1767 Paris, Lacombe, 1767. In-12 (104 X 172 mm) veau fauve marbré, dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre, tranches rouges (Reliure de l'époque) ; 284 pages (dont titre), (2) ff. d'approbation et privilège. Rousseurs éparses.
PREMIÈRE ÉDITION FRANÇAISE traduite sur la seconde édition anglaise. John PURCELL (1674-1730) a été professeur d'anatomie au Royal College of Surgeons de Dublin. AGRÉABLE EXEMPLAIRE conservé dans sa reliure d'époque. PLEASANT COPY. PICTURES AND MORE DETAILS ON REQUEST.
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1805 Paris, Demonville et Gabon, 1805. In-8 (133 X 205 mm) maroquin rouge à grain long, encadrement de roulette dorée sur les plats, dos lisse orné de guirlandes dorées en place des nerfs, compartiments ornés de fers dorés (étoiles, points, fleuron central, volutes dans les angles), titre doré, chainette dorée sur les coupes, coiffes ornées, grecque dorée bordure intérieure, tranches dorées (reliure de l'époque) ; XXXII (dont faux-titre et titre), 511 pages, tableau dépliant gravé monté sur onglet. Coiffe supérieure frottée.
ÉDITION ORIGINALE française. En Angleterre, John BROWN (1735-1778), père d'un système qui eut, dans son temps, une diffusion énorme et qui fut appelé « brownisme », affirma que, dans son essence, la vie n'est pas un état normal et spontané, mais un état maintenu par des stimulations continuelles. (Créhange). « Brown's unusual, but immensely popular system of medicine (Brunonism), was based on the principle that life is maintained by a state of externally provoked excitability within living tissues. This disease state was seen as one in which this excitability fell above or below normal limits. After determining the degree and localization of the problem, appropriate stimulants or depressants were administered. The Brunonian theory held the attention of Europe for a quarter century. » (Heirs of Hippocrates, 1018). BEL EXEMPLAIRE en maroquin de l'époque. (Créhange, "Les Livres anciens de médecine et de pharmacie", 109). NICE COPY. PICTURES AND MORE DETAILS ON REQUEST.
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1788 Londres et Paris, Buisson, 1788. Deux volumes in-8 (133 X 204 mm) basane fauve, encadrement de double filet doré sur les plats, dos lisse cloisonné d'un double filet doré, pièces de titre et de tomaison maroquin havane, tranches mouchetées en rouge (reliure de l'époque). Tome I : (2) ff. de faux-titre et titre, XXVIII-311 pages, (1) page et (2) ff. de table des matières - Tome II : (2) ff. de faux-titre et titre, une carte dépliante, 330 pages, (1) f. Habile restauration en pied du mors supérieur du tome I, petites épidermures.
PREMIÈRE ÉDITION FRANÇAISE établie et traduite de l'anglais par François Soulès. Elle contient une grande CARTE gravée dépliante intitulée «Carte des Indes en deçà et audelà du Gange, avec les Isles de la Sonde, Bornéo, les Moluques et les Philippines ; d'après les dernières observations ». BEL EXEMPLAIRE, frais, conservé dans sa sobre et élégante reliure de l'époque. NICE COPY. PICTURES AND MORE DETAILS ON REQUEST.
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1921 Paris, Hachette, sans date [1921]. Grand in-quarto (239 X 294) demi-vélin ivoire, premier plat papier beige orné d'un grand fer doré d'après une illustration d'Arthur Rackham, dos lisse, auteur, titre, nom de l'illustrateur et de l'éditeur dorés, tête dorée, gardes bleues illustrées (reliure de l'éditeur) ; XV pages, (1) page, 76 pages.
ÉDITION ILLUSTRÉE de nombreux dessins d'Arthur RACKHAM, dont 24 HORS-TEXTE en couleurs contrecollées sur carton fort brun et sous serpentes légendées, et des dessins en noir à pleine page et dans le texte. Texte en français.TIRAGE DE LUXE limité à 300 EXEMPLAIRES numérotés et imprimés sur vélin fort à la forme (n°43), signés à la justification par l'illustrateur. TRÈS BEL EXEMPLAIRE. NICE COPY. PICTURES AND MORE DETAILS ON REQUEST.
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1968 Paris, Mercure de France, 1968. In-8 broché, couverture illustrée, 287 pages.
EDITION ORIGINALE de la traduction. UN des 25 pur fil LAFUMA-NAVARRE (seul tirage en grand papier). Exemplaire non coupé, à l'état de neuf. "Souvenirs des années folles". FINE COPY. PICTURES AND MORE DETAILS ON REQUEST.
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1952 Paris, Gallimard "Du Monde Entier" CXIV, 1952. In-12 (122 X 187) broché, couverture bleu ciel imprimée en rouge et noir ; 251 pages.
PREMIERE EDITION française et édition originale de la traduction de Jacques PAPY. UN des 106 EXEMPLAIRES numérotés sur vélin PUR FIL LAFUMA-NAVARRE, seul grand papier. Exemplaire en PARFAIT ETAT. FINE COPY. PICTURES AND MORE DETAILS ON REQUEST.
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Henry Miller Edgar Poe R. P. du Poisin Cotton Mather Benjamin Franklin John Paul Jones Saint John de Crèvecoeur Washington Irvin Walt Whitmann William H. Herndon Emily Dinkinson Vachel Lindsay James Weldon Johnson Hart Crane John Peale Bishop Langston Hughes Robinson Jeffers Archibald Macleish Marianne Moore John Dos Passos John Crowe Ransom Wallace Stevens Allen Tate William Carlos Williams
Reference : 15411
(1939)
1939. Paris Mesures 15 juillet 1939 - Numéro spécial consacré aux Lettres américaines - Broché 19 cm x 24 cm 382 pages - Comité de rédaction : Henry Church Bernard Groethuysen Henri Michaux Jean Paulhan Giuseppe Ungaretti ; Textes et poèmes de R. P. du Poisin Cotton Mather Benjamin Franklin John Paul Jones Saint John de Crèvecoeur Washington Irvin Edgar Poe Walt Whitmann William H. Herndon Emily Dinkinson Vachel Lindsay James Weldon Johnson Hart Crane John Peale Bishop Langston Hughes Robinson Jeffers Archibald Macleish Henry Miller Marianne Moore John Dos Passos John Crowe Ransom Wallace Stevens Allen Tate William Carlos Williams ; trad. de Raymond Queneau Pierre Leyris Fernand Auberjonois ...- Taches sur les premières pages sinon bon état
Charles Amirkhanian, John Ashberry, Imamu Amiri Baraka, Bill Berkson, Joe Brainard, Michael Brownstein, William S. Burroughs, John Cage, Jim Carroll, Tom Clark, Clark Coolidge, Gregory Corso, Robert Creeley, Diane Di Prima, Ed Dorn, Larry Fagin, Allen Ginsberg, John Giorno, Frank Lima, Michael McClure, Gerard Malanga, Bernadette Mayer, Frank O'Hara, Charles Olson, Peter Orlovsky, Maureen Owen, Ron Padgett, John Perreault, Charles Plymell, Ed Sanders, Jack Spicer, Lorenzo Thomas, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Diane Wakoski, Anne Waldmann, Philip Whalen, John Wieners
Reference : 103163
(1974)
1974 disque Etats-Unis, 1974, Giorno Poetry System GPS003, 2 disques 33trs, 30cm, sous pochette ouvrante, conception et photographies de Les Levine.Cet album est un "do-it-yourself dial-a-poem kit".Avec Charles Amirkhanian, John Ashberry, Imamu Amiri Baraka, Bill Berkson, Joe Brainard, Michael Brownstein, William S. Burroughs, John Cage, Jim Carroll, Tom Clark, Clark Coolidge, Gregory Corso, Robert Creeley, Diane Di Prima, Ed Dorn, Larry Fagin, Allen Ginsberg, John Giorno, Frank Lima, Michael McClure, Gerard Malanga, Bernadette Mayer, Frank O'Hara, Charles Olson, Peter Orlovsky, Maureen Owen, Ron Padgett, John Perreault, Charles Plymell, Ed Sanders, Jack Spicer, Lorenzo Thomas, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Diane Wakoski, Anne Waldmann, Philip Whalen, John Wieners. (103163)
Phone number : +33 1 48 01 02 37
At the Apollo Press, by the Martins | Edinburgh 1779 - 1804 | 8.50 x 13.50 cm | 99 tomes en 34 volumes reliés
Très rare réunion des volumes de la célèbre édition Bell des poètes britanniques en reliure uniforme, qui compte ici 101 volumes et dont l'impression fut largement étalée dans le temps, les volumes se vendant par auteur. Le volume 8 qui réunissait les tomes 5 et 6 des oeuvres poétiques de Edmund Spencer est malheureusement manquant. Certains volumes paraissent pour la première fois, d'autres sont en seconde édition. Cette très importante édition pour la poésie britannique regroupe 39 poètes depuis Chaucer jusque Charles Churchill et 99 figures (portraits et frontispices). Elle est précieuse car de nombreux poètes virent leur première édition complète par ce biais, notamment John Donne. Reliure anglaise en pleine basane blonde d'époque. Dos lisse orné de divers fers, dont un roi agenouillé, de multiples roulettes. Pièce de titre en maroquin vert. Papier dans l'ensemble propre, mais quelques feuillets brunis et avec rousseurs, notamment quelques gravures. Détail de cet important ensemble : - The poetical works of Geof. Chaucer. 1782. 14 tomes en 5 volumes, tome 1 à 5. Manques en têtes des tome 1 et 4. Mors supérieur du tome 1 en partie fendu, mors supérieur du tome 2 fendu. - The poetical works of John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham. 1801. Un portrait en médaillon, un titre-frontispice. Volume 5. - The poetical works of Edmund Spencer. 1787-1788. 8 tomes en 4 volumes. Les tomes 5 et 6 contenus dans le volume 8 manquant. Tête du tome 7 légèrement élimée. Mors supérieur du tome 7 en partie fendu. - The poetical works of Samuel Butler. 1797. 3 tomes contenus dans le volume 10. Un portrait dans un médaillon, 3 titres-frontispices. - Ovide translated by eminent persons (Fryden, Congreve, Garth...). 1801. 4 tomes, volume 11. 2 titres-frontispices. Un manque en tête. Mors étroitement fendus en tête. - The poetical works of John Donne. 1799-1800. 3 tomes, volume 12. Un portrait en médaillon et 3 titres-frontispices. Mors supérieur étroitement fendu en tête. -The poetical works of William Congreve. 1784. 1 tome, volume 13. Un portrait dans un médaillon, un titre-frontispice. Mors supérieur étroitement fendu en tête. -The poetical works of Abraham Cowley. 1784. 4 tomes, volume 13 et 14. Un portrait dans un médaillon, 2 titres-frontispices. - The poetical works of John Cunningham. 1797. 1 tome. Volume 14. Un portrait dans un médaillon, 1 titre-frontispice. Manques en tête. Mors fendu en tête. -The poetical works of James Hammond. 1803. 1 tome. Volume 15. -The poetical works of Lord Lyttelton. 1788. 1 tome, volume 15. Un portrait dans un médaillon, 1 titre frontispice. -The poetical works of Edmund Waller. 1784. 2 tomes, volume 16. Un portrait dans un médaillon, 2 titres-frontispices. Un accroc avec manque dans le caisson de queue. -The poetical works of Thomas Parnell. 1786. 2 tomes, volume 17. Un portrait dans un médaillon, un titre-frontispice. Coiffe de tête légèrement et en partie élimée, mors supérieur étroitement fendu en queue. -The poetical works of John Pomfret. 1787. 1 tome, volume 17. Un titre-frontispice. -The poetical works of John Gray. 1800. 1 tome, volume 18. Léger manque en tête. Mors supérieur étroitement fendu en tête. -The poetical works of John Hugues. 1796. 2 tomes, volume 18. Un portrait dans un médaillon, 2 titres-frontispices. -The poetical works of Joseph Addison. 1803. 1 tome, volume 19. 1 titre-frontispice. -The poetical works of John Armstrong. 1793. 1 tome, volume 19. Un portrait dans un médaillon, un titre-frontispice. -The poetical works of William Broome. 1802. 1 tome, volume 19. -The poetical works of Nicholas Rowe. 1801. 1 tome, volume 20. Un portrait dans un médaillon, un titre-frontispice. Coiffe de tête légèrement élimée. -The poetical works of James Thomson. 1800. 2 tomes, volume 20. Un portrait dans un médaillon, 2 titres-frontispices. -The poetical works of John Milton. 1804. 4 tomes, volumes 21 et 22. Un portrait dans un médaillon, 4 titres-frontispices. Petit manque en tête.
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"THOMSON, JOHN (+) WILLIAM FLOYD (+) FELICE BEATO (+) HIPPOLYTE ARNOUX.
Reference : 60283
(1872)
1870-1872. Folio-oblong (395 x 320 mm). Original brown half calf, recased - the original cloth (with gilt lettering to the front) has been expertly mounted on to the new boards, and most of the original gilt leather spine has been preserved over a perfectly matching new lovely brown half calf. ""Tordenskjold / 1870 - 1873"" in gilt lettering, partly worn of, to front board. End-papers renewed. 71 albumen print in various sizes and by various photographers (see below) mounted on 59 contemporary white cardboard leaves (measuring 370 x 310 mm), all re-hinged. The album was water-damaged at some point, but has been expertly and neatly restored and appears in overall very good condition with good tones. 1, Oval photo of Tordenskjold (205 x 60mm) 2, Photo of Tordenskjold (190 x 143 mm) 3, Crew aboard Tordenskjold (200 x 14 mm) 4, Crew aboard Tordenskjold (157 x 128 mm) 5, Crew and equipment aboard Tordenskjold (228 x 176 mm) 6, Naval officers about Tordenskjold (167 x 130 mm). 7, 8 small photos of various places on one plate (274 x 190 mm) 8, The harbor of Port Said. By Hippolyte Arnoux (247 x 190mm) 9, Muddigging machines in the channel of Port Said. By Hippolyte Arnoux. (245 x 190mm) 10, Port Said. By Hippolyte Arnoux. 11, Malta (262 x 207 mm) 12, Two photos of Malta (each measuring 134 x 120 mm) 13, Two photos of Gibraltar (Each measuring 148 x 114) 14, Deep Water Bay, Hong Kong (194 x 130 mm). 15, Two photos depicting telegraph-house and ships in Deep Water Bay (each measuring 150 x 112) 16, Boat with people. By Felice Beato, coloured (294 x 235 mm) 17, House next to river. By John Thomson, December 1870 (278 x 225 mm) 17, Seamen’s hospital in Hong Kong. (261 x 190 mm) 18, Hong Kong. (270 x 195 mm) 19, Hong Kong, by Floyd (270 x 192 mm) 20, Hong Kong, by Floyd (240 x 190 mm) 21, Two photos of sites in Hong Kong (each measuring 165 x 127 mm) 22, Five Sikhs in Hong Kong (215 x 244 mm) 23, Group of women in Hong Kong, (326 x 215 mm) 24, Two photos of Hong Kong harbour, one photo depicting “Cella” (182 x 105" 130 x 98 mm) 25, Villa at Canton. (264 x 190 mm) 26, Pagode in Xuexiu Park, Guangdong. By William Pryor Floyd. (195 x 246 mm) 27, Boats in Canton. William Pryor Floyd,(270 x 223 mm) 28, Pou-Ting-Qua’s Garden, Canton. By John Thomson. (289 x 230 mm) 29, Fields in Canton. (205 x 155 mm) 30, Houses in Canton. (267 x 210 mm) 31, Canton harbor. By John Thomson. (245 x 202 mm) 32, Boat on the Canton river. (274 x 204 mm) 33, Wall around Canton. (260 x 200 mm). 34, Boats in Canton (293 x 225) 35, Telegraphstation in Woosung. (150 x 110 mm) 36, Boats in Foochow. (287 x 232 mm) 37, Temple in Foochow. By John Thomson (190 x 237 mm) 38, Pagode in Foochow. Presumably by John Thomson. (287 x 220 mm). 39, Tomb of Fou Tcheou. By John Thomson. (290 x 225 mm). 40, Temple in Shanghai. (237 x 188 mm). 41, Shanghai. (232 x 176 mm) 42, Chaochow bridge, Kwangtung. By John Thomson. (266 x 204 mm). 43. Panorama of Nagasaki consisting of two photos. (371 x142 mm) 44, Two photos of Nagasaki. Felice Beato. (Each measuring 169 x 119 mm). 45, Two photos from Nagasaki. Presumably by Felice Beato. (Each measuring 165 x 118 mm) 46, Two photos from Nagasaki. Presumably by Felice Beato. (Each measuring 165 x 118 mm) 47, Temple in Nagasaki. Presumably by Felice Beato. (169 x 118 mm). 48, Photo of Japanese woman in kimono. By Felice Beato. (205 x 255 mm). 49, Two photos of officers in house in Yokohama. (162 x 125 mm). 50, The Abbot and Monks of Kushan Monastery. By John Thomson. (287 x 204 mm). 51, Wooden structure, presumably Nagasaki. Presumably by Felice Beato. (270 x 208 mm) 52, Pagode, presumably Nagasaki. Presumably by Felice Beato. (234 x 185 mm) 53, Cityscape with lake, presumably Nagasaki. Presumably by Felice Beato.. (280 x 228 mm). 54, Two photos, cemetery and stairs to temple. By Felice Beato. (Each measuring 168 x 118 mm). 55, People standing outside house, presumably Hong Kong. By John Thomson. (185 x 155 mm) 56, Guangzhou Great Norh Gate, Canton. By John Thomson (245 x 156 mm). 57, Two photos, one of the building of a telegraph station (presumably in Wladivostok) and a view of Wladivostok from the sea (154 x 123 130 x 99 mm). 58, Seascape of two ships. (130 x 140 mm). 59, Ship laying for anchor. (170 x 123 mm)
Exceedingly rare photo-album documenting the Danish vessel Tordenskjold’s mission in laying the very first telegraph cables in East Asia thereby connecting China and Japan to the global telegraph system. The album consists of photos taken aboard the vessel Tordenskjold, of Tordenskjold itself along with its crew, by an unknown photographer, and of photographs of the visited cities and surrounding areas by some of the finest photographers operating in East Asia at the time, such as John Thomson, William Floyd, Felice Beato and, in Egypt, Hippolyte Arnoux - all photographs presumably brought home by William Lund, Captain on board Tordenskjold. Through some of the earliest photos taken in China, Japan, and of the excavation of the Suez Canal, the present album depicts a pivotal moment in international relations and communications. Submarine telegraph cables were first brought to China by Danish magnate Carl Fredrick Tietgen (1829-1901), who in 1870 set up the Great Northern China and Japan Extension Company. The company was created to build and operate a telegraph cable connecting Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Japan, continuing on to Vladivostok on Russia's East coast. From Vladivostok, a cable ran along the Trans-Siberian Railway, linking Hong Kong to telegraph networks in Britain, Europe, and America. Tietgen fought off strong competition - primarily English-, and eventually won the concession to lay and operate new telegraph cables connecting Russia, China and Japan. Tietgen and his partners had embarked upon a grand and risky project. Undersea cables would need to be laid in waters that had not been sounded, cables were to be brought ashore on coasts where the prevailing conditions were not known, and it was uncertain whether the respective governments would grant permission. Everything – cables, stations, wire, and apparatus – was to be brought from Europe and had to function as a coherent system. Two chartered English steamships ‘Cella’ and ‘Great Northern’ were to transport and lay the cables, and the propeller-driven Danish frigate ‘Tordenskjold’ was to sound the waters near Nagasaki and Vladivostok, it had to also carry a relatively small amount of cables, and it was to keep away uninvited guests (of which there were plenty in the South China Sea). “As a small nation with negligible military resources, Denmark could provide a useful – politically neutral – centre for telegraph links to major European powers such as Britain, Russia and the emerging new power of Prussia. The Danes were able to utilize the technical know-how which had been accumulated with great difficulty, and occasionally heavy economic losses, in the preceding decades by British and American entrepreneurs. The competition between the Danish and British groups of telegraph entrepreneurs for first access to the Chinese market was preliminarily resolved when the directors of the two companies negotiated a secret agreement in May 1870. The Danish group had acquired an advantage in terms of timing by winning the Russian concession in 1869, and had to cover shorter distances by sea cables from Vladivostok to Nagasaki and Shanghai. But the British group had the advantage of better access to capital and a more extensive technical experience with submarine cable manufacture and operation. The essence of the agreement was that the line between Hong Kong and Shanghai should be established and operated by the Great Northern the companies would share the income for telegrams which passed this section of the line and they would run offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai jointly. The agreement provided the Danes with assured landing rights in Hong Kong and with British diplomatic support for attempts to secure landing rights in China. Permission to bring submarine telegraph cables into Chinese treaty ports was obtained in 1870 from the Chinese Government (i.e., the office of foreign affairs, known as the Zongli Yamen) by the British Minister in Peking, Thomas Wade. At the same time, the Danish government had dispatched a diplomatic envoy, Chamberlain Julius Sick, at the Great Northern’s expense to China and Japan to obtain the necessary concessions. The cable between Hong Kong and Shanghai was laid in 1870–1871 with the assistance of the frigate Tordenskjold, which the Danish government had generously allocated to the task. The Great Northern had a great deal of technical problems with the cables they had bought from the British manufacturer since the quality of the insulation was not as good as expected. Therefore, the official opening of the line between Shanghai and Hong Kong was delayed until April 1871. During the remainder of that year the company struggled to finish cable sections from Shanghai to Nagasaki, and from Nagasaki to Vladivostok. Communication between Shanghai and Europe via these cables and the Russian Siberian lines was officially inaugurated on 1 January 1872.” (Erik Baark: Wires, Codes and People The Great Northern Telegraph Company in China 1870–90) The album covers and illustrates one on the most fascinating periods in the process of internationalization in the late modern period: The Suez Canal had just opened and ‘Tordenskjold’ was the first Danish ship to sail through it. The submarine cables linked the major hubs in East Asia to the Western world and helped facilitate an unprecedented growth in the region. Overall, the laying of the submarine cable in 1870-71 was a transformative event for East Asia in general. It played a critical role in the area's economic and social development, helping to make it the global commercial center it is today.
London, 1832 A lovely contemporary full calf binding with Gilt spine, gilt and blindstamped border-ornamentations and gilt armorial centre-piece to boards. Some wear to extremities and hinges. Nice and tight. Internally very nice and clean, with only occasional, very light minor brownspotting.
The scarce first edition of one of the main works of John Galt, the first political novelist in the English language. Althought the name ""Gohn Galt"" is now primarily associated with the main character of Ayn Rand's modern political classic ""Atlas Shrugged"", the ""real"" John Galt (1779-1839) was one of the best known Scottish political and social novelists of the 19th century. Like Rand's John Galt, he too was an entrepeneur, greatly active in political and social issues. Because he was the first novelist to deal with issues of the industrial revolution, he has been called the first political novelist in the English language.""The Radical"" is a study of religion, politics and law in the local boroughs of Scotland during the transitional late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. As several of his other novels, it is concerned with the effects of change upon communities and upon the social institutions that shape those communities. The work is famous for its, prosaic studies, that are, however, far from dry, and Galt’s storytelling is known to be characterised by wit and humour.Together ""The Radical"" and ""The Member"" (also 1832) make up what John Galt himself calls ""the Reform"", as he states in his autobiography, ""they serve to illustrate, by the by, the sagicity of the trade, for they are thought to have too much a seeming of truth, and the sale of them has not been satisfactory. [...]The Radical [...] is deduced from principles and feelings coeval with human nature. It seems to me that the Radicals of our time forget that we are living in society for the benefitsof which we have surrendered a portion of our natural rights. The work in consequence turns on supposing, that what our natural feelings prompt must therefore be what we are entitled to do and to enjoy, forgetting altogether how much the social ties restrain the exercise of natural rights. But although some of my friends think the two works clever and philosophical, and although, on the Continent they have attracted more attantion than any other product of my pen, they have almost been still-born here. [...]."" (John Galt, The Literary Life and Miscellanies of John Galt, 1834, pp. 318-19). John Galt was born in Irvine as the son of a sea captain who traded with the West Indies. In 1789 the family moved to Greenock and much of Galt’s fiction draws from the localities of the west coast of Scotland where he spent his youth. John Galt was possessed of a pragmatic as well as an imaginative turn of mind. He had a keen interest in business and politics and always maintained that he regarded writing as a secondary profession. From 1796 - 1804 Galt worked as a junior justice clerk in Greenock before setting off for London on a sudden impulse of restless ambition. Here he studied political economy and commercial history and practise but failed to really make his mark on the business world despite several promising ventures.Around the age of twenty-four Galt began writing. He experimented in verse but was an inferior poet. Several of his essays, however, were published and this writing at this time demonstrates his early interest in politics and the colonies, particularly Canada which had long captured his imagination.In 1809 Galt spent a period of time travelling on the Mediterranean and it was here that he made his acquaintance with Lord Byron who was to become the subject of his acclaimed biography The Life of Byron in 1830. In 1811 he returned to London, his commercial aspirations disappointed and turned to journalism as a means of making money. At 34, he married the daughter of his literary patron, Alexander Tilloch. It was at this time too that Galt gained his experience of the workings of Parliament as a lobbyist for the Edinburgh-Glasgow canal. These experiences were to be formative in Galt’s later political career in Canada and were also to inform his later political novels, The Radical and The Member.Despite critical and commercial success, Galt had not abandoned his business aspirations. In 1824 Galt became actively involved in political campaigning on behalf of the Canadian colony and two years later left for Canada leaving the manuscript for The Last of the Lairds with his publisher. During the years 1827-29 Galt developed the virgin territories of the Canadian colony and founded the townships of Guelph and Goderich. For Galt, the Canadian project was the realisation of his most profound ambitions. But he was to fall foul of colonial bureaucracy and was eventually forced to return to Britain in 1829 under charges of debt and placed in prison.Having returned to Britain, John Galt began writing again, and in 1832 he produced two of his most famous works, ""The Radical"" and ""The Member"", for which he is primarily remembered today.
London: John Murray, 1828 in-4, xxiv-320-clvii-(2), 30 planches hors texte, 6 cartes. Demi reliure du 20è siècle dans le style des reliures du début 19è siècle, dos à nerfs, caissons dorés, pièces de titres de cuir rouge et vert. Très bel exemplaire. EDITION ORIGINALE. (Nous disposons aussi du récit de la première expédition, en édition originale dans une reliure uniforme).
Narrative of a second expedition to the shores of the polar sea in the years 1825, 1826 and 1827, by John Franklin captain commander of the expedition, including an account of the progress of a detachment by John Richardson, surgeon and naturalist of the expedition. Illustrated by numerous plates and maps. (London: John Murray, 1828) [M.C.: voyages, pôles, Canada]
Irving Petlin, Su Braden, James Lee Byars, Christo, Walter de Maria, Richard Hamilton, Kaspar Koenig, Julien Levy, Sol Mednick, Nancy Reitkopf, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Nicolas Calas, Bruce Conner, Marcia Herscovitz, Alain Jacquet, Ray Johnson, Lee Lozano, Bernard Pfriem, George Reavey, Clovis Trouille, John Battan, William Bryant, Dick Higgins, Joseph Kosuth, Ronnie Landfield, Roland Penrose, Man Ray, Hannah Weiner, Terry Riley, Robert Stanley, Paul Bergtold, John Cage, Hollis Frampton, Roy Lichtenstein, Lil Picard, Domenico Rotella, Robert Watts, William Anthony, William Copley, Edward Fitzgerald, Neil Jeanney, Angus MacLise, Bruce Nauman, Yoko Ono, Mel Ramos, Robert Rohm, William Schwadler, Diane Wakoski, Lawrence Weiner, Richard Artschwager, Ed Bereal, Diter Rot, Betty Dodson, Ronoldo Ferry, John Giorno, Adrian Nutbeam, Claes Oldenburg, Micha Petrov, Jean Reavey, Bernar Venet, Paul Steiner, Marcel Duchamp, Tom Westermann , Bob Watts , Toby Mussman , On Kawara , Arman , Congo , Aftograf , Princess Winifred, Enrico Baj, Lawrence Weiner
Reference : 100144
(1968)
New York The Letter Edged in Black Press, 1968. 1968 6 17.8 x 27.9 cm. New York, The Letter Edged in Black Press, 1968. Six portefeuilles 178 x 279 mm, présentés dans leurs emballages postaux d’origine, contenant chacun un sommaire, pour un total de 73 multiples originaux.
Artistes ayant collaboré: Irving Petlin, Su Braden, James Lee Byars, Christo, Walter de Maria, Richard Hamilton, Kaspar Koenig, Julien Levy, Sol Mednick, Nancy Reitkopf, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Nicolas Calas, Bruce Conner, Marcia Herscovitz, Alain Jacquet, Ray Johnson, Lee Lozano, Bernard Pfriem, George Reavey, Clovis Trouille, John Battan, William Bryant, Dick Higgins, Joseph Kosuth, Ronnie Landfield, Roland Penrose, Man Ray, Hannah Weiner, Terry Riley, Robert Stanley, Paul Bergtold, John Cage, Hollis Frampton, Roy Lichtenstein, Lil Picard, Domenico Rotella, Robert Watts, William Anthony, William Copley, Edward Fitzgerald, Neil Jeanney, Angus MacLise, Bruce Nauman, Yoko Ono, Mel Ramos, Robert Rohm, William Schwadler, Diane Wakoski, Lawrence Weiner, Richard Artschwager, Ed Bereal, Diter Rot, Betty Dodson, Ronoldo Ferry, John Giorno, Adrian Nutbeam, Claes Oldenburg, Micha Petrov, Jean Reavey, Bernar Venet, Paul Steiner, Marcel Duchamp, Tom Westermann , Bob Watts , Toby Mussman , On Kawara , Arman , Congo , Aftograf , Princess Winifred, Enrico Baj.Broken Music page 230 ; Urawa Art Museum 2000 ; Documenta 6 catalogue 3 p.335 ; Söhm 319 ; Moeglin-Delcroix Esthétique du livre d'artiste, 1997, p.116. Papier-gesänge 107 ; Pop Art Store p.77; ; Marie Boivent : Revue d'Artistes Une sélection p.62 à 66;, p.335; Expositions : New York 1988, 1992 ; Paris, Berlin, Tokyo 1989., catalogue p.181-182. Parfait état dans les boîtes originales d’expédition. Pdf détaillé sur demande.(100144)
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British Journal for the History of Science - John G. McEvoy - John R. Durant - Crosbie Smith - John Worrall - David Bloor
Reference : 26829
(1979)
British Society for the History of Science Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1979 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback grand In-8 1 vol. - 106 pages
Contents, Chapitres : John G. McEvoy : Electricity, knowledge, and the nature of the progress in Priestley 's thought - John R. Durant : Scientific naturalism and social reform in the thought of Alfred Russel Wallace - Crosbie Smith : From design to dissolution : Thomas Chalmers ' debt to John Robison - John Worrall : A reply to David Bloor , with a response from David Bloor - essay review : I. Grattan-Guinness : Babbage 's mathematics in its time - books received, reviews - notes on contributors working copy from Pierre Thuillier, few annotations at pencil
R. P. du Poisin, Cotton Mather, Benjamin Franklin, John Paul Jones, Saint John de Crèvecoeur, Washington Irvin, Edgar Poe, Walt Whitmann, William H. Herndon, Emily Dinkinson, Vachel Lindsay, James Weldon Johnson, Hart Crane, John Peale Bishop, Langston Hughes, Robinson Jeffers, Archibald Macleish, Henry Miller, Marianne Moore, John dos Passos, John Crowe Ransom, Wallace Stevens, Allen Tate, William Carlos Williams.
Reference : 78781
(1939)
Paris, José Corti, 1939, 185x23mm, broché, 382p. Bel exemplaire.
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In-12, plein veau marbré de l'époque, dos à 5 nerfs cloisonné et fleuronné, pièce de titre de maroquin fauve, roulette dorée sur les coupes, tranches marbrées, xvi, 376, (5) p. de table, portrait frontispice gravé. Londres, Jean Nourse [i.e. Paris], 1751.
Traduction par Jean-Pierre Bosset, de l'abrégé composé par John Wynne de L'Essai sur l'entendement humain de John Locke. (A translation, by J.-P. Bosset, of John Wynne's abridgement of Locke's 'Essay concerning human understanding')."LAbrégé publié par Bosset à Londres en 1720 est la traduction d'un 'Abridgment' fait par John Wynne à Oxford en 1695. Wynne proposa son projet à Locke en 1695, en citant le besoin des étudiants à Oxford, qui, n'apprenant que des choses obscures et inutiles, ne pouvaient trouver un remède suffisant dans 'l'Abrégé' de Le Clerc, écrit dans une langue trop inaccessible" (cf. T. Besterman in 'La diffusion de Locke en France', p. 126 et passim).(Cf. Yolton, 'John Locke', 141 et Attig, 'John Locke', 372).Mors frottés partiellement fendus, coiffes usées, brunissures.
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( Revue Rock & Folk ) - John Lennon et Yoko Ono - Elvis Presley - Pete Brown - The Band - Elton John.
Reference : 32645
(1519)
Revue Rock & Folk n° 52 de mai 1971. In-4 agrafé de 106 pages, au format 27 x 21,5 cm. Couvertures photographiques avec John Lennon et Yoko Ono. Couvertures avec d'infimes frottis aux coins. Intérieur frais. Mensuel musical français consacré à la musique rock et pop, fondé en 1966 par Robert Baudelet, Jean Tronchot, Philippe Adler, Jean-Pierre Leloir et Philippe Koechlin. La revue connut la participation de nombreux photographes dont : Jean-Pierre Leloir, Claude Gassian, Pierre Terrasson, Gaëlle Ghesquière, Bruno Ducourant,Patrice Guino, Jean-Louis Rancurel, Dominique Tarlé, Bertrand Alary et Saddri Derradji. Nombreux articles sur le Rock, le blues, la soul, la pop dont : John Lennon et Yoko Ono, Elvis Presley, Pete Brown, The Band, Elton John, etc. Nombreuses chroniques avec de très nombreuses photographies en noir et blanc. Rare édition originale, en très bel état de fraicheur.
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Londres, J. Nours, 1753 in-12, xxiv pp., 248 pp., demi-basane fauve, dos lisse orné de filets et dent-de-rat dorés, pièce de titre orangée, tranches jaunes mouchetées de rouge (reliure de la fin du XVIIIe). Coins abîmés.
Première traduction française, donnée par Paul-François Velly (1709-1759), des 5 pamphlets rédigés par le médecin et homme de lettres écossais John Arbuthnot (1667-1735), avec l'aide de son ami Swift, pour favoriser les négociations du gouvernement tory avec la France dans le dessein de terminer la Guerre de succession d'Espagne, et réunis dans la satire intitulée : The law is a bottomless pit, or The History of John Bull, exemplify'd in the case of the Lord Strutt, John Bull, Nicholas Frog, and Lewis Baboon. Who spent all they had in a law-suit. Printed from a manuscript found in the cabinet of the famous Sir Humphry Polesworth (Londres, John Morphew, 1712). John Bull est évidemment la personnification de l'Angleterre, et Lewis Baboon celle de Louis XIV [Baboon = Bourbon], tandis que le défunt Lord Strutt représente évidemment Charles II d'Espagne. Le ton grinçant et le caractère grotesque des personnages font effectivement penser à Swift, mais la manière est étrangère au satiriste, et l'accord s'est fait sur une attribution essentielle à Arbuthnot.Il est important de noter que l'ouvrage contient la toute première figuration de la Grande-Bretagne sous les traits de John Bull, dont les caractéristiques, désormais fixées, ne peuvent être décrites qu'en anglais : "A stout, middle-aged, country-dwelling, jolly and matter-of-fact man".Quérard I,81.RELIÉ À LA SUITE : [GOUDAR (Ange) :] La paix de l'Europe ne peut s'établir qu'à la suite d'une longue trêve, ou Projet de pacification générale, combiné par une suspension d'armes de vingt ans, entre toutes les puissances politiques. Par M. le chevalier G***. Amsterdam, Châtelain, 1757, [4] ff. n. ch., xxxviij pp., pp. 3-244, xxiv pp. de table des matières. Quérard III, 418 (pour l'édition de 1761 seulement). Édition originale rare de l'un des derniers textes purement politiques de Goudar, avant sa reconversion dans la satire plus ou moins calomnieuse : dans la lignée des projets de paix perpétuelle élaborés dans la première moitié du siècle, il propose une entente européenne et une armée supranationale sanctionnant toute nation qui s'engagerait dans la guerre, s'appuyant sur le principe que les bénéfices de la paix sont d'abord une question d'habitudes et que les nations européennes doivent connaître une période sans conflit pour en comprendre tous les bénéfices. - - VENTE PAR CORRESPONDANCE UNIQUEMENT - LIEN DE PAIEMENT, NOUS CONSULTER.
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Ad optimorum Exemplarium fidem recogniti, à S. Jebb, M.D., 1 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque pleine basane marron, dos à 5 nerfs, Impensis Car. Davis in Vico, Londini [ London ; Londres ], 1729, XIV-249 pp. et 3 ff. n. ch.
Cette édition rassemble 4 ouvrages du savant John Caius (ou John Kay, 1510-1573) dont une importante étude sur les races de chiens britanniques (avec un intéressant tableau des races), un ouvrage fournissant de nombreux renseignements biographiques sur l'auteur( De Libris propriis"), et un essai sur la prononciation du grec et du latin, inspiré par les travaux contemporains de Sir John Cheke et de Sir Thomas Smith. Etat très satisfaisant (première garde fixe restaurée, reliure frottée et vernie, coiffe sup. arasée, bon état par ailleurs). This edition collects 4 works by the scholar John Caius or Kay (1510-1573) including an important study on British dog breeds (with an interesting table of breeds), a work providing extensive biographical information on the author ("De Libris propriis"), and an essay on the pronunciation of Greek and Latin, inspired by the contemporary works of Sir John Cheke and Sir Thomas Smith. The first three titles were first published in 1570.
Berkeley, University of California Press 1985 [ the first two parts of the five part Cursus Philosophicus of 1631-1635, by the same author (first published at Alcalá de Henares, Complutum, Iberia, 1632)], x + 607pp.with ills.and foldable time table, 29cm., 1st ed., hardcover (cloth), dustwrapper, VG, [bilingual: English-Latin, John Poinsot = John of St. Thomas, Lisbon 1589- Fraga 1644]
St. John Greer Ervine - Ervine, St. John G.- (St. John Greer).
Reference : 27503
(1925)
1925 June 1925 ; 2p.,bon état, rare- provenance archives Charles de Richter - RICHTER (Charles de).- Irish playwright and drama critic ;Ulster dramatist, critic, and biographer.
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St. John Greer Ervine - Ervine, St. John G.- (St. John Greer).
Reference : 27504
(1925)
1925 Cannes; february 1925 ; 1p.,bon état, rare- provenance archives Charles de Richter - RICHTER (Charles de).- Irish playwright and drama critic ;Ulster dramatist, critic, and biographer.
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Charles Baudelaire Stéphane Mallarmé Paul Valéry Edgar Allan Poe André Breton Henry James Jules Verne T.S. Eliot Allen Tate William Carlos Williams Ludwig Nathaniel Parker Willis James Russel Lowell John R. Thompson Evert Augustus Duyckinck John M. Daniel George Graham Rufus W. Griswold E.D. Forgues Le Sâr Peladan Margaret Fuller Walt Whitman Robert Louis Stevenson George Bernard Shaw W.H. Auden John Cowper Powys Richard Wilbur
Reference : 15514
(1998)
1998. Paris Cahiers de l'Herne n°26 Éditions Fayard 1998 - Broché 21 cm x 27 cm 480 pages - Textes de Edgar Allan Poe Ludwig Nathaniel Parker Willis James Russel Lowell John R. Thompson Evert Augustus Duyckinck John M. Daniel George Graham Rufus W. Griswold E.D. Forgues Charles Baudelaire Jules Verne Stéphane Mallarmé Le Sâr Peladan Paul Valéry André Breton Margaret Fuller Henry James Walt Whitman Robert Louis Stevenson George Bernard Shaw William Carlos Williams T.S. Eliot Allen Tate W.H. Auden John Cowper Powys Richard Wilbur ; bibliographie chronologie- Etat neuf
Archer Tasmin - Beck John,Archer Tasmin,Hughes John - Archer Tasmin,Beck John,Hughes John
Reference : 112959
(1990)
( Rock - Revue Best ) - The Allman Brothers Band - Rory Gallagher - Crosby,Stills, Nash & Young - Whisbone Ash - Elton John - Alvin Lee - The Rolling Stones - Dr John.
Reference : 32572
Revue Best, la meilleure actualité de l'évolution musicale n° 67 de février 1974. In-4 agrafé de 98 pages, au format 30 x 21 cm. Couverture photographique. Plats et intérieur frais. Mensuel musical français consacré à la musique rock et pop, fondé en 1966 par Jacques Morlain qui voulait concurrencer Rock & Folk. Nombreux articles sur le Rock, le blues, la soul, la pop dont : The Allman Brothers Band, Rory Gallagher, Crosby,Stills, Nash & Young, Whisbone Ash, Elton John, Alvin Lee, The Rolling Stones, Dr John, etc. Complet des posters encartés en couleurs de Roxy Music et The New York Dolls, ainsi que de celui en double page centrale de Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Nombreuses chroniques : l'actualité musicale, les news , les critiques et sorties de disques de l'époque, etc avec de très nombreuses photographies en noir et blanc et en couleurs ( Gérard Bernar, Bruno Ducourant, Jean-Louis Rancurel, Claude Gassian, Jean-Yves Legras, etc ). Rare édition originale en très bel état de fraicheur.
Vente exclusivement par correspondance. Le libraire ne reçoit, exceptionnellement que sur rendez-vous. Il est préférable de téléphoner avant tout déplacement.Forfait de port pour un livre 10 € sauf si épaisseur supérieure à 3 cm ou valeur supérieure ou égale à 100 €, dans ce cas expédition obligatoire au tarif Colissimo en vigueur. A partir de 2 livres envoi en colissimo obligatoire. Port à la charge de l'acheteur pour le reste du monde.Les Chèques ne sont plus acceptés.Pour destinations extra-planétaire s'adresser à la NASA.Membre du Syndicat Lusitanien Amateurs Morues