THE TEMPLAR'S CHART or HIEROGLYPHIC MONITOR. Containing All the Emblems and Hieroglyphics Explained in the Valiant and Magnanimous Orders of Knights of the Red Cross, Knights Templars; and Knights of Malta, or Order of St. John of Jerusalem. By JEREMY CROSS. [Knights Templar - Masonic Order, Masons, Knights of Malta, Freemasonry. Occult, Fraternal Orders]

NEW HAVEN (Conn.): Published and sold by the author; Sold also by A. H. Maltby & Co., Printers, New Haven, [and others], 1821. FIRST EDITION.

Hardcovers, leather covered boards, 4x6.25 inches. Pagination: [2], vi, 10-157 pages + 21 plates at the rear (plates nos. 1-20 are numbered, followed by an unnumbered plate).

ILLUSTRATED with a frontispiece engraving, 21 engraved plates, and masonic musical scores (pp. 111-156). The frontispiece engraving states that it was engraved by S.S. Jocelyn NH (Simeon Smith Jocelyn, of New Haven, Connecticut, b.1799 d.1879). Though he is only credited on the frontispiece, it is widely accepted that he engraved all the plates in this book.

(S.S. Jocelyn and his brother Nathaniel Jocelyn, b.1796 d.1881, founded and ran a New Haven engraving company under the name N. & S. S. Jocelyn. In 1858, the Jocelyn brothers gave a piece of land to the city of New Haven to be used as a public park and playground. It is now known as Jocelyn Square.)

Important Association Copy: SIGNED TWICE by the previous owner JOHN BLEECKER of the New York Bleecker family (think Bleecker Street), with his bold signature on two of the blank front flyleaves.

John Bleecker, b.1763 d.1833, was a wealthy merchant and major regional landholder who split his time between his primary residence on Pearl Street in Albany and his vast country estates in Saratoga County. During this time, the civic elite of Albany and Saratoga - including the Bleecker family, and families like the Schuylers and Van Rensselaers (John married Elizabeth Van Rensselaer Schuyler in 1800) - were heavily involved in New York Freemasonry. There were even important Masonic Lodges and a Masonic Press on Bleecker Street.

The other "John Bleeckers" of the Bleecker family in this era were John Rutger Bleecker (the prominent surveyor and patriarch) who died in 1800; John N. Bleecker (the Revolutionary War military commissary and treasurer) who died in 1812 and always signed as John N. Bleecker or Jno. N. Bleecker to prevent confusion with his cousins; and an earlier

John Bleecker, b. circa 1762 d.1807, a Loyalist cousin who died in Canada in 1807.

GOOD condition: Professionally restored, the covers and spine have rubs, scrapes, and chipping to their leather covering, but are sturdily bound and doing their job well; internally, there is offsetting from the leather covers to the margins of the first and last few blank flyleaves, edgewear and a some small edge tears to the front and rear endpapers, age toning to the pages as normal, and light foxing here and there throughout, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A solid, presentable copy.

RARE 1821 FIRST EDITION printed in NEW HAVEN with an IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION to the NEW YORK BLEECKER FAMILY.

DAYS IN A LIFE. THE ART OF TETSUYA NODA. Edited by Robert Flynn Johnson.

SAN FRANCISCO: Asian Art Museum, 2004. First Edition.

SPECIAL EDITION consisting of the hardcover book "The Art of Tetuya Noda - Days in a Life", an ORIGINAL PRINT BY TETSUYA NODA which she has HAND SIGNED, NUMBERED 67/150 (#67 of 150 copies), and STAMPED WITH HER HANKO, and a clamshell case which houses the book and print.

Condition: The book is in FINE condition, tight, bright, clean and clear. The PRINT is in FINE condition, apparently never removed from its protective mount in the clamshell box. It is beautiful. The clamshell case holding the print and book has sunning to its spine and top edge, and a few shelf rubs, otherwise it is solid and doing its job well.

BEAUTIFUL AND RARE with the HAND SIGNED, HAND NUMBERED, AND STAMPED LIMITED EDITION PRINT.

About TETSUYA NODA (from Wikipedia):

******Tetsuya Noda (?? ??, Noda Tetsuya) b.1940, is a contemporary artist, printmaker and educator. He is widely considered to be Japan's most important living print-artist, and one of the most successful contemporary print artists in the world.******

Syd Mead (1933-2019) Neo futurist illustrator and concept designer, had a singular career as a visual futurist, becoming one of a rare group of individuals kept on speed dial by the titans of industry and film. Mead's impact as a world building visual futurist broke through in Director Ridley Scott's 1982 rain soaked techno dystopian masterpiece Blade Runner whose visual landscape was largely Mead's creation. His work on the films Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Tron, Aliens, and Johnny Mnemonic plus the Japanese anime Gundam franchise define the visual identity of modern science fiction storytelling and cinematic futurism. Interestingly the sterile post human designs for Deckard's car in Blade Runner served as the direct inspiration for Elon Musk's Cybertruck (ah-hem, cough, derivative tech bro appropriation).

STUDIO IMAGE Volumes 1, 2, and 3 [complete run] by Syd Mead Published by Oblagon, Los Angeles, California. Three large landscape softcover volumes, 16.5" x 11.5", heavy glossy paper covers, side staple bound, vividly and profusely illustrated throughout with dynamic b&w sketches to intense full color artworks. Studio Image 1: first edition, first printing, August 1988, 38 pages. Studio Image 2 - revised second printing, March 1996, 35 pages. Studio Image 3 - first edition, first printing, 1994, 36 pages. All three volumes are in NEAR FINE Condition. Uncommon. These early modern futurism portfolios were marketed to professional industrial design studios rather than the general public, so print runs were small.

THE AD BOOK - A Monthly Exposition of Modern Advertising. Volume 1, Nos. 1-6, 1897; and Volume 2, Nos. 1-6, 1898.

SAN FRANCISCO: The Ad Book Press, 320 Sansome Street, 1897- 1898.

Hardcovers, textured black cloth covered boards, title and the name "Rice Bros" are embossed in gilt on the front cover, 7x10 inches, 12 complete issues including covers are bound-in, most of the 12 issues have 16 pages, a few have 24 pages.

An important and influential San Francisco journal featuring articles on typography, advertising concepts, advertising strategies, etc., with ads from San Francisco Bay Area advertisers, printers, designers, engravers, paper makers, etc.

VERY GOOD condition, the covers have some wear to the corner tips and spine ends, and a bit of rubbing; internally, the front inner hinge is starting to crack but remains well bound, the pages are lightly toned as normal, one cover is neatly stamped "Marked Copy" on the top margin but there are no marks within the issue, there is a small spot here and there, overall the pages are tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

THE GEORGIAN PRESS TYPE SPECIMEN BOOK.

Hardcovers, silver paper covered boards and black cloth covered spine, "TYPE" embossed on the front cover, folio 11x14 inches, a few introductory pages then 95 pages of Type Specimens.

NEW YORK: The Georgian Press, Inc., 175 Varick Street, New York. Undated, but circa the late 1940s, as indicated by the cover with its big, bold mid-century modern look, and the large debossed block typography sample pages, both representative of that era. Limited edition with the statement: "A limited number of copies of this book were printed, of which this is copy ____"; but no copy number is provided.

GOOD condition: the covers corner tips are worn through and the spine ends are frayed, otherwise the covers are bright and doing their job well; internally, the first few pages have some waviness to the bottom margin, else the pages are tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, nice copy.

THE MARKET ASSISTANT, Containing a Brief Description of Every Article of Human Food Sold in the Public Markets of the Cities of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Brooklyn; Including the Various Domestic and Wild Animals, Poultry, Game, Fish, Vegetables, Fruits &c.,&c. with Many Curious Incidents and Anecdotes. By Thomas F. De Voe.

Published by Hurd and Houghton in New York, printed at the Riverside Press in Cambridge, 1867.

GREAT ASSOCIATION COPY: This copy was owned by ISAAC ADAMS, with his SIGNATURE, PLACE, DATE, and BOOKPLATE on the front free endpaper. "Isaac Adams / Sandwich N.H. / April 2d / 1867". Isaac Adams was an important figure in the history of American book publishing. From the History of Information website: "The Adams Power Press was the machine that transformed 19th-century book production. The machine lowered the cost of making books, meaning more people could buy and read books. By 1836, it became the leading machine used for printing books in America."

Hardcovers, original blind-stamped green cloth covered boards with gilt titling to the spine, 5x7.5 inches, 455 pages plus 15 pages of Publisher's Ads at the rear. Illustrated with a steel engraved frontispiece, with other in-text illustrations.

GOOD condition: The covers have bubbling to their green cloth covered boards, and some light spine end and corner tip wear, otherwise they are solid with bright spine gilt. Internally, the pages are lightly toned as normal, the very small number "D1590" is written on the front flyleaf, there is some light shorelining to the very top edge of the latter pages, and a few finger tip size spots. Overall a complete, solid, nice copy, with bubbling to the covers cloth.

RARE 1867 edition of The Market Assistant, made special with the signature, inscription and date of Isaac Adams..

About ISAAC ADAMS (from Wikipedia):

******Isaac Adams, b.1802 d.1883, was an American inventor and politician. He served in the Massachusetts Senate and invented the Adams Power Press, which revolutionized the printing industry.

Adams was born in Rochester, New Hampshire, the son of Benjamin Adams and Elizabeth (Horne) Adams. In 1828 he invented the Adams printing press which he introduced in 1830 as "Adams Power Press". The machine "worked a revolution in the art of printing," and beginning in 1836, became the leading machine used in book printing for much of the nineteenth century. It substantially reduced the cost of book production, and made books more widely available."******

It is interesting to note that this book, "The Market Assistant" was likely printed on an Adams Power Press. The Riverside Press was an early adopter of the Adams Power Press. As of 1874 the Riverside Press was reportedly using 18 Adams presses alongside 2 Hoe cylinder presses.

DE ERNESTO GUEVARA NUNCA SE PODRA HABLAR EN PASADO (One Will Never Be Able to Speak of Ernesto Guevara in the Past Tense) - FIDEL

Bound document containing a collection of texts and speeches by Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Compiled and published by Cuba's "Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas" (National Center for Scientific Research) in December 1967, only two months after Che's execution in Bolivia.

Contiene (Contents):

EL SOCIALISMO Y EL HOMBRE EN CUBA (Socialism and Man in Cuba), 11 pages.

DEL CHE A LA JUVENTUD (From Che to the Youth), 10 pages. * Descurso del Commandante Ernesto Che Guevara, el 20 de Octubre de 1962 Ante la Union de Jovenes Comunistas (Speech by Commander Ernesto Che Guevara, October 20, 1962, before the Union of Young Communists)

DE LA JUVENTUD AL CHE: (From the Youth to Che), 4 pages. * Al Che, de la Union de Juvenes Communistas, Cuba, 21 de Octobre de 1967 (To Che, from the Young Communist League) A Tribute to Che written days after his death.

DISCURSO EN ARGELIA (Speech in Algeria) Feb. 24, 1965. 9 pages.

CARTA DE DESPEDIDA (Farewell letter) - "Hasta La Victoria Siempre" 2 pages.

MENSAJE A LA TRICONTINENTAL (Message to the Tricontinental Conference) 9 pages.

Paper covers, bound with spiral bands, 8.5x13 inches, printed on one side only, paginated by document, as shown above.

Condition: Printed on cheap paper that has browned to various degrees and is worn along the edges; appears to have been put together hurriedly and printed on a rickety mimeograph type machine - many letters are faded (the printing did not imprint them fully) and there are ink marks here and there (made by the low quality machine), nonetheless the text is clear and fully legible. The paper covers are toned and are creased from handling, the title page has an old light coffee splatter stain, the white binding rings have been professionally restored. Overall a complete and solid coffee, with wear, toning, and printing as to be expected on this early Cuban document following the death of Che.

I have never seen another copy and doubt I ever will.

About the National Center for Scientific Research of Cuba and its Association to Che Guevara:

The National Center for Scientific Research (CNIC) of Cuba, was founded in 1965 under the impetus of the Revolution and with ideas and direction from "Che" Guevara. It was consolidated in 1967 as a crucial hub for multidisciplinary science on the island, focusing on applied research and laying the foundations for Cuban biotechnology.

S.M.S. #6 - Shit Must Stop 1968. Publication containing various ART multiples. In its original mailing box.

This was the last issue of the incredible anti-art-gallery-snobbery published by William Copley & Dmitri Petrov and published by The Letter Edged In Black Press, New York, NY, 1968. First printing.

This boxed portfolio #6 includes the following:

1: Cover box by Richard Artschwager 2: Self Portrait by Ed Bereal 3: Chocolate Bar by Dieter Rot (aka Dieter Roth and Diter Rot) 4: Friends by Betty Dodson 5: Neon Construction by Ronaldo Ferri 6: Ten Xerox Sheets by Toby Mussman 7: Twenty Down by Adrian Nutbeam 8: Unattended Lunches by Claes Oldenburg 9: Junior Historical Theatre Playroom Kit by Mischa Petrow 10: Adora by Jean Reavey 11: Johns in Art Galleries by Paul Steiner 12: Astrophysics by Bernar Venet 13: Chinese Fortune Game by John Giorno.

Condition: All items are present, but several have flaws. Dieter Roth's "Chocolate Bar" consists of four colored 3x4.5 inch "trading cards" (each an artwork). The cards are present but the paper sleeve that held them is lacking. Mischa Petrov's "Junior Historical Theatre Playroom Kit" (a political, multimedia parody of a children's play set) includes: one printed cardboard sheet featuring die-cut, punch-out historical figures; four miniature plastic weapons (tiny pistol, knife, ax, and rifle) enclosed in two small plastic pouches, and one small bag of glitter., The punch out cards and the bag of glitter are present, but the four miniature plastic toy weapons are lacking. Bernar Venet's "Astrophysics" includes a 7" vinyl record. The record is cracked / broken and is therefore unplayable. The box holding the items has some creases and soiling.

Despite the above noted flaws (most notably the cracked record), this is a complete set of the scarce last issue of Shit Must Stop / S.M.S #6.

About S.M.S. - SHIT MUST STOP (from Wikipedia):

******"Founded in New York City by artist, collector and dealer William Copley, S.M.S. was an art collection in a box, filled with small-scale, often whimsical, artworks available by subscription. Delivering art through the post offered Copley, and his collaborator Dmitri Petrov, a way to circumvent the art market and make contemporary art accessible to nearly anyone. Inspired by Copley's mentor and friend Marcel Duchamp's Boîte-en-valise, S.M.S. was conceived as an inter-media and intergenerational publication that would present artworks by prominent and unknown artists side by side. The magazine gathered an impressive range including the Surrealist luminaries Man Ray and Meret Oppenheim, Pop artists Richard Hamilton and Roy Lichtenstein, composers Lamont Young and Terry Riley, and an up-and-coming generation of conceptual and post-studio artists such as Joseph Kosuth and Bruce Nauman. Regardless of stature, each was paid $100 for their contribution. This egalitarian spirit extended to the communal atmosphere of Copley's upper west side Letter Edged in Black Press loft which functioned as an unofficial hangout for many of the participants..******

About S.M.S #6 (from Wikipedia):

******Richard Artschwager's design for the box of S.M.S. #6 is a simple image of a black shape reproduced on each surface of the cover, both inside and out, with reproductions of the exact coffee stains he accidentally made when producing the original. By approving of this accident, and reproducing it for the cover, Artschwager, and Copley seem to be making an argument about the place of beauty and mistake in the contemporary art world. The rest of the pieces in this final issue seem to be playful and mischievous manifestations of this same idea, with Adrian Nutbeem's unsolvable crossword as well as Claes Oldenburg's Unattended Lunches.******

ANNALS OF THE EMPIRE, FROM THE REIGN OF CHARLEMAGNE. By the Author of THE AGE OF LEWIS XIV [Voltaire]. Volume II only, of two Volumes.

LONDON: Printed for A. Millar, MDCCLV [1755].

RARE EARLY AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS' TICKET / BOOKPLATE of WILLIAM PRICHARD, BOOKSELLER / PRINTER / PUBLISHER, is on the front pastedown. It measures 2.75 x 1.5 inches. It reads:

"SOLD BY / WILLIAM PRICHARD, / At the Corner of Gay-Street, opposite the Market, / BALTIMORE." The book was likely sold c.1780.

Hardcovers, calf leather covered boards, gilt framing to the front and rear boards, five raised spine bands, 12mo. 4x6.5 inches, 300 pages.

Condition: The covers are scraped, rubbed, missing pieces of the leather covering (exposing boards beneath), chipped at the top of the spine, etc., but have been professionally conserved making them solid and well bound. Internally, there are children's doodles on the front pastedown (a couple touching the bottom of the booksellers' ticket), "No. 49" written at the top of the front pastedown, and two early signatures on the front free endpaper; there is toning and foxing to the endpapers; the text pages are nice, lightly age toned, some creased corner tips, a spot or two here and there, overall complete, tight, bright, clean and clear. A nice, presentable copy.

A RARE and HISTORIC artifact of EARLY AMERICAN BOOKSELLING. I can't remember the last time I saw William Prichard's Baltimore booksellers' ticket.

About WILLIAM PRICHARD, Bookseller and Publisher (from the Library of Virginia (.gov) and other Internet sites):

******William Prichard, b.(?) d.(c.1815), was a prominent 18th-century American bookseller, stationer, and publisher who operated primarily in Philadelphia and Richmond, with a brief stint in Baltimore. His locations and business addresses changed due to shifting economic climates.

He began by operating a circulating library in Philadelphia c.1782. He soon expanded into bookselling, printing and publishing. He was successful and became a key figure in the mid-Atlantic book trade, importing European literature to supply books to the newly formed United States.

Prichard opened a secondary bookstore, with 1,000 books, in Baltimore in 1780. The bookstore reportedly did not survive long in Baltimore, but little is known about it due to the scarcity of records..

Prichard moved his entire Philadelphia operations to Richmond in 1792, due to the rising competition in Philadelphia. In mid 1795 he entered into a partnership with John Davidson in order to open a New York branch. This expansion caused him severe financial difficulties. In 1799 he ended his partnership with Davidson and permanently closed the firm's printing and publishing operations. Prichard continued to run a single Richmond bookstore for several years. He died in Richmond, Virginia, c.1815.******

About the doodles on the front pastedown - I actually like to see children's doodles in 18th century books, especially those bought or printed in America, it shows the books were not considered rare artifacts, but rather as items to be read and shared, even with children.

TE NU TESTAMENT OV UR LORD AND SAVYOR JEZUS KRIST.

SINSINATI [Cincinnati, Ohio]: Elias Longley, FONETIC PUBLIXER [Phonetic Publisher], 1861.

Written and printed entirely in a phonetic spelling and a special shorthand that Elias Longley and his brother designed to make reading easier and more intuitive. Interesting that this supposedly easier to read Bible was published during the Civil War, a time when easy to read Bibles were badly needed.

Hardcovers, brown cloth covered boards with blind embossed designs, 5x7.5 inches, Pagination: xx, [21]-343, plus 4 pages of Publisher's ads at the rear.

Condition: The original covers are well worn at the spine, with much of the spine covering apparently having been reattached; the front and rear boards are worn at the spine folds, otherwise are solid and nice, with just some edgewear and rubs; internally, the binding is shaky, the cord binding is holding everything together, but the binding is starting to split at places where the book was overopened, and it feels like a good tug could easily split the binding open; the pages themselves are in good condition, complete, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

INTERESTING ASSOCIATION COPY: Provenance of DR. JOHN E. SYLVESTER of Wellston, Ohio, with his personal library bookplate on the front pastedown: "J. E. SYLVESTER LIBRARY / Theology / No. 41", and his handwritten ownership information on a blank front endpaper: "John E. Sylvester's book / Bot of D.N. DeSay Aug 28th 1869 / Price $.30".

About JOHN E. SYLVESTER (from various Ohio newspaper obituaries):

******Dr. John E. Sylvester was a prominent 19th-century physician and amateur archaeologist based in Ohio. He is best known in Ohio history for discovering the Berlin Tablet in 1876, a rare and important artifact attributed to the ancient Mound Builder cultures. His medical, historical, and civic footprint left a lasting legacy in the region.

Following his death, his heirs set aside his property for the city so it could build a dedicated public library. In 1968 the Sylvester Memorial Wellston Public Library was finally built directly on his former residence at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Second Street. John's brother, Franklin Sylvester, was also a lover of books and libraries. Franklin donated ten thousand dollars in 1904 for the construction of a free community library in Medina, Ohio. The Medina library was completed in 1907 and remains in operation today.*****

About ELIAS LONGLEY and His Wife Elizabeth Margaret Vater Longley (from Wikipedia and various Cincinnati historical sites):

******Elias Longley, b.1823 d.1899, was a Cincinnati, Ohio based printer, publisher, and prominent advocate for phonetic spelling and shorthand. He operated his publishing company in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he published phonetic books and instructional manuals to promote phonetic literacy. He and his wife were also strong advocates for women's suffrage.

Elizabeth Vater Longley, b.1830 d.1912, married Elias Longley in 1847. At the time, they lived in a Cincinnati utopian community. Elizabeth Longley was an early adopter of the mechanical typewriter. She invented an early form of touch typing that used 8 fingers called the "All-Finger Method", which she presented in 1882, six years before Frank E. McGurrin invented and patented the ten digit touch typing method we still use today. Elizabeth Longley was a member of the executive committee of the National Women's Suffrage Association and vice president of the Ohio association. She, along with her husband, worked hard to promote phonetic spelling, believing it would make reading easier and dramatically increase literacy.******.

*This unusual phonetic Bible in its original covers, printed in Cincinnati in 1841, with a nice Ohio provenance, is quite rare and well deserving of some loving care. (I wonder how I would say that phonetically?)

Reel-to-Reel Audio Tape recording of Robert Ornstein's Big Sur / Esalen Talk "On The Psychology of Meditation". . Produced by BIG SUR RECORDINGS, San Rafael, California, 1971. From the series "Audio Tape Recordings in the Forum of Human Potentiality and Human Growth".

Five inch reel 1/4 inch tape, housed in a printed 5 1/4 inch square box. The tape looks unused. The box has some rubs and has some signs of wear, but is solid and doing its job well.

BIG SUR RECORDINGS of HUMAN POTENTIALITY talks and lectures at the Esalen Institute have become quite scarce.

About ROBERT ORNSTEIN (from Wikipedia):

******Robert Evan Ornstein, b.1942 d.2018, was an American psychologist, researcher and author. He taught at the Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute, based at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco, was professor at Stanford University, and founder and chairman of the Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge (ISHK).

Ornstein was involved in reconciling the scientific understanding of mind and consciousness with other scientific and cultural traditions.

Ornstein worked to reconcile the wisdom traditions of the East and science in The Psychology of Consciousness and was interested in promoting the modern Sufism of Idries Shah. Shah and Ornstein met in the 1960s. Ornstein's The Psychology of Consciousness (1972) was enthusiastically received by the academic psychology community, as it coincided with new interests in the field, such as the study of biofeedback and other techniques designed to achieve shifts in mood and awareness.

His books The Psychology of Consciousness and The Evolution of Consciousness introduced the two modes of consciousness of the left and right brain hemispheres and a critical understanding of how the brain evolved.******

EARLY MAP OF RUSSIA including the mostly UNEXPLORED Lands of "PARTIE NORD-OUEST DE L'AMÉRIQUE" (ALASKA), MER GLACIEALE (ARCTIC OCEAN), and part of 'TATARIE CHINOISE" (the Chinese Territories). Most interesting is that the map shows various recent exploratory discoveries along the coastline of Alaska by Russia and various European powers of the day, including some by Captain James Cook during his exploration of the Alaska territory from May to October 1778 during his third and final voyage. Look closely in the "Nord-Ouest de l'Amerique" area of the map and you will find his printed name, Mr. Cook,

by one of his Alaskan discoveries.

Published c.1805.

A finely detailed map, 30x15.5 inches, printed on heavy-stock laid paper. On the border below the map's image is "Gravé par P. Tardieu" and "Dessiné par Clermont", indicating the map was likely engraved c.1805. On the border above the map is "Tome IV" and "Pt. I", indicating the map was likely disbound from an early French atlas.

FAIR condition. The map folds open and has the expected horizontal and vertical folds, the margins are toned and foxed, the map itself is also toned and foxed but less so, the left margin is worn and chipped from being disbound, there are a few closed tears; nonetheless the map is solid and quite rare.

About P. TARDIEU and JACQUES CLERMONT (excerpted from Wikipedia and other Internet sites):

Pierre Antoine Tardieu, b.1784 d.1869, known as P. Tardieu, was a French map engraver and geographer. The Tardieu family, based in Paris, was well known for their talent in engraving and cartography. Pierre Antoine's father, Pierre Antoine-Francois Tardieu, b.1757 d.1822, was an established cartographer who published numerous atlases. His son collaborated with him for many years before establishing his own independent career. (This map likely comes from one of these important French atlases.)

Jacques Clermont, b.1752 d.1827, was a French cartographer active in the late 18th and early 19th century. He was celebrated for his highly detailed copperplate maps. He is best known for producing historical maps, including world maps that documented unexplored lands and routes of explorers (such as Captain Cook).

BIOGRAPHY OF MRS. J. H. CONANT - THE WORLD'S MEDIUM OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Being a History of Her Mediumship from Childhood to the Present Time...Selections from Letters Verifying Spirit Communications Given through Her Organism...Specimen Messages and Invocations from Various Intelligences in the Other Life...etc., etc., etc. By [John W. Day]. Opening Remarks by Allen Putnam

BOSTON: William White and Company / Colby & Rich, 1873. Second Edition, so stated on the title page.

Hardcovers, brown cloth covered boards, blind embossed "Colby & Rich" publisher's logo on the front and rear covers, gilt titling on the spine (including "Colby & Rich / Boston" at the bottom of the spine), 5x7.5 inches, 322 pages plus two pages of publisher's ads at the rear.

GOOD condition: The book has been professionally conserved, making the covers and binding nice and solid; the covers have some scrapes and rubs and the spine gilt is somewhat faded. Internally, the thin yellow endpapers show some creasing and a bit of edgewear, there is a slight crease to the upper corner of the pages, the front blank endpapers and the frontispiece are foxed, otherwise all the pages are tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, presentable copy, one of the nicer copies I have seen.

Though "William White and Company" is stated as the publisher on the title page, copyright page, and on the ads at the rear: the covers show "Colby & Rich" on the covers and spine. Here's what happened... Luther Colby was one of the founders of William White and Company. When William White died (or left, it appears uncertain which) in mid 1873, Luther Colby formed a partnership with Isaac B. Rich to take over the stock and operations of William White and Company. The first edition of this book was published in early 1873 before William White (died?), and was bound with "William White and Company" covers. After Colby & Rich took over White's stock and operations they published a second edition, also in 1873, with Colby & Rich covers but using the same first edition sheets, therefore leaving William White and Company as the stated publisher on the text pages.

About Mrs. J. H. Conant, Medium and Spiritualist (from Wikipedia and other Internet sources):

******Frances Ann Conant (aka J. H. Conant), b.1831 d.1875, was an American spiritualist medium. Conant was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Luther Colby, editor of the spiritualist newspaper the Banner of Light, funded Conant's public séances in Boston for seventeen years. Each successful seance was reported in the Banner of Light newspaper. Spiritualists claimed that Conant made contact primarily with the spirit of a deceased Boston physician who made diagnoses of disease and prescribed treatments. Conant was criticized by the Boston Courier and others for making fanatical, false and wild statements.******

ON THE CENTENARY OF THE MOSCOW SCHOOL OF THE ORDER OF ST. CATHERINE (INSTITUTE FOR NOBLE GIRLS): February 10, 1903 - An Album of 62 Phototypes.

MOSCOW: P.P. Pavlov Phototype Studio, 1902. (published in advance of the centenary celebration.)

Hardcover book, title embossed on the front cover, 13x10 inches (33x25.5 cm) oblong, 62 phototype plates, each printed on its own leaf.

A turn-of-the-last-century photographic document of Moscow's Girl School of the Order of St. Catherine, consisting of 62 full page phototypes by the noted Russian photographer Pyotr Petrovich Pavlov. There is a brief caption below each phototype describing the image, and noting the photographer as P.P. Pavlov. All captions and the photographer's name are in Russian.

FAIR condition: The covers are sunned, worn through at the corners and some places along the edges, have shelf rubs and scrapes, what was likely gilt embossed titling now appears blind stamped with no gilt, and the spine has been rebacked with cloth tape; still the covers are doing their job. Internally, there is cloth tape reinforcement to the front and rear inner hinges and to the gutter hinge of the first two plates; the first leaf has its phototype pasted on (your guess as to why), but all the rest are printed on their leaf as issued; all the phototypes have soiling at the margins, some more than others, and there is some foxing, corner wear, and edge wear here and there; nonetheless the phototypes are rare and quite amazing.

A remarkable document of a long gone Russian era.

About the Moscow School of the Order of St. Catherine (from Wikipedia):

******The Moscow School of the Order of St Catherine (Russian: ?????????? ??????? ?????? ?????? ?????????) was a girls' school in Moscow, Russia, between 1802 and 1918. It was a fashionable girl school for students from noble and rich burgher families (divided in different classes until 1842). The building now houses the Central House of Officers of the Russian Army.******

About the Photographer PYOTR PETROVICH PAVLOV (from the Russian site ??????? / The State Russian Museum and Exhibition Centre):

******Pyotr Petrovich Pavlov, b.1860 d.1924, was a prominent Russian photographer celebrated for documenting architectural monuments and everyday life in Moscow at the turn of the 20th century. His work provides a critical historical record of landmarks and public events during the twilight of the Russian Empire.

Born into a peasant family in the Petrozavodsk region of Olonetsk province, Pavlov relocated to St. Petersburg and eventually to Moscow in 1881. For a decade, he worked at the prominent photographic firm ?Scherer, Nabholz & Co.. In 1891, he opened his own portrait and group photography studio.

In 1898, Pavlov was commissioned by the "Old Moscow" board to document historical and architectural monuments.******

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THE TRUE AND INVISIBLE ROSICRUCIAN ORDER - An Interpretation of the Rosicrucian Allegory, and an Explanation of the Ten Rosicrucian Grades. By PAUL CASE.

SIGNED and HAND NUMBERED by PAUL CASE on the front pastedown: "No. 152 / Paul Case".

Self published, second edition, 1928. Paul Case self published the first edition in 1927, limited to only 64 copies; it was NOT a signed edition. He then revised and enlarged his work and self published a second edition a year later in 1928. The second edition is a signed, numbered and limited edition. The exact limitation of the second edition is not stated, but certainly quite small. The 1927 first (unsigned) and 1928 second (signed and numbered) editions of "The True and Invisible Rosicrucian Order" are the only editions that were self published by the author. Both are scarce.

Hardcovers, black cloth covered boards with red titling on the front cover and spine, ii + 101 pages, pages printed on one side only, mimeographed from an original typed copy, self published. Illustrated with a plate showing the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, and one other plate; there are also a few small drawings within the text.

Laid-in the book are a group of Paul Case related materials, lecture announcements, remarks on the Tarot, a card about B.O.T.A., etc. Some of the items are covered with relevant handwritten notes by a previous owner, perhaps taken during a Paul Case lecture. There are also 8 typed pages on the Sepher Yetzirah, with hand corrections to mistyped words. Likely a typed copy made by the previous owner from a printed translation. An interesting grouping of ephemera from a dedicated occultist.

Condition: The covers' spine folds are scraped and have some tearing to the cloth, the boards have some water drop stains and finger marks, and the edges have a few scrapes, otherwise the covers are solid and doing their job well. Internally, the endpapers have light offsetting / toning, otherwise the pages are tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. The various ephemera is well used, heavily marked condition; but still cool!

RARE Early Source Material on Rosicrucion Occultism, SIGNED by THE PRIMARY SOURCE, PAUL CASE.

THE TRAGEDIE OF OTHELLO, THE MOORE OF VENICE, by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. FINE PRINTING by GRABHORN PRESS. ILLUSTRATED by MARY GRABHORN.

SIGNED and INSCRIBED by JANE GRABHORN on the front free endpaper: "With love to Annie on her wedding day - from Jane Grabhorn / January 20, 1957'.

SAN FRANCISCO: Grabhorn Press, 1956. First edition. Limited to 185 copies.

From the Colophon page (the last page): "This edition, reprinted from the First Folio of 1623, is limited to one hundred and eighty-five copies printed at the Grabhorn Press in the Month of May, 1956. The type used, Franciscan, was designed for the Press by Frederic W. Goudy and the paper was made by hand in England. The drawings by Mary Grabhorn were reproduced from a combination of zinc, wood, and linoleum blocks."

Hardcovers, red leather covered spine and decorative paper covered boards, gilt titles to the spine, folio 15x10.5 inches, printed on handmade paper, CXV pages, plus title page and several blank leaves at the front and rear.

Condition: The covers' spine ends have some fraying, the inner pages have some small spots here and there and there is a darkish shadow line across two of the rear blank leaves, all likely a result of the production of the handmade paper or the hand printing; otherwise a beautiful copy, with pages that are clean and bright.

SCARCE FINE PRINTING by the GRABHORN PRESS, made wonderful with the loving inscription by Jane Grabhorn.

About JANE GRABHORN (from Wikipedia):

******Jane Bissell Grabhorn, b.1911 d.1973, was an American artist, typographer, bookbinder, and printer. Born in San Francisco, and educated in France, where she learned bookbinding. In 1932 she married Robert Grabhorn. She became a master printer, working at Grabhorn Press with her husband, and starting her own imprints: The Jumbo Press, and The Colt Press. Her thoughts about women in the man's world of printing were expressed in several of her works, including "A Typografic Discourse for the Distaff Side of Printing, a Book by Ladies".******

About MARY GRABHORN (from an Obituary):

******Printmaker Mary Grabhorn was born in San Francisco, CA, on July 25, 1932. She was the daughter of Edwin and Marjorie Grabhorn, Edwin being one of two brothers (along with Robert) who founded the noted Grabhorn Press in San Francisco. Despite little information found on her life and education, she was one of the press's most prolific illustrators, creating color woodcuts at a fairly young age for all nine of the Grabhorn Press Shakespeare folios and a French illuminated Book of Hours, among many other publications. For a time she lived in London. She died in San Francisco on September 10, 1981.******

THE ATMOSPHERES OF MARS AND VENUS, a Report Prepared by William W. Kellogg and CARL SAGAN.

This is widely considered to be Carl Sagan's first book, which he co-prepared and co-wrote, published when he was just 27. As stated in the American Astronomical Society's obituary of Carl Sagan: "His first book was The Atmospheres of Mars and Venus...".

WASHINGTON D.C.: National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council - A Report of the Space Science Board, (Publication 944), 1961. First edition.

Ex-Library, wrappers re-bound in stiff vinyl library covers with black cloth tape to the spine and to the front and rear inner hinges; the original paper front wrapper is pasted onto the front vinyl board, the entire work is bound within including the original rear wrapper; ex-library marks, labels, stamps, a card pocket, etc., to the covers, title page, front page edges, and here and there. A blank prelim page has a label that reads: "National Research Council / Space Science Board..." The label has an overstamp that reads "WITHDRAWN / Cal. Poly SLO / Robert E. Kennedy Library". The book is 8.5x11 inches, and has 151 pages.

Ex-lib aside, the book is in GOOD condition, there is toning and a couple dark stains to the pasted on front wrapper; toning, creasing and a couple light stains to the bound in rear wrapper; a manuscript note on the front cover (ex-library related?) and some waviness to a few of the latter pages; otherwise complete, with pages that are bright and clear.

A foundational work that fathered numerous scientific studies and explorations of Mars and Venus, and is also a direct link to the multi-billionaires now rushing to Mars, perhaps to claim the planet for themselves.

Original 1961 copies of this work by CARL SAGAN and William W. Kellogg have become nearly impossible to find.

About CARL SAGAN (extracts from Wikipedia and various bios):

******Carl Edward Sagan, b.1934 d.1996, was an American astronomer and planetary scientist. He was the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences at Cornell University and directed the Laboratory for Planetary Studies. He played an active role in the Mariner, Viking and Voyager programs.

Carl Sagan received his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1960. His thesis, involving a theoretical model of the atmosphere of Venus, demonstrated that the greenhouse effect of a thick atmosphere of carbon dioxide and water vapor could explain the newly discovered high surface temperature of that planet.

In 1961 THE ATMOSPHERE OF MARS AND VENUS was published by the National Research Council - an Ad Hoc Panel on Planetary Atmospheres. The work was prepared by William W. Kellogg and [the young, just graduated] CARL SAGAN.

Subsequently, in 1961, Harvard University astronomers Fred Whipple and Donald Menzel offered Sagan the opportunity to give a colloquium at Harvard and then offered him a lecturer position. Sagan instead asked to be made an assistant professor, and eventually Whipple and Menzel were able to convince Harvard to offer Sagan the assistant professor position he requested. In 1968 Sagan left Harvard for a position at Cornell, where he remained until his death in 1996.******

ALAMEDA COUNTY SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS 1916. An Exhibition of Alameda Architecture designed by members of the Society. Includes buildings, schools, homes, etc. Architects include W.H. Ratcliff, C.W. Dickey, Julia Morgan, John Galen Howard, William Knowles, and others. The exhibition took place at the Oakland Civic Center in 1916.

Published by the Alameda Society of Architects, printed by Taylor & Taylor, 1916. First edition.

Hardcovers, paper covered boards, gilt embossed title to the front cover, 8x10.5 inches, 126 pages, 58 of which contain photographs of Alameda buildings and the names of the architects who designed them. There is a section of ads at the rear from sponsors of the exhibition, most relating to the building trade.

GOOD condition: The covers are toned at the margins and spine, the front spine fold has a 4 inch thin split starting at its top edge, and there are a few small edge nicks, otherwise the covers are doing their job well. Internally, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, presentable copy.

A SCARCE look at the ARCHITECTURE of ALAMEDA COUNTY a la 1916.