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1760 Clairac FORTIFICATIONS 1ed Field Engineer STAR FORTS Illustrated MAPS War

Louis Andre Mamie de Clairac was an 18th-century French military engineer who is primarily remembered for his famous book on the engineering of fortifications. This book, 'The Field Engineer', became a highly sought after book by military construction designers as well as military enthusiasts all over the western world. In this work, Clairac describes not only how to build, but also the purposes of forts and the various shapes used in fort design. The early chapters are especially noteworthy covering topics such as:
· Star fort design
· General field forts
· Triangular and square shaped forts
· Bridges
· Durable construction material
· Army flanking against forts
· Uses of armed boats against forts
Of course, the most desirable aspect of this book is the copious amount of folding illustrations throughout – stunning views of forts, fort design, maps, city views,… Read More

1856 HUGE Illustrated London News CRIMEAN WAR Russian Forts England Italy COLOR

A rare, mid-19th-century issue of 'The Illustrated London News' – an enormous tome!

This series of issues from 1856 covers a wide variety of important topics; however, the entirety of topics included is too vast to include here. Nonetheless, some of the most important and interesting topics include:
· End of the Crimean War
o Debarkation of Allied troops
o Strength of Russian forts
· English steamship Seagull
· Political and diplomatic failures between England and Italy
· Impressive, full and double-page color engravings – not commonly found in other examples of The Illustrated London News

Item number: #24252
Price: $499

Periodical

The Illustrated London News, vol XXIX

London: William Little, 1856. First edition.

Details:
· Collation:
o [2], 662
o Heavily illustrated throughout
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Cloth
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North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1970. No. 204 of 250 copies. 4 facsimile pages tipped in. 1 vols. Thin 4to. Half brown cloth, marbled boards. Fine. Laid into rear pocket is a facsimile of the original catalogue. No. 204 of 250 copies. 4 facsimile pages tipped in. 1 vols. Thin 4to.

1970. (FORTSAS HOAX). The Fortsas Catalogue. A Facsimile, With an Introduction by Lessing J. Rosenwald. 4to. Original cloth-backed boards. North Hills: Printed for the Philobiblon Club by the Bird and Bull Press, 1970. First edition. Limited to 250 numbered copies.

Philadelphia: Philobiblon Club, 1970. cloth spine, marbled paper over boards. Bird & Bull Press. 4to. cloth spine, marbled paper over boards. 19 pages with a 16-page 8vo. facsimile of the original Fortsas Catalogue in a pocket in the inside rear cover. One of 250 numbered copies (Taylor B2). This book was designed and printed by Henry Morris of the Bird & Bull Press. The "Avis" and the text of M. Polain's newspaper account of the hoax are reproduced in facsimile and tipped-in. An important addition to the literature connected to this famous auction hoax. Fine condition.

Bruxelles, 1868. 1 p. pen and ink on bifolium stationery of the Bulletin des Commissions Royales d'Art et d'Archéologie. 4to (10-3/4 x 8-3/8 inches). Creased from prior folding, partial closed tear along horizontal fold, light soiling. 1 p. pen and ink on bifolium stationery of the Bulletin des Commissions Royales d'Art et d'Archéologie. 4to (10-3/4 x 8-3/8 inches). "J'étais souscripteur à votre excellent Bibliophile illustré qui, malheureusement, ne parait plus ..." Reknowned bibliophilic prankster and perpetrator of the Fortsas Sale hoax, Renier Chalon writes to an editor of Bibliophile Illustré, asking for a missing number needed to complete his run of the periodical. "Vous étes bibliophile, Monsieur, et vous devex savoir combien il est pénible d'avoir un livre incomplet ...

North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1970. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 9-1/2 by 12 inches. 13 pages plus catalogue facsimile in pocket at rear board. Cloth spine with marbled paper boards. Typical slight discoloration in gutters which continues into text, but fades as it gets away from boards, appears to be offset from glue in binding. Otherwise in excellent condition. Neat previous owner's inscription on front free end paper. Number 56 of the 160 copies printed for members of the Philobiblon Club on handmade paper (from a total edition of 250 copies). A fabulous story of one of the world's great biblio hoaxes. Neat inscription on front pastedown from Mort Whitehead to Robert K. Johnson.

North Hills: Birf & Bull Press, 1970. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. #142 of 250cc. Slim quart bound in publisher's cloth backed marbled boards with facsimile catalog in chemise in rear. Pages slightly tanned, esle a very good example.

North Hills, PA: Printed for the Philobiblion Club, Bird & Bull Press, 1970. First Thus. Limited to 250 copies of which this is no. 50. Slim quarto (30.5cm.); original brown cloth-backed marbled boards, spine lettered in black; 13pp.; 4 mounted facsimile plates; staplebound facsimile catalogue laid into chemise mounted inside rear cover. Fine. Facsimile of the hoax auction catalogue issued in 1840, organized by Belgian bibliophile Renier Chalon.

Paris: J. Techener, 1862 8vo (23.5 cm), [4], XVI, 406, [2] pp. Untrimmed in near contemporary cloth, gilt-lettered spine (browning of paper of free endpapers, few pencil notes, bookplate mounted on the front paste-down). A catalog of the library of the Abbey of Saint-Victor in Marseille, edited by François Rabelais. This esteemed library was dispersed at the close of the 16th century. "It is not only in the catalog of the Saint-Victor library that Rabelais reveals himself as a refined and ingenious bibliographer; his quintessential work, Gargantua and Pantagruel, deserves examination from the perspective of the scattered bibliographic information found within. His library, which has left more traces than one might suppose, will soon regain a kind of existence in a notice where we hope to demonstrate that Rabelais was not only a good bibliographer but also a sincere bibliophile." (from the Preface). The work is supplemented by "Essai sur les bibliothèques imaginaires"… Read More

Evanston, IL: The Press of Ward Schori. Fine+. 1992. Hardcover. ; Grey cloth cover with gilt stamping. Book is pristine. 2.25" x 2.65". .

Evanston, Illinois: The Press of Ward Schori, 1986. Fine condition. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. 1986. Revised and Newly Annotated edition. Limited to 378 copies. Map endpapers. Full title: THE FORTSAS BIBLIOHOAX, REVISED AND NEWLY ANNOTATED BY THE AUTHOR WITH BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES AND COMMENTS, INCLUDING A REPRINT OF THE FORTSAS CATALOGUE. Printed on acid free Brockway and bound by John LaRiviere of Chicago. In 1840 an auction catalogue was published listing 52 volumes, each said to be known in but a single copy. Told here is the history of this celebrated imaginary library. Some of Europe's most learned bibliographers, booksellers, and collectors were taken in by the hoax. A reprint of the catalogue is included here. There is also a bibliography of the catalogue's printings from 1840 to 1940, and an annotated guide to published accounts of the hoax. Bound in the original gilt-stamped brown boards, with an oatmea cloth spine, stamped in… Read More

New York: Press of the Woolly Whale. Very Good. 1942. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 200 copies. "With a reprint of the Fortsas Catalogue and Bibliographical Notes and Comment by Weber De Vore." In a glassine dust jacket (tear to rear spine edge). .

Evanston: Ward Schori. Fine+. 1992. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Miniature Less than 3" tall; Green cloth title in gilt, 2 1/4 by 2 3/8 inches, [6], 147, [2]p., bibliiography. .

New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, 1942.. Cloth and decorated boards, t.e.g. Map endsheets. Fine in glassine dust jacket. First edition of one of the most substantial treatments of this elaborate auction hoax, including bibliographical descriptions of the catalogue, its subsequent printings, and the literature on the affair. One of two hundred copies printed in Centaur types on rag paper, with a title-page decoration by Fritz Kredel. LAWSON & PANKOW 109.

Press of the Woolly Whale, New York, 1942. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8 1/4" x 5 7/8". Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Beige cloth spine with patterned paper over boards, 71, [2] pages. With a Reprint of The Fortsas Catalogue and Bibliographical Notes and Comment by Weber de Vore. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 11 oz. Category: Books on Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 015703. .

London: Arborfield, 1961. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Good. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding with fading to the spine. Blanks tanned. Text complete, clean and tight otherwise. . Hardback. Physically 8½” x 5½” (0.5 kg); 33pp; Contains: Advertisements [7pp]; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #179901|| Condition:

New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, 1942. Title page decoration specially designed by Fritz Kredel. With a reprint of the Fortsas Catalogue and Bibliographical Notes and Comments by Weber DeVore. One of 200 copies. Printed for members of the Carteret Book Club. Handset in Centaur type and printed on Whitehead & Alliger All Rag paper by George W. Van Vechten Jr. Pp. 71. 8vo., original quarter oatmeal cloth over pink patterned paper covered boards, lettering in gilt to spine, t.e.g., map endpapers of Belgium. A presentable copy.||An amusing account of this famous 19th century Belgian book auction hoax. |

Musée Royal de Mariemont, 2008. 4to, original printed card covers. 155, (3) pages; illustrated. Fine. Chalon is best known today for his role in the Fortsas hoax in 1840, which involved an obscure auction sale consisting exclusively of "unique" works unknown in the standard bibliographies, which had been dreamed up by Chalon to appeal to particular book collectors of the day—all of whom managed to learn about the sale and many of whom fell for it. His numismatic works focus mostly on medieval issues of the Low Counties, a subject on which he published hundreds of articles. His few book-length works are generally quite rare though still cited.

Published privately by Arborfield, London, first edition, 1961. Cloth, yellow cover-title and illustration, 8vo, 22 cm. 33 pp, [7] pp ads. Edited with an introduction by James Moran. "This is the first time that the story of the 'Fortsas Hoax' has been published in English in book form. In many respects it was the most amusing bibliographical practical joke of all time, and my colleagues and I are glad to be able to make the text available to our friends." - from the publisher's publicity material. Booklabel of Stuart B. Schimmel (who formed a distinguished collection on literary forgery) on front pastedown endpaper. Endpapers faintly tanned, otherwise Near Fine.