS. Pp. 27. By Benjamin Webb. Published 1841. Signed With Archdeacon Thorps regards 23. CHARGE, pp. 20. by HERBERT Lord Bishop of Peterborough, published 1827. Signed 24. Deborah A Poem pp. 21. by Alldersey Dicken, published 1818. Signed by Author(s).

Quarter Leather. Condition: Very Good +. Alfred Crowquill (illustrator). 1st Editions. Handwritten title page states: "An important Collection of Genealogical Papers by Alexander Sinclair chiefly relating to the Case of the Earldom of Mar. Printed for Private Circulation and Presented by the Author to his friend John Stuart LLD Principal Register of Deeds, Her Majesty's Register House, Edinburgh, with autographed handwritten letters by A.S. 1875-1878. Alexander Sinclair was born in Edinburgh in 1795 to SirJohn Sinclair, of Ulbster (the provocateur of the first Statistical Account of Scotland), and Diana, daughter of Lord Macdonald of the Isles. Alexander received his education at Musselburgh School and Edinburgh University. He was then a magistrate in the East India's service in the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras. After this, he came back to Scotland and devoted himself to antiquarian and genealogical research. In his later years, he was an ardent supporter of John Goodeve-Erskine in the Earl of Mar controversy of 1875. He died in Edinburgh in 1877, in his 83rd year." So: Handwritten title page, handwritten content pages (2) of xxi papers as follows: I Observations on the Inheritance and position of the Most Ancient Earldom of Mar pp.20 II Z to the Earldom of Mar - Caithness, Buchan, Montgomery pp.16 III The Earldom of Mar; the difficulty (the only difficulty) considered pp.10 IV Appendix to the Earldom of Mar (Rothes, Errol, Gray &c pp.4 V Summary of the Case for the most Ancient Earldom of Mar pp.2 VI (On the continuity of the tight of female descent in the Earldom pp.6 VII Some particulars of the restoration of the Earldom in 1565 etc, VIII Preface to the Case of the Earldom of Mar - deemed too old to revive &c pp.18 IX Remarks on the petition of the Earl of Kellie, as being delusive pp .8 X Extracts from the Act (Mar) 1887 pp.4 XI New Position of the Earldom of Mar (similar in the main to IV) pp.12 XII The Earldom of Mar, the supposed difficulty explained pp. 10 XIII Similar to xvi pp.6 XIV On peculiarities in Names of Old pp. 4 XV Vindication as to Heirs Male in Peerages, and wives and widows names pp.36 XVI Are there two Earls of Mar? With an appendix pp.44 VVI Resume of the Earldoms of Mar XVII Heirs of the Royal House of Baliol pp.16 folding pedigree XVIII Remarks on the Tables in the preceding "heirs of?.". No. XVII pp.12 XIX Sketch of the Succession to the. Ancient Earldom of March pp.33 XX Genealogical Descent of the Royal. Line of Bruce. Loosely inserted is "To the Peers of Scotland" 1879. pp.2 Bound in are two handwritten letters to John Stuart written and signed by the author, (1875), and a letter to Woodward from Bernard Burke at Dublin Castle (1878) (of Burke's Peerage). Also a loose handwritten letter to Woodward from the Earl of Mar (signed) at Grosvenor Crescent Edinburgh (1886). Most papers have gift inscriptions to Stuart from Sinclair. John Stuart was born in November 1813 at Forgue, Aberdeenshire, and educated at Aberdeen University, and in 1836 became a member of the Aberdeen Society of Advocates. In 1853 he was appointed one of the official searchers of records in the Register House, Edinburgh, and in 1873 became principal keeper of the register of deeds. In 1854 he was appointed secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and was central to its operation. Quarter leather bound in green cloth; spine re-laid long ago with original gilt titling "The Earldom of Mar" With bookplate of John Woodward. Marbled endpapers.See scans and email for more. Please note another similar collection of pamphlets from Sinclair and from the same source is also listed. Inscribed by Author(s).

Condition: Sehr gut. Einband berieben. Ecken bestossen, sonst gutes Exemplar. - Auktionskatalog mit 1847 Nummern. Le 26 novembre 1956 s'éteignait à Arnhem, le docteur J. C. L. M. Stuyt, eminent chirurgien hollandais à qui ses goûts de collectionneur, au cours d'une longue carrière d'inlassable labeur et de profonde philantropie au service de la médecine, avaient donné pour "violon d'Ingres" l'Histoire de France du XVIe au début du XIXe siècle. Aux livres rares d'époque, aux libelles et placards, aux autographes enfin, qu'il a réunis avec une patience guidée par un sens historique inné, il a dû une connaissance de plus en plus sérieuse des problèmes qu'il avait abordés en amateur. Il en fit l'objet de conférences à ses compatriotes et put organiser une exposition de ses trésors en 1950 ("l'Histoire de France de 1500 à 1830") dans la célèbre Hallc-aux-blés prêtée par la municipalité de sa ville a"Arnhem. Devenue une manifestation d'amitiéfirancohollandaise, cette exposition où se remarquaient notamment une rare série de MAZARINADES et un ensemble particulièrement important de documents sur la Révolution et l'Empire, méritait au Dr. Stuyt la croix de chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 IV, 200 S. plus Tafeln. Mit zahlr. Abb., broschiert.

Paperback. 12mo (excepting "Lincoln Heritage," which is small 4to). Stiff wrappers, various colors. v, 18pp; vi, 14pp; 16pp; vi, 16pp; 19pp; v, 17pp. Illustrations, tipped-in frontispiece. Fine. Housed in light grey card stock pamphlet holder with dark green cloth spine and paper labels. First editions. Fine group of six privately printed essays (excepting "Lincoln Heritage") penned and published by the noted educator and president of Lincoln Memorial University as Christmas keepsakes for friends and relatives, each with his small printed "Season's Greetings and Best Wishes" card laid in. Chronologically: 1.) "Boy Finds a College" (1955), 2.) "Boy Finds a Friend" (1956), 3.)"The Lincoln Heritage in the Cumberlands: An Address Delivered before the Lincoln Fellowship of Southern California at Los Angeles, California October 20, 1950" (published by Lincoln Fellowship of Southern California, with foreword by Ralph G. Lindstrom, limited to 200 copies, front flyleaf signed and inscribed "To Fred C. Evers: / Friend, mentor, and preserver of / our historical heritage / Robert L. Kincaid / June 20, 1951"), 4.) "My Favorite Miller" (1959), 5.) "School Days at Bethlehem" (1952) and 6.) "Under the Big Beech" (1954). A fine gathering of these small print-run pamphlets one inscribed.

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. R240142659: 1980. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 187 pages - envoi de l'auteur sur la page de garde - 2 photos disponibles. . . . Classification Dewey : 97.2-Dédicace, envoi.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. First Edition. #137 of 300 copies, signed by both authors in pencil on the colophon. 193 pp, with color frontispiece, illustrations in black and white. Light dust spotting to top edge of text block, slight fading to top inch of rear board, else fine. Includes detailed descriptions of more than 600 items, covering the period 1861-1940.

Hardcover. Condition: VG- (Very Good Minus). Requires a signature at delivery. Formerly owned by John Hazard Reynolds (1819-1875), a congressman from New York. Mid-19th century quarter leather and brown cloth binding with "Miscellany" in gilt to spine. Moderate edgewear and scuffing; lightly bumped spine ends and corners; spine lightly sunned. Binding sound, interior lightly toned and foxed. Contains 17 different titles, all in pamphlet form, bound together. Bookbinder's label to front pastedown. Early page elegantly inscribed "John H. Reynolds with regards of Irving Browne". List of titles follows: "The Character of the Nurse's Deceased Husband, in 'Romeo and Juliet' " by Cream Curdle, no date. 20 pp. -- "Minutes of the Particular Synod of New York; Convened at Yonkers, May 3, 1870". 66 pp. -- "Columbia Hall, Daniel Gale & Co., Proprietors. Lebanon Springs, Columbia Co., N.Y." 1871. 31 pp. With fold-out b/w Map of Route to Lebanon Springs showing Connections. -- "New York State Inebriate Asylum, a Communication to the Legislature from the Board of Trustees in Relation to the Acts and Claims of the Commissioners of the Land Office, with an Answer to the Charges Made by the Commissioners. January, 1870". 1871. 39 pp. -- "Report on Building Stones" by Prof. James Hall, 1868. 68 pp. -- "Thirty-Fifth Annual Report of the Young Men's Association of the City of Albany for 1867-68". 1868. 60 pp. -- "Proceedings at the Annual Meeting, and an Address by Rev. J. D. Fulton, with the Second Annual Report of the Executive Committee, Presented in Washington D.C., May 1, 1868". 54 pp. There is a duplicate copy of this title bound further in. -- "The Erie War", no date. 16 pp. Concerning the Vanderbilts and railroad company monopolies. -- "To the Parishioners of St. Peter's Church from the Majority of the Vestry". 1868. 66 pp. -- "The Frauds of the New York City Government Exposed. Sketches of the Members of the Ring and their Confederates: with a List of Checks, Copied from the Books in the Office of the Comptroller, Representing Millions of Dollars, Paid out on Fraudulent Claims". 1871. 52 pp. -- "The Custom Revenue Laws; Suggestions for their Amendment, in Regard to the Seizure of Books; The Distribution of Penalties; The Limitation of Actions, Etc." by Cephas Brainerd. 1872. 26 pp. Signed by Brainerd to title page, inscribed to Hon. John H. Reynolds. -- "Exercises Connected with the Inauguration of Rev. Charles A. Aiken, D.D., as President of Union College, Schenectady, New York, Tuesday June 28, 1870". 1870. 32 pp. -- "Pathological Anatomy: The Necessity for its Study, and its Influence upon Medicine as a Positive Science" by S. Oakley Vanderpoel, 1871. 36 pp. -- "Journal of Social Science: Containing the Transactions of the American Association. No. 1. June, 1869". 200 pp. -- "A Secular View of Religion in the State, and the Bible in the Public Schools" by E. P. Hurlbut, 1870. 55 pp. Inscribed to title page "Hon John H. Reynolds with the respects of the author". -- "Remarks of Cephas Brainerd of New York, before the Assembly's Committee on Colleges, Academies, and Schools, at Albany, 6th February 1867". 1868. 31 pp. -- "Annual Report of the New Capitol Commissioners for the Year 1871". 1872. 31 pp. With an albumen photograph (5" x 3 3/4") of the capitol building in Albany bound in facing title page. Inscribed by Author(s).

Condition: Sehr gut. Collection housed in two folders. All items in very good condition. Some paper darkening to some early letters etc. A substantial collection of poems, letters, postcards exchanged between Hermann Hesse and other members of the Hesse family and Jacob "Köbi" Flach. Highlights of the collection include four handwritten poems, two handwritten letters and several handwritten or typed postcards from Hermann Hesse to Jacob Flach. In total ten documents are signed by Hermann Hesse with another four carrying his initials. Jacob "Köbi" Flach (1894 - 1982) was a Swiss Author, Painter, and Marionette Pupetteer (founder of the Ascona Marionette Theatre). Hermann Hesse met Flach for the first time in 1917 while sharing accommodation with him. The two men stayed in touch for many years and visited each other occasionally. Later Flach worked as a private tudor for some of Hesse's sons. For a detailed description of each item, please contact West Coast Rare Books.

Rebound. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Nine pamphlets with modest wear bound into a hard cover from the Columbia University library. Each one Signed by the Author. Signed by Author(s). Ex-Library.

xi, 286 Seiten, OLn., 25,5 x 17,5 cm. Mit eigenhändiger Widmung und Signatur des Verfassers auf dem vorderen fliegenden Vorsatzblatt. Die Widmung richtet sich an den Verleger Michael Krieg. - Katalog österreichischer Revolutions-Einblattdrucke und Kleinschriften. - Minimal berieben und bestoßen; gutes Exemplar.

1st edition. Very good copies in gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Many SIGNED and inscribed. Physical description; various pamphlets bound in 1 volume. Contents; "Knowledge and wisdom in medicine" (Sir Dyce Duckworth) "An address at St. Bartholomews Hospital, October, 1852" (Patrick Black) "Hunterian society oration. The Spirit, the Soul and the Body" (George Day) "Negligence" (A. Leslie Banks, James A.Hislop) "The forces behind specialism in surgery" (Victor Bonney) "The survival of the species" (Admiral Ben Morreell) "What does freedom mean to you?" (Russell J. Clinchy) "President's address" (J. H. Walter) "Generals and generalship" (General Sir Archibald Wavell). Subjects; Medicine. Hospitals. 19th century. 3 Kg.

1st edition. Very good copies in gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Many SIGNED and inscribed. Physical description; various pamphlets bound in 1 volume. Contents; "Knowledge and wisdom in medicine" (Sir Dyce Duckworth) "An address at St. Bartholomews Hospital, October, 1852" (Patrick Black) "Hunterian society oration. The Spirit, the Soul and the Body" (George Day) "Negligence" (A. Leslie Banks, James A.Hislop) "The forces behind specialism in surgery" (Victor Bonney) "The survival of the species" (Admiral Ben Morreell) "What does freedom mean to you?" (Russell J. Clinchy) "President's address" (J. H. Walter) "Generals and generalship" (General Sir Archibald Wavell). Subjects; Medicine. Hospitals. 19th century. 1 Kg.

Stapled wrap. Condition: Fine. Fine overall, in a Fine black-cloth-covered clamshell case with leatherette spine label with gilt titling. Includes 7 staple-bound pamphlets: "A Breviary: Selected short poems 1963-1996" (Jan 1997) inscribed to "Kurt and Laure-Anne". "40 Love Sonnets" (Dec 14, 2010) inscribed to "Laure-Anne and Kurt"; wraps are an ORIGINAL SIGNED ARTWORK, making this a unique item. "One Hundred Quartorzains" (Feb 1, 1998) inscribed to Kurt Brown. "Other Strangers than our Own: Selected Love Poems 1963-1997" (Feb 1, '98) inscribed to Kurt Brown. "Selected Short Poems 1963-1996" (August 1997) inscribed to Kurt Brown; two pages, one of which is dog-eared, contain THE AUTHOR'S BRIEF EDITS IN PENCIL. Selected Poems Volume One 1968-1988" (Dec 6, 1998); not signed. Selected Poems Volume Two 1989-1999 (Dec 6, 1998); not signed. Kurt Brown (died 2013) was a poet, editor, teacher, and founder of the Aspen Writers' Conference. His widow, Laure-Anne Bosselaar is a Belgian-American poet, translator, professor, and former poet laureate of Santa Barbara, California. William Kilborn Knott (1940 - 2014) was an influential poet and visual artist who grew disillusioned with the poetry establishment and turned to printing and distributing his own work, usually in stapled chapbooks. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Horrid Popish Plots Sammelband of four SCARCE to RARE pamphlets on the fabricated conspiracy, invented by Titus Oates and spread by Protestant activists, that the Pope and Catholics aimed to assassinate the Protestant King Charles II, burn London and Great Britain to the ground, "enslave" the English people to the falsehoods of Catholicism and to cause harm to the people of England and Scotland. IMPORTANCE & HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Published between 1679-1681 at the height of anti-Catholic fervor in England. One compelling point of propaganda used to fan the flames was blaming the infamous and tragic London Fire of 1666 on papist arsonists. ***Several of these works have only come to auction a handful of times in the past 50-100 years. Quite rare collection indeed as most of these pamphlets were discarded after circulation. OVERALL CONDITION: VERY GOOD & Textually complete. First work lacking frontispiece else complete. ABOUT THE COLLECTION OF PAMPHLETS The four rare pamphlets are bound together in a fine full leather modern binding: double filet gilt paneling: four gilt-bordered raised spine bands and a gilt-lettered red morocco spine label: thick, high-quality endpapers. Slim, small folio: 12" x 8". WORK 1: 1679, A Narrative and Impartial Discovery of the Horrid Popish Plot: Burning and Destroying London and Westminster by Captain William Bedloe. Published in London by Robert Boulter, John Hancock, Ralph Smith, and Benjamin Harris. Collated: [12], 27, [1] pp. Lacking frontispiece, textually complete. WORK 2: 1679, A Narrative of the wicked Plots carried on by the Seignior Gondamore for advancing the Popish Religion and Spanish faction. Heartily recommended to all Protestants by Rich. Dugdale, gent. Published in London by T.B. and sold at the Peacock at St. Paul's Cathedral. Collated and complete: [2], 16 pp. WORK 3: 1680, The Papists Bloody Oath of Secrecy, and Letany of Intercession for the carrying on of this present plot. With the manner of taking the Oath, upon their entring into any Grand Conspiracy against the Protestants. As it was taken in the chappel belonging to Barmbow-Hall, the residence of Sir Thomas Gascoigne, from William Rushton, a Popish Priest, by me Robert Bolron.Published in London by Randal Taylor. Collated and complete: 23, [1] pp. NOTE: Among other insidious plots, the author (Robert Barton) states that the Pope and his conspirators were plotting to assassinate every Protestant Head of State by stabbing or poison. WORK 4: 1681, A Collection of the substance of several Speeches and Debates made in the honourable House of Commons, relating to the Horrid Popish Plot, upon occasion of the bill for disabling James Duke of York from inheriting the imperial crown of this realm. Published in London by Francis Smith. Collated and complete: 20 pp. ABOUT THE HORRID POPISH PLOTS The Horrid Popish Plot was a fabricated conspiracy claimed by the English priest Titus Oates in 1678 to have been orchestrated by Roman Catholics to assassinate King Charles II and restore Catholicism in England (and other Protestant ruling countries). Despite being a fiction, it triggered widespread anti-Catholic hysteria, leading to the execution of more than twenty innocent Catholics between 1678 and 1681 and a real political crisis in England. CONDITION REPORT VERY GOOD+ Exterior and binding: FINE. Square spine, firm hinges and joints, tight pages. Some minor rubbing. Interior: VERY GOOD. Some light marking and wear on the endpapers. Most of the pages are clean and bright and vary between bright white to lightly toned with one or two darker toned pages. Signs of handling - page waviness, the odd scattered mark or smudge or small ink spill. Only a little scattered foxing and the odd rust spot. Some pagination has been corrected by hand in pencil. A number of the leaves have been closely cropped, affecting some page numbering. Rear pastedown with signed binder sticker indicating a 1997 rebind date and that PVA glue and flour paste were used.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First. 1. The Hempfield Rail Road, and the bonds of Ohio County, Virginia and Washington County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: John C. Clark, 1852. Quarto (9 11/16" x 5 7/8", 246mm x 149mm): A4 B-D4 [$1 signed]. 16 leaves, pp. 1-5 (title, blank, officers and directors, blank, text) 6-31, blank. Bound in the publisher's printed blue wrappers. Splitting at the spine, with some losses. Chips generally, with some peripheral tanning. Tanned generally, with damp-staining to the fore-corners. 2. An act to incorporate the Hempfield Rail Road Company, with the supplements thereto, and the act of the Virginia Legislature, granting the right of way through that state. Philadelphia: John C. Clark, 1853. Quarto (9 7/16" x 5 7/8", 241mm x 149mm): A4 B4 C2 [$1 signed]. 10 leaves, pp. 1-3 (title, blank, text) 4-20. Bound in the publisher's printed pink wrappers. Chips and splits along the spine, with old tape repairs. Peripheral losses to the wrappers, with some tanning and staining. Tanned internally. 3. Answers of the President of the Hempfield Rail Road Company, to the interrogatories of the Finance Committee of the City Councils of Philadelphia, January 25, 1853. Philadelphia: John C. Clark, 1853. Quarto (9 1/2" x 5 13/16", 241mm x 148mm): A4 B2 [$1 signed]. 6 leaves, pp. 1-3 (title, blank, text) 4-12. Bound in the publisher's printed light blue wrappers. Some peripheral chips and tanning. Mildly evenly tanned internally. 4. Charles Ellet Jr. Map of the western railroads tributary to Philadelphia with their rival lines. Philadelphia: W. Williams, 1851. Folding hand-colored engraved map (sheet: 17 9/16" x 33 9 1/6", 447mm x 853mm; neatline: 16 1/4" x 31 1/4", 413mm x 793mm). With some peripheral chips and repaired splits at the folds. The Hempfield Railroad is a type of railroad that is emblematic of mid-XIXc American railroading: the bridge line. Bridge lines were constructed across the country to connect two rival railroads (in this case, the massive Pennsylvania RR and smaller western lines in Ohio), which might refuse to connect their own lines with each other. Many of these lines were miniscule and are now long-abandoned, but the Hempfield Railroad's story is different. Unlike many other small railroads, which had issues recruiting talent in engineering, the Hempfield's chief engineer was Charles Ellet Jr. (1810-1862), a prolific civil engineer who later led the first federal survey of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. One of the marvels he constructed was the still-standing Wheeling Suspension Bridge in West Virginia, the western terminus of the Hempfield Railroad. While they were the first to open across the northern WV panhandle, they were not the only line: by 1871, they were a part of the much larger Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and most of the line is now abandoned in favor of faster (and hillier) routes via Pittsburgh. The first pamphlet describes the railroad's route and why it should be built, the second is a transcript of the legal document allowing for construction of the line, and the third records a hearing with the finance committee of the Philadelphia City Council with the president of the line. The map (spanning Ontario in the north, Nashville in the south and the Mississippi River in the west) which is sometimes circulated with the first pamphlet, shows the Hempfield's relatively small footprint, but promises that "within the next three years, all those important lines of communication will be open for trade and travel," a promise that was largely fulfilled.Catalogued by Jonah Kramer.

A wonderful collection of three rare pamphlets printed in Paris and Amsterdam during the German occupation. This collection was assembled by noted Dutch intellectual Anton van Duinkerken his bookplate). *****1. Le bateau ivre. Amsterdam, 1942. 8 pp. Edition limited to 50 copies printed on fine Dutch laid paper. 4to, original wraps with printed label on front cover. *****2. Les mains de Jeanne-Marie. Printed by Claude Sézille (Paris) for Pierre Mangart (Rosières, Picardie). 8 pp. Edition limited to 50 copies printed on fine Dutch laid paper. 12mo, sewn into printed wraps. *****3. Antique. Amsterdam?, 1944. 8 pp. Edition limited to 75 numbered copies printed on fine Dutch laid paper. Drawing by Giovanni Costetti. Text calligraphed by Susanne Heynemann. Signed by Costetti and Heynemann. Large 4to. Self wraps. ***** ALL THREE OF THESE BOOKS ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND ALL THREE ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION, AS ISSUED.

24 printed pamphlets, half disbound and loosely inserted in recent calf covers, the other half bound to match; together with manuscript copies of articles, tipped-in autographed letters, news clippings, and several other pieces of printed ephemera. Highlights include: A clutch of manuscript notes (approximately 8pp) of manuscript notes, tipped-in letters, and newspaper cuttings relating to the firearm (a bell-nosed blunderbuss) used in the notorious double murder at Stanfield Hall, Norwich, in 1848. The victims, Isaac Jermy and his son Isaac Jermy Jermy, were shot and killed on the porch and in the hallway of their stately home. The perpetrator James Blomfield Rush, their delinquent tenant farmer who had conducted a complex and devious scheme to defraud them of their property and their lives, was hanged at Norwich Castle on 21st April 1849. The sole edition of British Army officer Frederick Marow Eardley-Wilmot's (1812-1877) Preliminary education for the profession of arms (London, 1856); a pamphlet proposing reforms to the teaching and examination of students in artillery and engineering disciplines. An apparently unrecorded, impassioned, address The present proof company the bane of the gun trade (Birmingham, 1845) by William Greener (1806-1869) 'to the master, and journeymen gun makers' calling for the abolition of the Proof Company 'the sole cause of the falling off in the Birmingham Gun Trade' that is 'now only a money-getting institution'. Remarks on the newly invented elliptical gun-barrels, and their advantages over the cylindrical ones in general use (Manchester, 1826), an apparently unrecorded pamphlet by John Beever of Higher Ardwick describing the 'superiority' of his patented design of shotgun. Remarks on Captain Marshall's Gun Carriages, with the whole of the official reports to the French and English governments (London, 1831), a scarce explanation (more promotional than instructional) of an improved artillery mount to be fitted on naval vessels. COPAC records copies at two locations (BL and National Museums Scotland), OCLC adds one further (NMM). Further details for this item are available upon request. Size: 8vo.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A terrific collection of 19 items, made up of primarily of the small blue pamphlets with stiff paper wraps that Newton sent out as Christmas presents to friends, family and a limited number of subscribers. Also included are three hand-written letters, to the owner of the collection, Horace B. Hare, a close personal friend of Newton's, and Pennsylvania neighbor. Hare's wife, Mary Ellen, nee Cassatt, was a niece of painter Mary Cassatt. The pamphlet collection has several items signed and inscribed by Newton. Also included is the important First Edition of Three Songs for St. Cecilia's Day by W.H. Auden The collection comes in a custom made folding box that Newton himself had made for Hare at a binder in London, which is the subject of one of the letters and mentioned in another. The box is 3/4 navy morocco over blue cloth covered boards. Titles in gilt. Marbled liner. In generally nice condition, however the front hinge is split fully along its length. Still, it is holding firm by the liner beneath. All pieces are square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. One or two have a slight dog-eared corner but very trivial defects. Items include: * A Leech Drawing. 1923 Signed and inscribed presentation copy. "Mr. & Mrs. Horace Hare, How time flies, printed eleven years ago for my friends. A. Edward Newton". * My Library. 1926 Signed & inscribed, simply to/from. * A Reprimand and What Became Of It. 1927 * Nelson. 1928. * The Christmas Spirit. 1930 * Thomas Hardy Mermorial. 1931. Signed and inscribed, simply to/from, With laid-in printed folded sheet: "Tabloid" describing this as the 24th Newton ephemera. Also laid in are two Jimmy Hatlo cartoon bookplates. * Ascot. 1933. Signed, simply to/from with Newton's initials. * Trollop Society. 1934. * Trollop Society. 1934. Another copy. * Staffordshire. 1935. * Pope, Poetry and Portrait. 1936. With addendum tipped in at page 8-9. Plus: * A Tribute to A. Edward Newton. MacLeish, Archibald, et. al. 1940. "Issued from the Rare Book Room of the Library of Congress in an edition of one thousand copies December, 1940". * Auden, W. H. , Three Songs for St. Celia's Day. 1941. First Edition Limited Edition of 250 copies. Fore-edges slightly creased. * Richardson, Frederick. Letter from England to A. Edward Newton. 1940 With original mailing envelope. Laid in is a printed card: "The family of A. Edward Newton wish to take this way of acknowledging your expression of sympathy. (Upon Newton's death). * Richardson, Frederick. Letter from England to A. Edward Newton. 1940. Another Copy lacking acknowledgment card. Plus three hand-written signed letters, two with original envelopes. Two are from December, 1934 and discuss the gift from Newton to Hare of the custom made box to hold these pamphlets, his "Newtonia". The third letter is dated December 1939 and is an acknowledgment of a gift Newton received from Hare and the hope that they may get together soon. Clearly this was a close association. To conclude this remarkable gathering is a two-page, 8.5" x 11" proof, on onion skin, dated June, 1940, of a letter from Newton to be published as a Broadside, with a third page written and signed by Newton describing the project and its limitation to 200 copies. The letter, "Gives Newton's views on aiding England in the war and reprints an article he mailed to several newspapers titled, 'Give Without Counting'". Newton died just two months later. (Fleck, Oak Knoll Books, Cat. #86, Item 189, A.46) A simply gorgeous and quite unique collection. Signed by Author(s).

51 volumes. Preserved in the original states; the vast majority stitched as issued, many uncut and in the original plain paper wrappers. A remarkably fresh collection of pamphlets relating to Ireland and - largely - the proposed and later completed political union between Ireland and Great Britain, dating from the final decade of the eighteenth- and first decade of the nineteenth- centuries. Included are historical and literary works, references to the 1798 Irish Rebellion, and numerous speeches made by Irish and British politicians during the long debates in both Houses of Parliament. Highlights include: - AN INDEPENDENT OBSERVER [REDFOORD, Archibald]. Union, necessary to security. Addressed to the loyal inhabitants of ireland. Dublin. Printed for J. Archer, 1800. 8vo. [2], 106pp. Uncut and partially unopened in original publisher's powder blue wrappers. Occasional inked corrections to text, some dampstaining to margins. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title: 'For William Smith Esq. / from his sincere friend / The Author'. ESTC T194733. - AN OFFICER. [TAYLOR, Sir Herbert]. Impartial relation of the military operations which took place in Ireland, in consequence of the landing of a body of French troops, under general Humbert, in august, 1798. Dublin. Printed for J. Milliken, 1799. 8vo. [2], 69pp, [1]. With two engraved folding plates, and a folding table. Uncut and partially unopened in original publisher's marbled wrappers. ESTC T114958. - A REAL FRIEND. A letter to the people of Ireland, which they all can understand, and ought to read. Dublin. Printed for J. Milliken, 1799. 8vo. [3], 6-33pp, [1]. In this edition the text ends on p.34 with 'I am your real friend. Finis'. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's powder blue wrappers. Foxed. ESTC records a single copy of this edition in North America (Missouri), and none elsewhere. From the collection - recently dispersed - of the Marquesses of Lothian (who also held the Earldom of Ancram) at Newbattle Abbey; many were presumably acquired by William Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian (1737-1815), British soldier and peer. [A full list of the contents of this collection is available on request].

Condition: Very good. Various sizes (8vo., 4to. and folio). Some apart some inherent browning on account of the wartime paper supply. All original wrappers present when so issued (some chips to wrappers - see below). Preserved in a red cloth folding case (commissioned by Martin Breslauer?). IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF 23 WORKS, EXTRACTS, OFFPRINTS AND PAMPHLETS WRITTEN BY ERNST KYRISS (1881-1974), THE FOREMOST HISTORIAN OF GOTHIC BOOKBINDINGS, FROM THE COLLECTION OF B.H. BRESLAUER, HIMSELF A GREAT BINDINGS HISTORIAN AND AN EVEN GREATER COLLECTOR. Our collection includes THE FIRST publication by Kryss on the history of bookbinding (1929/30) as well as an INSCRIBED copy of his doctoral thesis (incredibly this title is not listed in Worldcat). Many of these early offprints and pamphlets simply do not appear on the market; if found, they are almost always in substandard condition, unlike the works in our collection which in general are preserved in excellent state. Originally trained as an engineer, Kyriss "retired for health reasons" in 1924 (we were informed by B.H. Breslauer that Kyriss married a wealthy woman and quit his job). From 1924-1928 Kyriss studied art history in Munich where he first encountered incunabula. He soon realized that the history of German Gothic bookbindings had not been methodically studied. His first publication on bindings was published in 1929/1930; this was followed by no less than 180 articles, pamphlets and monographs, including his magnum opus, the 4-volume "Verzierte gotische Einbande im alten deutschen Sprachgebiet" (1951-1958). In this extraordinary work, Kyriss differentiated "only" 186 workshops, of which he had recorded 7,088 different tools, but for publishing reasons, however, he only depicted "only" 1,711 individual stamps and rolls, most of which were South German. Indeed, Kyriss obsessively studied gothic bindings for more than four decades, during which time he visited more than 90 libraries and archives in more than 50 cities (including Crakow, Olomuch and Prague). In his long career he examined and approximately 50,000 Gothic and Renaissance bindings; incredibly he made detailed notes and rubbings on most of them. Only a fraction of his work has been published: today the Kyriss Papers (which we have seen) are preserved in the Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart and contain more 20,000 leaves of rubbings. While his interest in the history of bookbindings was wide ranging, he focused largely on gothic bindings of Southern Germany. To a very large extent, the Sammlung Kyriss forms the main component of the epic online Einbanddatenbank (EBDB) project, along with the Sammlung Wolfenbuttel, BSB Munich, SB Berlin (including the Sammlung Paul Schwenke). CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION: 1. Nurnberger Klostereinbande der Jahre 1433 bis 1525. Inaugural-Dissertation. 1940. KYRISS'S DOCTORAL THESIS - NO COPY IN WORLDCAT - INSCRIBED BY KYRISS IN 1950. 2. Schriftdruck von Gutenberg. Offprint from Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 1942/43. Mainz, 1943. Original wrappers (front wrapper almost detached); 3."Zwei Geislinger Buchbinder des 15. Jahrhunderts." Extract from: Zeitschrift fur Wurtt. Landesgeschichte, vol. 8. 1944; 4. Beitrage zu Ausburger Buchbindern. Offprint from: Sammlung Bibliothekswissenschaftlicher Arbeiten, vol. 16, no 46. N.d.; 5. "Der Verzierte gotische Einband des deutschen Sprachgebeits." In: Zentralblatt fur Bibliothekwesen, vol. 63, nos. 5/6. 1949. SIGNED BY KYRISS and dated 1950; 6. Bookbindings in the Libraries of Prague. Offprint from: Studies in Bibliography, vol. 3. 1950-51; 7. Der Altdorfer Professor Georg Siegel als Buchersammler. Offprint from: Festschrift Eugen Stollreither. Erlangen, 1950; 8. "Berichtigungen zu Haebler: Rollen- und Plattenstempel des 16. Jahrhunderts. Extract from: Zentralblatt fur Bibliothekswesen, vol. 64, no. 3/4. 1950; 9. An Esslingen Binder of the Late Gothic Period. Offprint from: Speculum: A Journal of Mediaeval Studies, vol. 25, no. 1. 1950; 10. Wertvolle alte Einbande in Schweizerischen Bibliotheken. Offprint from: Mitteilungsblatt der Schweizerischen Bibliophilen-Gesellschaft, vol. 8, no. 1/2. 1951; 11. "Stuttgarter Buchbinder der Renaissancezeit." Extract from: Zentralblatt fur Bibliothekswesen, vol. 67, no. 5/6. 1953; 12. Katalog Historischer Einbande. Stuttgart, 1955. Original wrappers; 13. Der Verzierte Europaische Einband vor der Renaissance. Stuttgart, 1957; 14. "Franzosische Supralibros-Bande im Ausland." In: Borsenblatt fur den Deutschen Buchhandel, vol. 18, no. 81a. 1962; 15. "Wurttembergische Renaissancebande mit Rahmenplatten." In: Archiv fur Geschichte des Buchwesens, vol. 18. 1965. 16. "Schriftdruck auf Einbanden des 15. Jahrhunderts." In: Gutenberg-Jahrbuch, 1930. Wrappers (chipped). INSCRIBED TO "HERRN C. BROCKEMA" IN 1952; 17. [Einbande der Spatgotik und Renaissance im Stadtarchiv Feldkirch]. In: Die Kunstdenkmaler des politischen Bezirks Feldkirch. Vienna, 1958 (Osterreichische Kunsttopographie, 32) pp. 264-274. Original wrappers; 18. Ein Romischer Supra-Librosband des 18. Jahrhunderts in der Universitatsbibliothek Heidelberg." In: Heidelberger Jahrbucher, 1962, no. VI. Original wrappers; 19. "Zum Tode des Einbandforschers Prosper Verheyden." In: Zentralblatt fur Bibliothekwesen, 1949, 63:3/4; 20. "Johannes Zoll, ein Tubinger Buchbinder des 15. Jahrhunderts." In: Aus der Welt des Buches, [1950], no. 75. 21. "Wurttenbergische Buchbindereien aus spatgotischer Zeit." In: Zeitschrift für Württembergische Landesgeschichte vol. 9 (1950) p. 118-146. 22. "Stuttgarter Buchbinder von der Mitte des 16. bis zum Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts: In: Zeitschrift für Württembergische Landesgeschichte vol. 12 (1953) p. 310-326. 23. Plaketten- und Kameen-Bande. In: Jahrbuch der Einbandkunst, no. 3/4 (1929/30). Wrappers. Publication identified in Kryss's hand inside front wrapper. THE FIRST PUBLICATION BY ERNST KYRISS ON BOOKBINDINGS. PROVENANCE: From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer (Bibliotheca Bibliographica Breslaueriana, Christie's 2005,

Octavo / Quarto. Hardcover Box / Bespoke made Box, labelled "General Gill" , for the private library of Prof.David (Dave) Naylor. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Gill, William Daniel (191692), geologist, was born 29 June 1916 at Hillam, Yorks., second child among three sons and three daughters of Richard Wells Gill, farmer, and Eva Gill (née Hesselgrave). He was educated at Castleford Grammar School and Leeds University, where he had a successful undergraduate career and received a degree in geology (1938). Robert George Spencer Hudson was his professor, and the two men remained close friends for the next thirty years. On leaving Leeds he joined the Attock Oil Company (1938) as a field geologist and palaeontologist. During the second world war he worked as a development geologist and petroleum engineer in India (including the Punjab, later part of Pakistan) and Burma, and became a leading expert on Himalayan geology. In 1948 he left the oil industry for academia and a lectureship in geology at Nottingham University. Two years later he was awarded a D.Sc. (1950) by Leeds University for his publications on Himalayan geology, and in 1953 he was appointed professor of geology and mineralogy at TCD, the first non-Irish holder of the position since 1883. Under his direction and with the aid of funds from the earl of Iveagh (qv) and oil industry contacts, the geology department experienced a period of expansion. A vibrant postgraduate school of research was initiated, which led eventually to an increase in staff numbers. The museum building, which housed the department, was internally reconstructed to include new research and teaching facilities. Unfortunately many of the original museum's historic rock collections were discarded in the move. In Ireland his research interests focused on the Upper Carboniferous rocks of Co. Clare, and particularly on the deformation features of soft sedimentary structures so clearly exposed there. He published a significant paper on sand volcanoes with P. H. Keunen (1958) and brought his Clare work together in a later publication of the Geological Survey of Ireland (1979). He was in his element in the field, where his enthusiasm for his subject was said to be more eloquent than in the lecture theatre. As oil and mineral exploration was initiated in Ireland in the 1950s, he took on the role of consultant, and, with his students, was involved in regional geological mapping. He expanded his consultancy role to oil companies in Libya and Greece and in 1961 resigned from Trinity to accept the chair of oil technology at the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London, later becoming professor of petroleum geology (1976). Hudson, his original professor, replaced him at TCD (19616) in the chair of geology. In London Gill introduced the M.Sc. course in petroleum geology and established the first UK-based organic geochemistry laboratory for the study of petroleum-source rocks (1969). He continued to consult with oil companies and governments in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Australia, and Canada. His extraordinary memory and ability to assimilate and synthesise information and data led to successful oil finds in newly explored areas. As a geologist he was most interested in the concepts of large-scale tectonic processes in such places as the Alps, the Himalayas, and the east African rift. However, his impatience with detail meant his publication record never quite kept pace with his achievements. During his career he was elected FTCD (1958), fellow of the Geological Society of London and of the Institute of Petroleum (London), MRIA (1955), and member of the RDS (vice-president 1959, 1961). A self-confident and flamboyant man with a large physical presence, he is said to have had grandiose plans which did not always come to pass. Known as 'Dan', he was popular with both students and staff and was viewed as warm-hearted and straightforward. University politics, however, were not his strong point. On the death of Hudson (1966), Gill professed an interest in returning to Trinity, provided he did not have to submit a formal application form. However, TCD did not respond. He married (1946) in India Margaret 'Betty' Torrance, whom he had met in the Yorkshire dales when he was mapping as a student; they had two daughters. Their houses (16 Garville Avenue, Rathgar, Dublin, and 85 Platt's Lane, Hampstead, London) were the frequent hub of late-night parties, where Dan would sing and play the piano. An active sportsman, he loved cricket and was president of the Trinity boat and rugby clubs. In 1978 he retired to Glusburn Green, Glusburn, Yorks., but continued consultancy work in the Middle East for some time afterwards. His wife died in 1987; five years later, he died (29 October 1992) in Yorkshire. [This Biography was authored by Patricia M. Byrne for the Dictionary of Irish Biography - Source: dib.ie] The collection includes the following essays, papers, offprints: 1. [Himalaya] - William Daniel Gill - "The Orogenesis of the North-West Himalaya" - Summary with several Maps regarding the "Analysis of the Himalayan-Kun Lun Mountain Systems and the Kashmir Basin etc. (Original Galley Proofs) (c. 1953 ?) 2. [Geology] - William Daniel Gill - "Construction of Geological Sections of Folds with Steep-Limb Attenuation" 3. [Iveagh Geological Laboratory] - W.D.Gill - "The Iveagh Geological Laboratory, Trinity College, Dublin" (1956) 4. [Clare, County] - W.D.Gill and P.H.Kuehnen: "Sand Volcanoes on Slumps in the Carboniferous of County Clare, Ireland" (1957) Including original typescript with an abstract on "Sand Volcanoes on Slumps" from W.D.Gill's library (stapled) 5. [Geology, General] - W.D.Gill - "Geology on the Search for Oil" [Inaugural Lecture as Professor of Oil Technology on March 13th, 1962] - Includes seven [7] pages of manuscript notes by Dave Naylor on the subject of this work. 5. [Geology] - W.D.Gill - "Geology - I: "Basement Rock" / II - "The Upper P.

Contemp. half brown calf, red leather label; sl. rubbed. John Adamson, 1787-1855, from Newcastle, assisted his merchant brother in Lisbon until French invasion threatened in 1807. His knowledge of Portuguese enabled him to publish literary translations, and as a lawyer, as well as taking part in Newcastle public life and acting as Secretary to the Literary and Philosophical Society he amassed a considerable Portuguese Library of which a catalogue was published in 1836. The Library was destroyed by fire in 1849 and poems in this volume refer to this calamity. This volume contains several of Adamson's handsome privately printed pamphlets. Contents: (ADAMSON, Edward Hussey) Obituary notice of the late John Adamson, Esq. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: printed by Thomas & James Pigg, 1856; ADAMSON, John. Lusitania Illustrata: notices of the history, antiquities, literature, &c. of Portugal. Literary Dept. Pt II. Minstrelsy. Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by M.A. Richardson, 1846. Errata slip, printed in red & black; (WHARTON, Richard) Cheviot: a poetical fragment. By R.W. (Edited by John Adamson.) Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by S. Hodgson, 1817; (ADAMSON, John) Sonnets from the Portuguese of Luis de Camoens, &c. n.p. With presentation inscription from Adamson to his sister, Newcastle March 10th 1810; ADAMSON, John. Sonnets. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1845. Printed in red, black and blue, with coloured initials; The Newfoundlander's Petition. n.p., n.d. A single sheet poem "England, to thee, their native isle"; Church or Chapel. n.p, n.d. A single sheet poem, signed F.; Realms of Light. n.p., n.d. A single sheet poem signed F.; Look to Heaven! A single sheet poem, signed T.F.; (ADAMSON, John) Sonnet to His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, on having the portrait of Mrs. Arkwright engraved. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: imprinted by George Bourchier Richardson, 1849. Signed J.A.; BIGSBY, Robert. To John Adamson, Esq. on reading the sonnet upon the loss of his books. A single sheet poem from Repton Derbyshire, May 1st, 1849; ADAMSON, John. On the destruction of my books by fire. Sonnet. A single sheet poem, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 27th April, 1849. Memoir of Constantine Adamson, late President of the College of Pharmacy of the City of New-York. Also an obituary notice of the late John Adamson. New-York: Robert Coddington, 1856. Stained at one corner. John Adamson's obituary is a reprint of the first item. Most of these items are scarce or in some cases unrecorded.

Condition: Good. - A collection of original photographs and original brochures and ephemeral publications relating to St. Stephen's College of Annandale, NY, which was founded by John & Margaret Bard and was later to become Bard College, of Annandale-on-the-Hudson. Included are 30 original photographs including 29 cyanotypes, 13 of which depict college buildings, the remaining 17 being portraits and scenery, including the campus, Zabriskies Falls, and interiors. The cyan-tinged images range from 4 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide to 9 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide with a variety of sizes in between. One of the images is an exception, being sienna-toned and not, in fact, a cyanotype. The photographs are in various condition, some are fine while others are creased or lightly stained with one portrait having several tears to the edges.Also included in this collection are 14 ephemeral publications and brochures relating to St. Stephen's College with programs and flyers for events, including 3 relating to the ritual burying of the algebra by incoming freshmen. The items were all apparently once removed from a scrapbook and thus the condition varies. A few have stains while several have remnants of paper or glue on the versos. Following is a list of the images represented by the photographs:1) The entrance to Potter Hall (part of Stone Row) with a horse-drawn cart.2) An unidentified image which looks like a dormitory building.3) Chapel of Holy Innocents and St. Margaret's Well with the Stone Row dormitories in the background4) Chapel of Holy Innocents & St. Margaret's Well (1890) [Part of Stone Row in the background].5) Bard Hall (1891). [There are glue or chemical stains to the edges of this photo].6) An unidentified image. [This is a small photo with creasing & stains].7) Aspinwall Hall.8) Interior of the Chapel of Holy Innocents, Christmas 1890. (There is a light corner stain).9) Chapel of Holy Innocents, 1891. (There is a light corner stain).10) Interior of the Chapel of Holy Innocents (decorated at Christmas).11) Chapel of Holy Innocents.12) Landscape in snow, with the Chapel of Holy Innocents & St. Margaret's Well. (There is creasing to this photo, mainly at the edges).13) "Stone Row" dormitories (1893), with the Chapel of Holy Innocents & St. Margaret's Well in the foreground.14) Interior of a dorm room with 2 students.15) A staged photo of 2 students in wedding attire, one is in drag.16) Three Class of 1894 students. (This photo has a crease along the center).17 through 22) Six different photos of Zabriskies Falls. (One, a small sepia-toned photo has a crease along the edge, another has minor creases and a third has a light stain).23) Large group of students in front of the Chapel of Holy Innocents.24) Three students. (There is creasing to this photo).25) A view of the campus.26) Photo of the Class of 1897. (This photo is quite dark).27) Interior of a room with 2 students.28) A group of 13 students (June 1893).29) A view from the campus showing the Catskills & Hudson River.30) A portrait of the President of the College, Robert B Fairbairn.The ephemera related to St. Stephen's College consists of:1) A 4-page "St. Stephen's College Glee Club" program bound in cream wraps titled in red with a silk cord. The program is dated "March '93" in ink at the bottom of the cover.2) A 2-page "St. Stephen's College" brochure. The top edge of the second page is trimmed without loss of text.3) A 4-page St. Stephen's College "Field Day / June 20, 1893" brochure with penciled notes indicating the winners.4) The 4-page "Thirty-Fourth Commencement" program. Dated June 21, 1894.5) "The St. Stephen's College Messenger" issue dated April 1896.6) A broadside of the St. Stephen's College schedule and rules. The broadside is stained.7) A small card with the program for the "Eulexian Society Reunion Supper" (a literary society), dated June 21, 1893.8) An announcement printed on mourning stationery regretting that "The Class of Ninety-six" could not invite the recipient to "the burying of its Algebra on account of the secrecy of the burial". Together with the original mourning envelope.9) A 3-page program for the "Laying of the Corner-stone" of the Hoffman Library dated June 22, 1893. Construction of the library began in 1893 and was completed in 1895.10) A humorous description of the death and burial of algebra in 1894 and it's subsequent exhumation by the class of 1897. The 4-page announcement is printed on light gray card stock shaped as a tombstone. The original mourning envelope is present.11) A 4-page program with class statistics entitled "Class Day S. Stephen's College. June 15, 1892". In addition to age, height and weight, the statistics include favorite drink ("brandy", "rain water", "blood" etc), favorite study ("himself", "women", "how to do nothing", etc)), favorite amusement "sleeping", scrapping", "being sick", etc), and others.12) The 4-page "Thirty-Third Annual Commencement" program dated June 22, 1893 with profuse penciled notes.13) Unused 4-page "St. Stephen's College" letterhead.14) The 1894 "Funeral" program for algebra printed in red on buff card stock in the shape of a coffin. Purple mourning lines frame the edges of the 4 pages of card stock which is bound at the top with red cotton ribbon.The tradition behind the burial of the algebra was sort of a light hazing ritual performed by freshmen students. Thirty days after arriving at Bard, the freshmen were to steal an algebra book which they were to then sign and bury with several bottles of wine. Then, the night before commencement the students now seniors, would dig it up and consume the wine, raising a toast to their graduating class. The ritual is described as follows in a 1930 issue of the Lyre Tree, a student newspaper: "There is a tradition of long standing at St. Stephen's that within 30 days after the close of the first semester the Freshman class shall, with all the ritual and solemnity due to the occasion, secretly inter an algebra, autographed b.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good overall. A sammelband of pamphlets on gynecological & obstetric subjects dating from 1856 to 1886. The compiler was Dr. Robert Barnes (1817-1907) who was a well known obstetric physician. During his career he lectured on midwifery at three of the great London medical schools, London Hospital, St. Thomas' Hospital and St. George's Hospital. There is a presentation inscription on the pamphlet by Lazarewitch ("To Doctor Robert Barnes.") and a presentation tag at the foot of p. 295 of the Johnstone article, 'The Menstrual Organ', extracted from the journal of the British Gynoecological Society ("From Spottiswoode & co., New-Street Square, London, E.C. For Dr. F. Barnes"). "A leading teacher and gynaecologist in London, Barnes was a rival of James Matthews Duncan both in debates at the Obstetrical Society and in practice. One of the first to work at the minute pathology of obstetrics, he influenced the progress of obstetric medicine. His name has been attached to an obstetric instrument and a curve of the pelvis." "Barnes took a prominent part of the founding of the Obstetrical Society of London in 1858 and was president in 1865-6. But a dispute with the council of this society led him in 1884 to establish the British Gynaecological Society, of which he was honorary president until his death. The Justification of the schism was the antagonism of the old society to the performance of ovariotomy and other important operations by obstetricians. Barnes was one of the pioneers of operative gynaecology, and the cause he advocated gained the day." (D.N.B.) Articles include: THOMAS (T. Gaillard, MD) Vulvar and Vaginal Enterocele. 12mo, 24 pp, 4 ills in text. Read before the New York Academy of Medicine, December 17, 1885 and reprinted from the New York Medical Journal for December 26, 1885. Thomas was surgeon to the New York State Woman's Hospital. BAKER (W.H., MD) Unusual Cases of Vesico-Vaginal and Vesico-Uterine Fistula. 8vo, 15 pp, 4 ills in text. Read before the Obstetrical Society of Boston, December 13, 1884 and reprinted from Boston Medical and Surgical Journal of February 26, 1885. CULLINGWORTH (Charles J., MD, MRCP) On the Operation for Rupture of the Female Perineum. 8vo, 12 pp, 5 figs in text, table of cases. Read before the Manchester Medical Society, October 1, 1884. (Cullingworth (1841-1908) was at this time Clinical Lecturer on the Diseases of Women at the Owens College, Manchester. In 1888 he moved to St. Thomas's Hospital, London. "Cullingworth was a great pioneer of gynaecology. He did his best professional work on the causation of pelvic peritonitis, which he was one of the first in England to maintain was secondary to other conditions, and not a primary disease." D.N.B.) BYFORD (Henry T., MD) The Production and Prevention of Perineal Lacerations during Labor, With Description of an Unrecognized Form. Chicago, 1886. 12mo, 16 pp, (one leaf torn with no loss of text). Read before the Chicago Medical Society, February 15, 1886 and reprinted from the Journal of the American Medical Association, March 6, 1886. Byford was physician and surgeon to Woman's Hospital Chicago, and Vice President of the Chicago Gynecological Society. LAZAREWITCH (J.) Deviations Laterales Congenitales de La Matrice dans leurs relations avec Les Tumeurs Peri-Uterines et Le Mecanisme de L'Accouchement. G. Steinheil, Paris, 1885. 8vo, 27pp, 10 figs in text. Presentation copy "To Doctor Robert Barnes with the high regard and kind remembrance of the Author." Bound with the original wrapper. HARRIS (Robert P., AM, MD), History of a Case of Twice Performed Caesarean Section. 8vo, 8pp. Extracted from the American Journal of the Medical Sciences for October, 1885. HARRIS (Robert P., AM, MD) A Study and Analysis of one hundred Caesarian Operations performed in the United States, during the Present Century, and prior to the year 1878. 8vo, 23pp, extract from an American medical journal for January, 1879. HARRIS (Robert P. AM, MD) Does the Removal of a Fetus by Abdominal Section, after a Rupture of the Uterus, constitute a "Cesarean Operation;" and Is it Proper to Classify this Form of Delivery with Gastro-Hysterotomy, which has a Different Degree of Fatality, both as Regards the Mother and Fetus? New York, Wm. Wood & col, 1881. 8vo, 12 pp. Reprinted from the American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children, Vol. XIV, No. IV, October, 1881. GARRIGUES (Henry J., AM, MD) On Gastro-Elytrotomy. New York, D. Appleton. 1878. 8vo, 78 pp, 3 figs in text. Reprinted from the New York Medical Journal, October and November 1878. OCLC: 922666246 records only 2 copies at the National Library of Medicine (US), and the University of Bristol. Extract from 'The Lancet', September, 1885, pages 445-46. "Double Uterus and Vagina". REIN (G.) Sur la Methode Operatoire de l'Extirpation de l'Uterus Gravide. Paris, H. Lauwereyns, 1881, 8vo, 8 pp, with half title page. Extrait des Annales de Gynecologie, Fevrier, 1881. SAVAGE (Thomas, MD, MRCP) Porro's Operation. Hall and English, Birmingham. 8vo, 8 pp. Read before the Midland Medical Society, 10th of October 1883 an Reprinted from the Birmingham Medical Review, Nov., 1883. THOMAS (Dr, T. Gaillard) Laparo-Elytrotomy as a Substitute for Caesarean Section. A report of a paper given on March 25, 1878 as reported in The Medical Record. 8vo, 3 pp. PURPLE (S. S., MD) Laparo Elytrotomy as a Substitute for Caesarean Section. 8vo, 2pp, extracted from the Medical Record, Stated Meeting, March 21, 1878. Folded. HALBERTSMA (T.) Bekkenvernauwing. Rupture Uteri Zonder Scheuring Van Het Peritoneum. Sectic Caesarea Met Amputatie Van Den Uterus En Exstirpatie Der Ovaria. Gunstige Afloop Voor Moeder En Kind. 8vo, 4 pp. Overgedrukt uit het Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde. Jaargang 1880. HALBERTSMA (T.) Die Diagnose des Sitzes des Placenta durch Probepunktionen. Sepatat-Abdruck aus dem Centralblatt fur Gynakologie 1881. No. 5. 8vo, Single page printed both sides. Halbertsma was professor of gynecolog.

1st Edition in this form. Very good copy bound in contemporary gilt-titled navy cloth. Some minor dulling around the edges. Internally, some scattered dust-toning and marginal foxing. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Provenance: From the library of J. Aubrey Rees, Hon. Secretary, with his signature. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages; A collection of booklets, pamphlets, essays and articles relating to the League of Youth bound in one volume. Some contents are tipped-in. Contents include: Report of inauguration dinner, May 22nd, 1919 -- First annual report 1919 -- The League of Youth and modern problems : address delivered by the Right Hon. H. A. L. Fisher, M.P. -- Second annual report 1920 -- Transition : an address by Sir Auckland Geddes, M.P., 6th January 1920 -- Youth's turn now : a new spirit and a new hope for Britain, by Harold Begbie -- The opportunity of youth, by Rev. Dr. Purves. There a number of related documents loosely inserted including: typed letter signed by J. Aubrey Rees explaining the reasons behind the dissolution of the League in 1922 -- a breakfast invitation from 10 Downing Street on embossed notepaper, dated 19 August, 1919 -- table plan the for the inauguration dinner -- newspaper clippings (some tipped-in). Colour League of Youth bookplate to front pastedown. Various paginations, 20cm. 3 Kg.