‎Collectibles‎

‎Smith, George‎

‎A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture‎

‎New York: Praeger Publishers 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 10.9x9.3x1.7in. reprint edition; light shelf wear light foxing to top edge of text block dust jacket darkened on spine lightly chipped at foot of spine several tiny edge tears at top and bottom edges of front and back panels. Dust jacket in clear protector. <br>With 158 plates. <br>33pp 3.82lb 10.9x9.3x1.7in Praeger Publishers hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 29356

‎Smith, George D; (Geo D Smith)‎

‎Bulletin 5: Autographs English and American‎

‎New York: Geo. D. Smith Very Good condition. no date. Original printed wraps. 3.5" wide by 5.75" tall. Staple bound. Cover still attached but beginning to pull away from the staples. Early catalogue offering 346 rare autographs and manuscripts. Some examples of incredibly inexpensive items offered here: Ulysses S. Grant Autograph Signature on official document as president $1.75; Autograph Signature of President Buchanan 75 cents; Daniel Webster A.L.S. $5.00. In The Amenities of Book Collecting A. Edward Newton described George D. Smith as "the greatest bookseller this country had ever seen." By the end of the 19th century George D. Smith had supplanted Quaritch as the world's foremost seller of rare books. At the Hoe sale in 1911 it was Smith who set the world record price for a book by paying $50000 for Henry E. Huntington's copy of the 42-line Gutenberg Bible. Smith's unexpected death in 1920 cleared the way for Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach's ascendance. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. ii 58pp . Geo. D. Smith Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 011506

‎Smith, George, & Frank Benger‎

‎The oldest London bookshop. A history of two hundred years‎

‎London: Ellis 1928. First edition 4to pp. viii 141 1; frontispiece plates illustrations in the text partially unopened; original beige cloth lettered in black on spine and upper cover; extremities a touch soiled bottom corners bumped else fine. Ellis unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 48855

‎Smith, Goldwin‎

‎The United Kingdom: A Political History Two Volumes First American Printings‎

‎New York: The Macmillan Company 1899. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Xi 650; Vi 482 Pp 1 P Ad At Rear. Blue Cloth Gilt Top Edges Gilt. First American Printing With 1899 Dates On Title Pages. Near Fine Slight Rubbing At Corners Spine Ends With A Few Points Beginnig To Fray Gilt Brilliant No Names Or Marks. Per Wikipedia Goldwin Smith 1823 -1910 Was A British Historian And Journalist And In The 1860S He Also Taught At Cornell University In The United States. After A Brilliant Undergraduate Career At Oxford He Was Elected To A Fellowship At University College Oxford. He Threw His Energy Into The Cause Of University Reform With Another Fellow Of University College Arthur Penrhyn Stanley. On The Royal Commission Of 1850 To Inquire Into The Reform Of The University Of Which Stanley Was Secretary Smith Served As Assistant-Secretary; And He Was Then Secretary To The Commissioners Appointed By The Act Of 1854. Besides The Universities Tests Act 1871 Which Abolished Religious Tests Many Of The Reforms Suggested Such As The Revival Of The Faculties The Reorganisation Of The Professoriate The Abolition Of Celibacy As A Condition Of The Tenure Of Fellowships And The Combination Of The Colleges For Lecturing Purposes Were Incorporated In The Act Of 1877 Or Subsequently Adopted By The University. His Aspiration That Colonists And Americans Should Be Attracted To Oxford Was Later Realised By The Will Of Cecil Rhodes. On What Is Perhaps The Vital Problem Of Modern Education The Question Of Ancient Versus Modern Languages He Pronounced That The Latter "Are Indispensable Accomplishments But They Do Not Form A High Mental Training". He Held The Regius Professorship Of Modern History At Oxford From 1858 To 1866; "Ancient History Besides The Still Unequalled Excellence Of The Writers Is The 'Best Instrument For Cultivating The Historical Sense." As A Historian Indeed He Left No Abiding Work; The Multiplicity Of His Interests Prevented Him From Concentrating On Any One Subject. His Chief Historical Writings - The United Kingdom: A Political History 1899 And The United States: An Outline Of Political History 1893 - Though Based On Thorough Familiarity With Their Subject Make No Claim To Original Research But Are Remarkable Examples Of Terse And Brilliant Narrative. The Outbreak Of The American Civil War Proved A Turning Point In His Life. Unlike Most Of The Ruling Classes In England He Championed The Cause Of The North And His Pamphlets Especially One Entitled Does The Bible Sanction American Slavery 1863 Played A Prominent Part In Converting English Opinion. Visiting America On A Lecture Tour In 1864 He Received An Enthusiastic Welcome And Was Entertained At A Public Banquet In New York. Andrew Dickson White President Of Cornell University At Ithaca N.Y. Invited Him To Take Up A Teaching Post At The Newly Founded Institution. Smith's Time At Cornell Was Brief But His Impact There Was Significant. He Held The Professorship Of English And Constitutional History In The Department Of History At Cornell University From 1868 To 1872. The Addition Of Smith To Cornell's Faculty Gave The Newly Opened University "Instant Credibility." Smith Was Something Of An Academic Celebrity And His Lectures Were Sometimes Printed In New York Newspapers. In 1869 He Had His Personal Library Shipped From England And Donated To The University. Smith Bequeathed The Bulk Of His Estate To The University In His Will. The Decisive Factor In Smith's Departure Was The University's Decision To Admit Women. Smith Identified As An Anti-Imperialist But Remained Resolutely Opposed To Britain Granting More Representative Government To India Expressing Fear That This Would Lead To A "Murderous Anarchy." Smith Held Strong Anti-Semitic Views. He Was Described By Mcmaster University Professor Alan Mendelson As "The Most Vicious Anti-Semite In The English-Speaking World" Goldwin Smith Is Credited With The Quote "Above All Nations Is Humanity." <br/> <br/> The Macmillan Company hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 041066

‎Smith, Harriet; Olding, Simon; et al‎

‎Ceramic Review - The Magazine of Ceramic Art and Craft Issue 229 January / February 2008 - Installation‎

‎London: Ceramic Review Publishing Limited. Good. 2008. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: Andrea Walsh's white slip-cast vessels containing shimmering glass; Collaboration between Dartington and Grayshott potteries; Julian Belmonte in the garden; Keith Harrison's time-based installations at the V&A London; Installation artist Clare Twomey; Tony Hall and his gigantic terracotta pots; Valeria Nascimento's artistic journey from architect to potter; Shirley Uytenhaak; Matt Sherratt works with children; and more. 82 glossy colourful pages. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy.; 4to . Ceramic Review Publishing Limited unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 876j1423

‎SMITH, Henry John Stanley (1826-83)‎

‎Autograph Letter Signed partial‎

‎This Irish mathematician was considered the authority on the theory of numbers; a disciple of the great German mathematician and astronomer Carl Friedrich Gauss. Partial ALS 4½" X 3 3/4" n.p. London England n.d. Very good. Fragment reading in part: "I shall be here til Wednesday morning. My address in London will be at the Athenaeum. I have just heard from Mr. and am glad to find that he speaks of himself as better." Flowery salutation and bold signature. Uncommon. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 20933

‎Smith, Horatio‎

‎Festivals games and amusements. Ancient and modern. With additions by Samuel Woodworth Esq. of New York‎

‎New York: J. & J. Harper 1831. First American edition as issued in Harper's Family Library series 12mo pp. 4 ads v-x 11-355 4 ads 9-16 ads; engraved frontis 2 engraved folding plates 1 a map of Olympia; later three-quarter blue morocco gilt spine t.e.g. With the bookplate of the celebrated collector Herschel V. Jones of Minnesota. The American edition of this work has additional material by Samuel Woodworth of American regional interest notably festivals of New England the Middle Atlantic states and the South; St. Patrick's Day is discussed as is the southern "bar-b-que. J. & J. Harper unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 20647

‎Smith, James Edward; Colored Plates By James Sowerby‎

‎English Botany; Or Colored Figures Of British Plants With Their Essential Characters Synonyms And Places Of Growth. Second Edition Arranged According To The Linnaean Method With The Descriptions Shortened And Occasional Remarks Added. Seven Volumes I Ii Ii Iv V Vi Vii 1832-1840 In Original Bindings‎

‎London: Richard Taylor / Charles E. Sowerby 1832 1835 1836 1837 1838 1832. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. Seven Volumes Of 2Nd Edition So Stated In All Volumes Without Later Supplementary And Continuation Volumes. Vol. I Undated With 1832 Preface;Vol. Ii Dated 1835; Vol Iii Dated 1836; Vol. Iv Dated 1837; Volume V Dated 1838; Vol. Vi Dated 1839; Vol. Vii Dated 1840. All Volumes Contain A Mixture Of Plates With Single And Double Plate Numbers. Apparently First Printings Of Second Edition Of All Volumes; Text Reduced And Plates Omitted Which Represent Such Allied Species As May Be Readily Distinguished By The Descriptions From Those Figured. Quarter Green Diced Morocco Over Green Cloth With An Intricately And Deeply Blindstamped Floral Design. 9 1/8" Tall. All Bindings Worn; Old Repairs To Joints; Fraying At Tips And Corners Of Spine Chipping To Lower Spines Of Several Volumes; Contents Clean Slight Foxing To A Few Plates; Contemporary Ownership Signatures Of Jane ----- In Each Volume. Vol. I With Rear Board Detached. International Postage At Usps Insured Mail Rates. <br/> <br/> Richard Taylor / Charles E. Sowerby 1832 1835 1836 1837 1838 hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 036310

‎SMITH, Jessie Willcox‎

‎Dickens's Children. Ten Drawings.‎

‎New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small quarto deep brown cloth with pictorial onlay and gilt stamping unpaginated; with ten colour illustrations by Smith. Covers are worn and frayed at spine ends and corner tips pictorial onlay has a small scrape and light scratches tiny stain to rear board else a very good copy. <br/> <br/> New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. First edition. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 09743

‎Smith, John‎

‎Lectures on the Nature and End of the Sacred Office and on the Dignity Duty Qualifications and Character of the Sacred Order.‎

‎Baltimore Maryland: A. Neal Bookseller 1810. Leather Bound. Poor. 8vo. 300 pages. Leather bound hardcover. Damped with toning throughout front cover hanging by two cords. Front cover is slightly bowed with leather chipping on upper corner. Leather has cracked on rear hinge but the hinge is strong. Old mildew on preface and first page of text. <br/> <br/> A. Neal, Bookseller hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 025046

‎Smith, Keith A‎

‎Exposed spine sewings: non-adhesive binding volume III‎

‎Rochester N.Y.: Keith Smith Books 1995. First edition limited to 2000 copies 8vo pp. 315 5; diagrams and photographic illustrations throughout covering two dozen sewing patterns; pictorial paper wrappers fine. Keith Smith Book 170. Keith Smith Books unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 51207

‎Smith, Mary P Wells‎

‎The Young Puritans in Captivity‎

‎Boston: Little Brown and Company 1910. Circa 1910. Copyright 1899 an early but not a First Edition. Books published by the author in 1909 are listed in an advertisement in the back of the book. As a collector you know that the copyright date does not always match the publication date. The original copyright date doesn't change but the publication date might particular in a 100 year old popular children's book. We see other seller's with the same book claiming to have a first edition. Caveat emptor. 8vo size gray clothbound pictorial hardcover with illustrated cover and spine. 323 toned pages. This is a volume in the Young Puritans series of historical fiction based on the author's family history. Author: Mary Prudence Wells Smith 1840 - 1930 was an author including of four different children's series. Some biographers also call her an early feminist. This volume is one of the Young Puritan's Series of children's historical fiction which was based on local history including the experiences of some of her own family members in the Deerfield Massachusetts area. Both Wells Smith's mother and father had Puritan ancestry with their antecedents arriving in Massachusetts in the 1630s. As a child Wells Smith was particularly interested in her father's stories of kidnappings perpetrated by Indians Native Americans. Wells Smith was educated beyond the standard of women of her era - meaning she completed high school and received a post secondary education. While she dabbled in writing early in her career she is noted for having been the first woman employed by a Massachusetts bank. Wells Smith left the bank after eight years of employment when they refused to pay her an equal salary to her male colleagues. She also wrote under the nom de plume P. Thorne. take her from bank to books. Illustrator: Jessie Willcox Smith 1863 - 1935 was a preeminent American illustrator. Like Norman Rockwell Smith was one of the highest paid illustrators of that time which was referred to as the Golden Age of Illustration. Smith illustrated more than 60 books. She created all of the covers for Good Housekeeping magazine from 1915 to 1933. The Mother Goose series of illustrations for Good Housekeeping that she did was published as The Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose in 1914. A contributor to numerous other magazines Smith also illustrated advertisements posters and calendars. Smith was the winner of numerous awards during her lifetime including a Silver Medal at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. She was elected posthumously to the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1992. Smith's work appears in many museum collections and her papers are - where else - at the Smithsonian. The author and illustrator are not related. Name and inscription dated 1913 and booksellers markings on fep. Bumped and worn head and heel of spine and corners. There is a stain on the top of the book that is visible in the top center margin of some pages. We noted fingermarks in the margins of at least four pages and some light spots to title pages a quarter inch tear to the bottom margin of one page and there is a light stain or foxing to the blank reverse of one of the illustration pages and its facing page. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Smith Jessie Willcox. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Little Brown and Company Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 003501

‎SMITH, Orrin (1806-81)‎

‎Partly-Printed Document Signed‎

‎This colorful and legendary steamboat captain pioneered steamboating on the upper Mississippi River in the mid-19th century; he was first president of the Galena Dubuque and Minnesota Packet Company and founded the city of Winona Minnesota. Partly-printed DS 1p 8" X 10" Chicago IL 1871 January 1. Very good. Faint age toning; paper loss approx. 3½" X 2" at upper left corner affecting portion of printed text but not holograph portion. Printed "Judgment Note" promissory note acknowledging that Smith owes Nathan Corwith five thousand dollars at ten percent annual interest. Signed boldly twice by Smith. Verso bears docket penned and signed WILLIAM R. ROWLEY 1824-86 one of Galena's famous nine generals and at this date the circuit clerk; this native New Yorker enlisted as a first lieutenant in Company D of the 45th Illinois Volunteers in 1861 promoted to captain in 1862 and lieutenant colonel in 1864 and finally named brevet general; he fought at Fort Donelson Shiloh and Vicksburg; in 1864 he was named military secretary on General Grant's staff. Accompanied by a second larger 8½" X 14" Partly-printed Document Signed Chicago IL 1871 n.d. Very good. Printed "Narr. and Cognovit" literally Complaint and Confession legal document in which the top two-thirds the Narration portion consists of plaintiff Nathan Corwith referring to the promissory note just described of defendant Orrin Smith and demanding payment signed by Corwith's attorney M.M. Miller and the lower third the Cognovit portion consists of Smith's attorney Edward A. Small acknowledging same -- all couched in delightfully archaic and convoluted legalese of course. Verso of this document too bears a docket penned and signed by William R. Rowley. M.M. MILLER - was a noted Galena Illinois attorney who left Yale University to return home and join the famous Washburne Lead Mine Regiment during the Civil War; he was made commander of a colored regiment the 9th Louisiana Regiment in which every man was wounded or killed in the famous June 7 1863 Battle of Milliken's Bend part of the Vicksburg Campaign. EDWARD A. SMALL 1829-82 was another noted Galena attorney though in 1869 he relocated to Chicago. Plaintiff NATHAN CORWITH 1819-89 was a noted Galena pig lead broker clothier and then head of a prominent banking family that founded the Bank of Galena which he served as president. Why Captain Smith borrowed $5000 a huge sum of money in 1871 from Corwith is unknown though it's a reasonable assumption that it involved river commerce in some way -- perhaps purchase of another packet boat An intriguing and scarce pair in any case involving and signed by a number of prominent northwest Illinoisans. Documents signed by Captain Smith are rarely encountered. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 36383

‎SMITH, Robert‎

‎THE UNIVERSAL DIRECTORY For Taking Alive and Destroying Rats‎

‎London: Printed for the author 1768. 1st Edition . No Binding. Vg. 8vo. and all other Kinds of Four-Footed and Winged Vermin in a Method hitherto unattempted: Calculated for the Use of the Gentleman the Farmer and the Warrener.viii 218pp. Robert Smith Rat-Cathcher to the Princess Amelia. 2 plates only of six Plate 1 folding and plate V are still present. Nice and tight text block but lacking the book covers. Incomplete but a good reference book of the scarce first edition. A rare item in the first edition <br/> <br/> Printed for the author unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : TS429

‎Smith, Roswell C‎

‎Geography of the Productive System; for Schools Academies and Families; Revised and Improved Smith's Geography‎

‎New York: Cady and Burgess late Paine and Burgess 1847. Book. Very Good. Quarter-Leather. Revised Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Brown 1/4 calf brown paper-covered boards lettered/illus. in black spine panel lettered in gilt. 1847 edition. A decently preserved copy with rubbed corners mild dampstain to a portion of front cover. Firm binding. Foxed endpapers and text block edges scattered internal foxing generally minor. 312 pp. Former owner's address inscription on pencil on front blank otherwise unmarked. Cady and Burgess (late Paine and Burgess) Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 068742

‎Smith, Samuel Francis‎

‎Autograph Transcription Signed of My Country ‘Tis of Thee.‎

‎Autograph transcription of the first four stanzas of the American patriotic song My Country 'Tis of Thee which served as one of the de facto national anthems of the United States before the official adoption of The Star Spangled Banner in 1931. Transcribed and signed by lyricist Samuel Francis Smith all in his hand "My country 'tis of thee Sweet land of liberty Of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died Land of the pilgrims' pride From ev'ry mountainside Let freedom ring! My native country thee Land of the noble free Thy name I love; I love thy rocks and rills Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills Like that above. Let music swell the breeze And ring from all the trees Sweet freedom's song; Let mortal tongues awake; Let all that breathe partake; Let rocks their silence break The sound prolong. Our fathers' God to Thee Author of liberty To Thee we sing. Long may our land be bright With freedom's holy light Protect us by Thy might Great God our King. Samuel Francis Smith." Double matted and framed with a portrait engraving of Smith. The entire piece measures 18.5 inches by 18 inches. In near fine condition. A unique piece of American history. American Baptist minister Samuel Francis Smith wrote the lyrics to My Country 'Tis of Thee in 1831 as a student at Andover Theological Seminary in Andover Massachusetts at the request of personal friend and composer Lowell Mason who would later become a leading figure in American church music. Mason asked Smith to translate the lyrics to a selection of German school songbooks; a melody in Muzio Clementi's Symphony No. 3 caught Smith's attention and rather than translate the lyrics he set his own lyrics to the melody a feat he completed in less than thirty minutes. The song was first performed at a children's Independence Day celebration at Park Street Church in Boston on July 4th 1831 and first published under the title "America My Country 'Tis of Thee" in 1832. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 82414

‎SMITH, Sir William Sidney (1764-1840)‎

‎Autograph Fragment‎

‎This English naval commander took part in several engagement of the American Revolutionary War: hewent to the relief of Acre while plenipotentiary at Constantinople and compelled Napoleon to raise siege 1799; he destroyed the Turkish fleet off Abydos 1807; in 1810 he became vice admiral and in 1821 full admiral. Unsigned integral address portion 3 3/4" X 6" n.p. n.y. Very good. Two original faint folds visible. At center of this address portion Smith boldly addresses it to "Messrs. Eversfield & Horne / Smith Street / Westminster." Small illegible postal cancellation at right; fragments of red wax seal still present. Not signed but an interesting attractive handwriting example -- and inadvertently includes his last name. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 40510

‎Smith, Sydney Ure; Gellert, Leon (editors); Lindsay, Lionel; Wilson, Dora; Moore, William; Preston, Margaret; Konody, PG P G‎

‎Art in Australia. Third Series Number Forty-three 43 April 1932. Thea Proctor Number.‎

‎Sydney: Art in Australia 1932. 74pp bw & col ills. Or cream wraps with integral flaps. Light edgewear to yapped covers occasional light foxing. This issuefeatures Thea Proctor with articles by Ethel Anderson and Basil Burdett. Much nicer than average copy. Periodical. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Various. 4to. Art in Australia Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 051852

‎Smith, W H B‎

‎Mauser Rifles and Pistols‎

‎<p>Harrisburg PA: The Military Service Publishing Company. Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket toned and tattered. 1946. Hardcover. Brown cloth binding. Many photos and illustrations. An NRA Library Book. History of the Mauser firm and details on every Mauser weapon. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 234 pages .</p> The Military Service Publishing Company hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 57228

‎Smith, Walter E‎

‎Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth A Bibliographical Catalogue 2 separate volumes complete Part One The Novels with Sketches by Boz & Part Two The Christmas Books and Selected Secondary Works‎

‎Los Angeles California: Heritage Book Shop 1982. 2 separate volumes complete. Brand New in Brand New dust jackets. PERFECT condition. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright clean square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT library discards. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT remainders. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. Both volumes are First Editions. PART ONE THE NOVELS WITH SKETCHES BY BOZ 1982 xvi 4 123pp. and PART TWO THE CHRISTMAS BOOKS AND SELECTED SECONDARY WORKS 1983 xvi 4 96pp. These are standard references with full bibliographic descriptions of Dickens' works in book form. Well illustrated with numerous full page plates. Uniformly bound in the original gilt-stamped green cloth. Complete with pristine dust jackets. Subtitles of Part I and Part II : "A Bibliographical Catalogue of the First Appearance of His Writings in Book Form in England with Facsimiles Photographs of the Bindings and Titlepages and Other Relevant Data." Oversize Hardcover. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. By media mail in the US you pay only our standard charge for 1 volume and we ship the second volume at no extra cost. First Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Illus. by We ship 2 volumes for cost of 1 by media mail. 2 vols: xvi 4 123pp. xvi 4 96pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Heritage Book Shop Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 018278

‎SMITH, William A (1918-89)‎

‎Autograph Note Signed / Unsigned Booklet‎

‎This American artist is often remembered for his friendship with Carl Sandburg which resulted in his striking 1968 U.S. postage stamp; other stamps include his award-winning 1972 "Sidney Lanier" and the 4-stamp 1973 series "Rise of the Spirit of Independence." ANS 1p 8¼" X 11" Pineville PA 1973 October 9. Addressed to Mr. Johnston. Near fine. Two horizontal mailing folds. Friendly "Thank you for your gratifying reaction and comment on my stamp designs." in Smith's handsome calligraphic hand. No doubt refers to his award-winning 4-stamp "Rise of the Spirit of Independence" stamps which had been released the previous month. Accompanied by a stunning 4pp heavy stock 8½" X 11" color leaflet issued in 1953. Near fine. Smith's 1978 centennial "Carl Sandburg" stamp which shows a left-facing Sandburg in profile was based on a charcoal portrait made much earlier showing a right-facing Sandburg published here for the first time in 1953 -- a full quarter century before its stamp appearance! The front cover of this glossy leaflet features this portrait which once open pages 2 and 3 shows on the lefthand side a manuscript fair copy of Sandburg's then-new poem "Names" in his distinctive script dated from Connemara Farm Flat Rock North Carolina 25 December 1952. The righthand side shows the same text beautifully typeset. Rear leaf page 4 indicates "First publication of CARL SANDBURG'S most recent poem" and "Some time ago we asked Mr. Sandburg for permission to print this poem as a keepsake for his seventy-fifth birthday party." Thus this booklet represents the true first appearance of this well-known poem which begins: "There is only one horse on the earth / and his name is All Horses. / There is only one bird in the air / and his name is All Wings. / There is only one fish in the sea / and his name is All fins." Though no publisher is cited on this bibliographically-challenged printed piece the publisher was perhaps Broadcast Music Inc. of New York -- whose president and founder Carl Haverlin was an old friend of Sandburg's and was instrumental in organizing the celebrations honoring his friend's 75th. Sandburg at that time was at the height of his fame and these fetes garnished much press coverage. It's not known how many of these booklets were produced but likely a modest number for private distribution to friends and colleagues. A superb letter and scarce printed keepsake. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 25860

‎Smith, William, AM, Rector of Trinity in Chester A M‎

‎Dionysus Longinus on the Sublime. Translated from the Greek with Notes and Observations; and Some Account of the Life Writings and Character of the Author‎

‎Dublin Ireland: Printed for W. Sleater E. Smith and W. Hallhead 1777. Book. Good. Full-Leather. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Full original brown calf lettered in gilt on dark red spine title label decorated cover edges. 2242 pp. Rubbed along edges and joints leather with areas of scuffing minor surface loss at corner. Front board loose but still held by binding cords. Title page signed by Rev. Samuel Magaw 1794 vice-provost of U Penn in the 1780s along top edge by John Redman Coxe M.D. professor of chemistry and medicine at U Penn 1809-35 along hinge; private ex-libris label J. P. Hiester Jones 1870 mounted inside front cover. Scattered internal foxing/soiling generally light with a few inked notations and some marginal brackets in pencil. Printed for W. Sleater, E. Smith, and W. Hallhead Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 066456

‎Smith, William A‎

‎Lectures on the Philosophy and Practice of Slavery as Exhibited in the Institution of Domestic Slavery in the United States: With the Duties of Masters to Slaves.‎

‎Nashville TN: Stevenson and Evans 1856. First edition of this proslavery argument issued shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War. Octavo original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spine ruling and floral tooling blind stamped to the front and rear panels. In very good condition inscription to the front free endpaper. Lectures on the Philosophy and Practice of Slavery as Exhibited in the Institution of Domestic Slavery in the United States: with the Duties of Masters to Slaves 1856 edited by Thomas O. Summers D.D. is one of the most extensive and intellectually developed proslavery apologies produced in the antebellum South representing the considered philosophical and theological defense of the institution by William Andrew Smith 1802-1870 President of Randolph-Macon College in Virginia and Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy. The volume comprises thirteen lectures originally delivered to students of Moral Science at Randolph-Macon College beginning in 1844 in which Smith argues that slavery is a fundamental principle of the social state and that domestic slavery as an institution is fully justified by the condition and circumstances of society. The lectures treat slavery in a variety of ways finding validity for it as an abstract principle both as instituted by the Bible and as a reflection of the authoritarian bases of religious and civil government while Smith argues for the fitness of the system to supply the needs of enslaved people and against the idea of equal rights for unequal people refuting emancipation by warning that civil chaos would result. As a primary document of antebellum Southern intellectual and religious culture the volume holds considerable historical significance: published three years before John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry and five years before secession it represents the considered position of a Methodist minister and college president who brought the full apparatus of moral philosophy and biblical scholarship to bear in defense of an institution whose defenders were acutely aware that the terms of the national debate were shifting rapidly against them. Stevenson and Evans hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 152018

‎Smith, Wrede H‎

‎A History of Pop Corn and the American Pop Corn Company‎

‎Sioux Falls SD: American Pop Corn Company 1977. Soft cover. Near Fine. The First Family of American Pop Corn. Stapled booklet of 48 pp. with stiff card covers. Printed on thick ivory paper and full of vintage pop corn product photos & stories and personalities of the Jolly Time Pop Corn company. Includes 4 recipes of Smith family favorites. A clean crisp copy. Covers have some very light soiling mainly on rear. <br/> <br/> American Pop Corn Company paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 016079

‎SMOCK Nell Stolp 1896 ?‎

‎Original Book Illustration Art‎

‎This east coast watercolorist and children's book artist illustrated and often also wrote a wide array of children's books from the 1930s into the 1960s -- including "Wilderness Pet" "Wiggly and Giggly the Little Twin Bears" "Whitetail: King of the Forest" "The Three Puppies" "The Small One" "The Nutcracker of Nuremberg" "The Bluebird" "The Night Before Christmas" "The Enchantment of Santa Claus" "The Christ Child" "Pussy Cat Talks to Her Kittens" "Polly Parrot" "Piccolino" "Is There a Santa Claus" as well as some "Dick and Jane Basic Readers." Offered here is the near-complete original illustration art for Smock's 1937 children's book "Jocko" written by Dorothy Winchell and published by Albert Whitman & Co. of Chicago. Represented here is almost the entire book from front cover art through closing "The End" image -- lacking only 3-4 pages front board graphic frontispiece pages 21 and 31. Most are in the form of ca. 10" X 15" heavy stock art boards most with typeset text blocks pagination and other typeset elements stripped in. All are beautifully inked in black and shaded in pale blue. There is a smaller form full-color title page and half-title page and sixth text page these with the text portions entirely hand lettered. Very good. Stripped-in text blocks are usually slightly discolored from the rubber cement with which they were affixed; occasional light soiling and bit of occasional edgewear. Many original tissue overlays are present and these are generally heavily chipped and sometimes partial given their delicate nature though many contain pencilled coloring instructions etc. Four drawings are present in oversize form two 22" X 15" two 15" X 18½". Overall quite attractive and quite displayable. Jocko the monkey is a fictional character seen in 19th century texts such as the 1875 short story "Jocko the Monkey" by Fanny P. Seaverns. The Steiff company issued a monkey stuffed animal named Jocko in the late 19th century and various other Jocko the Monkey products have appeared over the years from cookie jars to posters. There were a series of silent short films about Jocko in the 1920s etc. -- all interesting predecessors to Hans and Margret Rey's "Curious George" which debuted in France in 1939. "Jocko" is the charming tale of "a bright little monkey" named Jocko and his owner an organ grinder named Rollo. Through no fault of his own Jocko gets lost and causes accidents and chaos all about him. He ends up the center of attention at a circus parade. Jocko is asked to join but luckily Rollo finds him at the last moment and they are happily reunited. A delightful collection from the height of this illustrator's fame. It's most unusual to find the nearly complete artwork from an entire book of this period. unknown books‎

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