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From the inside cover, lettered in gilt: H. Gruson Eisengiesserei & Maschinenfabrik Buckau–Magdeburg. Hartguss–Panzerthürme

From the inside cover, lettered in gilt: H. Gruson Eisengiesserei & Maschinenfabrik Buckau–Magdeburg. Hartguss–Panzerthürme by H. GRUSON EISENGIESSEREI & MASCHINENFABRIK

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Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc.
Title
From the inside cover, lettered in gilt: H. Gruson Eisengiesserei & Maschinenfabrik Buckau–Magdeburg. Hartguss–Panzerthürme
Author
H. GRUSON EISENGIESSEREI & MASCHINENFABRIK
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
26 (of 30?) albumen photographs (all ca. 215 x 160 mm.), mounted on boards within frames printed in red, all images with printed titles on the boards (410 x 320 mm.). Numbered 501 to 530 but lacking (?) nos. 506, 507, 511, & 525, signed: “Photographie des H. Gruson’schen Ateliers.“ Oblong folio, orig. green leather portfolio, panelled in gilt with leather wreath, with metal crest in center of upper cover. Buckau, near Magdeburg: n.d. [but 1872-76]. From the collection of Otto von Bismarck, the German statesman and unifier of Germany. This deluxe portfolio of original photographs was presented by the Grusonwerk, a leading member of Germany’s defense industry, to Bismarck and comes from his personal collection. The splendid photographs depict the construction, transportation, and installation of enormous armored turrets at Fort Langlütjen II on the Weser Estuary in 1872-76, built to protect Bremen and Bremerhaven. These armored turrets were one of the specialties of the company. Hermann Gruson (1821-95), started his firm in Buckau near Magdeburg in 1855 as a shipbuilder and iron foundry. The company’s technological improvements led to the manufacture of iron and steel suitable for machine parts and the construction of railways, as well as for armor and guns. Soon Grusonwerk became, along with the Krupp company, the greatest manufacturer of large weapons in the world. In 1893, Krupp bought the Gruson company. Industrial photographs were a new kind of specialty, produced to show potential clients around the world products for sale. In 1872, the industrialist Gruson, by then Krupp’s biggest competitor, engaged Gustav Härtwig as the company’s official photographer. Härtwig set up a photographic studio and produced a series of photographs at the testing grounds, docks, foundries, and fortresses. Härtwig took part in the photographic exhibition at the Royal and Imperial Austrian Museum for Arts and Industry in 1875, submitting large-format views of the Gruson iron foundry and engineering factory. He was a co-founder and long-serving president of the association of independent photographers in Magdeburg. In fine and fresh condition. Binding a little worn.
Uncle Remus His Songs and His Sayings the Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation

Uncle Remus His Songs and His Sayings the Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation by Harris, Joel Chandler

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Title
Uncle Remus His Songs and His Sayings the Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation
Author
Harris, Joel Chandler
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. First edition. Near Fine. First printing with "presumptive" on page 9 and the correct ads in the back. (BAL 7100) A lovely, Near Fine copy of the book with bright gilt and clean boards. Light rubbing at the spine ends, minor separation within the page block and a short 1/4 inch tear at the inner margin of the title page. A total of eight plates, including the frontis, with several other illustrations within the text. First published in 1881, Uncle Remus was a landmark collection of African American fables and oral tradition that was adapted and edited by Joel Chandler Harris. The work includes 185 tales, which are woven together through the character of Uncle Remus, an older formerly enslaved man who tells the stories to a group of children. The stories were actually written in eye dialect and many of them center around the character of Br'er (Brother) Rabbit, a kind of clever trickster. Read widely, the book was extremely popular as many people had not been exposed to the tales, lifestyles, and ways of speaking that the book depicted. Despite its acclaim, the book has become controversial, particularly for its portrayal of Uncle Remus. On both the Grolier Club's and Merle Johnson's lists for most important works of American literature. Near Fine.
Memoirs of Celebrated Female Characters, who have Distinguished Themselves by their Talents and Virtues in Every Age and Nation...Embellished with Portraits

Memoirs of Celebrated Female Characters, who have Distinguished Themselves by their Talents and Virtues in Every Age and Nation...Embellished with Portraits by Pilkington, Mary

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Memoirs of Celebrated Female Characters, who have Distinguished Themselves by their Talents and Virtues in Every Age and Nation...Embellished with Portraits
Author
Pilkington, Mary
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: Albion Press, 1804. First edition. Contemporary quarter calf over drab boards, with gilt and morocco label to spine. Joints cracked but holding firmly; gentle shelfwear to boards. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown, else unmarked. Measuring 102 x 92mm and collating [10], 346: complete, including all 12 engraved portraits inserted as called for by the instructions to the binder. A prolific author, Mary Pilkington drew on her firsthand experiences as an orphan and a governess to create her most important work. While the majority of her writing centered on fiction (she produced over 40 novels leading up to 1825), she was also deeply invested in the education of girls. Early works such as A Mirror for the Female Sex (1798) addressed the practicalities of education for parents and schoolmistresses as well as the girls themselves. This later work, pocket-sized and documenting the true-life contributions of hundreds of women, pushed even further. By providing the biographies of women -- royals, actresses, educators, activists, authors -- Pilkington provided historical role models for girls to look up to and be inspired by. "'Example moves where precept fails and sermons are less read than tales'...A Female Biography is an excellent subject, and likely to be perused by the youthful part of the community...I trust it will be an useful lesson," she writes in the Preface. These women had already broken ground, laying a foundation for future women's work. To that end, Pilkington makes a point not only of including women from antiquity, but contemporaries as well -- women such as Hannah More, Hester Piozzi, and Sarah Trimmer.
BURR'S MAP OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

BURR'S MAP OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK by Burr, David H.

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Title
BURR'S MAP OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Author
Burr, David H.
Seller
David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description
New York: J.H. Colton, 1838. 16mo cloth, with title stamped in gilt on front board. Folding pocket map, in full period color. 15.5" x 13." Near Fine [pinsize closed split at a fold intersection with no loss]. Insets of the Hudson River Valley and Niagara River are included.
Ski the West. United Air Lines [Western United States Ski Poster]

Ski the West. United Air Lines [Western United States Ski Poster] by [Utah] [Skiing] [Ski Fashion] [Outdoor Recreation] [National Parks] [Airline Travel]

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Ski the West. United Air Lines [Western United States Ski Poster]
Author
[Utah] [Skiing] [Ski Fashion] [Outdoor Recreation] [National Parks] [Airline Travel]
Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
United Air Lines, Inc, 1973. Poster. Very Good. Poster measuring 40"h x 25"w. Some very light wear. Vintage promotional airline travel poster advertising skiing at Park City and Snowbird, Utah resorts. Also highlights skiing in other Western states such as California, Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico (the Rockies; Aspen; Crested Butte; Steamboat; Jackson Hole; Taos; Vail; Alpine Meadows; Heavenly Valley; Northstar).
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CAW (Students for a Democratic Society) by -

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Title
CAW (Students for a Democratic Society)
Author
-
Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Collectible; Very Good
Description
New York: New York Regional Office, SDS, 1968. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. First Edition. The very first issue (Vol. 1, No. 1) of this SDS magazine, 1968. Bright and VG+ in its original pictorial and stapled wrappers. Quarto, 87 pgs.
The Life and Times of Chaucer

The Life and Times of Chaucer by Gardner, John

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The Life and Times of Chaucer
Author
Gardner, John
Seller
Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 189pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition bound in maroon cloth with titles stamped in gilt. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Very attractive unclipped wrapper , ($12.50), has a touch of edge-wear and is mildly toned. Still fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy.

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