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1880ref. 25685New York: Baker & Goodwin 1880. Eccentric Purveyor of Imaginary Weapons Dr. McLean a prosperous patent medicine huckster from St. Louis here sets forth his revolutionary weapon designs in the form of a remarkably elaborate propaganda piece. Most of his plans are based on the classic idea of inventing weapons so powerful that no enemy could withstand or even consider resisting them. Included are portable forts impregnable fortresses both fixed and floating modular metal shield blocks indestructible "Hercules Guns" rapid-fire battery guns inescapable magnetic torpedoes; 48-shot pistols and the like. Dr. McLean goes so far as to compare himself to Napoleon Wellington Washington U.S. Grant and others. "A fantasy of arms.Literally a book in the style of a patent medicine brochure but applied to the consideration of arms rather than ailments" - Riling. This copy inscribed by the author. Quarto. Original pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt spine gilt. Edges of spine lightly scuffed. Author inscription on front pastedown and fly leaf. Mild toning light foxing to preliminaries. Very good plus. In a black cloth slipcase. RILING 1070. hardcover books
1973ref. RBATCUS00tpmTaylor 1973. Very Good. Bates John Davis. The Custom Knife. Schippers James Henry. Dallas: Taylor 1973. 136pp. Illustrated. 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with rubbed extremities and lightly bumped edges. The half title page has a stamp and a previous owner's name. Laid in letter from the authors and a postcard with an image of knives. Taylor paperback books
1876ref. RCOFWIN00tpmSmithsonian Institution 1876. Good. Coffin James Henry. The Winds of the Globe. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Volume XX. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution 1876. 756pp. Illustrated. Small folio. Teal cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Book condition: Good with lightly soiled extremities bumped edges and chipped spine ends. Ex-library with a small label on the spine and inserts on the front pastedown as well as a stamp on the title page. The hinges are weak and the rear hinge is slip. Pages slightly yellowed. Several charts and fold-out maps at the rear of the book. Smithsonian Institution hardcover books
1853ref. RCARDIA00ECThe Smithsonian Institution 1853. Very Good. Carleton James Henry Major. Diary Of an excursion to the ruins of Abo Quarra and Gran Quivira in New Mexico under the command of Major James Henry Carleton Ninth Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution. NP: The Smithsonian Institution 1853. 295-316pp. Thin 8vo. Book condition: Very good. There are very small moisture stains in the fore edge margins. The Smithsonian Institution unknown books
1889ref. RCHAFRO00TWG. P. Putnam's Sons 1889. Very Good. Chapin James Henry. From Japan to Granada: Sketches of Observation and Inquiry in a Tour Round the World in 1887-8. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1889. 1st edition. 325pp. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Very good with slightly rolled spine. Edges are lightly frayed rubbed and bumped and there is a tiny closed tear in head of spine. Contemporary owner's name on first page. Front hinge very slightly cracked. G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1905ref. 1417417New York: Charles Scribner's sons 1905. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 634 pages. In Good condition. Spine blue with gilt lettering and ornamentation. Tear to top of hinges with spine piece bent forward. Fraying to all corners. Spine cocked textblock sags when placed upright. Gutter damage to second front free end-paper. General shelf wear. Top edge of textblock gilt. Small pencil markings throughout. Former owner's signature on first front free end-paper. Photographic plates maps and detailed illustrations throughout. Shelved under the Front Counter. 1417417. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Charles Scribner's sons hardcover books
1848ref. 244622New York: Harper and Brothers 1848. First edition. 2 folding maps. 229 2 8 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original red cloth. Very good some wear and small loss at top of spine. Bookplate of James Torr Harmer. First edition. 2 folding maps. 229 2 8 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Sabin 10905 Harper and Brothers unknown books
1910ref. 24812San Francisco: Paul Elder & Company 1910. First edition. 22 pp. Very good plus in like dust jacket with chipping to crown and light edgewear. San Francisco: Paul Elder & Company unknown books
1948ref. 75111948. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. SCARCE. PRIVATELY PRINTED PRESENTATION COPY. Bishop James Henry Straughn 1877-1974 was ordained in the Methodist Protestant Church in 1901 and served as President of Westminster College from 1906-1910. Among his many positions and achievements he was President of The General Conference of 1936-1939 whose mission was to develop the Plan of Union among the Methodist Protestant Chichi; the Methodist Episcopal Church; and the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The Plan of Union was successfully adopted. Dr. Straughn retired in 1948 after which this privately-published volume was produced. In the Explanation Dr. Straughn states that many of his personal friends have requested copies of addresses that he delivered so he was putting together a semi-permanent record. Begins with his Curriculum Vitae through 1948 followed by historical documents related to the union and then by 8 of his addresses including his retirement address of 1948. A very interesting and rare historical document for those interested in the history of the Methodist Church in America. Pages are printed one-sided and appear to be direct copies of typewritten documents. Inscribed by Dr. Straughn to a dear friend whose last name was Pollitt. Quarto. Very good in black cloth with gilt lettering. Religion. REL1/2230. hardcover books
ref. 416327Softcover. Near Fine. Handwritten manuscript with multiple corrections. 26 leaves bradbound at the top written on the rectos only with one blank leaf with a clipping about the dedication affixed on the last leaf. Small nicks and tears mostly confined to the title leaf creases on the last blank leaf a little soiling on the outside leaves else near fine. The handwritten introduction indicates that this was prepared by the author from memory two days after the event. The contents of the address are facetious and satiric making much merriment at the expense of the members of the Club and lampooning their athletic endeavors their accuracy as riflemen their failures at sailing polo and other events. One particularly noteworthy passage addresses the possible invasion of the area by Canadians: "If our liberties should be threatened by the fierce and ruthless tramps or any of the 'Macks' of Montreal should cross the borders and come with their clans and bagpipes the glorious Oriflamme of the Mt. Mansfield Rifle Club would always be seen in the front ranks of every retreat - the shimmer of their rifles would flash on the highest eminence of every mountain where they would watch the movements of the invading foe. ." He continues on ranking the skills of the three socially prominent members who would later in the ceremony participate in a shooting exhibition. Cogshill then living in New York had an interesting life as an important merchant born in Virginia of a distinguished family. He worked in a local store in Loyds Viriginia and then lived at the home of his uncle Richard Garrett at New Town where some years later John Wilkes Booth fled after his assassination of Abraham Lincoln and where he was found and killed by Federal troops. Coghill's 1897 book The Family of Coghill. 1377 to 1879 presents an interesting interview that he conducted with his uncle about the event. In 1848 he sailed for California and after modest results set up in business in San Francisco as J.H. Coghill & Co. eventually considered one of the two largest commercial concerns in San Francisco. In 1857 he left the firm in the care of his brothers and went east to open a New York branch of the company. His family had some familial connections with the nearby Henry family in Virginia and at least for purposes of this oration he claimed lineage perhaps facetiously from that other famous orator Patrick Henry. A wonderfully funny send-up of a Vermont hunting club delivered by an interesting character. unknown books
1910ref. 398827San Francisco: Paul Elder & Company 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Designed and executed by J.H. Nash at the Tomoye Press. 12mo. v 22 1pp. Teal laid paper-covered boards stamped in gilt and dark blue. Small stains on boards spine ends chipped spine a touch faded else very good lacking dustwrapper. Publisher's card laid in. Paul Elder & Company hardcover books
1959ref. 275872New York: Harper & Row 1959. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Remainder mark and some rubbing thus near fine in wrappers. Harper & Row unknown books
1995ref. 11136Spokane WA: Arthur H. Clark Company 1995. 1/50 out of series. 38pp. Octavo 24 cm Red printed wrappers. Fine. This special printing was produced as the keepsake for the limited edition of The Life and Times of Philip Klingensmith. Brev. Maj. James H. Carleton had been dispatched by his commanding general in California in the spring of 1859 to escort U.S. Paymaster Henry Prince to Salt Lake City. He was also instructed to investigate the Mountain Meadows Massacre on his way. Upon his arrival in Cedar City he interviewed as many witnesses as could be found regarding the massacre. He and his men erected a rock cairn at the site of the massacre. This report on the massacre lays the blame squarely at the feet of Mormon leaders. "But how inadequate would be punishment of a few even by death for this crime for which nearly the whole Mormon population. from Brigham Young down were more or less instrumental in perpetrating. There are other heinous crimes to be punished besides this. Martial law would at best be but a temporary expedient. Crime is found in the footsteps of the Mormon wherever they go and so the evil must always exist as long as the Mormons themselves may exist." - p.17. Arthur H. Clark Company unknown books
1880ref. 24582New York: Baker & Godwin 1880. First edition 8vo pp. 200; pictorial half-title engraved portrait frontispiece of McLean approx. 75 wood-engraved illustrations in the text many full-page; original pictorial pebble-grain purple cloth gilt-stamped in gilt and black on upper cover and spine with the printed presentation slip affixed to the front pastedown as common; spine ends a bit chipped front hinge starting else very good. Riling 1070: "A fantasy of arms.Literally a book in the style of a patent medicine brochure but applied to the consideration of arms rather than ailments. Baker & Godwin unknown books
1852ref. 96375Ogdensburgh N. Y.: James H. Coffin 1852. Poor. 8 pages. Proposed monthly periodical in small newspaper format. 31 cm. Unbound. Fragile and worn. Foxing. Substantial edge chipping. Splitting along horizontal fold on all four leaves. Inked partial name of former owner at top of first page. First and last leaves detached. Oval hole in text on first leaf with words of text. Three small holes in second text leaf with loss of several letters or numbers. Coffin orphaned as a child and educated by an uncle granduated from Amherst Coollege in 1828. Information found online at the PCA Historical Center had Coffin becoming interested in meteorology in the 1830s.This issue also decribed on the first page as a prospectus was the only issue published. Coffin spent the last 26 years of his life as a distinguished professor of Mathematics Natural History and Astronomy at Lafayette College. According to a biographical sketch fround online from the Lafayette College Archive Coffin began collaborating with the newly established Smithsonian Institution in 1846 and was in charge of tabulating data for the Smithsonian Meteorological Project. Coffin collected information on the motion of the winds for more than 30 years His pioneering work titled "Winds of the Northern Hemisphere" was published by the Smithsonian in 1853. OCLC locates two copies NOAA Cent Lib and Kings College London. James H. Coffin unknown books
1880ref. 002759New York: Baker & Godwin 1880. Book. "THIS GORGEOUS PIECE OF FOLLY." Inscribed by Lew Wallace. 8vo original pictorial gilt cloth. Pp. 200. Illustrated extra-title engraved frontis. portrait. Illustrated. Cloth worn at extremities and faded otherwise a very good sound copy. First edition inscribed "To Capt. Jno. S. Low. This gorgeous piece of military folly is assigned with the compliments of his friend Lew Wallace Gov. New Mexico. Santa Fe Feb. 10 1881." A dead-serious gallery of weapons so destructive as to prevent war forever all designed by McLean and his engineer/inventor accomplice Coloney. Torpedo contraptions mega-cannons repeating guns-on-wheels etc. with names like ''The Pulveriser" and "The Annihilator" and "Hercules Gun" illustrated in numerous diagrams and full-page illustrations. With McLean's printed ms. presentation slip on the front pastedown. Baker & Godwin hardcover books
1848ref. 18626New York: Harper and Brothers 1848. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. The first edition of The Battle of Buena Vista With The Operations Of The "Army of Occupation" For One Month by James Henry Carleton from the library of Colonel T.L. Alexander who fought in the Mexican Wars. Octavo vii 238 2 8pp ads. Brown cloth title stamped in gilt. Fraying of cloth at heel of the spine 2cm loss at head of the spine. Solid text block. Even toning throughout faint foxing limited impact to text. Complete with two folding maps including the "Plan of the Battle of Buena Vista" and "Map of the Country of Buena Vista." Bookplate of "T.L. Alexander / U.S. Army" on the front pastedown. Sabin 10905. Col. Thomas L. Alexander 1807-1881 a veteran of both the Black Hawk and Mexican wars graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1830 and entered the United States Army as a second lieutenant in the 6th Infantry. His long career included frontier service combat against the Sac Indians in the Black Hawk War Battle of Bad Ax service in the Florida Indian campaigns and distinguished action in the Mexican War at Vera Cruz Cerro Gordo Contreras and Churubusco for which he received a brevet promotion to major for gallantry. Rising to lieutenant colonel Alexander later served in senior administrative roles as Deputy Governor of the Military Asylum at Harrodsburg Kentucky and for six years as lieutenant governor of the Soldiers' Home near Washington D.C. He retired from active service in 1863. He was a founding member of the Aztec Club of 1847 along with future presidents Franklin Pierce and Ulysses S. Grant. His wife was a longtime friend of Mary Todd Lincoln often sharing correspondence and visiting the Lincoln's at the White House in 1864. Harper and Brothers unknown books
1925ref. 46530Madras: Ganesh 1925. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 92p. Original black cloth. Mounted title-labels. dj. 20cm. Front panel of jacket missing a good-sized chip. Foxing mostly on first few leaves. Asian religions and Christian efforts at conversion. Ganesh hardcover books
1957ref. 309475New York: Knopf 1957. First. hardcover. fine/very good-. 293 pages. 8vo black textured cloth edgeworn and price-clipped dust wrapper. New York: Knopf 1957. First edition. A fine copy in a very good- dust wrapper. Knopf unknown books
1935ref. 622938Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company 1935. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 324pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Rubbing on the spine and page toning thus very good lacking the dust jacket. Doubleday, Doran & Company hardcover books
1925ref. 253461925. DARLINGTON James Henry. With Forwords by Henry Van Dyke & Edwin Markham. VERSES BY THE WAY. 8vo. cloth & boards lacks dust jacket. First Edition. Signed presentation from Darlington on front endpaper. Very Good stain base of spine. $25.00. unknown books
1875ref. 135190Washington DC: The Smithsonian Institution 1875. Hardcover. G Ex-library with usual library markings bookplate on front inside cover pages are tanning in margins plates are good and many are pull-out line drawing maps hinges are good rebound cover shows minimal edge wear book weighs 7 lbs. Green cloth library binding 756 pp. 26 plates. Number 268 in the series Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. James Henry Coffin 1806-1873 was a mathematician meteorologist and college professor. Series Title is on spine. Additional credits on title page: The tables completed on the author's decease and maps drawn by Selden Jennings Coffin with a discussion and analysis of the tables and charts by Dr. Alexander Woeikof. The Smithsonian Institution hardcover books
1978ref. 158207DUST JACKET UNCLIPPED FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY hardcover books
1998ref. 70874Salt Lake City UT: Signature Books 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Signature Books hardcover books
