Mexico: Author Published, 1960. (4) + 122 pages; the first page a real-photo head & shoulders portrait of the "Rev. Bishop and Dr. M.H. Franz" in priest's garb with white collar; the author recounts his awakening to a life of service to mankind, apparently via a mystical experience aided by.....
Paris: C. Carteret, A.J. Dugour, J. A Brosson. F. Two volumes, 378 + 414 pages; 'An VI de la Republique Francasie' (1797); French text throughout; description of the Republique in the early years; contemporary marbled-paper-covered boards, vellum corners and spines, handwritten ink spine titles; all edges dyed light green; light.....
London: David Bogue, 1884. F. (10) + 86 pages; tissue-guarded frontispiece photogravured steel engraved portrait of Mary Anderson after the original drawing by Henry Van der Weyde; the author's preface extols "...Very few actresses-none, indeed, of other than English birth-have so endeared themselves to the English theatre-going public...To have known.....
Original work for this colorful Osaka City Japan scene by Fazzino, signed by him lower left; 32" x 26 3/4" approximate size, done on heavy white cardstock; with a blank margin to left of piece; with applied faux gemstone stars, circles, glitter; (with) a print of the trial piece in.....
Original work for this piece, drawn n black and white ink with grey coloring details; 3 7/8" x 21 7/8" approximate size, done on heavy white cardstock; title in pencil on back, perhaps in the artists' hand; not signed; some light wear to paper edges; very good condition and interesting.....
Original work for this piece, drawn n black and white ink with grey coloring details; 3 1/4" x 22" approximate size, done on heavy white cardstock; title in pencil on back, perhaps in the artists' hand; not signed; some light wear to paper edges; old tape on back which is.....
Original work for these pieces, drawn n black and white ink and pencil corrections & titled below each, for instance, on "Manhattan Silhouette", the artist has instructed "...Round off Moon make it nice and round (underlined)..."; evidently, the artist asking his printers and collaborators for help on the piece; all.....
Original work for this piece, suitably emphasizing Godzilla; drawn n black and white ink with grey coloring details; 2 3/4" x 21 3/4" approximate size, done on heavy white cardstock; title in pencil on back, perhaps in the artists' hand; not signed; some light wear to paper edges; very good.....
An interesting collection of tiny flags, each measuring 1" x 1 1/4" approx.; many with written identifiers; flag with three vertical bars, dark blue, yellow & red with black & white portrait of a Woman in blouse and tie, back with 'Edith Cavell Memorial Fund' (Edith Cavell 1866 - 1915.....
A Paris: Chez J.-B. Bailliere, Libraire De L'Academie Royale De Medecine, 1837. First Edition. Leather. (2) + 424 pages; with the half-title. French text, the author's theories, especially those considering the influence of climate conditions on human development, medicine & the forms illness may take in varying temperature conditions; also.....
A Paris: Chez J.-B. Bailliere Libraire De L'Academie Imperiale De Medecine, 1856. First Edition. Leather. xx + 770 pages; useful index. Black and white illustrations within the text and folding tables, French text; marine medical researches & recommendations by the reforming French naval doctor Jean- Baptiste Fonssagrives (1823-1884). Small bookseller's.....
Apparently a scrap or memory album put together by the participants in this international program for the benefit and memory, a heart-felt tribute for the efforts of their teacher Martha Leighton, who was the guiding force for these people in the IFYE program, which was the pioneering international 4-H effort-she.....
Paris France: Various Publishers, 1859. First Edition. Leather. French text; details below on publisher and pagination. Including: Le Pape et le Congres. Paris. E. Dentu & Didot Freres 1859. 46 pages; no author noted; OCLC credits Arthur Vicomte de Dubreuil-Helion La Gueronniere. Les Jesuites en 1860 par Charles Habeneck. Paris.....
Paris, France: Compagnie Des Eaux Minerales Economiques, 1909. First Edition. Hard Cover. A photograph album, composed of 29 heavy cardstock leaves, each titled with a French hospital, with a mounted photograph of the interns of 1908-09. On the mounts, printed below the images are the surname-identification of the new doctors.....
Paris, France: Au Pont Des Arts, 1952. F. 55 text pages + xxviii + 40 plates, fifteen in color, others black & white; each with its own titled and numbered tissue-guard and depicting the innovative ceramic work of the Huguenot craftsman potter Bernard Palissy (c. 1510 - 1589). Beautifully printed.....
Paris & Pise: Antonin L. Neurdein and Étienne Neurdein, 1900. F. A good, large-sized image of some of the buildings of this expo along the river, with tour boats in the foreground and crowds of visitors along the opposite avenue; albumen process photograph mounted on pale ivory gilt-edged cardstock; with.....
Paris: Editions De Documents d'Histoire Paul Catin, Adminstrateur, 1912. F. Three related volumes, bound in one, all Publie par Eugene Griselle (1861 - 1923) French ecclesiastic & author; 'Docteur es Lettres, Laureat de l'Academie francais (Prix Juteau-Duvigneau, 1902; Prix Saintour, 1911)'; 1) Etat de la Maison: viii + 408 +.....
Long Island New York: Frederick Cowan & Co., 1950. 5 three-ring binders worth of materials from this Long Island industrial engineering firm; they had been located at several places on the Island, including Plainview, Bohemia, Riverhead and Syosset; evidently the company had much work with heating sensory equipment, including hand-drawn.....
New York, NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1879. First Edition. Hard Cover. 207 pages + 7 + (1) pages of publishers' advertisements at back. With a useful alphabetically-organized "Index of Authorities" with page number citations at back. John Gamgee (1831-1894) presents his theories on epidemic disease and specifically Yellow Fever.....
New York, N.Y. Wm. C. Martin, Print. 1840. First Edition. Hard Cover. 71 + (1) errata pages; tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait engraving of the author Smith P. Gammage by A. Sealey & V. Balch. The Christian biography of Mrs. Louisa Liscum (1808 - 1834) of Patchogue, Long Island, NY; her husband.....
O.D. Case Hartford & John W. Fuller Utica, 1857. 178 pages; containing eight hand-colored maps, three double-page; including: The World or Hemispheres (dbl); North America; United States and Mexico (dbl); South America; Europe (dbl); Asia; Africa; Oceanica; double-page map size approximately 6 1/2" x 8", single maps half the width;.....
London & Edinburgh: W. Strahan; T. Cadell in the Strand; and W. Creech at Edinburgh, 1774. vii + 434 + 1) page errata at back; Alexander Gerard (1728-1795) philosophical writer and professor of natural history and divinity in Scotland and of some reputation for this book as well as his.....
Berlin, Germany: Wertheim, Zeidler, Roloff, Strom & Walter, Conrad, Wilhelm Stein, Globus, Jandorf, Gulzer, Wenzel, Bohme, Appel, Fuchs et al, 1880. F. Group includes (7) cabinet cards and (60) cartes-de-visite. Portraits are mostly of young men and young women, with a few older adults & children; one cdv of a......
Steglitz Berlin Germany: Neue Photographische Gesellschaft NPG, 1906. F. A group of 42 images of this ancient town in southern Germany, in the Franconia region of Bavaria, known for its medieval old town. Photographs of exterior, interior views of town buildings, including: Portal im Rathaushof; Portal I am Kgl. Gymnasium;.....
Stuttgart Germany: Wilhelm Nitzschke, 1866. F. (16) pages; the 'pages' are a heavy cardstock, with numerous identified hand-colored illustrations on each. Nature, historical events, war, the seasons, modern transportation and other subjects are depicted. German text throughout; the final leaves offer the alphabet in both the German Gothic and more.....
