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Click here to subscribeWW2. Captain Eric Winkle Brown Signed First Edition Book. Titled Wings of The Navy, by Eric Winkle Brown. Hardback Book. Signed on title page. Spine and dust jacket in fair condition. 176 pages. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Chris Ward and Andy Lee. Dambusters. The Definitive History of 617 Squadron at War 1943 1945. A WW2 First Edition Hardback book. Dust jacket and spine in near perfect condition. Printed by The Cromwell Press. Multi signed by RAF pilots: Basil Fish, Reg Scrivener, Colin Cole, R. Barton, Benny Goodman, John Bell, Phil Spence, Harry Johnson, Norman Boorer, Freddie Watts and others. Also signed by the Author Chris Ward. 288 pages. Good condition est.
Signed Hardback Book Early Stages by John Gielgud First Edition 1939 published by Macmillan & Co Ltd in good condition. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
WW2. Major Alexander P de Serversky Signed Book. Titled Air Power: Key to Survival. Signed and dated 9/5/50 on first page, Dedicated to Honourable Walter H Judd. A First Edition Hardback Book, Spine and dust jacket showing early signs of age. 376 pages. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
WW2. Graham Roy Drucker Signed First Edition book. Titled Wings Over the Waves by Graham Roy Drucker. First Edition Hardback book. Signed on title page. Spine and dust jacket in near mint condition. 338 pages. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Larry Donnely DFM. The Other Few. The contribution made by bomber and coastal aircrew to the winning of the Battle of Britain. A WW2 First Edition hardback book set within a slipcase. A limited edition 98/150 copies. Published by Red kite of Surrey. Multi signed by Battle of Britain Pilots: Terence Bulloch, Frank Tams, Andrew Jackson, Bobby Pearce, A H Piper, Roger Morewood, Colin Rawlins, Max Meyer, George Dove, Roy Richards, George Parr, Joe Taylor, Leopold Heimes, Jack Hoskins and Larry Donnelly. 288pages. Good condition est.
WW2. Col Barney Oldfield Signed First Edition Book. Titled Operation Narcissus by Colonel Barney Oldfield. Dedicated with personal inscription. Spine and dust jacket showing signs of age. 429 pages. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Hardback Book 2 Years of German Oppression in Czechoslovakia by The Czechoslovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs First Edition 1941 printed by Unwin Brothers Ltd good condition. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Alan W Cooper. Beyond the Dams to the Tirpitz. A WW2 First Edition hardback. Spine and dustjacket in average condition, early signs of age. Printed by William Kimber of London. Signed by Dambuster Pilots: Des Phillips, G Johnson, Charles Avey, John Langston, Benny Goodman, Reg Spencer, John Bell, Kim Lucas, Basil Fish and two others. 253 pages. Good condition est.
WW2. John Willis Multi Signed First Edition Book. Titled Churchill's Few by John Willis. Signed by Peter Ayerst, Bob Doe, Byron Duckenfield and one other. Spine and dust jacket in good condition. 258 pages. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Hardback Book The Last Enemy by Richard Hillary First Edition 1942 published by Macmillan & Co Ltd good condition. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Signed Hardback Book A Nature Diary by Richard Adams First Edition 1985 published by Penguin Books Ltd good condition. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
BOOK: 'DON'T FORGET THE DIVER. 'Don't Forget the Diver' by C. A. Chard. Scarce autobiography of Falmouth born diver Cecil Albany Chard. 1958 first edition published by W & R Chambers Limited. Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of private vendors. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING. The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.WE CAN SHIP THIS LOT, but NOT if part of a large, multiple lots purchase
Woodcut from the second (1542) edition of Sebastian Munster's Geographia, handcoloured central vertical fold, the first separately printed map of England probably owing something to the 14th century Gough map, 39cm x 30cm, unframed Blaeu, Johannes and Willem'Bercheria' Berkshire copper engraving with original handcolouring, circa 1650, published for the Theatrum Orbis Terrarux, 38cm x 50cm approx, unframed Blaeu, Johannes and Willem 'Durham' copper engraving with original handcolouring, circa 1650 for the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 38.5cm x 50cm, unframed (3)
Dickens, Charles "Bleak House", Bradbury & Evans, London 1953, illustrations by H K Browne, 1st edition in book form, errata page, page 19 'ELGBLE', page 209 line 23 'Chair' for 'Hair', page 275 'Counsinship' and page 529 'Picter', contemporary marbled boards, half-leather, all rather rubbed and bumped, foxed and staining to pages"The Personal History of David Copperfield", Bradbury & Evans 1950, 1st edition in book form, engraved frontis, tp vignette, the contents page lists chapter XXVII at page 283, while it is actually at page 282, line errata at page XV, pages 16 and 225 have 'recal' instead of 'recall', page 19 printed 'chap pter', contemporary marbled boards, uniform with Bleak House, front board and backstrip detaching, staining and foxing throughout, half-leather with pastedown titles, all rather bumped and worn Eight volumes of "The Spectator" to include volume the first, London printed for J & R Tonson and S Draper 1753 (10)
Josephus "Opera Omnia Graece et Latine, Cum Notis Nova Versione", Joannis Hudsoni, Sigebertus Havercampus; R & G Wetsten, Amsrerdam 1726, 2 vols, folio, engraved frontis to vol 1, 2 other plates, folding table in vol 2 with double Greek/Latin text, First Havercamp edition contemporary full vellum with blind panels and lozenges, black morocco pastedown with gilt titles, raised bands, red speckled edges, pale toning to text in parts, inscribed with the signature 'Nicolai Nonnen's' on tp and dated 1726Nonnen (1701-1772)"A Theologian who had several published works ...", 41cm x 27cm (2)
Burton, Richard"Admiral Curiosities, Rarities and Wonders in England, Scotland and Ireland ...", a new edition, additional woodcut portraits ... Westminster printed for Machell Stace 1811, frontis, tp red and black, decorations, letter press illustrations, pencil inscription on ffep and verso frontis dated 1878, rebound, modern marble boards, quarter leather, raised bands, gilt decorations and red pastedown title to backstripCaxton, William / Blades, William "The Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers: a Facsimile Reproduction of the First Book Printed in England by William Caxton in 1477 ...", London, Elliot Stock 1877, blindstamped decorated brown cloth boards, owners name and small label to ffep, front hinge weakening, small folio, no titlesCrabbe, Rev George"Tales of the Hall", 2 vols, John Murray 1819, speckled edges, contemporary boards with pastedown, possibly rebacked, new slip caseFine bindings Tennysons Works in 6 volsRoscoe, Thomas"The Works of Henry Fielding complete in one volume ...", Henry Washborne 1840, frontis portrait, full contemporary calf, gilt rules, backstrip with raised bands and pastedown but rather worn and bumped and three other volumes (1 box)
Antiquarian / Bindings Anson, George / Walter, Richard"A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III and IV ...", 16th edition, printed for Rivington, etc 1781, frontis map possibly been cut, folding map opposite page 1-8, contemporary full leather with pastedown to title, but all rubbed and chippedDodsley, J"The Preceptor; ... the First Principals of Polite Learning ...", 8th edition, 1st vol, 1793, engraved frontis, folding plans of geometry, maps not present, contemporary leather, backboard detached, all rather bumped and rubbed and six other volumes
Fine bindingsDickens, Charles"Little Dorrit", Bradbury & Evans 1857, first edition in book form, illustrations by HK Browne, , frontis, vignette on tp, foxing on all plates, marbled ep, contemporary marbled boards, half-leather, raised bands and gilt decorations with pastedown title to backstrip, all edges marbled Clark, Charles & Mary Cowden (ed) "The Works of William Shakespeare", 4 vols, London, Bickers & Son 1864, frontis portrait to vol 1, offsetting to tp from the frontis, fine binding, blindstamped decorations and panels, backstrip with raised bands, gilt decorations, red and green morocco pastedown with gilt titles, all edges red, leather corners all rather bumpedBullen, A H (ed) "Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age", John C Nimo 1889, 260 copies this is number 209, half-title, speckled edges, quarter leather"More Lyrics from the Song Books of the Elizabethan Age", London, John C Nimo 1888, 250 copies, large paper editions, this is number 230, end pages, speckled edges, silk ribbon marker to both vols, quarter leather, gilt titles, brown cloth, corners rather bruised (7)
Limited SUMO Edition. Hardcover, numbered and signed by David Bailey, 50 x 70 cm, 47 kg (103.4 lb), 440 pages; with the signed print John Lennon and Paul McCartney, 1965, 51 x 61 cm, fiber-based silver gelatin on Ilford paper; with bookstand and four book jackets. With original mailing box (some light wear to box, see images). Still unopened. First three stock images for reference. Please contact us to discuss shipping options. This example number 50 / 75.
Beatles collectables to include: original 'Get Back' book from the Let It Be box set, first edition copies of John Lennon's 'In His Own Write' and 'Spaniard In The Works', a Pixerama mini photo book, a Liverpool Echo with 'John Lennon Shot Dead' headline, a rolled poster print depicting an alternate version of the Sgt Pepper's album cover in excellent condition, a set of the limited edition 2013 Beatles 24 Print Collection in excellent condition #0441 / 1963.
LEÃO, Duarte Nunes de.- ORTHOGRAPHIA | DA LINGOA | PORTVGVESA. | Obra vtil, & necessaria, assi pera bem screuer a lingoa | Hespanhol, como a Latina, & quaesquer outras, | que da Latina teem origem. | ¶ Item hum tractado dos pontos das clausulas. | Pelo Licenciade Duarte Nunez do Lião.- Em Lisboa: Per Ioão de Barreira, 1576.- [4], 78 f.; 19 cm.- E., 16th century work of great importance for the knowledge of the evolution of the Portuguese language, whose author (1530-1608), a scholarly historian, born in Évora, in addition to grammatical, orthographic and lexicographical aspects, sometimes controversial, develops a text full of the erudition that characterizes him as a Renaissance Man. Duarte Nunes, a law graduate and judge of the Casa da Suplicação (Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Portugal at the time), on the death of Cardinal King D. Henrique, warmly embraced the cause of Filipe II of Spain, whose right to succession he defended in writing against those who challenged him. The copy, slightly trimmed, but complete and solid, presents, bound at the end, a group of 150 leaves corresponding to the (complete) text of the original edition of "Origem da língua portuguesa", by the same author, published in Lisbon, in 1606, only missing the eight preliminary pages, including the title page. Scarce marginal wormholes. Title page with trimmed initials (from the period) and monogrammatic stamp of the House of Palmela; ownership of the first half of the 19th century(?) on the back cover: "De João de Sousa Pinto de Magalhães". Eighteenth-century full flecked sheepskin binding, retaining the original endpapers. Inocêncio, II, p. 210. Samodães, 2244. BN, (16th century), 410. D. Manuel II Library, 246.
SAINTE-MARTHE, Scevole & Louis de.- A | Genealogical history | OF THE | KINGS | OF | PORTUGAL. | And of all those Illustrious Houses that in Masculine | Line are branched from that Royal Family. CONTAINING | A DISCOURSE | Of their several Lives, Marriages, and Issues, Times | of Birth, Death, and Places of Burial. | With their Armes and Emblazons according to their | several alterations, as also their Symboles and Mottoes. | [...] | Written in French by | SCEVOLE and LOVIS DE SAINCTE-Marthe, | Brethen, and Advocates in the Court of Parliament | of PARIS, | Unto the Year, M. DC. XXIII. | Rendered into English, and continued unto this pre- | sent Year, M. DC. LXII. | By FRANCIS SANDFORD, Rouge-Dragon, | Pursuivant of Armes.- London: Printed by E. M. for the Author 1662.- [8 p., 1 f. desdobr.], 141, [3], [2], 53, [1 br.] p.: 2 [i. é 1] gravuras, il.; 30 cm.- E., Scevole and Louis (1571-1650 & 1656), inseparable twin brothers, scholars and historians, were the authors of a "Histoire genealogique de la Maison de France", a work they wrote together during 50 years of research and work. The translation by Francis Stanford (1630-1694) was dedicated to Catherine of Braganza, Queen Consort of England, by marriage to King Charles II. Illustrated edition with an allegorical engraving next to the title page, an engraving representing "The several emblems and mottoes of the Kings of Portugal" (missing in the present issue) and 20 copperplate prints, with coats of arms, integrated in the text. The title page of the second part of "The second book of the Royal House of Portugal...", is bound after the first page of text (Aaa2), when it should have been before. The first four leaves, including the engraving, with the inside margin carefully reconstructed, affecting five letters of the title that were retouched (on the title page). Foldable leaf with some browning. Recent full morocco (signed Frederico d'Almeida) binding profusely gold tooling, presenting, in the central reserve of both covers, the coat of arms of Portugal with the stamp of a winged serpent or dragon; watered silk endpapers, doublure with rolls in the squares and gilt edge.
GLAS, George (trad.).- The history of the discovery and conquest of the Canary Islands: translated from a Spanish manuscript, lately found in the Island of Palma. With an enquiry into the origin of the ancient inhabitants, to which is added, a description of the Canary Islands...- London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1764.- [8], VIII, 368 p.: 3 mapas (1 desdobr.); 27 cm.- E., First edition of a work divided into three parts. The first is a translation of a manuscript attributed to Juan de Abreu Galindo, with the account of Jean de Bettaencourt's expedition (1402); the second contains an ethnographic characterization of the peoples and language of the islands; the third, a description of the archipelago. Clean copy, with the folding map neatly folded. Full flecked sheepskin 20th century binding, with gold decoration on the covers and spine and roll squares. Sabin, 79.
BERNARDES, Diogo.- O LYMA, | DE DIOGO BER- | NARDEZ: | EM O QVAL SE CONTEM AS | Suas Eglogas, & Cartas. | Derigido por elle ao Excellente Prin- | cipe, & Serenissimo Senhor | Dom Aluaro D'allem- | Castro, | Duque D'aueyro. &c.- Foy Impresso em Lisboa: em casa de Simão Lopez Mecador de Liuros, 1596.- [4], 173 [i. é 163] p.; 19 cm.- E., First edition of one of the classic works of Portuguese poetry from the 16th century, according to many the one where Renaissance bucolicism acquires purest and clearest expression. Diogo Bernardes (ca. 1530-ca. 1594), a native of Ponte da Barca, accompanied King D. Sebastião on the tragic journey to Africa, having been captive and rescued only in 1581. He had a friendly relationship with Sá de Miranda and António Ferreira and his models are those of the Renaissance: Petrarch, Garcilaso, Tasso and the Latin classics. Wrong foliation from sheet 101 (wrongly numbered 111). Slightly trimmed volume (carmine edges), but clean. Ex-libris of Aucíndio Rodrigues da Silva. Twentieth century full sheepskin binding with light patine and blind tooling on the covers and spine. Inocêncio, II, p. 148. Samodães, 372. Anselmo, 818. National Library (16th century), 82 (three incomplete or mistreated copies). Library of King D. Manuel II, 57.
MÁRTIRES, D. Frei Bartolomeu dos, O.P.- CATHECHISMO, | OV DOVTRINA | CHRISTAAM, E PRACTICAS | SPIRITVAES. ORDENADO POR | DOM | FREY BERTHOLAMEV DOS | Martyres, Arcebispo de Braga, | Primas das Hespanhas, &c...- Impresso em Lisboa: Por Antonio Aluarez, 1594.- [4], 148 f.; 18 cm.- E., Friar Bartolomeu dos Mártires, O.P. (1514-1590), a prominent figure in the Portuguese sixteenth-century church, stood out in the third and last session of the Council of Trent (1562-1563), having been archbishop of Braga between 1559 and 1582. In 2001 he was beatified by Pope John Paul II and in 2016, canonized by Pope Francis. A classic work on catechetical themes, whose first edition was printed in Braga, in 1564, already reflecting the Tridentine orientations. This was followed by the editions of 1566 (Lisbon), 1574 (Coimbra), 1585 (Lisbon) and this one, the last one from the 16th century. Trimmed copy, with foxing, some handling and other imperfections, namely: small restoration on sheets B5 and B6; P8 sheet with more extensive restoration, affecting some letters near the inner margin; last two sheets with tangential trimming to the text. Half-leather binding from the first quarter of the 19th century. Inocêncio I, p. 335. National Library (16th century), 491. D. Manuel II Library, 288.
ORDENAÇÕES e leys do Reyno de Portugal confirmadas e estabelecidas por D. João IV.- Novamente impressas, e accrescentadas com tres collecções; a primeira, de Leys Extravagantes; a segunda, de Decretos, e Cartas; e a terceira, de Assentos da Casa da Suplicação, e Relação do Porto.- Lisboa: No Mosteiro de S. Vicente de Fóra, 1747.- 5 livros em 3 vols.; 45 cm.- E. Junto com: REPERTORIO das Ordenações, e leys do Reyno de Porutgal novamente correcto: accrescentado com muitas conclusões tiradas das mesmas Ordenações...- Lisboa: No Mosteiro de S. Vicente de Fóra, 1749.- 2 vols. ([6], 411, [1 br.], 150 p.; [6], 500 p.); 45 cm.- E. Junto com: APPENDIX das leys extravagantes, decretos, e avisos, que se tem publicado do anno de 1747. até o anno de 1761...- Lisboa: No Mosteiro de S. Vicente de Fóra, 1760.- [16], 454, 150 p.; 45 cm.- E., Monumental edition, of great typographic quality, adorned with vignettes and copperplate print chapter letters by Debrie. The so-called Vincentian ordinances were ordered by D. João V and directed by the jurisconsult Jerónimo da Silva. The collation of each of the volumes is as follows. vol. I: First book - [8], 544 p.; vol. II Second book - [4], 167, [1 br.] p.; Third book - [4], 162 p.; vol. III: Fourth book - [6], 124 p.; Fifth book - [6], 340 p. The first book does not include the engraved allegorical title, which is sometimes found at the beginning. First 20 sheets of the first book, with slight stains on the outside margin. Occasional marginal notes, certainly by the hand of a jurist of the time. For the rest, an exceptionally clean copy with very generous margins. Good solid full sheepskin bindings from the time, with gold closed panels on the spines. Inocêncio, VI, p. 326.
RODRIGUEZ, Pe. Manuel, S.J.- EL | MARAÑON | Y | AMAZONAS. | HISTORIA | DE LOS DESCVBRIMIENTOS, | ENTRADAS, Y REDVCCION DE NACIONES. | TRABAJOS MALOGRADOS DE ALGVNOS | CONQVISTADORES, Y DICHOSOS DE OTROS, | ASSI TEMPORALES, COMO ESPIRITVALES, | EN LAS DILATADAS MONTAÑAS, | Y MAYORES RIOS DE LA AMERICA.- En Madrid: en la Imprenta de Antonio Gonçalez de Reyes, 1684.- [12], 444, [7, 1 br.] p.; 28 cm.- E., Rare first edition of an important title for the history of the New World, reporting, among other unpublished facts, the discovery of the Amazon. Copy without the Historical "Compendio historial, e indice chronologico pervano, y del nvevo Reyno de Granada..." (24 pages), which is usually found at the end, but which is missing in most of the copies. According to Borba de Moraes (II, p. 213), the rarity of the edition is due to the fact that it was published without the permission of the Congregation of Propaganda Fide, against the express guidance of Pope Clement X, for which it was included in the Index. Copy slightly trimmed, with some browning and handling. Tear, with lack of support, on the outer margin of the C6 sheet (p. 35/36), without affecting the text. Oval stamp on the title page of the Jesuit College of Córdoba(?); some old ownerships deleted on the same page. Full parchment binding, not contemporary (reconstructed), with new endpapers, missing one of the silk ties. Palau, 273201, does not mention the historic Compendium, on the body of the record, only mentioning it in the commentary on the copy of Salvá (3389) and ...otro que estuvo en poder de Murillo. Sabin, 72524. Sommervogel, II, 1965, 1-2. Borba de Moraes, pp. 743/744.
CARAMUEL LOBKOWITZ, Juan, O. Cist.- EXCELLENTISSIMA | DOMVS DE MELLO | AD IMPERATORIBVS | ROMANIS, CONSTANTINOPOLITANIS, | HISPANIS, FRANCIS, | SAXONIBVS, FRANCONIBVS, | SVEVIS, BAVARIS, | AVSTRIACIS; | A REGIBVS | CASTELLANIS, LEGIONENSIBVS | LVSITANIS, ALGARBICIS, | [...] | COMPOSITA; | Stylo Ioannis Caramuel Lobkovvitz.- Lovanii: Apud Everardvm De Witte Anno M DC XLIII, [1643].- [3], XLIII (i. é 44) f.: il.; 43 cm.- E., Monumental edition, of great graphic complexity, dedicated to D. Francisco de Mello (ca. 1575-ca. 1652), Huntmaster of the Kingdom, ambassador to France and governor of the Algarve, one of the forty noblemen who participated in the conspiracy that would come to evolve into the 1640 revolution. The edition, without the conventional title page, consists of a sheet with the title abbreviation in large calligraphed characters: EXCELMA Domus de MELLO, three chapter separators, eight typographic sheets and 34 family trees copperplate printed (with typographed text ), which seek to demonstrate the direct descent of the Mellos from Charlemagne to the Dukes of Parma. The copy was washed and treated, showing the following most significant imperfections: reconstitution of the lower margin of the first three leaves (without affecting the text); excessive trimming with loss of the last letter of the word MELLo (handwritten) on the first sheet and on two other separators; deep restorations on the outer margin of the last engraving and the last sheet (65x50 mm), with loss of seven lines of text. Recent full sheepskin binding (with a protective case), with gold ornamental borders on the covers, seven gold closed panels on the spine, patina in the manner of the period and a golden roulette on the squares. D. António Caetano de Sousa (História genealógoca, I, p. CCXV) has not seen any copy, as well as Manuel Bernardes Branco (Portugal e os estrangeiros, IV, p. 540), Azevedo Soares (Bibliographia nobiliarchica, 1975) or perhaps even Palau (43547). Edition not mentioned on the Portuguese catalogues usually consulted.
FIASCHI, Cesare.- Trattato dell’imbrigliare, atteggiare, & ferrare cavalli di Cesare Fiaschi, nobile ferrarese, diviso in tre libri, ne’ quali sono tutte le figure à proposito delle briglie, de gli atteggiamenti, e de’ ferri. Et in questa quinta impressione unito al Trattato de Mescalzia di Filippo Scacco da Tagliacozzo...- In Padova: Apresso Pietro Paolo Tozzi, 1628.- [8], 139, [13] p.: il.; 21 cm. Junto com: SCACCO DA TAGLIACOZZO, Filippo.- TRATTATTO DI MESCALZIA | DI M. FILIPPO SCACCO | DA TAGLACOZZO | DIVISO IN QVATRO LIBRI; | Ne’ quale si contengono tutte le infermità de’ cavalli così interiori, | come esteriore, & li segni da conoscerle, & le cure con potioni, | & untioni, & sanguigne per essicavalli...- In Padova: Apresso Pietro Paolo Tozzi, 1628.- 151, [1] p.: il.; 21 cm.- E., Joint edition of two treatises on horse harnesses, hardware, handling and veterinary medicine, the first by Cesare Fiaschi (1523-1558), a native of Ferrara, one of the founders of the modern school of academic horse riding, and the second by Filippo Scacco (fl. 1591 ), born in Tagliacozzo (Aquila). Both are illustrated in the text with numerous figures and xylographic prints and were originally printed, the first in 1556 (in Bologna) and the second in 1591 (in Rome). Volume a little trimmed but clean. Moroccan half binding from the 20th century.
LOPES, Duarte; PIGAFETTA, Filippo.- RELATIONE | DEL REAME DI CONGO | ET DELLE | CIRCONVICINE CONTRADE | Tratta dalli Scritti & ragionamenti | di Odoardo | Lopez Portoghese. | PER FILIPPO PIGAFETTA | Con disegni uari di Geografia di | piante, d’habiti, d’animali, & altro...- In Roma: Apresso Bartolomeo Grassi, s.d. [1591].- [8], 82, [1, 1 br.] p.: 8 gravuras, 2 mapas desdobr. [em falta]; 20 cm.- E., Original edition of the first description of the Kingdom of Congo, by the Portuguese explorer and merchant Duarte Lopes (fl. 1578), born in Benavente. The author, who left Lisbon for Africa in 1578, would occupy an influential position with the Catholic King of Congo, D. Álvaro, who commissioned him to represent him with Philip II of Spain and Pope Sixtus V. Upon his arrival in Rome, Duarte Lopes met the Italian humanist and traveler Filippo Pigafetta (1533-1604) to whom he dictated his narrative, which he published in the present edition in 1591. The work achieved great success, having been translated into several languages and integrated in the first part of Theodore de Bry's "Petits Voyages", published in 1597 (in German) and in 1598 (in Latin). The edition opens with a copperplate printed architectural frontispiece (verso in white), which includes the coat of arms of D. Antonio Migliore, bishop of San Marco to whom it was dedicated; followed by the dedication (f. [2 and 3]), dated 7 August 1591, and the "Tavola de’ capitoli" (f. [4]); the text extends over the next 82 pages and ends with a record (f. k6r, blank verso). At the end, there are eight double-page engravings (22x33 cm) representing a palm tree, a zebra and indigenous customs (6). The two fold-out maps of Congo and Africa, which unfortunately are not present, should also be found at the end of the volume. Second engraving (zebra) with missing lower margin. Exemplary with some foxing and occasional tidal stains on the lower margin (and some corners) of about 16 leaves. Some minor imperfections that do not affect the integrity of the volume. Full flexible parchment contemporary binding, with damage to the lower half of the spine (recoverable). It retains the original endpapers (with a French bookseller's stamp on the first pastedown). Barbosa Machado, I., p. 733. Brunet, IV, col. 651. Graesse, IV, p. 289. D. Manuel II Library, RES 35. Vide: "Relação do Reino do Congo e das terras circunvizinhas", facsimile edition, with a preface by Rosa Capeans (Lisbon, Agência Geral das Colónias, 1949).
BERREDO, Bernardo Pereira de.- Annaes historicos do estado do Maranhaõ, em que se dá noticia do seu descobrimento, e tudo o mais que nelle tem succedido desde o anno em que foy descuberto até o de 1718.- Lisboa: Na Officina de Francisco Luiz Ameno, 1749.- [26], 710 p.; 28 cm.- E., First edition of a work of the greatest importance in Brazilian historiography, by Bernardo Pereira de Berredo (†1748), born in Moura(?), governor of the State of Maranhão (1718-1722) and of the stronghold of Mazagão, in Morocco (1734-1745). Inocêncio only mentions 24 preliminary pages, but the copy includes an unusual page with a "Catalogo dos livros, e relações manuscritas, em que se achaõ algumas memorias do estado do Maranhão", a true reference bibliography, added at the end of the third section (preliminary page). d) and before the beginning of the text. Small handwritten ownership, from the period, on the title page; slight central stain on the last eight leaves. For the rest, a very clean copy, keeping wide margins. Full sheepskin contemporary binding with slightly worn spine, retaining the original endpapers, with a bookseller's cutout glued to the back cover (first flyleaf loose). Inocêncio, I, p. 382. Samodães, 2396. Reiss & Auvermann, 1025. Borba de Moraes also only mentions 12 preliminary pages (Bibliographia brasiliana), I, p. 89: "This first edition is rare and much searched for since it is a classic on Maranhão".
LA GUERINIÈRE, François Robichon de.- Ecole de cavalerie, contenant la connoissance, l'instruction, et la conservation du cheval.- A Paris: Jacques Collombat, 1733.- [8], 276, [8] p.: 1 portada gravada, il.; 44 cm.- E., First folio edition of a monument to equestrian art, unanimously regarded as one of the most beautiful French editions of the 18th century (the first two, with a small in-16th format, were published between 1729 and 1731, this being the third). The edition is illustrated with an engraved frontispiece representing the education of Achilles, with the bust of Louis XV in a medallion, 24 icopperplate prints and three large allusive vignettes (140x235 mm), one at the beginning of each of the three parts of the work. , opened on copper plate by the best engravers of the time (Cars, Aveline, Cocart, Audran, Lebas, Beauvais et Desplaces), according to originals by Charles Parrocel and Antoine Coquart. François Robichon de la Guérinière (1688-1751), recognized as the founder of the French equitation school, began his activity as a squire to the Count d'Armagnac who, in 1715, commissioned him to found an equestrian academy in Paris. From 1730 until his death, with his brother Pierre as a partner, he directed the Académie des Tuilleries, having as patron Prince Charles of Lorraine, chief squire to King Louis XV. We can consider the set of 24 prints in five groups. I - Double prints: 1 - Le nom et la situation des parties extérieures du cheval (at the beginning of the text); 2 - The course des têtes et de la bague (p. 166); 3 - Maladies du cheval (p. 184); II - Technical prints (A. Coquart — Border): 4 - La bride (p. 32); 5 - Les différentes especes de fers (p. 40); 6 - La selle (p. 48); III - Teaching Schemes (printed next to the text, full page): 7 - Plan d'une académie régulière (p. 58); 8 - Plan de terre de l'épaule en dedans (p. 106); 9 - Plan de terre de la croupe au mur (p. 111); 10 - Le doubler (p. 122); 11 - Plan de terre des changements by main (p. 123); 12 - Les voltas" (p. 130); 13 - Demi-voltes, passades et pirouettes (p. 135); IV - Prints by Parrocel et Audran (allures): 14 and 15 - Les allures naturelles" (p. 74 et 74 bis); 16 and 17 - Les allures artificielles (p. 78 et 81); 18 - Le squelette du cheval" (p. 172); V - Figures of knights (originals by Parrocel): 19 - L'épaule en dedans (p. 104); 20 - Le marquis de Beauvilliers (p. 109); 21 - Monsieur de Kraut (p. 114); 22 - Mr. le Comte de St Aignan (p. 117); 23 - M. le Marquis de La Ferté (p. 125); 24 - SAS Charles prince of Nassau" (p. .143). Copy slightly handled, with occasional minor stains, but complete and solid, generally clean, with all prints well placed. Old handwaritten ownership on title page: "ex libris" G. Ducros, med. Stamp [22] (p. 177) added from another copy (shorter). Full sheepskin contemporary binding, a little worn, keeping the original endpapersin marbled paper. Cohen, 588. Graesse, IV, p. 79. Brunet, III, 769. Mennessier de La Lance (Bibliographie hippique), II, p. 27
CORTE-REAL, Jerónimo.- FELICISSIMA | VICTORIA | CONCEDI- | da del cielo al sñor don Iuan d'Au- | stria, en el golfo de Lepanto de la | poderosa armada Othoma- | na. En el año de nuestra | saluacion de | 1572. | Compuesta por Hieronymo Corte Real, | Cauallero Portugues. | (†) | Impresso con licencia y approbacion. | 1578. | Com Priuilegio Real.- [No final]: ¶ Fve impresso en Lisboa. por Antonio Ribero. Año de M. D. LXXVIII. [1578].- [8], 217, [1] f.: il.; 18 cm.- E, Jerónimo Corte-Real (ca. 1533-1588), poet and painter of Renaissance humanism, born in Lisbon, whose most famous work, "Sucesso do segundo cerco de Diu" (Lisbon, 1574), was dedicated to King D. Sebastião. His poem Felississima victoria..., in fifteen cantos, composed in Spanish, narrates the naval battle of Lepanto, which took place in 1571, between the forces of the Christian League, led by D. João of Austria (bastard son of Charles V) and the Turkish armada, under the command of Ali Pasha. The edition, almost entirely printed in italics on very thin paper, is illustrated with 15 allusive woodcuts (80x105 mm.), accompanied by as many historical capitals, at the beginning of each canto. The title page has a xylographic cartouche surrounding the title, bearing, on the back, the coat of arms of Philip II, King of Spain, to whom the work is dedicated. The last folio, with a blank back, includes a colophon, with the printer's mark. Exemplary overly trimmed copy, especially on the outer lateral margin, affecting the composition of the title page (front and back), beginning of the first canto (engraving and text of sheet A1r) and beginning of the second canto (only engraving of sheet B4v). Stained title page; some handling, browning and more accentuated tidal stains in the first third of the volume. It is, however, complete and solid. Eighteenth-century full mottled sheepskin binding, retaining the original endpapers. Inocêncio, III, p. 263. Anselmo, 938. D. Manuel II Library, 128. Palau, 63002. Palha, 786. National Library (16th century), 199.
BRADFORD, Rev. William.- Revue historique et chronologique des evenements memorables de la guerre dans la Peninsule, depuis l’embarquement du Prince Regent de Portugal, pour le Brézil, et l’emprisonement du Roy d’Espagne en France. Compilee et redigee pour servir de supplement aux Esquisses du pays, costumes, &c. par Rev. Guillaume Bradford.= Chronological and historical retrospect of the memorable events of the war in the Peninsula, from the embarkation pf the Prince Regent of Portugal to the Brazils, and the emprisonment of the King of Spain in France. Collected and anexed as a supplemental addition of Rev. William Bradford’s views, &c.- London: printed for John Booth, 1813.- [2], 24 p.; 36 cm. Junto com: -----.- Sketches of the country, character, and costume, in Portugal and Spain, made during the campaign, and on the route of the British Army, in 1808 and 1809 / engraved and coloured from the drawings by the Rev. William Bradford... = Esquisse du pays, du caractere et du costume, en Portugal et en Espagne, prises pendant la campagne et durant la marche de l’Armee Angloise, en 1808 en [sic] 1809. / Gravees et colorees d’apres les desseins du Rev. Guillaume Bradford...- London: John Booth, 1812.- London: John Booth, 1812.- [2], 38 f.: [42, 13] gravuras coloridas; 37 cm.- E., Reverend William Bradford (1780-1857) was a military chaplain and accompanied Wellington's forces in the Peninsular campaign against Napoleon's troops. His drawings were perfected and engraved by J. Clark to illustrate one of the most beautiful books about Portugal and Spain published in the 19th century. Variant of the 1810 edition, containing two parts (in this copy bound in reverse order). The first part ("Sketches") is illustrated with 42 aquatints coloured by hand, representing, above all, popular costumes and views of localities, followed by 13 equally coloured aquatints, with Portuguese, French and Spanish military uniforms. This should be followed by the "Revue historique...", not illustrated, which in the present copy is bound at the beginning of the volume. The text is bilingual in English and French. The engravings match exactly with the respective explanatory text sheets (numbered 1 to 38), with sheets 5, 18, 32 and 37 corresponding to two engravings each. Of these four engravings, only the engraving on S. 18 is mentioned in the index. Exemplary with rare foxing, but in general, clean and with large margins. Heraldic Ex-libris of the Molineux family (United Kingdom). Magnificent fully red morocco ("crushed morocco") contemporary binding, with two square frames on the covers, one in gold ("filet à l’ancienne") and the other in blind tooling (with fleur-de-lis); simple roll on the squares and on the thickness of the covers; blind and gold tooling decorated spine. We are not aware of copies of this variant with more than 55 prints. Duarte de Sousa, 102. Tooley, 108.
CUNHA, D. Rodrigo da.- CATALOGO | E HISTORIA DOS | BISPOS DO PORTO. | Offerecida a Diogo Lopes de Souza, Conde de Miran- | da, & Gouernador da Relação, & caza do | Porto, & seu districto: do Con- | selho de sua Magestade.- Porto: Por Ioaõ Rodriguez, 1623.- [24], 191, [1 br.], 451, [1 br., 83, 1 br.] p.; 25 cm.- E., Original edition of the most prestigious work of the erudite Lisbon prelate, an important character from the first half of the 17th century and the Restoration, who actively contributed to the independence of Portugal. D. Rodrigo da Cunha (1577-1643), in addition to deputy of the Holy Office and inquisitor in Lisbon, was successively bishop of Portalegre (1615-1618), of Oporto (1618-1626), archbishop of Braga (1626-1634) and of Lisbon (1635-1642). Lower margin of the title page carefully redone, tangentially to the xilographic frame. For the rest, a very clean copy, slightly trimmed, with gold tooling. Topographic ex-libris of the Chatsworth Library. Nineteenth-century English-made binding with binding stamp depicting a crowned snake (Duke of Devonshire, Cavendish snake heraldry), engraved in gold on both covers; worn spine, with loose joints. Inocêncio, VII, p.167. Samodães, 973. Ameal, 748. Arouca, C 790. All these references omit the group of 191 pages corresponding to the first part of the work. We think, however, that this is a verification lapse, repeated over and over again.
PANTALEÃO DE AVEIRO, O.F.M., D. Frei.- ITINERARIO | DE TERRA SANCTA, |E TODAS SVAS PARTICVLARIDADES. | Cõposto por Frey Pantalião Daueyro, Frade Menor da Orde[m] de | S. Francisco, da Observãcia da Prouincia dos Algarues. | [armas episcopais] | Dirigido ao Illustrissimo, & Reuerendissimo | Senhor Dom Miguel de Castro, Dignissimo | Arcebispo de Lisboa Metropolitano. ** | Agora nouame[n]te acree[n]tado, cõ mais declarações dos lugares de terra | Sancta, & Authoridades da Sagrada Escriptura, & outras | curiosidades de notar.- Em Lisboa: Por Antonio Alvarez, 1596.- [4], 301, [7] f.; 18 cm.- E., Second edition of the "Itinerário" previously published in 1593, followed by that of 1600. From the author's biography (16th century), Franciscan from the Algarve province, we only know that he traveled throughout Europe, especially in Italy, and lived for almost three years in the Holy Land, having passed through Trento at the time of the third phase of the Council. O "Itinerário" is an account of his troubled pilgrimage, led by Friar Bonifácio of Ragusa, in which about 60 priests took part. The title page presents, in the centre, the coat of arms of D. Miguel de Castro, Archbishop of Lisbon; the next three pages, framed by xylographic frames, include the royal charter, the dedication to D. Miguel and a message to devotees looking forward to visiting the Holy Land. The text of the trip is developed in the following 301 sheets, after which there is a "tavoada" in three sheets, with identical frames, ending with a small engraving of Death; there follows the index, which occupies three sheets and presents, at the end, an engraving with the coat of arms of Portugal; in front of the last sheet, the errata, framed by two xylographic elements: "Erros deste lilvro"; on the back, another full page engraving with the coat of arms of Portugal. Complete copy, slightly trimmed (carmine edges), with light handling; restoration on the lower outer corners of the first 16 and last 14 sheets; some sections appear to have been washed, namely those that have been restored. The copy belonged to Prof. Freiras Simões (ex-libris on the back cover and stamp on the flyleaf). Full burgundy morocco 20th century binding with gold ornamental borders on the covers and panels closed on the spine (with some wormholes); rolls on the squares and traced in gold on the thickness of the covers. Inocêncio, VI, p. 337. Anselmo, 40. National Library (16th century), 577. D. Manuel II Library, 339. See also the well-documented historical novel by Fernando Campos "A Casa do Pó" (Difel, 1986).
JESUS, Frei Rafael de, O.S.B.- CASTRIOTO | LVSITANO | PARTE I. | ENTREPRESA, E RESTAVRAÇAÕ | de Pernambuco; & das Capitanias Confinantes. VARIOS, E BELLICOS SVCCESSOS CASTRIOTO | ENTRE PORTUGUEZES, E BELGAS. | ACONTECIDOS PELLO DISCURSO DE VINTE E QUATRO ANNOS, E | tirados de noticias, relações, & memorias certas.- Lisboa: Na Impressaõ de Antonio Craesbeeck de Mello, 1679.- [18], 701, [47] p.: 1 gravura; 27 cm.- E., First edition of a work based on the manuscript of the "Historia da guerra de Pernambuco e feitos memoraveis do Mestre de Campo João Fernandes Vieira", by Diogo Lopes Santiago, which only came to be published in 1875-1880. In fact, it is a compliment by Vieira, nicknamed Castrioto in allusion to the Albanian hero and king George Castrioto, who at the time was a very popular figure in Portugal. The author (1640-1693), a Benedictine monk, born in Guimarães, was the main chronicler of the Kingdom, being responsible for writing the seventh part of the "Monarquia Lusitana". The volume initially includes an engraved and etched (very trimmed, with loss of subscription and reinforced margins on the back) portrait of Vieira with architectural framing. The title page has a restoration over the entire width of the lower margin (25x195 mm), tangentially affecting the imprint date. The specimen is somewhat trimmed, but generally clean, complete and solid, retaining the rare portrait. Recent full sheepskin binding, with patina and gold tooling in the manner of the period ("à la Duseuil"). Inocêncio, VII, p. 48. Samodães, 1632. Borba de Moraes, p. 427 (rare). Auvermann, 1062. Arouca, J 17.
[ORDENAÇÕES MANUELINAS.- Grande gravura xilográfica com as armas de Portugal com serpe alada no timbre] ¶ O primeiro [& segundo] liuro das ordenaçoes ¶.- Euora; Lixboa: Iacobo Cronberguer alemam, 1521.- 2 livros em 1 vol.; 28 cm.- E., First edition of the second compilation of laws in Portugal (the first edition of the first compilation dates from 1512-1513 and came off the presses of Valentim Fernandes). Volume consisting of the first two books of the "Ordenações Manuelinas", with the third, fourth and fifth books missing. The collation of the two books is as follows: O primeiro liuro das ordenações: [3, 1 br.], CLX f.; "Aqui começa o segu[n]do liuro": [2], LXIX, [1] f. The edition is printed entirely in rotunda Gothic characters, with only the frontispieces of the first and third books being printed. Each book has its colophon at the end: [Livros primeiro]: ¶ "Aqui acaba o p[ri]meiro liuro das ordenações. Foi impresso em ha çidade Deuora por Jacobo cronberguer aleman". [Livro segundo]: ¶ "Aqui acaba o segu[n]do liuro das ordenações. Foy impresso em ha çidade d[e] Lixboa por Jacobo cronberguer aleman". (followed by the registration). Old inscription crossed out, on the upper margin of the second sheet (tauoada); slight stain on the last two leaves; inscription of the period, on the back of the last page with the beginning of the text of the "Ordenação da ordem do juízo". Some notes from the period, sometimes damaged by the trimming. For the rest, a slightly trimmed specimen (carmine edges), but with good margins, exceptionally well maintained and clean. Contemporary full parchment recovered binding, with new endpapers and silk ties. Anselmo, 534. BN (16th century), 743 (of the five examples described, only one is complete). D. Manuel II Library, 367 (with the five books)
DRUMMOND DE MELFORT, Louis Hector, Comte.- Traité sur la cavalerie.- A Paris: De l'Imprimerie de Guillaume Desprez, 1776.- XXII, [2], 505, [2, 1 be.] p.: 1 portada grav., 11 gravuras; 47 cm. + 1 vol. de atlas (32 gravuras; 65 cm)., Original edition a monumental and consecrated work on the theme of military cavalry. The author (1721-1788) was a Cavalry Officer in the French Army during the Seven Years' War (1756-1763) where the superiority of the Prussian Cavalry was evident, so he decided to publish the present treaty, in order to reform and reorganize the French Cavalry. The complete volume of text, slightly handled, but clean, includes an allegorical title and 11 copperplate prints (eight of double-leaf), in addition to two large vignettes, one on the title page and one at the end (21x17 cm) representing a formation of four battalions. The atlas volume, with a maximum folio format, also complete, consists of 32 engravings, 29 of which are double (±96x65 cm) and three fold-outs, XIV, XV and XXV (±178x65 cm). Plates a little handled and dusty, with occasional minor stains and tears, especially in the folds, but without lack of support. The two volumes lined with different period bindings: the first, with ex-libris of the Bibliothèque du Maréchal Jourdan, presents a conventional slightly mottled tobacco sheepskin binding, a little worn but recoverable; the atlas volume, with two ex-libris of the marquis and the Count of San Payo, in full burgundy shagreen binding, presenting, in the centre of both covers, an unidentified French heraldic book stamp with a duke's crown(? ) and two necklaces of honorary orders. Both retain the original endpapers: on blue paper (à la colle), in the first volume; on blue satin paper (moirée), in the atlas. Mennessier de La Lance, I, p. 408/409.
CORTE-REAL, Jerónimo.- NAVFRAGIO | E LASTIMOSO SVCESSO | DA PERDIÇAM DE MA- | noel de Sousa de Sepulueda, & Dona Lia- | nor de Sá sua molher & filhos, vindo da In- | dia para este Reyno na nao chamada o ga- | lião grande S. Ioão que se perdeo no cabo | de boa Esperança, n aterra do Natal. | E a peregrinação que tiuerão rodeando terras de Ca- | fres mais de 300 legoas tè sua morte. | Composto em verso heroico, & octaua ri- | ma por Jeronimo Corte Real...- [Lisboa]: Na officina de Simão Lopez, Com priuilegio Real por dez annos. M. D. XCIIII. [1594].- [4], 206 f.; 18 cm.- E., Jerónimo Corte-Real (ca. 1533-1588), poet and painter of Renaissance humanism, born in Lisbon, whose most famous work, "Sucesso do segundo cerco de Diu" (Lisbon, 1574), was dedicated to King D. Sebastião. First edition of a tragic poem in seventeen cantos, considered by many to be the most beautiful in the Portuguese language, after "Os Lusíadas". The paper is light weight, so some sections are a little fragile. Copy trimmed with tangential loss of some signatures and claims. Other imperfections: marginal restoration on leaves 25 and 26 (D1 and D2); leaf 46 (F6) with central damage slightly affecting the text; lower margins of last 12 jagged leaves; slight browning and occasional tidal stains. It is, however, complete and solid, requiring intervention. Heraldic ex-libris of Pedro de Carvalho Burnay. Bookstore label of João Pereira da Silva & Filho (back cover). 19th/20th century full sheepskin binding with blind stamped on the covers and gold tooling on the spine (with two minor damages). Samodães, 916. Inocêncio, III, p. 262. National Library (16th century), 200. D. Manuel II Library, 129
Carolyn Trant - ‘Gawain’ miniature paperback version or the original 1997, hand,ade by a Japanese method in Nepal, the woodcuts handprinted with a spoon, 18cm high, boxed, together with a good group of private printed books including Maureen Richardson - Washi Tour of Japan, 1995, 25/90, also E. M. Clarke - The first seven days, published Colchester 1984, 28/100, also John Harris - American Folk Tales, Gerry Press 1987, signed, limited to 120 copies, also John Wycliffe - Cantica Canticori, illustrated by Nicholas Parry, Term Press, signed and numbered 79/110, also 'Brighton Belle', by Carolyn Trant 2011, also The Dragon of Wantley, illustrated by Ben Sands, The Shoestring Press 1960, signed and numbered from an edition of 200, also Turtle, by The Hamer Creek Press, 1952. (9)
Don Balke (North Carolina, B. 1933) "Audubon's Warbler" Signed lower left. Original Watercolor painting on Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the painting which was originally published on the Fleetwood Commemorative Cover for the limited edition collection of The Songbirds of the Fifty States. Each cover was postmarked on the anniversary of statehood in the appropriate state capital. The tiny Audubon's Warbler bears blue-gray plumage which breaks in five spots to reveal lovely golden feathers. This hearty woodland beauty often nests at extremely high altitudes, then spends the cold winter months in the same area, only at lower elevations. Though the weather may bring cold and snow, he rarely forsakes his western home. When spring arrives and the ice and snow begin to melt, it is one of the first birds to sing its cheerful song from high in the evergreens. Image Size: 8.5 x 8.75 in. Overall Size: 18 x 18 in. Unframed. (B06847)
Don Balke (North Carolina, B. 1933) "Eastern Bluebird" Signed lower left. Original Watercolor painting on Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This artwork was originally published on the Fleetwood Commemorative Cover for the limited edition collection of The Songbirds of the Fifty States. Each cover was postmarked on the anniversary of statehood in the appropriate state capital. There is no more blue than that of a bluebird returning in the spring. Even before winter has retreated and the first hints of green caress the meadows and forests, the bluebird will make its colorful appearance in northern climates. One cannot help but notice this bright beacon in an otherwise drab late winter landscape, for it is as if a bit of the sky had been plucked out and brought down to earth. In the United States, there are three distinct species of bluebird, all of the genus Sialia. The Eastern bluebird is found in the fields and orchards of the eastern half of the United States. The Western bluebird finds the hills, forests and farms of the Far West to its liking, while the Mountain bluebird makes the crags and prairie of Rocky Mountain states its home. Bluebirds nest in tree cavities, and such places normally make very good homes. However, the cutting of dead trees for firewood or aesthetics as well as the introduction of Old World English sparrows and starlings, has sent the Eastern bluebird in particular into a serious decline. Consequently, some ornithologists and bird enthusiasts have acted to help out the bluebird by constucting bird houses designed especially for the Eastern bluebird. The early results are promising and it appears as if this azure beauty will continue to brighten the drab fields of pre-spring. Image Size: 8.5 x 8.75 in. Overall Size: 18 x 18 in. Unframed. (B07153)
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