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Albumen Photograph Signed

Albumen Photograph Signed by GRANT, ULYSSES S.

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Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company
Title
Albumen Photograph Signed
Author
GRANT, ULYSSES S.
Seller
The Manhattan Rare Book Company (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Rome: Henri Le Lieure, 1878. First edition. Framed. Very Good. ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH OF GRANT IN MILITARY DRESS, SIGNED BY GRANT ON THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S MOUNT. A very handsome bust-length portrait of Grant taken by photographer Henri Le Lieure during Grant's visit to Rome in 1878. Signed "U.S. Grant" in ink on the original mount beneath the photograph. A handwritten note on the paper backing of the frame reads: "This photograph was autographed by U. S. Grant in April 1878 at the home of Dr. Charles McMillan, Counsel General (Great Uncle of Eunice) in Rome, Italy. Dr. McMillan had served as Medical Director on Grant's staff throughout the Vicksburg Campaign." The frame, with the seal of "The Dayton Company Picture Galleries Minneapolis", on the backing likely dates from early-mid 20th century. (The Dayton Company was a celebrated Minneapolis department store in Minneapolis from 1911-1962, ultimately serving as the parent company for Target.) Grant visited Rome on his hugely successful post-presidential world tour. "Grant traveled aboard a government vessel.. as the representative of his country, an emerging power in the world." In Rome he was granted an audience with both Pope Leo XIII and King Umberto I. "Grant wasn't fazed that a king and a pope vied for his company." (Chernow, Grant, pp. 871-73). With printed credit of the photographer ("H. Le Lierue, Phot. / Rome, Place Mignanelli") printed beneath the photo. Henri Le Lieure (1831-1914), was a French-born photographer based in Italy who took photographic portraits of some of the most famous people of his day. Size: Mounted image = 4x5.75 in; with mount = 6.5x8.5 in. Rome: H. Le Lieure, 1878. A few stray spots to image, beginning of Grant's "U" a little faint, probably due to trouble getting the ink to flow. An elegant, stately image documenting an important event in Grant's post-presidential career, with large (three-inches long) presentation signature by Grant.
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Panorama di produzione by SAN GIORGIO

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Seller: Ursus Books
Title
Panorama di produzione
Author
SAN GIORGIO
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Ursus Books (United States)
Description
1941. SAN GIORGIO Societa Anonima Industriale GENOVA - SESTRI. Panorama di produzione. 152, [2] pp., photographically illustrated throughout. Small folio, 240 x 170 mm., bound in publisher's embossed tan wrappers. Genova: S.I.A.G., 1941. (#171086) A splendidly printed and designed trade catalogue for the San Giorgio factories devoted to the construction of machines. The book was lovingly produced with elaborate layout, multiple colours and some quite avant-garde photographs. Extremely rare with OCLC listing only one copy worldwide, in Germany.
The Great South: A Record of Journeys

The Great South: A Record of Journeys by King, Edward

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Seller: Thorn Books
Title
The Great South: A Record of Journeys
Author
King, Edward
Seller
Thorn Books (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Thick 8vo. xiv, (15)-802, iv pp. Green textured cloth blocked in black and gilt on the spine and upper board. Map of Southern States as well as many illustrations throughout by J. Wells Champney. Travel in Louisiana, Texas, Indian Territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. Light wear to the corners and some rubbing to the cloth else a near fine copy. Rader, South of Forty, 2170. Howes K-149. .
Informe del Gobernador Interino Constitucional, C. Jose Maria Sanchez

Informe del Gobernador Interino Constitucional, C. Jose Maria Sanchez by [Mexico]. [Chihuahua]

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Seller: McBride Rare Books
Title
Informe del Gobernador Interino Constitucional, C. Jose Maria Sanchez
Author
[Mexico]. [Chihuahua]
Seller
McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Good plus.
Description
Chihuahua, 1910. Good plus.. 35pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Moderate wear to corners and spine. Light tanning. An evidently unrecorded "state of the state" report by the governor of Chihuahua to its state legislature on the 100th anniversary of the Mexican declaration of independence and the eve of the Mexican revolution. The document covers budgetary issues, developments in public education, industrial growth, construction of transportation and communication, and more, including the establishment of an emigration office in Ciudad Juarez. Interestingly, it does not disclose any inkling of the uprising led by Pancho Villa that began in Chihuahua less than two months later. Not in OCLC.
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Watch and Wait; or The Young Fugitives. A Story For Young People by Oliver Optic by ADAMS, William Taylor

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Seller: Houle Rare Books & Autographs
Title
Watch and Wait; or The Young Fugitives. A Story For Young People by Oliver Optic
Author
ADAMS, William Taylor
Seller
Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
Description
Boston, Lee and Shepard, 1864., 1864. First edition. 8vo. Frontispiece and engraved title page. Original brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind; pale yellow endpapers (light wear). 276 pages. Very good. Signed and inscribed by William Taylor Adams on the front free endpaper: "Miss Elizabeth Howes, from William T. Adams." Adams (1822-97), highly successful American author (second only to Horatio Alger), who wrote boy's adventure tales under several pseudonyms, including "Oliver Optic"; one of the period's best-paid writers.. Signed by Author(s). F. Hardcover.
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Ferments et maladies by DUCLAUX, E.

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Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Title
Ferments et maladies
Author
DUCLAUX, E.
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Paris: G. Masson, 1882. FIRST EDITION. With 12 plates and numerous text illustrations. Uncut in the original front wrapper, chipped, wrapper and first few leaves nearly detached; preliminary leaves somewhat spotted. First edition of the author's most important book. The work is divided into two parts, the first on the history, origin and theories of microscopic beings and their division into air, water and soil. The second section is devoted to aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, fermentation, bacterial reproduction and the study of enzymes. Duclaux (1840-1904), a friend and disciple of Pasteur, offered the world's first course in microbiology while teaching at the Sorbonne.
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El Quacheno. How I Want to Help Make the Constitution of California - Stirring Historical Incidents by Foster, Stephen Clark

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El Quacheno. How I Want to Help Make the Constitution of California - Stirring Historical Incidents
Author
Foster, Stephen Clark
Seller
Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1949 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First book edition, first published in the Los Angeles Evening Express, 1878. 100 copies printed for Glen Dawson by William M. Cheney. 16mo. [2], v, [1, blank], 35pp. Dark blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Spine lightly faded and with 3 minor spots, else a fine copy. The author was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1849. When the second Constitutional Convention was about to be held, Foster, then fifty-eight years old, wrote this account of his trip to Monterey for the original Convention. Foster was a graduate of Yale, Alcalde of Los Angeles. In the fifties, he served as state Senator. He was also the first Superintendent of Schools and inaugurated the public school system in Los Angeles..
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FREE AIR by Lewis, Sinclair

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Title
FREE AIR
Author
Lewis, Sinclair
Seller
Hoffman Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
Description
New York: Brace & Howe. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1919. First Edition. Hardcover in jacket. Blue cloth with lighter blue stamping on the upper cover and spine, in a nicely done facsimile dust jacket. The covers show light fading to the cloth at the edges, toning to the spine, and light rubbing to the edges, corners, and spine-ends. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean, with a bit of crunching to the bottom, outer corner of a few pages. .
Who's in Rabbit's House: A Masai Tale

Who's in Rabbit's House: A Masai Tale by Aardema, Verna (Retold by); Pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon

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Title
Who's in Rabbit's House: A Masai Tale
Author
Aardema, Verna (Retold by); Pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon
Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: The Dial Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Quarto [26 cm] Orange cloth over boards. In a price-clipped dust jacket with light soiling and rubbing. Another collaboration from the creators of the 1976 Caldecott Medal Winner "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears." From the dust jacket- "The illustrations show the story presented in the form of a play performed before their fellow villagers by Masai actors wearing animal masks. The costumes, terrain, and jewelry are typical of the Masai; the masks are an artistic invention. They change expressions as the play progresses, showing anger, fear, merriment in a way that could only happen in the realm of fantasy.
Poisoned Wheat

Poisoned Wheat by McClure, Michael

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Title
Poisoned Wheat
Author
McClure, Michael
Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
San Francisco: [Privately printed], 1965. First edition. Paperback. Very good. Very slim duodecimo [20 cm] Saddle-stitched pictorial wraps. McClure's poem written in protest of the Vietnam War.
Wonder's Child: My Life in Science Fiction

Wonder's Child: My Life in Science Fiction by Williamson, Jack

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Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA
Title
Wonder's Child: My Life in Science Fiction
Author
Williamson, Jack
Seller
Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780312944544
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Bluejay Books, Inc, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed by Williamson on the title page. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($15.95), a crease down the front flap, lightly bumped at the edges. Quarter blue cloth with brown paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Williamson's memoir about his writing career, including anecdotes about composing his most beloved stories and dealing with the likes of Hugo Gernsback and John W. Campbell.
Opera on Screen: A guide to 100 years of films and videos featuring operas, opera singers and operettas
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Opera on Screen: A guide to 100 years of films and videos featuring operas, opera singers and operettas by WLASCHIN, Ken

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Title
Opera on Screen: A guide to 100 years of films and videos featuring operas, opera singers and operettas
Author
WLASCHIN, Ken
Seller
J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
ISBN
9781888327007
Condition
Fine
Description
Los Angeles: Beachwood Press, 1997. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto. Boards. 628 pp.

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