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1818réf. 825711818. A Near-Fatal Response to Negative Criticism Trial. Hagerman Henry B. 1786-1853 Defendant. Bacon David Reporter. Trial of Henry B. Hagerman Esq. On an Indictment for an Assault and Battery With Intent to Murder Committed on William Coleman Esq. Editor of the N.Y. Evening Post. Taken in Short Hand by David Bacon. New York: Printed by Oram and Mott 1818. 68 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning light foxing to most of text small embossed library stamp to final leaf chips to both of its outside corners small de-accession ink stamp of the Long Island Historical Society to title page small chip to its lower outside corner. An appealing copy of an uncommon title. $750. Only edition. Coleman 1766-1829 was the editor of Alexander Hamilton's newspaper The New York Evening Post now the New York Post which opposed to New York's Democratic Party. Shortly after he published a highly critical article about Hagerman a prominent Democrat and state official he was surprised and viciously beaten by Hagerman on a city street. Coleman's recovery took weeks and he suffered bouts of paralysis for the rest of his life. Hagerman pleaded guilty to assault and battery and not guilty to the charge of attempted murder. He was fined and acquitted on the murder charge. In a later civil suit he was ordered to pay Coleman $4000. a notably large award for that time. OCLC locates 8 copies in law libraries Baylor Columbia Harvard Library of Congress LA County Law Library Social Law University of Minnesota U.S. Supreme Court. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13829. unknown
1818réf. 825711818. A Near-Fatal Response to Negative Criticism Trial. Hagerman Henry B. 1786-1853 Defendant. Bacon David Reporter. Trial of Henry B. Hagerman Esq. On an Indictment for an Assault and Battery With Intent to Murder Committed on William Coleman Esq. Editor of the N.Y. Evening Post. Taken in Short Hand by David Bacon. New York: Printed by Oram and Mott 1818. 68 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning light foxing to most of text small embossed library stamp to final leaf chips to both of its outside corners small de-accession ink stamp of the Long Island Historical Society to title page small chip to its lower outside corner. An appealing copy of an uncommon title. $750. Only edition. Coleman 1766-1829 was the editor of Alexander Hamilton's newspaper The New York Evening Post now the New York Post which opposed to New York's Democratic Party. Shortly after he published a highly critical article about Hagerman a prominent Democrat and state official he was surprised and viciously beaten by Hagerman on a city street. Coleman's recovery took weeks and he suffered bouts of paralysis for the rest of his life. Hagerman pleaded guilty to assault and battery and not guilty to the charge of attempted murder. He was fined and acquitted on the murder charge. In a later civil suit he was ordered to pay Coleman $4000. a notably large award for that time. OCLC locates 8 copies in law libraries Baylor Columbia Harvard Library of Congress LA County Law Library Social Law University of Minnesota U.S. Supreme Court. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13829. unknown books
2000réf. x-0198123485Oxford Univ Pr on Demand 2000. Hardcover. New. 420 pages. 8.50x5.75x1.25 inches. Oxford Univ Pr on Demand hardcover
1671réf. 1106100010WILLIAM LEE 1671. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio. Leather bound. 254 100 14 62 3 58 9 92 10 26. Rebacked. Five raised bands and six compartments. Red spine label with gilt border and lettering. Tight binding and good covers Light scattered foxing throughout. Pages framed. Interior pages are clean unmarked and in excellent condition. WILLIAM LEE hardcover
réf. 40685Galerie Claude Bernard-Paris 1977. In association with Marlborough Gallery London . Large 4to. Unpaginated. Contians 15 major full-page plates some folding and an outer wrapper with French flaps presenting his iconic 'Triptych 1976'. A near fine copy. Title page signed by Bacon in purple marker 'Francis Bacon 1/2/77 '. With original exhibition invitation loosely inclosed. Galerie Claude Bernard-Paris 1977. ( In association with Marlborough Gallery, London ). unknown
réf. 21789A Berlin, s.n. (Paris, Etienne-Vincent Robin), 1762 ; 162, [3] pp.Suivi de : Vallet (Pierre) : Méthode pour faire promptement des progrès dans les sciences et dans les arts. Grenoble, Veuve d’André Faure, 1767 ; [12], VI, 156, [4] pp.Suivi de : Billy, De : Nouveau traité de la Mémoire, ou l’on explique d’une manière nette et mécanique ses effets les plus surprenans. Paris, Vve de Jean Boudot et Jean Boudot fils, 1708 ; [44], 127, [1] pp. Reliés en un volume in-12, demi veau marbré, dos à nerfs, pièce de titre marron, tranches rouges (reliure ancienne).
2000réf. DADAX0198184700OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 2000-08-24. 1. hardcover. New. 5.20x1.00x8.30. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS hardcover
1631réf. AA955London: Printed by J.H. for William Lee 1631. Third Edition. Good. Title page with ownership signature 'Will Pratt AM 1670' to upper margin early annotation at end of A3 without portrait frontispiece small ink stain to fore-edge margin of 5 leaves Y3-Z1 small worm hole to final leaf front free endpaper with early ownership inscription 'The Booke of Mrs Margaret Pratt' front pastedown with bookplates of Sir George Strickland Bart and Henry Eustatius Strickland contemporary speckled calf spine torn at head slight wear small folio The title to the second part: New Atlantis a Worke unfinished 258 8 44 pp. Printed by J.H. for William Lee unknown
1762réf. 214888Venitiis: Girardi 1762. hardcover. very good. 8vo old vellum spine labels torn & rubbed. Venetiis: Girardi 1762. First Venetian Edition. Old library stamp on p.99 otherwise clean with only minimal light foxing. Girardi unknown
1778réf. 17656London: J. Rivington and Sons. Good. 1778. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 volumes rebound in twentieth century dark tan leatherette with 5 bands & a paper label on each volume. Text is tight & intact. Illustrated with 4 copper engraved fronticepieces: tailpiece vignettes scattered throughout. Title pages printed in red & black with a printer's device on each. Vols 1-3: English text Volumes 4-5: Latin text. #1: 12 xlii 2 529pp; #2 6 658pp; #3: 12 vi 7-681pp 74; #4: xx2529pp; #5: vii 604pp. Text has light to moderate age toning & occasional light scattered foxing. A few edge chipped pages in first & last leaves of text. Vol #1: last leaf is glued to endpaper no loss of text. Vol #5 has a 1/2" tear @ head of spine. Prior owners' signatures. Francis Bacon was an English philosopher statesman scientist lawyer jurist author and pioneer of the scientific method. Philosophy. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 3047 pages . J. Rivington and Sons hardcover
1762réf. 214888Venitiis: Girardi 1762. hardcover. very good. 8vo old vellum spine labels torn & rubbed. Venetiis: Girardi 1762. First Venetian Edition. Old library stamp on p.99 otherwise clean with only minimal light foxing. Girardi unknown books
1967réf. 24514Boston: Little Brown and Company 1967. First edition first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. 8vo. Yellow-green cloth blocked in dark red on the spine and upper board Illustrated by the author. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped and shows the correct first state price of $4.95. It is rough along the edges and has noticeable rubbing on the front and rear boards near the spine but is otherwise in very good condition. . Little, Brown and Company hardcover
1967réf. 24514Boston: Little Brown and Company 1967. First edition first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. 8vo. Yellow-green cloth blocked in dark red on the spine and upper board Illustrated by the author. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped and shows the correct first state price of $4.95. It is rough along the edges and has noticeable rubbing on the front and rear boards near the spine but is otherwise in very good condition. . Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
réf. 63473Printed by J. H. for William Lee at the Turkes Head in Fleet-street next to the Miter. 1631. The third Edition. Folio in sixes. pp. x 258 viii A Table of the Experiments iv 46 43-44 Magnalia Natvrae. New Atlantis. A Worke vnfinished. With additional engraved title lacking the portrait. An extra printed leaf taken from the sixth edition of 1651 - 'His Lops. Vsuall Receipt for the Gout to which the Sixtieth Experiment hath reference.' is loosely added. D3 page 35 is misprinted page 13. Contemporary calf with an old rebacking the spine beginning to crack at the ends first two leaves slightly shaved at the margins and with some old ink spots the final five leaves with a slight damage to the fore-edge margin with loss not affecting the text faint browning of the paper margins a good copy overall. FREEMAN BNHB #143; JOHN CAREY Faber Book of Utopias pp. 63-64 : 'New Atlantis 1627 the first science-fiction novel is set on a Pacific island Bensalem where scientific research is as in our modern world the major intellectual enterprise. To allay fears already current in the seventeenth century that science would make people godless and ungovernable Bacon presents his Bensalemites as exemplary citizens. Bacon also anticipates the results though not the means of genetic engineering. Viz. listed in Magnalia Natvrae - Making of New Species; Transplanting of one Species into another.' And prescient for our times : 'Therefore amongst his other Fundamentall Lawes of this Kingdome he did ordaine the Interdicts and Prohibitions which we hauve touching Entrance of Strangers; which at that time though it was after the Calamity of America was frequent; Doubting Nouelties and Commixture of Manners. It is true the like Law against the Admission of Strangers without License is an Ancient Law in the Kingdome of China and yet contained in use.'. Printed by J. H. for William Lee at the Turkes Head in Fleet-street, next to the Miter. 1631. The third Edition. Folio in sixes. unknown
1922réf. 3980Bacon and Co. London 1922. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: Large Atlas Approx. 29cm by 36 cm. Original covers 6 page preface with facts and diagrams County Index 3 Key Maps of England Scotland and Ireland 100 County and Town Maps of England Scotland Wales and Ireland 2 Geological Maps of England 1 Map of the World followed by a 59lix page Historical Geographical and Commercial description of The British Isles Indexes Census and Gazetteer. Fascinating item. Covers worn beginning to fray contents clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Geography & Maps; Atlas. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3980. . Bacon and Co., hardcover
1676réf. 7426London Printed by Sarah. Griffin. and Bennet. Griffin for Thomas Lee at the sign of the Turks-head in Fleet street between Mitre Court and Ram-Alley over against Fetter-Lane 1676. 1676 Folio. 14 340 3 222-227 7 32 p. Engraved portrait and an additional engraved title page which is signed Tho. Cecill sculp. Part titles to New Atlantis History natural and experimental Articles of enquiry touching metals & minerals and The novum organum. Bound in contemporary blind panelled calf rebacked at some time in matching goatskin. Light wear on the corners. The spine with five raised bands with the old label re-laid. Internally a clean and well margined copy. Armorial bookplate of William Wrightson of Cusworth in Yorkshire. M.P for Aylesbury and High Sheriff of Yorkshire 1819-20. London, Printed by S[arah]. G[riffin]. and B[ennet]. Griffin for Thomas Lee, at the sign of the Turks-head in Fleet street, bet hardcover
1702réf. 000858London: Benj. Tooke 1702. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 8" tall. The small paper first edition of the letters of Sir Francis Bacon. Colation: 8 lxx 2 302 2.Contemporary panelled calf worn and rebacked with five raised bands on spine and label bearing gilt titles. Wear to edges of boards with trivial loss to fore edge of upper board. A few marks to endpapers otherwise internally in very good condition with a 3cm closed tear to top margin of page V of Introduction not affecting text. Lacking the Dedication leaves as usual due to the death of William III prior to publication. Final leaf with errata and advertisement present at end. ESTC reference N476823. The small paper first edition of the letters of Sir Francis Bacon. Benj. Tooke hardcover
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réf. 6490382Clarendon Press . Hardback. New. pp. 620 Clarendon Press hardcover
2004réf. SONG0199247927OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 2004-05-20. hardcover. Used: Good. 5.50x1.75x8.75. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS hardcover
1694réf. 51314Lipsiæ Johannis Justi Erythropili 1694. Folio. Cont. halfcalf over 5 raised bands. Rebacked preserving most of orig. gilt and rubbed spine. Corners restored. Title-page in red a. black with engraved titlevign. 16792 =1584 colums48 pp. A bit of browning to htitle title-page and last few leaves. Internally clean. hardcover
1694réf. 51314Lipsiæ, Johannis Justi Erythropili, 1694. Folio. Cont. halfcalf over 5 raised bands. Rebacked preserving most of orig. gilt and rubbed spine. Corners restored. Title-page in red a. black with engraved titlevign. (16),(792) (=1584 colums),48 pp. A bit of browning to htitle, title-page and last few leaves. Internally clean.
1928réf. 26082001London: Cresset Press Printed by Bernard H. Newdigate at the Shakespeare Head Press 1928. Limited Edition. Vellum. Near Fine. Gaskin Joscelyne. One of 250 copies folio size 207 pp. The first book published by the philosopher and statesman Francis Bacon 1561-1626 Baron of Verulam and Viscount Saint Alban. This collection of essays encompasses a wide range of subjects from the outer workings of the law and society to the internal workings of human sensitivity wisdom and friendship; full of erudite observations and pithy statements "Essays" was highly praised at the time of its publications and was seen as a paragon of the essay form. This publication of his "Essayes" was the first title to be published by the Cresset Press the printing by the Shakespeare Head Press. Visually stunning in the virtuoso handling of the introductory words and initial capitals to the essays there being over seventy printed in red as is the Press device at the colophon. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full unbleached parchment Ransom gilt lettering on the front board and spine top edge gilt fore- and bottom edges uncut title page in red and black printer's statement on title page verso in red press device at colophon in red title and initial letters designed by Joscelyne Gaskin; Cloister type on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper binding size 15 1/4" by 10 1/2" pagionation: i-viii 1-198 1 colophon limited edition of 250 copies this no. 132 an additional eight copies were printed on vellum. ___CONDITION: Near fine the parchment smooth and supple without rubbed areas or tears the boards mostly clean other than a few light stray marks the top corners straight and the bottom corners bumped all four corners unrubbed a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; some lightly pencilled marks likely by a prior bookseller towards the top of the front free endpaper light offsetting to the pastedown endpapers and the fore-edge leaves slightly dusty. ___CITATION: Ransom Cresset Press no. 1; also Ransom Shakespeare Head Press no. 53 note that Ransom states the publication date as 1927 in both entries although the title page states 1928. ___POSTAGE: Please note that due to size and weight additional postage may apply please inquire for details; International customers please also note that any taxes duty or tariffs charged by your country will of necessity be your responsibility. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Cresset Press [Printed by Bernard H. Newdigate at the Shakespeare Head Press] unknown
1928réf. 26082001London: Cresset Press Printed by Bernard H. Newdigate at the Shakespeare Head Press 1928. Limited Edition. Vellum. Near Fine. Gaskin Joscelyne. One of 250 copies folio size 207 pp. The first book published by the philosopher and statesman Francis Bacon 1561-1626 Baron of Verulam and Viscount Saint Alban. This collection of essays encompasses a wide range of subjects from the outer workings of the law and society to the internal workings of human sensitivity wisdom and friendship; full of erudite observations and pithy statements "Essays" was highly praised at the time of its publications and was seen as a paragon of the essay form. This publication of his "Essayes" was the first title to be published by the Cresset Press the printing by the Shakespeare Head Press. Visually stunning in the virtuoso handling of the introductory words and initial capitals to the essays there being over seventy printed in red as is the Press device at the colophon. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full unbleached parchment Ransom gilt lettering on the front board and spine top edge gilt fore- and bottom edges uncut title page in red and black printer's statement on title page verso in red press device at colophon in red title and initial letters designed by Joscelyne Gaskin; Cloister type on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper binding size 15 1/4" by 10 1/2" pagionation: i-viii 1-198 1 colophon limited edition of 250 copies this no. 132 an additional eight copies were printed on vellum. ___CONDITION: Near fine the parchment smooth and supple without rubbed areas or tears the boards mostly clean other than a few light stray marks the top corners straight and the bottom corners bumped all four corners unrubbed a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; some lightly pencilled marks likely by a prior bookseller towards the top of the front free endpaper light offsetting to the pastedown endpapers and the fore-edge leaves slightly dusty. ___CITATION: Ransom Cresset Press no. 1; also Ransom Shakespeare Head Press no. 53 note that Ransom states the publication date as 1927 in both entries although the title page states 1928. ___POSTAGE: Please note that due to size and weight additional postage may apply please inquire for details; International customers please also note that any taxes duty or tariffs charged by your country will of necessity be your responsibility. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Cresset Press [Printed by Bernard H. Newdigate at the Shakespeare Head Press] unknown books
réf. 6507270Clarendon Press . Hardback. New. pp. 508 Clarendon Press hardcover
