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1987réf. 609351Boston: Little Brown and Company 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Small quarto. Profusely illustrated from black and white photographs. A few tiny soil spots at the foredge margin of one page else fine in a near fine dust jacket with light edgewear and a thin dampstain at the foot of the spine. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
1834réf. 378New York: Published by the Author 1834. 8vo. 190 x 120 mm. 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches. viii 9-179 pp. Original cloth boards rebacked with cloth remnants of original spine laid down. Light foxing throughout. With faults a good sound copy. Second edition originally published in New York by H. Wallis in 1823 which included information on British practices. In the self-published edition of 1834 Partridge remove much of this material and focused more on the extraction of colors from wood the chemistry of scouring and dyeing and color preparation. The first 40 pages of the book describe in detail the methods and materials used in scouring raw wool and cotton to ensure that all oils and natural elements are removed and cleansed out. The next 100 pages are devoted to dyes. Partridge discusses in detail the which natural materials produce colors pigments how to make the extractions and finally how to mix the extracts with solvents and oils to create a color that will fix when applied to textile material. The final part of the book has to do with preparing silks and cotton and some variations on the techniques for producing and fixing colors. A notice on the verso of the title-page reads "The author informs Manufacturers and Dyers that he is at all times willing and desirous to give any information and recipes that may be in his power respecting the manufacture of woollens and dying free of cost." In addition to writing and publishing his Practical Treatise William Partridge was a textile dyer and seller who also built a business in NYC that imported and extracted pigments from wood sources which was to become one of the largest of its kind on the East Coast before the Civil War. American Imprints 26133. Rink 1864 for the 1823 edition. See C. R. Delaney "The Real American Dyestuff Industry" Journal of the American Leather Chemists Association Chemical Publishing Co. Easton PA Volume XIV 1919. 378. Published by the Author unknown books
1923réf. 61453London: Bemrose & Sons 1923. Limited printing. Hardcover. Very good. 210 pp. Quarto. 28 cm. Blue cloth over boards with gilt title and illustration stamped on front board. Gilt title stamped on spine. Corners bumped and spine rubbed. Previous owner's pencil markings on front free endpaper. Front cover cocked. Black and white plates and descriptions of Frank Patridge's extensive collection of Ralph Wood pottery. Number 213. Bemrose & Sons hardcover books
1978réf. 51692Salt Lake City UT: George Carson/ Ann Hough Family Organization 1978. Paperback. Near Fine. 30pp. Octavo 21.5 cm in bright green saddle-stitched wraps. Faint smudge to front wrap. A selection of quotes from the minutes of "various auxiliary organizations of the Church in Fairfield Utah" followed by transcriptions of patriarchal blessings. Elvira Egbert Carson Emma Melvina Partridge Carson and their husband John Carson were all the children of early converts. They had fifteen to twenty children between them. "At one meeting of the Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association Sister A. Young read the revelations on celestial marriage to the young ladies. Then "'Sister Elvira Carson spoke to the sisters and bore her testimony to what had been read and told the young sisters that when they got married to be sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise and by those who have a right to seal for if they did not when we were dead no one could do it for them when they had the chance to do it for themselves and gave them other good advice."'. George Carson/ Ann Hough Family Organization paperback books
2003réf. 51170San Francisco: California Historical Society Press; Heyday Books 2003. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very good . SIGNED. 143pp. Quarto 28 cm Black and white photographically illustrated wraps. The wraps show light edge wear. Signed by the photographer Rondal Partridge on the half title page. California Historical Society Press; Heyday Books paperback books
1973réf. 123670MA: NY Graphic Society 1973. Softcover. Very Good. First paperback. Illustrated by Michael Partridge. Very good in wrappers. First Paperback Edition. Book has light wear of spine ends and cover edges light fading covers light soiling foredges. Nice clean text. NY Graphic Society unknown books
1947réf. 247831New York: Garden City 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good/Poor Light browning with some spotting. Dustwrapper browned worn and very torn. Garden City hardcover books
1994réf. 1390221Baltimore: CD Publications 1994. Limited Hardcover Edition #235/500. Hardcover. Octavo 285 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Pictorial spine with yellow and white lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering price uncut: "$35.00". Minor shelf wear. Interior pages clean. Signed by Partridge and Clark on limitations page. Shelved Hardcover Science Fiction. 1390221. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. CD Publications hardcover books
1930réf. 291881London: Eric Partridge Ltd 1930. Hardcover. 95p. backlist foxing else very good first edition in original green buckram cloth boards withpaper title label affixed front cover. Eric Partridge, Ltd hardcover books
1948réf. 004657London: Secker & Warburg 1948. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 21.5 by 14 cm. xi 1 212 pp. A fun collection of that most ephemeral area of language. Most of the terms or their meaning at the time now obscure. Slight edge bump by upper front edge and light wear to DJ. DJ is NOT price clipped! Otherwise a near fine copy both the book itself and the DJ. Secker & Warburg unknown books
1939réf. 57565SF: The Book Club of California 1939. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 455cc. 50pp. Publisher's cloth backed marbled boards with an original page of 'The Spectator' tipped in. Bookplate on front pastedown boards a bit darkened and rubbed with a spot of soiling to the top of the front else very good. The Book Club of California hardcover books
1939réf. 57566SF: The Book Club of California 1939. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 455cc. 50pp. Publisher's cloth backed marbled boards with an original page of 'The Spectator' tipped in. Boards a bit darkened and rubbed with a spot of soiling to the top of the front else very good. Publication announcement laid in. The Book Club of California hardcover books
1927réf. 57726London: Scholartis Press 1927. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 150cc out of series unnumbered. 192pp. Quarter art vellum over marbled boards. Offsetting to prelims spine darkened extremities a bit worn else very good. Scholartis Press hardcover books
1927réf. 57840London: Scholartis Press 1927. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. #25 of 150cc on English handmade paper signed by Patridge. 251pp. Spine darkened with some light wear to the extremities else very good in publisher's art vellum backed green cloth with silk bookmark bound in. Scholartis Press hardcover books
1927réf. 57830London: Scholartis Press 1927. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 150cc out of series unnumbered. 192pp. Quarter art vellum over marbled boards. Offsetting to prelims ink name on front free endpaper spine darkened extremities a bit worn else very good. Scholartis Press hardcover books
1961réf. 63680NY:: Macmillan. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. First American edition. Very good in a very good age toning and fading price clipped dust jacket. . Macmillan, hardcover books
1960réf. 63831NY:: Bonanza Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1960. Hardcover. A reprint edition. Very good in a very good minor edge wear a bit faded along the spine dust jacket. . Bonanza Books, hardcover books
1998réf. 53599London:: Rubicon Press. Near Fine. 1998. Paperback. 0948695587 . First paperback edition. Near fine in pictorial wraps. . Rubicon Press, paperback books
1948réf. 24357NY: Crowell. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1948. Hardcover. First edition. SIGNED by the author. Near fine in a near fine trace shelf wear dust jacket. . Crowell hardcover books
1895réf. 001806Boston: Roberts Brothers 1895. Second Edition. Cloth Boards. Very Good/No Dustjacket. Copy owned by one M. Langdon Jr and inscribed to him by the author and sculpture Partridge: "A souvenir of our meeting in Washington and the night we spendt with Browning at Afterhouse in Norwood. In the hope that we three may meet again the sooner the better." Neat underlining throughout text perhaps Langdon's and two photos tipped into book boards a tad worn and soiled. Partridge 1861-1930 American sculpture and art schoalr was best known for the statue of Gen. Grant on horseback in Union Sq NYC. Browning was one Oscar Browning 1837-1923 a lecturer at Cambridge University Day Training College was a leading exponent of the training of teachers and as a Liberal contested unsuccessfully House of Common seats in Norwood among other distcricts. Bios laid-in. Roberts Brothers unknown books
réf. B54528-2Boston Roberts Brothers 1894. ix 192pp. Orig. publishers cloth gilt. T.e.g. Ex-library. Boston (Roberts Brothers), 1894. hardcover books
réf. B91368-5New York Harry N. Abrams 1997. 207 1pp. Prof. illus. 150 color plates. Sm. folio. Cloth. D.j. New York (Harry N. Abrams), 1997. hardcover books
réf. B91368-4New York Harry N. Abrams 1997. 207 1pp. Prof. illus. 150 color plates. Sm. folio. Cloth. D.j. New York (Harry N. Abrams), 1997. hardcover books
1987réf. 70011Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good. 1987. Hardcover. First U. S. Edition. Blue boards with gilt printing to the spine. Some very light sunning/toning at the cover edhes. Otherwise Very Good in a price-clipped and slightly toned dust jacket. . Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
1963réf. 58435New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good. 1963. Hardcover. Black cloth boards gilt printing to spine 119pp. about Fine. . The Macmillan Company hardcover books
