Berkeley: University of California Press, [1984]. First edition, folio, pp. 229, [3]; text illustrations throughout, some in color. Original green cloth, fine in fine pictorial dust jacket. "The Speculum humanae salvationis occupies a unique place in the history of the book. It is the only medieval work that exists in..... More
Berkeley, Los Angeles & London: University of California Press, [1984]. First edition, folio, pp. [iii]-229, [1]; illustrated throughout, some in color; fine copy in the dust jacket. From the library of Kim Merker with his ownership signature and date on front free endpaper in red ink. "The Speculum humanae salvationis..... More
Largely shipboard and at sea: 1831-34. Folio (13" x 8½"); pp. [284]; original full calf, roll-tooled borders on covers, red morocco label on spine reading: "Journal," black morocco label on front cover reading: "S. B. Wilson. Lieut. U. S. Navy"; the binding is sound and the manuscript is in a...... More
Ithaca & Brooklyn, NY: 1880-1893. From the Electrical World and Engineer, volume XLVI, no. 14 (September 30, 1905): "Albert Edward Winchester of New England and southern ancestry was born April 19, 1867 at Marietta, Ohio. His father Theodore H. Winchester, deceased, was an editor and artist, and an inventor of..... More
On board the U.S. Ship Lexington at Rio de Janeiro: August 12, 1833. Folio, previous folds, very good. "You will hold a strict and careful survey on all articles which were in the store previous to the arrival of the Brig Serene, ascertaining the state, condition and quantities of such..... More
[France]. 4to, pp. [56]; text in manuscript, with manuscript double-page map and four photographic postcards tipped in; three-quarter brown leather over marbled boards, gilt title on upper cover with the initials "Y. C.," the only indication of authorship or ownership. Fine. A concise history of the commune, with information on..... More
N.p., n.d. [New York?]: ca. 1885.]. 4to, 247-page unpublished manuscript in a neat and legible hand, pages ruled in red; bound in quarter black calf over black cloth, "Newport" in gilt on the upper cover; spine quite rubbed and flakey, but the binding remains sound. Yarrington's (1862-1934) name does not..... More
