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History of the Indian Tribes of North America by HALL James MCKENNEY Thomas

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Title: History of the Indian Tribes of North America
Author: HALL James MCKENNEY Thomas
Seller: Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description: 1854. McKENNEY, Thomas and HALL, James. History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs Philadelphia: D. Rice and A. N. Hart, 1854. Three volumes. Royal octavo, publisher's full brown morocco expertly rebacked with original spines neatly laid down, blind-tooled boards and spines, raised bands, all edges gilt. $25,000.Second octavo edition of one of the most recognized and desirable American color plate books produced in the 19th century, illustrated with 120 splendid fully hand-colored lithographic plates by J.T. Bowen after Charles Bird King's original oil paintings, ""the most colorful portraits of Indians ever executed"" (Howes). Handsome in publisher's deluxe morocco.Convinced that Indian tribes of North America would soon vanish and their culture be forgotten, the Superintendent of Indian Affairs under four presidents, T. L. McKenney, commissioned this magnificent work to educate the public about Native American culture, and to preserve the images of the greatest warriors and chiefs for posterity in a series of beautiful portraits. Most of the original oil portraits were painted from life in the studio of Charles Bird King, to whom McKenney brought many of the subjects. The rest were copied from watercolors executed in the field by a young frontier artist named James Otto Lewis. Once finished the portraits were housed in the Smithsonian, where they remained until an 1865 fire burned down the institution and destroyed most of the paintings. As a result the rare folio and the splendid octavo editions are vital and important for their ""faithful recording of the features and dress of celebrated American Indians who lived and died long before the age of photography McKenney's portfolios are truly a landmark in American culture"" (McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery, 23). Howes M129. Sabin 43411. Field 992. Early ownership signature of James Aitken Meigs, noted Philadelphia physician, teacher and anthropologist, in each volume.Handsome full publisher's morocco very neatly rebacked with original spines laid down; a few small scuffs, minor color restoration to extremities. Plates extraordinarily clean and bright. An excellent copy, expertly refurbished.

THE HISTORY OF THE GREAT AND RENOWNED MONARCHY OF CHINA: Where In All The Partic by SEMEDO, F. Alvarez. & [Martin Martini]

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Title: THE HISTORY OF THE GREAT AND RENOWNED MONARCHY OF CHINA: Where In All The Partic
Author: SEMEDO, F. Alvarez. & [Martin Martini]
Seller: Rare Oriental Book Company, ABAA, ILAB - AN ART AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY (United States)
Description: London 1655, Crook. Recent full calf, etched folding map, 2 etched plates, 19 x 29.2 cm., lower edge of map in facsimile else clean, firm, solid, internally clean & bright,very good plus example, parts 1,2, 248p. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION . *** **** *** . . . A FABULOUS & EARLY JESUIT ACCOUNT . . . OF LIFE IN CHINA . . . A FASCINATING 1655 PRIMARY RESOURCE . *** SUBTITLE: continued: "Together with the Traffic & Commodities of that Country. Now put into English by a Person of Quality, and Illustrated with Several Maps and Figures, to Satisfy the Curious & Advance the Trade of Great Britain." . THE FIRST & BEST ENGLISH EDITION: This is the First English translation of the original Italian title Semedo wrote in 1643: RELATIONE DELLA GRANDE MONARCHIA DELLA CINA, translated into English, by "A Person of Quality." . *** WRITTEN IN "OLD" ENGLISH" These two titles were written in "Old English" of the period & commonly used "F" for "S" therefore below, we faithfully repeat the spelling on the title page, as issued. . *** THE AUTHOR: FATHER ALVAREZ F. SEMEDO, S.J. [1585/86?-1658] Semedo was a Portuguese Jesuit, and was known by variant names depending on which language was used: Álvaro de Semedo, in Latin: Alvarus de Semedo. In China he was known as Xie Wulu and later as Zeng Dezhao. He lived and worked some 20 years in China. . *** BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR: Álvaro Semedo was born in Nisa, Portugal in 1585 or 1586. He entered the Jesuit novitiate in 1602, and on 29 March 1608, he left for Goa and the Far East aboard Nossa Sra. do Vencimento. He arrived in Macao [Aomen] in 1610, and Nanjing in 1613. Along with another Jesuit, Alfonso Vagnoni, he was imprisoned during an anti-Christian campaign in Nanjing in 1616 and then sent back to Macao [Aomen in Chinese, a Portuguese Colony], where he stayed until 1621. . As the persecution campaign in the mainland China abated, Fr. Semedo changed his Chinese name from Xie Wulu to Zeng Dezhao and re-entered China, now working in Jiangsu and Jiangnan provinces. He spent most of his term in China in the central and southern provinces. Perhaps his only trip north was made to Xi'an in 1625, during which he was the first European to see the recently unearthed Nestorian Stele. . In 1636, Semedo went back to Europe as a procurator, sent by his Order to recruit people for the China mission and to ensure continued assistance from the church in Europe. During his sojourn in Europe, he published a long report on China, best known under its Spanish title, IMPERIO DE LA CHINA. . After his return to China, Semedo served in Guangzhou [Old Canton Guangdong] as the Vice-Provincial of the Jesuit China Mission. During several years after the fall of Beijing to the Manchus in 1644, he continued to work with the Ming loyalist regimes in the Southern China [notably, sending Michal Boym to the court of the Southern Ming Yongli Emperor], even as most of Jesuits elsewhere in China were switching their loyalty to the recently established Qing Dynasty. Once the Qing took Canton, Semedo was detained, but was freed a few months later, reportedly due to the interference of Beijing-based Johann Adam Schall von Bell. He spent the rest of his life in Guangzhou, where he died. . *** CONTENTS: Semedo arrived in China in 1613, and wrote about the general kingdom of China, based on his travels, with very lucid commentaries on the thirteen provinces, reporting on each. Chinese habits, manners, language, doctors, books, sciences, arts, civilization, games, marriage, funerals, religion, superstitions, sacrifices, military, arms, role of Tartars, Kings & Queens, nobility, government, peculiarities, Mandarin badges, law, prisons, punishments, Moors, Jews, Christians. With some good focus on preaching of the Gospel. Persecutions of Fathers [Catholics] in Nanking & Peking and other places, martyrdom of Christians. Supplement of the cruel war with the Tartars. . *** VALUABLE PRIMARY RESOURCE A nicely done early and valuable primary source and stunning middle 17th. century historical primary work on China by resident Jesuits. . *** COPPER ENGRAVED PAGES: PLEASE NOTE: Not all copies have these plates. Copies vary, please carefully read the descriptions for each copy prior to ordering. . a. Frontispiece of Semedo b. Title page c. AN EXACT MAP OF CHINA, 1655, after p. 1, large folding. d. Mandarin and his Wife, p.29 e. Mingus, Emperor of Western Tartars f. Map 2, Sitvs Provinclar Vm Imperii Sionici MDCLIV [1654] . *** VARIANT EXAMPLES: NOT ALL COPIES ARE IDENTICAL, some copies may also contain the below additional articles: . "BELLUM TARTARICUM, OR THE CONQUEST OF THE GREAT AND MOST RENOWNED EMPIRE OF CHINA, BY THE INVASION OF THE TARTARS, WHO IN THESE LAST SEVEN YEARS, HAVE WHOLLY SUBDUED THAT VAST EMPIRE. Together With A Map Of The Provinces, And Chief Cities Of The Countries, For The Better Understanding Of The Story, Written Originally In Latin By Martin Martinius, Present In The Country at Most of the Passages Herein Related, And Now Faithfully Translated into English." . Pages 250-304, plus engraved plate: portrait of Emperor of Western Tartars, and map: Sitvs Provinclar Vm Imperii Sionici MDCLIV [1654] . * Together with: "MAP OF THE PROVINCE AND CHIEF CITIES OF THE COUNTRIES, FOR THE BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE STORY. Written originally in Latin by Martin Martinius... London 1655." From pages 250-304. * Followed by: "AN ADDITION TO THE FORMER HISTORY, TAKEN OUT OF THE LAST LETTERS FROM CHINA WRITTEN IN THE YEARS 1651," 52 AND 53, pages 305-308. . * Followed by: "BOOKS PRINTED FOR, AND TO BE SOLD BY JOHN CROOK AT THE SIGN OF THE SHIP IN ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD," [2] unnumbered pages of adverts. . *** ORDER WITH CAUTION: We have more than one copies of this book. . Not all copies are identical, some lack Bellum and following pages, please carefully read the description and note the pagination differences of each copy prior to ordering. . *** ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL COPY DETAILS: . COPY 1: This is the best of we have seen in the past 55 years of tenure. Full size map, contents clean, solid & firm. It has been rebound in full tooled calf, with 5 raised bands, with red spine label and gold titles & decorations. There are new endpapers in the front & back. . * COPY 2: It is bound in the period full calf leather. . * COPY 3: The lower edge of the first map is trimmed away. Else clean, solid & complete. It has been rebound in full tooled calf, with 5 raised bands, with red spine label and gold titles & decorations. There are new endpapers in the front & back. . *** GENERAL CONDITION: Please read details of each copy to see more exact details of each unique copy, the below is a 'general statement of generic condition' of this book. . This title some 365 years old, as such there will be some of the usual minor defects, paper toning, transfer, oxidation, minor restorations to very small ancient worm holes & closed tears and the like. . There may be some minor stains, discoloration, foxing spots, folds and other typical minor issues associated with books of this age. Any major defects will be pointed out. . Please inquire about a specific copy prior to ordering, we will provide additional details if needed. . The book contains 2 copper-engraved maps and other copper engravings, please see each copy for the number and more details. . * ** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** BIBLIOGRAPHY: . Wing: S249 * Lust: WESTERN BOOKS ON CHINA PUBLISHED UP TO 1850, #72. * Oriental Library: THE ASIATIC LIBRARY OF G. MORRISON, vol. 1, p.667 * NUC * BM * Mungello, David E.: CURIOUS LAND: Jesuit Accommodation and the Origins of Sinology. * L. Carrington Goodrich & Chao-Ying Fang (red.): Dictionary of Ming Biography. * M. Takahashi: CATALOGUE OF SPECIAL BOOKS ON CHRISTIAN MISSIONS, Tenri 1932 vol. 2 p.122 item # 106 for more details and illustrations of the title page. * WorldCat: Cites three authors: Alvaro Semedo; Manuel de Faria e Sousa; Martino Martini * ALVAREZ F. SEMEDO: en-wikipedia-org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Semedo * worldcat-org/search?q=ti%3ATHE+HISTORY+OF+THE+GRE AT+AND+RENOWNED+MONARCHY+OF+CHINA.+au%3ASEMEDO%2C+F.+Alvarez &qt=advanced&dblist=638 . ***.

Die kunst holz zu ersparen, und beym Kochen durch wirthschaftliche Verminderung des fevers die Speisen sogar kraftig zu machen. Nebst Palmers-Methode, zimmer ohne kosten zu heitzen by [STOVES]

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Title: Die kunst holz zu ersparen, und beym Kochen durch wirthschaftliche Verminderung des fevers die Speisen sogar kraftig zu machen. Nebst Palmers-Methode, zimmer ohne kosten zu heitzen
Author: [STOVES]
Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description: [n.p.]: [n.p.], 1809. FIRST EDITION. With 1 folding plate with 2 figures. Wrappers. This curious monograph on working stoves contains most probably one of the first descriptions of freestanding closed-top ranges with a flue. In 1780, the first kitchen stove was invented by Thomas Robinson. It had a cast iron oven on one side of a fire grate. We are unsure if this is an instruction booklet from the manufacturer, or a discourse on how to cook more nutritional meals using less fuel. The figure depicts placement of the fuel in order to cook foods evenly throughout.

Cat and Feather - A Murder Mystery by Basil, Don

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Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books

Title: Cat and Feather - A Murder Mystery
Author: Basil, Don
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo., 319pp. Beautiful First Edition of this scarce mystery. Bound in black cloth with titles in yellow on the spine and cat and feather motif on front board. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no where. A hint of page toning but barely and no foxing. Remarkably well-preserved. Very attractive unclipped wrapper, ($2.00), has some small tape repairs on the inside edges and hinges but not visible from the front. Rubbing to hinges nicks to the spine ends. Spine panel toning. Still solid and bright and impossible to find in any condition. Presumably, so the story goes,(see The Passing Tramp Blog, Nov. 5, 2017), this book is almost a complete example of plagiarism, copying almost word for word, (with changed names and places), "The Back Bay Murders" by Roger Scarlett, published in 1930. A sharp collectable copy of a decidedly uncommon title with no other copies currently in the marketplace. (Hubin, p.26).

The Student and the University: A Background Book on the Campus Revolt by Elvin Abeles

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Title: The Student and the University: A Background Book on the Campus Revolt
Author: Elvin Abeles
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1969. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1969. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); illustrated dust jacket; blindstamped maroon boards with black lettering to spine; x,246pp. Price-clipped dust jacket edgeworn with some toning down spine and folds and some general smudging to surface. Slight twist to boards; nudging at spine ends. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Publisher's review slip laid in.

Otto Hahn and the Rise of Nuclear Physics by William Shea [ed.]

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Title: Otto Hahn and the Rise of Nuclear Physics
Author: William Shea [ed.]
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9789027715845
Condition: Fine
Description: Dordrecht, Holland: D. Reidel Publishing Company / Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, 1983. Fine/Very Good +. Dordrecht, Holland: D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1983. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm); publisher's cloth in dust jacket; ix,[1],252pp.; frontispiece, tables and charts in text. Magenta portion of spine panel a bit sunned, else Very Good to Near Fine.

Details: United States Embassy Office Building Athens, Greece. Architects: The Architects Collaborative Cambridge ... Engineers: General Engineering Associates, Washington [and] New York

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Title: Details: United States Embassy Office Building Athens, Greece. Architects: The Architects Collaborative Cambridge ... Engineers: General Engineering Associates, Washington [and] New York
Seller: McBlain Books (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: n.p., 1958. Paperback. Good. pages unnumbered (probably 200+ pages of text, specifications, drawings, etc.). Softcover in original stiff wrapper. Bound with two internal metal slides. Contents printed on one side. Quality of reproduction is not great but almost everything except a couple of pages is clear enough to be readable. Two-page cover letter reproduced at beginning from Ammann & Whitney, Architects - Engineers, from their Patission Street address in Athens, which outlines the contents of this volume.

Beat Zoderer: Kabinettstucke by ZODERER, Beat

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Title: Beat Zoderer: Kabinettstucke
Author: ZODERER, Beat
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9783906966021
Description: Appenzell, Switzerland: Museum Liner Appenzell, 2002. First edition. Oblong hardcover. Published in conjunction with an exhibition that ran May 4 through June 16, 2002. Leporello with a long color illustration. A fine copy in boards. No dust jacket as issued. As new and still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Scarce, with only 4 copies listed in OCLC.

Twentieth Century Master Works on Paper

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Title: Twentieth Century Master Works on Paper
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: New York: The Elkon Gallery, 1988. First edition. Softcover. 7 pages. Exhibition catalog for a group show that ran February 23 through April 9, 1988. Includes a total of 7 color and black and white illustrations from these artists Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso, Burgoyne Diller, Wassily Kandinsky, Henri Matisse and Fernando Botero. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Scarce with only 4 copies listed in OCLC.

Leviathan (Signed First Edition) by Boris Akunin

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Title: Leviathan (Signed First Edition)
Author: Boris Akunin
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN: 9780297645528
Condition: Fine
Description: First UK Edition/First Printing; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author to the title page. A pristine copy of this Erast Fandorin mystery. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.

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It Ain't Necessarily So: An Autobiography by ADLER, Larry

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Title: It Ain't Necessarily So: An Autobiography
Author: ADLER, Larry
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
ISBN: 9780394557571
Condition: near fine
Description: New York: Grove Press, 1984. hardcover. near fine/near fine. With a few b/w illustrations. xi, 222pp. 8vo, blue cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Grove Press, (1984). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.

Fourth Wing by Yarros, Rebecca

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Title: Fourth Wing
Author: Yarros, Rebecca
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9781649374042
Condition: Very Good
Description: Shrewsbury: Red Tower Books, 2023. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Eighth Printing. Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($29.99), bumped at the edges. Black paper on the boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Square, hinges over-opened, firmly bound otherwise.

Eighth Part of A Roll of Arms Registered by the Committee on Heraldry of the New England Historic Genealogical Society

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Title: Eighth Part of A Roll of Arms Registered by the Committee on Heraldry of the New England Historic Genealogical Society
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Boston: Committee on Heraldry, 1972. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 15pp+plates. Offsetting to front, else very good in publisher's stapled wraps. Ink gift inscription on title page.

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