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Americana Labor History Railroads
Annual Report of the Geo. F. Brennan Lodge No. 66 Providence Rhode Island to the Grand Lodge Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen for the Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 31 1936
United States: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen 1936. 8 pages; a form to be used by the lodges for their annual report - this noting the name of the president secretary treasurer of the local with their addresses; names also the medical examiner for the union and a list of 13 names and dates of expulsion for non-payment of dues; with a couple of withdrawals as well; this Lodge had the jurisdiction for Worcester division of the railroad and met the first and third Sundays of the month; signed by the president B.J. Bernard and the Treasurer Joseph W. Walsh with the lodge's seal impression; approximately 4" x 8 3/4"; original stapled printed wraps; light wear; in very good condition and interesting U.S. 20th century railroad & transportation union ephemeral history reflecting membership changes and yearly activity. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Paperback books
Bookseller reference : 22211
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Sports History
CROQUET The Rules Governing the Game as Adopted by the National American Croquet Association. Revised and Corrected by the National Association. Spalding's Athletic Library. Vol. 1 No. 10. July 1893
New York: American Sports Publishing Company 1893. Printed grey stiff-stock paper wrappers stapled. 1st edition. Not in Drazin though see A96 where a later 1895 edition is noted as the "First Edition" though Drazin does question this status. Wrappers darkened. Extremity wear. Paper yellowing. An About VG copy of a rare work on the subject. 33 15 pp. Adverts last 15 pages. Illustrated with 7 drawings on 6 pages. Adverts illustrated with cuts. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 5" <br/><br/>OCLC records no institutional holdings. American Sports Publishing Company unknown books
Bookseller reference : 35582
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Hoehn William Frederic
No-License in Quincy. Being a Review of the Early Agitation of Temperance and a Record of the Work of the Citizens' No-License Committee from 1882 to 1899. Also "A Century of Temperance" and a Life of Henry Hardwick Faxon
Quincy MA: Eastern Printing & Engraving 1899. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. Slight wear and soiling to blue cloth boards otherwise fine and unmarked. Size: Octavo 8vo. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 039946. <br/><br/> Eastern Printing & Engraving hardcover books
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ONE HUNDRED AND ONE VIEWS: MANCHESTER AND DISTRICT
London: Rock Bros. Ltd. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. No pencil or ink markings in text. Light soiling at side and bottom edges of front board. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration; NOT Ex-Library. Very Good binding. Rock Bros. Ltd unknown books
Bookseller reference : 208578
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Wagner Henry Raup 1862 1957
Nueva Bibliografia Mexicana del Siglo XVI
xxiv549 pages with 120 facsimile pages. Folio 13" x 9 1/2" bound in original publisher's wrappers. Originally written in English by Dr. Wagner it was published only in Spanish. Translated by Joaquin Garcia Pimentel and Federico Gomez de Orozco. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is number 285 on "fulva charta de Coyoacan" a yellow-tinted paper manufactured in Coyoacan. First edition.<br /><br />This monumental work was ten years in preparation. It contains a description of the books printed in Mexico before 1601 and in most cases includes a reproduction of the title page references to other bibliographies census of copies in public and private hands and prices and dates of sale. The author modestly calls this a supplement to the bibliographies of Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta Jose Toribio Medina and Nicolas Leon. Actually it is the most complete and detailed work on printing in Mexico from 1539 to 1600 ever published.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Edge wear to wrappers with some closed tears else a very good copy still unread. Editorial Polis paperback books
Bookseller reference : CA0057
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Whiting Samuel
The Connecticut Town-Officer; in Three Parts
Danbury: Nathaniel L. Skinner 1814. First Edition. Full Calf. Very Good. Leather worn slightly at corners and bumped. Otherwise clean copy with one spot of heavy wear and chipping on rear board. Age toning to pages throughout. Text is bright and pages are crisp with some light foxing. A nice tight binding Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Americana; Antiquarian & Rare; History. Inventory No: 032571. <br/><br/> Nathaniel L. Skinner unknown books
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Narbrough John 1637 1688
An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries: I. Sir John Narbrough's Voyage to the South-Sea.II. Captain J Tasman's Discoveries on the Coast of the South Terra ncognita. III. Captain J Wood's Attempt to Discover a North-East Passage to
iixxixvii1911blank 223 pages with 1 of 3 large fold out maps and 15 of 19 engraved fold out plates. Octavo 8" x 5" bound three quarter leather with raised spine bands and gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards. Edited by Sir Tancred Robinson. Second edition preferred over the first edition "because it has the chart of the western and southern oceans." Hill In 1699.<br /><br />First published in 1694 which contained only two maps The book is important because it contains one of the earliest English accounts of Abel Janszoon Tasman's famous voyage of 1642 from Batavia during which he discovered Tasmania and New Zealand and visited Tonga and Fiji Hill 1475.<br /><br />Rear Admiral Sir John Narborough RN was an English naval commander of the 17th century who served with distinction during the Anglo-Dutch Wars and against the Barbary Coast pirates. He was descended from an old Norfolk family. He received his commission in 1664 and in 1666 was promoted lieutenant for gallantry in the action with the Dutch fleet off the Downs in June of that year. After the peace he was chosen to conduct a voyage of exploration in the South Seas. He set sail from Deptford on November 26 1669 and entered the Straits of Magellan in October of the following year. In 1670 he visited Port Desire in Argentina and claimed the territory for the Kingdom of Great Britain but returned home in June 1671 without accomplishing his original purpose. A narrative of the expedition was published at London in 1694 under the title <i>An Account of several late Voyages and Discoveries to the South and North</i>. During the Third Anglo-Dutch War Narborough was second captain of the Lord High Admiral's ship the Prince and conducted himself with such conspicuous valor at the battle of Solebay Southwold Bay in May 1672 that he won special approbation and shortly afterwards was made rear-admiral and knighted. In 1675 he was sent to suppress the Tripoline piracies and by the bold expedient of dispatching gun-boats into the harbor of Tripoli at midnight and burning the ships he induced the them to agree to a treaty. Shortly after his return he undertook a similar expedition against the Algerians. In 1680 he was appointed commissioner of the Navy an office he held till his death. He was buried at Knowlton church Kent where a monument has been erected to his memory. The island of Fernadina the youngest and westernmost island of the Galapagos Archipelago was originally named 'Narborough Island' in his honor by the 17th century buccaneer William Ambrosia Cowley.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Marginal foxing soiling and damp staining through out paper fault across second C2 affecting one letter some rubbing hinges and corners else a better than good copy. Printed for D Brown hardcover books
Bookseller reference : E0013
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Wasson R. Gordon
The Hall Carbine Affair A Study in Contemporary Folklore
New York: Pandick Press 1948. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Revised edition one of 750 copies. 190 pp indexed bound in publisher's red cloth with black spine label. Slight sunning to top edges of boards else fine. Dust jacket has some small chips at the spine ends and one short tear. "An essay in historical detection" that seeks to unravel the truth behind an oft-told episode in the life of J.P.Morgan involving the purchase of 5000 surplus rifles that were then sold back to the Government at a stupendous mark-up during the Civil War. Pandick Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 21502
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Americana New York Sayville Long Island History
Historical Number of the Suffolk Citizen Sayville Long Island Supplement to the Suffolk Citizen Thursday January 29 1925
Sayville N.Y.: The Suffolk Citizen 1925. 32 pages; about 1/2 are advertisements for various Sayville Patchogue and other South Shore businesses of the time. The other content regards the early and continued history of Long Island especially concerning the South Shore areas and Sayville particularly; along with the advertisements are a section of short promotional paragraphs on these businesses their owners and good services. Back cover with illustrations of Dr. King's Private Hospital Bay Shore exterior and interior views; our research indicates that this practice & physical premises of Dr. King is no longer extent. Approx. 9" x 11 1/2"size; bound in the original printed gray-green stapled paper covers. A little light wear to the binding; a couple of leaves loose collated complete; short 1/2" closed tear at side margin throughout; no loss; good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. The Suffolk Citizen paperback books
Bookseller reference : 26992
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The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the House of Geo. Borgfeldt & Company New York
New York: Geo. Borgfeldt & Co 1905. Hardcover. Very good. 84 pp extensively illustrated with portraits and views of the company's various branches and departments. Bound in half-cloth and dark-green paper-covered boards with lovely art nouveau design stamped in black endpapers patterened with the company logo attractive design features throughout. Foot of spine bumped foxing to last four pages binding has a little play but overall a nice copy. Laid in is an embossed compliments card sent with the book printed on thick cardstock and dated January 1 1906. Founded in 1881 Geo. Borgfeldt & Company was best known as an importer and distributer of dolls and other toys but also dealt in china and cut glass stationery musical instruments imported glassware household furnishings decorative objects and a variety of "notions' and "fancy goods." Later in the 20th century the company would obtain the first major contract to sell Disney character merchandise. According to this book -- the only published history of this successful company - George Borgfeldt "conceived of the idea" of being able to offer Americans merchants easier access to a variety of foreign goods by "assembling in New York samples of the products of the best factories of Europe manufacturing dolls toys and kindred articles and of booking import orders through the display of these samples." His first location at 83 Leonard Street in New York City had 6.750 square feet of display space in which 100000 items were available for inspection by wholesale buyers. The text goes on to describe the evolution of this sales model and the company's subsequent growth. Separate short sections summarize the history of each of the different sales departments. Geo. Borgfeldt & Co hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 21408
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Tytler Patrick Fraser
England Under the Reign of Edward VI and Mary with the Contemporary History of Europe Illustrated in a Series of Original Letters Never Before Printed. With Historical Introductions and Biographical and Critical Notes. In Two Volumes
Londini: Richard Bentley 1839. Two volumes in contemporary maroon polished calf the backs with five raised bands two black morocco labels with gilt lettering. Engraved steel plates of Edward Vol. I and Mary Vol II. Very Good Plus a few small rubs to calf moderate toning at end papers up to title pages old bookseller's description pasted to front end page Vol. I the interiors clean and bright. Tytler is best known for his History of Scotland published between 1825 and 1843. A rather uncommon title particularly in handsome binding. . First Edition. Polished Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Richard Bentley Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008416
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Women's Social History Julia Edmunds Middaugh
A young woman candidly narrates her family's history taking control of her own origin story in the face of loss and instability
Michigan 1913. Pebbled cloth ledger measuring 8 x 10 inches with boards rubbed and spine largely perished. Two contemporary black and white photos loosely inserted at rear with subjects unidentified. Comprised of a total of 200 manuscript pages in two hands -- 11 pages in the hand of Elijah W. Middaugh and the remaining 189 pages in the hand of his daughter Julia Edmunds Middaugh. Both leave their ownership inscriptions on the front endpaper with the latter notating that her writing picks up in 1913. A candid poetic and at times heartbreaking family history the present manuscript reveals a young woman grappling with her place in the world and seeking to create a sense of order in her own life by understanding and exerting narrative control over the unstable relationship of her parents. <br/><br/>Elijah affectionately called "Lege" by Julia later in the notebook was born into privilege as the son of a prominent Gross Pointe family. Educated at the University of Michigan and Harvard he also was under the tutelage of private instructors during a stretch in Europe. Disappointing the hopes of his own father a businessman he did not take to the workforce with aplomb. He struggled to maintain himself by selling travel stories and reports to the Detroit Free Press and was fiscally irresponsible. Initially his marriage to the working class widow Juddie Palmer Kelso seemed promising. The owner of a shop in Paw Paw Lake she seemed to provide the industriousness Elijah lacked. According to Julia "the first years of their lives were the happiest." She and her brother were born and her parents "bought a King 8 car and went traveling." Indeed this King 8 features prominently in Elijah's opening narrative wherein he records "My trip in a King Auto from Michigan to San Francisco." From its opening one gleans that Julia's later story is a mixture of fact and father worship. He writes "It was said by that great & good man Emerson that travel is the fool's paradise. Without desiring to offer my own experience in proof of this I may state that I have always found pleasure in traveling." And he scorns those travelers who do not get swept up in the romance of the road focusing instead on practicalities; "greenhorns" he calls them "who would ask how fast we could travel how much it cost per mile." Of course the trip in the end did cost the family greatly. He reports multiple breakdowns and flat tires as he tour goes on; and when his radiator fails he opts to buy a new car rather than wait for a replacement part. What's more Julia's version of the story includes a jarring fact: "It was while we were away on a trip to California that the house burned down. When my parents drove up to the lake that night cold and hungry and eager for home Lege turned the car up the lane and there in the blaze of the headlights stood the gray chimney the only remains of the life that had been."<br/><br/>Julia's longer narrative contains multiple such harrowing incidents. And while she at times praises her mother at one point she says Juddie has "more enterprise and natural courage commonly called guts than any woman I know" she frankly sees Juddie's lower class background as the root of her parents' problems and the ultimate reason for their divorce. Her father meanwhile she glorifies. Rather than focus on his failings as such she creates a hero's arc for him. He failed in business because "he was cut out to be a poet" rather than a captain of industry -- and it was a mark of his own superiority. Indeed she writes "he had a better education and his branch of the human race was a little more cultural." After her parents' split and her mother gaining custody Julia remarks "without father things just weren't the same."<br/><br/>Notably it is the women and the female communities Julia encounters in life that provide support and stability. She recounts that after the house fire her father's sister Clara takes the family into her Gross Pointe home. After the divorce when she discovers "mother and two dirty little kids with a forlorn story she said at once Juddie you'll have to come out with me." It is Clara and later the sisters in a convent where Julia goes to be educated that give the young woman space to process her family pains and reflect on how they shape her selfhood. <br/><br/>It is a unique densely written and research rich piece deserving of study. In addition to providing opportunities for genealogical research including Julia's forebears Emilie Eugene Maynard and Judge A.B. Maynard it has extensive details on early automobile road travel from the Midwest to the West Coast information on early divorce and custody including the impact on children and women's finances female communities and women-run businesses class conflict in marriage courtship and historical narrative studies both fiction and non-fiction performances. It poses a valuable opportunity to study how young women in an age of increased attention towards inequality and rights were affected. The extent to which Julia is independent and mobile links both to the women around her and to a larger movement; at the same time Julia is affected by traditional patriarchal narratives including popular novels that position gender family wealth and class as markers of superior morality. unknown books
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U. S. Aviation History. Dunning Maj. L. Former Owner. Cosby J. T. Vice President F 111 Program Director
F-111A FIRST FLIGHT. Photodocumentary.; FZM-12-2226. 21 Dec 1964
Fort Worth: General Dynamics 1964. 1st Printing. Black flexible plastic spiral-bound binder gold lettering to front cover. Modest wear Very Good Plus. 3 preliminary pages of typescript text including a page written time-line of the aircraft's development printed recto only. After 16 photographs one typescript page inserted "News Conference Personnel" followed by 3 photographs of the news conference. Laid-in a xerox extract of a column by Fred H. De Jong supporting the aircraft's development & use original publication source not identified. 19 glossy b/w still photographs 8-1/2" x 11" <br/><br/>The F-111 Aardvark was an "American supersonic medium-range interdictor and tactical attack aircraft that also filled the roles of strategic nuclear bomber aerial reconnaissance and electronic-warfare aircraft in its various versions. The word 'aardvark' is Afrikaan for 'earthpig' and reflects the look of the long nose of the aircraft that might remind one of the nose of the aardvark. Developed in the 1960s by General Dynamics it entered service in 1967 with the United States Air Force. <br /> <br />The F-111 pioneered several technologies for production aircraft including variable-sweep wings afterburning turbofan engines and automated terrain-following radar for low-level high-speed flight. Its design influenced later variable-sweep wing aircraft and some of its advanced features have since become commonplace." Wiki <br /> <br />While the US transitioned to other aircraft in the late '90s the F-111 continued in service with the RAAF until December 2010. <br /> <br />As Mr. Cosby's introductory note states "These photographs portray the sequence of events of 21 December 1964." No doubt only a limited number of these binders were made mostly likely for visiting dignitaries which makes this a rare promotional photodocumentary of the F-111A's first flight. <br /> <br />At the time of cataloguing we find no copies elsewhere in the market nor listed on OCLC. General Dynamics unknown books
Bookseller reference : 48694
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Division History
6TH SIXTH INFANTRY DIVISION Civilians - Soldier. Fort Ord California. K Company 1st Infantry Regiment
Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company 1952. Hard Cover. Very Good. Quarto. A very good copy with cover edge wear. <br/><br/> Taylor Publishing Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 09016
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Women's Social History Travel Laura L. Earl
Friendship album lasting 64 years and tracing a woman's life from Kentucky to Colorado
Kentucky Wisconsin Illinois Kansas Minnesota Ohio Wyoming Michigan South Dakota Colorado 1924. Red leather sheep over card ornately stamped in gilt. Album measures 8 x 9.75 inches and is comprised of 108 manuscript pages in a variety of hands with multiple entries per page. Also includes two pasted-in newspaper clippings and a series of loosely inserted ephemera two obituary clippings for the book's owner five calling cards a church bulletin a gown ad an envelope with a death notice of a friend and a car rental flyer from Oklahoma. Tracing the life of Laura Nethers nee Earl from her girlhood and marriage to her old age. Obituaries and census records show that Laura was a resident of Colorado Springs for 56 years following her family's move from the South through the Western US.<br/><br/>The inscription to the first page of the album reveals it to be a gift: "1860. A Christmas gift from father. Covington KY." Above this is the ownership stamp of Laura L. Earl. Little did Laura know the album would follow her across 64 years and to a variety of states documenting her relationships and major moments in her life. For researchers it is an opportunity to trace a woman's development from one century to the next across multiple states in the South and West as she grew into a teacher wife and woman's club activist. Growing up in Kentucky Laura's family moved West. Entries show that she and her father lived awhile in Minnesota and she became a teacher in Wisconsin before marrying and settling in Colorado Springs. Entries come from family pastors students neighbors and friends. Many entries show women's bonds across large stretches of space and together they show what a mobile lifestyle women were increasingly living. No longer confined so a small radius or single homestead they were maintaining relationships and making friends across the miles. <br/><br/>Some early entries like that of Celia E. Hay Illinois 1878 are traditional in nature: "Over our hearts and into our lives shadows may sometimes fall But the sunshine is never wholly dead And heaven is shadowless overhead And God is over all." Students politely thank her for her work and hope they made an impact too: "I ever remain your true friend James U. Cobb. To Miss Laura Earl much Respected Teacher Ellensboro Wisconsin Feb 25 1872." People write poetic verses on friendship or her new marriage throughout.<br/><br/>Yet more often entries are personal. In 1879 Laura's father leaves her a humorous message that "It is ten o'clock and your sixty-one year old father expects a long trip to the Injun Reservation two hundred miles north in the morning.So you see I cannot write any tonight." Elva Walker writes from Colorado in 1885 "We will ever remember our camping trip.and going in a cave" and John Dietrich writes of the same trip "Did it rain while we were camping! I hope we will meet again soon." In August 1919 a friend Emma Eggleston writes an original piece about their recent travel titled Pike's Peak by Auto which begins "19 and 19 was a year to remember from the last of July to the last of September" and which documents in 36 verses the landscapes they passed and the friendship they strengthened while driving. Moments like these are a reminder of changing times -- of early attitudes toward indigenous tribes or of women's freedom as suffrage approached. <br/><br/>A charter member of the Colorado Women's Club and a participant in Frances Willard's Women's Christian Temperance Union according to her obituary Laura's friendship album is a rich space for researchers to trace her movements through communities in the West for genealogists to study the families and lives of contributors and for historians to track which entries come from other educated women and activists. The present is one of the best we've seen. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 3357
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Johnson Robert Underwood; Buel Clarence Clough
Battles and Leaders of the Civil War in Four Volumes
New York: The Century Co. 1887. 1884-1887. "Being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers. Based upon 'The Century War Series'." Four Volumes bound in original publisher's blue cloth gilt lettering at spines and front boards top edges gilt profusely illustrated and with numerous maps. A Very Good Plus set light wear to cloth at edges. Prior owner name in three of the volumes. xxiii 750 xix 760 xix 752 xix 835 pp. A handsome set bound in Yankee blue ! Additional shipping charges will be requested for priority and international mail due to size and weight of this set. . First Edition. Clloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Century Co. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008107
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Wine History. Lichtenstein & Vialars
MANUSCRIPT ALs ORDER For WINE To SCHRÖDER & SCHYLER Of BORDEAUX From LICHENSTEIN & VIALARS.; Montpellier 6 Avril 1823
Montpellier France 1823. Letter now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age-toning. Fold-lines. Faint tide line to verso under address. Stamped "33 Montpellier" above address. Very Good. Bifolium with 1st page of manuscript ~ 33 lines ~ 300 words. Text in French. Writing small neat precise & legible. 10" x 7-7/8" <br/><br/>Schröder & Schyler a longtime wine merchant from Bordeaux founded in 1739 and still in business today. Here offered a letter ordering quanties of 'vin blanc' et 'vin rouge' along with other related correspondence. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 47748
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Women's Social History Elizabeth B. Williams
Manuscript notebook of a Greenwich Village woman documenting her reading study and travels
New York 1899. Soft-bound sheep over card with rubbing to extremities and some loss to spine. Ownership signature to third blank: "Elizabeth B. Williams. 34 West 17th Street. January 1st 1877." Comprised of 32 handwritten pages providing a glimpse into the bohemian life of an educated woman living in New York at the turn of the century. <br/><br/>By the time of this notebook's use New York's Greenwich Village had gained a reputation as a haven for artists writers and musicians to live and gather. Boarding houses and bachelor flats like the well-known Benedick Building made the Village an affordable place even for single people to find housing that was safe and affordable. The brownstone building that Elizabeth lists as hers in the ownership signature in fact still exists allowing us to image the space in which this manuscript was used. While we've been unable to locate information on Elizabeth's history the pages here reveal her to be a woman interested in history reading and music. 13 pages focus on a range of historical facts -- including historical timelines of the Hebrews lists of British monarchs and American presidents notes on the genres of authors from the Renaissance to Romantic period and the history of landmarks in London. 4 pages with her hand notably sloppier as if writing while working make notes on musical scales and techniques for effective fingering while playing. And 9 pages reveal that for a number of years Elizabeth was involved in a Book Club as she keeps track of her reading lists for meetings by month and year including Harriet Beecher Stowe Annie Fields and Edna Lyall as well as books on Victorian Literature Social Life in Old Virginia and histories of England and Korea -- 64 titles in all.<br/><br/>Elizabeth's life was not confined to New York however. She dedicates 2 pages for example to a packing list for a voyage detailing the clothes she'll need in her trunk. Another 3 pages list addresses for friends in New York New Jersey Ohio and Illinois to whom she'll send letters while away.<br/><br/>Within these pages exist opportunities for researchers to explore genealogy practices of self-education through reading book clubs and reading habits lifestyles of women living in New York at the turn of the century musical practice and paleography. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 2984
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Americana New York City Theatre History
The Booth Theatre Program Week Beginning Wednesday Evening December 23 1925 Richard Herndon Presents "The Patsy" a New American Comedy By Barry Conners Author of "Applesauce" with Claiborne Foster Staged By Allan Dinehart
New York NY: The New York Theatre Advertising Medium 1925. 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; previous owner note regarding seeing the show on first page; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. The New York Theatre Advertising Medium paperback books
Bookseller reference : 26302
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Rev. Edward Burton
A Description of the Antiquities and Other Curiosities of Rome: From Personal Observations During a Visit to Italy in the Years 1818-19 with Illustrations from Ancient and Roman Writers ; Second Edition with Additions in Two Volumes
London: Printed for C. & J. Rivington 1828. Two volumes bound in contemporary full vellum red and black leather labels ornate gilt decorations at spines. With 8 total plates including a map frontis Vol. I a chart a facsimile document a building view and 4 plan plates. Prior owner name and "Palazzetto Borghese 1847" front end page Vol. I. Very Good boards soiled moderate toning to end pages internally clean and bright. Originally published in London in 1820 and SCARCE in either edition and especially so finely bound. A travel guide and history of Rome. . SIGNED. Second Edition. Vellum. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Printed for C. & J. Rivington Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007701
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Shepherd William Robert
History of Proprietary Government in Pennsylvania Studies in History Economics and Public Law Vol. VI
New York: Columbia University Press 1896. Very Good Plus top edge lightly soiled stray pencil mark bottom edge front hinge 1/2" separation at bottom edge. In original brown cloth gilt at spine bright uncommon in such lovely condition. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Columbia University Press Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007413
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Hazard Samuel
Pennsylvania Archives. Selected and Arranged from Original Documents in the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth Conforming to the Acts of the General Assembly.; Volumes VI VII VIII Commencing 1777 1778 and 1779
Philadelphia: Joseph Severns & Co. 1853. Volumes VI VII and VIII all Very Good bound in later sturdy cloth red leather spine labels. small prior owner name stamp the only marking moderate toning throughout the set yet still quite readable. Excellent source material for the Revolutionary War years 177-1779. Uncommon. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Joseph Severns & Co. Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007343
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Sadler Michael Thomas
Ireland; Its Evils and their Remedies: Being a Refutation of the Errors of the Emigration Committee and Others Touching that Country. To which is Prefixed A Synopsis of an Original Treatise About to be Published on the Law of Population
London: John Murray 1829. Hardcover. Very good. Second edition. 8vo pp.lvii 464. Bound in 3/4 green leather and green marbled boards spine with gilt lettering and ornaments all edges marbled green silk ribbon bookmark bound in. Binding signed William Taylor Morrell. Scuffing to leather at extremities spine slightly faded foxing to first and last few leaves otherwise clean and sound. Armorial bookplate of William Ruddell Clarke of Trabolgan County Cork Ireland on front pastedown. "Clarke 1870-1937 inherited Trabolgan a large Georgian house and the surrounding estate of 1500 acres from his father in 1911. After his death the estate was purchased by the Irish Land Commission" National Library of Australia. Sadler 1780-1835 was a social reformer and political economist whose beliefs are described by his DNB biographer as "violenty anti-Malthusian." On this work specifically the biographical entry continues "Against the individualist and Ricardian views that underlay most English thinking about Ireland Sadler here proposed the establishment of an Irish poor law on the paternalist principle that in proportion to its means 'wealth should be compelled to assist destitute poverty but that dissimilar to English practice assistance should in all cases except in those of actual incapacity from age or disease be connected with labour.'" John Murray hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 20283
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Mannerheim Carl Gustav
Across Asia from West to East in 1906-1908 Two Volumes
Helsinki Finland: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura 1940. Two volumes in original dustjackets. Both volumes are Fine Vol.I dustjacket Very Good 1 1/2" triangular chip bottom edge at spine tears at spine folds and 2 tears horizontally at spine Vol. II jacket Near Fine small chips bottom edge of spine. List of donors laid in. One folding plate map index 15 folding maps at rear Vol. II. Numerous black and white photographs in text. A classic scholarly text ''In the spring of 1906 I received orders from the Russian General Staff to undertake a journey from Russian Turkestan through Chinese Turkestan and Western China and the provinces of Kan Su Shensi and Shansi to Peiping as the final goal. The object of this expedition was to study the conditions in the interior of Northern China collect statistical materials and perform various tasks of a military nature'' Preface. Mannerheim also collected archaeological and ethnographic materials and manuscripts and studied little-known peoples and tribes in Norther China. Mannerheim later became the 6th President of Finland after serving as Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish armed forces during WWII. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 006910
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Medical History
Medical History; a quarterly journal. . . Volume 21 Issue 01.
London:: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine January 1977. 1977. 8vo. Orange printed wrappers. Good . Contents: Elizabeth L. Haigh "The Vital principle of Paul Joseph Barthez: the clash between monism and dualism." Lise Wilkinson "The development of the virus concept as reflected in corpora of studies on individual pathogens. 4. Rabies- Two millennia of ideas and conjecture on the aetiology of a virus disease." W. Luckin History and Social Studies of Science University of Sussex Falmer Brighton Sussex "The final catastrophe- cholera in London 1866." Andrew Wear "The spleen in renaissance anatomy." Norman Howard-Jones "Fracastoro and Henle: a reappraisal of their contribution to the concept of communicable diseases." Sidney H. Aronson The Lancet on the telephone 1876-1975." Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, January 1977. unknown books
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History of Technology. Morton Prof. Henry
REPORT Of PROF. HENRY MORTON On The STORAGE BATTERIES Of The ELECTRICAL POWER STORAGE COMPANY Limited of London
n. p. 1883. Reprint stated on front wrapper. Printed white paper wrappers lacks rear wrapper. Light wear & soiling. With a nod to the missing rear wrapper Very Good. 7 1 blank pp. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 6" <br/><br/>One holding found on OCLC MIT. unknown books
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Watson C. Ernest
A History of Clee and the Thorpes of Clee
Great Grimsby: Grimsby News 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Original cloth light rubbing corners a little bumped endpapers browned but otherwise clean internally. 142pp Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 046026. <br/><br/> Grimsby News hardcover books
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Buckingham JS. J. S.
The Eastern and Western States of America
London: Fisher Son & Co 1842. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. W.H. Bartlett. 3 volumes in publishers gray cloth - modest wear to covers light spotting in a few spots. Scattered foxing and browning internally most of the plates age toned but still quite attractive. With 14 of 15 of the fine Bartlett plates lacking the plate depicting the Schuylkill Water-Works in volume two. 573pp;536pp; 600pp. Howes B922 Sabin 8896. Size: Octavo 8vo. 3-volume set complete. Illustrator: W.H. Bartlett. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Americana; History. Inventory No: 045059. <br/><br/> Fisher, Son, & Co hardcover books
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History of Science Society Margaret W. ROSSITER ed..
Catching Up with the Vision. Essays on the Occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the Founding of the History of Science Society.
Chicago:: ISIS 1999. 1999. Series: ISIS Supplement vol. 90. 8vo. 359 pp. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. With papers by Thomas P. Gariepy I. Bernard Cohen Jensine Andresen Marie Boas Hall Charles C. Gillispie Gerald Holton Will Provine Roger Hahn E. Schofield Michael M. Sokal Mary Louise Gleason etc. ISIS, 1999. unknown books
Bookseller reference : BL4387
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LYELL Charles; British Society for the History of Science.
Lyell Centenary Issue. Papers delivered at the Charles Lyell Centenary Symposium London 1975.
London:: The British Society for the History of Science 1976. 1976. Series: The British Journal for the History of Science July 1976 vol. IX pt. 2 no. 32. 8vo. pp. 91-242 pp. Printed wrappers. Fine. The British Society for the History of Science, 1976. unknown books
Bookseller reference : BL4208
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American Historical Association; History of Science Society.
The Influence of Early Enlightenment Thought upon German Classical Science and Letters. Problems for future discussion.
New York:: Neale Watson for Science History Society 1972. 1972. Sm. 8vo. xii 47 1 pp. Ports. Printed wrappers. Fine. Papers by Wilson L. Scott Ronald Calinger James W. Marchand Guenter B. Risse L. Pearce Williams. Neale Watson [for] Science History Society, 1972. unknown books
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Science History Publications.
History of Science; a review of literature and research. Volume 11.
St. Giles & New York:: Science History Publications 1973. 1973. 8vo. 320 pp. Blue cloth. Very good. Includes the following main papers: P.M. Heimann Newtonian Natural Philosophy and the Scientific Revolution; Roy M. MacLeod & James R. Friday The Quest for Archives of British Men of Science; J.E. McGuire Newton and the Demonic Furies: some current problems and approaches in history of science. With: "Humanism and the Rise of Science in Tudor England" by Antonia McLean p. 49 Boas Hall Marie; "Science and Civic Life in the Italian Renaissance" by Eugenio Garin p. 49 Boas Hall Marie; "Science in a Renaissance Society" by W. P. D. Wightman p. 49 Boas Hall Marie; "The History of Valency" by C. A. Russell p. 53 Fisher N. W.; "Das Mikroscop" by P. Harting p. 62 Turner G. L'E.; Multi-volume Works in Progress 1: The Correspondence of Isaac Newton p. 68 Rupert Hall A.; Tilling Laura; Projekt der Katalogisierung von Alchemischen Handschriften im Deutschen Sprachgebiet p. 70 Figala Karin; The Background of Physiological Psychology in Natural Philosophy p. 75 Smith Roger; "Perspectives in the History of Science and Technology" edited by Duane H. D. Roller p. 124 Rupert Hall A.; "The Meaning of Fossils" by Martin J. S. Rudwick p. 130 Porter Roy; Multi-volume Works in Progress 2: The Isis Cumulative Bibliography p. 139 Whitrow Magda; "Science and Society 1600-1900" edited by Peter Mathias Book Review p. 143 Gowing Margaret; "Religion and the Rise of Modern Science" by R. Hooykaas Book Review p. 145 Lash Nicholas; "A History of Biochemistry" by Marcel Florkin Book Review p. 148 Needham Dorothy; "Geschichte der pharmazeutischen Chemie" by W. Schneider Book Review p. 150 Figala Karin; Towards a Reassessment of Renaissance Aristotelianism p. 159 Schmitt Charles B.; Science Medicine and the Universities of Early Modern England: Background and Sources Part 1 p. 194 Frank Robert G. Jr; "Introduction to Newton's 'Principia'" edited by I. Bernard Cohen p. 217 Aiton E. J.; "Isaac Newton's 'Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica'" edited by Alexandre Koyre and I. Bernard Cohen with the assistance of Anne Whitman p. 217 Aiton E. J.; "Historisches Worterbuch der Philosophie" edited by J. Ritter p. 231 Pagel Walter; Multi-volume Works in Progress 3: The Correspondence of Henry Oldenburg p. 236 Rupert Hall A.; Boas Hall Marie; Science Medicine and the Universities of Early Modern England: Background and Sources Part 2 p. 239 Frank Robert G. Jr; Tycho Brahe: Past and Future Research p. 270 Thoren Victor E.; On the Exponential Growth of Science p. 283 Berendzen Richard; "Science Medicine and Society in the Renaissance" edited by Allen G. Debus p. 286 Yates Frances A.; "Scientific Knowledge and its Social Problems" by J. R. Ravetz p. 292 Jackson Anthony; "The Rosicrucian Enlightenment" by Frances A. Yates p. 306 Walker D. P.; The Manuscript of Nicholas Copernicus' "On the Revolutions" Book Review p. 311 Hoskin M. A.; "American Physicians in the Nineteenth Century" by William G. Rothstein Book Review p. 312 Bynum W. F. Science History Publications, 1973. hardcover books
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Biblioteca municipale A. Panizzi; Instituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze.
L'eredità scientific di Leopoldo Nobili: dibattito teorico e ruolo degli strumenti nella fisica del primo Ottocento.
Florence:: Reggio Emilia; Instituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze 1984. 1984. 8vo. 132 pp. Color illus. Printed wrappers. Very good . Scarce. Published on the occasion of Nobili's bicentenary celebration. Reggio Emilia; Instituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze, 1984. unknown books
Bookseller reference : BL3966
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History of Science Society; CARROLL P. Thomas ed..
Guide to the History of Science; 8th sedition 1992. Edited by P. Thomas Carroll.
Chicago:: University of Chicago Press for the History of Science Society 1992. 1992. 8vo. 315 pp. Stiff boards; rubbed. Some marginalia by L. Pearce Williams. Scarce. University of Chicago Press for the History of Science Society, 1992. hardcover books
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History of Science
History of Science; A review of literature and research in the history of science medicine and technology in its intellectual and social context. Volume 12.
New York:: Science History Publications 1974. 1974. 8vo. 308 pp. Blue gilt-stamped cloth. Pencil underlining L. Pearce Williams' copy. Very good. Book reviews: Including: J.B. Morrell Reflections on the history of Scottish science. Book reviews content: Prosopography as a Research Tool in History of Science: The British Scientific Community 1700-1900 p. 1 Shapin Steven; Thackray Arnold; Swedish Science in the Eighteenth Century p. 29 Frangsmyr Tore; "Charles Darwin: The Years of Controversy" by P. Vorzimmer p. 43 Ruse Michael; "The Triumph of the Darwinian Method" by M. T. Ghiselin p. 43 Ruse Michael; "Wallace and Natural Selection" by H. Lewis McKinney p. 43 Ruse Michael; "Greek Medicine" by E. D. Phillips p. 59 Nutton Vivian; "The Heart and the Vascular System in Ancient Greek Medicine: from Alcmaeon to Galen" by C. R. S. Harris p. 59 Nutton Vivian; "Studien zur Geschichte der Mineralnamen in Pharmazie Chemie und Medizin von den Anfangen bis auf Paracelsus" by Dietlinde Goltz p. 70 Pagel Walter; Reflections on the History of Scottish Science p. 81 Morrell J. B.; The Audience for Science in Eighteenth Century Edinburgh p. 95 Shapin Steven; The Origins and Development of the Scottish Scientific Community 1680-1760 p. 122 Christie John R. R.; Early Newtonianism p. 142 Jacob M. C.; History of Science in the Federal Republic of Germany p. 147 Forbes Eric G.; "Wolffianismens Genombrott i Uppsala" by Tore Frangsmyr Book Review p. 152 Jonsson Inge; Evolutionism in the Enlightenment p. 159 Bowler Peter J.; Queries Answers and Unsolved Problems in Eighteenth Century Biology p. 184 Schiller Joseph; Recent Paracelsian Studies p. 200 Pagel Walter; "Genetics and American Society" by Kenneth M. Ludmerer p. 212 Gould Stephen Jay; "Nineteenth Century Aether Theories" by Kenneth F. Schaffner p. 220 Wilson David B.; "The Ethereal Aether: A History of the Michelson-Morley-Miller Aether Experiments 1880-1930" by Loyd S. Swenson Jr p. 220 Wilson David B.; "A Navigator's Universe. The "Libro de Cosmographia" of 1538 by Pedro de Medina" by Ursula Lamb p. 227 Waters D. W.; The Chemical Philosophers: Chemical Medicine from Paracelsus to Van Helmont p. 235 Debus Allen G.; Science and Society in Nineteenth Century Anthropology p. 260 Weber Gay; Coleridge and Natural Philosophy: A Review of Recent Literary and Historical Research p. 284 Shaffer E. S.; "The Discovery of our Galaxy" by Charles A. Whitney p. 299 Whitrow G. J.; "The Milky Way: An Elusive Road for Science" by Stanley L. Jaki p. 299 Whitrow G. J. Science History Publications, 1974. hardcover books
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National Museum of History and Technology; Brooke HINDLE Director.
Guide to Manuscript Collections in the National Museum of History and Technology 1978.
Washington D.C.:: Smithsonian Institute Press 1978. 1978. Series: Archives and Special Collections of the Smithsonian Institution 3. 8vo. xiv 143 pp. Index. Green printed wrappers. Fine. Smithsonian Institute Press, 1978. unknown books
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Angela Bromley Martin author
CHICHESTER HARBOUR PAST PRESENT
Worcester: Hughenden Publications 1991. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Orange wrappers; no markings of any kind. Very Good binding. Hughenden Publications unknown books
Bookseller reference : 256529 ISBN : 0951753312 9780951753316
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Sketch of the History of The Parish of the Advent in the City of Boston 1844-1894
Parish of the Advent 1894. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Very nice copy; light stain to edge of text-block and at the bottom of the last two blank pages and the bottom of the front flyleaf; doesn't afftect any text; Maroon Cloth. Very Good binding. Parish of the Advent unknown books
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Harry J. Shellman; A. C. Wurtele
WIT AND WISDOM: THE FUN OF THE DAY FROM ALL THE NEW YORK PAPERS AND EVERY HUMOROUS PAPER IN THE LAND; Volume One No. 1 - 26; January 20 - July 15 1881
NY: Wurtele and Co 1881. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 26 issues of this weekly in original black cloth. Rebacked with original spine laid on. Endpapers have pencilled arithmetic exercises from a previous owner. Very Good binding. Wurtele and Co unknown books
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Long Island Judicial History
1825 Manuscript Document Court of Special Sessions Held at Zina Chatfield's in Oyster Bay for an Assault and Battery The People Versus Jacob Baldwin
Oyster Bay Long Island 1825. Original document Justices were William H. Jones Daniel Feeks James Hegeman presiding over the case; stating among else: ".Coles Craft.Saith that on the 24th day of December 1824 - that Jacob Baldwin and Robert Ludlam were pushing each other about the store of Richard Cock and Samuel last name illegible and that Jacob Baldwin struck him the said Coles Craft a blow on the face and threatened to flogg him if he took the law of him." continuing with a disputatiously various group of testimony as to who hit who in this fight; listed are the subpoena and constable expenses and the case's docketing information on the back; 8" x 12 1/2" size approx.; a sadly violent case however interesting in that there is some mention of local businesses both for the court of sessions and the locality of the "affray" itself; some edgewear browning along folds & spotting; still very good condition and an interesting Long Island judicial ephemeral item along with being of some historical note specifically for the Oyster Bay area. Very Good. unknown books
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National Congress on Civil Engineering History and Heritage.
International Engineering History and Heritage: Improving Bridges to ASCE's 150th Anniversary. . .Edited by Jerry R. Rogers Augustine J. Fredrich.
Reston:: American Society of Civil Engineers 2001. 2001. 8vo. x 508 pp. Photos and illustrations indexes. Printed wrappers. Burndy bookplate. Fine. ISBN: 0784405948 American Society of Civil Engineers, (2001). unknown books
Bookseller reference : BL1730 ISBN : 0784405948 9780784405949
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Big Band History
Illustrated Letter Signed from Johnny Johnson and His Orchestra Denver Colorado December 8 1930 to Herman Toor "13" Club 1775-81st St. Brooklyn N.Y
1930. A typed letter signed in ink by big band leader of the 1920s 1930s Johnny Johnson recommending Mr. Toor to a record store for a band release; "An M.C.A. Attraction Victor Records" at top of letterhead with band title headline; back of letter with circular 'microphone' image with pictures of band members; soiling split along old fold lines; good minus condition and good American big band historical ephemera. Very Good. unknown books
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May Ernest; Dwight Sereno
Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of arts and Sciences Volume I parts III and IV
New Haven: Oliver Steele 1813. Original Wraps. Very Good. Parts III and IV of Volume 1 of the Memoirs 1813 and 1816 old library stamp to title pages but no other marks. Modest wear and age toning a little bit brittle at edges but generally very good in original blue wraps. Contains Sereno Dwights "Dissertation on the Origin of Springs" Benjamin Silliman's "Experiments on the fusion of various refractory bodies by the compound blow-pipe of Mr. Hare" Jeremiah Day's "Observations on the comet of 1811" and "calculation of the Longitude of Yale-College from the solar eclipse of September 17th 1811" Timothy Dwight's "Observations on Language" and "On Light" Theodore Strong's 'Demonstrations of Stewart's Properties of the Circle" with foldout. An interesting collection of early American scientific works. Sabin 15703 The memoirs were not continued until 1910. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Science & Technology; Americana; Antiquarian & Rare; Inventory No: 031276. <br/><br/> Oliver Steele paperback books
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Kentucky Local History. McCaw O. S. Editor
LEXINGTON STREET DIRECTORY.; Metropolitan Lexington Fayette County All Streets Roads Drives Avenues Pikes & Subdivisions. Vol. XV
Lexington Ky: Published by Blue Grass Lodge No. 4 Fraternal Order of Police. Distributed by Lexington Merchants n. d. 26th Edition and 1st printing thus ca 1968. Original publisher's printed green paper covers stapled. Cord hole in upper left of booklet. Modest wear & soiling VG to Nr Fine. 71 1 pp. Folding map tipped-in at rear. 6" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/>Scarce pocket map of this prominent Kentucy city. At the time of cataloguing we find OCLC showing no institutional holdings of this edition with just 2 holdings overall: one of the 46th edition & one of the 47th edition. Published by Blue Grass Lodge No. 4 Fraternal Order of Police. Distributed by Lexington Merchants unknown books
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Twiss Travers
An Epitome of Niebuhr's History of Rome: With Chronological Tables and an Appendix
London: D. A. Talboys 1836. SCARCE especially in lovely contemporary binding. xliii 358. Two volumes bound as one with continuous pagination Chapters I - XXXVIII pages 1-157; Chapters I - XL pages 158 - 313; Appendix pages 315-358. In contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards back with gilt rules and lettering and with five raised bands marbled end papers top edge gilt. Very Good end papers with old tape mends front end paper with 2" tear light rubbing to boards tidy scholarly marginal notations in ink. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. D. A. Talboys Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008659
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Anonymous
The History of Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day :containing a description of its antiquities public buildings civil religious scientific and commercial institutions . To which is added an Appendix:.etc. 2nd Ed. In 3 Volumes
Paris: A. and W. Galignani 1832. SCARCE. cxxxviii 360 548 508. Three volumes bound by J. Carss and Co. Glasgow their small ticket front paste downs in contemporary half calf over marbled boards armorial bookplate of Kershaw with motto "Trust in God". Very Good Plus light spotting throughout light rubbing and soiling to boards. Second Edition. Half Calf. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A. and W. Galignani Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008686
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Edited by James Gairdner
THE PASTON LETTERS 1422-1509 AD. A New Edition Containing Upwards Of 400 Letters &c. Hitherto Unpublished. Three Volumes
London: Annotated Editions 1872. Three volumes in publisher's embossed brick red cloth gilt backs and front covers bright Very Good Plus front hinge Vol. I starting a few small corner creases prior owner bookplates. Uncommon in lovely condition published 1872-1875 . New Edition. Embossed Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Annotated Editions Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008646
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Klondike Gold" and 24 Other Pieces of Sheet Music Published by William Randolph Hearst in the San Francisco Examiner 1896-1905
Softcover. Very good. Collection of 25 pieces of sheet music issued as Sunday supplements to the San Francisco Examiner each 4 pp 14 x 10.5 inches printed on thick newsprint. All with the name "R. James" in ink on the cover a few with short tears at margins or light soiling; very good overall. Between 1895 and 1911 William Randolph Hearst published more than 650 pieces of sheet music in his newspapers. Most pieces were reprints of recent popular songs but each was given new cover illustration printed in color often including a photograph of the performer who popularized the piece. Although primarily intended to help sell newspapers the inclusion of sheet music and the selection of songs included also reflected Hearst's personal interest in vaudeville burlesque musical theater and other popular forms of entertainment. Other papers had begun publishing sheet music in the late nineteenth century but Hearst was only newspaper publisher to commission new songs. Among these commissions was "Klondike Gold" published in 1898 and included in this collection. The song warns of the perils freezing starvation of following the stampede of hopeful men and women seeking their fortunes in the Yukon. Also included here is "Battle Hymn Written by the Mikado of Japan" another original piece which purports to have been "sung by the Japanese armies on the battle fields." Some of the other reprinted pieces also claim "ethnic" or international themes -- such as "Sonoma A Mexican Serenade" and "O Love" described as a "Famous Filipino Serenade brought from Manila by the Leader of the First California Volunteer Band." There are also love songs comic songs and pieces from musical theater. A rather unexceptional song called "At the Bottom of the Hill" is said to be the "first copyrighted song of the new century." In all an interesting collection reflecting popular musical taste at the turn of the twentieth century. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21298
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Printing History Officina Bodoni Giovanni Mardersteig Prospectus
Publishers' Prospectus for the Publication of Giovanni Mardersteig The Officina Bodoni An Account of the Work of a Hand Press 1923 - 1977 Edited and Translated By Hans Schmoller
Verona Italy: Edizioni Valdonega 1977. 4 printed sides the prospectus for this publication. With contents page specimen page; back cover giving details: ".A substantial portion of this work was written by Giovanni Mardersteig before his death in 1977. Hans Schmoller a dedicated friend together with Mrs. Irmi Mardersteig and Martino Mardersteig brought it to completion." And details of the production and distribution by the Chiswick Book Shop Inc. of Connecticut for the 500 copies of the American edition. Approx. 8" x 12" size printed on heavy quality cream paper stock; little bit of surface crinkling clean and in very good condition. . Prospectus. Soft Cover. Very Good. Edizioni Valdonega paperback books
Bookseller reference : 26578
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Munro Herbert H. Saki
The Rise of the Russian Empire
London and Boston : Grant Richards / L. C. Page & Co. 1900. SCARCE First Edition of his first published book. Herbert H. Munro would go on to write under the pen name of Saki or just H.H. Munro becoming well-known for sardonic writing on Edwardian society generally in the form of short stories. Very Good in original yellow cloth the cloth lightly soiled small rubs at spine ends and corners. slight toning to end pages the name stamp of Rawson Bennett front gutter and at p.143. Rawson Bennett was "Head of Electronics Design Division from 1943 to 1946. He was awarded the Legion of Merit 'for exceptionally meritorious conduct' during his tour of duty in the Bureau of Ships. The citation further states: 'he also designed sonic and supersonic underwater sound apparatus so urgently required by the Fleet for the destruction of Axis submarines and Japanese shipping"." He retired from the Navy as a Rear Admiral.Naval History and Heritage Command website. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Grant Richards / L. C. Page & Co. Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008178
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