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Publication Date: 1946
Seller: CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS, NEW YORK, NY, U.S.A.
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No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Signed and dated in ink: "Winston S. Churchill 1946," this candid photograph was taken September 19, 1946 en route to the University of Zurich, where Winston Churchill was about to deliver his most famous postwar speech on European unity, advocating for the first time "a United States of Europe." Majestically framed (16 x 17 3/4 inches overall), the photograph measures 7 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches. It is part of an elaborate linen presentation portfolio of photographs taken that day documenting all of Churchill's movements in Zurich. Each print is very handsomely mounted and page-numbered, comprising 44 pages in all, including this one (numbered 12). The portfolio is stained and crunched on the spine but the contents are fine. Laid-in is a letter of provenance from the heirs of the original owner, the Town Clerk of Zurich in 1946, one Dr. Willy Bosshard. Truly one-of-a-kind. Signed.
Eines von 38 römisch numerierten Exemplaren. Die farbigen Orig.-Lithographien zeigen Bühnenentwürfe Kokoschkas für eine Aufführung zu Giuseppe Verdis Oper in Florenz 1962. Begleittext in Französisch v. M. Jouhandeau. Der Druckvermerk vom Künstler, Autor u. Herausgeber signiert. Sehr schönes Exemplar. - Wingler/Welz 367-373.
Published by Egypt and Switzerland., [1880s-1890s]., 1890
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
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4to (295 x 235 mm). 50 photographs of Egypt (albumen prints and cyanotypes), and approximately 40 albumen prints of Switzerland. Impressively presented series of original photographs taken at various important sites and cities in Egypt, including Giza, Thebes, Karnak, Luxor, Abydos, Esna etc. The photographs show archaeological sites like the temple of Seti I at Abydos, the precinct of Ahmen-Rah near Luxor, the avenue of Sphinxes at Karnak, the Ramesseum and the Colossi at Thebes, the temple of Khnum at Esna, the Sphinx and pyramids of Giza and many more. Other photographs show the local population, doing a wide variety of activities, such as catching crocodiles on the nile, a Luxor barber shaving the head of a sailor, or a Bedouin camp in the Libyan Desert. - The Istanbul-based Sebah studio catered to the Western European interest in the exotic "Orient" and the growing numbers of tourists visiting the Muslim world who wished to take home images of the city, ancient ruins in the surrounding area, portraits, and local people in traditional costumes. "Sebah rose to prominence because of his well-organized compositions, careful lighting, effective posing, attractive models, great attention to detail, and for the excellent print quality" (Gary Saretzky, Photo history). Jean Sebah (1876-1947) took over the studio from his father Pascal after his death and signed his productions "J. P. Sebah" on the negative, putting his initial in front of his father's. - Some spotting and fading.
Impressively presented series of original photographs taken at various important sites and cities in Egypt, including Giza, Thebes, Karnak, Luxor, Abydos, Esna and others. They show archaeological sites like the temple of Seti I at Abydos, the precinct of Ahmen-Rah near Luxor, the Avenue of Sphinxes at Karnak, the Ramesseum and the Colossi at Thebes, the temple of Khnum at Esna, the Sphinx and pyramids of Giza and many more. Other photographs show the local population, engaged in a wide variety of activities, such as catching crocodiles on the nile, a Luxor barber shaving the head of a sailor, or life in a Bedouin camp in the Libyan Desert. The Istanbul-based Sebah studio catered to the Western European interest in the exotic "orient" and the growing numbers of tourists visiting the Islamic world who wished to take home images of the city, ancient ruins in the surrounding area, portraits, and local people in traditional costumes. "Sebah rose to prominence because of his well-organized compositions, careful lighting, effective posing, attractive models, great attention to detail, and for the excellent print quality" (Saretzky). When Pascal Sébah (1823-1886) died, his son Jean Sébah (1876-1947) took over the studio and signed his productions "J. P. Sebah" on the negative, putting his initial in front of his father s.Some spotting and fading, binding worn. Otherwise in good condition.l Cf. for Sébah: Saretzky, Photo history.
Published by Lausanne, Switzerland, 1912
Seller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
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Boards. Condition: Very Good+. Unique. Unique. Boards. A very illustrative and provocative manuscript songbook written by a Swiss / French regimental officer during World War I, named from the postcard citation, F. Mayor and that he signed it "Lausanne" suggesting he is writing, from, and/or stationed in Lausanne, Switzerland. The research on the manuscript eludes to the creator as Frédéric Mayor. It is not clear however if Mayor penned any of the lyrics in the notebook himself or this manuscript serves as a pictorial notebook of contemporary French language songs. The drawing styles suggests the postcard and notebook were hand drawn by one and the same. The historical account of these types manuscripts are full of possibilities including a lower ranking officer entertaining fellow troops with sordid tales of higher officer's exploits of sexual encounters with French sex workers with national song lyrics and drawings. The style of the uniforms illustrated point to Zouaves, North African based regiments, tropical uniforms with topee headgear, Imperial chasseur heavy cavalry wearing a cuirass suggesting the soldiers were engaged in the French Algerian War (1st) or these are French Foreign Legion officers by the red kepi/trousers worn. The women's fashion is illustrative of last quarter of the 19th century with pink gowns, frothy petticoats, and high up-do's indicative of Imperial age and exaggerated corsage, lingerie and balcony shape of the 1890s. These were high class French sex worker women of the late 19th century or turn-of-the-century. [J. Kearns]. The song lyrics, questionably are from a few named traditional songs of the period, for example: "Oh Bel Ange"; "À Travers des Barreaux de L'escalier"; "Je veux aller au Bal." Songs chosen for these types of songbooks "endeavored to include a fair proportion of songs according to the following classification: national and patriotic songs, folk songs, popular songs of the day, and hymns." [Morgan-Ellis, Esther M. "Warren Kimsey and Community Singing at Camp Gordon, 1917-1918." In Journal of Historical Research in Music Education Vol. 39, no. 2 (2018)]. In this case, many love songs. Otherwise, the lyrics may have been modified for whimsical purposes or mess hall entertainment. Songbooks of this example, were meant to be uplifting and kept the soldiers attached to idea of normalization ahd homelife, but also as a distraction in fantasy and sexuality. The postcard is dated 11-11-[19]12. The verso of the postcard is annotated: Sentinelle, No. 4 avancer [Advanced Guard] with one soldier in uniform labeled "Corporal." and addressed to Monsieur Paul Chesillol, Sargeant Fournier. The text inscription is loosely translated: Dear Sir: What are you doing? I am starting to get impatient. So I write myself. Never met to [shake hands], other than in written form. [indescipherable]. What can I say, this card is about me? I drew it for us. It's a changing of the guard at the barracks in Lausanne. They are soldiers of the 2nd French from the 7th Battalion Infantry.I'm waiting for news with impatience. With good greetings.[sic]--F. Mayor. It appears F. Mayor is writing to his friend, another soldier. Not uncommon, however, this collection of lyrics and illustrations are exceptional from the detail of the uniforms to the fashion of the women depicted in the pages. They are inked in black, with colored pencil. It is both playful and suggestive, a wonderful example of late 19th century French military history, fashion, and the recognition of sex work in the 19th century. Toning, rubbing, and evidence of dampstaining, else in very condition. Canvas tapebound over stamped board lined manuscript notebook. Pen and ink color illustrations with handwritten text. Approximately 180pp. [90pp blank], 60 color illustrations. With illustrated two-sided postmarked postcard with color pen and ink.
Published by England 1701, 1701
Seller: Christian White Rare Books Ltd, Ilkley, YORKS, United Kingdom
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Manuscript translation by an English lawyer determined to inject his enthusiasm for Lucretius into this work by a 17th century Swiss natural philosopher - completing his English makeover with marginal references to Milton's Paradise Lost. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Quarto in modern half tan calf over marbled boards; an eighteenth century presentation inscription from the actor/ playwright George Alexander Stevens mounted on the first original endpaper: 'Presented to William Massey by his esteemed Friend Geo. Alex Stevens Esq.r 18 Jan.ry 1773'. Roberts begins with a manuscript title page, adding lines from Thomas Creech's translation of Lucretius which are not present in the original: 'But above all 'tis Pleasentest to gett/ The Top of High Philosophy.' (Lucretius's depiction of ataraxia at the beginning of Book II of De Rerum Natura) and dates the page to 29th September, 1701. Roberts's Lincoln's Inn bookplate engraved in 1703 is mounted on the following page with a neo-Latin epigram and his calligraphic signature flourished below. A 12 page 'Short and Succinct View of the Theory of Philosophy' precedes the wide-ranging 'Compendium', the text being written on pencil-ruled paper and running to 98 quarto pages, c35,000 words. ($8,000) ENGLISH MAKEOVER In general Roberts follows Schweitzer's Compendium Physicae Aristotelico-Cartesianae (1687 & 1697; institutionally scarce) quite closely, reformulating the Swiss theologian's Latin in attractive, supple English. So Schweitzer's passage on sexual attraction is rendered as: 'The Animall spirits being putt into an Extraordinary Fermentation, It Irritates and provokes in such an Impetuous Manner to a Mutuall Coition as it an AEtna rag'd within Their Breast and wanted Vent'. To this passage Roberts adds an asterisk and a Miltonic marginal note: '*Miltons Paradise Lost 8: Book' - a reference to Raphael's advice to Adam that his attraction to Eve must transcend her sexual attractiveness. LUCRETIUS: Most frequently introduced in relation to Schweitzer's text by Roberts are lines from Thomas Creech's recently published translation of Lucretius. 10 lines of Creech's Lucretius are brought in early on to counter the systematic doubt of 'some madd Sceptic [who] may doubt of the Existence of all things'. As Lucretius puts it in Creech's version: 'He that says, Nothing can be knowne, o're throw/ His own Opinion.' It is in his use of additional authorities that Roberts is most individual in his response to Schweitzer's text, using Creech's translations of both Lucretius and Manilius's Astronomicon, for example, into his discussion of starlight (p43). Both authorities are harnessed to Schweitzer's comparisons of the earth and planets (p.45) By way of novelty Edward Howard's proof of the earth's spherical nature is cited (p48) from his Remarks on Descartes, published in 1700 but once again it is Lucretius who explains that 'Sea Water is salt from Salt mix'd with itt. Which sweetens by Procolation in the Pores of the Earth. as Sweet Fountaines rise from the Salt Sea' (Lucretius 2: lib' (p53). Lucretius helps explain the admixture of elements in the air (p61) and the existence of frost; he is used to explain the nutrition that arises from the blood: 'so an Animall grows, or is Enervated. But as Lucretius says in his 2d book. - when every Veine/Receive noe more, then what glys off againe/ Those can encrease noe More.' It is in Schweitzer's section on the Animal senses that Roberts draws most intensely on Lucretius, adding to his discussion of sight, a page and a quarter of sequential quotation (pp79-80), with only a little less intensity in the use of the poet as regards hearing, smell and taste. When Schweitzer turns to Virgil for authority, Roberts uses Dryden's translation of Virgil's 2nd Georgic; though offering his own translation of Jacob Zabarella. In reference to sleep and dreaming Roberts himself translates Schweitzer's lines from the Latin poet Claudian on 'the weary'd Hunter' who 'To th'Woods returns again with full Career/ And still pursues the flying, Trembling Deer;/ The Lawyer thinks of some Letigious Warr,/ Of Noisy Suits and pleadings at the Barr.' which prompts his second Miltonic marginal note 'v. Miltons Paradise lost T: lib: pag: 122' - a reference to Eve's dream of Satan tempting her. In the main section of the book, the Compendium, Schweitzer deals with Metaphysics; the nature of matter, mechanics, and then his highly conservative vision of 'Speciall Physics' - 'the Universality of Natural Bodies created by God thus Beautifully ordered preserved and governed By Aristotle'. This takes a question and answer format, numbered in Schweitzer's original although this numbering is dispensed with by Roberts who cannot resist rebutting Catholic assumption, glossing Schweitzer's discussion of how 'One Body can't be att the same time in more proper and nearest places for this Body and Place would be Double to one another as Tho: Anglus, (altho Roman Catholick) acknowledges*' with his own marginal note 'I suppose the Reason of this Expression is because they say that our Saviours Body is Physically and substantially in Heaven and Earth and in every Place where the Priest Consecrates the Bread, and in every part of the Consecrated bread, soe that if the bread be divided into a thousand part this body is in every part wholly, which certainly is very absurd, and against Reason.' (p28) And in a discussion of the impossibility of 'More Worlds then one' (p31). Roberts adduces the impossibility of transubstantiation as part of the evidence against this 'for in Transubstantiation, they suppose Colour and Quantity, without Matter. Smell and taste without Substance'. JOHN ROBERTS: Very little can be discovered about the writer of this translation, John Roberts beyond the internal evidence that he was practising as a lawyer in London's Lincoln's Inn around 1700. He was presumably the Shropshire-born John Roberts who was admitted to the Inn on 30th July 1698 as 'John R.
Seller: Antiquariat Clemens Paulusch GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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Gouache v. J.H. Bleuler, um 1820, 48 x 70 Prachtvolles Blatt. Der Betrachter blickt Richtung Süden auf den unteren Grindelwaldgletscher, links im Anschnitt der Mättenberg, rechts der Eiger. Im Vordergrund Bauernhäuser und links ein Gasthaus. Links unten signiert "Gez. & gem. von Joh. Heinr. Bleuler". Farbfrisch und sehr gut erhalten.
Published by Luzern, Gedruckt bei: Wolfensberger., 1906
Seller: Biblion Antiquariat, Zürich, ZH, Switzerland
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Bildgrösse: 157x85 cm. Im Stein signiert. Fachgerecht mit Japan unterlegt. An den Rändern mit wenigen Restaurationsspuren, minim fleckig. Sehr seltenes Plakat.
Published by Privately Published by the Author. 1867, 1867
Seller: Mountaineering Books (Tony Astill), Southampton, United Kingdom
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Private edition. Very Good pp360. 10 maps. original blind stamped green cloth gilt. One of only *100 copies. This copy is TWICE inscribed in ink by the author 'Richard C. Plowden from AWM.' on the f.e.p. and again on the r.f.e.p. ! and signed 'W.R. Neate 16/12/74'.
Published by n.p., Zurich, 1821
Seller: Hordern House Rare Books, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia
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Square octavo, aquatint frontispiece, 13pp. with engraved oval portrait at head of first page; a fine copy in the original printed brown wrappers, preserved in a folding bookform case. Only edition: with the famous engraved portrait of John Webber, the official artist of Cook's third voyage. This was the only contemporary portrait of Webber to have been published. This biographical essay, the main source for what little is known of Webber's life, is based on letters and oral communications Wagner collected soon after Webber's death in 1793, including information from the artist's brother Henry. A stand-alone and separately-paginated publication, this was issued as one of a series of small printings put out by the Society of Artists (Kunstler-Gesellschaft) in Zurich who produced an annual New Year's publication over some decades. Wagner's pamphlet not only features an attractive frontispiece based on Webber's image of the burial platform in Tahiti, one of the more famous images from his Voyages in the South Seas (plate VIII), but is notable for the engraved portrait of Webber himself by K. Meyer. For such a prolific artist there are curiously few known likenesses. He did paint a miniature self-portrait now held in Bern, and this painting was used as the basis for a larger work by Johann Daniel Mottet in 1812. One or other of these very similar paintings was evidently the basis for Meyer's engraving. Significantly, the only other lifetime portrait of Webber appears to be John Spiller's marble plaque of the artist in profile (now in the Rex Nan Kivell collection in the National Library of Australia). Forbes knew the work only from the Sir Maurice Holmes copy in the UCLA library. Ian Boreham wrote about the publication in the periodical Cooks Log (vol 42, no. 2, April 2019): "This book was published in Bern, Switzerland, as Siebenzehntes Neujahrstueck, herausgegeben von der Kunstler-Gesettschaft in Zurich auf das Jahr 1821. Enthaltend das Leben des Maters Johann Weber von Bern. [Seventeenth Yearbook, published by the Artists Society of Zurich in the year 1821. Containing the life of the painter John Webber of Bern.] "John Webber was the artist on Cook's Third Voyage. He was born in 1751 in London to a Swiss father and English mother. John was sent in 1757 to Bern, where he was brought up by his aunt Rosina Esther Waber. He trained as an artist in Bern and in Paris, before returning to London in 1775. His first exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1776, led to him joining Resolution later that year. After the voyage, Webber stayed in Britain until 1787, when he toured France, Italy and Bern. He died in London in 1793. "Sigmund Wagner wrote his account of Webber's life based on conversations he had with John's brother, Henry Webber, and some letters written by John Webber. The book has only 13 pages. The text begins on page 3, with an engraving of Webber above it, signed "K. Meyer, sc. 1820". The sepia aquatint frontispiece is an untitled engraving, below which is written, on the left, "J. Weber del", and on the right, "F. Hegi". The image was described by Webber as being of "A Toupapow or Burying Place at Huaheine". He inscribed the original painting, "drawn from nature at Huaina 1777". Another version of the painting is held at the Kunstmuseum, Bern, and may have een given away by Webber when he was there in 1787. In the centre of the image is a priest surrounded by masonry walls. To the left is an offering table, and to the right a covered platform called a. fata tupapau. On the far right is an open roofed enclosure". .
Published by Modern (1900-1979), 1979
Seller: 21 East Gallery, Villa Park, IL, U.S.A.
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Medium: Pastels A 1947 pastel painting By Swiss artist Pierre Guinand measuring approximately 18 x 19 inches in a frame of 23 x 24 inches. Thanks for looking. On Jun-12-11 at 16:11:10 PDT, seller added the following information: Sellers: Get your own map of past buyers. Fast. Simple. Posted with eBay Mobile Region of Origin: Europe.
Eines von 150 numerierten Exemplaren der Vorzugsausgabe mit einer farbigen Orig.-Radierung "Liebespaar mit Pferd" (Kornfeld 118). Das Impressum von Marc Chagall signiert. Das Werkverzeichnis der Kupferstiche, Radierungen u. Holzschnitte von 1922-1966. 2 weitere Bände werden die Radierungen zur Illustration der 3 großen Bücher "Gogol, Les Ames mortes, La Fontaine, Les Fables u. Bible", sowie Radierungen u. Kupferstiche nach 1966 enthalten, sind aber noch nicht erschienen. - Freitag 1572.
Published by London for the Author, 1792
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First edition, folio (57 x 39.5 cm), viii, 82, [ii] pp., engraved map, 10 fine aquatint plates after drawings by the author, uncut in contemporary calf-backed marbled boards. 'Jean François Albanis Beaumont, (1755 1812), engraver and landscape painter, may have been a son of, or related to, the Piedmontese artist Claudio Francesco Beaumont (1694 1766). He was born at Chambéry, entered the engineering school at Mezières, and in 1775 joined the Sardinian army as an engineer. At this time Sardinian territory extended into what is now Provence, and Beaumont was working as a hydraulic engineer at Nice, where he met the duke of Gloucester. In 1780 the duke engaged him as a teacher of mathematics and fortifications to his children; Beaumont then accompanied the dke on his travels in the Alps. Beaumont himself made several crossings of the region, and on one occasion travelled westwards along the Mediterranean coast into French territory. A few years later he travelled through the maritime Alps from Cuneo in Italy to Nice by the newly constructed road across the pass of Lanslebourg. In the 1790s he went through the Lepontine Alps, from Lyons to Turin. Beaumont's accounts of these journeys show a lively interest in the classical history of the area. He comments on benefits he has received from the works of other scientists active in the region, such as de Saussure, de Luc, and Pictet; he also remarks on the structural geology and mineralogy of the alpine regions and reports altitudes measured with his barometer. Published in large format, these accounts are embellished with maps drawn by himself (which he signed 'A. Beaumont, engineer') and by drawings in simple and sepia-washed versions. In the early 1790s the duke of Gloucester took Beaumont to London, where he remained during the French Revolution. There he went into partnership with Thomas Gowland and employed Cornelius Apostool as engraver, publishing views of Switzerland, Mediterranean France, and Piedmont. He afterwards took to landscape painting, and in 1806 exhibited A Storm at Sea in which the waves were considered very realistic. Under the empire he retired to La Vernaz, in the Haute Savoie, where he reared sheep. In 1808 he was rewarded by the emperor for having acclimatized black merino sheep in that region. He died in 1812' (ODNB). Abbey (Travel), 49.
Seller: Schulson Autographs, Ltd., Millburn, NJ, U.S.A.
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Patchen hand painted the front and back covers so that each edition of Panels for the Walls of Heaven is unique. On the back cover he penned and signed, "This Edition is Limited to one hundred and fifty Numbered & Signed Copies with Covers Decorated by the Author. THREE. Kenneth Patchen." On the inside back cover in green, he has written, "no two covers alike. Copy 3." Printed by the "gillick press, berkeley," 67 numbered pages. The top and side of the pages are painted a maroon red. A cellophane sheet protects the painted covers including the inside back cover. Some aging visible to the light inside covers, otherwise fine. Panels for the Wall of Heaven is an example of the painted poetry Patchen, a self taught poet, created. Over his active career he wrote on many themes. He incorporated music into his poetry, reading his poetry to jazz in the 1950's and collaborating with John Cage.
Published by Deighton Bell, Cambridge,, 1868
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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8vo., First Edition, with engraved frontispiece, 4 engraved plates and 6 illustrations in the text; attractively bound in tan half calf BY LARKINS, marbled boards, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and third compartments with dark brown leather labels lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments elaborately tooled with floral spray in gilt, gilt top, marbled endpapers, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. CLINTON THOMAS DENT'S COPY WITH HIS FINE ENGRAVED PICTORIAL BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. With the trade ticket of Matthews & Brooke of Bradford and Leeds on front paste-down. Bonney was President of the Alpine Club from 1881 to 1883; Dent from 1887 to 1889. Dent made the first ascent of the Dru (1978) and visited the Caucasus several times during the last decades of the century. He was instrumental in founding the Association of British Members of the Swiss Alpine Club and became its first President in 1879; an obituary and memoir was published when the Association opened the first British hut on the Allalinhorn in 1912. A UNIQUE AND SPLENDID COPY LINKING TWO PRESIDENTS OF THE ALPINE CLUB AND WITH OUTSTANDING BRITISH AND ALPINE MOUNTAINEERING PROVENANCE. Neate *98.
Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.
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(1 letter), Newberne (8), Washington (5), and Newport News, Va. (1), to his cousin Wesley Strong in Grout's Corner, Massachusetts, and other relatives. 8vo. 73 pages, approximately 8000 words. Passages from the letters below give a flavor his life and military service in eastern North Carolina, primarily in the siege of Washington and campaigns out of New Bern, before the regiment moved to the Virginia campaigns of 1864. Accompanied by a small bifolio, with three pages of sketches, signed by Stone, picturing Skirmishers (guarding a house by a lake), Deploy Skirmishers (guarding a grove beneath a castle), and pencil images of an intrenchment, a barricade, and various sizes and types of cannon shells and cartridges. Folded for mailing, several envelopes present (stamps removed), some storage soiling, but a very good lot. Newberne (7/11/62): "Early on the morning of the 4th we formed a line and began our march. It was tremendous hot . two days rations and forty round hung heavy . we were accompanied with other regts of infantry and Angers battery of six pieces, 3 inch rifle cannon . we bivouacked (camped) for dinner on the banks of a beautiful creek near Pollocksville . [near Trenton] our company was ordered down the road on picket . we hear some firing on the road ahead of us, heard that rebs were trying to . cut off our cavalry that was coming. Toward night the cavalry came in. The rebs had tried to stop them but a few shells from our battery had driven them back and our cavalry came in safe." Washington (1/20/63): "I have now led the lazy life of a soldier to my satisfaction, yes I have got tired of lounging around with nothing to do . runaway Negroes or white deserters come in from the country occasionally, and I would like to have you hear them tell their long and pleasing adventures and how their masters used them, and all about their getting away from their masters and how they hid themselves in the day time and traveled by night . it now looks as though the Rebels are fast gaining their independence and it seems that our head officers at Congress are trying to have them whip and if things do not change before next June, it is thought that there will be a rebellion among the Soldiers." Washington (1/28/63): "We have good exercise at ball playing . Mr. Price's [plantation] is the most splendid I think. [He] lives in a magnificent mansion surrounded by an extensive Garden in which are numerous green arbors . and stately trees and withal seems like some fairey land. Mr. Price has got some slaves, and pretends to be a Union man, but is strong Secesh at heart . on the 27th a negro came down the river in a canoe & said that Gen. Foster was advancing into the country with his force & that the Rebels had met him and were fighting right smart. The negro said when they began to fight he thought he would run away from his master and come into our lines, so he grabble a double barreled gun and made his escape . it is said that there is a right smart lot of rebels on the opposite side of the river from us and some think that they are preparing to attack this place, but I guess there is no danger at present if Ge. Foster is stirring them up at White Hall and Kingston." Washington (3/28/63): "The contrabands have been throwing up an earthworks between No. 1 and 2 block house, so if the rebs should attack us, and take possession of either blockhouse, those in the other might fall behind it with safety . two rebel deserters came in last night . they said they had been sent out on picket, and soon as they got a chance leaned for our lines . they said a great many of their boys would like to desert, but it seems they are pretty narrowly watched. Today the contrabands are filling up an old ditch not far from our lines, which would make a grand breastwork." Washington (4/19/63): "Everything is now quiet. The 17 day siege at Washington has blown over, the rebs have turned and fled after pouring their shower of lead and iron down upon us for 11 long days and nights . the faces of officers and men which had so long looked gloomy now bore smiles of exultation . we wanted they should bomb away at us a few days until Gen. Foster got back from Newberne with fresh troops so we could give them a good whipping .there was one narrow escape in our squad on the last day of the siege . one shell burst very near us, and a piece of it flew and struck our quarters about six inches from the door . one fine morning the Rebs had a new battery planted on the opposite side of the river intending to riddle our gunboats, but they had not fired but a few shots, when [we] opened on them." Washington (4/23/63): "Incidents of the 17 day siege . it comes mighty natural for a feller to doge when he hears them are shells fly in around him, but we have a darkey in our company that never knew to doge, but one day he was standing up a watching to see where the shells struck so he could pick them up when they had done fireing. Instanter a shell burst very near us and some of the pieces come comfortably near Billy's head. Billy dodged that time. Ha Ha Ha." Newberne (5/11/[63]): "[Leaving Washington] cheer after cheer is wafted up on the breeze as we pass the gun boats and hills, past where the Union flag was waving on the spot so recently occupied by the Rebs." Newberne 95/11/63): "We have wonderful stories about Gen. Hooker being defeated with great loss [Chancellorsville], and again we hear that Hooker has overwhelmed them and taken many prisoners . it is thought that if Hooker is successful that the war will close this summer . it has been about a year since I placed my foot on southern soil . how swift the time has flown, but not with wings of pleasure." Newberne (6/22/63): "One night I was sick, and, I expect, some of the boys told the Captain of it. At any rate, the Captain came to my tent and took me to his quarters and gave me some sage tea, and gave me his own bed and he slept on the floor . there never was a kinder hearted Captai.
Published by Circa, 1808
Seller: Charles Russell, ABA, ILAB, est 1978, Cirencester, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Quarto 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches or 27x22 cms, sizes vary fractionally. Housed in a recent black buckram portfolio. 28 FINE HAND COLOURED AQUATINT PLATES OF SWISS COSTUMES IN THE BEST OF THE "SWISS AQUATINT" GENRE. 2 mounted on grey paper with the publisher's original lettering label as issued and 26 from another issue with full margins, numbered in ink in the outer margins and signed M. Sheddon? The bibliography Colas describes various editions of this work with 44 or 46 plates and these appear very earlier issues with 8 of the plates watermaked Whatman 1808 and one 1807. One slightly torn but beautiful examples of hand coloured swiss aquatints. RARE. See photos. Signed by Author.
Seller: Biblion Antiquariat, Zürich, ZH, Switzerland
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4°. 73 S., 3 Bl. Okart.
Published by Privately Printed: Zürich, 2021, 2021
Seller: Yves G. Rittener - YGRbookS, Zürich, Switzerland
Photograph First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Neu. Dust Jacket Condition: Wie neu. 1. Auflage. First Edition, First Printing. One of XII copies, this one No. V. 17 original photographs taken by YGR of the band's concert at the Hallenstadium in Zürich on the 29th of June 1980. All of the photos size A3, signed, titled and numbered by the photographer and contained in a folder 33.3 by 44cm. The photographs were taken at the Hallenstadion in Zürich during one of Led Zeppelin s last concerts on the 29th of June in 1980. They have never been printed before. Taken with a slides film the ASA of which was ramped up in the developing process in order to be able to take pictures without having to use any flashlight. We have had to scan the images, because the technique to develop photographs from slides directly, does not exist any longer. The scans, however, are of excellent quality, so that even poster size prints (70 by 100cm and larger ones) come out really beautiful. No photoshopping whatsoever. The photographs offered here for sale have been printed by Remo Eyer Fine Art Print in Zürich on size A3 (297 by 420mm) Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm. Each photograph is limited to 12 copies; numbered (I-XII), titled, signed and dated by the photographer in pencil at the bottom of the back. In addition, three copies lettered Y, G and R of the complete series have been printed, containing the original slides (copy Y) and a memory stick with the high resolution scans of the slides (copies Y, G and R). The lettered copies are not for sale. Should you only be interested in individual prints, please get in touch with us. Widmung des Verfassers.
Seller: Biblion Antiquariat, Zürich, ZH, Switzerland
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Sprache: englisch.
Published by London William Clowes and Sons, 1856
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Book First Edition Signed
Octavo. 202 X 128 mm. Original bright green blind stamped cloth. Gilt title on front board. Joints have had some professional restoration. All edges gilt. Original coated white endpapers. Binding is clean and has minimal bumping and rubbing. Bookplate on front paste down. Binders ticket on rear paste down. Half title. Folding map bound in at front. Frontispiece. Title page with vignette illustration. 3 folding panoramas. A very attractive copy Not in Neate. Meckly 50. First Edition. Privately printed account of the authors travels in Switzerland and the north of Italy. The author describes his travels through the Chamonix Valley over 9 pages and one of the panorama's shows "The Chain of Mont Blanc seen from the Brevent". Presentation copy from the author to the Rev. J. F. Marshall. The author was the son of the London publisher William Clowes and the narrative is based on his letters home and it is alone intended for "perusal by my family" A very rare unknown Mont Blanc item with only one copy located in Copac at the National Library of Scotland.
Publication Date: 1860
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good- to good condition. 1. Discrimination in Switzerland. Washington D.C., House of Representatives. 1860. Octavo. 101pp. Original tan wraps with black lettering on cover. Collection of correspondence between US officials and Theodore S. Fay, among others, at the time secretary of the US legation in Bern, Switzerland. In 1859 Fay had delivered a report to the Swiss Federal Council (Memorandum concerning the admission of North American Israelites to settle in Switzerland) that was important in the struggle for emancipation of Jews in Switzerland. It had provided an overview of discriminatory Swiss laws against Jews in Switzerland while going to great depth to refute arguments that supported these laws. As a result small steps were taken in the Swiss cantons contributing to the eventual emancipation of Jews in Switzerland in 1866. Missing wraps but for most of spine. Very lightly age-toned. 2. Address "To the President of the United States." Single light blue printed leaf. Not dated. Memorial of Subscribers of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania protesting against the Swiss laws discriminating against Jews in Switzerland. An attempt to influence the President to take steps to abolish the discrimination against Jews in Switzerland. Light wear along edges of leaf, small chips and folded several times. Undated. 3. This Memorial. 1857. Printed Octavo circular, 4pp. Protest, addressed to the President of the United States, against the Swiss for their restrictive laws against American Jews. Vigorous protest to President James Buchanan against blatant anti-Semitism in Switzerland. "It so happens that certain Cantons of the Swiss Confederation among which Basle and others, have laws prohibiting Israelites from sojourning temporarily, domiciliating or establishing themselves permanently. The treat. has clearly failed. for we are met by a dark age prescriptive law, declaring us unworthy of participating in the rights of our fellow citizens, on account of our professing the Israelitisch religion." This demand illustrates the disparity between the United States Constitution which protects freedom of religion and yet is not doing enough to protect these same freedoms for its citizens when they travel abroad. Signed by various Jewish petitioners, including Isaac M. Wise of Ohio. Scarce: Singerman, 1515, cites two other known copies of this pamphlet. With some wear along edges, small chips and folded three times. Lightly age-toned.
Published by Wädischwyl. 1789 (1795), 1795
Seller: EOS Buchantiquariat Benz, Zürich, Switzerland
Book Signed
Quer-4°. Gestochenes Frontispiece, 2 Blatt mit Illustration N°. 1, (Nr. 1.), 41 gest. kalligraphischen Kupfertafeln (Nr. 2-42) und 1 Kupfer (verso 2. Blatt) von Heinrich Bruppacher nach J. J. Röschi. In späterer Leinenmappe. Doede: Bibliographie Deutscher Schreibmeister-Bücher 115 (beim Jahr 1789). Schreiblehrbuch mit gestochenen Schriftvorlagen. "Ungefähr das achte Jahr sollte der Zeitpunkt seyn, der Jugend den ersten Unterricht in den Anfangsgründen der Schreibkunst zu ertheilen" (Vorwort). Heinrich Bruppacher (1758-1835) der Schweizer Medailleur, Schrift- u. Kupferstecher war in Wädenswil am Zürichsee tätig. Die sorgfältig gestochenen Kupfertafeln mit zahlreichen Schriftbeispielen (Fraktur, Kurrent, Kanzlei, Initial(en)-Alphabete, lat.-franz. Kursive u.a.), entworfen von Johann Jakob Röschi, von dem ausser, dass er "an dem Kunstinstitut in Bern" tätig war, wenig bekannt ist. Doede gibt das Erscheinungsjahr fälschlicherweise mit 1789 an, widerspricht sich aber in der Aufnahme, da die letzten beiden Tafeln mit 1795 datiert sind. Die Tafeln 1-41 vom Stecher und Verfasser in der Platte signiert. Die Tafel 42 mit einem Vorwort an die Subskripienten von Jakob Emanuel Roschi. Mit den nach dem Tode von Bruppacher erschienenen Tafeln Nr. 41 und 42. Einband berieben und bestossen. Durchgehend fleckig, vorderer Vorsatz mit Einrissen. Trotz den stärkeren Gebrauchsspuren ein gutes und vollständiges Exemplar. Sprache: deutsch / german. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +.
26,5:21 cm. 212 S. mit zahlr., teils farb. Abb. OKt. Von Warhol auf dem Vorderdeckel mit schwarzem Filzstift signiert (der Nachname wegen der Laminierung teils weggewischt) und mit einer von Warhol signierten Widmung und kleiner Skizze auf dem Titelblatt. Letztes Blatt am Rand fingerfleckig. Catalog signed by Warhol on front cover (last name partly wiped away) and additionally with signed dedication on title page. Last page finger-stained.
Seller: antiquariat peter petrej - Bibliopolium AG, Zürich, ZH, Switzerland
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32 x 52 cm, gerahmt, blattversilbert., 18 x 38 cm, (Walter Mathis "Zürich - Stadt zwischen Mittelalter und Neuzeit", S. 141/18). Holzschnitt von Ludwig Fryg nach Zeichnung von Christoph Murer. - - Fryg veränderte das Blatt gegegenüber dem Holzschnitt von 1576 indem er das 1581 enstandene Lindentor, das Bauhaus (1586), das Gebiet um die heutige Stadelhoferstrasse u.a. einfügte. Sehr dekorative Stadtansicht. Links unten im Stock signiert LUDWIG FRIG.GC. Rechts verschlungen CSTM. 900 gr. Schlagworte: Helvetica - Zürich, Grafik - vor 1900.
Seller: Biblion Antiquariat, Zürich, ZH, Switzerland
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Bildgrösse:35x43 cm. Blatt rückseitig voll signiert. In Metallglasrahmen 51x71 cm.
Seller: Antiquariat Gerber AG, ILAB/VEBUKU/VSAR, Basel, Switzerland
Art / Print / Poster Signed
// Erster Aufstieg einer Montgolfiere am 4.Juni 1783. Joseph Michel Montgolfier, Lyon 1740-1810 Balaruc-les-Bains & Jacques Etienne Montgolfier, 1745-1799 // A.W. Diggelmann, Unterseen 1902-1987 Zürich. ****Die Versandkosten können wegen dem Gewicht der Bücher abweichen----Shippingcosts might be lower or higher by weight of the book. Kein Versand nach Frankreich**** Sprache: Deutsch 31 x 24 cm. Ölgemälde auf Karton (Painting on cardboard).
Published by Kunsthaus, Zürich, 1978
Seller: ShepherdsBook, Yvonand, Switzerland
Book First Edition Signed
Couverture souple. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. Signed by A. Warhol, with sketch. + Invitation card for the 25. May 1978, price list. Dédicacé par l'illustrateur.
Published by Kemado Records, N.Y. 2011, 2011
Seller: DR Fine Arts, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This LP sleeve/multiple is a fold-out cardboard pyramid created by Tauba Auerbach; it is hand SIGNED by both Tauba Auerbach and by Alexis Georgeopolous (with his initials); signed byTauba Auerbach at the NY Art Fair MoMA PS1 Setp. 2013; limited edition of 1000 numbered copies; she is now represented by Paula Cooper and previous by Deitch Projects; her work titled "Quarry" was in the Whitney Musuem Construction Site Installation in NY City in 2010; SYNOPSIS for the LP: "Blending folk music with electronics and a vibe like sunshine pouring raisins down on you from the heavens, The Alps are America s premiere morning musicians. Put on something like Spray, from their latest full-length Easy Action, into your wake-up routine, daylight peeking out over the trees and buildings, an abundance of noise and effects co-existing around stern acoustic folk guitar melodies, traditions smashing against one another like metaphysical Japanese monsters to make room for more skies and visible horizons in your life. Featuring Alexis Georgeopolous (Arp), Jefre Cantu-Ledesma (who runs the Root Strata label and blog) and Scott Hewicker (Troll), the Alps make music that is made to move the mountains in your mind, and help you to take some time for yourself, out of focus from the rest of the world, and think about what you can do today to make the world better."; the music on the LP: Side A) Today & Tomorrow, Spray, Pink Orange, For Isabel. Side B) Loves of a Blonde, Easy Action, Violet Hour, Reflections For Peter Green, Instant Light, Until Tomorrow; size of sleeve when not folded: 12-1/2 x 12-1/4in, height when pyramid is opened: 10-3/4in. high & 12 in. at the 3 sides of the base; the fold out pyramid and LP are in VERY GOOD COND. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, London, 1857
Seller: Dreadnought Books, Bristol, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Inscribed by Author. Size: 8vo - over 7.75 - 9.75" tall. xviii + 312pp. Internally clean. Binding firm, spine slightly cocked. Hinges reinforced with binding tape. Previous owner's inscription in ink. Edges browned. Covers slightly marked. Corners bumped. Rebound by Edmonds & Remnants, London, with original spine and cloth covers laid on to new boards. Advertisement pages to pastedowns have been preserved. Faint inscription to front end paper appears to read, "Lionel G. Robinson, from the author." Thomas Woodbine Hinchliff (5 December 1825 Â 8 May 1882) was an English mountaineer, traveller, and author, from 1875 to 1877 the seventh President of the Alpine Club. 'Summer Months Among the Alps' was referred to in Mark Twain's 'A Tramp Abroad' as "Hinchliffe's book". Contains frontispiece, 3 illustrations and 3 fold-out maps, one of which has some repairs and is partially torn at fold. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Mountaineering; Europe; 19th century; Travel & Places. Inscribed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 20658.