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1880ref. 3134204Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg 1880. XII, 245 Seiten. Frakturdruck. Mit Kupferstich auf Falttafeln und Frontispiz. 8° (17,5-22,5 cm). Kartonage. [Softcover / Paperback].
Paris, Bossange Frères, 1821. 8 volumes in-8° ; demi-veau marron, dos à nerfs plats orné de fleurons à froid et de roulettes et filets dorés, tranches marbrées (reliure époque). T 1 : portrait-frontispice et 3 planches, dont 2 dépliantes. T II : 2 cartes repliées et 2 planches dépliantes. T III : 2 cartes repliées et 3 planches dépliantes. T IV : 1 carte repliée et 1 planche dépliante. T. V : 3 tableaux dépliants h.t. Et 1 planche dépliante. T. VI : 2 cartes repliées (Ajaccio et la Corse) et 1 planche dépliante. T. VII : néant. T. VIII : 17 tableaux hors-texte dont certains dépliants. Vicaire. VII. 1129. Coins frottés au tome VIII mais BEL EXEMPLAIRE, absolument sans rousseurs (papier vélin ?).
195352 pages. Features: Riding by Reasoning, Part II; King (by Zantanon, by Little Joe, by Traveler) - owned by Jess Hankins; Halter Breaking Headgear; Whither the Quarter Horse?; Great Foundation Sires of the American Throroughbred VII, Lexington and *Leamington; Picked up in the Rodeo Arena; Chief Joseph of the Wallowa band and his War Horse, Ebenezer; Reining 'em in the Hackamore; Down the Straightaway; Cow Cuttin'; Vet's Corner; Week-end Waddies; Horse Kachina of the Hopis; and more. Levi's jeans ad on page 39. Fox Western Hat ad on page 4. Sexy color ad inside front cover for "Friskie Babe" blouses and halters by Tem-Tex Western Shirts; Volney Hildreth Quarter Horse Sale ad on page one. Nice ad for C.H. Hyer & Sons, Inc. Boots on back cover; Gray Trailer Company colour photo ad inside back cover features vintage designs. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
1835ref. 88767Boston: Charles Gaylord 1835. Early US Edition. Twelvemo. 17cm. Publisher's original linen spine lacking paper title label over decorated publisher's paper covered boards. 216pp. Strong and solid scuffed to the corners with the paper worn allowing the board to show through rubbed and a little battered in places with some light cosmetic fraying to the spine ends and a general unform wear that is oddly not unappealinig; internally foxed in a pale similarly uniform fashion with some truly eccentric oak gall ink inscriptions to the preliminary blanks stating that the book was part of the library of the Transylvania Whig Society of Kentucky and presented by a visiting Englishman the inscriptions seem to serve as a kind of lending record denoting that the book was especially approved of by Kathleen O'Pinkerly who seems to have borrowed it twice; the page block is worn and a little stained but solid and eminently handleable and the rear flyleaf blank is covered with small neat pencil annotations with a corner of the blank torn away. Cosmetically unappealing perhaps but aesthetically rather charming and undeniably a survivor. A very good copy by dint of completeness eccentricity and stubbornness. An early US reprint the US first was issued in New York in 1828 by Dixon and Sickles and it is likely there is a Gaylord edition from 1833 with all US imprints being pretty thin on the ground especially with illustrated publisher's boards. This is in addition an uncredited Jefferson-Barlow translation translated with the approval and co-operation of the author by none other than Thomas Jefferson who managed the first 20 chapters or so before distracting himself with political fripperies whereupon it was subsequently completed by Joel Barlow. Of the various translations the Jefferson-Barlow is considered superior by dint of Volney's close relationship with Jefferson their common views and sympathies and frankly the fact that it renders the whole piece rather more poetically than might be found elsewhere. Controversial and madly popular it's far more a work of radical philosophy than anything else; like Jefferson Volney was a committed Deist and a firm believer in the separation of church and state for reasons clearly expressed by him through Jefferson in this work. Even more radically for the time he was a propogator of the "Christ Myth" which suggested that there was little or no evidence for the actual existence of Christ as a historical personage and that He was far more likely to be an inspiring assemblage. As might be expected such views were polarizing engendering either inspired revolutionary support or cries of heresy and treason depending upon the reader. The upshot of this and a number of other controversies was that Volney in common with the Founding Fathers not being a man known for keeping his mouth shut was ejected from the United States on more or less invented charges of espionage and his philosophical musings on the ashes of Empires and the sad destiny of mankind somewhat discredited. This had little effect upon the historical importance of Volney's "Ruins" however and it was for example widely embraced by the Romantics and their followers with Shelley having a virtual addiction to its evocative embracing of decay and his wife Mary for reasons of her own making it the text from which Frankentein's monster learned what he could about the nature of mankind and developed a rather stereotypically male interest in the Roman Empire. An unusual edition of an influential and incendiary work. Charles Gaylord unknown books
1915ref. 126231915. LEWIS J. VOLNEY and HENRY B. KUMMEL. Geology of New Jersey. Union Hill 1915; Trenton 1924. 146 p. Illus. Plates. Boards. Faint dampstain at fore-edge of first and last few pages else fine and fresh. The sheets of the original 1915 edition reissued by Harrison Press in Trenton in 1924. Long the standard summary of the subject and extensively revised in 1940. Bulletin 14 Geological Survey of New Jersey. unknown books
1915ref. 22341915. LEWIS J. VOLNEY and HENRY B. KUMMEL. Geology of New Jersey. Union Hill 1915. 146 p. Illus. Plates. Boards. Covers worn and soiled but sound. Long the standard summary of the subject and extensively revised in 1940. Bulletin 14 Geological Survey of New Jersey. unknown books
1940ref. 22351940. LEWIS J. VOLNEY and HENRY B. KUMMEL. The Geology of New Jersey. Trenton 1940. 203 p. Illus. Folding map. Boards. Extensively revised by Kummel from the first edition of 1915. Long the standard summary of the subject. Bulletin 50 Geologic Series Dept. of Conservation and Development. unknown books
1804ref. 377584London: Printed for J. Johnson 1804. First edition. Two folding plates and two folding maps. 28503 1pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Early half smooth tan calf and pebbled cloth boards spine gilt marbled endpapers. First edition. Two folding plates and two folding maps. 28503 1pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The first edition of the American travels of this French firebrand and social critic who went to America to avoid imprisonment in France. The narrative is notable for Volney's comments concerning the French royalist colonies in the Ohio country. He also includes a vocabulary of the Miami language and some interesting meteorological and geological observations. The maps show the U.S. and North America. "His work teems with the most interesting particulars which he observed or learned regarding the Indians" Field. "Considered as a picture of the physical condition of the country as far as respects its surface and climate this was the best and most complete that had appeared up to the time of its publication" Thomson. A pleasing copy. Howes V141; Clark II:69; Field 2449; Pilling Proof-Sheets 4063; Monaghan 1472; Buck 49 Printed for J. Johnson unknown books
1803ref. 264642Paris: Courcier and Dentu 1803. First edition. One folding plate one full-page folding map plate two folding plates. 8-page Miami vocabulary at end paged consecutively with the rest of the text. 1-300 4; 301-532 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 8 x 5 inches. Contemporary quarter calf. Rebacked preserving spine new endsheets. Very good. First edition. One folding plate one full-page folding map plate two folding plates. 8-page Miami vocabulary at end paged consecutively with the rest of the text. 1-300 4; 301-532 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 8 x 5 inches. "Volney was an educated Frenchman of some distinction and merit . . . When he came to America he was an experienced traveler and anticlericalist and an opponent of the philosophy of Rousseau. His departure from his native land was no doubt determined upon when the government he hoped to serve threw him in prison. . . This work is not a narrative of travel. The author described in some detail the geography of the United States noting topography soil climate winds and diseases" Clark. The plates herein are sophisticated and are as follows: Plate I shows the composition of the earth in the areas of Pennsylvania and Ohio and at Louisville Ohio; Plate III contains two views of the St. Lawrence River one showing the river stretching eastward from Lake Ontario the other showing a waterfall Niagara Falls; Plate II is a map of North America; and Plate IV is a large map measuring 25-1/4 x 18-1/4 inches of the United States East of the Mississippi by L Collin. Howes V141; Sabin 100692 ; Clark II:69; Field 2449; Monaghan 1472; Buck 49; Servier 776 Courcier and Dentu unknown books
1917ref. 64125New Haven: Yale University Press 1917. 8vo. 23 cm. x 2 269pp. Burgundy cloth with gilt stamped spine. Very good. Yale University Press unknown books
2010ref. UGAYPRO00afColumbia University Press 2010. Very Good. Gay Volney. Progress and Values in the Humanities: Comparing Culture and Science. NY: Columbia University Press 2010. 231pp. Indexed. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Columbia University Press hardcover books
1911ref. 605608New York: Privately Printed for Volney Streamer by The Schlueter Printing Company 1911. Hardcover. Fine. Limited edition. 12mo. 79pp. Gray papercovered boards with printed spine and cover labels topedges unopened. Bookplate and owner signature of Francis Wilson on the front endleaves else about fine lacking the glassine dust jacket. One of 800 copies printed. A handsome little list of books that have drawn their titles from Shakespeare; the first edition was published in a slightly larger edition in 1901 and included 132 titles to this volume's 400. And for the curious a printed summary in the rear shows that Hamlet is far and away the play most heavily drawn from. Privately Printed (for Volney Streamer by The Schlueter Printing Company) hardcover books
1804ref. 89997Philadelphia: Published by J. Conrad & Co 1804. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Full contemporary calf with red leather spine label titled in gilt. Two folding engraved maps and two folding engravings. Early owner name a small portion of the second blank torn away removing another name foxing on the plates but otherwise clean and undamaged rubbing and wear to the extremities and a very small split at the edge of one joint still a tight and sound very good copy. Published by J. Conrad & Co hardcover books
1905ref. 6979Salt Lake City 1905. First Edition. 32pp. Sextodecimo 15 cm Printed stapled wrappers. Better than very good. Short land-promotional work for Northern Utah's Bear River Valley touting the area's agricultural possibilities and the ease at which one could take the railroad to the area and coincidentally there is an advertisement for the D.L. & W. and Michigan Central Railroads on the rear panel. Includes a brief section sandbagging Reed Smoot and the author's opposition to the seating of Smoot in the U.S. Senate. The reward $13000 was offered to demonstrate the question of Mormon domination of politics. The majority of Peet's writings were anti-Mormon drivel but in this case Peet was the land agent for Bear River Valley Lands but can't seem to help himself in regards to Smoot. "Of the hundreds of people from other states who are now residing in Bear River Valley and other parts of Utah not one has been interfered with or hindered in any way by the Mormons. Bear River Valley is home of the prosperous contented and happy farmer." - p.8. Flake/Draper 6219. unknown books
1787ref. 620600London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson 1787. Hardcover. Very Good. First English-language edition translated from the French. Volume II only of two. Octavo. iii ii-iv 1 2-500 16 index and errata pp. Illustrated with three fold-out engravings as called for: ruins of Palmyra in Syria following the table of contents "Plan of the Temple of the Sun at Balbec" between pages 232-3 and "View of the Square Court of the Temple of the Sun at Balbec" between pages 235-6. Later half polished leather and marbled papercovered boards spine in six compartments red and brown leather spine labels gilt page edges sprinkled. Owner name "James Robb New York 1863" on front fly. Binding rubbed and edgeworn text with occasional toning foxing and corner creases plates somewhat foxed with a bit of creasing and one small stain and one small marginal chip two instances of small relatively amateur paper repair in the margins title page and a leaf of the index index somewhat tanned and foxed a sound very good copy of the second volume of this highly respected 18th Century travelogue. Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson hardcover books
1801ref. 57475Philadelphia: printed for John Conrad & Co. No. 30 Chestnut-street M. & J. Conrad & Co. no. 140 Market-street Baltimore; and Rapine Conrad & Co. Washington City. J. Bioren printer 1801. Ostensibly the first American edition see below; 16mo pp. xvi 186 2 ads; contemporary full sheep red morocco label on spine; upper joint cracked extremities rubbed; a good sound copy. Volney 1757-1820 the French savant undertook a journey to the United States in 1795 where he was accused in 1797 of being a French spy "sent to prepare for the reoccupation of Louisiana by France. He was obliged to return to France in 1798. The results of his travels took form in his Tableau du Climat et du Sol des Etats-Unis 1803" EB-11. Page 186 contains a note from the translator. Both Jefferson and Barlow had translated Volney's Les Ruines ou méditations sur les révolutions des empires published in 1802 in Paris but there's no evidence they had any part in this translation. The translator remains unknown. Evans 29822 records a 1795 edition under a slightly different title no copies located in Evans and of which no copy in OCLC either; this may be a ghost. American Imprints 1592. printed for John Conrad & Co. No. 30, Chestnut-street, M. & J. Conrad & Co., no. 140, Market-street, Baltimore; and Rapine, Conr unknown books
1776ref. 008154London: Printed for J. Bew / Printed for the Author and Sold by B. Crosby 1776. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. "Memoirs of an Unfortunate Queen" published 1776 "Authentic Memoirs.Catherine II" published 1797. Each book RARE in its own right "Unfortunate Queen"last seen in Maggs Catalogue 1955 "Catherine II" last seen at auction in 1920 Rare Book Hub. 3 260 pp. vi 6 291 7 pp. Frontispiece engraved portrait of Caroline Matilda. Catherine II with half-title and title page. Very Good in early 19th c. quarter calf over marbled boards the back gilt with two stag decorations edges mottled boards rubbed interiors of both books exceptionally clean and bright. A unique and quite attractive book. Printed for J. Bew / Printed for the Author and Sold by B. Crosby Hardcover books
1814ref. TK0184Paris:: Madane venue Courcier 1814. 1814. 2 volumes of 3. 8vo. x 289 3; ii ii 313 3 pp. 8 folding tables 1 large folding map tinted in colors "Chaldeen" the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories. Original marbled boards leather gilt-stamped spine labels; vol. I joint cracked. Incomplete. New researches on ancient history : embracing an examination of the history of the Jews until the captivity of Babylon. Madane venue Courcier, 1814. hardcover books
1787ref. 84167Paris 1787. 1st ed. in octavo. Hardcover. Fair. 2 vols. 2 folding maps plan and 2 folding plates ix 10-14 2 383 6 2 458 4p. Mismatched bindings Vol. 1 in a modern Greek quarterbinding; Vol. 2 in worn old leather. 20cm. Circular "Hoyt Public Library" stamp at base of both title-pages. Vol. 1 Tome Premier is sound and attractive with both maps still crisp and unworn. Vol. 2 Tome Seconde is quite worn binding heavily worn; joints splitting; the folding plate of the Temple at Baalbek is split at one of the folds and has remnants of yellowed tape along that fold to repair the split; Binding is almost completely split between pages 222 and 223. French text. The half-titles were not preserved in these volumes but this set is otherwise complete. This first edition was also published in a seldom seen larger format about 26cm. quarto edition. hardcover books
1787ref. 000012449London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson 1787. First English language edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vol. 8vo. 4 i-xii 1 2-418 4; 5 ii-iv 1 2-500 18 pp. Contemporary tree calf with the spines in six compartments two red morocco labels lettered in gold on each spine spines with gold tooling including shining suns; all edges decoratively stained yellow. A very attractive binding indeed. Illustrated with two folding maps and with three copper-engraved folding plates. Atabey 1303. Cox I 235. Lowndes V 2790. University of Toronto British Armorial Bindings "Smith John Sir 1st Baronet 1744 -1807". Baronet John Smith's bookplates on each volume's front pastedown. Smith was the first in the Smith-Marriott Baronetcy. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Smith also served as the High Sheriff of Dorset. Originally published in Paris in 1787 this is the first English Language edition. Completing the title page: Containing the present natural and political state of those countries their productions arts manufactures and commerce; with observations on the manners customs and goverment of the Turks and Arabs. According to Cox this is "one of the most exact and valuable works of the kind ever published . ". Volney served in the Estates-General and was later imprisoned during the reign of terror before gaining favor with Napoleon. His visit to Syria and Egypt was inspired by a love of ancient history and philology. A fascinating Enlightenment-era travel narrative of the Near East beautified by its detailed maps and illustrations. Joints show some wear but the bindings are secure and firm. A bookplate was removed from each free front endpaper with volume one's endpaper showing two small spots of loss. Each endpaper has a small inscription denoting these as first editions. G.G.J. and J. Robinson hardcover books
1911ref. 51175Privately Printed 1911. STREAMER Volney. BOOK TITLES FROM SHAKSPERE. NY: Privately Printed 1911. 12mo. greyish-blue boards with printed title labels. Limited Edition of 800 copies. Signed presentation by Streamer on front endpaper: "To Mrs. Bradshaw with all good wishes. Volney Streamer 22/Apr./1913." Good bit of darkening & some wear along edge of spine. $25.00. Privately Printed unknown books
1792ref. 41541London: Printed for J. Johnson 1792. First English Language edition. Later patterned cloth with morocco spine label. Split along top half of front joint chips to head and heel of spine occasional foxing still very good. xv 400 pp. Illus. with 1 frontispiece & 2 folded maps after the French edition engr. by T. Conder. 8vo. Translated from the French of "Les ruines ou Méditation sur les révolutions des empires" by Thomas Conder. Volney's work which was first published in 1791 argued by analyzing the arc of ancient civilizations that the primacy of equality before the law was necessary to prevent the deterioration of religious and political institutions into tyranny.The work had a profound influence on Thomas Jefferson who translated it beginning in 1796 when Volney visited him at Monticello. A new translation of the work had just been published and both Jefferson and Volney were not happy with it nor this earlier first edition in English. The project went on hold once Jefferson became president and was not published until 1802 in France and 1828 in America. Printed for J. Johnson hardcover books
1931ref. 27079New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Company 1931. First Edition. Cloth. Good. First Edition. vii 458 pages. 8vo. Blue cloth gilt. Spine faded. Pasted image of plane on front pastedown. Endpapers foxed otherwise clean internally. Cloth. Simmons-Boardman Publishing Company unknown books
1788ref. 263089Londres 1788. hardcover. very good. 3 titles bound together. 183 72 142. 8vo 3/4 vellum backed green boards covers worn. Londres: 1788. Very good . Scarce. unknown books
1903ref. 239531New York: Brentano 1903. hardcover. very good. Unpaginated. Tall & slim 12mo. New York: Brentano 1903. Slight foxing throughout and lightly edge-worn near the spine and corners still a very good copy. Signed by compiler Volney Streamer in pencil across the entire half-title. Includes many charming and heartfelt quotes about the values of friendship. Brentano unknown books
