Babson, Grace Margaret Knight & Macomber, Henry P. A Descriptive Catalogue Of The Grace K. Babson Collection Of The Works Of Sir Isaac Newton And The Material Relating To Him In The Babson Institute Library. $85.00
Reprint of the original edition. Hardbound. Book xiv, 228 p. illus., ports., facsims. NY: H. Reichner, 1950. The first volume of this catalogue contains 606 works. Included are not only the works of Newton himself, but works edited by him and works about him. Also included are biographies, portraits, medals and coins relating to Newton. The published catalogue of the collection remains a standard work in the field. Each item is meticulously described. Bindings are described, and there are notes on the historical significance of each title. Annotations are quite extensive and useful. This volume is published in conjunction with Babson College.
Baddeley, John F. . THE RUSSIAN CONQUEST OF THE CAUCASUS. $85.00
Oversized octavo. xxxviii, 518 p. 14 pl. (incl. front., ports.) 5 fold. maps, 2 plans. London, New York, Bombay, Calcutta, Longmans, Green and Co., 1908 .
Only Hardcover Reprint of this title currently in print. Contains five color maps and charts.
This is an excellent account of Russian Confrontations with the Ottoman Empire and Persia in the Caucasus. Later chapters cover the period from 1829 to 1859 and deal mostly with the military campaigns of Sheikh Shamil against the Russians.
Still one of the best books on the military history of the Region during this period. Illustrated, including five color maps and charts.
Baddeley, John F. RUSSIA, MONGOLIA, CHINA. Being Some Record Of The Relations Between Them From The Beginning Of The XVII Century To The Death Of The Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich A.D. 1602-1676). Rendered Mainly In The Form Of Narratives Dictated Or Written By The Envoys. $350.00
Hardbound. Quarto. 2 volumes bound in one, 16 + CCCLXVI p., 22 maps and 3 plates printed separately, Illustrations in the text and genealogical tables; XII +448 p., 3 pl. and 5 maps printed separately and other illustrations. London: Macmillan & Company, 1919. Reprint of this rare work, issued in two volumes in 1919 in an edition of only 250 copies. The most interesting part of the book is the Geographical Introduction (119 p.) which retraces the whole development of our knowledge of N. Asia, special emphasis being laid on the maps and the history of cartography. Most of the ancient maps are minutely described and analyzed, critically compared and splendidly reproduced. One cannot praise too much these excellent reproductions. A first chapter takes us rapidly from the earliest times to the GODUNOFF map. These earliest maps are not reproduced, but the information which they offer on N. Asia is briefly analysed. After a few short paragraphs devoted to antiquity, the Dark Ages, the Orient and the early relations between South Russia and Siberia (relations clearly proven by the analogies between Siberian and Scythian art), Mr. BADDELEY treats in detail most of the important maps of the period including those of Godunoff, Remezoff, Ramusio, Jenkinson, Schleissing, Witzens, Marino Sanuto, Edrisi, the Catalan Map, Borgian Map, Leardus, Fra Mauro, Behaim, Waldseemuller, Agnese, Wied, Isaac Massa, Gerritszoon, Mercator, Sanson. Tile total result of thisanalysis (vol. I, p. CXI) is very impressive treatment of the cartography of the region. One of the appendices includes a bibliography on the subject. Very rare. Bookseller Inventory # 1305
Baer, Elizabeth (Compiler). SEVENTEENTH CENTURY MARYLAND
A BIBLIOGRAPHY. $85.
Cloth, Quarto. xxix.219. Over 200 Illustrations. Baltimore:
The John Work Garrett Library 1949. ISBN
1-57898-210.3.
Baer was Librarian of the John Work Garrett Library
at Evergreen House in Maryland. The Library contains 35,000 volumes with special
emphasis on Maryland imprints and books describing Maryland, early voyages and
maps, natural history and ornithology. This bibliography was compiled to provide
a survey of the early history of Maryland, up to and including the year 1700,
as reflected in the printed books issued during those years. In addition to tracts relating specifically to Maryland, the bibliography
contains the general histories and descriptive writings in which neighboring
States are given extended discussion. The
book is abundantly illustrated with over 200 facsimiles of title pages and important
documents. In all 209 rare books are expertly described, and most are illustrated.
Besterman 3705.
Baer, Willis N. (Willis Nissley), 1889. The Economic Development of The Cigar Industry In The United States. $65
Octavo.Hardcover. 2 p.l., 7-294 p. maps (1 fold.) diagrs. Lancaster, Pa. [The Art printing co.] 1933. ISBN 1578987040.
This is one of the few published histories on the subject. Part 1 covers the developments prior to 1800; part 2 treats the period from 1800-1860; part 3 from 1860 to 1910; and part four covers the most recent period. Scarce in the original.
Baginsky, Paul Ben. GERMAN WORKS RELATING TO AMERICA
1493-1800. $60.
Octavo. pp.xv.217. New York: New York Public Library, 1942.
This bibliography of early books on America is one of
the few of its kind. Unlike more general
works, its focus is only on German works relating to American and the New World.
Only foreign material published before 1800 (chiefly in German) is included. “America,” before 1600, is taken to mean the Western Hemisphere. After that, the term applies only to North America, including the West
Indies, but excluding the Arctic Regions. The list is arranged chronologically
and is followed by a supplementary alphabetical list of works that the compiler
did not find in the library, and by a general index. There are numerous and
quite extensive annotations containing bibliographical information not easily
found elsewhere. In all over 1500 books
are described, making this the most exhaustive bibliography on the subject. Besterman 312.
Bailey, Henry [Bula N'zau]. TRAVEL AND ADVENTURES IN THE CONGO FREE STATE AND ITS BIG GAME SHOOTING. $60
Cloth. Oversized Octavo. Book xiv, 335 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill.,
map ; London : Chapman & Hall, 1894
The author spent four years in the
Congo Free State and kept a detailed record of his travels and sporting adventures.
His observations are bed. He focuses as much as possible to matters of sport,
and not to matters relating to the Free State.
The author notes that no book devoted to West African sport had yet to appear
as of the time of original publication [1894]. Bailey used his nom de plume,
Bula N'Zau [The Elephant Smasher].
"Bailey arrived at Grantville in 1884 and proceeded into the interior of
the Congo on an expedition of sport and exploration. Initially he hunted Gorillia,
then proceeded up the Rembo River where hippopotanmus and leopard were hunted.
In the Massabe Swamp, buffalo and antelope were bagged. At Stanley Pool, and
later near Brazzaville, hippos and elephants were collected.
Baldwin, Thomas Whitfield . WILLIAM SHAKSPERE'S SMALL LATINE & LESSE GREEKE ... $195.00
Hardbound . Oversized Octavo. Two Volumes. 1550 pages. Frontispiece (facsims.) Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1944 . T.W. Baldwin's Shakepere's Small Latine & Lesse Greeke… is an innovation approach to the study of Shakespeare. Drawing his inspiration from Root, who was his teacher for a while, Baldwin set out to reconstruct the curriculum of the King's New School in Stratford, the records of not having survived. The massive two volume book that resulted is an indispensable guide to Shakespeare's classical training, a training that later infuses his work as a playwright. Scarce title.
W.W. Ball, Rouse. A HISTORY OF THE STUDY OF MATHEMATICS AT CAMBRIDGE. $65.00
Octavo. xvii, 264 p. Cambridge, University Press: 1889.
Walter Rouse Ball was the only son of Walter Frederick Ball. After attending
school in London, he entered University College, London, where he studied mathematics,
logic, and moral philosophy. His performance in mathematics was outstanding,
and he was awarded the Gold Medal in that subject. After graduating from University
College, he matriculated at Trinity College Cambridge in 1871. Three years later
he was Second Wrangler in the Mathematical Tripos (which means that he was ranked
second in the list of those awarded First Class degrees).
Rouse Ball wrote A short account of the history of mathematics (1888) which
provided a very readable and popular account of the subject. The fourth edition
of 1908 was reprinted in 1960. He was also the author of the very popular Mathematical
Recreations and Essays first published in 1892, which has run to fourteen editions.
The History Of Mathematical Studies At Cambridge begins with medieval mathematics
at Cambridge, and follows its study from the Renaissance to the commencement
of modern mathematics. Of course, much time is devoted to Newton and the Newtonian
school, who are clearly the most influential mathematicians to come through
Cambridge.
Barbier, A.A. & Brunet, G. DICTIONNAIRE DES OUVRAGES ANONYMES
[with All Supplements and Corrections]. $350.
Hardbound. Cloth. Octavo. 5
volumes bound in 4. xlvii.coll.1130 + pp. [iii]. Coll.1360 + pp. [iii]. Coll.
1166 + pp.[iii] coll. 1410 + pp.[iii].iii.
coll. 310 pp.cxi.coll. 122. pp.xiv + pp.29.
"With the publication of this bibliography of the
anonymous and pseudonymous literature in French by Barbier, Napoleon's personal
librarian, a new chapter begins in the treatment of anonyma and pseudonyma. His arrangement of the anonymous titles was in the alphabetical order
of their first word. The last and best edition, valid to this day,
is the third, edited by his son, Olivier Alexandre Barbier…" Breslauer
& Folter, Bibliography, Its History and Development, #117.We are
offering the third and best edition of this work, including Brunet's Supplements
and Celani's Corrections. This is certainly
one of the most useful of all antiquarian bibliographies. Nearly 55,000 attributions are made by the various compilers. Contains
all supplements and corrections called for by Besterman. Besterman 401-402.
Barker, Nicholas. TREASURES FROM THE LIBRARIES OF NATIONAL TRUST COUNTRY HOUSES. $110.
179 p. : p., ill. (some col.), facsims. 31 cm. New York: The Royal Oak Foundation & The Grolier Club 1999.
Illustrated Catalogue of rare books in the libraries of Historic Trust Homes in Great Britain. Authored by rare book specialist Nicholas Barker. Now out of Print.
Bartlett, Russell John. CATALOGUE OF BOOKS & PAMPHLETS
RELATING TO THE CIVIL WAR IN THE UNITED STATES. $65.
Hardbound.
Cloth. Octavo. pp.477. Boston: Draper
& Halliday, 1866.
Barlett's book was the first and still one of the most
comprehensive bibliographies on the literature of the American Civil War. Included
are 6073 printed items divided into the following categories: 1] Books and pamphlets
relating to the Rebellion and to related topics published anywhere, 2] Congressional
reports and speeches etc., 3] Official publications of the several States covering
the period of the war, 4] Official publications of the British government relating
to the War, 5] Works on American Slavery, and several other headings. The original
edition of this work was quite scarce, published in only 310 copies. Once reprinted
in the 1960s, the title has been out of print for quite some time. Still a useful
work. Besterman 6304.
Barrett,
Ellen. BAJA CALIFORNIA : 1535-1956. $65.
Cloth, Octavo. pp.xx.285. Los Angeles: Bennet & Marshall, 1957. ISBN
1-57898-150-6.
This
is one of the more useful bibliographies on the California region. It includes the penisula of Baja California,
the Gulf of California and the islands off the mainland, on both the Gulf and
the Pacific coasts. There are also some references to the Tres Marias and the
Revillagigedo Islands, and to those on the Sonoran slope of the Gulf, particularly
Tiburon. Included are 2873 books of historical, geographical and scientific
literature relating to Baja California and adjacent areas. Barrett’s
book has never been reprinted. Please
note that we will not be reprinting later supplements to the original edition.
Most of the important historical material is contained in Volume One. Besterman
1088.
Batchelor, John. THE AINU OF JAPAN. The Religion, Superstitions, and General History of the Hairy Aborigines of Japan. $75.
Cloth, Octavo. 336pp. Eighty illustrations. Fleming H. Revell 1892. EDITION LIMITED TO 150 NUMBERED COPIES.
The Ainu of Japan are aboriginal people of Asia, chiefly occupying parts of the Japanese island of Hokkaido and the Russian islands of the Kurils and Sakhalin. The Ainu are thought to be descended from ancient circumpolar people who were gradually driven north on the Japanese archipelago by invaders now know as the Japanese. The Ainu were up until recently one of the last remaining hunter-gatherers in the Far East. The reverend Batchelor was a long time missionary and resident among the Ainu. HIs pioneer work is considered a classic in hte field. His is the first reliable treatment of the Ainu by a Westerner. His is an important and valuable contribution to anthropology. The work is illustrated with 34 photos and 46 line drawings. We have rescanned the illustrations to make the reproduction in our edition as faithful to the original as possible. The original edition was published in London & New York & Chicago in 1892, and is quite scarce. We could find only two copies on the internet.
Batchelor, John. AINU LIFE AND LORE. ECHOES OF A DEPARTING RACE. $75.
Cloth. Octavo. xii, 448 pp. Profusely Illustrated. Tokyo: Kyobunkwan, 1927.
This is a companion volume to Batchelor's, Ainu of Japan [1892] reprinted by Martino Fine Books in 1999. The Ainu are aboriginal people of Asia, chiefly occupying parts of the Japanese island of Kokkaido and the Russian islands of the Kurils and Sakhalin. The Ainu are thought to be descended from ancient circumpolar people who were gradually driven north on the Japanese archipelago by invaders now know as the Japanese. The Ainu were up until recently one of the last remaining hunter-gatherers in the Far East. The Reverend Batchelor was a long time missionary and resident among the Ainu. His pioneer work is considered a classic in the field. His is the first reliable treatment of the Ainu by a Westerner. His is an important and valuable contribution to anthropology. The work is illustrated with circa 94 illustrations. We have rescanned the illustrations to make the reproductions in our edition as faithful to the original as possible. Color illustrations are reproduced in black and white. The original edition was published in Tokyo in 1927. Though once reprinted, no reprint has been available for over 20 years.
Beall, Karen. AMERICAN PRINTS IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
$95.
Cloth. Oversized Octavo. pp.569. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins [For
the Library of Congress], 1970. Profusely illustrated.
This standard print reference catalogue was compiled by Karen F. Beall and
the staff of the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress.
It contains an introduction by Alan Fern and a foreword by Carl Zigrosser.
It is an excellent catalogue of the Library's holdings. It lists approximately
1,250 artists with 12,000 entries for individual prints. There are brief but
useful biographical notes.
For each work of art is provided the following information: Title, Date, format,
size, cross-reference to other catalogues, and limitation.
Well over one thousand illustrations in the text. A standard work. Arntzen &
Rainwater, Guide to the Literature of Art History, N143.
Geographical index, p. 549-59. Name index, p. 560-567. Bibliography, p. 541-47.
Beare, John . GREEK THEORIES OF ELEMENTARY COGNITION FROM ALCMAEON TO ARISTOTLE. $65.00
Oversized Octavo. vii, 354. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.
The author was concerned that “no one has been at pains to glean and put together systematically, from Aritstotle himself to his predecessors, whatever may explain or illustrate the parts of his writings essentially concerned with empirical psychology. The results of this, it should seem, would be useful not only to students of ancient greek psychology, but also to readers who, perhaps knowing and caring little about Greek, might yet desire a clear and objective, even if brief, account of what was achieved for the psychology of the senses by the ancient Greek philosophers.
The purpose of this book, within the limits defined by its title, is to present such an account…” –From the preface.
The author attempts a close historical account of the various theories, partly physiological and partly psychological, by which the Greek philosophers from Alcmaeon to Aristotle endeavoured to explain the elementary phenomena of cognition.
The original edition of 1906 was published by Oxford University at the Clarendon Press. Scarce in any condition.
Beazley, C. Raymond. THE DAWN OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY. $295.
Hardbound. Cloth.
Octavo. 3 volumes. Circa 2000 pages. Illustrated
with folding charts and photographs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1897-1906.
This work is
described as "…the most important work on medieval geography [and travel]."--Harris, A Geographical Bibliography for American Libraries, 1985. Beazley's three-volume
work is a history of exploration and geographical science from the conversion
of the Roman Empire to 1420, with an account of the achievements and writings
of the Christian, Arab and Chinese travelers and students. The work aims at
presenting an account of geographical movements in Christendom, and especially
in Latin or Western Christendom, form about A.D. 300 to about A.D. 1420. It also includes a summary account of non-Christian movements, especially
in the Arab and Chinese dominions and races, during the same period. These volumes
are a supreme work of scholarship, containing a wealth of citations and references.
This work is very difficult to find. The
original edition is quite scarce. A
reprint from the 1960's is equally difficult to obtain. Currently there are no complete sets available
on the internet. Contains many illustrations, some of which are folding.
Becher, Karl; Arnold Carl Klebs. A CATALOGUE OF EARLY HERBALS. Mostly From The Well-Known Library Of Dr. Karl Becher, Karlsbad. With An Introduction by Dr. Arnold Klebs, Nyon. $55.00
Hardbound. Octavo. English Book xxiv, 61 p. illus., 3 pl. on 2 l. Lugano, L'Art ancien s. a, 1925. This unique collection of early printed herbals is notable for its quality and condition. The catalogue contains a short introduction by Kleb, followed by a detail bibliographical account of 74 printed Herbals published before 1560. Thirty-two of the herbals described are incunables.Kleb provides full author/title, plate count and valuable annotations. Cross referenced with Choulant, Pritzel, Essling, Hain, Han-Copinger, Pellechet, Proctor, Reichling, Copinger, Sudhoff and other standard references. Bookseller Inventory # 1312
Belichick, Steve. Football Scouting Methods.$45.00
Paperback Reprint edition. Paperback Book 184 p. New York, Ronald Press, 1962
A Classic work on Scouting for Football talent, long out of print and hard to find.
Bellani,
Luigi Vittorio Fossati. (Compiled by) Antonio Pescarzoli. I LIBRI DI VIAGGIO E LE GUIDE
DELLA RACCOLTA. $225.
8vo.
Three vols. Lxviii, 637; 644; 659 pp. Rome, 1957. ISBN 1-888262-77-X
The
three-volume catalogue of the Fossati Bellani collection is the finest general
bibliographical record of Italian travel books and local guidebooks available.
Over 5,000 items are described in all, of which over 4,000 are travel books.
Detailed bibliographic descriptions are arranged by place name. An author index
is provided. The catalogue lists 362 books of general Italian travel and 3,525
of local Italian travel, guidebooks, etc. from the 15th to the mid-twentieth centuries.
Descriptions include complete transcriptions of title pages, and full details
of dimension, pagination and plates.
Bender, Harold
S. Editor. TWO
CENTURIES OF MENNONITE LITERATURE: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MENNONITE AMERICANA, 1727-1928. $60.
Cloth. Octavo. xxi, 181pp. Goshen, Indiana: The Mennonite
Historical Society [Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, No. 1], 1929
Beginning in 1663, Mennonites emigrated to American to preserve the faith of their fathers, to seek economic opportunity and adventure, and especially to escape European militarism. Until the late 19th century, most Mennonites in North America lived in rural communities and engaged in farming. Their main concern was to be left alone to worship God according to their conscience and tradition. Bender’s bibliography on the Mennonites in America is the standard work on the subject. The entries are chronologically arranged by under distinct groups of Mennonites, with author and title index. Bender provides full title, a list of contents, collation, and valuable annotations. We learn that the first Mennonite publication in America was the Das ist: Etliche Schoene Christlich Lieder, published by Christoph Sauer in 1742. Several hundred books are similarly described. Sheehy 1986. BB 383. Not in Besterman.
Bengesco, Georges.
Hardbound. Octavo. Four volumes bound in two. French. Color Frontispieces, 2181 pages. Paris, E. Perrin; 1882-1890
François-Marie Arouet (21 November 1694 - 30 May 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, essayist, deist and philosopher known for his wit, philosophical sport, and defense of civil liberties, including freedom of religion and the right to a fair trial. He was an outspoken supporter of social reform despite strict censorship laws in France and harsh penalties for those who broke them. A satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize Christian Church dogma and the French institutions of his day. This remains a standard work on Voltaire, describing 12,500 works. Besterman 6460. Inventory # 1276
Benn, Edith Fraser.
AN OVERLAND TREK FROM INDIA, BY SIDE-SADDLE, CAMEL, AND RAIL; THE RECORD OF A JOURNEY FROM BALUCHISTAN TO EUROPE. $95.00
Octavo. xv, 343 p. front., 47 pl., large folding color map. London, Longmans: 1909
This is an entirely personal narrative, not originally intended, we learn, for publication. The greater part deals with residence and travel in Persia, and as the writer's husband, Major Benn, occupied an official position there, she had peculiar opportunities for gathering knowledge about the country and its people. The authoress was a most courageous traveler in her time.
80 illustrations, large folding colored map of the route from Quetta to Queenboro. Travels in Baluchistan, Seistan, Persia, Baku and Constantinople.