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Wm. Schouler Adjutant General
Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with Reports from the Quartermaster-General Surgeon-General and Master of Ordnance for the Year Ending December 31 1863
Boston: Wright & Potter State Printers 1864. pp. 1022 8 22 20. Very Good in the original black cloth with gilt-stamped spine title cloth separating at bottom edge front gutter rubbing to cloth at tips and minor loss of cloth at spine ends front hinge starting dampstain top corner affecting margin but not text of about 200 pages period gift inscription front end page to H.W. Taft Esq. Henry Waters Taft was the brother of President William Howard Taft and a renowned antitrust lawyer. Much detailed information on Massachusetts troops and their involvement in the Civil War. SCARCE in collectible condition. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Thick 8vo. Wright & Potter, State Printers Hardcover books
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Americana History Long Island Patchogue
Greater Patchogue Chamber of Commerce Business Directory 1987
Patchogue Long Island: Patchogue Chamber of Commerce 1987. 56 pages. Black and white illustrations of businesses in Patchogue current and historical; with a centerfold street map of Greater Patchogue NY and a smaller map giving public service locations with finding legend. Text with history of Patchogue and a detailed alphabetical by business; a directory with names addresses telephone numbers. Accountants adult home advertising alarms aluminum architects; to windows women's wear wholesale distributors wood & coal burning stoves yarn and craft supplies. Several of the larger businesses have taken advertisements as well. Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" size; illustrated & printed stapled paper covers; light wear in very good condition and with interesting Patchogue Long Island business history information. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Patchogue Chamber of Commerce Paperback books
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RELIGION SABBATARIANISM
An Address of the General Union for Promoting the Observance of the Christian Sabbath to the People of the United States Accompanied by Minutes of the Proceedings in its Formation Its Constitution and Officers
New York: Daniel Fanshaw 1828. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 8vo 10 pp disbound. Light foxing all else very good. Foundational document of the General Union which according to one modern scholar "marked a new departure in the annals of American reform. Like the American Temperance Society upon which it was closely modeled the General Union was intended to unite like-minded individuals from throughout the United States in a single cause. According to Massachusetts reformer William Lloyd Garrison this egalitarian approach to reform was destined to make the General Union 'the most efficient instrument in the cause of religion and public morality ever put into practice in any age and country.The linchpin of the General Union strategy was the Sabbatarian Pledge.Just as the American Temperance Society promoted complete abstinence from the evils of drink so the General Union would promote complete abstinence from the evils of Sabbath-breaking. By taking the Sabbatarian pledge General Union members bound themselves not only to abstain from all work travel and recreation on the Sabbath but also to boycott all transportation companies that operated on this day" John Spreading the News pp. 180-81. This pamphlet includes the General Union's Constitution minutes of its first convention held May 6. 1828 and a list of all delegates and officers as well as an address to the people of the United States on the importance of Sabbath observance in the maintenance of civil liberty. Sabin 26914. Daniel Fanshaw paperback books
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Denmark Leather Binding Natural History
F. Bettex Naturstudium Og Kristendom Autoriseret Oversaettelse Efter Orginalens 10. Oplag Ved M. Wolff. Bound in Full Leather with a Natural History Motif
Kobenhavn: Det Schonbergske Forlag 1905. 261 pages; Danish text throughout; original printed orange paper wraps bound-in; approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" size; in full polished fine-grain caramel-brown morocco leather; gilt cover titles surrounded by a laurel wreath back cover with gilt illustration of a crab claws extended; gilt spine titles and rules with a continuation of the laurel motif in a vertical pattern gilt stars at top and bottom of spine top edge gilt gilt star-pattern roll-tool on the turn-ins white watered-silk endpapers brown silk page-marker; front endpaper with presentation 'Til Otto fra Vincent 23 Februar 1906" and the following endpapers with hand-written inspirational quotes from Goethe Horace and with a small lightly colored initial letter; slight wear little bit of color change to leather on the covers; in very good condition and a very pleasing binding with a natural-history motif. First Edition. Leather. Very Good. Det Schonbergske Forlag books
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Heard Wm. H. William Henry
Statement of Four Years' Work in West Africa
Philadelphia: A.M.E. Book Concern 1912. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. Supplement to Statement issued by Bishops' Council to the General Conference Kansas City Mo. May 1912." 9 x 6 inches 19 pp including nine half-tone photographic plates in original stapled wrappers. Some soiling to first page moderate general handling wear. William Henry Heard 1850-1937 was born into slavery in Georgia. After emancipation he worked as a farm laborer but pursued every opportunity for education during his free time eventually enabling him to attend the University of South Carolina and secure a teaching certification. He served briefly in the South Carolina State legislature and in 1878 he joined and became an active member of the African Methodist Episcopal A.M.E. Church. In 1895 Grover Cleveland appointed him Consul General to Liberia where he also served as Superintendent of the Liberia Annual Conference of the A.M.E. Church and spearheaded construction of the first A.M.E. church in Monrovia. In this scarce pamphlet Heard provides the A.M.E. General Conference with an assessment of the state of missionary work in Liberia and Sierra Leone. He reports favorably on the situation in Sierra Leone but says that the work in Liberia is "more in name than in fact" due to insufficient funding and poor sanitary conditions which result in sick missionaries returning to the United States every few years and "disorganizes and hinders the progress of our work." He makes several recommendations for change increased salaries and travel allowances purchase of a boat to replace the canoes currently used for river travel and provides lists of receipts and expenditures for 1908-1912 and missionary appointments for 1912. Not in OCLC or in Blockson. A.M.E. Book Concern unknown books
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Sanderson James M. and Eleanor Parkinson
The Complete Cook bound with The Complete Confectioner
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard 1843 and 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Black boards paper spine label. Very good. 196 & 154 pages. 19.5 x 12 cm. The Complete Cook highlights the art of carving accompanied by illustrations. The Complete Confectioner contains one page of illustrations featuring modeling tools - last ten pages filled with period advertisements. Pages tanned edges rubbed otherwise text clean no markings. LOWENSTEIN 302 & 320. <br/><br/> Lea and Blanchard hardcover books
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Hovey Horace C.
Celebrated American Caverns Especially Mammoth Wyandot and Luray Together with Historical Scientific and Descriptive Notices of Caves and Grottoes in Other Lands
Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo pp xii 228 ads with illustrations folding maps of Mammoth and Wyandot. Original embossed brown cloth with gilt lettering. Corners bumped minor soiling on back cover original owner's inscription "D.W. Garrigues Bot. 12/4/85 at Luray Caverns Luray VA" on front pastedown map of Mammoth Cave has a closed tear but still about very good overall. Although this book focuses on the cave systems listed in the title with more content on Mammoth Cave than any other there are also chapters on the structure varieties and contents of American cave systems in general a history of the uses of caves as dwelling and places of worship and burial and shorter descriptions of Howe's Cave NY Judge's Cave CT Simsbury Caverns CT Pickett's Cave CO and others. Robert Clarke & Co hardcover books
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Americana New York City Theatre History
Theatre Masque Theatre Program Week Beginning Monday Evening February 11 1929 T.S. Productions Inc. Present "The Subway" By Elmer Rice Directed By Adele Gutman Nathan Settings Conceived By Walter Walden
New York NY: The New York Magazine Program 1929. 16 pages; color cover & endpaper illustrations; black and white illustrated within. Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" size; stapled paper wraps some darkening wear to covers covers creaed; in good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. The New York Magazine Program paperback books
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Bolles Albert S.
The Financial History of the United States from 1774 to 1789: Embracing the Period of the American Revolution
New Y: D. Appleton and Co. 1892. From the library of Joseph C. Sibley 1850-1926 elected five times to the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania his signature front paste down and the more recent ownership signature of noted historian John K. Alexander underneath. Very Good in original brown cloth with gilt titles and embossed designs an occasional pencil check mark in margins rear hinge broken yet holding nicely end pages browning. . Third Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. D. Appleton and Co. Hardcover books
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Frothingham Richard
The Rise of the Republic of the United States
Boston: Little Brown and Company 1872. Association Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to his brother Henry on Sept. 28 1872 - " Henry K Frothingham Esq. with the regards of Richard Frothingham". Also with two 20th century prior owner names in ink same front end page one that of noted historian John K. Alexander. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED copies of Frothingham's works are RARE and this one especially so with the family association. In original rust colored cloth with gilt titles 640 pp. Very Good Plus cloth lightly rubbed at edges small bookseller's label rear paste down. An excellent American history. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy. Little, Brown and Company Hardcover books
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Doten Samuel Bradford
An Illustrated History of the University of Nevada
Reno NV: University of Nevada 1924. Hardcover. Very Good. 235 pp with illustrations index. Original embossed cloth boards. Very light wear to edges previous owner's penciled notes on final blank page else clean and sound. No dust jacket. University of Nevada hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1214
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La Revue Litterature Histoire Arts et Sciences des Deux Mondes HAUTECOEUR Louis.
Pourquoi les Academies Furent-elles Supprimees en 1793
Paris:: La Revue 1949. 1949. Series: La Revue Litterature Histoire Arts et Sciences des Deux Mondes vol. 24 1959. 8vo. Printed wrappers; cover off. Worn. Full issue of this periodical. It contains additional papers written by d'Harcourt Deon Gignoux Therive Arrigon Humbourg Lizop Croise and others. La Revue, 1949. unknown books
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Institute for the History of Science; Marshall Clagett ed..
Critical Problems in the History of Science. Proceedings of the History of Science at the University of Wisconsin September 1-11 1957. Edited by Marshall Clagett.
Madison:: University of Wisconsin Press 1959. 1959. 8vo. xiv 555 pp. Brown cloth. Bookplate of Roger Hahn. With sixteen important papers by leading historians of science: The scholar and the craftsman in the scientific revolution / Rupert Hall -- Commentaries. . . / Robert Merton and Francis Johnson -- The role of art in the scientific renaissance / Giorgio de Santillana -- Commentary on the papers of Rupert Hall and Giorgio de Santilana / A.C. Crombie -- The significance of medieval discussion of scientific method for the scientific revolution / A.C. Crombie -- The philosophy of science and the history of science / Joseph T. Clark -- Commentaries on the papers of A.C. Crombie and Joseph T. Clark / I.E. Drabkin and Ernest Nagel -- The origin of classical mechanics from Aristotle to Newton / E. J. Dijksterhaus -- Commentaries . . . / Carl Boyer and Rupert Hall -- Contra-Copernicus: a critical re-estimation of the mathematical planetary theory of Ptolemy Copernicus and Kepler / Derek J. de S. Price -- Commentary. . . / Francis Johnson -- History of science for engineering students at Cornell / Henry Guerlac -- The place of the history of science in a liberal arts curriculum / Dorothy Stimson -- Commentaries on the papers of Dorothy Stimson and Henry Guerlac / I. Bernard Cohen Marie Boas and Duane H.D. Roller -- The encyclopedie and the Jacobin philosophy of science: a study in ideas and consequences / Charles Gilispie -- The politics of science in the French revolution / L Pearce Williams -- Commentaries on the papers of Charles Gilispie and L. Pearce Williams / Henry Bertram Hill and Henry Guerlac -- Energy conservation as an example of simultaneous discovery / Thomas S. Kuhn -- Conservation and the concept of electrical charge: an aspect of philosophy in relation to physics in the nineteenth century / I. Bernard Cohen -- Commentaries on the papers of Thomas H. Kuhn and I. Bernard Cohen / Carl Boyer and Erwin Hiebert -- Biology attains maturity in the nineteenth century / J. Walter Wilson -- Biology and social theory in the nineteenth century: Auguste Comte and Herbert Spencer / John C. Greene -- Commentaries on the papers of J. Walter Wilson / John C. Greene and Conway Zirkle -- The development of ideas in the structure of metals / Cyril Stanley Smith -- Structure of matter and chemical theory in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries / Marie Boas -- Commentaries on the papers of Cyril Stanley Smith and Marie Boas / Aaron I. Ihde. University of Wisconsin Press, 1959. hardcover books
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Americana Presidential History William J. Clinton
1997 Large Format Invitation for the Inauguration of William Jefferson Clinton as President
Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office 1997. Printed in black script on a rich cream-white paper stock with the embossed gilt Capital building at top ".requests the honor of your presence to attend and participate in the Inauguration."; approx. 8 1/2" x 11"; light wear; interesting U.S. government presidential and printing history ephemera. First Edition. Broadside. Very Good. U.S. Government Printing Office books
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SHARLIN Harold Issadore; History of Science Society Committee on Undergraduate Education.
Report on Undergraduate Education in the History of Science. Committee: Harold Issadore Sharlin chairman Stephen G. Brush Harold L. Burstyn Sandra Herbert Michael S. Mahoney & Nathan Sivin.
no place: Annals of Science: 1975. 1975. 36 cm. See: Annals of Science vol. 32 I 1975. 56 pp. Appendices. Red and black self-printed wrappers; slightly faded. Ownership pencil signature of Rossiter on title. Very good. Scarce. "The history of science and technology has been a scholarly discipline with little attention given to the special needs of undergraduate teaching. What needs to be done to transform a discipline to an undergraduate subject. Suggestions include using the relation between science and technology as well as the role of interpreters in formulation of the popular world view. Relations with science and history departments are considered. Curriculum materials are surveyed with some recommendations for correcting deficiencies." 1975. unknown books
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Marmaduke Prickett
AN HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIORY CHURCH OF BRIDLINGTON IN THE EAST RIDING OF THE COUNTY OF YORK
Cambridge: Printed for T. Stevenson by W. Metcalfe 1831. Three Quarters Leather. Very Good binding. Backed in modern sheep with corners and patterned paper over boards; new endpapers; spine titled in gold; all 17 mounted engraved plates are present as called for--frontispiece and 16 plates gathered at the rear of the book; all but the frontispiece show a distinct tideline the to bottom corner; corresponding tideline faintly present throughout the text; nevertheless this is quite a presentable copy; contents are otherwise clean and supple; publisher's announcement and subscriber ticket are tipped in at the front hinge; digital images can be made available upon request. Very Good binding. Printed for T. Stevenson by W. Metcalfe unknown books
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Robert Henry D. D.
The History of Great Britain from the First Invasion of It by the Romans Under Julius Caesar. Written on a New Plan The Second Edition. The First Eleven Volumes
London: Printed for A. Strahan and T. Caddell in the Strand 1788. The first ten volumes published 1788 volume 11 published 1795. Bound in contemporary tree calf the covers with gilt chain border interlinked with gilt flowers the backs with black title labels and green volume labels lettered in gilt and gilt decorations marbled end papers. Directions to binder at rear of vol. 10. Complete with the 5 maps and three plates all fold-outs. Volume I with fold-out frontispiece portrait of Henry. Very Good vol. 7 missing volume label backs dulled corners and edges rubbed vols 568911 with old dampstaining top edges of boards with some staining to leafs mostly in margins. Interiors clean all fold-outs Near Fine. Blindstamp of The Globe Sutton Surrey. Lacking volume 12 also published 1795. A handsome and still sturdy set in lovely contemporary binding. . Second Edition. Tree Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed for A. Strahan and T. Caddell, in the Strand Hardcover books
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Rooke John; Arrian Lucius Flavius Arrianus
Arrian's History of Alexander's Expedition. Translated from the Greek with Notes Historical Geographical and Critical By Mr. Rooke. To Which is Prefixed Mr. Le Clerc's Criticism Upon Quintus Curtius; a New Edition in 2 Vols in 1.
London: Printed for R. Lea; J. Nunn; Lackington Allen and Co.; White Cochrane & Co.; J. Faulder; and J. Walker and Co. 1814. Two volumes bound as one xix lxxxiv 261 8 360. In early 20th century quarter buckram over brown cloth gilt lettering at spine Very Good small hole in buckram at spine end pages moderately foxed both volumes. Contents clean and unmarked a quite usable well-bound copy of this classic history. . First Thus. Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed for R. Lea; J. Nunn; Lackington, Allen, and Co.; White, Cochrane & Co.; J. Faulder; and J. Walker and Co. Hardcover books
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Crossly Aaron
The Peerage of Ireland: Or an Exact Catalogue of the Present Nobility with The Signification of Most Things that are Born in Heraldry with the Explanation of their Natural Qualities.
Dublin: Thomas Hume 1725. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary calf rebacked one corner repaired leather a little dry but sound soiling to endpapers occasional slight foxing quite clean otherwise. Two volumes bound in one dated 1725 and 1724 respectively. 14 260pp i.e. 262pp 2 86 13pp. Extensive errata in preliminaries pages 5-6 numbered 4-4 with corresponding errors in pagination. ESTC T141098 Size: Folio. 2-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Inventory No: 046782. Thomas Hume hardcover books
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Cleveland Hydraulic Press Brick Company
Early Religious Architecture of America
Cleveland: Cleveland Hydraulic-Press Brick Company 1898. RARE early pictorial survey of Calfornian New Mexican and Mexican Spanish Mission architecture. With 24 spectacular full page black and white photographs and 8 pages consisting of title page 6 pages unsigned text and concluding page with information on The Cleveland Hydraulic-Press Brick Company. Photographs signed Franklin Co. Eng. Chi.cago. Very Good in string-tied green paper covers corner chips to covers and a 3" closed tear front cover stain top corner title page. Starting with the "Oldest Church in America" the Church of San Miguel Santa Fe and including the Cathedral of Mexico Missions of San Juan Bautista Santa Barbara Santa Cruz and San Juan De Capistrano among others. . First Edition. String Tied. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Cleveland Hydraulic-Press Brick Company Paperback books
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Martin Duberman
Black Mountain: an Exploration in Community
New York: E.P. Dutton 1972. SCARCE in the Dutton true First Edition 1972. Near Fine top edge soiled in a Very Good dust jacket light edge wear 2 internal stains bottom edge unnoticeable from the outside. Illustrated with numerous b&w photographs. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. E.P. Dutton Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 006285 ISBN : 0525068066 9780525068068
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Americana New York Long Island Education History Farmingdale
1913 - 1914 Archive of Manuscript Documents Regarding the Founding of the NY State School of Agriculture on Long Island Farmingdale & the Appointment of Trustee Edward H.L. Smith of Smithtown to the Board
Farmingdale Nassau Co. L.I. N.Y.: Not Published 1913. Archive consists of 8 documents including: Aug. 7 1913 typed letter signed on State of NY Executive Chamber letterhead to Edward H.L. Smith St. James L.I. ".establishment of the New York State School of Agriculture on Long Island is a work of which New York State should be justly proud.it affords me great pleasure to appoint you as a Trustee.Very sincerely your friend signed in pen Wm. Sulzer" William Sulzer 1863 - 1941 Governor of NY at the time first and only NY governor to be impeached - this with the original mailing envelope; August 19 1913 on printed New York State School of Agriculture on Long Island letterhead TL signed by the board member from Brooklyn Franklin H. Hooper inquiring about the appointment of Smith and further explaining that Smith was to take the place of Ezra A. Tuttle of Eastport and asking him of all this directly ".because of the complicated situation which exists at present in Albany." F.H. Hooper 1851 - 1914 considered one of the main proponents of the founding of the school and a prominent Brooklyn NY & national educator; with a copy of the Aug. 23rd 1913 completed and signed Oath of Office of Smith witnessed and notarized; and the Aug. 26 letter regarding the office signed by Mitchell May the Sec. of State of NY; On Aug. 28 Franklin Hooper acknowledges the receipt of the letter of appointment & oath & gives notification of the next Board meeting with mailing envelope; with the October 15th 1913 8-page typed document signed "Estimate of Money Needed for Running Expenses of the New York State School of Agriculture on Long Island from January 1st 1914 to January 1st 1915" prepared by A.A. Johnson and signed by him in ink at the introductory passage and which gives a detailed budget for the school various departments salaries the demonstration farm and more in the original blue paper over-folder; a December 16 1913 typed letter 2 pages signed by Hooper writing to all the Board which declares that ".on Thursday December 11 representatives of the State Comptroller and of the State Attorney General went to Farmingdale and that Messrs. Mott Smith and Ruland were on that day paid by the State Comptroller for their three farms respectively in pursuance of the contract as made by the Board of Trustees of the school and the three vendors.thereby completing the transaction for the purchase of lands for the school. It is now possible for members of the Board of Trustees to enter upon the lands and to prepare to use them for the purposes of the school." and with further information regarding the surveying of the property and a February 5 1914 TLS by Hooper to Smith regarding information to be sent to Lathrop Brown; the letters with old fold lines light wear and in very good condition; envelopes worn stained used; overall in very good condition and an excellent group of letters regarding the historical foundation of the school at Farmingdale the oldest public institution of higher education on Long Island. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published Paperback books
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Elizabeth Darracott Wheeler
Ten Remarkable Women of the Tudor Courts and Their Influence in Founding of the New World 1530-1630
Lewiston New York U.S.A.: Edwin Mellen Press 2000. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. No pencil or ink markings in text. Hardcover binding with pictorial front board. Light to moderate edgewear to extremities. Very Good binding. Edwin Mellen Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 239287 ISBN : 0773477179 9780773477179
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PARKER Richard B
Uncle Sam in Barbary: A Diplomatic History
Gainesville:: University Press of Florida. Very Good. 2004. Hardcover. 0813026962 . First printing. Very good in light blue cloth. No dust jacket. . University Press of Florida, hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 37700 ISBN : 0813026962 9780813026961
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Wald Lillian
The House on Henry Street
New York: Henry Holt 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 317 pp publisher's catalogue with illustrations from photographs and from etchings and drawings by Abraham Philips. Bound in original blue cloth with gilt lettering. Near fine with some minor abrasion to the front board. No dust jacket. Bookseller label Paul Elder & Co. San Francisco on front pastedown. Lillian Wald a nurse and humanitarian founded the Henry Street Settlement on New York's Lower East Side in 1893. It offered low-cost or free health care social services and educational programs for the urban poor. In this book she describes the history activities and accomplishments of the Settlement as well as the evolution of public attitudes toward the poor over the past two decades. Henry Holt hardcover books
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Reavis LU. L. U.
Saint Louis the Future Great City of the World Fourth Edition with Two Maps
St. Louis: E.F. Hobart 1873. Softcover. Fourth edition. 300 pp with two folding maps earlier editions had one or none. Text block is complete clean and tightly bound. Front wrapper is tattered and detached rear wrapper is missingand most of paper covering spine is gone. An expansive promotional work containing copious facts and figures details on natural resources industry transportation etc. One of the maps is of the state of Missouri; the other is a rather fanciful map of the United States with red concentric circles radiating out from St. Louis to drive home the message of the city's strategic position at the center of it all. E.F. Hobart unknown books
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Duchemin Descepeaux Jacques
Lettres sur l'Origine de la Chouannerie et sur les Chouans du Bas-Maine dédiées au roi. Two Volumes
Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale 1825. First Edition 1825-27. Two volumes in contemporary paper covered boards with later quarter calf spine gilt marbled end papers and edges. 8 444 464 pp. Very Good boards rubbed at corners and edges scattered light toning. half-title page of Vol. II partially adhered to front end page. A good solid set of this uncommon history. . First Edition. Quarter Calf. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. L'Imprimerie Royale hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 009007
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la Tour d'Auvergne Prince Edouard De
WATERLOO Etude de la Campagne de 1815. Avec Cartes & Plans
Paris: Henri Plon 1870. 5 folding maps and plans vii 440 pp. SCARCE in current commerce last copy at auction 1925. Bound in contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards decorative gilt back marbled end papers top gilt. Very Good moderate to heavy foxing top corner creases to most pages scattered scholarly marginal notations. A handsome copy of an uncommon history of the Battle of Waterloo. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Henri Plon hardcover books
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Americana Pennsylvania History
An Historical and Geographical Account of the Province and Country of Pensilvania; and of West-New-Jersey in America.with a Map of Both Countries. By Gabriel Thomas Who Resided There About Fifteen Years.
New York: Lithographed for Henry Austin Brady Esquire 1848. The two titles lithographed and reproduced bound in one; 8 55 12 34 pages; both of these originally printed in 1698; illustrated with a small folding map as well. Previous owner name on front endpaper. Approx. 5" x 8 1/8" size; bound in the original light gray paper-covered boards paper title label on the spine; some edge tips wear & dustiness to the binding spine paper edge-chipped; in good condition. . Hard Cover. Good. Lithographed for Henry Austin Brady, Esquire hardcover books
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Remusat Madame de; with a Preface and Notes by Her Grandson Paul de Remusat Translated from the French by Mrs. Cashel Hoey
Memoirs of Madame de Remusat 1802-1808. In Three Volumes
New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1880. Three volumes in contemporary quarter red cloth over marbled boards. The bookplate of Thomas Taylor front paste downs his name in ink at title page. Very Good red cloth faded at spine light edge wear a clean handsome set. . First American Edition. Quarter Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. D. Appleton and Co. Hardcover books
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Riis Jacob A
The Peril and the Preservation of the Home Being the William L. Bull Lectures for the Year 1903
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co. 1903. SCARCE. Very Good in original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering top edge gilt the cloth a bit rubbed prior owner name and bookstore stamp front end pages bookseller code in ink rear paste down. 190 pp illustrated with black and white photographs used by the author during his lecture. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. George W. Jacobs & Co. Hardcover books
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Society for the History of Belgian Protestantism.
An Easter message from Flanders Fields to America.
Brussels Belgium 1921. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>This "Easter greetings to all Americans" contains a brief description of the research interests of the Society and an appeal for support. Includes a duplicate and a handwritten letter dated 1921 from Louis Piers De Boer agent for the Society in America to the librarian of the New Jersey Historical Society. Broadsheet folded and printed on each side. Near fine. unknown books
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Shaler William; Bynum Lindley Introduction; Saunders Ruth Illustrator
Journal of a Voyage Between China and the Northwestern Coast of America Made in 1804 by William Shaler
Claremont CA: Saunders Studio Press 1935. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. 109 pp map. Very light wear to edges; else fine. Dust jacket shows very light toning and has a few small chips and tears. Number 329 of an edition of 700. Reprinted from THe American Register: Or General Repository of History Politics and Science Part I for 1808 Vol. III. Narrative of an expedition that sailed from Canton to the coasts of California Baja California the Hawaiian Islands the Marianas and Macao. Hill 1555. Saunders Studio Press hardcover books
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Bolivar Simon; Academia Nacional de la Historia Venezuela
Correo del Orinoco 1818-1821. Angostura Venezuela 1818-1821
Paris: Desclée de Brouwer & cie 1939. First edition. Paper wrappers. A very good copy tears to spine ends lightly soiled wrappers. XV 522 pp. The coat of arms of Venezuela in colors on verso of half-title. Folio. Facsimile reproduction of the periodical Correo del Orinoco in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the National Academy of History including all 128 issues and which actually ran until March 23 1822. The Correo del Orinoco was an influential periodical not only in Venezuela but in all the Americas and Spain serving as a propaganda source for the revolutionary forces. Desclée, de Brouwer & cie unknown books
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Davis Garrett
Confiscation of Rebel Property. Speech of Hon. Garrett Davis of Kentucky in the Senate of the United States April 22 and 23 1862
Softcover. Very good. Sewn pamphlet 24 pp printed in double columns. Minor insect damage still a very good copy. A speech in opposition to the Second Confiscation Act which called for court proceedings for seizure of land and property from disloyal citizens ie supporters of the Confederacy in the South as well as the emancipation of their slaves that came under Union control. Davis was a vehement opponent of confiscation and made repeated and lengthy speeches in the Senate in an attempt to derail the legislation. It passed in July 1862 providing the legal basis for the Emancipation Proclamation. paperback books
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Warwick Eden
Notes on Noses
London: Richard Bentley 1852. First Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. Attaractively bound in half leather over marbled boards. Edges and corners worn but an attractive binding. Scattered foxing notes on the rear endpaper in pencil. 153pp Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 045134. <br/><br/> Richard Bentley hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 045134
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Max Pemberton
THE HISTORY OF HYDE PARK AND THE HOUSE OF THE GROSVENORS
Birmingham: James Cond 1930. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Gorgeous views of the new Grosvenor House Hotel by the Stewart Knock Studio and Milner Gray as well as scenes from Hyde Park and environs. Very nice ads as well related to the furnishings and fittings of the new hotel. The new hotel was designed by Lutyens and rooms in the Grosvenor House reflect the "moderne" style derivative of Art Deco. Quite a nice copy with just a bit of shelfwear. Laid in is complimentary card from the Board of Directors of the Grosvenor Houses and blank postal telegram to be used in making a reservation. Very Good binding. James Cond unknown books
Bookseller reference : 249923
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Ohio County History
HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHICAL CYCLOPEDIA OF BUTLER COUNTY OHIO WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND SKETCHES OF ITS REPRESENTATIVE MEN AND PIONEERS.
Cincinnati: Western Biographical Publishing Company. Very Good. 1882. Hardcover. A large heavy book 12x9-1/2 inches. Illustrations include a Folding Map and portraits mostly steel engravings of F D Black James E Campbell Jesse Corwin Cyrus Falconer B W Hair Murat Halstead J B Hughes Isaac L Keely Constantine Markt Wm. C Miller H L Morey James McBride D W McClung J E McDonald J C McKemy J F Neilan James Patchell George A Rentschler John W. Sohn Arthur St Clair Anthony Wayne and George W White. There are frayed edges to a few preliminary pages; otherwise the half-leather binding and the text are Very Good to Fine. This is a remarkably bright tight copy of a book which is seldom found in collectable condition. . Western Biographical Publishing Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 66753
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Thirox de Mondesir Alexandre Louis
Manuel pour le Corps de l'Infanterie. Extrait des principales Ordonnances relatives à l'Infanterie Françoise & le plus journellement en usage avec un détail historique sur son origine. Par un Officier des Dragons
Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale 1780. v 252 xxvi pp. with three fold-out charts collated completewith no gap in paging 23-66 as in later 1781 edition. Second Edition 1780 the first edition published 1779. RARE in this edition last copy at auction 1947 RBH OCLC locates 2 copies worldwide the Morgan Library and Bibliotheque Nationale de France. Bound in contemporary crushed morocco ornate gilt back marbled end papers all adges gilt. Very Good light wear at joints and corners the 2nd fold-out chart with small edge tears and creases the3rd with added crease and faint toning. . Second Edition. Crushed Morocco. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. De L'Imprimerie Royale Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 009001
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LAVEAUX JC. Thievault de J. C.
Russia- Bindings Histoire de Pierre III Empereur de Russie Suivie de L Histoire Secrète des Amours et des Principaux Amans de Catherine II
Paris: Maison La Briffe 1799. Fine binding signed Hatchards-Piccadilly the oldest bookshop in London. Three volumes in modern half polished calf over buckram boards the backs with two black morocco labels and intricate gilt decorations tops gilt marbled end papers Near Fine the lightest of edge wear. iv 360 360 312 pp. Half-titles in Vols. II and III. Each volume with a frontis illustration Fine in all volumes. An uncommon history in lovely binding with exceptional plates. . First Edition. Half Polished Calf. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Maison La Briffe hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 009006
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Hervey Lord John; Edited by Right Hon. John Wilson Croker
Memoirs of the Reign of George the Second from the Accession to the Death of Queen Caroline. In Three Volumes
New York: Scribner & Welford 1884. Three volumes in original brown paper covered boards resembling leather blind tooled and with gilt lettering and gilt Hervey family crest front covers black end papers. Very Good the bookplates of Robert Wheaton Tivers founder of The Rivers School and Mary Rivers front paste down and end page. "Ex Libri R.G. Russell" in ink on Mary Rivers' bookplate. Title page detached Vol. II bookplate removal shadows Vols. II and III moderate foxing at end pages. small tears at spine ends. A handsome set in original publisher's binding. A heavy set will require additional cost for priority and international mail. Please inquire before ordering. . First American Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Scribner & Welford Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008372
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Fox Charles James
The Speeches of the Right Honourable Charles James Fox in the House of Commons. In Six Volumes
London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1815. Six volumes rebound in later Nineteenth century half calf over marbled boards black morocco labels with gilt lettering back plain peach end papers. The small binder's ticket of Lawrence Ridge Grantham front paste down. Very Good Plus light rubbing at edges. SCARCE in lovely binding. Charles James Fox 1749-1806 was a contemporary and friend of William Burke and the arch-rival of William Pitt the younger. A noted anti-slavery politician and a supporter of the American and FrenchRevolutions he rose to prominence in the House of Commons due to his forceful speech and eloquence. This 6 volume set will require additional postage charges for priority and international orders- please inquire. . First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008295
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Wilkins W. H.
Mrs. Fitzherbert and George IV. With Illustrations
New York: Longmans Green & Co. 1905. xx 476 pp including 4 Appendices and Index. With over 50 illustrations One volume bound in signed Brentanos contemporary half pebbled morocco over marbled boards the back with five raised bands with gilt lettering and decorations top edge gilt marbled end papers the small leather bookplate of C.A. and V. Baldwin front paste down. Very Good light rubbing at joints and corners spotting at frontispiece tissue guard. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Longmans, Green & Co. Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008187
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Vincenzo Fraschetti; Illustrated by Carlo V. Testi
Italia Dall' A alla Z. Poesie di Vincenzo Fraschetti. Commento Grafico di C. V. Testi
Novara Italy : Officine Dell'istituto Geografico De Agostini 1936. RARE. First and only edition of this children's alphabet book published specifically for Italian children living abroad intended to indoctrinate them in the strength and glories of Mussolini's Fascist government. Very Good foxing to blank paste downs boards rubbed at edges. Foreword by Piero Parini director for the Fascist flagship newspaper Il Popolo d'Italia and coordinator of Fascist organizations of the Italian diaspora. 88 pp. With striking modernist and cubist-inspired full-color illustrations every page by the poster artist C.V. Testi and poems by Vincenzo Fraschetti. RARE given the intended audience and the postwar drive to eliminate Fascist material especially from librairies. Worldcat shows 3 institutional holdings 2 in the US and 1 in Germany. . First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Small 4to. Officine Dell'istituto Geografico De Agostini, Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007846
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Americana New York City Theatre History
Ambassador Theatre Program Week Beginning Monday Evening January 30 1928 Alexander Mckaig Presents "The Racket" By Bartlett Cormack with John Cromwell Edward G. Robinson and Marion Coakley Settings Designed By Livingston Platt
New York NY: The New York Magazine Program 1928. 24 pages; color cover & endpaper illustrations; black and white illustrated within. Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" size; stapled paper wraps some darkening wear to covers corners with tiny chips; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. The New York Magazine Program paperback books
Bookseller reference : 26293
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Vossius Gerhard Johannes
De Historicis Latinis Libri III
Leiden: Joannis Maire 1651. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary calf neatly rebacked. Scattered foxing and browning old catalog entry pasted to endpaper signature on title. A nice clean copy overall. 830pp index. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 046537. Joannis Maire hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 046537
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Royo Don Juan; Manas Don Jose Maria; et al.
Telegrafo de Palcos y Balcones with Manual de Caminos.with La España y la Inglaterra Agricols en la Exposicion Industrial 1862 with 6 other pamphlets
Madrid: Fundicion y Libreria de D. Eusebio Aguado 1855. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Sammelband in 3 volumes of 9 books on 19th century Spanish topics - telegraphs agriculture the national library roads etc. All rebound in 1/4 morocco. Attractive bindings - one title with a folding plate of agricultural machinery. Light wear to bindings scattered foxing and browning internally. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 045391. <br/><br/> Fundicion y Libreria de D. Eusebio Aguado hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 045391
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Sporting History Big Game Hunting
1975 - 2000 Collection of Material Regarding Big Game Hunting and Safaris Around the World
New York: Not Published 1975. Group of 50 pieces of various material including: brochure and price schedule 1975 for South West Africa hunting expeditions by Basie Maartens Safaris; Eastcape & Karoo Safaris South Africa color brochures showing trophy game & their hunters; Geoff Broom Safaris information with photos of kills clients; 1979-1980 season report for the Zambia - Sudan Robin Hurt Safaris illustrated with trackers taking a 50 3/4" sable taken in Kafue maps correspondence; 1980 Jack Atcheson & Sons Montana letter brochure offprint article on elk and guiding service information; 1984 shipping company group of paperwork for 6.17 pounds of antlers coming from Austria to U.S.; 1986 schedule & cover letter for New England Arms Co. of Kittery Point Maine their shooting trips to Cornwall England; 1987 two large booklets on spring and summer shotgunning in Argentina and Botswana offered by Fish and Game Frontiers Inc.; Sept. 1988 International Adventures newspaper for hunting in Argentina Africa Mexico Ozarks and other areas around the world 8 pages black & white illustrated throughout; undated Safari Club Intl. notice regarding ".one hundred thousand acres of the best hunting area virtually untouched for 15 years.along the Zambezi which has elephant and lion."; 1991 application for Tanzania Game Trackers Safaris Ltd. and with other information from them; the group also with ephemeral clippings from hunting newspapers magazines publications concerning various topics from shooting grouse in Scotland a sticker showing 'percentage of kill chance' on various positions of large game probably elk; business cards and notes from cronies regarding hunting possibilities; checklists for packing hunting gear wing setter hunting in Egypt brochure; articles on unrest among 'natives' of various hunting locales evidently putting a damper on future activities; several pieces of correspondence in German regarding Austrian & South African hunting opportunities from fellow enthusiasts and companies; little wear age to paperwork; in very good condition and an interesting glimpse of the available hunting opportunities around the world 1975-2000 evidently taken advantage of by a practicing enthusiast. . Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published Paperback books
Bookseller reference : 21819
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H. R. Fox Bourne
THE ROMANCE OF TRADE
London: Cassell Petter Galpin & Co. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. 379pp. Dampstaining to the endpapers. Previous owner name label on the front endpaper. Decorated cred cloth with some fade to the titling and the decorations but a sturdy and serviceable copy. All edges gilt. near Very Good binding. Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co unknown books
Bookseller reference : 251773
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Annual Report 1929-1930 of the Palestine Department of Education
Jerusalem: Palestine Government 1931. Very Good prior owner name top edge front wrapper. Wrappers soiled and small edge tears contents are clean tight and unmarked. Scarce publication of the Palestine Government. Several fold-out charts. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Palestine Government Paperback books
Bookseller reference : 001825
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