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Views of Country Seats of the Royal Family, Nobility and Gentry of England (Two Volumes); . . . With Particulars, Historical and Descriptive by Westall, William and John Gendall

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Title: Views of Country Seats of the Royal Family, Nobility and Gentry of England (Two Volumes); . . . With Particulars, Historical and Descriptive
Author: Westall, William and John Gendall
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1830: R. Ackermann and Co, London. First edition. Half Calf. Very Good. Scarce, with only two copies listed on OCLC First Search, at Toronto and New South Wales. 8vo. 24 by 14.5 cm. viii, 136, vi, 136 pp. With 146 hand-colored aquatint plates after Westall, Gendall, Shepherd, Stockdale, others. The plates are lovely, both for the beautiful palatial buildings depicted and the execution of the prints -- the fineness of the artwork, and quality of the hand-coloring. Tooley 13. This is a very extensive documentation of the stately homes of England -- besides the justifiably famous mansions such as Woburn Abbey, Belvoir Castle, and Knole are scores of lesser known yet still immensely grand and gracious residences, all painted to great advantage, in uncompromised halcyon settings. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, marbled endpapers, marbled painting on the fore-edges. Joints starting. Upper spine extremities restored professionally, but still slight loss of gilt decoration on Vol. 1. Some flattened dog-earing of the leaves. Plates generally clean and bright. Light to moderate offsetting of the plates.

President Millard Fillmore Instructs His Secretary of the Interior to Manage the Water and Streets Improvement Project in Washington DC by Millard Fillmore

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Title: President Millard Fillmore Instructs His Secretary of the Interior to Manage the Water and Streets Improvement Project in Washington DC
Author: Millard Fillmore
Seller: The Raab Collection (United States)
Description: 15/09/1852. In his State of the Union message to Congress delivered on December 6, 1852, Fillmore made a special point of emphasizing that a reliable supply of clean water for the nation’s capital, Washington, DC. must be a top priority. The lack of such water had been a problem in the past and posed a public health risk besides.The President’s stated, “Permit me to invite your particular attention to the interests of the District of Columbia, which are confided by the Constitution to your peculiar care. Among the measures which seem to me of the greatest importance to its prosperity are the introduction of a copious supply of water into the city of Washington and the construction of suitable bridges across the Potomac to replace those which were destroyed by high water in the early part of the present year. At the last session of Congress an appropriation was made to defray the cost of the surveys necessary for determining the best means of affording an unfailing supply of good and wholesome water. Some progress has been made in the survey, and as soon as it is completed the result will be laid before you. Further appropriations will also be necessary for grading and paving the streets and avenues and inclosing and embellishing the public grounds within the city of Washington.”But by the time he delivered this message, Fillmore was already devising methods of accomplishing his goal. And although Congress had started on the road to appropriating the necessary funds earlier in the year, as Fillmore relates, more funds were required. In this letter, the President delegates to his Secretary of the Interior the responsibility for managing the streets improvement process, and the necessity of involving the Mayor and leaders of Washington, DC. in the project.Letter signed, Washington, September 15, 1852, to the Secretary of the Interior, Alexander H.H. Stuart. “You may recollect that at the last session of Congress an appropriation was made to complete & revise the grades of the streets and to determine the plans for the drainage and sewerage thereof. I called upon the mayor for any suggestions he might have to make in regard to the matter, and have now the honor to enclose you his letter dated September 14, 1852, with the request that the engineer now employed in determining the grades of the streets should be requested to furnish a plan for drainage and sewerage, if he can do so, but if not, that you will report to me some suitable person to discharge this duty. I would suggest that any change in the grade of streets, as well as plans for sewerage and drainage, should be first submitted through the Mayor to the corporate authorities, for their consideration and approval.”Letters of sitting presidents to members of their cabinet, delegating responsibilities, are quite uncommon. We’d had only a few over the years.

The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Embellished with Engraving from Designs by Thomas Stothard, Esq. R.A. by (Defoe, Daniel)

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Title: The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Embellished with Engraving from Designs by Thomas Stothard, Esq. R.A.
Author: (Defoe, Daniel)
Seller: Thorn Books (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1820. Hardcover. Very good. 2 volumes. 4to. xcii,429; v, (1), 415pp. Full calif by Riviere. Spines in six compartments, gilt, with red and black lettering labels, gilt; marbles endpapers and edges. Illustrated. Large paper copy. Expertly rebacked with the original spines laid on; some rubbing, soil and wear, foxing to the first 2 leaves of volume 1, else a very good set. .

Book of Flowers, Animals and Birds by Baiyun Mountain Man, pseud. of Tan Tien

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Title: Book of Flowers, Animals and Birds
Author: Baiyun Mountain Man, pseud. of Tan Tien
Seller: Thorn Books (United States)
Condition: Hardcover
Description: n.p.: n.p., n.d.. Near fine. Hardcover. Accordion style book bound in floral patterned silk, and with five double pages of original water color and calligraphy. Each is signed by the calligrapher as , and there arre additional artist seals, for a total of 10 seals. The double page images measure 12 by 12 inches, and the subjects are: crane with pine branches; green bird with peony; panda with bamboo; blue birds and nasturtiums; dragon fly and peony; brown birds and berries. Finely executed in a lovely binding which has only a trace of wear. We have on good authority that the calligrapher is Tan Tien . Although not dated, it appears to be from the later half of the 20th century. .

Eugen Wiskovsky 1888-1964 by WISKOVSKY, Eugen and Vladimir Birgus

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Title: Eugen Wiskovsky 1888-1964
Author: WISKOVSKY, Eugen and Vladimir Birgus
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Prague: Ministerstvo Kultury Ceske Republiky, Prazsky Dum Fotografie, Prague House of Photography, 1992. First edition. Softcover. [28 pages.] Exhibition catalog for a show that ran December 3, 1992 through January 2, 1993. Catalog on the underappreciated Czech photographer Eugen Wiskovsky. Text in Czech, English and German with an essay by Vladimir Birgus. Includes with the covers 19 black and white images by Wiskovsky, a portrait of him by Josef Ehm, a list of previous exhibitions, and bibliographic information. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers with some very minor wear. Uncommon.

Utah's Wasatch Front: No. 4 in a Series by Wilson, Ted

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Title: Utah's Wasatch Front: No. 4 in a Series
Author: Wilson, Ted
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Geographical Society, 1986. Paperback. Fine. Unpaginated. Oblong octavo. [22 cm]. Pictorial wraps.

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