Osborne: 11August 1855. As Secretary for Prince Albert. Phipps, as private secretary to Prince Albert, responds to the invitation of Gourlie and Anderson to attend the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science as the Prince and the Queen will have just “arrived in the Highlands for..... Read More about ALS to William Gourlie and Thomas Anderson

New York: Harper & Row, (1964). First edition. This copy is inscribed by the Author, famous WASP columnist, to his sister Corinne , 'sis", Alsop Chubb, "For darling Corinney with much love and infinite admiration, Joe." Read More about From the Silent Earth. A Report on the Greek Bronze Age

New York: 1966. The third of five issues published (the fourth was a double issue), this volume is dedicated to "A Vietnam Assemblage," published during the early days of the Vietnam War. The cover was designed by Andy Warhol with perforated glue-backed yellow stickers, each featuring the text "BOMB HANOI"..... Read More about Some/Thing: A Vietnam Assemblage [Volume Two, Number One, Winter 1966; Andy Warhol "Bomb...

[Buenos Aires: 1948]. Inscribed by Péron to Dentist Stanley Tylman. Inscribed on the mount by Perón in Spanish, on December 23, 1948, to the internationally renowned dentist, Dr. Stanley D. Tylman, "in gratitude for his services to Argentina and the friendliness he has shown me with his exquisite delicacy ....... Read More about Portrait Photograph of Juan Péron in his first term of office as President

Frankfurt: Sumptibus Sigismudi Latomi, [1607]. A bi-annual publication generally regarded as the first periodical, the present volume is the second book of the seventh volume and includes material and an illustration relating to the Battle of Gibralter in which the Dutch fleet surprised and destroyed much of the Spanish armada..... Read More about Mercvrii Gallobelgici Succenturiati, Sive Rervm In Gallia Et Belgio Potissimvm; Hispania Qvoque,...

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1977. First edition. Inscribed by the Beale, who was ambassador to the US from Australia during the Kennedy administration, "for dear Jane [Engelhard] / with affectionate regards / from Howard Beale / Nov. 24 '77" Read More about This Inch of Time

[Reichenberg, Bohemia: July 1875]. A large and elaborate testimonial from the notables of the Bohemian town of Reichenberg (today Liberec in the Czech Republic) extending formal condolences to Maria Anna of Savoy, consort of Ferdinand I (1793-1875), who was ruler of Austria Hungary from 1835 to 1848. Following his abdication..... Read More about Calligraphic Testimonial to the Dowager Empress of Austria, on the death of Ferdinand, from the...

Munich: published by the Academy, nd [ca 1773]. First German Edition. The First English Edition of this work was published in 1772. It contains a great deal on agricultural machinery and makes mention of machinery and practices in America as well as in England and the Continent. Read More about The Advancment of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce: or Descriptions of the Useful Machines and...

London: George Virtue, 1838. The First Edition. Read More about The Waldenses or Protestant Valleys of Piedmont, Dauphiny, and the Ban de la Roche

Brussels: Editions Pro Temporare, 1939. Number 4 of 5 copies printed on Japon Nacré. One of 5 copies, with original leaf of manuscript. With an original leaf of manuscript by Emile Léon Posschelle for his “Mater Beata” included in this work. Also a card reading “Avec les Remerciements des Editions..... Read More about Les Sculpteurs S. M. la Reine Elisabeth; Madame Robert Haerens; Alfred Courtens. Tome IX....

Akron Ohio: The Werner Company, [1898]. Massive memorial volume to the great German statesman Otto von Bismarck. Read More about Bismarck-Denkmal für das Deutsche Volk. [And:] Unseres Bismarck Heimgang. Ein Trauertag...

Hanover: Gebrüder Hahn, 1807. From the Library of Tsar Alexander II. A book in Planck’s multi-volume history of the Papacy, in his Geschichte der christlich-kirchlichen Gesellschafts-Verfassung (published 1803-9), with Imperial Russian provenance, here repurposed into a book safe. Read More about Geschichte des Pabstthums in den abendländischen Kirchen von der Mitte des neunten Jahrhunderts...