MARTINO PUBLISHING
McKerrow, Ronald Brunlees . A Dictionary of Printers and Booksellers In England, Scotland And Ireland, a nd of Foreign Printers Of English Books 1557-1640. $65.00
Oversized octavo. 2 p. l., [vii]-xxiii, 346p. London, Printed for the Bibliographical Society, by Blades, East & Blades, 1910
This volume is intended to contain the names of all printers, booksellers, binders and other persons connected with the book trade who are known to have worked in Great Britain and Ireland, or to have dealt in English books on the Continent during the years 1557-1640.
The notices are the work of H.R. Plomer, who did the London printers and Stationers. Aldis wrote the Scottish articles, and Dix was responsible for the Irish trade.
For each entrée the authors provide a brief biography and relevant bibliographical information relating to said person.
A useful bio-bibliography.
MacMichael. H.A. A HISTORY OF THE ARABS IN THE SUDAN AND SOME ACCOUNT OF THE PEOPLE WHO PRECEDED THEM AND OF THE TRIBES INHABITING DÁRFUR . $110.
Oversized octavo. Two volumes bound in one, xxii, 347pp; viii, 488pp. Folding charts and map. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1922 .
H.A. MacMichael [1882-1969] was a dominant figure in the history of the Anglo-Egyptian Regime in the Sudan. He served there from 1905 to 1933: from early 1906 until 1912 in the Kordafan, in 1916 as political officer with the Darfur Field Force, and in 1917-1918 as sub-governor of Darfur, he had long experience of Kordafan during the formative period from him and it.
He published, among many books, The Tribes of Northern and Central Kordafan [1912] and A History of the Arabs of the Sudan [1922], both long considered authoritative works.
With the arguable exception of Sir Reginald Wingate and Sir Douglas Newbold, he was the most important British Administrator of the Sudan.
Macomber, Henry P. A Supplement to the Catalogue Of The Grace K. Babson Collection Of The Works Of Sir Isaac Newton... First Supplement only [Reprint Edition]. $50.00
Reprint. Hardbound. Book viii, 91 p . Babson Park, Mass. :[The Institute], 1955.
The first supplement of this catalogue adds 220 new items to the 606 works described in the first volume. 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.
Cloth. Oversized Octavo. pp.ii. 28 pages. New York Public Library: New York,
1948.
Boxing originated when a person first lifted a fist against another in play.
Different eras of the sport have been distinguished by the use or nonuse of
fist coverings. The ancient Greeks believed fist fighting was one of the games
played by the gods on Olympus; thus it became part of the Olympic Games in about
688 BC.
Homer has a reference to boxing in the Iliad. During Roman times the sport began
to thrive on a wide scale. Boxers fought with leather bands around their fists
for protection and sometimes wore metal-filled, leather hand coverings called
cesti, resulting in bloody, often duel-to-death, battles. Boxing diminished
after the fall of Rome. It was revived in the 18th century in England and became
especially popular during the championship reign of James Figg, who held the
heavyweight title from 1719 through 1730. Boxing became a workingman's sport
during the Industrial Revolution as prizefights attracted participants and spectators
from the working class. Organization was minimal at first, and the bouts of
those eras resembled street fights more than modern boxing.
There is very little bibliographical literature on the sport. Besterman lists
only one source, that being Magriel. In all 300 early books are cited, along
with a thorough description and some discussion. Reprinted from the Bulletin
of the New York Public Library of June 1948. Very hard to find. Besterman 976.
Manley,
J.J. LITERATURE OF SEA & RIVER FISHING. $55.
Cloth. Octavo. pp. vii. 160. London: William Clowes and Sons, 1883
This hard to find bibliography of sea and river fishing is divided into chapters
outlining the history of the literature of the subject. The chapters are as
follows:
--The Bibliography of Fishing Literature-Catalogues etc.
--Authors on the Sea and River Fishing before the Introduction of Printing.
--Authors on the Sea and River Fishing from the Introduction of Printing into
England.
--Izaak Walton-His Literary Contemporaries and Successors to the end of the
Century XVII
--Authors in Fish and Fishing in Century XVIII.
--Authors on Fish and Fishing in Century XIX.
--The Periodical Literature of Sea and River Fishing.
In all, 500 works are described with some discussion of each title.
This scarce title has not been reprinted, and is hard to find in any condition.
Besterman 2206.
Cloth,
8vo. 184 pp. Washington: GPO 1884. ISBN 1-57898-060-7
This
important work is a systematic treatise of all the geological maps relating
to America known at the time. Most of these maps date from the 19th century
and are the result of the numerous geological surveys instituted either by Federal
Government or by the States and Provinces.
Margoliouth. THE HOMER OF ARISTOTLE.
Reprint. Hardbound. Octavo. x, 245, [1] p. front. (facsim). Oxford, B. Blackwell, 1923. $55.00
In the opening chapters of this book, entitled 'The Cipher of Attic Tragedy' and 'The Homeric Cipher,' Prof. Margoliouth extends to Aeschylus, Sophocles and Homer the methods already applied by him to Euripides in 'Chronograms of the Euripidean Dramas' (1915). He believes that the tragedians hid away in the introductory iambics of each of their plays, firstly, their signature, secondly, the dateof composition, thirdly, a dedication to Athena, and lastly, a warning to look for no further cryptic information after this point. Taking the iambics two lines at a time, he proceeds to rearrange the letters of which they consist into two new trimeters, which under more or less vigorous pressure yield a suggestion of the sense required. In the case of Homer the procedure is somewhat different, the anagrams-again in trimeters-being extracted from Iliad, 11. 1-7, and Odyssey, ll. 1-10, broken up into groups consisting of two consecutive letters from each line. The result is startling. The vexed question of Homer's birthplace is found to be settled in favour of Ios, one of the minor Sporades, and the two great epics are revealed as havingbeen written by the poet in an official capacity for a Greek ruler of post-war Troy (now called ' Xew Ilion ') who was at the same time 'a scion of Aeneas.' For the remarkable theories as to Homer and his poetry which Prof. Margoliouth develops onthe basis of his 'cipher ' and for their connexion with Aristotle's theory of fiction the curious inquirer must be referred to the book itself
Markham, Clements R. REVIEW OF BRITISH GEOGRAPHICAL
WORK DURING THE HUNDRED YEARS, 1789-1889 BIBLIOGRAPHY. $60.
Cloth. Oversized Octavo. pp.viii.258. London: Royal Geographical Society,
1893.
Markham is well known as a geographer and historical writer. He is author of
nearly a dozen books on history and exploration. He is also famous for his patronage
of exploration in Antarctica.
From 1896 on Markham threw his whole heart into the promotion of Antarctic exploration,
securing funds by urgent appeals to public and private sources. Markham was
responsible for selecting Robert Falcon Scott to lead the successful expedition
to Antarctica. In later South Polar achievements he took little interest until
Captain Scott planned the expedition in the Terra Nova in 1910, when his former
ardor was rekindled.
This very scarce bibliography was prepared to accompany the Review of British
Geographical Work during the Century 1789-1889. Under the various divisions
and subdivisions the entries are arranged in chronological order.
Originally published in 1893 by the Royal Geographical Society, this title is
very scarce. There are only 8 holdings in OCLC and no copies online. Not previously
reprinted. Four thousand titles are described. Besterman 2445.
Cloth. Octavo. 1, p. [265]-337. Royal Geographical Society, London. Supplementary
papers. London, 1886.
In 1511 the Portuguese Antonio de Abreu had made a voyage from the Aru Islands
to the Moluccas, and had possibly sighted the coast of New Guinea. But it was
Don Jorge de Meneses, a Portuguese commander sent from Malacco to take charge
at the Moluccas in 1526, who was the actual discoverer. Meneses little dreamt
of the significance of his discovery, that he had reached one of the largest
islands in the world-covering 306,000 square miles, 1500 miles long and 500
wide, and as large as France and Britain put together.
Remaining parts of the island would not be explored until the 17th century.
There is very little bibliographical material published on the early history
and discovery of New Guinea. Rye's is the first bibliography on the subject
mentioned in Besterman. He cites approximately 800 publications on the subject.
The arrangement of the material is alphabetical by author.
Markham adds a concise and useful history of the exploration of the island.
Scarce in any edition. Besterman 4224.
Markham,
Sir Clements Robert. THE LANDS OF SILENCE.
A HISTORY OF ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION. $75.
Cloth,
Octavo. pp.xii, 540, photogravure frontispiece, 25 plates, 22 maps. 7 text illustrations.
Cambridge University Press, 1921. ISBN 157898-097-6.
Markham
is well known as a geographer and historical writer. He is the author of nearly
a dozen books on history and exploration. He is also famous for his patronage
of exploration in Antarctica. His Lands of Silence is still an important
history of Polar explorations, especially for Antartica. Lands of Silence
was highly acclaimed on publication and remains one of the best accounts of
polar explorations. It has become a highly sought after book in the antiquarian
market, fine copies selling for $500 or more. To our knowledge, no reprint has
previously been available. Spence 755.
Martin, Paul S. ANASAZI PAINTED POTTERY IN THE FIELD MUSEUM. $185
Martin F. R. The Miniature Painting and Painters of Persia, India and Turkey, From the 8th To The 18th Century. $125.00
Quarto. Cloth. v. color. frontispiece illustration., 275 pl. (4 color). London, B. Quaritch, 1912.
Reprint of the 1912 edition. The Mughal School of miniature painting reached an excellence, which has seldom been surpassed. In spite of the handicaps of the conventions, which admitted only profiles or three-quarter faces, and mostly stiff postures, the Mughal portrait painter was somehow able to depict the very soul of the subject.
Mughal art was entirely secular, and concerned itself mainly with the court, though sometimes pictures relating to the life of the people were also painted.
Martin's classic work on the subject remains a useful tool today. Part one is history, part two reproduces 271 illustrations of miniatures. The five color illustrations are reproduced in color for this edition.
Cloth. Octavo. pp.vii. 92. Paris: Challamel Aine, 1867.
William Martin's bibliography of Hawaii has the distinction of being the very
first bibliography on the subject listed in Besterman. Martin was chargé
d'affaires de Hawaii for France.
Captain James Cook, the great Pacific explorer, happened upon the islands during
his third voyage in 1778. Hawaii's long isolation ended at that moment. Soon,
King Kamehameha the Great embarked on his successful campaign to unite the islands
into one kingdom. At about the same time, Hawaii assumed importance in the east-west
fur trade and later as the center for the Pacific whaling industry. In 1820,
the brig Thaddeus from Boston arrived with the first missionary families.
Change came at a rapid pace as both education and commerce assumed growing importance.
The old Hawaiian culture disappeared rapidly under the onslaught of new ways,
new peoples, and new diseases, to which the previously isolated Hawaiians were
all too susceptible. Whaling and the provisioning of the whaling fleet brought
new money to the island economy. At times, as many as 500 whaling ships wintered
in Hawaiian ports, principally Lahaina and Honolulu.
In 1835, the first commercial production of sugar cane began and this crop took
on ever-increasing economic importance, especially after the decline of the
great whaling fleets. Native Hawaiians did not take kindly to the tedious labor
of a plantation worker and, in any case, the native population had been seriously
depleted by disease. Thus, there began the importation of labor from Asia and
the Philippines and other areas of the world. It is this varied population that
gave rise to the immense variety of Hawaii's present inhabitants.
Martin's bibliography cites 650 early works on Hawaii. Still a standard work.
Besterman 2811.
Mason,
Stuart [C.S. Millard]. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OSCAR WILDE. $70.
Cloth,
Octavo. pp. [iii].xxxix.605. London: T. Werner Laurie Ltd., 1916
Millard’s
bibliography of Wilde, though dated, is still one of the most important works
on the subject. In all 695 of the Wilde’s works are exhaustively treated. There
are extensive notes, and annotations, and a wealth of related citations, and
reviews from Wilde’s contemporaries. Besterman 6542. Walford [1970] Vol.III
p.448.
Cloth, Octavo. pp. xi.148. London: E. Grant, 1907
Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland on Oct. 16, 1854. His iconoclasm contradicted
the Victorian era's conventions, but the contradiction was very deliberate.
Wilde, a practicing homosexual as of 1886, considered himself a criminal who
challenged society by creating scandal. On March 2, 1895, Wilde initiated a
suit for criminal libel against the Marquess of Queensbery, who had objected
to Wilde's friendship with his son. When his suit failed in April, counter charges
followed. After a spectacular court action, Wilde was convicted of homosexual
misconduct and sentenced to two years in prison at hard labor. After his release
from prison Wilde lived in France. He attempted to write a play in his pretrial
style, but this effort failed. He died in Paris on Nov. 30, 1900.
Millard's bibliography of Wilde includes all the Poems and provides particulars
as to the Original publication of each Poem, with variations of readings and
a complete list of all editions, reprints and translations, etc. In all one
hundred titles are meticulously treated. The original edition is quite scarce,
being printed in an edition of 275. Besterman 6541.
[Massachusetts
Horticulture Society]. Hewett, Mary Crane (Compiler). CATALOGUE
OF THE LIBRARY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURE SOCIETY. $125.
4to. Two vols. bound as one. 579pp. Cloth.
Cambridge, 1918-1920. Reprint 1995. ISBN 1-888262-53-2.
The
Catalogue of the Massachusetts Horticulture Society provides detailed collations,
plate counts, as well as details concerning content and editions on 22,000 volumes.
In addition to books, the Catalogue contains the Society’s collection of nurserymen’s
and seedmens’ trade catalogues dating back to 1776.
Masse,
Gertrude C.E. A
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FIRST EDITIONS OF THE BOOKS ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER
CRANE. $45.
Cloth.
Octavo. pp.60. London: The Chelsea Publishing
Co., 1923.
This bibliography covers all the known work of Walter
Crane from 1863 to 1915. Masse provides
a valuable index of titles and authors for the books that Crane illustrated.
In all 125 books are meticulously described. Masse describes cloth, states and
other relevant information. This work remains the only work listed in Besterman
for Walter Crane. Besterman 1516.
Masson, Paul. ÉLÉMENTS D'UNE BIBLIOGRAPHIE FRANÇAISE DE LA SYRIE. $70.
Cloth. Oversized Octavo. pp.xix. 529. Marseille: Typographie
et Lithographie Barlatier, 1919.
The piece of land which is now Syria has been fought over and colonized for
the last several millennia by many cultures and Empires. This is where civilization
began.
The Byzantine Empire 395-632 AD:
The Byzantine Empire, a mixture of Greek culture and Christianity, began with
the death of Theodosius, when Rome was divided between East and West. There
are many ruins and dead cities in the North of Syria that reflect the strength
and architectural genius of these Romans.
Islam: The Rashedeen Caliphate 632-661AD:
After the death of the prophet Muhammad, the Arab fighters began to spread Islam
through battles and faith preaching. Under the Caliph Omar Bin Al Khattab, Syria
was taken over form the Byzantines, in 636 the Muslims fought against the Byzantines
in the battle of Yarmuk.
The Umayyad Period 661 - 750AD:
Muawiya, former governor of Syria, fought with the Caliph Ali Bin Abi Talib
along the Euphrates, and in 661 when Caliph Ali was assassinated he took over
and made Damascus the capital of a land extending from Spain in Andalusia to
the Indus River in India
Syria under the Abbasids 750 - 1199AD:
Syria, was neglected greatly under the Abbasid Dynasty, this is reflected by
the lack of Abbasid architecture in Syria.
The Crusaders and the Ayyubids 1098 - 1250:
Arriving to Syria in 1098, the crusaders took the route via the Orontes Valley.
In 1098 they massacred the Male population of Maarat Al Numan. Saladin was very
influential in the defeat of the Crusaders. He managed to recapture Jerusalem,
Acre, Sidon, and Beirut all in 1187.
The Mamelukes 1250 - 1516:
This period was not very positive for Syria. Eight years after the Burgi Mamelukes
took power the Mongols destroyed everything in their way. Under Baybars the
Mameluke commander, the Mongols were defeated.
The Ottoman Empire 1516-1918:
In 1516 Sultan Selim I conquered Syria. He later went on to claim himself as
the Caliph.
Masson's bibliography is the first and most comprehensive bibliography
on Syria. In all 4534 printed items on all aspects of Syrian life are described.
Very scarce.
Cloth. Oversized Octavo. liv, 216 p., [136] pages of plates : facsims. London:
The Bibliographical Society, 1913
From the earliest days many printers used a device, or "printer's mark",
to accompany their imprint in a book. These will be found along with the colophon
at the end of books printed before 1500-1510, and thereafter more usually on
the title-page. Familiar examples are the Aldine Anchor and Dolphin, the Tree
of Knowledge of the Estiennes, the Globe of the Elzevirs....-From Carter, ABC
For Book Collectors.
McMerrow's work is an effort to contain an account of all marks and devices
used by printers and publishers resident in England and Scotland from the time
of the introduction of printing until 1640, and also of all wood-cut borders
and ornaments containing the owner's device or initials used during that period.
McMerrow's work illustrates 428 of these devices. The work also includes indexes
for printers, booksellers, mottoes, inscriptions, initials of designers or engravers,
devices and compartments according to subject.
Cloth. Oversized Octavo. pp. 5 p. l., 457 p. 3 maps. 20 cm. New York: D. Appleton and Company for the University of Pennsylvania, 1911
This volume aims to show the development and importance of the New England
Fisheries from pre-colonial days to the present time. According to the author,
"there is no industry in America that antedates the fisheries. Fisherman
from France, Spain, Portugal and England frequented the banks of Newfoundland
before any trade relations between the Old and the New World came into Existence.
The codfishery of the New England coast was carried on many years previous to
the establishment of a permanent English colony in our country. Voyages of exploration
and settlement to New England were prompted by reports of the valuable fishing
grounds lying between Cape Cod and Cape Sable."
The author claims that the "fisheries of New England were of especial importance
during the colonial period…; yet the industry, with the exception of whale
fishery, has no literature that adequately sets forth its history and value."
[From the Preface] This scarce title has not been reprinted and is practically
unobtainable in the second hand market.
Co-Published with Ten Pound Island Booksellers of Gloucester, MA
McKay,
George Leslie. AMERICAN BOOK AUCTION CATALOGUES, 1713-1943:
A UNION LIST. $75.
Cloth,
New York: New York Public Library, 1937. pp.xxxii.540. Additions [1946] pp.8.
supplement no.2[1948].pp.12.
This
valuable reference is the only bibliography on America Book Auctions listed
in Besterman. It is a union list of nearly 11,000 book auctions in American
from the very first auction through the time of publication. McKay lists not
only book auctions, but auctions of pamphlets, broadsides, manuscripts, autographs
and bookplates. McKay provides invaluable
information regarding the ownership of copies, to help identify association
copies. We reprint not only the original edition of 1937, but the two supplements
published subsequently in 1946 and 1948. Sheehy AA333. Besterman 929.
McMurtrie,
Douglas C. EARLY PRINTING IN MICHIGAN. $75.
Cloth. Oversize
octavo. pp.[iv].351.
Chicago: John Calhoun Club, 1931
This
is a comprehensive bibliography of all the issues of the Michigan Press from
1796-1850. In practically every case,
the original imprint was examined and described by McMurtrie on by his staff.
The beginnings of printing in Michigan date from John M’Call’s printing of Congressional
acts in Detroit in 1796. In all 600
issues of the press are meticulously described. Apart from the thorough bibliography,
McMurtrie also provides a hundred page narrative history describing the spread
of printing in Michigan and the controversies that arise in relation to printing
there. This book is notoriously difficult to find.
We have been searching for several years, and have only seen one copy
for sale. The work is also illustrated with facsimiles of title pages and portraits.
To our knowledge this work has not been available in reprint previously.
Besterman 5210.
McMurtrie, Douglas C. EARLY
PRINTING IN WISCONSIN WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE ISSUES OF THE PRESS 1833-1850.
$65.
Cloth. Quarto. ii.200. Illustrated. Seattle: Frank McCaffrey, 1931
This is the first and still one of the most important
bibliographies of printing in Wisconsin. The
work thoroughly describes 432 items up to and including 1850. There is added
in this volume a biographical index of Wisconsin printers and publishers, prepared
by Albert H. Allen. In the 1820’s there came to Green Bay a mission of the Episcopal
Church, with the rudiments of a school. A small settlement grew up there that was named
Navarino, now the city of Green Bay. It
was at this settlement that printing was first done in Wisconsin. Albert G.
Ellis was the first printer. He arrived
in Green Bay in 1822. The first pamphlet
or book published in the state was an almanac for 1834.
McMurtrie is perhaps the most famous bibliographer of the history of
printing in America, having contributed major bibliographies to printing in
Michigan, Colorado and Tennessee, was well as hundreds of smaller bibliographies
on printing in other regions of the U.S. There
is a useful history of printing in the state, as well as annotations for many
of the items described. Only 300 copies of the original edition were printed. Besterman 5223.
The first printing in the land that is now Utah appeared in 1847, with the arrival
at Great Salt Lake Valley of the band… of Mormons under Brigham Young…"
[From the preface] At that time the land they occupied was officially part of
Mexico. The Mormons soon organized the State of Deseret.
Almost immediately the printing press came into play as an organ of the new
Mormon Colony. The first printing is actually a primitive "dollar bill"
printed by Young to be used as money in the new colony.
McMurtrie describes 42 rare issues of the press in Utah. The detail is quite
exhaustive. The bibliography is preceded by an interesting essay on the history
of printing in Utah, also by McMurtrie.
This scarce bibliography was printed originally in an edition of only 160 copies.
We were not able to find any mention of any earlier reprint, and presume this
is the first reprint made available. Besterman 5220.
Meade, Richard H. A HISTORY OF THORACIC SURGERY. $125.00
Cloth. Oversized Octavo. Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, (1961); Reprinted by Jeff Weber Rare Books & M. Martino, (2003). Thick octavo. xx, 933 pp. Illustrations. Blue cloth.
Meade's work is at once a history and an instructive presentation of medical
practices and surgical procedures upon the thorax and its contents from earliest
times. It is also a history giving the development of surgical procedures, embellished
by instructive details including results.
Meade begins with the earliest surgery known to man as described in the Smith
Papyrus probably from the period before 3000 B.C. The subject is covered through
the date of publication, 1961. Chapters include: Cardiac Arrest, Blood transfusion,
Empyema, Abscess of the Lung, Tumors and Cysts of the Lung, Anesthesia, Endoscoy,
and dozens of other subjects.
Originally published in 1961, this volume is quite scarce. A search found just
one copy on the internet for just under $1000. Garrison & Morton 3161.01
Medina, Jose Toribio. BIBLIOGRAFIA
ESPANOLA DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS [1523-1810]. $75.
Medina is well known as the author of dozens of bibliographies
about Spain, Central American and South America, as well as Spanish possessions
through out the world. The bibliography of the Philippine Islands is one the
most difficult of his titles to obtain. Originally printed in an edition of only 200
copies, it is very difficult to find on the antiquarian market. Copies of the 1966 reprint are also difficult
to find. In all, Medina describes 667 works dating from 1523-1810. He provides full title, author, collation and
valuable notes about the authors and the books. There are also useful cross-references to other standard works.
It is safe to say that this is one of the most important works on the Philippines,
especially for the early period. Besterman 4788.
