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The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean by Ballantyne, Robert Michael

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books

Title: The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean
Author: Ballantyne, Robert Michael
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1858. First edition. Good. First issue, with the plate "Terrible Encounter with a Shark" facing p. 76 (in the second issue, it was tipped in as the frontispiece). Octavo (7 x 4 5/8 inches; 177 x 117 mm.). viii, [9]-438, [2, blank] pp. Color-printed frontispiece, color-printed pictorial title, and six color-printed plates after drawings by the author. Plate facing p. 214 with original tissue-guard. Publisher's first issue binding of royal blue diagonal ripple-grain cloth with covers decoratively stamped in blind and front cover and spine pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt. Original pale yellow coated endpapers. Bindiing somewhat worn and the gilt dulled. The spine has been expertly repaired with a small piece missing from the center left and some loss of cloth at head and tail. Corners a little worn, inner hinges expertly restored. Neat ink presentation (December 25th 1859) on front pastedown. Small ink stain on fore-edge affecting pp. 297 to end. Page 387/388 has the top blank margin torn away, not affecting any text but just touching the page number on verso. A Good copy of this extremely scarce nineteenth-century children's book. Only a handful of copies of the first issue in the original cloth have sold at auction in the past fifty years. This copy comes from the library of Edgar Osborne (d. 2008), a very well-known collector of English literature. It was exhibited at the Festival of Britain Exhibition of Books 1951 which was arranged by the National Book League at the Victoria & Albert Museum as exhibit no. 68. The original exhibition slip is loosely inserted. Together with a copy (ex library) of the original 1951 Festival of Britain Exhibition of Books catalog listing this copy on p. 33 (item no. 68) listing the lender as the renowned librarian and founder of one of the premier collections of children's fiction, Edgar Osborne. "Most of the incidents used in the plot of The Coral Island, the author's most famous book, Ballantyne culled from an obscure work entitled The Island Home; or, The Young Cast-Aways by James F. Bowman, who wrote under the pseudonym of Christopher Romaunt. The Island Home was published in Boston in 1851, and by Nelson's of Edinburgh in 1852, and Ballantyne took a copy with him to Burntisland, near Edinburgh, where he spent a fortnight's holiday during the summer of 1857...The writer's other main source of information was Recent Exploring Expeditions to the Pacific, and the South Seas by J.S. Jenkins, published by Nelsons in 1853" (Quayle). Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825 - 1894) was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than one hundred books. He was also an accomplished artist, and exhibited some of his watercolors at the Royal Scottish Academy. The Coral Island (1858) is the most popular of the Ballantyne novels still read and remembered today, and because of one mistake he made in that book, in which he gave an incorrect thickness of coconut shells, he subsequently attempted to gain firsthand knowledge of his subject matter. For instance, he spent some time living with the lighthouse keepers at the Bell Rock before writing The Lighthouse, and while researching for Deep Down he spent time with the tin miners of Cornwall. Edgar Osborne (1890 - 1978) was a distinguished librarian, an able administrator, scholar and collector, who founded one of the premier collections of children's fiction, the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books. The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books 1566-1910, volume I, p. 322; Quayle, R.M. Ballantyne. A Bibliography of First Editions. 12a; Sadleir 103. Good.

Typed Letter, signed, dated September 16, 1908. To G. M. Phillips of West Chester, Pennsylvania by Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1856-1915

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Title: Typed Letter, signed, dated September 16, 1908. To G. M. Phillips of West Chester, Pennsylvania
Author: Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1856-1915
Seller: McBlain Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1908. Very Good. One page (135 words) on a single letter-sized sheet (21.5cm. x 28cm.). No letterhead (sent from New York City). Blue type. Minor soil. Old fold marks. Minor corner chip. Phillips was Secretary of the Pennsylvania State Educational Commission. BTW is responding to a letter which apparently asked for his views on the matter of separate race schools in Pennsylvania. BTW declines to "give advice in a matter covering local conditions." Instead he suggests that prominent Pennsylvania African Americans be consulted and suggests the names of four such individuals (all of whom were editors of African American journals or newspapers). Also included is the carbon copy of a short letter from Phillips thanking BTW for his letter.

The Thirty-Sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. 1st Brigade. 2d Division. 2d Army Corps. Army Of The Potomac.; With Reminiscences from the Author's Private Journal by Aubery, James M.

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Title: The Thirty-Sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. 1st Brigade. 2d Division. 2d Army Corps. Army Of The Potomac.; With Reminiscences from the Author's Private Journal
Author: Aubery, James M.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: [Milwaukee], 1900. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. Inscribed by Medal of Honor recipient George E. Albee, first edition of The Thirty-Sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry by James M. Aubery.. Octavo, 430pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine and front cover. No additional printings mentioned. Slight lean to text block, toning and wear to edges. Gilt rubbed on spine and front cover. Complete with illustrated frontispiece, detailed illustrations, and portraits throughout text. Signed on verso of frontispiece: "To my good friends / This History of the gallant Regiment in which I had the honor to serve - is inscribed with the very best wishes of Geo. E. Albee / New Haven Conn. Sept. 24 - 1900." (Nevins I: 52). First Lieutenant George E. Albee received the Medal of Honor in 1894 for his service during the Apache Wars, which were fought between the U.S. Army and multiple Apache tribes in the southwest from 1849-1886.

Appel's Appels [Inscribed] by APPEL, Karel [Christiaan] (artwork); John H. Devlin (introduction)

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Title: Appel's Appels [Inscribed]
Author: APPEL, Karel [Christiaan] (artwork); John H. Devlin (introduction)
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: [Canada]: Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Limited, [1972]. Softcover, bilingual text (French and English). Quarto (34cm); pictorial paper wrappers; 80pp; black-and-white and colorful photographs and illustrations throughout. Inscribed by author on front endpaper: "To Geoffrey Molder amité C.K. Appel / 28 Nov 78 NYC". Modest shelf-wear and soil, with tiny nick to lower rear panel, and inked note to introduction page; Good. Catalogue includes details on a Candian art exhibition by Appel, an avant-garde movement CoBrA co-founder. Rothmans became interested in the project after his Holland exhibit, 'Appel's Oog-Appels' (The Appels of Appel's Eyes) (1970), and this collection includes artwork selected, and created, by Appel on behalf of Canada. [84826].

Ordre Der Texten, Waar Iut Jaarlyks Op De Feestdagen, Mitsgaders In De

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Title: Ordre Der Texten, Waar Iut Jaarlyks Op De Feestdagen, Mitsgaders In De
Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Description: ORDRE DER TEXTEN, WAAR IUT JAARLYKS OP DE FEESTDAGEN, MITSGADERS IN DE ZEVEN WEEKEN VOOR PAASCHEN .. VAN DEN EENIGEN ZALIGMAAKER JESUS CHRISTUS .. IN DE NEDERDUITSCEN KERKEN .. VAN 'SGRAAVENHAAGE. The Hague, Jacobus Klis, 1781. [with] HET BOEK DER PSALMEN, NEVENS DE GEZANGEN BIJ DE HERVORMDE KERK VAN NEDERLAND IN GEBRUIK. Haarelm, Johannes Enschede en Zoonen, 1781. Octavo. 17 x 11 cm. Contemporary full calf with gilt ornamented spine and leather spine label lettered in gilt, original decorated endpapers. xiv, 186, [2] pp., engraved title and printed title; 550 pp., separate title with a woodcut device. Catchwords. Text in Dutch. The first item is the fifth edition of the order of Lent and Easter services approved by the Dutch Reformed Church. It was first issued in 1738 and consists of forty-two sections containing lessons, psalms, and passages of Scripture. The final pages contain a list of clergymen who apparently were founders of this liturgy. The second work contained in this volume consists of 150 Psalms with musical notation. Twelve additional Psalms for special events are also included. These are followed by the Catechism, a liturgy of the Reformed Church and procedures for special occasions such as baptism, death, installation of deacons, etc. Chipping at the head and heal otherwise a very nice copy. NUC. BMC.

BODILY HARM by Atwood, Margaret

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Title: BODILY HARM
Author: Atwood, Margaret
Seller: Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
ISBN: 9780671441531
Condition: Fine
Description: NY: Simon & Schuster, 1982. First US edition, first prnt. Signed by Atwood on the title page. Dustjacket with short shallow wrinkles at spine ends. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

The Stone and the Olive Branch; Four Years of the Intifada from Jabalia to Madrid, December 1991

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Title: The Stone and the Olive Branch; Four Years of the Intifada from Jabalia to Madrid, December 1991
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: East Jerusalem, West Bank via Israel: Jerusalem Media and Communication Centre, 1991. 94p., 8.5x11 inch paperback; in very good condition.

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