Howard, Sir Robert The History of the Reigns of Edward and Richard II. with Reflections and Characters of Their Cheif Ministers and Favourites. Written in the Year 1685.

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• Association copy of a rare Aussie pioneer memoir

  

  MacAlister, Chas

  MacAlister, Chas Old Pioneering Days in the Sunny South

  $2,500.00

  Gene W. Baade Books on the West

  Goulburn (Australia): Chas. MacAlister Book Publication Committee, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 1st and only printing until facsimile reprint in 1977. Gilt-stamped red cloth. 396pp plus 9pp advertising in rear, plus ad on the rear paste down. Index. Ink signature of author’s friend, Charles Cowper, on front paste down and four other pages. Cowper is listed in the index, which cites three pages to which he, alongside the entry, adds in ink three more page citations. More on Cowper below. This is a book filled with vivid, highly detailed accounts of colonial New South Wales. Online information says it is “a vital first-hand record of early colonial life, transport, and lawlessness in southeastern New South Wales…” “The book is exceptionally famous among folklorists and historians for preserving the oldest surviving written version of the legendary ballad, ‘Jim Jones at Botany Bay.” MacAlister arrived in New South Wales in 1833 as a three-year old where his father initially managed the estate of a relative. MacAlister was a “carrier” (freighter) by his teen years, hauling wool and other goods to market between his rural home near Goulburn and Sydney. He soon became a cattle and horse trader and drover, and eventually a hotel owner and gold miner. This firsthand, original source history is packed with information, “including The Penal Period, Bushrangers, Gold Rushes, and Colonial Development.” MacAlister reports much on the prisoners that occupied and labored in this penal colony. He provides details on the growth of Goulburn and Argyle, the importance of the growing city of Sydney, He report extensively on fairs and horse races, floods and droughts, mail service, railroads, “diggers” (gold seekers), outlaws, ticket-of-leave men, judges, sheriffs, pioneers, the old drovers of bullock-pulled freight wagons, politicians and politics, clerics, sports heroes, and many others. MacAlister personally knew hundreds of people and in this book he names literally thousands of individuals along with associated places, dates, and events. MacAlister died before he could review the proofs of his book. His Son, George, edited the volume and brought it to final print. As to Charles Cowper (1834-1911), the original owner of this copy, his father was Premier of NSW five times between 1856 – 1879. Charles, the son whose signatures appear in this copy, was also active politically and was a member of parliament as well as at one time Sheriff of NSW. This copy in fair to good condition with a flaw described here, namely the cloth of the spine split down the middle and thus a candidate for professional restoration. The red cloth is reasonably bright except for some fading to the spine. There is light blotching on the front cover that does not remove or blot out the red color of the cloth, but reduces its brightness. See photo. Quite mild foxing in places. The gilt-stamping of the titles is very good. There is a tiny bit of fraying at the head and toe of the spine. There is short cut to the cloth on the lower spine near the rear board. In two locations signatures separating with webbing exposed. A fascinating book and hard to put down. We have located fourteen copies, all but one shelved in Australian national and university libraries and museums. While this book is not superlatively rare in terms of library access, as offered on the market in the last 100 plus years it is rare. Even the 1977 facsimile reprint is hard to find. less

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• THE NOBEL LAUREATE IN FINE PRESS FORM

  

  Mann, Thomas (1875–1955)

  Mann, Thomas (1875–1955) A Sketch of My Life [Signed by Thomas Mann] [Harrison of Paris] [Limited to 75 Copies on Imperial Japanese Vellum] SIGNED THOMAS MANN — A MASTER OF MODERN LITERATURE IN A LUXURY PRIVATE PRESS EDITION

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  A beautifully preserved signed copy of A Sketch of My Life, one of only 75 copies printed on Imperial Japanese vellum by Harrison of Paris. Issued shortly after Thomas Mann received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929, this edition presents the author’s autobiographical reflection in the refined format that became central to Monroe Wheeler’s vision of modern fine press publishing. Signed by Thomas Mann and originating from the Harrison of Paris / Monroe Wheeler archive, this copy combines literary importance, exceptional materials, and fine press design. THE AUTHOR AT HIS MOMENT OF RECOGNITION.A Sketch of My Life offers Mann’s own account of his early years, family background, education, and the development of his literary career before international recognition transformed him into one of Europe’s most celebrated writers. Published at the height of Mann’s reputation, the work captures a moment of reflection before the political upheavals that would reshape his life and the literary world of the 1930s. A MODERN FINE PRESS STATEMENT.Harrison of Paris, founded and directed by Monroe Wheeler, sought to unite distinguished literature with exceptional design, typography, and materials. This edition demonstrates Wheeler’s early commitment to restrained elegance rather than traditional decorative excess. The Imperial Japanese vellum issue represents the finest state of the publication, emphasizing material quality, typography, and craftsmanship. This edition brings together Thomas Mann’s literary importance with Monroe Wheeler’s distinctive approach to modern fine press production, creating a copy of interest to collectors of twentieth-century literature and book arts. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Octavo, approximately 8.25 inches tall. Quarter-bound in vellum over stiff paper boards. Original protective slipcase. Printed in France for Harrison of Paris. Printed on Imperial Japanese vellum. [10], 11–75 pages. Includes the rare errata slip noting the increase of the limitation from 50 to 75 copies. CONDITION: Fine. The vellum remains creamy and bright. The text block is pristine. The original slipcase is solid with only minimal shelf handling. An exceptionally well-preserved example of this limited Harrison of Paris production. LITERARY SIGNIFICANCE: THE NOBEL YEARS—A WRITER AT THE SUMMIT Thomas Mann remains one of the defining literary figures of the twentieth century. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929, he entered the 1930s as one of Europe’s most respected novelists and intellectuals. This autobiographical work reflects Mann’s own understanding of his literary development at a pivotal moment, shortly before exile and political conflict transformed his personal and professional life. THE MAKING OF MODERN FINE PRESSThe Harrison of Paris edition represents an important early expression of Monroe Wheeler’s approach to fine publishing: combining major literary voices with carefully considered typography, materials, and production. SUBJECTS: Thomas Mann; Nobel Prize Literature; Harrison of Paris; Monroe Wheeler; Fine Printing; Private Press Books; German Literature; Literary Autobiography; Modernism; Vellum Bindings; Limited Editions, Fine Press; Signed Books; Literary Autobiography; Limited Editions; German Literature; Modern Literature. less

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• Author-inscribed family copy of lumbering memoir

  

  Warren, George Henry

  Warren, George Henry THE PIONEER WOODSMAN AS HE IS RELATED TO LUMBERING IN THE NORTHWEST

  $250.00

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  Minneapolis: Gov’t Printing Office & Smithsonian, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Item #2105092 1st printing. 1/2 leather & cloth boards. 184pp. Illustrated with nice photogravures. Family copy with unusual custom bookplate on the front paste down of the author’s son & daughter-in-law, Frank and Alice Warren, which has three half-tone photos on it showing a cabin, a lighthouse, & a forest road. On the frontispiece (showing a stream & some trees) there is a space for an inscription, this one being the author’s presentation to Alice, his daughter-in-law, & dated Aug. 10, 1914. This book is a superb memoir of early timber cruising in northern Wisconsin & Minnesota beginning in the 1870s. A remarkable life as a woodsman who eventually became what I believe to have been a leader in the industry in that Great Lakes area. The leather joints have been repaired and are holding well, but note some deterioration at head & toe of spine. A good, tight copy. This book was printed on beautifully textured paper from Italy. less

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• RARE FIRST EDITION OF FUGITIVE SLAVE NARRATIVE

  

  Ball, Charles.

  Ball, Charles. SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, a Black Man, Who lived forty years in Maryland, South Carolina and Georgia, as a Slave, under various masters, and was one year in the Navy, with Commodore Barney, during the late war.

  $1,200.00

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  Lewistown, PA: Printed and Published by John W. Shugert, 1836. First edition. The subtitle continues “Containing an account of the manners and usages of the Planters and Slaveholders of the South, a description of the condition and treatment of the Slaves, with observations upon the state of morals amongst the cotton planters, and the perils and sufferings of a fugitive slave, who twice escaped from the cotton country.” Rare first edition of this important slavery narrative by Ball, one which covers forty years of his life as a slave and his several escapes, an account reprinted many times through the 1850s under various titles. Born into slavery in Maryland around 1780, separated from his mother when he was four, he was owned by several different masters and lived in three states. Attempting escape on numerous occasions, he eventually succeeded and lived on a small farm until he was recaptured in 1830. However, he escaped again, and moved to Philadelphia, where he wrote this autobiography with the assistance of Isaac Fisher, a white lawyer. Fisher’s preface in which he acknowledges omitting or ‘carefully suppressing’ Ball’s opinions on slavery, cast some doubt upon the authenticity of this work, but the second edition, just one year later, included a statement from two prominent Pennsylvanians “that we know the black man whose narrative is given in this book, and have heard him relate the principal matters contained in the book concerning himself, long before the book was published.” Two page preface by Isaac Fisher. Errata list on verso of title page. 400 pp, Fair condition only in original boards, resewn and rebacked with dark brown goatskin, endpapers replaced. Significant rubbing and wear to the edges of the boards, tidemarks and foxing throughout.  Loss of approximately half an inch to the bottom edge of the first leaf after the title (the preface). less

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