Libros raros de Ken Jackson

1702 Hand-colored single leaf, reverse blank. Sheet measures 13 by 10 inches (33 by 25 cm). From "Naauwkeurige Beschrijvinghe der Aardgewassen." Some minor age toning. Good.

Battle Creek, Michigan, 1944 Stapled paper covers. 11 pp. Drawings by Al Ashley. Mentions Heilein's Denvention speech. Minor creasing. Very Good.

From "Traite des Arbres Fruitiers", 1768 Hand colored single leaf. Reverse blank. Sheet measures 12.5 by 9.5 inches or 32 by 24 cm. From "Traite des Arbres Fruiters" One tiny scrape. Near Fine. Postage will be charged at cost, multiple prints will be no extra charge for shipping.

Ingolstadt, in Verlegung de la Haye, 1724 & 1723. Contemporary full leather binding over wood with 2 brass clasps, blue cut. Small 8vo. 6.5 x 3.8 inches. 4 leaves, 804 pp., 2 leaves. With woodcut initials and ornamental devices. First edition of Croisets meditation / devotional work, here on month March. 2 vols in 1. Text in Latin. Binding rubbed with wear to one corner & low. edge. one leather strap is loose. Wormhole to rear board. Inside fresh and firm with occasional minor spotting and minor staining to inner margin to begin. Fair. Photographs on request.

Chicago: Stockham Publishing Co., 1895 Early printing in hardcover. "Helen Van-Anderson was a high quality Teacher of New Thought. She was author of: The Right Knock, Carrol's Conversion, Journal of a Live Woman, Story of Teddy, Temple Teachings, and Heart Talks. " (From newthoughlibrary. com). "The New Thought movement--not to be confused with New Age--is a more than century-old, practically oriented spirituality that promotes fullness of all aspects of living, through constructive thinking, meditating, and other ways of realizing the presence of God. New Thought includes Unity, Religious Science (Science of Mind), Divine Science, and other groups and individuals. It was recognized as "The Religion of Healthy-Mindedness" by William James in The Varieties of Religious Experience. New Thought involves habitual God--good--aligned mental self-discipline. It has no one creed, but has affinities to idealistic philosophical traditions of all ages and places. It is mostly… Leer más

Wagner: Sumptibus Fratrum Ignatii & Antonii., 1759 Four parts in one volume. 8vo.4 leaves, 380 pages, 45 leaves; 48, 50, 47 pages. Complete. Title in red and black. Woodcut device and ornaments. Original calf backed marbled boards with gilt label. Reference: F?rst III, 503; de Backer/Somm. VIII, 1054, 23. Outstanding Vergil commentary by the Jesuit Laurent Lebrun (1608-1663). Previously held by the famous Monestary Library at St. Gallen, Switzerland. Photographs on request. Good.

Rome, 1983 Hardcover superbly bound in black pebbled cloth with gilt lettering on spine, the edges are lovely with a red and gold gilt pattern. There are three separate sections paginated separately. The first is titled above and contains 128 pp. The second is Missale Parvum-Ad Usum Sacerdotis Itinerantis with 178 pp. The third is Lectionarium with 94 pp. and an index.New

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co. Ltd., 1892 First edition in hardcover. 462 pp. Some spotting and bubbling to cloth on boards, spine is age toned and dulled with some very faint call numbers near bottom. There are no stamps or any other indication this comes from a public library (probably a private library). Hinges are lightly cracked. A Good copy.

London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1872 First edition hardcover in small decorated blindstamped boards. An early memoir of the battlefields of the Franco-Prussian war. 119 pp. plus 3 pp. of advertisements. Some full page illustrations. Book measures 6.5" by 4.5". The binding is cracked and quite shaken, but holding. There is wear and soiling to boards, two names and some figures on the rear of the frontispiece. A Fair to Good copy. Photographs on request.

Chicago: Clark & Edwards, Publishers., 1882 First edition in hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and gilt device on front board. 240 pp. Explanatory footnotes. Spine has minor lean and very light sunning. Clean and unmarked. Very Good.

Paris: Centre Culturel Canadien, 2002 First printing in tall paper covers with French flaps. Inscribed by Mr. Lum on the front endpaper. Exhibition catalogue. 100 pp. Colour illustrtions. Very minor rubbing to covers otherwise Fine.

Ottawa, Ontario: Minister of the Interior., 1907 First printing in hardcover with brown cloth boards, gilt lettering on front board. 140 pp. Lots of photographs, tables, fold-out chart. Signature on first blank page, binding partially cracked, some light wear to corners and boards, text clean and unmarked. Very Good. Scarce.

Prague: Borovy, 1927 This copy is number 459 of a limited edition of 600 copies. It has been nicely rebound in pebbled red cloth with the front cover bound in (see photos). Cover design on wrappers edition by Mrkvicka, 80pp., with five colored drawings by Sima. One of the most important publications of the Czech avant -garde in the 1920s.