1 vol. 12mo., b&w. cover, b&w. pictures, The Voice of America, 1952, 15 pp.
A nice copy of this document, with schedules and explainations in the home language of each country. in Europe as well as Near and Middle East, Latin America, Far East and South Asia.
AMERICA - (CREVECOEUR, MICHEL GUILLAUME ST. JEAN DE, CALLED: SAINT JOHN DE CREVECOEUR.)
Reference : 27162
De l'Imprimerie de Crapelet. A Paris, Chez Maradan, An IX - 1801. Frontispiece, two plates, one folding plate, one folding map (vol. 1); four folding maps (vol. 2); four folding tables, two folding maps (vol. 3). Three volumes. xxi, [1, errata], 427, [1] pp.; xiii, [1, errata], 434 pp.; xii, 409, [1, errata] pp. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf, spines richly gilt in compartments, green morocco labels with gilt lettering, a very attractive copy. Echeverria & Wilkie, 801/22; Fay, p. 40; Monaghan 503; Sabin 17501. The scarce first edition of this little-known work by Crèvecoeur, which was not translated into English until the 1960s. It is of course not a translation but an original work by Crèvecoeur. Crèvecoeur was of noble birth and first came to America in 1754. He served in Canada during the Seven Years' War, travelled widely throughout the Great Lakes and Ohio regions and American colonies, and finally settled on a farm near the frontier in Orange County, NY. He became an American citizen in 1764, and he served as French consul in New York from 1783 to 1790. His "letters of an American Farmer," published in English in 1782, made him an instant celebrity in Europe and the book was the first best-seller by an American author in Europe."Crèvecoeur spent nearly a quarter of a century in America, saw Washington, in 1774, come to the first Congress fresh from his farm, witnessed his extraordinary career, and, in 1797, saw him retire to the private life of an agriculturist. His experience, therefore, enables him to give much information and personal gossip not readily found elsewhere. (.....) This work is distinguished by its details on the aboriginal tribes, and their gradual disappearance. No other writer has so well described the Indian great councils, or assemblies, where they deliberate on their public interests" (Monthly Review, quoted in Sabin).The work furthermore provides information on central New York, Niagra Falls, deals with (new settlements in) Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, the two Carolina's and some discussion on Canada, there are observations on the flora and fauna, political history, the city of New York, the whole constituting a rich source on the 18th-century history of America.The frontispiecce is a portrait of George Washington, further portraits are of Kesketomah, an Ondondaga sachem, Koohassen, an Oneida warrior, a map entitled "Carte de la Partie Septentrionale des Etats-Unis", a map entitled "Plan de la Cataracte de Niagara et de l'Isthme qui separe les lacs Erie et Ontario", and a map entitled "Carte de la Partie Meridionale des Etats-Unis", a plate "Fortification des Anciens Indigenes" and a plate "Plan d'un Ancien Camp Retranché", two folding views of Niagara Falls, plus some tables both in- and outside text. - A very nice copy of a scarce and interesting work.
Phone number : 31 20 698 13 75
"1974. Washington Circus America éditeur 1974 - Agrafé format à l'italienne 30 5 cm x 23 cm 36 pages - Photos couleurs et N&B in et hors-texte de toute la troupe - Texte en anglais - État neuf"
Lyon, Artima, 1982; in-8, 120 pp., broché, couverture illustr. Eo de l'édition française de l'ancienne formule : avec les titres suivant : captain america contre griffe jaune n°16 / bombes sur l'amérique n°17.
Eo de l'édition française de l'ancienne formule : avec les titres suivant : captain america contre griffe jaune n°16 / bombes sur l'amérique n°17.
Hydrographic Department reliure Rigide Décorative London 1966 628 pages en format 15 - 24 cm - croquis hors texte - reliure rigide en percalineavec tite en dorure
Bon État
Philadelphia and London, W.B. Saunders, 1945, gr. in-8°, 6 p. + 206 p. (473-678) with numerous illustrations in text, original paperback.
Phone number : 41 (0)26 3223808
AMERICA. " Cahiers France - Amérique Latine ". Paris (216, boulevard Raspail). Directeur : Pierre Seghers. In-folio broché. 5 numéros ont paru en 5 livraisons, de juillet 1945 à juin 1947. Chaque numéro aborde un thème particulier (" Lettres ", " Arts ", " Villes ", " Hommes ", " Jazz "), en fonction duquel est désigné un rédacteur en chef particulier.
N° 1. (Juillet 1945). Ventura García Calderon, Louis Aragon, Pablo Neruda, Alfonso Reyes, Paul Eluard, Loÿs Masson, Vercors, José de la Cuadra, Vicente Huidobro, Pierre Emmanuel, Ribeiro Couto, Pierre Seghers, Marie-Jeanne Durry, Enrique Mendez-Calzada, André Frénaud, Francis Ponge. Photographies de Man Ray et Pierre Boucher. Illustrations d'Henri Matisse, Hans Bellmer, Dignimont, Boris Taslitzky. Couverture dessinée par Lucien Jaïs. // Bon état.
A Paris, chez le Sr Desnos, 1783. 46x64 cm. Engraved map of South America, contemporary handcoloured. The 2 large cartouches uncoloured. Right margin shaved, small tear showing into scale, of which a small part lost (1x1 cm.).
Jaillots impressive map of South America from 1681 in Brion de la Tour's revision from 1783.
1881-1970 Some papers are loose without covers, one cover badly soiled.
Couverture rigide. Reliure de l'éditeur. 270 pages. Jaquette. 26 x 37 cm.
Livre en anglais. Photographed by 200 of the world's leading photojournalists on one day. Editions Collins Publishers, 1986.
[AMERIQUE du NORD] - [ETATS-UNIS (United States of America)] - [Guides NAGEL].-
Reference : 85469
(1955)
1955 Paris, Genève, Nagel, 1974, in 12 relié pleine percaline rouge de l'éditeur, jaquette, 928 pages.
Avec 13 cartes et plans en noir et 19 cartes et plans en couleurs, certains dépliants. ...................... Photos sur demande ..........................
Phone number : 04 77 32 63 69
Office of the United States broché Bristol illustré Brussels 1958 64 pages en format 17 - 25 cm - photographies - TBE
Très Bon État
A Colle, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Froullé, 1788. 4 volumes. (4), xvi, 383, (1) pp.; (4), 259 pp.; (4), 292 pp.; (4), 366 pp. 8vo. Contemporary catspaw calf, gilt triple fillets on sides, spines richly gilt in compartments, a very nice copy. Sabin 47206; Leclerc 957; Howes M.456; Monaghan 1052; Muller 1612; Fay 24; Echeverria & Wilkie 788/65; Echeverria, p. 124; Einaudi 3807; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in JFBL. First edition. 'This work was conceived as a corrective reply to Raynal's Histoire Philosophique et Politique and Mably's Observations. It was suggested by William Short, Jefferson's secretary, and was written with Jefferson's assistance and approval.' Contains among others: Reflexions rédigées à l'occasion du Mémoire sur la manière dont la France & l'Espagne doivent envisager les suites de la querelle entre la Grande-Bretagne & ses Colonies (volume 3, pages 217-282), by A.R.J. Turgot, dated April 6, 1776 and published here for the first time, concerning a memoir by Vergennes written at the request of Louis XVI to assist the Conseil d'État in formulating a policy for France and Spain in regard to the American Revolution. Turgot explored the various possible outcomes with their probable consequences for France and predicted that the eventual independence of the U.S. would lead to the independence of other European colonies in America. He recommended arms sales to the U.S. but favored continued official neutrality and opposed direct military intervention' (Echeverria & Wilkie). Mazzei was an Italian physician who practised medicine in Smyrna and later, from 1755 to 1773, engaged in commerce in London. With several other Italians he came to the United States in December, 1773, to introduce the cultivation of the grape and the olive. He became a neighbor and friend of Thomas Jefferson. He actively supported the movement for independence and from 1779 to 1783 he was an agent for Virginia to obtain supplies in Italy. His Memorie della vita (Lugano, 2 volumes, 1845-1846) contains a lengthy account of his activities in Italy on behalf of Virginia (Monaghan, op.cit.) In the above work he was assisted by Condorcet who is the 'Bourgeois de New-Haven.' 'Compilation très exacte, qui réfute les théories de Mably et de Raynal et constitute un répertoire précieux de renseignements de tous ordres sur les États-Unis' (Fay). - Very good and attractive copy.
Phone number : 31 20 698 13 75
A Amsterdam et à Paris, Chez la veuve Duchesne, 1785. 3 volumes. 564 pp.; 531, (3) pp.; 618 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands, labels with gilt lettering, red edges. Sabin 41905; Echeverria & Wilkie 785/62; not in Leclerc; cf.: Fay 21 Second issue of the first edition, the errata being corrected. This history of the American Revolution covers conflicts in other parts of the world, but is largely devoted to the French part in the war in America, and is one of the first French accounts of the war.
Phone number : 31 20 698 13 75
British North America, Hudson's Bay and Manitoba Acts / Actes de l'Amérique Britannique du Nord, Baie d'Hudson et Manitoba
Reference : 43153
(1870)
I. B. Taylor Softcover Ottawa 1870
Good Octavo. Several paginations, 42 pages. In-8, paginations diverses 42 pages. Small ex-libris. Petit ex-libris. Recent protective cover with remnants of original on Japanese restoration paper. Couverture récente de protection avec parties de la couverture originale sur papier japonais de conservation. 1867-1870. Several documents paginated together. Recueil de documents paginés à la suite : An Act for the Union of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and Government thereof (29th March, 1867), 32 p.; An Act for enabling Her Majesty to accept a Surrender upon Terms of Lands, Privileges, and Rights of "The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay" and for admitting the same into the Dominion of Canada (Rupert Territory, North-West Territories)(31st July, 1868), pp. 33-35; An Act to amend and continue the Act 32 and 33 Victoria chapter 3, and to establish and provide for the Government of the Province of Manitoba, pp. 36-42; Acte concernant l'Union et le gouvernement du Canada, de la Nouvelle-Écosse et du Nouveau-Brunswick, ainsi que les objets qui s'y rattachent (29 mars 1867), 32 p.; Acte pour permettre à Sa Majesté d'accepter, à certaines conditions, la cession des terres, privilèges et droits du "Gouverneur et de la compagnie d'aventuriers d'Angleterre faisant la traite à la Baie d'Hudson" et pour admettre ce territoire dans la puissance du Canada" (Terre de Rupert, Territoires du Nord-Ouest), 31 juillet 1868, pp. 33-35; Acte pour amender et continuer l'acte trente-deux et trente-trois Victoria, chapitre trois, et pour établir et constituer le gouvernement de la province de Manitoba (circa 1870), pp. 36-42.
(Gotha, Justus Perthes), 1831. Engraved map (34,5 x 43 cm.). Handcoloured in outline. Gestochen von Joh. Carl Ausfeld.
From Stieler's Hand-Atlas, No. 47.
Copenhagen, 1893. Folio. (51 x 45 cm.). Orig. printed clothbacked boards. Stamp on title-page. 28 pp. ""In the present reproduction only those few pages are printed, which concerns the discovery of America by the Northmen in the first years of the 11th century."". Lower right corners damaged by insect-bites, no loss of text. Old Norse text, English and Danish translation.
Lyon, Aredit : semics, 1983; in-8, 60 pp., broché, couverture illustr. Eo de l'édition française de l'ancienne formule.
Eo de l'édition française de l'ancienne formule.
London, Edwards & Knibb, 1820. 8vo. Recent half morocco with gilt back. Uncut. Engraved frontisp. og General Washington. 738 pp. and 1 statistal table. The title page calls for a sheet map of the United States and a table of the post and cross roads, neither of which are present in this copy.
First edition. Sabin 26974.
CHEZ L'AUTEUR. Non daté. In-4. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. Fascicule de 18 pages, illustré en couleurs. Quelques notes au stylo sur la 4ème de couverture.. . . . Classification Dewey : 331.2-Vacances
Classification Dewey : 331.2-Vacances
New York, Published by The Boy Scouts of America, 1933, format 130x68mm, broché, 256 pages, nombreuses illustrations sur l'ensemble de l'ouvrage, exemplaire en bon état.
Agenda et diverses informations utiles aux scouts américains, édition en langue anglaise.
HU SHIH (Dr. Ambassador of the Republic of China to the United States of America)
Reference : 11333
San Francisco, The Grabhorn Press, July 1942. 1 volume in-4, 18 pages, hard covers, cloth spine, in very good condition. Rare document, limited edition to 200 copies.
"Of this significant contribution to a better understanding of events now transpiring in the Far East, two hundred copies have been printed on handmade paper at the instance of Carl I. Wheat and with the generous approval of Ambassador Hu Shih, for whose personal use one hundred such copies have been reserved. The title and signature in Chinese are from His Excellency's facile brush. The address starts by these words: "You know what you are fighting for. You are fighting for the preservation of your democratic way of life which, as I understand it, is the way of freedom and peace."
Encrage.1989.In-8,cartonnage éditeur illustré.156 p.TBE intérieur.Cartonnage au dos fané.
Lyon, Aredit : semics, 1983; in-8, 60 pp., broché, couverture illustr. Eo de l'édition française de l'ancienne formule.
Eo de l'édition française de l'ancienne formule.
Lyon, Aredit : semics, 1983; in-8, 60 pp., broché, couverture illustr. Eo de l'édition française de l'ancienne formule.
Eo de l'édition française de l'ancienne formule.