Logica racional, geometrica, e analitica, obra utilissima, E absolutamente necessaria para entrar em qualquer sciencia, e ainda para todos os homens, que em qualquer particular, quizerem fazer uso do seu entendimento, e explicar as suas idéas por termos claros, proprios, e intelligiveis. by AZEVEDO FORTES, Manoel - 1744

Leyden, Neth: Hendrik van Damme, 1705. Very Good. 8 p.; 19 cm. Signatures: *4 (4to). Disbound. Woodcut initial letter. Not in Knuttel. A poem praising John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, as a military hero. In Very Good Condition: disbound and without stitching; leaves are separating at fold; pages are clean and bright.

Gravenhage, Netherlands: Nicolaes Wilt, 1684. Paperback. Very Good -. [2], 10 p.; 20 cm. Signatures: pi1A4B1 (4to). Woodcut title vignette. Date of publication from Worldcat. Knuttel, 11922. Not in STCN. Old ink page numbering 799-810 written over printed page numbers. Contains lists of the number of batallions of infantry, gendarmes, cavalry, and dragoons from each area of France, with their officers. In Very Good- Condition: slightly foxed and soiled, primarily along page edges; stitching gone; otherwise a clean and solid copy.

A Barps: J. B. G. Musier, 1779. Title page dated 1770; colophon dated 1779. In French. Heavily worn. First part of a series of mathematics texts written by Bezout to be readily understandable to students. Full cheep, 19.5 cm tall, xvi, 256 pages, illustrated with small engraved head and tailpieces. Covers extremely chipped with surface split to spine covering, sound binding, front free endpaper absent, rear free endpaper heavily chipped, pages aged with occasional marginalia in French, a few minor chips and closed edge tears, two small ink spots to far outer edges of the first sixteen pages (not affecting text).. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

1771 Japanese Handwritten Weapons Katana Michiyasu Woodblock Color Illustrated

An interesting 18th century woodblock-print of 'Illustrated Armor' This illustrated woodblock print contains various weapons and armor including:
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Bows
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Arrows
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Katanas
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Masks
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Rafts
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Cannons
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Guns
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Gloves
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Bells
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Banners
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And more!

This rare 1771 volume edition is written in a column handwritten format with furigana usage for easier reading. This edition contains excellent hand-colored illustrations throughout!

Item number: #8772
Price: $499
MICHIYASU, Inaba
Illustrated Armor Short Song (Bugu Tanka Zukou) 武具短歌図考 (ぶぐたんかずこう)
Tōto [Edo]: Tsūshōken zōhan, Meiwa 8 [1771].

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Collation: Complete with all pages;
o Numerous hand-colored illustrations throughout
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References: Iwanami, Kokusho So Mokuroku 54159; National Institute of Japanese Literature;
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Major-General E.B. Ashmore - Air Defence - London, Longmans Green & Co, 1929 - Hardcover - First Edition - 179pp + map - 22x15 cmCondition Very Good: Cover a few dirty spots, pencil note inside at the back. Some pages have been marked with a small cross in pencil. No other issues: tight, complete (with map) and in very good shape for such an old book.Major-General Ashmore was the leading figure in the air defence of the United Kingdom, founding what would eventually become the Royal Observer Corps. He was appointed to devise improved systems of detection, communication and control. A system to be called the Metropolitan Observation Service was created which covered the London area and was known as the London Air Defence Area.On 29 October 1925 the Observer Corps came into official existence. Major-General Ashmore was regarded as the first commander of the Observer Corps in all but name during 1925 and he is deemed to be the Corps' founder. If you have any questions or want to see more pictures, feel… Read More

A Barps: J. B. G. Musier, 1779. Title page dated 1770; colophon dated 1779. In French. Heavily worn. First part of a series of mathematics texts written by Bezout to be readily understandable to students. Full cheep, 19.5 cm tall, xvi, 256 pages, illustrated with small engraved head and tailpieces. Covers extremely chipped with surface split to spine covering, sound binding, front free endpaper absent, rear free endpaper heavily chipped, pages aged with occasional marginalia in French, a few minor chips and closed edge tears, two small ink spots to far outer edges of the first sixteen pages (not affecting text).. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

1864 1ed Gunnery Catechism Navy Civil War Army Textbook Mortars Guns Illustrated

'Gunnery Catechism' was an influential military textbook for officers in United States Army in conjunction with instruction at the USMA under the supervision of the Corps of Engineers, and instruction offered at public and private universities, and colleges. Brandt writes this book in a question and answer format to teach on a variety of topics as it relates to gunnery including calls for assembling, different kinds of firing, mortars, housing guns, general questions on gunnery, and much more!

This 1864 first edition is complete with detailed illustrated diagrams of the guns and their component parts, tables and charts of ranges for different mortars, and a diagram showing the manner of shifting stations in exercise to drill each of the guns crew in all the required duties!

Item number: #9855
Price: $599
BRANDT, John D.
Gunnery catechism as applied to the service of Naval Ordinance
New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1864.… Read More

1888 1ed CALIFORNIA Illustrated Santa Clara GOLD Indian Tribes Mexico WARS Foote
Horace Foote's 'Pen Pictures from the Garden of the World' is a beautiful, illustrated account of Santa Clara County, California. Published in 1888, this book features sketches and photographs of notable locations in California showing homes, breweries, and government buildings. It also includes biographies of prominent Californians as well as accounts of Indian tribes and the influence of the discovery of gold and the gold rush!

Item number: #10364
Price: $550
FOOTE, Horace
Pen pictures from the garden of the world or Santa Clara County, California Containing a history of the county of Santa Clara from the earliest period of its occupancy to the present time
Chicago : The Lewis Pub. Co., 1888. First edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o 672
o Heavily illustrated throughout
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Language: English
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Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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Size: ~12in X 10in (30.5cm x… Read More

1828 American Revolution NAVY 1st ed Andrew Sherburne Memoirs Prison Jersey Ship

"Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne" is the narrative of the author's service in the Continental Navy in 1779 at the age of 14, and his being taken prisoner by the British only to later be released after falling ill. Andrew Sherburne went on to become a Baptist Minister and includes many Christian themes throughout his tale of imprisonment during the American Revolution at Mill prison in Plymouth England. Sherburne includes information on voyages made during the revolution, treatment as a prisoner of war, suffering on the Jersey prison ship, and being discharged at the peace of 1783.


Item number: #14144
Price: $499
SHERBURNE, Andrew
Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne: a pensioner of the navy of the revolution.
Utica: W. Williams, 1828. First Edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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References: Howes S 391; Sabin 80330
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Language: English
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Binding: Leather; tight &… Read More

1785 Boston Revolutionary War Soldier Colonial America Weatherwise Almanac
Eighteenth-century American periodicals are notoriously rare, regardless of contents. This 1785 edition of Abraham Weatherwise's Almanac was published in Boston shortly after the end of the Revolutionary War. This issue includes, like others, phrases of the moon, eclipses, sunrises, and other calendar notes; however, it also features a letter from an anonymous Revolutionary War soldier written to his beloved.

Item number: #15589
Price: $499
JUDD, Eben Warner (pseud. Abraham Weatherwise)
Weatherwise's town and country almanack, for the year of our Lord, 1785
Boston: Printed and sold by Weeden and Barrett, 1785. 1st edition

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[24]
· References: Evans 19224
· Provenance: Handwritten – Lydia Goodwin
· Language: English
· Binding: Pamphlet
· Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)
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