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Kaigan hōjutsu biyō 海岸砲術備要 [Compendium on Coastal Artillery] (title from beginning of text) [or] Kaigan biyō [Coastal Compendium] (from title-page) by TOLLEN (not TORREN), Gerrit van der, author & MOTOKI Masahide (or Shōei or Shōzaemon) 本木正栄, trans

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Title: Kaigan hōjutsu biyō 海岸砲術備要 [Compendium on Coastal Artillery] (title from beginning of text) [or] Kaigan biyō [Coastal Compendium] (from title-page)
Author: TOLLEN (not TORREN), Gerrit van der, author & MOTOKI Masahide (or Shōei or Shōzaemon) 本木正栄, trans
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Many fine woodcuts throughout. Four parts & appendices in five vols. 8vo, orig. semi-stiff wrappers (a little frayed), old stitching, orig. title slips on covers. Tokyo: Yamasakiya Seishichi 山崎屋清七 et al., 1852. First printed edition of this artillery manual from the bakumatsu period. In the early 19th century, Japan came under increased pressure from Western nations that wanted access to Japanese ports. “The Shogunate government issued the Order to Drive Away Foreign Ships in 1825 and commanded that foreign ships appearing along the coast of Japan be fired upon, so the domains along the coast began building gun batteries and installing cannons. This is when the gun batteries and emplacements were built at Odaiba in Edo Bay and at Uraga, Nakaminato, Tahara, Maiko, Dannoura, Uwajima, Kagoshima, and elsewhere. Dutch coastal artillery books were referred to when building these gun batteries” (NDL, Japan-Netherlands Exchange in the Edo Period, online). Our book was published in this historical context. The book had already been translated by Motoki Masahide (1767-1822), who had left it unpublished at his death (manuscript copies exist). Nunokawa Tsūboku 布川通璞, who edited Motoki’s translation and brought it to print, in his Preface referenced the order that the domains build coastal defenses as one justification for publication. Motoki had studied not only Dutch but also French, Russian, and English. He published an English-language primer in 1811 and an English-Japanese dictionary in 1814. The Dutch original from which the book was translated was titled Het Nieuwe Licht Der Bosschieterye (1699) and was written by Gerrit van der Tollen (fl. 1721-23), who worked for the Dutch East India Company. Our book is richly illustrated with a series of fine single- and double-page woodcuts of many kinds of cannons and mortars, cannonballs, and Western warships, along with diagrams of problems in ballistics. Sections include illustrations and explanations of the structure and dimensions of cannons, the measurement of gunpowder, and lists of Dutch terms translated into Japanese. Some sections are written in a question-and-answer format (“Which countries produce cannons? Is there a difference in the making of light and heavy cannonballs?”). The book begins with a history of artillery, a topic that is treated further in the appendices, which were not written by Motoki. The appendices treat the history of artillery both in Europe and in China. Note that Google Books presents the copy at the Bavarian State Library as being published in 1825, but the digitized title page says Kaei mizunoene, which corresponds to 1852 and is the same date as seen in our book. Very fine set. ❧ Motoki: Christopher Joby, The Dutch Language in Japan (1600-1900) (Leiden & Boston: 2021), pp. 74, 121, 186, 191, 196-97, 276, 285, & 320.

Considerations sur les Corps Organisés, Ou l'on traite de leur Origine, de leur Développement, de leur Réproduction, &c. & ou l'on a rassemblé en abrégé tout ce que l'Histoire Naturelle offre de plus certain & de plus intéressant sur ce sujet by BONNET, Charles

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Title: Considerations sur les Corps Organisés, Ou l'on traite de leur Origine, de leur Développement, de leur Réproduction, &c. & ou l'on a rassemblé en abrégé tout ce que l'Histoire Naturelle offre de plus certain & de plus intéressant sur ce sujet
Author: BONNET, Charles
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Description: xlii, one leaf of errata, 274 pp.; xx, 328 pp. Two vols. 8vo, cont. polished mottled calf (small inkstain to outer lower corner of the first 30 leaves), triple gilt fillet round sides, flat spines nicely gilt, red & green morocco lettering pieces on spines. Amsterdam: M.M. Rey, 1762. First edition and a lovely set of this important work. Bonnet (1720-93), is considered one of the fathers of modern biology. He was an enthusiastic champion of preformation, the theory postulating that the animal already existed in miniature in the germ cell, which is first stated in this work. “Bonnet’s theory of generation offered the best synthesis of 18th-century ideas of development and remained a leading authority until von Baer…He used many of Haller’s arguments to support his own opinions.”–Garrison-Morton 472. Pretty set with the stamp on half-titles of Antoine Passy (1792-1873), French biologist and geologist. ❧ Needham, A History of Embryology, pp. 213-14.

The Governor Of Rhode Island Writes To The Governor Of Massacusetts About A Fugitive In 1798 by ARTHUR FENNER

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Title: The Governor Of Rhode Island Writes To The Governor Of Massacusetts About A Fugitive In 1798
Author: ARTHUR FENNER
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Description: ARTHUR FENNER (1745-1805). Fenner was Governor of Rhode Island from 1790-1805.LS. 2pgs. February 2, 1798. Providence, [Rhode Island]. A letter signed A Fenner as Governor of Rhode Island and written in another hand. Fenner wrote to Massachusetts Governor Increase Sumner concerning a fugitive. Sir Application has been made to me according to the Constitution and Laws of the United States, to request your Excellency to cause to be apprehended a man of the mane of John Simmons a fugitive from the Justice of his State. I have the honour to forward herewith to your Excellencyand also a Warrant returned by an officer that the person charged is not to be found in his precinct. The man charged belongs to the town of Ne Bedford in your Commonwealth & is now resident there. I have therefore to request your Excellency immediately to take such steps as may be most expedient for the apprehending & securing the said John SimmonsI have the honour to be with great Respect your Excellencys most obedient & very humble servant. A Fenner. The letter is essentially an early example of an interstate fugitive warrant. It is in good condition, with a sizable tear on the inner margin, probably from the seal, that does not affect the text.

Anthology of American Negro Literature", Highlighting the Contributions of Black Writers to American Literature, 1944 by Sylvestre Watkins

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Title: Anthology of American Negro Literature", Highlighting the Contributions of Black Writers to American Literature, 1944
Author: Sylvestre Watkins
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Description: 1944. [African American][Literature] Watkins, Sylvestre C. (ed.). Anthology of American Negro Literature. New York: Random House / The Modern Library, 1944. First edition. Original tan cloth with gilt and green title panels to spine and front board. This landmark anthology sought to present, in Watkins' words, "a representative record of the achievement of the American Negro in literature." It gathers work from the 18th century through the early 1940s, with a particular emphasis on the Harlem Renaissance and its aftermath. Contributors include Phillis Wheatley, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Charles W. Chesnutt, James Weldon Johnson, W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, and Sterling A. Brown. The collection spans multiple genres including poetry, short fiction, drama, essays, autobiography, and folklore. The volume was part of The Modern Library's effort to bring culturally significant works to a mass audience in affordable editions. The publication date is significant: appearing at the height of the Double V campaign, the anthology implicitly aligned African American cultural achievement with calls for racial equality both at home and abroad. While later anthologies would critique its omissions and its framing within the integrationist politics of the 1940s, Anthology of American Negro Literature served as an important midcentury reference point, often used in college curricula and public library collections to introduce mainstream audiences to African American writing. Light rubbing to extremities, faint toning to spine, a few small spots to boards; interior clean, binding sound. Very good overall. An influential early anthology canonizing African American literature for a general audience.

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The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith

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Title: The Autograph Man
Author: Zadie Smith
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ISBN: 9780241139981
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the "1" on the copywrite page. Due to toning on the text block, this Near Fine book is housed in a Fine dust jacket and is clean and tight. Not remaindered, not price clipped, and not ex-library. In archival protection and shipped carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.

THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE by Irving, John

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Title: THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE
Author: Irving, John
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Description: New York E. P. Dutton 1981 First printing Original gray paper covered boards with white cloth spine. Dust wrapper price clipped. No remainder mark. A fine unread copy with no marks to wrapper or book Hardcover As New as new

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