Search Results: Titles starting with I from Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc.

Santa Fe, New Mexico. Very Good. On offer is an original typewritten unpublished manuscript titled, "I, Annette Vallon" by Pearle LeCompte. The work in novel form is a fictionalized biography of the woman who was the lover of William Wordsworth, the great Romantic Poet. She also bore his illegitimate daughter. Research suggests the work was created in the 1930 or 1940s, has an introduction of 13 pages and 449 pages numbered in pencil. The title page states 135,000 words. The author was very involved in the literary arts and theatre and in the education thereof. In 1931 her book 'Dramatics' was published. Upon retiring and moving to Santa Fe, she researched the supremely interesting ongoing relationship between Wordsworth and Annette Vallon who bore him a child and raised it. Oddly Wordsworth, though considered the greatest romantic poet of his time was not the greatest romancer in his life and it is this relationship that seems to have broken the mould in that respect.… Read More

Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1944. First American Edition. Hardcover. Super copy, of Gide's comments and observations of France immediately after the country's fall to the German Army. Unclipped, would be very fine save for the lightest of pencil notes in a small area at the rear endpapers. D/j is the lesser with some chipping to the extremities but professionally under mylar now. Scarce title with scarcer autograph. Translated by Malcolm Cowley. Signed on first title page by the author.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; LITERATURE, DRAMA, PROSE, FRENCH, FRANCE, GIDE, NOBEL PRIZE, CAMUS, SARTRE, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, NON FICTION, BIOGRAPHY, AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL, AUTOGRAPH, AUTOGRAPHED, FLATSIGNED,MANUSCRIPT, HOLOGRAPH, WORLD WAR II, WWII, ; Signed by Author .

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND: WILLIAM F. CLAY. Good+ with no dust jacket. Half-Leather. HERALDIC CREST MANUSCRIPT. Large, thick Folio, late 18th century marbled boards and 1/2 sheep, crack to spine and partial unhinging of front board, age worn but otherwise well-preserved. A handsome and imposing manuscript of 1000s of engraved crests, including numerous crests drawn by hand, arranged by the famed engraver David Deuchar (1743-1808) interestingly organized according to device type (i.e. hands, lions etc.) Carefully compiled and researched manuscript, seemingly intended for publication, with numerous markings accorded to known and unknown heraldic crests and their corresponding family names. Pasted to first blank is a letter dated 1884 from the Edinburgh bookseller William F. Clay explaining how he "secured a unique collection of several thousand heraldic crests and devices, engraved and drawn in ink by the celebrated engraver David Deuchar and his son." He offers the manuscript for… Read More

NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS. Fair. 1842. Tenth Edition. 'INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL IN EGYPT, ARABIA PETRAEA AND THE HOLY LAND' by 'An American'. Two volume set as called for. Overall age toning, foxing throughout, some dogears, some damp-staining and the odd fault but otherwise tight and clean. Overall Fair+.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: EGYPT, TRAVEL LITERATURE, NON FICTION, ARCHAEOLOGY, ARABIC STUDIES, SINAI, HOLY LAND, .

London England: Keren Hajessod. Good. 1924. Israel und sein Land. Reden und Ansprachen. Mit einem Geleitwort von Albert Einstein. General signs of ageing and some dingage and rubbing to the edges. Otherwise G+.; German Language; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Judaica, antiquité, contrat, vélin, document, manuscrit, papier Antike, Brief, Pergament, Dokument, Manuskript, Papier oggetto d'antiquariato, atto, velina, documento, manoscritto, carta antigüedad, hecho, vitela, documento, Manuscrito, .

Good with no dust jacket. 1792. Ephemera. On offer is a superb document drawn on September 22, 1792, the very first official day of the French Republic (République française), founded following the French Revolution. In the aftermath of the Revolution of 1789 and the abolition of the monarchy, the First Republic of France was established on September 22 of 1792. The National Convention was made up of groups representing differing political outlooks. At their first meeting, the Convention decided to try King Louis XVI for treason, based on his attempt to flee the country the previous year. They later found him guilty, and executed him on January 21, 1793. September 22, 1792 was also established as the beginning date of the new Revolutionary Calendar. This document is a record of some of the minutes of that first convention and are dated September 22nd, the first day of the new government. It is titled: Extract Du Proces-Verbal De La Convention National Relatif au renouvellement des Corps… Read More