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Autograph letter signed from Jan Ingenhousz to 'den Heer [Jan] van Breda tot Delft', signed and dated 'J.Housz Wenen den 8 Maart 1786'. Ingenhousz lived in Vienna for many years [1768 - 1789], in the service of Empress Maria Theresa as Court Physician. The letter starting 'Mijn Heer & waarde Vriend', discusses a letter he encloses to the 'secretaris te Uytrecht' to which he has added some changes and additions. He can't help it that the secretary or other 'heren directeuren' [Provinciaal Genootschap Utrecht?] feel ill-will towards Barneveld [who wrote a book on medical electricity in 1785] and feels his demands are fair. The Count Wassenaar has already found 2 of his friends prepared to discuss the letter in the april 3 meeting. Ingenhousz says his experiments in electricity cause a stir in France. The Academy in Dijon, Bertholon and Achard he feels will not be pleased. A friend read his correspondence with Senebier of whom Ingenhousz states that he is quite wrong.

INGENHOUSZ.- INGEN-HOUSZ.- ALS.- 1786.- · 1786 · Antiquariaat B.M.Israel B.V.

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Wenen, Autograaf, 1786. 4to. 1 leaf folded twice. [18.5 x 23 cm]. Jan Ingen-Housz, Medical doctor and famous phycisist and plant physiologist, phycisist [1730 - 1799]. DSB, vol. VII pp. 11 - 16: Studied medicine and science at Leuven university and graduated there in 1753. Studi…

Autograph letter by Romain Rolland, written from the 'Hotel Beau-Séjour' in Geneva- Champel, more specifically stated on the stationary he used the 'Etablissment Hydrothérapique "Champel-Les-Bains". Romain Rolland's reply to an anonymous 'Chère Madame' who proposes the founding of a 'League', but Rolland is not quite sure what sort of league and to what purpose, is it Peace? 'Merci pour votre lettre. Je ne comprends pas bien de l'objet de la ligue que vous cherchez à fonder. Voulez-vous préciser très exactement votre pensée...'Rolland tells her he is in Switzerland for two months working on behalf of / for the 'L'agence Internationale des prisoniers de la guerre'. He complains about the fact that journals. books, letters do not reach him punctually. Furthermore he is 'controler les erreurs dont [?] tous les gouvernements et toutes la presse de toutes les nations se rendent coupables ou complices'.

ROMAIN ROLLAND.- ALS.- Geneva.- Spas.- 1914.- · 1914 · Antiquariaat B.M.Israel B.V.

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Genève, autograaf, 1914. 8vo. [13.5 x 22 cm]. 1 sheet [w. 1 horizontal fold] of stationary from the aforementioned Hotel, red letterpress letter-head, dated 'Mardi 6 oct [?] 1914'. 29 lines of text, signed 'Romain Rolland' (II pp. text). (Paper a little crumpled.). Romain Roll…

Autograph letter in English to the Admiralty Commissioners [indicated lower left in ink] signed by both Admiral Robert Blake [1599 - 1657] and General-at-Sea Richard Deane [1610 - 1653 (1 June)], aboard the 'Triumph', dated February 8, 1652, just a few months before the Battle of Dover in May 1652. Patrolling the Channel and protecting British Trade. Maarten Harpertsz Tromp ordered by the States General to do exactly the same for Holland. This letter being written at the very height of activities surrounding the fitting out, capturing and building of ships by both the Dutch and the English, December 1651 to May 1652. General-at-Sea Robert Blake reaches a previously appointed point of Rendezvous w. a fleet of 40 sails. He complains of the 'want of seamen' and urges the Admiralty into action. Blake needs ships and men urgently. For a postcriptum see note below.

BLAKE, Robert.- ALS.- R. DEANE.- Generals-at-Sea.- · 1652 · Antiquariaat B.M.Israel B.V.

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1652. 'From aboard the Triumph in the Swinn Feb: 8th, 1652 [Stilo antiquo?] Your affectionate freinds and Servants Rob: Blake R I Deane.' Folio. [Meas. appr. 21 x 30 cm.]. Single leaf w. appr. 42 lines of text in Blake's hand. 3 horizontal folds. (Paper w. light foxing and som…

Autograph letter in French, dated 'Sienne le 14 S.bre [?] 1786' regarding the receipt of 'une lettre de change de 600...' in prize money awarded by the Academy. Perhaps for his 'Vasorum Lymphaticorum historia' [1784] which, according to the DSB 'Although his work... arrived late, he was awarded a special prize...'. His major achievement on the subject of the lymphatic system was published a year later in 1787, the 'Vasorum Lymphaticorum corporis humani' [Siena, P. Carli, 1787 in elephant folio, now very rare.]. Top left in ink '600'. 'La presente n'a pour objet que celui de vous présenter mes très humbles respects, et ... que j'ai reçu ... une lettre de change de 600,-...'

MASCAGNI, P.- ALS.- 1786 · 1786 · Antiquariaat B.M.Israel B.V.

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Siena, 1786. 4to. folded twice. [meas. 23. 5 x 18.5 cm]. Signed 'Paul Mascagni'. 13 lines. (lower inner margin a small hole in the paper at the letter 'S' of Sienne. Restored w. Japan paper at verso.). (1 p. text, III (blank). (A speck of red lacquer on last blank.). (Top margin…

Autograph letter opening top left 'Paris, Le Citoyen Renouard l'ainé', top right: 'Parme ce / le 14 Aout 1798'. Signed 'Jean George Handwerck'. The recipient is the famous French bibliographer, bibliophile and collector A.A. Renouard. In the well written letter Handwerck, Director of the l'imprimerie Royale, mentions a number of Bodoni editions, recently produced and / or in the process of printing: 'Je viens de faire une très belle edition de Boethius Consolatione Philosophiae in grand in 4to et in 4o piccolo. cette edition dont on n'a tiré que 300 exemplaires [4to] e 200 in [4to piccolo] est LA PLUS BELLE DE TOUS LES OUVRAGES sortis des presses de cette imprimerie... J'imprime actuellement la traduction italienne de Varchi de cet ouvrage... J'ai réimprimé Characterum Ethicorum Theophrasti Eresii Capita Amadutia 1. volume in 4o... '. He sends 'Le Baptisterre' [Christening gift?] from his friend Feneulle to Citoyen Regnault. The Cossali arithmetica not printed yet.

BODONI.- RENOUARD.- HANDWERCK, J.G.- A.L.S.- 1798 · 1798 · Antiquariaat B.M.Israel B.V.

€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)

Parma, autograph, 1798. 4to. 1 sheet recto w. text and remains of red lacquer seal, verso w. address and postal markings in ink. [Meas. appr. 19.7 x 24. 2 cm]. Folded once into letter format of 8.7 x 10.7 cm. Some damage to righthand corner w. loss of a few letters, due to open…

He Never Came Back (Penguin Crime 1554)

McCloy, Helen · 1961 · Syber's Books

A$12.00 (€7.38 | $8.13 | £6.15 | ¥1,298)

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1961. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition. Black and white photograph of author to the verso of the front panel. Playing text paperback binding with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. A shortsight…

A Bookseller of the Last Century. Being Some Account of the Life of John Newbery and of the Books He Published with a Notice of the Later Newberys

WELSH, CHARLES · 1972 · The Glass Key

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Clifton, Augustus M. Kelley, 1972. First printing of this edition. Hardcover. Reprints of Economic Classics series. First edition 1885. 8vo. Pp xi + 373. Oatmeal cloth boards stamped in black and gilt on the spine and black on the upper panel. A clean, unmarked copy in a tight b…

What Came Before He Shot Her

GEORGE, ELIZABETH · 2007 · The Glass Key

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London, Hodder, 2007. Later printing. Paperback. 3rd printing of this mass market paperback edition. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers. Very Good .

Prabhupada: He Built a House in Which the Whole World Can Live

GOSWAMI, SATSVANRUPA DASA · 1984 · The Glass Key

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Los Angeles, Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 1984. Second impression. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp xxxviii + 362 + 16pp b&w photographs. Red rexine boards stamped in gilt on the spine and upper panel. A clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and bright, unclipped dust-jacket with one small clo…

He Wrote Treasure Island

STERN, G.B. · 1954 · The Glass Key

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: William Heinemann, 1954. Hardcover. 1st edition. 190 x 123mm. Pp 176 + frontis and 4pp monochrome half-tone plates. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Very Good in chipped and rubbed Good+ price-clipped dust-jacket. .

Hermsprong or Man As He Is Not

BAGE, ROBERT · 1951 · The Glass Key

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

London: Turnstile Press, 1951. Hardcover. Edited by Vaughan Wilkins. 8vo. Pp xiii + 248. Red cloth boards stamped in black on the spine. Prelims and book block edges spotted else Very Good in near Good damaged and repaired dust-jacket. .

A Frog He Would a-Wooing Go

CALDECOTT, RANDOLPH · 1960 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$49.95 (€45.32 | £37.81 | ¥7,976)

London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Caldecott, Randolph. 24 pages. Undated. Illustrated butter-coloured boards. Lovely coloured pictures and outline sketches. Usual library markings. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Presumab…

Remembering Weary. Sir Edward Dunlop - as recalled by those lives he touched.

DUNLOP. GEDDES, Margaret. · 1996 · The Book Firm

A$19.00 (€11.68 | $12.87 | £9.74 | ¥2,056)

Viking, 1996. Hardcover. Owner's inscription to front endpaper, o/wise condition vg in dj. B/W plates. 448pp. ISBN 0670867055.

Cosmopolis - Yesterday's Cities of he Future.

Mansfield, Howard (inscribed by author), · 1990 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

New Jersey, Rutgers State University, (1990). VG in VG DJ. The 20th century has seen a grand procession of promises for the city.Cities of glittering white towers planted in green park. as the great modern artchitect Le Corbusier dictated. Cities with no downt own spread across …

Wyeth People: a portrait of Andrew Wyeth as he is seen b his friends and neighbors.

Logsdon, Gene, · 1971 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Doubleday, 1971. 2nd ptg. G in G DJ ex-library. Logsdon takes a journey among the land and people that Wyeth has known recording his encounters with the scenes, men and. women Wyeth has apinted. With informal conversations with farmers, handymen, and artists, Logsdon ganed a…

He Heard America Sing: the story of Stephen Foster.

Purdy, Claire Lee, · 1940 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$17.00 (€15.42 | £12.87 | ¥2,715)

Eau Claire, WI, Hale, (1940). G ex-library. The story of the life of Stephen Foster, pictures by Cooke, and some partial musical scores. Front cover drawing of Foster on. gray binding with red and blue lettering. Library markings on beginning pages.

In Review: pictures he kept: a concise pictorial "autobiography".

Eisenhower, Dwight D., · 1969 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Doubleday, 1969. VG in G DJ. These are his own words recalling memories of a long-ago boyhood, of a distinguished military career, and of the White. House years when a national hero led us in peacetime as he had helpt to us in war. Laid in newspaper clipping from April 21, 1…

What the Old-Timer said and then some! to the feller from down country and even to his neighbor (when he had it coming).

Foley, Allen R., Professor Emeritus of American History, Dartmouth College, · 1983 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Brattleboro, VT, Stephen Greene Press, (1983). VG PB. More snappers, whoppers, japes, and drolleries, as the old-timer talks.

The Place He Made.

Clark, Edie, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Villard, 1995. 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Book slightly skewed. New England writer Clark's marriage was failing when Paul a local carpenter arrived at her door.

Concerning Mr. Lincoln in which Abraham Lincoln is pictured as he appeared to letter writers of his time.

Pratt, Harry E., compiled by, · 1944 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Springfield, IL, Abraham Lincoln Assn, 1944. VG in VG DJ.