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1822ref. 45554Cambridge: Printed for the Trustees of the Publishing Fund by Hilliard and Metcalf 1822. First Edition. 12mo 17cm.; disbound; 60pp. Light soil else Very Good or better. Moralistic tale establishing the "basic situation often used in later temperance fiction--a marriage threatened by the husband's drinking habit" David S. Reynolds and Debra J. Rosenthal "The Serpent in the Cup" 1997 p. 24. We find this title published later for the London Christian Tract Society under the authorship of "A.H." SHOEMAKER 8597; WRIGHT I 893. Printed for the Trustees of the Publishing Fund, by Hilliard and Metcalf unknown books
1820ref. TB31004New Haven Conn.: Printed by A. H. Maltby & Co. 1820. First Editiion. Very good in printed self wraps with an over-sewn tread binding. An octavo of 8 5/16 by 4 7/8 inches with light tanning and foxing throughout. Without a dust jacket. 16 printed pages. A Checklist of American Imprints 1820-1829 2303 Printed by A. H. Maltby & Co. paperback books
1984ref. 007488No Place: Cheloniidae Press 1984. Poster. Fine. Poster. SIGNED BY ARTIST. First Printing. 12 1/2"w x 18"h. Pencil SIGNED BY ARTIST Alan James Robinson. Fine prose printed in blue and black in two columns on cream-colored handmade paper. At head of second column wood-engraving by Alan James Robinson of a unicorn. Colophon at end: "An anonymous seventeenth century broadside newly printed at Cheloniidae Press c.1984". A RARE broadside Worldcat shows only one institutional holding at Brown University. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. Cheloniidae Press unknown books
1889ref. TB30469New Haven: The Stafford Printing Co. 1889. First Edition. Very good in heavy printed paper wraps over an adhesive and stapled binding. An octavo of 9 by 5 13/16 with shallow chipping of the front cover and at the ends of the spine. There are also notes and a prior owner's name written in pencil on the title page. Without a dust jacket as issued. 56 pages followed by the printed page on the recto side of the rear cover. A listing of the relics loaned to the town of Guilford in celebration of its 250th anniversary. A total of 748 items are listed with the names of their owners followed by a list of oldest homes in Guilford and the original settlers to the town. The Stafford Printing Co. paperback books
2006ref. 66281New Haven & London: Yale University Press/Yale University Art Gallery 2006. First edition. 4to. 229 pp w/index. Very near fine in like dust jacket. Fully-illustrated. New Haven & London: Yale University Press/Yale University Art Gallery unknown books
1857ref. 005192London: Houlston & Wright 1857. Book. Very Good Plus. Decorative Cloth. Later Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. "Tenth Thousand. By the Author of 'The Reason Why - General Science' &c.". Very Good Plus small scrape top corner front end page top edge dusty. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. Embossed brown cloth with gilt decorations and title advertising endpages for "The Reason Why Series". 352 pgs with questions index. A fascinating look into a housewife's duties and knowledge required in mid-Nineteenth Century London. Houlston & Wright Hardcover books
ref. 005217London: Haughton & Co. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. No Date circa 1880s last date in text of book 1879 . Very Good in original grey cloth boards gilt title. Boards rubbed and soiled dampstain front end pages small bookstore sticker rear paste down that of the legendary Bertrand Smith's Acres of Books and 3 lines underlined on page 30. Book plate of the Gladstone Library National Liberal Club front paste down. The National Liberal Club was established by William Ewart Gladstone in 1882 for the purpose of providing club facilities for Liberal Party campaigners among the newly enlarged electorate after the Third Reform Act. George Bernard Shaw was among its members. 56 pages with 4 pgs. publisher's ads. A quite uncommon title. Haughton & Co. Hardcover books
1949ref. TB28130New York: Appleton Parson & Company Inc. 1949. Fine in heavy printed paper wraps over a stapled binding. A 24 mo measuring 6" by 4". 30 pages of text illustrated with reproductions of earlier works of art. Appleton, Parson & Company, Inc. paperback books
1850ref. 005268Indianapolis IN: E. Chamberlain 1850. Book. Good. Full Calf. Third Edition. 8vo. RARE. Third Edition 1850. In the original Full Calf binding 440 pp. 25 engravings throughout black leather spine label with gilt title. Good title page missing large section bottom right corner leather boards worn particularly at spine ends light foxing throughout period prior owner names front end pages. Contents clean and unmarked rear board detached. Contains 2 parts "A General View of the State" and "Topography and Statistics". E. Chamberlain Hardcover books
ref. 52191Torrance: Hors Commerce Press nd. First edition. 4 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. A short poem opposite a drawing of Jesus riding a motorcycle. Torrance: Hors Commerce Press unknown books
1925ref. TB23387New York: Harper & Brothers 1925. Reprint of May 1925. Very good in black cloth covered boards with the gilt text nearly completely faded on the spine and with a color printed label on the front board which shows only light rubbing at its edges and a few minor light scratches to its surface. An octavo measuring 8 7/8" by 6". There is a gift inscription with the prior owner's name and date of "Jan. 2 1928" on the first free end page. Without its very scarce issued dust jacket. 430 pages followed by two pages of ads by the publisher. "With over one hundred illustrations and decorations by Louis Rhead". A very worthy copy of an uncommon children's classic. The hinges joints and binding are all tight and there are no loose pages or errant marks such as scribbling. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1866ref. 001581Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott. Co. 1866. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The U.S. 1st edition combines Vols. I and II which were printed separately in England. A rare example of one of the "Sensation Novels" of Victorian literature this story is "virtually a guidebook to the problems of a woman who takes up rescue work". Grey cloth boards are uniformly faded page block is clean tight and unmarked with light foxing. SCARCE. J.B. Lippincott. Co. Hardcover books
ref. 001587New York: Leavitt & Allen Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. No Date circa 1850's. Stamped and gilt decorated red leather. all edges gilt. Black and white illus. throughout. 263 pages with 5 color plates lacking the 6th plate the presentation page plate. Boards are rubbed at tips and at spine; spine lightly faded. Contents are clean unmarked and tight. Overall a nice copy of this scarce piece of Masonic history. Leavitt & Allen Hardcover books
1925ref. 34150Garden City: Garden City Publishing 1925. First printing of this later edition originally published in 1921. 256 pp. Very good plus in like dust jacket with a closed tear to rear panel and light overall edge wear with some chipping. Garden City: Garden City Publishing, unknown books
1969ref. 2982NY: Grove Press 1969. First edition. . 116 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Illustrations by Vadasz. NY: Grove Press unknown books
ref. 289070unbound. very good. Uncolored copper engraving. Image measures 10.25" x 6.75" sheet measures 13.75" x 9.5". In very good condition. Striking image of a fruit-bearing mangrove tree being visited by two visitors in a canoe. This engraving was part of a series of botanical and naturalist prints by Giovanni Petroschi 1715-1766 and Ferndinanus Franceschelli both prominent 18th-century Jesuit engravers and cartographers based in Rome best known for their large and historically important map depicting Jesuit missions in Paraguay Uruguay and the Amazon. unknown books
ref. 289078unbound. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 10.25" x 6.75" sheet measures 13.75" x 9.5". In very good condition. Beautiful engraving of the cassava plant. A figure at right is harvesting the edible tubers some of which are being eaten by a dog shown at bottom left. What appears to be a giant cassava tuber resting on the ground is shown behind the tree. This engraving was part of a series of botanical and naturalist prints by Giovanni Petroschi 1715-1766 and Ferndinanus Franceschelli both prominent 18th-century Jesuit engravers and cartographers based in Rome best known for their large and historically important map depicting Jesuit missions in Paraguay Uruguay and the Amazon. unknown books
ref. 289074unbound. very good. Uncolored copper engraving. Image measures 10.25" x 6.75" sheet measures 13.75" x 9.5". In very good condition. An image of a papaya tree showing it being prepared and imbibed as juice and also as being enjoyed by two wild boars. This engraving was part of a series of botanical and naturalist prints by Giovanni Petroschi 1715-1766 and Ferndinanus Franceschelli both prominent 18th-century Jesuit engravers and cartographers based in Rome best known for their large and historically important map depicting Jesuit missions in Paraguay Uruguay and the Amazon. unknown books
ref. 203918th CENTURY HOMEOPATHY: CUSTOM FRAMED HAND-COLORED ENGRAVING OF POISON SUMAC. Hand-colored copper plate engraving of poison sumac from a German 18th century medical-botanical volume. Rhus toxicodendron is a poisonous plant in the sumac family used as a homeopathic remedy made from poison oak or poison ivy traditionally used to treat arthritis or dermatitis. Custom wood frame glass 12 x 14 inches plate 7 x 8 ½ inches in matte. Very good. books
ref. 204018th CENTURY HOMEOPATHY: CUSTOM FRAMED HAND-COLORED ENGRAVING OF FALSE IPECAC. Hand-colored copper plate engraving of false ipecac from a German 18th century medical-botanical volume. Several roots or rhizomes of rubiaceous species were used as the emetic drug ipecac. True ipecac Carapichea ipecacuanha is chemically well characterized in contrast to striated or false ipecac derived from the rhizomes of Psychotria emetica a tropical shrub in the coffee family Rubiaceae historically used as a source of false ipecac to induce vomiting. Custom wood frame glass 12 x 14 inches matte plate 6 ½ x 8 ½ inches. Very good. books
1930ref. 4325Japan 1930. One uchikake kimono. Measurements: collar to hem = ca. 163 cm; sleeve hem to sleeve hem = ca. 125 cm. With original price tag: "PRICE 176 ç€ç‰© 打掛" Price 176 Kimono / Uchikake" the meaning of which is unclear: an old price shop item number or perhaps a reference to the size of the kimono. Some seams coming undone overall in surprisingly good condition the fabric very shiny and bright. Preserved in a Hollinger Window Display Box Size: 20 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 3". AN EXCEPTIONAL COMPLETELY UNUSED BRIDAL KIMONO WITH AN EXUBERANT AND DECIDEDLY "ART DECO" PATTERN OF SHINY LOBSTERS THE LIKES OF WHICH WE HAVE NOT BEFORE ENCOUNTERED. The present wedding kimono is technically it is a uchikake or kaidori a kimono worn over a kosode or furisode by a bride on her wedding day. It is wildly patterned with Ise-ebi shiny lobsters which are considered auspicious in Japanese culture as are the colors red and gold as here. The lining of the uchikake is made from red and pink fabrics the latter patterned with birds flowers and trees. The garment features bright gold itsutsumon five hand-embroidered crests with a design described as maru ni tsuta ivy in a circle design. The white shitsuke-ito basting threads or tailors' tacks and original price tag are still intact show that our uchikake was never used. That our specimen was never worn hardly suggests that the intended marriage had an auspicious beginning or that it even had a beginning. Indeed one wonders if the wedding ever took place with or without the present kimono which for almost 100 years has been rightfully preserved as extraordinary example of Japanese textiles. AN EXCELLENT SPECIMEN SUITABLE FOR EXHIBITION AND STUDY. unknown books
ref. 49411-A sketchbook of 119 drawings mainly of people but also several circus animals dated "28 Feb. 46 Los Angeles. " Many of the sketches show men in military uniform one at the USO in Union Station people outdoors dressed in coats one woman on strike others indoors sleeping in chairs ironing waiting around several musicians. The sketches appear to capture people unknown to the artist engaged in every day life in Los Angeles in 1946. Most pages are dated with month and day. The sketchbook titled "The Scribble In Book" is bound in gray worn boards loose cracked spine all pages in tact. $250 2-Anatomical Sketchbook 1888 "Gatten " titled on first free end paper "Anatomy Anatomy of the Human Figure." Attached to the inside cover is a newspaper clipping about applicants for the Royal Academy of Painters. The sketchbook includes handwritten anatomical information about the human body. Sketches of the anatomy are interspersed throughout. Some drawings are pasted in others are drawn directly onto the sketchbook page. Several illustrations of "The Muscles" towards the end of the book are rendered in ink and bright water color. 23 of the last pages have come unhinged and rest on the back cover loosely connected to the spine as is the cover. Bound in very worn and weak marbled boards with the hand written title "AN.T". Internal condition of all but the last pages is very good with strong drawings. $350 3-Diary written in verse four parts one page is titled "Original Select Poetry" with Part the Second" crossed out 19th or early 20th century. Opposite this page the next page is titled "The Indian Day." Another section is titled "Stanzas to Rose." another "To My First Born." Leather boards unhinged and pages not in clear order. $100 Individually priced or $625 for 3. unknown books
ref. 8-1861An American Citizen. Rare 19th century miniature novelty book with mirror. Padded green leather "album" with three leaves and mirror back folding covers with gilt lettering: front "Album / For Gentlemen Only" and back "An America Citizen." Three lithograph images on card stock leaves: "Indian" "African" "Chinaman." Mirror on back spotted and crackling. 2.5 inches in height. hardcover books
1893ref. S13228Paris: 1893. 1893. Spine title: Arts & Metiers :: Mecanique I. Three books in one possible 2nd volume not known but implied by the spine title. 4to. 208; 324; 542 pp. Numerous mathematical diagrams. Facsimile of original handwritten manuscript. Early quarter maroon calf backed red & black marbled boards; extremities rubbed. Occasional minor tears some repaired foxing. Ownership signature of Garde. Very good. THE ENTIRE TEXT IS PRINTED IN MANUSCRIPT FACSIMILE. No person or organization shows their name as being responsible for this deeply scholarly and detailed work on all facets of analytical mechanics. Some possible clues for its origin might possibly be a part of the history of the Ecole Nationale de Cluny Descartes's system of mechanical force or possibly the work of Alfred Flamant engineer & professor at l'Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees & l'Ecole Centrale who wrote a treatise Mecanique Generale 1888. I could not find a match for the text to identify this item but it is for someone else to discover. See possibly: H. Carteron "L'idee de la force mecanique dans le systeme de Descartes." Revue Philosophique de la France et de l'Etranger T. 94 JUILLET A DECEMBRE 1922 pp. 483-511. 1893[?]. hardcover books
1889ref. 47235New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co 1889. Very Good. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. 1889. First Edition. Octavo 19.5cm. Blue publisher's cloth binding with title stamped in gilt. 373 pp. Boards soiled with corners and edges rubbed; some fraying. Mild soiling to boards. Corners bumped with brief exposure. Front hinge cracked. Ownership inscription in pencil on front flyleaf: "W. Laurin Hutchinson Jr. Christmas 1914." Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Overall a Very Good copy. Explores themes of non-violence and socialism. "Metzerott goes berserk when when the local mill cuts wages . he leads strikers in an attack on the mill owner and becomes an eye-witness to the death of his own son in the subsequent riot." Blake The Strike in the American Novel p 216. Additional References: Kessler Daring to Dream p257; Wright 3 6088. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co unknown books
