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TREASURY OF ORNAMENTAL ART: illustrations of Choice Objects of Art and Virtu [sic], selected from the Museum of Ornamental Art, at Marlborough House. With descriptive notices by J C Robinson. London: Day & Son, also Thompson & Co., 1857. Complete with 71 full-page chromolithographs of textiles, statues, silver, Wedgewood, furniture, pewter, &c &c. Royal 4to, [vii] unpaginated, all edges gilt; 3/4 vintage red leather gilt (dulled), slight chip at top of spine, marbled endpapers. A handsome copy overall, created at a time when modern printing processes allowed for accurate colored chromolithographs for all levels of decorative and fine arts, also facsimiles of manuscripts, and related printing. The collection itself began with the 1851 Great Exhibition which eventually got established at Marlborough House after having been a royal residence for 150 years.

One of 1000 copies printed, it was sold for one shilling each, a hefty price at the time, the concept suggested by Sir Henry Cole who is best remembered as the intellectual designer of the Victoria & Albert Museum and responsible for the modern British postal system. However, because the central design depicted feasting and drinking (as designed by John Calcott Horsley), the card was attacked by the Temperance League and thought to promote drunkenness, so it was suppressed soon after publication and there are believed to be less than 30 examples thought to survive. The 2nd Christmas card did not get issued until three years later (in 1846).
The two side panels on the card illustrate images of the Christmas Spirit of giving alms to the poor, feeding and clothing the needy. Its release literarily coincided the same week with the publication of Dickens' A Christmas Carol and certainly helped perpetuate the celebration of the holiday.
Printed on one side, this is possibly a salesman's sample copy as… Read More

(CARDIOLOGY) WILLIAMS, John Calthrop: Practical Observations on Nervous and Sympathetic Palpitation of the Heart, as well as on Palpitation the Result of Organic Disease; to which are prefixed some general remarks on the use of the STETHOSCOPE. Folding engraved frontispiece showing the Stethoscope (minor split at end folds.
First edition, later enlarged in 1852 (2nd edition, 207pp).

(CARROLL, Lewis) The Lewis Carroll Puzzle Book containing over 1,000 posers from "Alice in Wonderland" and other books by Lewis Carroll. Salisbury: [Appeal Office, Church of England], 1948. Edited by D. B. Eperson, Vicar of Charminster, Dorchester, Square 4to, 32pp + inserted erratum slip bound in front of the penultimate leaf; printed paper wrappers (lightly soiled), still a very good copy overall.Issued as a tribute to the memory of Charles L Dodgson following a half-century from his death. Chapters include two crosswords based on "Alice", also puzzles involving Doublets, Syzygies, Pillow Problems, the Game of Logic, Jabberwocky, &c. Solutions to the puzzles appear on pages 22 onwards.

VILDRAC (Charles), 1882–1971 and EDY-LEGRAND [Édouard Warschawsky], illus.
L'Ile Rose.
Paris: Tolmer éditeur, (1924).
Sq. 8vo., [2]ff. map [endpapers], [iii]147[2] pp., [1]colophon + [2]ff. map [meant as endpapers if rebound]; printed pictorial wrappers (some minor soiling, wear). Illustrated with pochoir text illustrations by Edy-Legrand (1892–1970).
Considered the First Modern Children's Novel.

BAUDELAIRE (Charles):
OEUVRES POSTHUMES. Portrait gravé sur bois
Paris, Société du Mercure de France, 1908.
Large 8vo., 416 pp. (untrimmed); maroon half-leather, spine gilt lettered, original full yellow printed wrappers bound in place.
Portrait frontispiece (in two states: wood engraved and monochrome/bistre) from a photograph taken in 1865 by Charles Neyt.
Deluxe edition, including for the first time the articles of "Corsaire-Satan" and "Paris-Journal".
ONE of 87 COPIES (# 22) on Hollande papier, printed specially for Mm. Cumin & Masson.
Reference: Carteret, Trésor du bibliophile, 131; Talvart & Place, "Bibliography of modern French-language authors", I, 293.
A beautiful copy.

First edition of this influential and extensive study of the communitarian ideal in the United States. Charles Nordhoff (1830-1901) emigrated to the United States as a child, and went on to have a varied career as sailor, journalist and writer. His grandson Charles Bernard Nordhoff is the famous historian of the Bounty. In The Communistic Societies of the United States, Nordhoff recounts his travels to many of the socialistic societies which became popular in the nineteenth century, most famously the Shakers of Mount Lebanon, the Rappite township at 'Harmony' and the Oneida Community. As Nordhoff points out in his Introduction, he hoped that a study of these communities might provide 'useful hints toward the solution of the labor question'. Throughout, the work displays a thoroughness and lack of hysteria which supports his claim to have 'thought it best to give at first an impartial and not unfriendly account of each commune.' Howes N177, Adams: Radical Literature, p. 47. An indispensable source for… Read More

(BRONTE FAMILY) The Bronté Birthday Book containing extracts for every day in the year from the works of the sisters Bronté. Selected and arranged by M. E. Bradshaw Isherwood. London: Henry J Drane, circa 1902. 16mo, 246pp + [10] blanks at the end' padded blue leather gilt-titled on upper cover, spine ends lightly scuffed.
Undated, while OCLC records copies at the British Library and Cambridge imprinted 1899 and 1900. Very scarce, unused, no other copy currently listed in antiquarian search engines. One the front free endpaper is pasted a small label inscribed with a 1902 date.

(WORLD WAR II - Children) Today's Children, Tomorrow's Hope The Story of Children in the Occupied Lands. [New York:] United Nations Information Office, [circa 1946]. Illustrated. 8vo, 52pp; photographic pictorial wrappers. Fine copy overall.First edition thus, an earlier version with only 40pp appeared about 1945. Promoting children's well-being worldwide, UNICEF works in various areas including fighting poverty, violence, disease and discrimination at the grass-roots as well as through work on policies, programmes and advocacy. This program was created in 1946 and became a permanent part of the UN System in 1953. Its headquarters are in New York. Reports on displaced children from Belgium, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Greece, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, USSR and Yugoslavia.

CHINA AND THE ENGLISH - by H. & E. Phinney 中国和英国人
New York: Edited by H. & E. Phinney, 1845, a book describing the history of China from Marco Polo to the year 1845, the contents include 8 chapters: Marco Polo, Canton, Difficulties, The English Embassy, The English Embassy continued, Introduction of the Bible, War with the English, War with the English Continued, it illustrates the Characters of the Chinese, in the history of their intercourse with foreigners, to which is added an account of the late war, 18mo, 324pp.; contemporary full leather, minor split to covers with the spine ends chipped, minor staining to inside pages, overall good condition.
【历史】由H. & E.… Read More

(CHINA) Guide Book for Beijing). Guide to Peking. [Beijing:] The Leader, 1931. Illustrated with folding map in the front and numerous photographs throughout. 8vo., [ii], v, [vi] 88 pp. + [4] adverts; printed paper wrappers (top and bottom of spine chipped, still intact. End pages a little curled, first leaf torn at top right corner only affecting a few words at top of verso advertisement, pencil scribbling over a few adverts, overall a very good copy of an obviously fragile book. NEWLY EXPANDED VERSION compared to 1930 edition with only 77pp. Historical introduction by Dr Y C Chang. Chapters include sections on Chinese Theatres, Chinese food, Industries, Churches, Hutungs, Festivals, &c. Index for folding map in sections: city gates, legation quarter, forbidden city, imperial city, Tartar divisions, East half and West half, beyond the walls. OCLC records eight copies (Hawaii, Salem (MA), Reno (NV), Ohio State, Alberta, SOAS (London), Melbourne, National Library of China).

JOHN CHINAMAN 约翰 中国人
Description versified by Rowe Lingstone. London and Sydney: Griffith Faran Okeden & Welsh, 1891. Lithographs in color with gilt highlights by the Leipziger Kunstdruck- & Verl. Anstalt. 4to, [32] pp., cloth-backed pictorial boards (stained, corners scuffed).
This is a highly illustrated fictional account of China for children.
本书印刷于德国，由Lingstone编写，约为1891年，20×26cm，共32页，精装硬封皮。
书内彩色图画带有金色点缀，是一本描述中国的儿童画册读物。

(CHINA)PANORAMA OF PEKING during the Celebrations of the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Emperor Kang-He's birthday.Shanghai: Tien-Shin-Chai, 1879.Profusely illustrated throughout with 292 pages lithographed with images, mostly captioned below in English script and on the sideSmall 8vo, measures: 6 1/8 x 3 3/4 inches (155 x 96 mm), original gilt pictorial purple silk wrappers (front cover dulled).First edition thus.With 6 page Introduction in English, explaining that the festivities being described date back to the western calendar year 1721. Six pages of text as introduction, in English at the front and in Chinese at the back.

THE AGE OF CONFLICT 现代之纷争
Shanghai: Published by The Signs of the Times Publishing House, April 1932, this book illustrates the past wars, the present situation of the world and expressed willingness of peace for the world with text and many pictures, agreements signed between countries for peace, many different military data of some countries also included. 12mo, 103 pp., Guizhou University library stamp and label, printed pictorial wrappers, minor crease and loss to the cover, light browning, repair and small text loss to the colophon page, else good condition.

上海：1932年4月时兆出版社出版。本书描写了世界过去的战争，作者表述了对世界和平的期待。书中介绍了各个国家的军事力量、一些条约等情况。13×28cm， 封皮稍有破损和折痕，书版权页修补，但有小部分文字缺失，其他完好。

SUPPRESSING COMMUNIST-BANDITRY IN CHINA 中国共产党的镇压-汤良礼
Shanghai: Published by China United Press, June 1934, this book belongs to China To-Day series Volume 1, introduced the Communist movement in China and the effect to the Republic government during the past years, illustrated with text and photos, large 8vo, [x]110pp., printed cloth covers, missing front free endpaper, light foxing to the bottom edge of some pages, else fine condition.
上海联合出版社1934年出版，本书为今日中国系列丛书的第一部，用文字和照片的形式介绍了共产党在过去一些时间的活动以及对民国政府产生的一些影响。18×25cm，110页，精装帆布硬质封皮，内页下边缘少许磨损，其他品相极好。

Simple Chinese-Specially Complied for the Use of Allied Forces in China by Menglou简明中文-专为在中国的盟军印制
Kweilin: Printed by Asia Press, 1943, very good in original printed paper wrappers, stitched as issued, iv, 57, [1] pp., tears to spine, very good condition. None in OCLC. A revised edition was published in 1946, of which OCLC locates 6 copies.
A language guide for Allied servicemen includes a foreword by Major General S.F. Chang and a letter from Major General C.L. Chennault, commander of the 14th Air Force stationed in China. The guide focuses primarily on social activities, going to restaurants, dancing, the cinema, shopping, though there is a basic grammar and vocabulary including days of the week, seasons, and directions.
桂林：1943年亚洲出版社印刷，原装封皮保存完好，共57页，书脊处略有破损，其他品相完好。
本书专为同盟军设计, 由SF Chang将军写序，还附有第14空军C.L. Chennault将军对此手册的感谢信。

CHINA: Propaganda against Western Missionaries
The Cause of the Riots in the Yangtse Valley. A "Complete Picture Gallery" by CHOU HAN. Hankow [China] 1891. With 32 full=page woodblock plates printed in color. Oblong 4to, original printed wrappers, sewn spine (soiling, minor repairs).
The author Chou Han is described by the translator Griffith John (1831-1912) as 'a gentleman of high official rank (Taotai) in Hunan', and was part of an orchestrated propaganda campaign aimed at discouraging Western Christian missionaries from working and traveling in China. This volume was perhaps his most significant and horrific attack on western culture, managing a "reptile press" in Hunan creating unrest and distrust amongst the Chinese people (see John's "A Voice from China" 1907, p. 220). Chou Han himself is probably represented in plates IX, XIII, XXVI and XXIX; the images are virulently anti-foreigner, and specifically anti-Christian. John translated and circulated the present work to draw attention to the… Read More

(Christopher COLUMBUS)The History of America.London: W. Wetton, circa 1830.Small 8vo, 176pp + [4] adverts, listing this title as number 15 (of 22); original gilt leather-backed marbled boards, the spine titled "Columbus".Rare juvenile biography of Christopher Columbus, of which there is apparently no copy in OCLC.

(ROYAL ACADEMY) Nonsense Manuscript sketch at the end of a 4-page letter, undated but probably circa 1880, showing the antics of seven cleaning women preparing for the opening of a new show at the Royal Academy of Art, scrubbing the various framed canvases using feather-dusters, brooms, cloths, &c by way of provenance, addressed to an artist named Cooke."I just write a line to say that I am taking the liberty of telling two or three interested friends that they may go to see your pictures -- and I have given them my card that there may be no mistake. I know how full your rooms are but I could not help telling them that I was sure you wd kindly allow them to walk up, pay their money & take their choice. I shall call in on Saturday with a party of about 320 grown up people, 60 children and a cow. This is the penalty of your being so good natured. I hope the washing & dusting is [ ???] & that Mrs Cooke won't be over-fatigued. Ever yours sincerely, Arthur Church"

Original carte-de-visite photographs of Charles Sherwood Stratton, better known by his stage name "General Tom Thumb", a dwarf who achieved great fame as a performer under circus pioneer P. T. Barnum, here photographed with his wife Lavinia Warren, AUTOGRAPHED in Stratton's handwriting on verso "Genl Tom Thumb & Mrs Tom Thumb - 1863 August". The couple were married in February 1863 for which it is said President Lincoln hosted them with a reception at the White House. The 2nd picture of the Strattons in their wedding costumes, also a picture of their best man and bridesmaid Commodore Nutt and Minnie Warren (Lavinia's sister), and the wedding party together, all in especially fine condition with dark brown hues, each having facsimile autographs on the verso by their subjects. In addition, an 1865 photograph of "Gen. Tom Thumb, Wife and Child" (verso blank). Altogether, 5 carte-de-visite original mounted photographs, the first with imprint verso backboard of Charles D Fredericks & Co, 587 Broadway,… Read More