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Marshall, Alfred; Marshall, Mary Paley
The Economics of Industry
London: MacMillan and Co 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. xvi 231 p.; 17 cm. Green cloth with black spine and cover titles. Black endpapers. Bookplate of the Belles Lettres Society of Dickinson College on front fixed endpaper indicating that this was given to the college in 1891 by G. E. Mills chair of the Book Committee. Embossed Dickinson College Library stamp on title page. Mary Paley Marshall 1850-1944 was part of the first class of 5 women at Cambridge's Newnham College in 1871. She taught economics at Newnham and was asked to write a book based on her lectures. Her husband Alfred Marshall also contributed to The Economics of Industry before publication. It was popular and reprinted many times. When his larger work The Principles of Economy first appeared in 1890 he opposed any further printings of The Economics of Industry indicating that this was presumably the final printing. Extremely scarce. In Very Good Condition: cover is rubbed; call number written in white and black at tail of spine; back free endpaper scraped; a few minor pencil marks; otherwise clean and solid. MacMillan and Co hardcover
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Gerhard, William
West Point Account Book and 6 documents relating to his Military Service
1865. Hardcover. Good. The West Point account book of William Gerhard while a cadet 1865-1869 and 6 documents relating to his military service. William Gerhard 1847-1914 of Philadelphia was the son of Benjamin Gerhard 1811-1864 and Anna Sergeant Gerhard 1815-1873. He married Sally Lyle Howell 1855-1879 and they had one child Arthur Howell Gerhard 1877-1949. He was appointed a cadet on Sept. 8 1864 and was at West Point from June 1865 through June 1869 when he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieut in the 9th United States Cavalry on June 15. He served in Texas from Oct. 1869 until he resigned on September 30 1874 having been promoted to 1st Lieut on Nov. 19 1873. Following his military service he was a manufacturer of chains and anchors in Ardmore Pa. and then a senior member of Empire Chain Works Philadelphia Pa. The account book is the original calf-bound book issued by West Point showing Gerhard's monthly expenses for items from the commisary and other expenses for the 4 years he was a cadet. With handwritten paper label on the front cover: "Cadet William Gerhard June 1865." The additional documents consist of: 1 a handwritten letter reporting "Gen. Meade took Willie Gerhard to see the President to ask for an appointment at West Point" and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton subsequently making the appointment; 2 printed letter of appointment for Gerhard signed by Stanton and dated Sept. 8 1864; 3 official appointment with blue seal to take effect July 1 1865 signed by Edwin M. Stanton and dated Feb. 22 1866 sic; 4 Gerhard's appointment as Second Lieut. in the 9th Regiment of Cavalry signed by Secretary of War John A. Rawlins and dated June 24 1869; 5 a leave of absence for 3 months for Gerhard signed by Adjutant General E. D. Townsend and dated June 23 1869; and 6 Gerhard's promotion to 1st Lieut. of the 9th Regiment of Cavalry signed by Secretary of War Wm. W. Belknap and dated Nov. 29 1873. The handwritten letter is unsigned but attributed to James Cornell Biddle 1835-1898 which is consistent with the letter. The account book is in Good Condition: front board is detached but present; lacking leather from spine; pages are clean and tight. Documents are clean and solid; light folds some of which are starting to separate. hardcover
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Churchill, Fleetwood, editor
Essays on the Puerperal Fever and Other Diseases Peculiar to Women: Selected From the Writings of British Authors Previous to the Close of the Eighteenth Century; edited by Fleetwood Churchill provenance: Charles D. Meigs
London: Sydenham Society 1848. Hardcover. Fair. viii 552 11 p.; 23 cm. Publisher's black cloth with emblem in gilt on both boards within blind-stamped decoration. Top page edges gilt. Small yellow bookbinder's label on back fixed endpaper of Westleys & Co. London. The Sydenham Society published medical works from 1844 to 1857. Yellow endpapers. Series title page has inscription by former owner "Ch. D. Meigs M. D. 1850" and red oval stamp of subsequent owner the Preston Retreat Library. Inscription on front fixed endpaper indicates more recent ownership by doctors W. Robert Penman and Dorothy I. Lansing. Charles D. Meigs 1792-1868 was an American doctor who was a professor of obstetrics at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia from 1841 to 1861 during which period he acquired this book. He is best remembered today for dismissing the idea that doctors could transmit disease to their patients if they failed to wash their hands. A doctor was a gentleman and "a gentleman's hands are clean" he declared. There are occasional ink and pencil marginal notations some or all of which may be by Meigs. Presumably after his death in 1861 the book became part of the library at the Preston Retreat a hospital for poor women that opened in Philadelphia in 1866. In Fair Condition: lacking spine; residue on boards from former tape repair; hinges are weak; text block separating; two signatures detached but present. Sydenham Society hardcover
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Sayre, WH W H
1 handwritten letter to Powell Stackhouse regarding a deed for land in Northumberland Co. Pa
Bear Gap Pa 1822. Near Fine. 1 handwritten letter from W.H. Sayre Bear Gap Pa. to Powell Stackhouse Philadelphia. Sayre reports that "my cause was not tried this last court." He hopes that Stackhouse will be able to find "the descriptive part" of Stackhouse's deed. If he can find it and send it to Sayre by the next court in April "this will render us secure." Powell Stackhouse 1785-1863 and his wife Edith Stackhouse 1786-1866 were Quakers and members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. He began as a cabinetmaker in the 1810s; was a china merchant for a few years following his father's profession; and in 1818 became a stove pattern maker. In the 1820s he continued in the iron stove business and in 1831 he received a patent for an improvement in stoves. He became a prominent stove manufacturer employing iron from furnaces throughout Pennsylvania; by the end of the century his grandson Powell Stackhouse b. 1840 was president of Cambria Iron Co. The land in question in Northumberland Co. may have been of interest to Stackhouse because it contained iron ore. In Near Fine Condition: lightly creased where originally folded; small section lacking from edge of address side without loss of writing; clean and bright. unknown
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Fielding, Henry
Select Works of Henry Fielding: in Two Volumes; with a memoir of the life of the author by Sir Walter Scott and an essay on his life and genius by Arthur Murphy
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard 1841. Hardcover. Very Good -. 2 volumes: 424 p. frontispiece portrait of the author in vol. 1; 456 p.; 25 cm. Contemporary full calf with leather labels with gilt-tooled title: Fielding's Works; gilt-tooled decoration on spines. Ex-library: circular stamp on each title page and several pages in vol. 2 reading: Library of the German Society Philadelphia. Small label at upper edge of vol. 1 title page with handwritten call number. Notations on front endpapers possible old call numbers. Contents: vol. 1: The Life of Henry Fielding by Sir Walter Scott -- An Essay on the Life and Genius of Henry Fielding Esq. by Arthur Murphy -- Tom Jones or The History of a Foundling -- vol. 2: The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams -- Amelia -- History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great. In Very Good- Condition: spines are rubbed with some loss of gilt; edges are heavily rubbed; vol. front joint starting at tail; faint dampstain along gutter in first few pages of vol. 2; otherwise clean and tight. Lea and Blanchard hardcover
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Ward, Leslie
London Sessions": Sir Peter Henry Edlin Judges no. 34 -- Vanity Fair Oct. 31 1891
London: Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith 1891. Near Fine. 1 chromolithographed print 39 x 27 cm. signed "Spy" with the biographical text photocopy. Sir Leslie Ward 1851-1922 English caricaturist and portrait painter signed his works 'Spy.' Sir Peter Henry Edlin 1819-1903 was chairman of the County of London Sessions. According to the biographical text that accompanied the print he was an unpleasant and controversial judge. In Near Fine Condition: clean and bright. Vincent Brooks Day & Son, Lith unknown
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Phillips, Richard
Addisoniana: In two Volumes 2 volumes in one
London: Richd. Phillips 1803. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes in one: xxiv 242 260 14 p. 2 frontispieces and 7 folded leaves of facsimile letters; 16 cm. C. 1900 binding: half dark blue faux-morocco cloth with six spine compartments between raised bands and gilt-tooled title in second compartment; marbled paper over boards. Title vignettes. Attributed by Halkett and Laing to Sir Richard Phillips. No date of publication. Preface vol. 2 frontispiece and 4 of the folded facsimile plates are dated 1803. Former owner's stamp on front fixed endpaper: Folwell Legendre Hammond La. Former owner name at head of vol. 1 title page: W. Ransom. Joseph Addison 1672-1719 English essayist playwright and poet is best remembered for his contributions to The Tatler and The Spectator. In Very Good Condition: boards are slightly rubbed; one folded leaf is starting to separate at fold; frontispieces title pages and first few pages are somewhat foxed; otherwise clean and tight. Richd. Phillips hardcover
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Voltaire, Francois
La Pucelle d'Orléans Poeme en Vigt-Un Chants par M. de Voltaire; avec les Notes & Variantes
Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey 1788. Hardcover. Very Good. Nouvelle Edition plus complette que toutes les précédentes." 405 3 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary calf; modern spine repair with japanese tissue and gilt-tooled leather spine label. All page edges red. Woodcut tailpieces. Voltaire's satire about the life of Joan of Arc was banned in much of Europe and hence very popular. In Very Good Condition: leather is rubbed; spine repaired with japanese tissue; edges of first and last leaves darkened from glue used on fixed endpapers; some pages lightly browning; otherwise clean and tight. Marc-Michel Rey hardcover
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Chalkley, Thomas
A Collection of the Works of that Ancient Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ Thomas Chalkley Who departed this Life in the Island of Tortola the Fourth Day of the Ninth Month 1741. To which is prefixed A Journal of his Life Travels and Christian Experiences written by himself
London: James Phillips 1791. Hardcover. Good. The Fifth Edition. vii 1 601 3 p.; 21 cm. Signatures: a4 A-2P8 -2P7 2P8 8vo. Original plain calf boards with later plain calf spine. Modern box with gilt-tooled spine title: Chalkley's Works. The Works of Thomas Chalkley has a separate title page but continous pagination and signing. Publisher's catalog on final 2 unpaginated pages. ESTC T061338. Lengthy inscription on front free endpaper by Joseph Brinton 1754-1809 of Lancaster County Pa. who purchased the book in 1791. He was the son of Moses and Eleanor Brinton and married Susanna Rigbee in 1784. With: two small pieces of pressed seaweed left in the book. Inscriptions on back fixed endpaper indicate that over the following century the book descended through the Brinton and Cooper families. Lacking one leaf containing pages 369-70 which has been unobtrusively supplied. In Good Condition: leather is rubbed with some loss; pp. 369-70 supplied as described; pp. 495-96 has been rehinged; old dampstain along fore-edge of title page and several following leaves; occasional soiling heavy on a few pages. James Phillips hardcover
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Giusto, della Madre di Dio, fra
Vita del Servo di Dio il P.F. Martino della Croce sacerdote dello piu' stretto Istituto de' Frati Minori Scalzi della Provincia di S. Pietro d'Alcantara; raccolta dal P. fra Giusto della Madre di Dio
Naples: Giuseppe Raimondi 1754. Hardcover. Very Good. 20 288 p.; 23 cm. 19th-century half calf with gilt-tooled spine title and gilt-ruled decoration on spine; marbled paper over boards. Grey endpapers. Woodcut initials. Errori Correzioni on p. 17. Round label on front fixed endpaper for F.C. Schottin bookbinder Buffalo N.Y. Faint stamps on title page from Catholic libraries. Book pocket on back fixed endpaper from the Mt. St. Alphonsus Library. No other library markings. Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: edges and spine rubbed; old repair at head of gutter on pp. 49-56 with minor loss of text; occasional foxing; otherwise clean and tight. Giuseppe Raimondi hardcover
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Babb, James T
A Bibliography of the Writings of William McFee by James T. Babb; With an Introduction and Notes by William McFee
Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Co 1931. Hardcover. Near Fine -. 2 xxiii 3 126 2 p. frontispiece portrait of William McFee and 7 leaves of plates; 25 cm. Blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and cover illustration. Board edges are bevelled. Plain blue slipcase. Top page edges are gilt. Fore-edges are untrimmed. This is copy number 320 out of a limited edition of 360 copies. The Introduction is signed by McFee in ink on p. xvi. The page following the index is headed "Additional Collations." A former owner has added in pencil four titles by McFee that were published after this bibliography was issued. William McFee 1881-1966 was an English writer who drew on his lifetime at sea as the basis for his large output of sea stories. Book is in Near Fine- Condition: spine is faded; foxing along edges of title page from contact with frontispiece; otherwise clean and bright. Slipcase is in Good Condition: joints are opening but slipcase is still functional; fading along edges; clean. Doubleday, Doran & Co hardcover
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Stevenson, Robert Louis
Books Which Have Influenced Me: A Paper Contributed to 'The British Weekly' May 13 1887 by Robert Louis Stevenson
Greenwich Conn: Literary Collector Press 1905. Hardcover. Good . 24 p.; 15 cm. Grey cover; paper labels printed in red and black on spine and front cover. This is no. 89 of a limited edition of 275 copies printed on American handmade paper. Title page printed in red and black. Printer's emblem of Frederick Conrad Bursch on title page. Issued as No. 1 of the series Collector Reprints. Pencilled notation on back fixed endpaper indicating that former owner acquired the book in 1947. Very scarce. In Good Condition: lacking some paper over spine and most of the spine label; front label is intact; cover is very lightly soiled; small stain in lower corner of 4 leaves; otherwise pages are clean and bright. Literary Collector Press hardcover
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Robertson, William
The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles the Fifth by William Robertson; with An Account of the Emperor's Life after his Abdication by William H. Prescott -- 3 volumes
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co 1875. Hardcover. Very Good -. New Edition. 3 volumes: xviii 544 p. 1 leaf with a frontispiece portrait of Charles the Fifth engraved by John J. McCarty; viii 549 1 p.; vi 530 p.; 20 cm. Publisher's red-brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title: Robertson's Charles the Fifth. Coat-of-arms gilt-stamped on spines; initials of William H. Prescott gilt-stamped on front boards. Spines and front boards have black-stamped decoration including a different coat-of-arms; back board have blind-stamped decoration mirroring the front boards without the initials. "New and Revised Edition" -- on spines. Boards have beveled edges. Dark brown endpapers. Each front fixed endpaper bears a bookplate reading "Shapleigh" with a black-and-white photo of a rural scene. Blank leaf following front endpapers in each volume inscribed by former owner: "Adelaide Shapleigh Sept. 1898." In Very Good- Condition: rubbed; ends of spines and corners are fraying; clean and tight. J.B. Lippincott & Co hardcover
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Williams, Robert Folkestone; Sophia Dorothea, Consort of George I, King of Great Britain
Memoirs of Sophia Dorothea Consort of George I: Chiefly from the Secret Archives of Hanover Brunswick Berlin and Vienna; including a Diary of the Conversations of Illustrious Personages of those Courts Illustrative of her history with letters and other documents
London: Henry Colburn 1845. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes: 1 xxiii 1 452 p. frontispiece portrait; 1 vii 452 p. frontispiece portrait; 23 cm. Contemporary half red morocco with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled title in second compartment and volume in third with "1845" at tail. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers in gilt and blue matching boards. Published anonymously but attributed to Robert Folkestone Williams approx. 1805-1872. The life of Sophia Dorothea 1666-1726 Consort of George I before he became King of Great Britain. Forced to marry her cousin George Louis she bore him three children before he divorced her and imprisoned her in the Castle of Ahlden where she spent the rest of her life. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; spines lightly sunned; frontispiece portraits are foxed; text has minimal marginal foxing and soiling; a solid and attractive set. Henry Colburn hardcover
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Rota, Andrea
Notizie Istoriche di S. Anselmo Vescovo di Lucca e Protettore di Mantova raccolte dal P. Andrea Rota
Verona: Pierantonio Berno Librajo 1733. Hardcover. Near Fine. 16 384 p. 2 leaves of plates 1 folded: illustrations; 21 cm. Half vellum; red leather spine label with gilt-tooled title. Pastepaper over boards. All page edges speckled blue. Half-title: Notizie Istoriche di S. Anselmo di Lucca. Title page in red and black with engraved title vignette. Historiated initials; woodcut tailpieces. "Merion House Library" -- stamped at lower edge of title page. Oval stamp on half title partially erased with "Doppio " written next to it. In Near Fine Condition: back free endpaper scraped near upper edge; otherwise clean and crisp. Pierantonio Berno Librajo hardcover
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Bradshaw, Annie
The Gates of Temptation: A Natural Novel by Mrs. Albert S. Bradshaw
New York: Minerva Publishing Co 1892. Paperback. Very Good -. 2 196 2 p.; 18 cm. Paperback with brown cover printed in black. Romantic Series no. 12. "July 1892" -- on front cover. "by Mrs. Annie Bradshaw" -- on front cover. Advertisements on several pages and back cover for Scott's Emulsion Van Houten's Cocoa Beecham's Pills Pears' Soap and one pubisher's advertisment. First edition. The only edition on WorldCat was published in London in 1898. Annie Cropper Bradshaw 1863-1938 was an English author. The Minerva Publishing Co. was established in 1888 by Telemaque Thomas Timayenis 1853-1918 who had previously been the tutor of the Rockefeller children. The publications of the Minerva Publishing Co. included several anti-Semitic books presumably including that advertised here Dr. Phillips: A Story of Jewish Society Very scarce. In Very Good- Condtion: cover is lightly soiled with minor loss at edges; pages are browning but clean and tight. Minerva Publishing Co paperback
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Nineteenth Annual Report of the Executive board and of the Ladies' Board of Managers of the Union Benevolent Association
Philadelphia: Merrihew & Thompson printers 1850. Paperback. Very Good. 32 p.; 23 cm. Green wrappers with black wrapper title. The Union Benevolent Association was established in 1831 to provide assistance to Philadelphia residents by lending stoves to help heat their homes during a harsh winter along with wood and coal. The intention was to help the "worthy poor" without regard for religion or race. The activities of the organization have evolved since 1831; today it provides grants to projects to fight poverty. This report contains a list of people who contributed to the Union Benevolent Association for the previous year with the amount given as well as detailed data about the people with whom the association had worked. The male officers of the Association are listed; none of the members of the Ladies' Board of Managers are named although the majority of the report is theirs. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: wrapper is lightly soiled and creased; 3-cm. closed tear at upper corner of front wrapper; internally clean and tight. Merrihew & Thompson, printers paperback
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Eighteenth Annual Report of the Executive board and of the Ladies' Board of Managers of the Union Benevolent Association
Philadelphia: Merrihew & Thompson printers 1849. Paperback. Very Good . 31 1 p.; 22 cm. Yellow wrappers with black wrapper title. The Union Benevolent Association was established in 1831 to provide assistance to Philadelphia residents by lending stoves to help heat their homes during a harsh winter along with wood and coal. The intention was to help the "worthy poor" without regard for religion or race. The activities of the organization have evolved since 1831; today it provides grants to projects to fight poverty. This report contains the constitution and by-laws of the Union Benevolent Association as well as detailed data about the people with whom the association had worked in the previous year. The male officers of the Association are listed; none of the members of the Ladies' Board of Managers are named although the majority of the report is theirs. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: wrapper is lightly soiled; lower corner of front wrapper creased; lower corner of title page lightly soiled; minor damage at lower edge of back wrapper and final pages; otherwise clean and tight. Merrihew & Thompson, printers paperback
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Fox, Caroline
Memories of Old Friends: being Extracts from the Journals and Letters of Caroline Fox of Penjerrick Cornwall from 1835 to 1871; edited by Horace N. Pym
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co 1882. Hardcover. Very Good . xxviii 378 p.; 20 cm. Publisher's dark red-brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; boards have bevelled edges. Black endpapers. Includes index. First American edition. Former owner's inscription on front free endpaper: "S. S. Stafford Feb. 1882." Former owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper of Jack Fox with illustration of a fox with a book. Caroline Fox 1819-1871 a member of an English Quaker family recorded her observations of prominent scientists and intellectuals of her time including John Stuart Mill and Thomas Carlyle. Her father Robert Were Fox 1789-1877 was a geologist and inventor. In Very Good Condition: edges lightly rubbed; slightly cocked; minor loss at head of spine; clean and tight. J. B. Lippincott & Co hardcover
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Babcock, Amos G; Waterhouse, Benjamin, editor
A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts Late a Surgeon on Board an American Privateer
Boston: Rowe and Hooper 1816. Hardcover. Poor. Title continued: "who was captured at sea by the British in May eighteen hundred and thirteen and was confined first at Melville island Halifax then at Chatham in England and last at Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed with observations anecdotes and remarks tending to illustrate the moral and political characters of three nations." 228 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary full calf; black leather spine label with gilt-tooled title "Journal." First Edition. Wright U.S.iana W155. Stamped on both fixed endpapers and several other pages: "Donated to Historical Society of Montgomery County Penna. by Dr. W. H. Reed." The former owner Willoughby H. Reed 1856-1939 was a doctor pharmacist and local historian who lived in Norristown Pa. In Poor Condition: lacking front free endpaper frontispiece and pp. 9-12; tear from fore-edge of pp. 59-60 with minor loss of text from p. 60; numerous small closed tears most from lower edge near gutter; old dampstaining and soiling. Rowe and Hooper hardcover
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Rice, Ruth Mason
Afterward
New York: Harold Vinal 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. 16 75 p.; 21 cm. Light green cover with printed paper spine and cover labels. Introduction by Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff. With 2 typed letters one laid in on the front endpapers and both signed by the author and one telegram from the author Ruth Little Mason Rice 1884-1927 to poet Caroline Giltinan Harlow 1884- . Also with a handwritten letter from Mary A. Taylor sister of Rice to Harlow referring to the publication of this book and stating "Ruth's death has absolutely broken me." The author had committed suicide in September 1927. Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: spine is sunned; upper joints are weak; pp. 6 and 7 have shadows from holding the telegram; otherwise clean and tight. Harold Vinal hardcover
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Shindle, W Richard
Genealogy of Georg Friedrich & Maria Barbara Hamm Schindel
Baltimore: Gateway Press 1985. Hardcover. Fine. viii 2 485 p.: 1 full-page line-drawing of a coat of arms and 7 small in-text illustrations; 26 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine title. No dust jacket as issued. Includes extensive index. A well-organized genealogy presenting 11 generations of the Schindel/Shindle family. In Fine Condition: clean and bright. Gateway Press hardcover
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Nasmyth, John
Memoir of John Nasmyth Minister of Ceres 1878-1894; With Selections from his Writings arranged and edited by Rev. George Johnston
Edinburgh: R. & R. Clark 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. vi 262 p.: tipped-in photographic frontispiece portrait; 19 cm. Half reddish calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled title in second compartment and gilt-tooled ornaments in remaining compartments. Marbled paper over boards. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Binder's stamp at lower edge of verso of blank leaf following front free endpaper: "Bound by. G.S. Smith Edinr." Purple ribbon bookmark. The Rev. John Nasmyth 1853-1894 was a Scottish minister who spent most of his career in the Parish of ceres in the Presbytery of Cupar; he also assumed the Chaplaincy of the Fife Light Horse Fife Mounted Volunteers in 1884. The contents include The Glendronachy Papers sketches of Scottish village life that Nasmyth contributed to a local paper. Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: edges and boards are rubbed; clean and solid. R. & R. Clark hardcover
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Gilmour, James
More About the Mongols by James Gilmour; Selected and arranged from the diaries and papers of James Gilmour by Richard Lovett
London: Religious Tract Society 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. 320 2 p.; 20 cm. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Dark brown endpapers. Publisher's advertisements on final two unpaginated pages. Former owner's name on half title: "A. Donaldson Smith 1898." This was possibly Dr. Arthur Donaldson Smith 1866-1939 an American doctor and explorer of parts of Africa. The author James Gilmour 1843-1891 was a Scottish Christian missionary who represented the London Missionary Society in China and Mongolia. This volume published after his death contains his journal entries from his first two years in China and Mongolia 1870-1871 as well as other reflections on life in Mongolia in the 1870s. In Very Good Condition: ends of spine and corners lightly rubbed; boards are slightly soiled; otherwise clean and solid. Religious Tract Society hardcover
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Besse, Joseph
An Abstract of the Sufferings of the People call'd Quakers vol. 3
London: Assigns of J. Sowle 1738. Hardcover. Very Good . For the Testimony of a Good Conscience From the Time of Their being first distinguished by that Name Taken from Original Records and other Authentick Accounts; Volume III From the year 1660 to the year 1666." 2 546 xxviii 10 p.: 1 leaf folded; 20 cm. Signatures: B8x1 C-2H8 2I-2U4 x4 8vo. Modern calf with original original gilt-tooled spine label. The folded leaf contains the table A Summary Account of the Sufferings in the Second and Third Volumes. Contains: An Alphabetical Index of the Names of the Sufferers in the Third Volume pp. 479-546 and An Index Containing Some of the Principal Contest of this Third Volume pp. 1-xxviii. Includes Errata on first page following p. xxviii and publisher's advertisements on final 8 unpaginated pages. In Very Good Condition: very occasional soiling; folded leaf is intact and solid. A clean and tight copy of an important work in Quaker history. Assigns of J. Sowle hardcover
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Christeson, HM and FM H M F M
Tony and His Pals by H.M. and F.M. Christeson with a chapter by Tom Mix; decorated by Kay Little
Chicago: Junior Press Books Albert Whitman & Co 1934. Hardcover. Very Good/fair . 144 p.: frontispiece and 25 full-page and in-text illustrations; 21 cm. Dark blue cloth with silver-stamped spine title; illustrated paste-down on the front cover within silver border. Illustrated dust jacket in mylar cover. Illustrated endpapers. First Edition. "A very vivid and exciting story of Tom Mix and his close companionship with his wonderful horse Tony. The story is complete through all Tony's activities during his period of training and his work as circus performer vaudeville and moving picture actor." from the dust jacket. Compiled from the scrapbooks of Tom Mix. Book is in Very Good Condition: silver border on front cover slightly chipped but illustration of Tom Mix and Tony is intact; back cover rubbed and faded; pages clean and tight. Extremely scarce with the dust jacket. Dust Jacket is in Fair Condition: lacking section at head of spine and upper left-hand corner of front section with small loss in printing from front section; several chips and small tears along edges and at flap folds; both flaps completely intact; blank back section rubbed and lightly soiled. Junior Press Books, Albert Whitman & Co hardcover
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Irving, Washington
The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus by Washington Irving; abridged and arranged by the author expressly for the use of schools
New York: N. and J. White 1834. Hardcover. Good . 4 218 p. frontispiece and 3 additional leaves of illustrations; 15 cm. Dark green leather spine with gilt-stamped spine title: Irving's Columbus. Green paper over boards printed within decorative board on each board. Publisher's advertisement on back board. First 4 pages contain recommendations and reviews of the book. Includes study questions for each chapter. "T. Pearse" written in an old hand on front free endpaper and at head of title page. In Good Condition: rubbed with loss of paper at corners and along spine; stain along upper edge of front board; light foxing and finger soiling throughout; otherwise clean and tight. N. and J. White hardcover
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Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis [Cornwallis of Eye, Charles Cornwallis, Baron]
An Impartial Account of the Trial of Lord Conwallis sic
London: s.n. 1679. Pamphlet. Near Fine -. 2 12 p.; 30 cm. Signatures: A2 B-C2 D1 folio. Pages are untrimmed. "4" in ink at lower edge of title page. Wing I-78. Published anonymously but attributed to the defendant Charles Cornwallis 3rd Baron Conwallis 1655-1698 who was tried for murder. He and another man Charles Gerrard while drunk and disorderly in the middle of the night threatened a sentinel who was able to defend himself and then two young men who were passing by. Gerrard attacked one of the young men breaking his neck and killing him. Cornwallis was found not guilty of murder although six of his peers found him guilty of manslaughter. In Near Fine- Condition: pages are lightly soiled. s.n. unknown
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Busch, Dietrich Wilhelm Heinrich
Atlas de Estampas de Arte Obstetricia; do Doutor Dietr. Wilh. Heinr. Busch; copiadas e vertidas do original allemão pelo Doutor F. Kessler; coadjuvado por J. da R. Mazarem
Lisboa Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional 1842. Hardcover. Very Good. xx 154 vi p. 50 leaves of lithographed plates containing 196 illustrations; 26 cm. Rebacked retaining most of contemporary quarter calf with gilt-tooled spine title and decoration; marbled paper over boards. Blue endpapers. Includes list of subscribers. The extremely scarce Portugese edition of Atlas der Geburtshülflicher Abbildungen the important work of obstetrical plates by Dietrich Wilhelm Heinrich Busch first published the previous year. This was the first such obstetrical work published in Portuguese. In Very Good Condition: corners of boards are rubbed; reback as described; browning and foxing to both text and plates heavy at times; otherwise clean and tight. Imprensa Nacional hardcover
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West, Jane
A Tale Of The Times 2 volumes
Alexandria Va: Cottom and Stewart 1801. Hardcover. Very Good. Full imprint: "Alexandria: Printed by Cottom and Stewart for Robert and John Gray Alexandria; and for Conrad and Co. Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington City." 2 volumes: 256 248 p.; 18 cm. 12mo. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules. Gilt-tooled title on red morocco spine label in second compartment of each volume. Gilt-tooled volume number in fourth compartment of each volume with gilt-tooled decoration in the first third and fifth compartments. All page edges yellow. This is the First American edition after the British 1799 edition. Each volume has a label on the front fixed endpaper indicating that the volumes were given in 1855 to the Union Philosophical Society of Dickinson College by Samuel M. Dickson 1837-1866 and John W. Cornelius 1835-1894 graduates of the college who became Methodist ministers. Dickinson College Library oval stamp also on front fixed endpapers and embossed stamp at lower edge of title pages. Former owner's name at head of vol. 1 title page and first page of text in vol. 2: N. Amory. Very scarce. The anonymous author of this anti-Jacobin novel was Jane West 1758-1852 an English novelist poet and playwright. In Very Good Conditon: sensitive spine and joint repair; ends of spines and corners rubbed; ink stains on vol. 1 title page; lacking both endpapers from vol. 2; shadow on edges of title pages from binding; otherwise clean and tight. Cottom and Stewart hardcover
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Cahu, Theodore
Perdus dans l'Espace: Grand Roman d'Aventures; illustrations dans et hors text de Gil Baer provenance: Marie Duxrud
Paris: Lecène Oudin et Cie 1894. Hardcover. Very Good. 316 4 p.: frontispiece and 24 in-text drawings; 26 cm. Contemporary red cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration. Gilt-stamped coat-of-arms of Antwerp on front board; blind-stamped borders and corners on both boards. All page edges gilt. Purple floral endpapers. Prize bookplate on front free endpaper for Marie Duxrud from École de Demoiselles in Antwerp dated 1894. Marie Duxrud 1881-1954 was a soprano from Norway; she married Josef Stransky 1872-1936 who conducted the New York Philharmonic from 1911 to 1923. He later became an art dealer and was a partner in E. Gimpel & Wildenstein in New York City. The author Jules Nicolas Théodore Cahu 1854-1928 was a French writer an officer in the French cavalry and the chief of staff of General Boulanger; he wrote biographical journalism and science fiction sometimes under the pen name of Théo-Critt. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: head of spine slightly rubbed; hinges are weak; slight browning along pages edges; otherwise clean and tight. Lecène, Oudin et Cie hardcover
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Reckitt, William; Gough, James
Some Account of the Life and Gospel Labours of William Reckett Late of Lincolnshire in Great-Britain; Also Memoirs of the Life Religious Experiences and Gospel Labours of James Gough Late of Dublin Deceased provenance: Edward Bettle Jr.
Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank 1783. Hardcover. Very Good. 164 xxiv 184 p.; 17 cm. Signatures: pi1 A-2H6 12mo. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Memoirs of the Life Religious Experiences and Labours in the Gospel of James Gough Dublin: printed in 1782; Philadelphia: re-printed by Joseph Crukshank 1783 has separate title page and pagination but continuous signatures. James Gough's "Memoirs" were edited by his brother John Gough. Early Am. Imprints ser. 1 Evans 18146 17961; Smith Friends' Books 2:476; Hildeburn Pennsylvania 4699. Former owner's name on front free endpaper with note: Edward Bettle Jr. "bot of Porter & Coates." In Very Good Condition: leather is rubbed; lacking leather at head of spine; front joint cracked; pages are browning; otherwise clean and tight. Joseph Crukshank hardcover
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Gough, James
Memoirs of the Life Religious Experiences and Labours in the Gospel of James Gough Late of the City of Dublin deceased; Compiled from his original manuscripts by his brother John Gough
Dublin: Robert Jackson 1781. Hardcover. Very Good. xxiv 186 p.; 17 cm. Signatures: A-H12 I6 K4 -K4 12mo. Contemporary full speckled calf; six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled leather label in second compartment with title "Gough's Life." Small paper label in first compartment with number "17." Blind-tooled decoration on board edges. Printed label on front fixed endpaper for Aimwell School Library. In 1796 the Society for the Free Instruction of Female Children was established in Philadelphia by three Quaker women. The name Aimwell School was adopted in 1807. The first edition of the memoirs of the English Quaker schoolmaster and author James Gough 1712-1780. Includes the author's An Epistle to Friends in All Parts of Ireland p. 159-184. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; minor loss at head of spine; old dampstaining to fore-edges; light foxing throughout; otherwise clean and tight. Robert Jackson hardcover
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Corp, Harriet
Coelebs Deceived; by the Author of "An Antidote to the Miseries of Human Life" "Cottage Sketches" &c. &c
Philadelphia: A. Small 1817. Hardcover. Very Good. viii 9-286 p.; 15 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules. Leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title. Old paper label on spine with handwritten number. Small label for the Whitpain Library on front fixed endpaper. Early American Imprints 2nd Ser. Shaw & Shoemaker 40572. The anonymous author was English author Harriet Corp 1767-1853. In Very Good Condition: head of spine rubbed; corners bumped; lacking part of front free endpaper; soiling and foxing throughout; solid. A. Small hardcover
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Percy, Sholto; Percy, Reuben, compilers [Robertson, Joseph Clinton; Byerley, Thomas]
The Percy Anecdotes; Revised Edition to which is added a valuable collection of American Anecdotes original and select; illustrated with fourteen fine portraits
New York: Harper & Brothers 1834. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes in 1: 400 240 p. 2 engraved frontispieces each with 7 portraits; 24 cm. Contemporary speckled calf with five spine compartments between raised bands; red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title. Gilt-tooled edges. Added engraved title pages with imprint: New York: J. & J. Harper 1832. Compiled by Joseph Clinton Robertson and Thomas Byerley. In Very Good Condition: edges lightly rubbed; top edge of vol.1 title page with former owner's name lacking without impact on printing; occasional light foxing; otherwise clean and tight. Harper & Brothers hardcover
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Hogan, Edmund, editor
The Pennsylvania State Trials: Containing the Impeachment Trial and Acquittal of Francis Hopkinson and John Nicholson Esquires; the former being judge of the Court of Admiralty and the latter the Comptroller-General for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Vol. 1
Philadelphia: Francis Bailey 1794. Hardcover. Good. Printed by Francis Bailey . . . for Edmund Hogan." xii 776 p.: tables; 22 cm. Contemporary full calf; red leather spine label with gilt-tooled title: "Hogan's State Trials." Although this is "Vol. I" no more published. First Edition. Early Am. Imprints ser. 1 Evans no. 27132. The Dedication by Edmund Hogan is dated Jan. 1795. Special title page for each trial: An Account of the Impeachment and Trial of the late Francis Hopkinson Esquire Judge of the Court of Admiralty for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and An Account of the Impeachment Trial and Acquittal of John Nicholson Esquire Comptroller-General of the State of Pennsylvania. The list of subscribers pp. ix-xii contains members of the Pennsylvania legislature and other prominent figures including Thomas Bradford Benjamin Franklin Bache William Bingham Tench Francis Albert Gallatin Jared Ingersoll Thomas Mifflin Robert Morris David Rittenhouse Arthur St. Clair and the Library Company. Includes a table with the votes in the Senate on Nicholson's trial and an alphabetical index of the letters official documents witnesses names of the speakers and other occurrences in the two trials. Inscription on front fixed endpaper covered by bookplate of the Belles Lettres Society of Dickinson College indicating that this was presented to the Society by Joshua Hoover in 1827. Written in pencil on front free endpaper: "Joshua Brinkle." Oval stamp of Dickinson College Library on both front endpapers. On the title page "J. P. Brinckle" is crossed out and "Kemp Roberts" written below. Francis Hopkinson 1737-1791 a Signer of the Declaration of Independence and composer was tried in 1780 on charges of accepting bribes; he was acquitted. John Nicholson d. 1800 financier Comptroller General of Pennsylvania and land speculator was charged with financial irregularities in 1793; he was acquitted. In Good Condition: loss of leather at ends of spine and in the middle of the spine including from the spine label; tear from fore-edge across pp. 55-56 without loss of text; light foxing; otherwise clean and solid. Francis Bailey hardcover
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Wagenknecht, Edward
Lillian Gish: An Interpretation
Seattle: University of Washington Book Store 1927. Paperback. Very Good . 2 26 2 p.: title vignette publisher's emblem frontispiece portrait of Lillian Gish; 19 cm. Light blue wrappers printed in black within decorative border with same vignette. Decorative initial letter in blue and black. Biographical Note about Lillian Gish follows the text. University of Washington Chapbooks edited by Glenn Hughes no. 7. The author Edward Wagenknecht 1900-2004 was an American literary critic who also wrote on film. He received his PH.D. in 1932 from the University of Washington where he taught from 1925 to 1943. This was his first published work. In Very Good Condition: head of spine rubbed; spine slightly faded; clean and bright. University of Washington Book Store paperback
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Winslow, Anne
Women Politics and the United Nations; Edited by Anne Winslow
Westport Conn: Greenwood Press 1995. Hardcover. Fine. x 2 213 p.; 24 cm. Blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. Includes appendices select bibliography and index. No dust jacket. Contributions in Women's Studies Number 151. With: a note and vitae from Dr. Margaret E. Galey to Mary dated 9/19/95: "Hope you enjoy this book! Thanks for your interest. In case you hear of an appropriate opportunity I'm enclosing a resume. With best wishes Peggy." Margaret E. Galey contributed the first two essays in this book and contributed to the third. She wrote the note to Mary Hamilton Purcell who served as president of the American Association of University Women and the International Federation of University Women and also served as a liaison with the United Nations on issues of importance to women the world over. She also served for 16 years on The Baptist Ministers and Missionaries Benefit Board eight as president the first woman to hold that post. Contents: Margaret E. Galey: "Forerunners in Women's Quest for Partnership" and "Women Find a Place" -- Virginia R. Allan Margaret E. Galey and Mildred E. Persinger: "World Conference of International Women's Year" -- Jane S. Jaquette: "Losing the Battle/Winning the War: International Politics Women 's Issues and the 1980 Mid-Decade Conference" -- Arvonne S. Fraser: The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women The Women 's Convention" -- Margaret Snyder: "The Politics of Women and Development" -- Kristen Timothy: "Equality for Women in the United Nations Secretariat" -- and Anne Winslow: "Specialized Agencies and the World Bank." In Fine Condition: clean and bright. Greenwood Press hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 003699 ISBN : 0313295220 9780313295225
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Marsh, Bower, editor
Records of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters: Volume I Apprentices' Entry Books 1654-1694; Transcribed and edited by Bower Marsh
Oxford: Printed for the Company at the University Press 1913. Hardcover. Very Good . xiii 3 241 3 p.; 30 cm. Vellum spine with blue cloth over boards. Black leather spine label with gilt-tooled title. Top page edges gilt. This is no. 152 of a limited edition of 250 copies signed by Horace Hart Controller of thew Oxford University Press. Title page in red and black. Includes Appendix: Apprentices Presented at Carpenters' Hall 1683-1685/6 with apprentices listed by year and indices by name and place. Small bookplate of Athenaeum on front fixed endpaper indicating that the volume was a gift of John Freeman Esq. is stamped to indicate that it was no longer the property of the Athenaeum. In Very Good Condition: lower spine scraped; corners rubbed; front fixed endpaper scraped where a former bookplate was removed before the Athenaeum bookplate was added; clean and bright. Printed for the Company at the University Press hardcover
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Bronson, Enos
Select Reviews and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines; by E. Bronson and Others 3 volumes provenance: Sarah Reed
Philadelphia: Hopkins and Earle 1809. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 volumes 1 leaf of a plate: engraved portrait of Mirza Aboo al Hassan envoy of the King of Persia; 22 cm. Contemporary half calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules. Red leather label in second compartment of each volume with gilt-tooled title. Marbled paper over boards. All page edges yellow. "From the Lorenzo Press of E. Bronson." Vol. 3 has vol. 4 title page with imprint stating "Published by Edward Earle corner of Chesnut and Fourth Streets." Title pages state sold by Mathew Carey in Philadelphia and a variety of other booksellers in other cities in the United States. Small oval paper label in first compartment of each volume with very faint handwritten number. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper of each volume indicating that the volumes were given to the Belles Lettres Society of Dickinson College in 1851 by Mrs. Judge Reed Carlisle Pa. No other library markings. Vol. 1 contains as bound: issues of Jan. 1809 and Jan. and Feb. 1810 with no volume title page. Vol. 2 contains as bound vol. 2 title page table of contents index and: April July Sept. Oct. Nov. and Dec. 1809. Vol. 3 contains title page table of contents and index for vol. 3 and: July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. and Dec. 1810. Only volumes 1-8 were published from 1809 to 1812. The printer Enos Bronson 1774-1823 published the Gazette of the United States from 1801 to 1804; with Elihu Chauncey he published The United States' Gazette for the Country from 1804 to 1818. Select Reviews consisted primarily of reviews of recently published material taken from other publications. It also contained some original material including an obituary of Miriam Gratz poetry and advertisements for American and British publishers. In Very Good Condition: leather is rubbed; 6.5-cm. tear from fore-edge of vol. 2 title page with loss at fore-edge not impacting printing; faint dampstain on a few pages of vol.1; ink stain extending through about 30 pages of vol. 2; occasional foxing; solid copy of this scarce publication. Hopkins and Earle hardcover
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Lambert, Jean Clarence
Essai d'Identification d'un Peintre et d'un Tableau: a propos d'une oeuvre prêtée par le Musée de Smith College
Northampton Mass: Rosemary Press 1968. Paperback. Very Good. 6 13 5 p.: 1 full-page illustration; 24 cm. Pale yellow wrapper; wrapper title and decoration in black and green. Printed in black and green. This is no. 22 of a limited edition of 150 copies printed by Richard Warren and Elliot Offner at the Rosemary Press. "The designer was Elliot Offner and pressman was Fred Rau." -- colophon. Inscribed by the author on the first blank leaf: "With my warmest wishes Jean Xmas 68." Concerns the painting Recolte des Oranges a Capri by French painter Edouard Alexandre Sain 1830-1910. Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: wrapper very lightly soiled; staples are starting to rust; otherwise clean and bright. Rosemary Press paperback
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Faber, Theodor von
Sketches of the Internal State of France; by M. Faber; Translated from the French
Philadelphia: J. & A.Y. Humphreys 1812. Hardcover. Very Good. 256 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary half calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules; red leather spine label with gilt-tooled title. Marbled paper over boards. Former owner's name at head of title page: Geo. Metzger. First American edition. Early American Imprints 2nd series Shaw & Shoemaker 25386. Translation of Notices sur l'intérieur de la France by Gotthilf Theodor von Faber 1766-1847 published in St Petersburg in 1807. Fascinating first-hand account of France under Napoleon Bonaparte. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed with minor loss at head of spine; stain on pp. 86-87; minimal foxing; otherwise clean and tight. J. & A.Y. Humphreys hardcover
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Ma-Fa [Marie Fantova]
Krízovka Sveta: Fotomontáz z Cestování
Prague: Fr. Borový 1938. Hardcover. Near Fine -/very good -. Hofmeister Adolf. 188 4 p.: illustrations by Adolf Hofmeister; 21 cm. Orange cloth with black spine and cover titles; brown black and orange decoration of front cover to resemble a suitcase. Dust jacket with front section echoing front cover suitcase illustration. Publisher's advertisement for travel works by Karla Capka on back dust jacket section. The third volume in the series Knihy Dobré Pohody. Ma-Fa was the pseudonym of the Czech journalist and author Marie Fantová 1893-1963. Book is in Near Fine- Condition: boards are slightly curved; clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Very Good- Condition: rubbed; 0.5-cm. tear from upper edge of front section without loss; minor loss at head of spine; very lightly soiled. Very scarce. Fr. Borový hardcover
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Coombs, Anne Sheldon
As Common Mortals: A Novel
New York: Cassell & Co 1886. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 404 8 p.; 19 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles; black-stamped decoration of spine and front board. Blind-stamped publisher's emblem on back board with blind-stamped decoration. Green floral endpapers. Publisher's advertisements on final 8 unpaginated pages. First Edition. The author of this anonymously published novel Anne Sheldon Coombs 1858-1890 was born in Albany N.Y. and died in Brooklyn. Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: slightly cocked; edges rubbed; front endpaper scraped; clean and tight. Cassell & Co hardcover
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Rush, Richard
Memoranda of a Residence at the Court of London by Richard Rush envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from the United States of America from 1817 to 1825
Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Blanchard 1833. Hardcover. Good. 460 12 p.; 24 cm. Original plain red linen spine with plain beige paper over boards. Pages are untrimmed. Publisher's advertisements on 12 unpaginated pages following text. First edition which was published simultaneously in London with slight changes by R. Bentley as Narrative of a Residence at the Court of London. American Imprints 21026; Howes R522. Gift inscription on title page: "To Elisa W. D From L.C. Woodruff 1890." Small label of former owner George W. Dix on front fixed endpaper. Richard Rush 1780-1859 was an American lawyer and diplomat son of Benjamin Rush and Julia Stockton Rush. After serving in a number of other offices he became secretary of state under President James Monroe. In 1817 he was named minister to Great Britain. This volume covers his arrival in England and the beginning of his tenure as minister from Nov. 1817 to Jan. 1819. The first edition is much scarcer than the second edition published the same year by Key and Biddle in Philadelphia. In Good Condition: fraying at spine ends; cloth is partially separated along back joint; spine is faded; boards are rubbed; boards are separating from text block; light foxing and staining throughout; otherwise clean. Carey, Lea & Blanchard hardcover
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The Violet: A Christmas and New-Year's Gift or Birth-Day Present; 1837
Philadelphia: E.L. Carley and A. Hart 1836. Hardcover. Very Good. 9 18-212 2 p. frontispiece and 5 additional leaves of plates; 16 cm. Original calf boards with embossed decoration on both boards. Possibly late 19th-century spine replacement with brown silk with star pattern. Modern recasing with the silk spine and repair of front hinge. All page edges gilt. Faxon 822. Contents: Introductory Dialogue by Eliza Leslie -- Louisa Simons by Caroline Gilman -- The Partners by Catherine E. Gooch -- The Sale of the Water-Lily by Hannah Flagg Gould -- The Eagle's Speech by Horatio E. Hale -- The Broken Arm by C.M.W. of Philadephia -- The Strawberry by Catherine E. Gooch -- The Happy Trio by Sarah J. Hale -- The Bird's Home by Hannah Flagg Gould -- Childhood's Joys by Horatio E. Hale -- The Willow the Poppy and the Violet by Lydia H. Sigourney -- The Phials by Eliza Leslie -- The Little White Cottage by Mrs. H. Bayley -- Violets by Emma C. Embury -- The Invitation by E.H. of Philadelphia -- Emma and Her Brothers by Eliza Leslie -- Left Foot Foremost by Catherine E. Gooch -- The Dove: A Drama translated by Eliza Leslie from the French of Madame de Genlis -- Viola by Eliza Leslie -- The Christmas Gifts by C.H.W. of Philadelphia -- The Children's Pic-Nic by Catherine E. Gooch. Louisa Simons; or The Advantages of Application by Caroline Gilman has pencilled editorial marks. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; occasional foxing and staining; some pencilled notations; otherwise clean and tight. E.L. Carley and A. Hart hardcover
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Svinine, Paul
Some Details concerning General Moreau and His Last Moments followed by a Short Biographical Memoir by Paul Svinine; to which is added a Funeral Oration Pronounced at St. Petersburg in Honor of General Moreau; translated from the French
Boston: Rowe and Hooper 1814. Hardcover. Very Good -. 156 p.; 19 cm. Original white paper over spine and plain grey paper over boards. Pages are untrimmed. The subject of this volume is Jean Victor Marie Moreau 1763-1813 a French General under Napoleon Bonaparte who was banished from France in 1803. He arrived in New York City in 1805 and settled near the Delaware River in northern New Jersey. In 1813 he returned to Europe and was mortally wounded at the Battle of Dresden in August 1813. Very scarce. In Very Good- Condition: lacking much of paper over spine; boards are lightly soiled and rubbed with some loss of paper; light foxing throughout heavier on title page and a few other pages; otherwise clean and tight. Rowe and Hooper hardcover
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Scott, Job
Journal of the Life Travels and Gospel Labours of that Faithful Servant and Minister of Christ Job Scott Davis/Chandler family records
New York: Isaac Collins 1797. Hardcover. Very Good -. xii 2 360 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title "Journal of Job Scott." Early American Imprints ser. 1 Evans 32810. Howes S-228. Old inscription running vertically on front board. Inscriptions on endpapers and blank adjacent leaves containing family records for former owner Samuel Davis 1766-1809 his wife Sarah Leedom Davis 1764-1806 Ruth Anna Davis 1801-1846 presumably their daughter her husband William Chandler 1787-1878 and their 10 children. Burials are noted as being "at the Valley" at Kennett Square and at Union Hill. Written in upper part of title page: "Friends' Boarding Haus Kennet Square Pa." Job Scott 1751-1793 was an American Quaker travelling minister. In Very Good- Condition: leather is rubbed; minor loss at spine ends; light soiling throughout; some page corners creased; a solid copy. Isaac Collins hardcover
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Wilkins, Mary E
Famous Stories and Poems by Mary E. Wilkins Sarah Pratt McLean Green Mary Felicia Butts Emma Sherwood Chester Mrs. Burton Harrison Susan Coolidge and Frances A. Humphrey
Boston: D. Lothrop Co 1893. Hardcover. Very Good -. approx. 200 p.: many full-page and in-text illustrations; 25 cm. Red cloth spine with chromolithographed illustrated paper over boards. Cover title: Famous Stories. "Copyright 1893 the Gast Lith. Co. N.Y." -- at lower edge of front board. In addition to fiction and poetry contains history and biography including the early life of American sculptor Theo Alice Ruggle Kitson 1871-1932 and the life of English author Felicia Hemans 1793-1835 illustrated with facsimiles of her writing. Illustrators include Charlotte Weeks Hiram Barnes Childe Hassam and W.P. Bodfish among others. In Very Good- Condition: edges are rubbed in particular lower corner of front board; cloth spine is unevenly faded; cover is lightly soiled; hinges are weak; upper corner of 1 leaf heavily creased; pages are clean and tight. D. Lothrop Co hardcover
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Yeats, W B
Synge and the Ireland of His Time With a Note concerning a Walk through Connemara with him by Jack Butler Yeats
Shannon Ireland: T.M. MacGlinchey 1970. Hardcover. Fine/very good . 4 42 4 p.; 21 cm. Light orange-brown cloth spine with blue paper over boards. Black cover title. Original glassine dustjacket. Blue endpapers. Colophon printed in red indicating that this is part of the 1970 reprint by photo-lithography for the Irish University Press by Robert Hogg printer of the 1911 edition by the Cuala Press. Scarce. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Glassine dust jacket is in Very Good Condition: 1-cm. closed tear from upper edge of back section; otherwise clean and intact. T.M. MacGlinchey hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 004291 ISBN : 0716513420 9780716513421
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