Documentos y manuscritos

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CHAPEAU IMMORTEL.|THE

CHAPEAU IMMORTEL.|THE

de Emmons, Earl H

N.P.: The Press of the Good Mountain, n.d.. stiff paper wrappers, fore-edge uncut. Press of the Good Mountain. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers, fore-edge uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 75 copies. Written to commemorate Frederic W. Goudy's 70th birthday. Original manuscript provided by May Bidwell of the Goudy Wildlife Society. Pages French-folded.
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EUR 23.32
Manuscript on paper, entitled on the label of the upper cover "Kyuketsu tekiyo" ["Acupuncture Pressure Points, Suitable & Precise Usage"]

Manuscript on paper, entitled on the label of the upper cover "Kyuketsu tekiyo" ["Acupuncture Pressure Points, Suitable & Precise Usage"]

de ACUPUNCTURE MANUAL

Two full-page brush & black ink illus. of the human body, front & back, with names of pressure points. 36 folding leaves. 8vo (247 x 172), orig. wrappers (wrappers rather worn & wormed, recased), new stitching. [Japan: late Edo]. Our manuscript is arranged by section of the body from head to foot, with a listing of about 120 pressure points and their meridians, allied organs, and related illnesses. There are precise instructions on how to locate each pressure point by measurement. At the end is a... Leer más sobre este artículo
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EUR 1,632.57
Pieces of My Youth: Selected Early Writings (Original manuscript for an unpublished collection)

Pieces of My Youth: Selected Early Writings (Original manuscript for an unpublished collection)

de Tennessee Williams

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft manuscript for an unpublished collection of early work. Most of the pieces, which include plays, short stories, and poems, were written in the 1940s, and have been published in various editions or collections subsequent to this manuscript. Presumably unpublished material includes occasional brief notes or reflections on the pieces by Williams, alternate versions, a short nonfiction piece about actors Alla Nazimova and Laurette Taylor, and a prose poem titled "Rosseau: Bord de... Leer más sobre este artículo
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EUR 349.84
Iz dalekago proshlago (From the distant past])

Iz dalekago proshlago (From the distant past])

de Benderov, K. D

[New York?], 1939. Side-stitched self-wrappers. Quarto (20 x 27 cm). 15 pages. Hand-typed manuscript printed on rectos only. Occasional author's corrections in pen throughout. The sheets are worn and unevenly toned. The last page is creased. The author's name is hand-typed on the last page.<br /> <br /> Most likely, this hand-typed manuscript is meant to be published in Novik magazine. The founder of the Russian Historical and Genealogical Society in New York, Leonid Mikhailovich... Leer más sobre este artículo
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EUR 375.96
Loose Fantasies

Loose Fantasies

de Digby, Kenelm, Sir

[England], 1665. Contemporary blind-paneled English reversed calf (top and base of the front hinge cracked), narrow foliage roll decoration at the base of spine, edges sprinkled red and brown. A NEW THING IN THE WRITING OF NARRATIVE ENGLISH" - Bligh. "A SIGNIFICANT EXAMPLE OF ENGLISH PROSE IN A SEMINAL STAGE OF ITS DEVELOPMENT" - Gabrieli.           HITHERTO UNKNOWN TO SCHOLARS, THIS IS THE SECOND EXTANT COPY of the diplomat, scientist, sea captain and bibliophile's autobiographical romance.... Leer más sobre este artículo
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EUR 59,005.92
Autographs of Distinguished Artistes, Collected by Mr. T. P. Salt, Birmingham

Autographs of Distinguished Artistes, Collected by Mr. T. P. Salt, Birmingham

1859-1901. Very Good. An incredible assemblage of operatic and classical musician autographs from the 19th century, including autographs of Adelina Patti, Christine Nilsson, Emma Albani, Minnie Hauk, John Parry, Paderewski, Charles Gounod, Nellie Melba, Ferdinand Hiller, Giovanni Belletti, Clara Novello, Mario (Giovanni Matteo De Candia), Giulia Grisi, Therese Tietjens, Marietta Alboni, Pauline Viardot, Marietta Piccolommini, Sims Reeves, and on and on -- 81 in all. Oblong 8vo. 22 by 24 cm. 54 pages with... Leer más sobre este artículo
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EUR 6,996.75
CALENDAR OF THE CORRESPONDENCE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON Commander in Chief of the Continental Army with the Continental Congress: Volume I.

CALENDAR OF THE CORRESPONDENCE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON Commander in Chief of the Continental Army with the Continental Congress: Volume I.

de Fitzpatrick, John C. , Ed. - George Washington

Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1906. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Good in boards. Crease to exterior fabric at spine crown and base. Wear to exterior. Bump to corners of volume. Hinge is starting. Interior is clean. Prepared from the original manuscripts in the Library of Congress by John C. Fitzpatrick, Division of Manuscripts. Fascimile plates preceded by tissue pages throughout. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
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EUR 27.99
Calendar from a Book of Hours; in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

Calendar from a Book of Hours; in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

ILLUMINATED CALENDAR FROM A PARISIAN PRAYER BOOK. In Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, France (likely Paris), c. 1400-1420. Dimensions 155 x 107 mm. 12 folios on parchment, (collation, one quire of twelve leaves), ruled in plummet, written in a gothic quadrata bookhand in black and red ink on 17 long lines, with 12 illuminated initials in burnished goldleaf on grounds of blue and purple with white tracery, with ivy leaf foliate and floral ornament in goldleaf extending into margin in the upper... Leer más sobre este artículo
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EUR 8,862.55
Sideshow: a play in two acts

Sideshow: a play in two acts

de Oppenheim, Irene

[San Francisco]: Author's manuscript, 1979. unpaginated, 8.5x11 inches, characters, time, place, costumes, two act play, hand-corrections, very good photocopied manuscript in brown copy shop folder. Oppenhein now lives in Los Angeles where she writes essays, biographies, plays etc. Mostly on theatre figures such as Brecht. The unpublished play concerns an Australian who has come to the US or UK to arrange transport of animals betwen zoos but has decided he will only work if the zoo adopts the Australian... Leer más sobre este artículo
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EUR 18.66
Journal or Historical Recollections of American Events during The Revolutionary War

Journal or Historical Recollections of American Events during The Revolutionary War

de Elias Boudinot

New York: New York Times and Arno Press, 1968. Reissue. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover in alternating brown and blue cloth stamped in silver. Fine, issued without dust jacket. 97 pp. with three folding reproductions of key public proclaimations. `Reprint of the 1894 edition published by Borquin, Philadelphia which in turn was produced from Boudinot's original manuscript. Elias Boudinot (1740-1821) born in Pennsylvania but who spent most of his life in Elizabeth and later in Burlington, New Jersey, was... Leer más sobre este artículo
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EUR 21.92
C. C. Rogers (C. C. Vyvyan,  Clara Coltman [Colton] Rogers), Autograph Letter Signed to Douglas Hyde, First Irish President, with presentation copy to him of Gwendra Cove, in Jacket by Gwen Dorrien-Smith.

C. C. Rogers (C. C. Vyvyan, Clara Coltman [Colton] Rogers), Autograph Letter Signed to Douglas Hyde, First Irish President, with presentation copy to him of Gwendra Cove, in Jacket by Gwen Dorrien-Smith.

de Rogers, C.C. (Lady Vyvyan)

Truro, Cornwall: Jordan's Bookshop, 1931. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Dorrien-Smith. ALS (Autograph Letter Signed): Tipped in, an original manuscript letter from Clara Coltman Rogers (also Lady Vyvyan, and here under the pseudonym C.C. Vyvyan) to the first President of Ireland, Douglas Hyde, though at the time of this accompanying letter - October, 1932 - he was not yet, of course, president, and is addressed by her as Dr. Hyde. Book:... Leer más sobre este artículo
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EUR 508.43
GROUP OF 17 PHOTOGRAPHS OF TURKISH ANTIQUITIES SENT TO THERON J. DAMON by a Turkish / Constantinople antiquities dealer, 1929

GROUP OF 17 PHOTOGRAPHS OF TURKISH ANTIQUITIES SENT TO THERON J. DAMON by a Turkish / Constantinople antiquities dealer, 1929

de Theron J. Damon

[THERON J. DAMON GROUP OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF TURKISH ANTIQUITIES, SOME WITH HIS NOTES, 1929] GROUP OF 17 PHOTOGRAPHS OF TURKISH ANTIQUITIES SENT TO THERON J. DAMON by a Turkish / Constantinople antiquities dealer, some with Damon notations in reply to the dealer and/or dealer's notations for Damon, in 1929 Damon opened a Near Eastern antiquities shop in New York City after years of diverse activities in Turkey and the surrounding region including teaching at Robert College in Constantinople (see Notes... Leer más sobre este artículo
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EUR 139.94
Leaf from the New Testament, in Latin. From the Gospel of St. Luke

Leaf from the New Testament, in Latin. From the Gospel of St. Luke

de ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT

France, [nd ca late 15th-century]. ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT. Illuminated Manuscript Leaf from the New Testament, in Latin. From the Gospel of St. Luke. [presumed France: n.d., circa late 15th-century]. One octavo leaf (7 x 4 5/8 inches; 176 x 117 mm). On vellum, in a bold gothic hand. Recto and verso. Recto is Luke 1:26-1:32. This leaf is From the Gospel of St. Luke. The text is the important portion of the gospel in which the Angel Gabriel Visits Mary and announces that she is pregnant and will give... Leer más sobre este artículo
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EUR 2,752.06
MRS. SIMCOE'S DIARY.

MRS. SIMCOE'S DIARY.

de Innis, Mary Quayle (Ed)

Macmillan. Toronto 1965 1st edition.. Slight shelfwear. long inscription on half-title page, o/w VG in original transparent d/w (small loss only at top of spine).. Beige paper-covered boards with green cloth backstrip and green title label. 223pp. b/w illustrated. 8vo. With illustrations from the original manuscript.
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EUR 11.80
British New Guinea

British New Guinea

de Thomson James Park

32 Fleet St London; 221 Queen St Brisbane: George Philip & Son; Alexr. Muir & Morcom, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 230x165x30mm. Contains, Illustrations. 230x165x30mm+1026g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 2kg . . George Philip & Son; Alexr. Muir & Morcom. 32 Fleet St London; 221 Queen St Brisbane. 1892. First Edition. . . Pp xxvii 336. Original red cloth over bevelled hard boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt vignette and decorative rule to front cover, decorative... Leer más sobre este artículo
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EUR 762.77
Boswell&#39;s London Journal 1762-1763. Now first published from the original manuscript prepared for the press, with introduction and notes

Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763. Now first published from the original manuscript prepared for the press, with introduction and notes

de Pottle, Frederick A

William Heinemann Ltd., Melbourne, London, Toronto, 1950. First printing thus. . Hard with Dust Jacket. Good+. 8vo.. B/w frontispiece.. Good+. Unclipped dust jacket discoloured and torn around the edges, and foxed. Internally fine apart from some very faint spotting to the endpapers. 370pp.
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EUR 6.61
Later Gothic Manuscripts (A Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in the British Isles) Vol. I - II

Later Gothic Manuscripts (A Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in the British Isles) Vol. I - II

de Scott, Kathleen L

London: Harvey Miller, 1996 2 volumes 4to (33 cm), 296 pp; 434 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. This book meticulously catalogs the rich and largely overlooked illuminations of the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Scott has curated a selection of 140 illuminated books with keen insight, encompassing those housing the finest works of art as well as illuminations accompanying some of the great masterpieces of Middle English literature. Among the notable liturgical works featured are the... Leer más sobre este artículo
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EUR 156.67
Archive Of Annotated Photographs, Books, Letters, Documents,  Correspondence And Ephemera By Or About Medical Missionary To Tibet Albert Leroy Shelton And His Wife Flora Beal Shelton

Archive Of Annotated Photographs, Books, Letters, Documents, Correspondence And Ephemera By Or About Medical Missionary To Tibet Albert Leroy Shelton And His Wife Flora Beal Shelton

de Albert Leroy Shelton, Flora Beal Shelton, Dorris E. Shelton Still, Dorothy Shelton Thomas, Dr. Wiliam Hardy, Various Chinese, Tibetan, British And American Officials

Sociology And Social Research (1938), Dorris Shelton Still (1939), John Day (1942), John Day (Circa 1960), Synergy Books (1989), Correspondence 1987-1996), 1903. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Original Photographs 1903-1922 Including Many Negatives (Most Annotated), Copies Of Photographs (Most Annotated), Original Documents, Newspaper Clippings, Books By And About Him 1912-2004, Etc. . Archive Of Photographs And Correspondence In Tibet, By Albert Leroy Shelton ("Als"), Medical Missionary... Leer más sobre este artículo
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EUR 11,661.25
THE NOBLE JILT. A Comedy

THE NOBLE JILT. A Comedy

de Trollope, Anthony

1923. Edited with a Preface by Michael Sadleir. London: Constable & Company, 1923. Original blind-stamped deep red cloth with gilt-decorated spine. First Edition, which consisted of only 500 copies. This is one of only two plays that Trollope ever wrote, as "the genre was uncomfortable to him." He wrote it early in his career, in 1850, at about the same time as his third novel (LA VENDÉE). He later used the germ of THE NOBLE JILT to create "one of his best known novels; to it is due the existence of... Leer más sobre este artículo
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EUR 186.58
Original manuscript letter signed to cartoonist C.D. Batchelor

Original manuscript letter signed to cartoonist C.D. Batchelor

de Alexandra Tolstoy [Tolstaya]

N.p.: N.p., 1959. Vintage manuscript letter signed from Alexandra Tolstoy, daughter of Leo Tolstoy, dated October 29, 1959, and addressed to Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist C.D. Batchelor. Included with the letter is the original mailing envelope. A warm letter, thanking Batchelor for a drawing and expressing wishes to meet again and gather mushrooms at "Friends Advice," the Maryland home of General Albert C. Wedemeyer. Alexandra Tolstoy was the youngest daughter of Leo Tolstoy. Serving... Leer más sobre este artículo
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EUR 139.94
[3 ALSs] Correspondence from Maine Politician and Historian, William Willis, Regarding Portland's New Public Library and the History of Kittery

[3 ALSs] Correspondence from Maine Politician and Historian, William Willis, Regarding Portland's New Public Library and the History of Kittery

de [Maine, Portland] Willis, William

Portland, [ME], 1868. Very good collection, minor soiling and ink bleed, one tear at the fold, not affecting text.. Collection contains three letters, spanning three decades of William Willis' political career. The first, dated October 2, 1837 (1 pp.), is a brief request for the recipient to forward a letter for signature. In the second letter, dated July 23, 1860, (2 pp.), Willis requests Dr. Fogg's assistance in obtaining original manuscripts pertaining to the history of Kittery. In the third... Leer más sobre este artículo
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EUR 93.29
1958 ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFIC UNITED NATIONS REPORT INTERPOL

1958 ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFIC UNITED NATIONS REPORT INTERPOL

[1958 ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFIC UNITED NATIONS REPORT INTERPOL] ILLICIT TRAFFIC — MEMORANDUM BY THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL POLICE ORGANIZATION FOR 1958, Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Fourteenth Session, Item 4 of the provisional agenda, United Nations document E/CN. 7/369 [published for general distribution] 18 March 1959, English [original in French], 68 pages, staple bound by 2 staples at left edges of pages, mostly charts and tables with details of arrests according to type of narcotic, country where... Leer más sobre este artículo
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EUR 116.61
Days of Destiny, Cosmic Prophesies for New Century, the Emergence of Fifth World

Days of Destiny, Cosmic Prophesies for New Century, the Emergence of Fifth World

de Robert Ghost Wolf; Susan Seddon Boulet [Illustrator]

Voluntary Distribution, 1999-01-01. Paperback. Acceptable. Signed and inscribed by the author on title page: "In the Light, Robert Ghost Wolf, 5-5-2000." Bound with black plastic clips holding together a looseleaf manuscript. Special limited edition of the author's original manuscript, 1999. Heavy wear and tear to cover and plastic clip binding, else modest wear. No text markings noted.
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EUR 46.64
The Pixeyites: Original Manuscript and Artwork Satires by James Churchward

The Pixeyites: Original Manuscript and Artwork Satires by James Churchward

de CHURCHWARD, James

(Mount Vernon, New York), 1935. Softcover. Near Fine. A highly unusual collection of satirical illustrated manuscript stories, several series of satirical gouache paintings, a series of painted symbols, and other artworks and letters by the British-born engineer, inventor, and occult writer James Churchward. Churchward's remarkable cast of satirical figures, known collectively as the Pixeyites, are ostensibly based on the Niven stones, which were pre-Columbian stone tablets bearing indecipherable... Leer más sobre este artículo
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EUR 46,645.00