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1835ref. 20091835. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. Small 4to. Manuscript on paper. 2 53 pp. Complete. Stitched plain paper wrappers torn and frayed along spine with loss edges untrimmed. Minor blemishes to the text but unsophisticated. Preserved in a protective cloth case. Highly curious and apparently unpublished German Romantic play concerning the "Death of Lottchus" in Part 1 and his ghost in Part 2 "The Happiness of Marriage." The action takes place in Rubeland Saxony-Anhalt. Other performers include Flanko Wolf Fritzus and his wife Perdestalla Liebling and Maloss. Despite extensive searching we have been unable to find any reference to a play such as this. unknown books
1894ref. 50061Columbus OH: Baker's Art Gallery 1894. Very Good. Columbus OH: Baker's Art Gallery 1894. Original large format silver gelatin photograph 52.5x40.5cm glued down to slightly later card mount 70.5x55.5cm. Card mount toned and a bit dust soiled. The image a Very Good or better bright example. Oversized and sadly unattributed artistic portrait photograph very much in the style of the pre-Raphaelites depicting a melancholy young woman with long flowing curly hair in a puffy white gown leaning against a crumbling decorative stone wall and chipped canvas. The photograph has fairly extensive paint touch-ups made by the studio to the woman's dress and hair providing detail so that the photograph could be reproduced as a halftone engraving by another Columbus-based artisan the Terry Engraving Company. An example of the Terry reproduction was featured in The Inland Printer Vol. XIII p. 348. While the photograph coincides with the 1894 Broadway production of "Cinderella" the woman in the photograph is not the play's star Ellaline Terriss though she has borrowed her hair-do. Baker's Art Gallery unknown books
1890ref. 1080841890. London-Paris-New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons Co. Ltd. n. d. circa 1890-1900. Small slim 8vo. 8 pp. in-text illustrations including two chromolithographed illustrations staple bound linen with chromolithograph wrappers cover title. Cover slightly darkened edges slightly frayed some stains; good. § Father Tuck's "Dolly Dear Series" Artistic Series No. 2802. Tuck & Sons became a limited company in 1895. Includes the nursery rhymes "Little Bo-Peep" "The Fisher of Lea" "Thank you Pretty Cow" and "As I was going Along" retold in verse. OCLC 317816739. unknown books
1895ref. 1080811895. London-Paris-New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons Co. Ltd. n. d. circa 1895. Small slim 8vo 8 pp. text and illustrations printed in brown excepting two chromolithograph illustrations staple bound linen with chromolithograph wrappers cover title. Some pages creased cover slightly discolored joint has a tear some stains; good. § Father Tuck's "Dolly Dear Series" Artistic Series No. 2304. Tuck & Sons became a limited company in 1895. Includes the nursery rhymes "Little Jack Horner" "A Little Cock-Sparrow" and "Puss in Boots" retold in verse. OCLC 317816739. unknown books
1890ref. 88451890. ca. 1890. Oblong label from an apple crate. 4 1/2" tall x 14" wide. Full-color illustrations. Some chipping to corners. Moderate spotting with a crease from top to bottom. § A charming Victorian chromolithographic label depicting two children standing under an apple tree with six more children peering over the wall longingly. A large juicy apple appears at the left with the lettering "Choice Apples". unknown books
1827ref. 346261Boston: Published and sold by James Loring No. 132 Washington-street 1827. First edition four titles bound in single publisher's binding the separate titles were published individually. Discordantly paginated unpaginated; illustrated frontispieces for separate books. 12mo. Marbled boards with red cloth spine lots of rubbing and wear at edges title inverted foot of spine is partially perished and corners are moderately worn. Owner's contemporary ink inscription on front flyleaf "A token of respect from Eliza M. Quick to John P. Mills". Moderate wear on spine and extremities spine nicked with half-inch chip to leather at base of spine rear hinge cracked and shaken but intact rear blank flyleaf torn with loss to upper third of blank leaf; just a good sound copy. First edition four titles bound in single publisher's binding the separate titles were published individually. Discordantly paginated unpaginated; illustrated frontispieces for separate books. 12mo. Published and sold by James Loring, No. 132 Washington-street unknown books
1853ref. 338154Philadelphia: Willis P. Hazard 178 Chesnut St 1853. First edition. 12mo. Covers have moderate wear with early uneven foxing and tanning to covers and text else a very good copy. First edition. 12mo. An uncommon American children's book; OCLC locates only two holdings University of Connecticut and Florida which has an imperfect copy lacking outer wrappers. issued as "No. 6" in the series "Six Short Stories for the Nursery"; also published simultaneously in a collected clothbound edition under the title 'Infant Prattle: Or Six Short Stories for the Nursery in Words of One and Two Syllables by A Mother for the Use of Her Own Children'. not in Rosenbach; not in Osborne Willis P. Hazard, 178 Chesnut St unknown books
1923ref. 333325New York: Société Anonyme Inc 1923. 2nd printing. 8 pp. 8vo. Side-stapled printed wrappers with some toning and bump to top corner which has caused small bit of loss to cover and first leafe. 2nd printing. 8 pp. 8vo. First published in 1920 Dreier's collection 1951 lists the book as being from 1920 making it the first ever Société Anonyme publication but says that it is out of print and notes 2nd printing 1923. Collection of the Société Anonyme p. 218; OCLC records only two copies: Yale and Wellesley Société Anonyme, Inc unknown books
1827ref. 333239London: T. Clerc Smith St. James Street 1827. First edition. pp. ii 261; ii 259; ii 266. Printed by S. & R. Bentley. 3 vols. 12mo. Bound in modern brown quarter polished calf ruled in blind in six compartments gilt morocco spine label original marbled paper-covered boards .Front pastedown of each volume has owner's contemporary engraved armorial bookplate "Augustus Murphy" and contemporary ink name "Emily Beaumont". All three volumes have been professionally rebacked with matching polished calf extremities of covers are a bit rubbed else a very good triple-decker with text in each volume fresh and clean. First edition. pp. ii 261; ii 259; ii 266. Printed by S. & R. Bentley. 3 vols. 12mo. Garside Raven and Schowerling 1827:4; Not in Halkett and Laing T. Clerc Smith, St. James Street unknown books
1770ref. 307572Paris: Desventes de Ladoué 1770. First edition. xvi 359 iii; 334; 360pp. 3 vols. 12mo. Bound in full contemporary mottled calf. With the bookplate of the Vicomte de Noailles engraved by Agry in each volume. Upper joint of vol. III with short start at foot otherwise a fine and fresh copy. First edition. xvi 359 iii; 334; 360pp. 3 vols. 12mo. A satirical response to Rousseau's Emile ou l'Education 1762. Where Émile is guided by a wise tutor the author of Le Père avare mocks from the outset Rousseau's dictum "le véritable précepteur est le père" for the narrator's father M. d'Erigny grew up poor and gained wealth through his friendship with a government minister; his child has been spoiled from infancy. While M. d'Erigny is drunk his mistress gets him to sign an order from her jeweler for 20000 francs of precious stones and skips out. The extravagance is discovered and the father becomes miserly in the extreme. The son now 15 years old is entrusted to a unscrupulous précepteur or tutor who involves the youth in a swindle and vanishes with the money. This is a confessional so we learn it all: the narrator soon discovers love and devotes himself to pleasure using the family name to run up accounts everywhere before being deceived and fleeced. M. d'Erigny is furious; Madame intercedes: his debts are paid and he is sent off to exile in a provincial town. He is befriended by a well-connected gentleman but repays this trust with deceit. Besotted with an actress he forges a criminal denunciation of a rival but his scheme is discovered and his in consigned to "une de ces maisons de force" a private prison for the reform of licentious youth. To escape this close confinement the narrator embarks with a flotilla of colonists bound for the island of C in the new world. His mother's continued good influence follows him across the ocean cushioning him from the worst excesses of a brutal colonial regime amply detailed. Florainville a mistress who has managed her money well comes to the colony to rescue him but falls afoul of the corrupt Intendant and her health fails her. She dies but not before she has made him her legatee. The narrator assists the colonial governor in prosecuting the Intendant and returns to France. He retires to a rural abbey and contemplates his experiences. Before long he becomes the benefactor of a village community and sees it thrive. Only edition of this little-known work of fiction set partly in the Americas. OCLC records two copies in N. America Princeton UCLA two in France and one at Trinity College Dublin Desventes de Ladoué unknown books
1855ref. 242185Boston: John P. Jewett. New York : Sheldon Lamport & Blakeman 1855. First Edition. 347 1 12 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cloth. First Edition. 347 1 12 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Anti-Catholic novel. JC-NY/AmLit John P. Jewett. New York : Sheldon, Lamport & Blakeman unknown books
1727ref. 1405949London: W. Mears 1727. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 192 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine marbled paper with red textblock and gilt lettering. Fully bound in later marbled boards. Minor shelfwear and soiling. Textblock toning consistent with age. Minimal soiling. Bookplate pasted to inside of front board. GH consignment. Shelved in Case showcase. This work of early English viticulture printed for W. Mears is presumed to be authored by the 18th century botanical writer Richard Bradley 1688-1732 whose work Mears had published before. This text is exceptionally scarce especially in the original form. 1405949. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. W. Mears hardcover books
1882ref. 1409499New York: William H. Sadlier 1882. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Quarto 124 2 pages. In Poor condition. Quarter-bound in leather with paper boards. Spine has a significant loss of leather and severe cracking. Boards are almost fully detached from spine has chipping to edges stains and scuff marks throughout. Textblock has cracking to hinges chipping to the front free end page the front free end page is detached and the rear free end page is partially detached has age toning light stains and smudge marks throughout. Contains a hand-written tipped-in endorsement note from John McCloskey 1810-1885 which reads: "Having examined William H. Sadlier's Excelsior Geographies we take pleasure in saying that we fully approve of them recommend them for use especially in Catholic Schools" signed and dated "New York Feb. 20 1877". Shelved in Room F. John McCloskey March 10 1810 – October 10 1885 was an American Catholic prelate who became the first American-born archbishop of New York City and later the first American cardinal in the history of the Roman Catholic Church. Born in New York to Irish immigrant parents McCloskey was educated at Mount St. Mary’s College and ordained to the priesthood in 1834. He served in various pastoral and administrative roles before being appointed Bishop of Albany in 1847. In 1864 he was named Archbishop of New York where he oversaw significant growth in the Catholic population expanded parishes and schools and strengthened Catholic charitable institutions during a period of heavy immigration. In 1875 Pope Pius IX elevated him to the College of Cardinals marking a milestone for the American Church. McCloskey’s leadership helped establish a stronger Catholic presence in the United States during the 19th century. 1409499. Special Collections. William H. Sadlier hardcover books
2018ref. 593277Columbia South Carolina: Published by the author 2018. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof last page prints "Proof" diagonally. Pictorial wrappers. Faint stain at the bottom margin of first two leaves tear at the front spine fold at the crown wraps curled very good. Briefly Inscribed by the author on the title page. A book intended for aspiring screenwriters that acts as a cautionary introduction to the real world of Hollywood written anonymously by a working screenwriter. Chapters include "Pssst.want a Deal .with the Devil" "The Investor's Daughter" "Don't Kill All The Lawyers well maybe just one or two" "The Bottom of the Barrel" "A Taste of Development Heaven" and more. Uncommon. Published by the author unknown books
1917ref. 319375Government Printing Office 1917. Original poster. Color Lithograph. 32.25 x 21 inches. World War I War Savings Stamps poster intended to persuade citizens to help fund the war. Uncle Sam stands in the center of two figures; he has his arms on the shoulders of a young soldier taking the oath of enlistment to his right and a well-dressed businessman holding a sheet of War Savings Stamps to his right. Ink cataloguing inscriptions on right center border and lower right corner. Color is vivid. Government Printing Office unknown books
1960ref. 553015New York: Viking Press 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. 178pp. Bumping on the cover foxing on endpapers and page edges very good in a very good dust jacket with a small chip and creased tears. Viking Press hardcover books
1757ref. 1357318Londres i.e. Paris 1757. Issue of only 200 copies. Hardcover. 12mo 3 vols. In Good condition. Contemporary leather-covered boards retained with late 19th century rebacking. Spine light paneled leather with red leather labels with gilt lettering and gilt design. Marked shelf wear and mild soiling. Corners of all vols. markedly bumped with boards exposed. vol. 1 front board literally hanging by a thread. Some wear to crown and tail of vol. 1 spine. Vol. 1 back joint starting. Vol. 2 with board exposed at top of joints; small chip in leather at back board with interior of board exposed. Vol. 3 joints starting with large chips missing at tops of joints. All vols. edges dyed red. All vols. with previous owners' bookplates at front pastedown vol. 3 with previous owner's bookplate at front free endpaper. Vol. 1 with previous bookseller's description pasted at back pastedown previous bookseller's description loose within and previous bookseller's description pasted at second back free endpaper. All poem text in English and French facing text with introductions and notes in French. 14 engraved black and white plates by Hogarth including 3 fold-outs. Pages clean. ESTC Number: T144811. 1357318. Special Collections - Downstairs. hardcover books
1956ref. 525941London: Jonathan Cape 1956. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Cover design by Hans Tindall. 12mo. 18pp. Pictorial stapled wrappers. Wraps soiled and rubbed very good. "These seven conversations are selected from the series which has been published in Now and Then. They are here reprinted privately for friends of Jonathan Cape at Christmas 1956. Jonathan Cape unknown books
1756ref. 403ca 1756. UNIQUE 18TH CENTURY LEATHER BOUND VOLUME WITH OVER 500 PAGES OF HAND SCRIPT CONTAINING COPIES OF CONTEMPORARY PUBLISHED MEDICAL PAPERS IN FRENCH AND LATIN. 6 1/2 inches tall hardcover contemporary full leather binding spine with raised bands gilt compartments faded gilt red leather labels edges stained red. Light wear to edges of covers and spine small wormholes margins of covers and top of pages not affecting text. Pages are consecutively numbered in ink from 1 to 524. Each page is filled with about 25 lines of neat ink script most in French some in Latin. The contents represent hand copies of 18th century European medical papers apparently entered by different scribes. The first paper is recorded as " Recherches sur la force de l'imagination de femmes enceinte sur le fœtus a l'occasion d'un chien extraordinaire " par M. Eller acad. de Berlin tom XII 1756. Research on the strength of pregnant women's imagination on the fetus on the exposure to an extraordinary dog. The title of the original published paper reads " monstruous " rather than " extraordinary ". JOHANN THEODOR ELLER 1689-1760 was a major physician of the 18th century: chemist Prussian military doctor and from 1735 personal physician under Frederick William I and Frederick II. This is followed by papers by Meckel Fothergill Roderer and Monro. JOHANN FRIEDRICH MECKEL 1781–1833 was a German anatomist born in Halle. He worked as a professor of anatomy pathology and zoology at the University of Halle Germany. JOHN FOTHERGILL 1712–1780 was an English physician plant collector philanthropist and Quaker. JOHANN GEORG ROEDERER 1726–1763 was a German physician and obstetrician who was a native of Strasbourg. He studied medicine at Leiden Paris and London and became the first professor of obstetrics at the University of Göttingen. ALEXANDER MONRO 1697–1767 was the founder of Edinburgh Medical School. To distinguish him as the first of three generations of physicians of the same name he is known as primus. hardcover books
1910ref. 180319004np: No Publisher 1910. First Edition. Paperback. Like New. 38 pp. Ruled untitled notebook with mounted illustrations on both recto and verso throughout all with accompanying captions in manuscript. Very Good. A collection of clipped illustrations from magazines mostly fashion-oriented mounted in a notebook with handwritten captions probably created ca. 1910. The illustrated notebook proceeds to tell the quaint story of "Blanche" and her numerous suitors primarily "Clifford" and "John." The primary characters are introduced in the first few leaves and romantic adventures ensue. Mainly set in New England with some references to fraternity life. A few captions include: "Clifford's offering before he was squelched!" and "Blanche attends a costume dance." Laid in at the rear is a handful of loose clippings so that the tale may continue. No Publisher paperback books
1979ref. 68414Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1979. First edition 10" x 9" pp. 103 1; illustrated throughout much in color; original pictorial wrappers; near fine. Account of the 1977 Chinese Expedition to Mt. Tomur the highest peak of the Tienshan mountains in Sinkiang. Not in Yakushi. Foreign Languages Press unknown books
1790ref. 67104London: printed for the Author and Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinson Pater-Noster-Row and Hookham New Bond-Street 1790. First edition 4to pp. 22 2; self-wrappers stitched as issued; front page soiled last 2 leaves with stains; internally very good. A satirical poem addressed to Pindar the pseudonym of John Wolcott himself a satirist. printed for the Author and Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinson, Pater-Noster-Row, and Hookham, New Bond-Street unknown books
1809ref. 66435London: printed for Richard Phillips Bridge Street Blackfriars 1809. First edition 8vo pp. 2 ii 288 16 Phillips catalog; folding frontispiece map 2 other folding maps; original blue paper-covered boards printed paper label on spine; front endpapers and frontispiece dampstained spine worn with small chips out label chipped with loss of one letter; a good sound and but for the initial dampstains clean copy. On the front pastedown is armorial bookplate for Robert Montgomery / Convoy. Wikipedia notes that "The Walcheren Campaign was an unsuccessful British expedition to the Netherlands in 1809 intended to open another front in the Austrian Empire's struggle with France during the War of the Fifth Coalition. printed for Richard Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars unknown books
1797ref. 66433London: T. Heptinstall 304 Holborn. Printed by C. Whittingham 1797. 8vo pp. 190 2; inserted engraved frontispiece and vignette title page 4 plates engraved by Saunders and Rothwell after Woolley; original marbled boards green paper shelfback printed paper label on spine; upper joint crack and held by cords lower joint starting corners pushed spine with several vertical cracks text lightly toned; a good copy at best. Early ownership signature of E Crawford on the front free endpaper. An early production by Charles Whittingham 1767-1840 who originally "was apprenticed to a Coventry printer and bookseller. In 1789 he set up a small printing press in a garret off Fleet Street London with a loan obtained from the Caslon Type Foundry and by 1797 his business had so increased that he was enabled to move into larger premises. An edition of Gray's Poems printed by him in 1799 secured him the patronage of all the leading publishers. Whittingham inaugurated the idea of printing cheap handy editions of standard authors and on the bookselling trade threatening not to sell his productions took a room at a coffee house and sold them by auction himself" Wikipedia. He didn't start his famed Chiswick Press until 1811. T. Heptinstall, 304 Holborn. Printed by C. Whittingham unknown books
1825ref. 6770Connecticut: n.d. 1825. Unusual American watercolor measuring approx. 12.5" x 14.5" 315 x 363mm. several small breaks in the paper professionally repaired on verso mild waterstain enters from top margin a few other small minor defects but generally a good example. Remarkably similar to a picture by John William Hill entitled "Circular Mill King Street New York 1823" another unusually-shaped mill also in brown ink and green watercolor which was done when Hill was twenty one and derivative of the watercolor painting he probably learned from British trained artists including his father John Hill and William G. Wall. , n.d. unknown books
