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S.S. AMERICA LONDON HOLLAND EUROPE CALIFORNIA. Good+. 1948. On offer is a one of a kind collection of over one hundred articles titled "The Land Of Our Ancestors" an unpublished work written by the noted journalist and foreign correspondent Telford Work, [one-time publisher of Los Angeles Daily Journal, founder of the California Newspaper Service Bureau and City News Service, a Los Angeles Civic Center wire service] being, in diary style, his observations and writings during an extended trip to the 1948 Olympics and further trips to Holland, France, Belgium and other parts of England. Beginning July 4th 1948 Mr. Work chronicles his trip with his first dateline as New Mexico and works his way to the S.S. America leaving from New York. Work's writings have a folksy for-the-folks-and-friends back home feel and the entire read makes for a keen eyed look at war torn Europe and the mix of politics and sport of the day. Original paper wraps bound with two tacks in this 8.5 x 11 in.… Read More

Paris. Fine. 2001. Manuscript. JEAN DAUSSET (1916- ) French Immunologist - Nobel Prize winner who in 1958 described the Human Leucocytes Antigens System. This discovery has enabled the transplants of organs and tissues thereby saving millions of lives. In 1980 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology & Medicine. TLS, 2001, 1p.; 8 x 11 Inches Approx; HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, HISTORICAL, HOLOGRAPH, WRITERS, AUTOGRAPHS, PERSONAL, PERSONAL HISTORY, MEMOIR, MEMORIAL, DIARY, JOURNAL, DIARIES, JOURNALS, LOG, LOGS, Als, Medical, ORGAN DONATION, TRANSPLANT, Medicine; Signed by Autograph .

London: G. SIDNEY for SIR RICHARD PHILLIPS & CO.. Good. 1821. TRAVELS IN EGYPT DURING 1818 AND 1819 by Edward de Montule. Rubbing and chipping to the edges, bumps to all the tips, one or two dogears, a rubbed smudge on the fep. There is some worm damage. All plates [12] accounted for. Overall good antiquarian condition.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: MONTULE, EGYPT, TRAVEL LITERATURE, NON FICTION, ARCHAEOLOGY, ARABIC STUDIES, SINAI, HOLY LAND, .

London: Reprint Society Ltd.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1944. First Edition. Cloth. Fourteen short stories in "Twice Seven". Signed by the author on a free endpaper. Book is in very nice shape with only very light signs of ageing; some very light soiling to the boards and bumping to the tips. Paste down title treatment on the spine is bright, sharp and crisp. No fading to the spine at all. ; English Language; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; Autograph, Signed, Literature, Philosophy, Arts, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, ; Signed by Autograph .

SEGOVIA SALAMANCA SPAIN ESPANA. Very Good. 1599. On offer is a superb late 16th early 17th Century manuscript book in two volumes being the transcribed works of John of Segovia the influential Catholic Theologian who was a professor at the Spanish University of Salamanca, represented Castille at the Council of Basel, and represented the council in the 1439 Diet of Mainz. He played a large role in the removal of Pope Eugene IV and the placement of Antipope Felix V. Volume One: "Tractatus de Deo" a 333 page work in a fine hand though not necessarily the work of a scrivener, the endpapers featuring heraldic and maybe royal watermarks [each is topped with a crown very similar to a Spanish heraldic crown of higher nobility. There seems to be the use of quartering and a pallet like central division. Pictured within the escutcheon are castles, lions, fleur de lis like symbols, likely eagles, a cross, three horizontal circles, with the use of borders and orles, without the use of… Read More

France. Good with no dust jacket. Ephemera. On offer are two excellent manuscript letters, which are examples of correspondence related to private commercial transactions in late 18th century France. The letters are from 1768 and 1778, respectively. The 1768 document is a letter addressed to an unknown recipient. Although the handwriting is difficult to read, it is clear that the letter concerns a dispute over the collection and payment of a tax and involves the local parish priest. An excerpt from the 1768 letter follows: au suject de la cotites de la dixeme et de la maniere de la payer de particulierre quelle etait entre lui et Le Sieur Cure. [Translation: on the subject of the contribution of the tenth and the way of paying it in particular which was between him and Monsieur Le Cure [the Parish Priest]]. The letter is signed by one Filhiou de Lacour. Our informal research has not been able to discover anybiographical detail about him. The letter ends with an addendum in which it is… Read More