NP: NP, 1953-1954. Original document. Hardcover. Originally published in 1953, "Battle Cry" is the enthralling first novel by legendary American author Leon Uris, best known for such classics as "Trinity" and "Exodus." Many of the events in the book are based on the writer's own World War II experience with..... More

Louvain: P. Maes, 1632. Hardcover. Twelve parts, quarto (20.5 by 15 cm). Dated manuscript on paper, 571 leaves; ca. 30 lines per page. Manuscript title in red on blank oval within engraved leaf with historiated borders. Neat cursive text in dark brown or black ink; red ink and elaborate calligraphic..... More

Würzburg: NP, 1795. Manuscript. Hardcover. Quarto (folio). Unpaginated, 6 leaves. Original pink silk-covered boards with gilt stamped borders. Manuscript on soft vellum. First leaf with floral border design heightened in gold. The handwriting is very carefully executed and perfectly preserved. In this original document the Jewish community of Veitshöchheim expresses..... More

Nuremberg: Ernst Plank, Ca. 1900. Two complete sets of Struwwelpeter glass magic lantern slides, housed in original boxes. Each set contains 12 glass slides that reproduce the same images but are different in their size. The 12 slides of the larger set, Serie A, are 7.75 x 2.5 inches (20..... More

Palestine: Bezalel, circa 1914 (case). Hardcover. 13 x 3 inches (top to bottom of spindle). 6" (scroll case). Burled olive wood case spectarularly carved with depictions of the Western wall, with buildings and trees from the Temple mount. The words Jerusalem (yerushalem without the final yod), Tzion (the mount of..... More

Turkey: 1857. Framed. Image measures 14x19" in a 18x24.5" gold metal frame. This beautifully calligraphic decree issued in October 1857, by Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid I (1823-1861), states the promotion of a British soldier (Daniel Grayville?) to the fifth rank and awards him with a "kita", for bravery in battle. Dated..... More

Oklahoma: NP, n/d (1938). Print 13.75 x 11 inches. Image area 12.5 x 10.5 inches. Frame 17.25 x 19.75 inches. Vintage silver print, on semi-glossy paper, matted and framed (black wood) by one of the original Life Magazine photographers. Unsigned, undated. From a documentary series on dust bowl migrants, made..... More

Nauen: Major of Nauen, 1746. Original document. Broadside. Folio (12 1/2" x 8"). Rare printed one page document in Gothic script issued at Nauen by "Königl. Preuß. und Churf. Brandenburgis. zur gedachten Stadt verordnete Bürgermeister und Rathmanne, signed "Schencke" on 28th of July, 1746," and sealed with red wax. Protected..... More

Padova: Editrice Antenore, 1981. Facsimile edition. Hardcover. Folio. 312v (624pp). Blind tooled original half leather over tan cloth, with title and decoration in silver on spine. Fascinating facsimile edition of the famous manuscript from the British Library. This is an exceptional document and study on Petrarch. Laid in this work..... More

Moscow: NP, n/d. 11.5 x 15 x 5 inches. Orange paper decorated in black and gold with a geometric design evocative of art deco. Paper bag for a candy shop specializing in caramels. 3/4 inch chip along 4 inches of top, minor chipping along part of one side. Overall good+..... More

1828. Hardcover. 12mo. 260 numbered pages & 12 blank leaves bound in original dark green velvet with folding flap and heart-shaped metal lock. Lacking clasp. Marbled endpapers, inside of flap marbled. Oval hand-colored paste-down frontispiece, title-page also with small hand-colored paste-down. Bottom margin of title-page with note by writer of..... More