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[WASHINGTON, George]. S. E. George Washington General en Chef des Armees des Etats Unis de l'Amerique. Line engraving by Pierre Adrien Le Beau, after Charles Willson Peale. Bust, full face, to right, in uniform, with gorget. Oval, in border 6/16, in a rectangle. Above oval a festoon of olives leaves, with the word "Li/ber/tas", surrounded by radiating rays. Below, flags, cannon, laurel and palm branches. Tablet, within rectangle,bearing title. Paris: chez Mondhare [177-?]. "Excessively Rare."-Hampton L. Carson Collection (1904) #35. Hart 30. Baker (1880) 20.. Not in James T. Mitchell Catalogue (1907). WE HAVE A SELECTION OF AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR PRINTS OF AMERICAN, ENGLISH AND FRENCH OFFICERS. INQUIRIES WELCOMED.

BURN, Col. Walter P., C.W.S., Chemical Officer, II Corps. Piano Arrangement by C.W.O., E. D. Rupert, Band Leader, 18th Infantry. II. Second to None. Marching Song of the II Corps. African Edition. 4to, bifolium, 4pp., printed in black-and-blue, unbound, as issued. [Algeria: 62nd Engr. Top. Co., U.S.A.,1943]. First Edition of Army produced sheet music, dedicated, "1st Verse Clark, 2d Verse Fredendall, 3d Verse Patton, 4th Verse Bradley," names inside white stars which are inside blue background. Page. [4] is a 36-line poem, African Interlude, headed by a 2 7/8 x 7 7/8" map of Algeria by Col. Walter P. Burn, a cartographer, with a scene below of Algerians waving goodbye to American troops on the move. The poem is about the dead, and where "death was sown in every road...But you did your job and faced it..." Praises the men who strung the wires, those who loaded deadly freight, "And don't forget the nurses/ Who have shared our risk and fare,/ Nor the medics and the stretcher teams/Who gave… Read More

PRESENTATION COPY
OF A FUTURE-WAR NOVEL

KIPLING, Arthur Wellesley. The Shadow of Glory: Being a History of the Great War of 1910-1911. 8vo, original gilt stamped blue cloth, pp. xvi, 440. London: Alston Rivers Ltd., 1910.
First Edition. The second of the author's two future-war novels, and much scarcer than his first, The New Dominion: A Tale of Tomorrow's War (1908). These two novels are the sum total of his literary output. Kipling (1885-1947), an American, both of whose books were published in London, saw service as a Major in the American Ambulance Service during WWI. He is buried in Arlington Cemetary, his wife next to him. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author: "To Miss Sophia Curtiss with the warm friendship and appreciation of Arthur Wellesley Kipling April 22nd 1910." The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Saturday, May 28 1910, carries on p. 5, a long review of the book, saying that Kipling, an American (who had an aunt in Louisville), was educated in Paris, and was living there at… Read More

ONE OF 30 FOR PRESENTATION OR REVIEW

[BATE, George]. [ALMACK, Edward, editor]. A Short Narrative of the Late Troubles in England. First Written in Latin by an Anonymus, for the information of Forreners, and now do into English, for the behoof and pleasure of our Countrey-men 1649. 12mo, original gilt decorated imitation vellum, frontispiece (slightly foxed), pp. [xl], 151, t.e.g., uncut. London: F. E. Robinson & Co., 1902.
Limited to 320 copies for sale, and 30 copies for presentation or review, this one numbered 328, or one of the 30 reserved copies. Inscribed by the editor: "To The Revd. Dr. Selwyn from Edward Almack, 6 February 1903." Rev. Edward Carus Selwyn (1853-1918) was a religious writer, fellow King's College, Cambridge, and headmaster of Uppingham School, 1888-1907. This is a translation of Bate's Elenchus Motuum Nuperorum in Anglia. Cyril Davenport contributed an interesting "Note on the Binding," pp. ix-xiii, in which he says, "The binding chosen for the present edition...is… Read More

ELIOT, George, pseud. [EVANS, Mary Ann]. Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe. 8vo, original crimson cloth (lightly soiled; spine extremities strengthened, corners little rubbed, a few slits at the joints & front end paper slightly cracked at fold), pp. 364, [4], 16 ads. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood ad Sons, 1861.

First Edition. Despite the binding faults noted above, this is quite a decent copy of a classic novel many of us read in school, nowhere near as bad as we have suggested. Eliot's opening sentence sets the tone: "In the days when the spinning-wheels hummed busily in the farmhouses-and even great ladies, clothed in silk and thread-lace, had their toy spinning-wheels of polished oak-there might be seen, in districts far away among the lanes, or deep in the bosom of the hills certain pallid undersized men, who, by the side of the country-folk, look like the remnants of a disinherited race." Carter, Binding Variants "D", with no… Read More

BESSEMER, Sir Henry. Sir Henry Bessemer, F. R. S. An Autobiography. With a Concluding Chapter. [Illustrated]. 4to, original green cloth, pp. 380 + 51 plates from photographs & 57 figures in-text, t.e.g., uncut. London: Offices of "Engineering," 1905. First Edition. "Career of the great engineer to crash in 1875; inventions, improvements in manufacturing of materials; the Bessemer process; saloon steamships; travels."-Matthews 272. "…in this volume we tread with him the thorny road to success, and more than that, he shows us the seamy side of the inventor's career."-Preface. The book was unfinished at Bessemer's death, and the "Concluding Chapter" was contributed by his son. Laid in is the book's 4pp. prospectus and order form. Ownership signature of great American mechanical engineer (see DAB) "Ambrose Swasey/ Cleveland Sept. 9th 1905," and his large ex-libris… Read More

"NOBLE PROFLIGATES AND HONOURABLE DUPES" THOMAS JEFFERSON (PRESUMABLY) HAD A CHANCE TO BUY THIS COPY FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FROM AN IMPORTANT MARYLANDER/VIRGINIAN, AND TURNED THE OFFER DOWN: A PARODY OF LORD BYRON (AN ACQUAINTANCE OF THE AUTHOR), SHELLEY, THOMAS MOORE, LADY CAROLINE LAMB, ET AL
A FINE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION COPY WITH MORE THAN 50 PSEUDONYMOUS CHARACTERS IDENTIFIED IN MANUSCRIPT
[BARRETT, Eaton Stannard, attributed to]. [JERDAN, William, who claimed some part in the authorship, and Michael NUGENT]. [SOMERVILLE, William Clarke, provenance]. Six Weeks at Long's by a late resident. 3 vols., 12mo, contemporary (American?) calf, red leather lettering pieces, spines gilt with simple gilt rules, edges gilt scored (vol. I hinges cracked, but firm; vol. II slightly cracked; extremities little rubbed), 1 p.l., pp. xii, 235; 1 p.l., pp. 230; 1 p.l. pp. 226, [2] terminal ads. London: Printed for the Author [by B. Clarke, Printer, Well Street, London], 1817.… Read More

PRESENTED TO AMY SPINGARN
BRASHER, Rex. Spring 'long shore. [cover-title only, issued without a title-leaf]. 4to, original pictorial wrapper, 7 sheets with integral illustrations mounted to recto and verso of 43 larger sheets. N.p., n.d. [Kent, Conn.: Printed by Meriden Gravure Company for Rex Brasher Associates [1932].
Printed for private distribution by the author-artist and illustrated from his drawings (6) and photographs (3). An illustrated ecological essay about birds and the Long Island shore, by the author-artist of Birds and Trees of North America. Harold Hugo, President of the the Meriden Gravure Company (1900-1985), was a friend to many a bookseller, including this family. Presentation copy, inscribed by Brasher above his printed name: "To Amy Spingarn from..." The recipient was the wife of Joel Elias Spingarn, one of the first members of the NAACP, and one of the first Jewish leaders of that organization. The Spingarn's country estate, known as Troutbeck, is in Amenia, New York, not… Read More

TWO COPIES RECORDED
BALMANNO, Mrs. [Mary]. The Stuyvesant's Bride. Written by Mrs. Balmanno, and sung at the Anniversary Festival of the St. Nicholas Society of NassauIsland, 1853. 8vo broadside, 8 1/4 x 5". N.p. [Brooklyn? 1853]. $750.00
A delightful, and rare broadside poem by little known Anglo-American poet, writer, and artist. Born in Derbyshire, England, Mary Balmanno (1802-1875) was the wife of transplanted Scot, Robert Balmanno (b. near Aberdeen, Scotland, 1780-died, New York, 1861). The Balmanno's traveled in literary and artistic circles in Britain, and also in the United States after they immigrated in 1831, being friends and correspondents with the likes of Sir Walter Scott, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Henry Fuseili, Thomas Moore, Mary Cowden Clarke, John Sartain, and many others. Mrs. Balmanno was the author of verse and prose on Scottish subjects, and a talented artist who had at least two public exhibitions. She wrote the article Pocohantas for Mary Cowden Clarke's, World-noted… Read More

SIGNED BY PHYSICISTS, ASTRONOMERS, MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, DOCTORS, AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES
[SWASEY FAMILY]. Swasey family guest book (signed by Ambrose Swasey & many others), oblong 8vo, full leather, 27 pages used, others blank. [Exeter, New Hampshire] January 1, 1929-October 7, 1936.
A Swasey familly guest book, apparently presented before the first entry therein by Laurence and Marion Swasey, inscribed to their uncle, a great American mechanical engineer: "Merry Christmas to Uncle Ambrose [Swasey (see DAB)] from Laurence and Marion 1928." Ambrose Swasey (1846-1937), his wife, and six friends from New Hampshire, signed the book on Oct. 24, 1933. The names of a number of people appear more than once. Notables include John R. Freeman, engineer, author of Earthquake Damage, Earthquake Insurance (1932); Samuel W. Stratton, physicist & president of M.I.T., and his assistant Morris A Parris; Charles A. Barbour, president of Brown University;… Read More