AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, TO MRS. LANG by James, Henry - 1878

When France's King Henry II died in 1559 and his sickly 15-year-old heir Francis II followed the next year, the throne went to 10-year-old Charles Maximilian, who became Charles IX; his mother, Catherine de' Medici, dominated his reign, which is noted for the Wars of Religion and for the infamous St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 1572. Partial vellum DS, 1p, 11" X 8", n.p., n.y. [September 1570 lightly pencilled in another hand]. Very good. Folds and mild bit of wear evident, but overall handsome and boldly penned. Though penned in difficult early French (which is to modern French what Elizabethan English is to modern English) and not accompanied by a translation, this is a probate approval legal document. Below six lines of finely penned legalese, Charles signs at left with his usual enormous signature in a different and somewhat lighter ink. Below this appears another sentence in a large flamboyant hand (which appears to refer to Provence) and huge ornate signature of an official. This atmospheric… Read More

London: Printed by John Baskett ... and by the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills ..., 1715.. [20,380],23,[3]pp. terminating at 3A4. Folio (465 x 285 mm). Contemporary black gilt paneled armorial goatskin, heavily gilt extra, a.e.g., marbled endsheets. Engraved frontispiece. Text in double columns, printed in black and red, the whole ruled in red. Spine and upper spine quadrant of upper board restored with black calf, edges of text block smoke-darkened, with occasional shallow isolated penetration into margins, early repair on verso of frontispiece, tidemark in upper forecorner/quadrant of last three text leaves and endleaves, small mend on verso of title at top margin, occasional hand-soiling and smudging, a few minor marginal nicks or short tears; in spite of these detractions, in the main a bright, crisp copy. One of two large folio printings of The Book of Common Prayer published by Baskett in 1715, this being the form that terminates at 3A4. This copy was associated with the family and… Read More

1940. Manuscrit. Bon. En Feuilles. In-4. A) "L'heure de choisir" : 15 pp. in-4, manuscrit signé, situé (Marlotte) et daté (4 janvier 1940) ; B) "Sur l'humanisme", 4 pp. 1/3 in-4 ; C) "Soyons humanistes", 2 1/2 pp. in-4 ; D) texte sans titre de 12 pp. in-4. Alors que la guerre fait rage et qu'il sent sa fin proche, le psychanalyste expose sa doctrine politique, très nettement maurrassienne : "Au moment où, avec les armées, les flottes et les escadrilles, se heurtent les idées et plus encore les conceptions morales, il n'est pas inutile d'essayer de déceler nettement, sous les nuances variées et les aspects multiformes que lui imposent les circonstances particulières, l'antagonisme foncier qui déchire l'humanité." L'opposition est selon lui entre d'une part "l'humanisme" (centré sur la personne) et… Read More

A Very good hardcover unique copy 3 volume manuscripts of the H. Moscoff Anonymous Tobacco Company in Thessaloniki . The 3 volumes contain all the minutes of the Board of Directors from the 1st to the last dissolving the Company.I. Αρ Πρακτικων 1 - 156. 31.12.1956 – 5.7.1970. / 31.12.1956 - 5.7.1970. Proceedings 1 - 156II. Αρ Πρακτικων 156 – 296. Απο 23 Ιουλιου.1970 - 31 Μαιου 1989 / Proceedings 156 - 296. From 23 July 1970 - 31 May 1989III. Αρ Πρακτικων 297 – 346. Απο Αυγ. 1989 - 4 Νοεμβ. 1994 / Proceedings 297 – 346. From Aug. 1989 - 4 Nov. 1994. GREEK text.

THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly. Typed manuscript with handwritten corrections and comments for an unpublished sequel to The Perhappsy Chaps. 51 letter-sized (8½" x 11") sheets. Sheets of typescript affixed with grommets into construction paper folder with pictorial label affixed to the front. Covers heavily worn with a few large chips and creases, pages aged.
A manuscript by Ruth Plumly Thompson of what appears to be an unpublished sequel to The Perhappsy Chaps, Thompson's first published book, issued by The P.F. Volland Company in 1918. The stories in verse in that book first appeared as on the children's page of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, a weekly newspaper feature written by Thompson. This manuscript consists of seven carbon copy sheets and 44 original typescript pages, comprising 21 stories in verse that do not appear in the published book. A number of the pages have handwritten corrections, comments, or changes. Though none of these were ever published in book form, they may have been published in… Read More

When France's King Henry II died in 1559 and his sickly 15-year-old heir Francis II followed the next year, the throne went to 10-year-old Charles Maximilian, who became Charles IX; his mother, Catherine de' Medici, dominated his reign, which is noted for the Wars of Religion and for the infamous St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 1572. Partial vellum DS, 1p, 11" X 8", n.p., n.y. [September 1570 lightly pencilled in another hand]. Very good. Folds and mild bit of wear evident, but overall handsome and boldly penned. Though penned in difficult early French (which is to modern French what Elizabethan English is to modern English) and not accompanied by a translation, this is a probate approval legal document. Below six lines of finely penned legalese, Charles signs at left with his usual enormous signature in a different and somewhat lighter ink. Below this appears another sentence in a large flamboyant hand (which appears to refer to Provence) and huge ornate signature of an official. This atmospheric… Read More

London: Printed by John Baskett ... and by the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills ..., 1715.. [20,380],23,[3]pp. terminating at 3A4. Folio (465 x 285 mm). Contemporary black gilt paneled armorial goatskin, heavily gilt extra, a.e.g., marbled endsheets. Engraved frontispiece. Text in double columns, printed in black and red, the whole ruled in red. Spine and upper spine quadrant of upper board restored with black calf, edges of text block smoke-darkened, with occasional shallow isolated penetration into margins, early repair on verso of frontispiece, tidemark in upper forecorner/quadrant of last three text leaves and endleaves, small mend on verso of title at top margin, occasional hand-soiling and smudging, a few minor marginal nicks or short tears; in spite of these detractions, in the main a bright, crisp copy. One of two large folio printings of The Book of Common Prayer published by Baskett in 1715, this being the form that terminates at 3A4. This copy was associated with the family and… Read More

1940. Manuscrit. Bon. En Feuilles. In-4. A) "L'heure de choisir" : 15 pp. in-4, manuscrit signé, situé (Marlotte) et daté (4 janvier 1940) ; B) "Sur l'humanisme", 4 pp. 1/3 in-4 ; C) "Soyons humanistes", 2 1/2 pp. in-4 ; D) texte sans titre de 12 pp. in-4. Alors que la guerre fait rage et qu'il sent sa fin proche, le psychanalyste expose sa doctrine politique, très nettement maurrassienne : "Au moment où, avec les armées, les flottes et les escadrilles, se heurtent les idées et plus encore les conceptions morales, il n'est pas inutile d'essayer de déceler nettement, sous les nuances variées et les aspects multiformes que lui imposent les circonstances particulières, l'antagonisme foncier qui déchire l'humanité." L'opposition est selon lui entre d'une part "l'humanisme" (centré sur la personne) et… Read More

A Very good hardcover unique copy 3 volume manuscripts of the H. Moscoff Anonymous Tobacco Company in Thessaloniki . The 3 volumes contain all the minutes of the Board of Directors from the 1st to the last dissolving the Company.I. Αρ Πρακτικων 1 - 156. 31.12.1956 – 5.7.1970. / 31.12.1956 - 5.7.1970. Proceedings 1 - 156II. Αρ Πρακτικων 156 – 296. Απο 23 Ιουλιου.1970 - 31 Μαιου 1989 / Proceedings 156 - 296. From 23 July 1970 - 31 May 1989III. Αρ Πρακτικων 297 – 346. Απο Αυγ. 1989 - 4 Νοεμβ. 1994 / Proceedings 297 – 346. From Aug. 1989 - 4 Nov. 1994. GREEK text.

THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly. Typed manuscript with handwritten corrections and comments for an unpublished sequel to The Perhappsy Chaps. 51 letter-sized (8½" x 11") sheets. Sheets of typescript affixed with grommets into construction paper folder with pictorial label affixed to the front. Covers heavily worn with a few large chips and creases, pages aged.
A manuscript by Ruth Plumly Thompson of what appears to be an unpublished sequel to The Perhappsy Chaps, Thompson's first published book, issued by The P.F. Volland Company in 1918. The stories in verse in that book first appeared as on the children's page of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, a weekly newspaper feature written by Thompson. This manuscript consists of seven carbon copy sheets and 44 original typescript pages, comprising 21 stories in verse that do not appear in the published book. A number of the pages have handwritten corrections, comments, or changes. Though none of these were ever published in book form, they may have been published in… Read More