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Robinson, James Harvey,
Robinson, James Harvey, Historiker (1863-1936). 2 ms. Briefe mit eigenh. U. ("James H. Robinson"). New York, 1922. Zusammen (2+1 =) 3 SS. auf 3 Bll. Gr.-bzw. kl.-4to. EUR 180,-An Mrs. Roland G. Hopkins vom Women's City Club of Boston: "I was away when your letter came and I am [!] been slow in answering it because I disliked to say either 'yes' or 'no'. The matter can no longer be delayed. I appreciate your interest in what I might say and your seeming confidence that I might help. But I am very busy and more and more disinclined to go on lecturing. I have been at it for thirty years and now am eager to write and study. I did yield to the pressure to give three lectures to two promising groups who combined in Springfield and, after repeated invitations and at the urgence of Mr. Filene, I consented to talk to the Ford Hall Forum. Then Miss Smith caught me for the Community Church and your club for the next day [...]" (a. d. Br. v. 15. November). - Der Brief v. 23. November in derselben Sache. - James H. Robinson lehrte an der University of Pennsylvania und der Columbia University. "Through his writings and lectures, in which he stressed the 'new history' - the social, scientific, and intellectual progress of humanity rather than merely political happenings - he exerted an important influence on the study and teaching of history" (Wikipedia). Zudem war Robinson Herausgeber der "Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science" und Mitherausgeber der "American Historical Review". - Auf Briefpapier mit gepr. Briefkopf; der Br. v. 15. November mit starken Knitterspuren, einem größeren Randeinriß und kleineren Randläsuren; der Br. v. 23. November mit einem kleinen Fleck und einem zweizeiligen eh. Zusatz.

Robinson, James Harvey, Historiker (1863-1936). 2 ms. Briefe mit eigenh. U. ("James H. Robinson"). New York, 1922. Zusammen (2+1 =) 3 SS. auf 3 Bll. Gr.-bzw. kl.-4to. EUR 180,-An Mrs. Roland G. Hopkins vom Women's City Club of Boston: "I was away when your letter came and I am [!] been slow in answering it because I disliked to say either 'yes' or 'no'. The matter can no longer be delayed. I appreciate your interest in what I might say and your seeming confidence that I might help. But I am very busy and more and more disinclined to go on lecturing. I have been at it for thirty years and now am eager to write and study. I did yield to the pressure to give three lectures to two promising groups who combined in Springfield and, after repeated invitations and at the urgence of Mr. Filene, I consented to talk to the Ford Hall Forum. Then Miss Smith caught me for the Community Church and your club for the next day [...]" (a. d. Br. v. 15. November). - Der Brief v. 23. November in derselben Sache. - James H. Robinson lehrte an der University of Pennsylvania und der Columbia University. "Through his writings and lectures, in which he stressed the 'new history' - the social, scientific, and intellectual progress of humanity rather than merely political happenings - he exerted an important influence on the study and teaching of history" (Wikipedia). Zudem war Robinson Herausgeber der "Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science" und Mitherausgeber der "American Historical Review". - Auf Briefpapier mit gepr. Briefkopf; der Br. v. 15. November mit starken Knitterspuren, einem größeren Randeinriß und kleineren Randläsuren; der Br. v. 23. November mit einem kleinen Fleck und einem zweizeiligen eh. Zusatz.

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Robinson, B.W. The Hundred Best Japanese Swordsmiths A.D. 700 - 1850 Compiled from the Japanese Authorities (Typed manuscript)

London(?), 1947. Privately printed. Octavo. Softcover, Japanese stitch. Front cover detached. 92 Pages, various pencil rubbings of Japanese sword signatures pasted in. Annotations, additions and corrections in ink by Robinson. A scarce and early manuscript by Robinson for a book that was apparently not published. Robinson was the leading authority on the art of the Japanese sword and swordsmiths and became found a position at the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1939. After a serving in the army as an Intelligence Officer in Burma he returned to the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1946. In the years following the war, Robinson proved a prolific author, publishing monographs on Persian miniatures and paintings, on Japanese swords and armor, and on the woodblock prints of Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi. His The Arts of the Japanese Sword (1961) was one of a small number of post-WWII publications in European languages which played a crucial role in opening up the study of Nihonto to Western students and collectors. He became Deputy Keeper of Metal work in 1954, and succeeded the illustrious Charles Oman as Keeper in 1966. In 1967, Robinson was elected honorary president of the To-ken Society of Great Britain. He was president of the Royal Asiatic Society from 1970 to 1973. He was Keeper Emeritus at the Victoria and Albert from 1972 until his retirement in 1976. He is remembered with gratitude for his many contributions to the advancement of learning, and with affection by many friends, students, and long-time correspondents. Although not in wonderful condition, a truely scarce item. Provenance: From the library of B.W. Robinson;

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LOUWERSE, P. Met Robinson Crusoe 10 jaar op reis. 's-Grav., Joh. Ykema, 1892.
This should have been the new, more modern and free Dutch translation of Defoe's second novel, "The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe", meant as a continuation and counterpart to Louwerse's more modern and free translation of Defoe's first novel, "The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe", published the year before. Only in outer appearance the present forms a counterpart to the earlier book, but in contents it is quite a different matter. As Louwerse declared in his introduction, he got so bored with Defoe's second novel that he decided to write a whole new story after his own invention. The only restriction he had were the illustrations by Paget designed for "The Farther Adventures", because the publisher had already bought these English plates and wanted to use them. Thus Louwerse's translation of "The Life" belongs to the Robinson-literature proper, but the present second work really belongs to the original Robinson-versions. Still, it is mostly, like here too, arranged under the free adaptations, as Louwerse originally did start from Defoe.
Good copy.- (With library-label).
Staverman B 30; not in Ullrich not in NUC.

Orig. gilt red cloth, with large illustration in black of Robinson Crusoe on front cover. With 52 wood-engraved plates and illustrations by Walter Paget. IV, 204 pp.

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(DEFOE, D.). Robinson Crusoe's des Aeltern wunderbare Schicksale auf seinen Reisen zu Wasser und zu Lande, besonders während seines acht und zwanzigjährigen Aufenthalts auf einer wüsten Insel an der Ostküste von Südamerica. Nach den Bedürfnissen unserer Zeit neu bearbeitet (von JOHANN HEINRICH MEYNIER?). Neue Auflage. Nürnberg, Friedrich Campe, 1826.
Rare new German adaptation for children of Defoe's "The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe", with a summary of "The Farther Adventures" of about 50 pages added at the end. Already several German authors had tried to adapt Campe's "Robinson der Jüngere", and, rebelling against Campe's powerfull hold over the German Robinson-version, had changed its form, mostly by leaving out the conversations, and telling the story in a coherent and adventurous tale. But the present author went much farther, and directly opposing Campe's "Robinson der Jüngere" he went back to the original, and came up, as he himself was sure of, with a much more modern and enjoyable German children's version. According to Ullrich the rivalry which arose between the two versions was expressed in a small publication: "Robinsons Stammbaum, eine Skizze der Robinson-Jugend-literatur" by A. Werl, second edition, 1861. The present anonymous author, signing his preface with the initials J.H.M., which probably stand for Johann Heinrich Meynier, explains that he translated directly from the original, but made some abridgements, especially concerning Defoe's extensive reflections, which he thought rather boring for the present day.
Good copy, from the library of M. Buisman with his ms. entry on first free endpaper.- (Binding sl. rubbed; sl. foxed).
Ullrich III, 8 a; Wegehaupt I, 462; Rammensee 362; not in NUC.

Sm.8vo. Contemp. boards with gilt title-label on spine. With 6 full-page engraved plates by A. Weber, and Fr. Buser after designs by Joh. Voltz. VIII, 440 pp.

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