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Catalogue des Livres de la Bibliothèque de feu A.-C. Patu de Mello, suivi de la Notice d'une Collection précieuse d'Instrumens de Physique, de Chymie, de Mathématiques, d'Astronomie, d'Optique, etc. provenant de sa Succession

Catalogue des Livres de la Bibliothèque de feu A.-C. Patu de Mello, suivi de la Notice d'une Collection précieuse d'Instrumens de Physique, de Chymie, de Mathématiques, d'Astronomie, d'Optique, etc. provenant de sa Succession by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: PATU DE MELLO, André Claude)

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Title
Catalogue des Livres de la Bibliothèque de feu A.-C. Patu de Mello, suivi de la Notice d'une Collection précieuse d'Instrumens de Physique, de Chymie, de Mathématiques, d'Astronomie, d'Optique, etc. provenant de sa Succession
Author
(AUCTION CATALOGUE: PATU DE MELLO, André Claude)
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
xii, [3], 250 pp.; 8 pp. Two vols. 8vo, attractive antique mottled half-calf & grey boards, spines gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spines. Paris: Veuve Tilliard et Fils, n.d. [sale: 20 Feb. 1800]. Very rare. “Ce catalogue renferme des articles précieux. M. André-Claude Patu de Mello, ancien payeur des rentes de l’hôtel-de-ville de Paris, né en 1726, est mort en 1799…M. Patu de Mello…possédoit un très beau cabinet de machines de physique et d’astronomie.”–Peignot, p. 117. Patu de Mello had strong scientific interests and the catalogue of his library lists 1957 lots, which for the largest part consisted of books on natural history, medicine, and the physical sciences. It is followed by the catalogue of his scientific instruments, here separately bound, describing 77 lots of magnets, electrical machines, barometers, thermometers, microscopes, astronomical instruments, and pendulums. The catalogue contains interesting notes concerning provenance, questions of bibliographical priority, and medical curiosities. Fine set. With the three-page schedule of the sale. ❧ Gustave Brunet, Dictionnaire de Bibliologie Catholique, col. 509–“Collection importante sur la physique et les sciences naturelles.” Grolier Club, Printed Catalogues of French Book Auctions...1643-1830, 402.
Cuffee Whipple to please to let me have two Dollares for me to get a hoggs head of flour June 3rd 2 $ [signed] Dinah Whipple

Cuffee Whipple to please to let me have two Dollares for me to get a hoggs head of flour June 3rd 2 $ [signed] Dinah Whipple by Whipple, Dinah (Portsmouth, New Hampshire]

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Cuffee Whipple to please to let me have two Dollares for me to get a hoggs head of flour June 3rd 2 $ [signed] Dinah Whipple
Author
Whipple, Dinah (Portsmouth, New Hampshire]
Seller
McBlain Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
[Portsmouth, N. H.], n.d.. Very Good. Small unevenly oblong document torn from a larger sheet. Approx. 19 x 7 cm. Incomplete notation on back: "To Cuffee Whipp." Text clearly readable. Dinah Chase, an African American, was born circa 1760 enslaved by Peter Chase, a Congregational minister in New Hampshire. After Dinah, who could read and write, was freed by her owner in 1781, she moved to nearby Portsmouth, New Hampshire where she married Prince Whipple. Prince, a formerly enslaved African American, had come to America as a child, and is generally regarded as having been accompanied by Cuffee, a younger brother or cousin. Prince served honorably in the Revolutionary War with his enslaver William Whipple, who later rose to the rank of General and who promised to free Prince after his service (and did so). Prince died in 1796. Cuffee had been enslaved by aother Whipple (Joseph) and was also freed after the revolution. He is decribed as a talented musician. Dinah opened a school a decade or so later after the death of Prince. The school known as the Ladies Charitable African School may have been in Dinah's home which was owned by the Whipples and was at one point occupied by Prince and Dinah and Cuffee and his wife Rebecca. It seems clear tha Dinah was not prosperous, especially after the death of Prince. Earnings, if any, from the school would have been meager. This document which probably dates sometime after the death of Prince, suggests that Dinah asked Cuffee for help from time to time.
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The Atlas: A Select Literary And Historical Journal, Volume IV

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The Atlas: A Select Literary And Historical Journal, Volume IV
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
Fair (boards heavily scuffed, scratched, rubbed & stained. leather corners harshly rubbed & stained; lower front discolored/blac
Description
New York: T.D. Porter & E. Prescott, 1831. Hardcover. Fair (boards heavily scuffed, scratched, rubbed & stained. leather corners harshly rubbed & stained; lower front discolored/blackened. leather spine highly scuffed, scratched & rubbed; ends rubbed. front end paper has large area torn & removed; back endpaper is a fragment with what appears to be remnants of pg 415.). overzied blue boards w/ red leather spine & corners; gilt spine printing. 414 pgs. Both hinges split with majority of joints intact; front hinge has one cracked joint and the board is very rattled. Dampstaining evident to front endpapers, title page and opening pages. Pages aged tanned with varying intensities of spotted and speckled foxing; foxing is primarily isolated to page edges, but there are instances of light to dark spots and speckles to text. Text remains dark and detailed. This volume comprises the year 1831 through '32.
Bust-length photograph of the noted Austrian composer and conductor in formal attire, cigarette in hand, signed, inscribed "Herrn Emil Mösslinger allerherzlichst," and dated September [19]65

Bust-length photograph of the noted Austrian composer and conductor in formal attire, cigarette in hand, signed, inscribed "Herrn Emil Mösslinger allerherzlichst," and dated September [19]65 by STOLZ, Robert 1880-1975

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Bust-length photograph of the noted Austrian composer and conductor in formal attire, cigarette in hand, signed, inscribed "Herrn Emil Mösslinger allerherzlichst," and dated September [19]65
Author
STOLZ, Robert 1880-1975
Seller
J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description
Ca. 148 x 105 mm. Very slight smudging to one syllable of inscription and first letter of signature, not affecting legibility; minor annotations in pencil and slight remnants of adhesive to verso. "Besides his stage and film works [Stolz] composed several hundred individual songs and dances, and received many honours including Academy Awards, honorary citizenship of Vienna (1970) and a statue in his native city (1972). Stolz's longevity and his extensive promotion of his own music on LPs have led to him being ranked among the leading names of classical Viennese operetta. However, his more ambitious scores are less effective than the lighter songs he wrote for films and song-and-dance musicals, where he was able to display his melodic touch and rhythmic invention to particular effect." Andrew Lamb in Grove Music Online.
Petits animaux

Petits animaux by [ANONYMOUS]

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Petits animaux
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[ANONYMOUS]
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
Zurich: Max Künzli Verlag, 1970. Stiff wraps. Near fine. 12mo (6 5/16" x 7"); [12pp]; chromolithographed pictorial of anthropomorphic insects on stiff wrapper, a butterfly wedding on the front, and a queen bee riding on a flower petal on the rear; 2 staple binding; produced as a coloring guide book with text, color pictorial to one page and the facing page in black outline; light crease to bottom corner; near fine. Not recorded. The publisher, Max Künzli, of Zurich, Switzerland, had a long history of high quality chromolithography. The family was in the printing business from before 1880, and established several companies in Zurich. After his father's death, Max took over the management of the business, Carl Künzli-Tobler, and changed the name to Max Künzli. Max's son, Raymond, took over the business in 1965, and it closed in 1974. [Alan Petrulis, Metropostcards (dot) com]. During its heyday, it was known as a printer of viewbooks, greeting cards, and postcards, most notably, what became known as the Mainzer Cat series after Alfred Mainzer Inc of New York acquired the rights of these humorous drawings by artist Eugen Hartung. The dressed, anthropomorphic cats continue to be a highly collected postcard series today. Following in this vein of humorous anthropomorphic animals, this little coloring book features insects, reptiles, birds, and small mammals involved in play. Not in any WorldCat library and not found in the marketplace.
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thru the blue wall. by ABRAMSON, Martin A.

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thru the blue wall.
Author
ABRAMSON, Martin A.
Seller
Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description
NY: (np), (1965).. First edition.. [20 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Short poems, most only a few words. Epigraph reads, "We're finally doing waiting. -Mac Low.
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SUSANNAH AND ONE OTHER by Albanesi, E. Maria

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SUSANNAH AND ONE OTHER
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Albanesi, E. Maria
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Hoffman Books (United States)
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Very Good
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New York: Mcclure, Phillips & Co.. Very Good. 1904. Hardcover. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1904. 324pp., a clean, Very Good copy, no DJ. .
To The Keeper of the House of Correction, At Barking, In the County..

To The Keeper of the House of Correction, At Barking, In the County.. by Poor Law; Great Britain

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To The Keeper of the House of Correction, At Barking, In the County..
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Poor Law; Great Britain
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The Lawbook Exchange Ltd (United States)
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1800. [Poor Law]. [Great Britain]. To The Keeper of the House of Correction, At Barking, In the County of Essex, To Receive and Convey; And to the Church-Wardens, Chapel-Wardens, And Overseers of the Poor of the Parish, Place or Precinct of _____ in the _____ of _____ or Either of Them, To receive and Obey. [London]: Johnson, Printer, Whitechapel Rd., [c. 1800-1810]. 4 pp. Folio (13-1/2" x 8-1/2"). Light soiling, some toning and faint dampstaining to margins, small chip to fore-edge. $25. * Partly printed two-part blank document for conveying "vagrants" to overseers of the poor. Blank forms such as these are interesting and scarce survivals that provide insight into their production and use.
The Noh Drama: Ten Plays from the Japanese: Selected and Translated by the Special Noh Committee, Japanese Classics Translation Committee, Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai

The Noh Drama: Ten Plays from the Japanese: Selected and Translated by the Special Noh Committee, Japanese Classics Translation Committee, Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai

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The Noh Drama: Ten Plays from the Japanese: Selected and Translated by the Special Noh Committee, Japanese Classics Translation Committee, Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Sixth printing. 192pp. Purple cloth edges mildly sunned, else fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with edgewear. "Unesco Collection of Representative Works: Japanese Series.