![Item #WRCAM57189 1895 OBSEQUIO DE LA CASA. ARRUFANA GARRIDO, ORTIZ & CIA [cover title]. Argentina](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM57189.jpg?v=1643058815)
[Buenos Aires, Argentina: Arrufana Garrido, Ortiz & Cia.], 1895. [80]pp., including photographic illustrations and printed advertisements. Oblong 12mo. Original pebbled red cloth tooled in blind and gilt. Boards somewhat rubbed and worn, corners worn, rear hinge separated but binding still sturdy. Text moderately tanned and with a persistent stain in.....
Mannheim: Churfurstl. Hof-und Academie-Buchdruckerey, 1772. [16],358,[1]pp. plus two engraved plates (on one sheet) and folding map. Small octavo. Modern half vellum and marbled boards, spine gilt. A bit of light age toning, an occasional light fox mark. Three small purple ink spots in lower portion of map. Near fine. First.....
Mannheim: Churfurstl. Hof-und Academie-Buchdruckerey, 1773. [16],358pp. plus two engraved plates and folding map. Contemporary black half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Extremities lightly worn, small paper label at foot of spine. Small ink stamp on titlepage and verso of map. Minor scattered foxing. Very good. Second issue with some.....
Ephrata: J. Georg Zeisiger, 1763. 198,[4],14pp., including a second titlepage within the pagination and a full-page plate on p.187. Contemporary ruled calf, raised bands. Boards rubbed and edgeworn, chipped at spine ends, small chip in front board. Lightly tanned and foxed. Overall, very good, in original condition. In a half.....
Vienna: Im Selbstverlage des Verfassers, 1869. [8],202,[2]pp. plus seven woodcut plates and folding color map. Contemporary half cloth and marbled boards, paper library label. Slightly rubbed. Old institutional stamps on titlepage. Internally quite clean. Very good. Departing San Francisco in 1866, Bechtinger travelled to Hawaii and remained there for one.....
Basel: Sebastian Henripetri, 1582-1583. Two volumes bound in one. [20],ccxliii,[24],ccxlv-dcii,[2]; [12],cccvi,[2]pp., plus folding table. Titlepages printed in red and black. Folio. Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine, yapp edges. Rubbed, front hinge neatly repaired. Marginal tear in folding table. Internally clean. Old bookseller's label and later ownership signature on front.....
Graz. 1892. xi,186pp. Portrait fronispiece plus plates. Original blue pictorial cloth. Very good. Second edition, after the first of 1876. Account of the 1862 uprising of the Sioux and ensuing massacre of the German settlers.
Somerset [Pa.]: Friedrich Goeb, 1813. [4],527,66,[2],169,[2]pp. Large, thick quarto. Contemporary calf with clasps. Minor wear to extremities. Contemporary notations in German on first two preliminary leaves. Some light scattered foxing and toning. A near fine copy. A lovely copy of this highly important German- American bible, notable for being the.....
New Haven; Bryn Mawr; New York. 2012. 20; 20pp. text in both English and German, plus twenty-five original leaves tipped into accompanying folders. Large folio. Fine. In a cloth clamshell box. The German Bible in America has a long and significant history, reflective of the European culture which gave it.....
New Haven; Bryn Mawr; New York. 2012. 20; 20pp. text in both English and German, plus twenty-five original leaves and six additional illustrated leaves tipped into accompanying folders. Large folio. Fine. In a clamshell box. The German Bible in America has a long and significant history, reflective of the European.....
Germantown: Christoph Saur, 1776. [4],992,277,[3]pp. Quarto. Contemporary calf over wooden boards, clasps lacking. Hinges cracked but solid, extremities worn. Light foxing and soiling, moderate wear to first and last few leaves. Good. In a custom cloth box, gilt leather label. The third edition of the first European- language Bible printed.....
Germantown: Christoph Saur, 1763. [4],992,277,[3]pp. printed in double columns. Quarto. Contemporary calf over wooden boards, metal clasps lacking. Dampstaining and wear to edges of first and last few leaves. Some light soiling to text. Contemporary manuscript notations on endpapers. Very good to near fine. In a cloth box, gilt leather.....
Harrisonburg: Laurentz Wartmann, 1818. x,[4],409,[2]pp. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, leather label, remnants of metal clasps. Binding lightly worn. Contemporary notation on endpapers. Light dampstaining to first and last few leaves, some light scattered foxing. A good, solid copy. Johannes Braun (1771-1850), sometimes anglicized as John Brown, was a leading minister.....
Stuttgart. 1854. Two volumes. [6],390; [6],381pp. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spines gilt, leather labels. Light scattered foxing. Very good. An important travel narrative by a learned German who was keenly interested in American customs, religions, politics, and folklore. The author's training in theology explains his interest in American.....
Berlin: J. Hesse, [ca. 1851]. Handcolored lithographic print, 19 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches. Minute browning and edge wear in margins. Color bright and clean. Very good. Archival matting, and protected with mylar sheet. Variant issue, without priority, of this delightful early view of Sacramento, showing the city inland from.....
Philadelphia: Conrad Zentler, 1818. 28pp. Original half calf and pictorial paper boards, pictorial endpapers. Boards rubbed. Text moderately tanned. Very good. An early children's grammar in the German language. The front pastedown is a chart of animals rendered in woodcuts, with their names in German, and the rear pastedown bears.....
St. Louis: Wiebusch und Sohn, 1860-1863. Four volumes bound in one. [2],208; 200 (of 208); [4],208 (lacks pp.137-144); [2],200pp. Vol. 17 lacks issue 26. Vol. 18 lacks issue 18. Folio. Half morocco and marbled boards. Spine and corners heavily worn, front cover detached. Titlepage of first volume torn; second and.....
New Orleans: Im Selbstverlage, 1897. [4],136pp., plus folding table. Original green printed wrappers. 1 1/2-inch closed tear in front wrapper, 1-inch closed tear in rear wrapper. Text very lightly tanned, else quite neat and clean internally. A very good copy. Significant study of the German Society of New Orleans, the.....
Berlin: Winckelmann & Sohne, [ 1879]. vii,278pp. Frontispiece, title vignette and six plates, all color lithographs. Original cloth backed pictorial boards. Spine worn, rather gnawed. Binding a bit cocked. Internally clean. Overall good. Charming color illustrated book of travel and adventure for German children. Includes travel and hunting in Oregon.....
Reading, Pa. Johann Ritter und Comp. 1831. 419pp., plus frontispiece portrait and folding map with contemporary handcoloring. Contemporary three-quarter calf and orange paper boards, spine ruled in gilt, gilt morocco label. Boards scuffed and stained, leather rubbed, small chip to bottom of spine, corner of label beginning to peel. Contemporary.....
Leipzig. 1845. iv,258,[2]pp. Contemporary brown cloth, rebacked with backstrip in similar brown cloth, modern paper label. Marginal wear to old boards, new endpapers. Text lightly tanned, with a few old stains. Good. Third edition, after the first of 1843, and the first with this title. "One of the earliest German.....
Saint Michael's, Az. 1913. 48pp. plus advertisements. Illus. Quarto. Pictorial wrappers. Small closed marginal tear in front wrapper and most leaves not affecting text, some wear to spine. Very good. Advertisements in English, text of articles in German. Much on southwestern Indians, especially the Navajos and Pueblos.
Philadelphia: Barclay & Co., [1881]. [17]-63pp. (as issued), plus ten plates and [1]p. of publisher's advertisements. Original pictorial green wrappers. Wrappers soiled and worn, spine heavily chipped. Light tanning but otherwise quite clean internally. Overall good plus. A rare German-language pamphlet capitalizing on the dramatic news of President Garfield's assassination.....
Washington. 1868. 225pp. [bound with:] RAPPORT DU COMMISSAIRE DU BUREAU GENERAL DES TERRES PUBLIQUES POUR L'ANNEE 1867. Washington. 1869. 201pp. [bound with:] RAPPORT FRAN GENERAL LAND-KONTORET FOR AR 1867. Washington. 1869. 179pp. Later elaborately gilt green morocco, a.e.g., gilt device on front cover stating "General Land Office United States of.....
Lancaster. 1820. [6],79,[1],472,18pp. Contemporary calf over wooden boards, metal clasps. Very minor rubbing to extremities. Some light foxing, but overall an exceptionally lovely copy. Near fine. Third edition, improved, of this Mennonite hymnal and psalter. A particularly nice copy, in original condition.
