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1783réf. 27240A Paris: Chez Delalain 1783. First edition. Full calf gilt rules all edges gilt. Spine chipped including part of label boards worn and chipped front board nearly detached but still holding scattered foxing; overall about good. 8 332 pp. 12mo. Almanach de Muses ran from 1765 to 1833. This issue is one of three that contains poems on Ballooning all the rage in Europe at the time especially with the Montgolfier brothers' 1783 demonstrations of hot-air-balloon flying in Annonay France. This isssue includes a satiric poem advising Blanchard not to fly p. 43-48. Blanchard being Jean Pierre Blanchard who on January 7 1785 with Dr. John Jeffries an American physician made the first flight over the English Channel traveling from Dover England to Calais France. Chez Delalain hardcover
réf. 0267257279.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 47477Hardbound. Very Good. Illustrated. 32mo. Gotha Justus Perthes 1848. Blind-stamped cloth. A very good copy. hardcover
1824réf. 43858Quebec: Printed and sold by Neilson & Cowan. Mountain Street 1824. Good. 24mo 13.5cm 268p; 1inc.p. some interleaving for the purchaser’s ms. additions wanting a un-numbed page between 32-33 gutter stub remaining WANTING the original blue wraps with early plain paper wrapper added the blue spine paper is present with the date in black ink the title page is dust worn and the bottom front corner are chipped or later turned down to page 32 the last printed page is a table of longitude and latitudes stabbed stitched Copies of this date and earlier have become rare and are difficult to find. The one from the 1830;s and 1840's are now quite uncommon. The Quebec Almanac. Quebec 1780-1841. T.P.L. 707. Gagnon I-96. All volumes have sections in English and in French. Most of the volumes contain information on astronomy calendars remarkable events courts in Quebec duties and customs members of the executive and legislative councils of the Assembly and government departments lists of notaries surgeons pilots constables military organizations and religious and educational institutions. Printed and sold by Neilson & Cowan., Mountain Street unknown
1993réf. 123321New York: Random House. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0679737944 . A handsome first Edition/First Printing housed in an equally impressive dust-jacket; : The editors Of The Old Farmer's Almanac are not the authors.The editors of The Old Farmer's Almanac provide an unpredictable guide to weather and natural disasters in their book Acts of God: the Old Farmer's Almanac. This book includes information on Tornadoes Floods Wildfires Earthquakes and other natural disasters. This book is a great resource for anyone who wants to be prepared for any type of weather or disaster.; 8vo; 246 pages . Random House hardcover
réf. 0282851984.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. HH1961Paris Guyot et Scribe 1843. Hardcover. Kap.m.ger.Einr.sonst innen gu. 8/1111 Ss.Goldgepr.Leder d.Zt. Paris, Guyot et Scribe, 1843 hardcover
1880réf. 9608Boston: Joseph Burnett & Co.; Press of Mills Knight & Co 1880. Small octavo stapled in wrappers 17.5 x 11 cm. ~80 pages. Illustrated; wrapper printed in chromolithograph. Advertising matter of local merchants interspersed throughout. Earliest issue of this New England housekeepers' almanac and promotional cookbook issued by Joseph Burnett & Co makers of flavor extracts and additionally used to promote local businesses through a drop-in box on the front wrapper panel. In this case the additional promotion goes to Butler & Laighton Fine Groceries of Rockingham County N.H. Internally clan and sound. Small closed tear to foot of chromolithograph wrappers otherwise near fine and bright. OCLC locates four copies of this 1880 issue and eleven copies of all other issues through 1884. Joseph Burnett & Co.; Press of Mills, Knight & Co unknown
1885réf. 8891Buffalo N.Y.: Foster Milburn & Co.; G.H. Dunston Lith. 1885. Booklet stapled in wrappers 20 x 14.5 cm. 32 pages. An almanac advertising Burdock Blood Bitters with the standard calendars ephemeris testimonials and advertisements for other related products including "Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberries". With remarkable duo-tone lithograph wrappers depicting an image of an older man with a collared shirt and bald pate and bursting through the paper a young child. "At three years and at sixty" it says. "Compliments of your druggist. H.L. Pierce & Son Cavendish Vt." is printed not stamped on the rear wrapper panel. With the small ownership stamp "Chas. W. Whitcomb" at top edge of rear panel. A bit of crease to bottom right corner of rear wrapper and a few prior leaves. Very good or better. Foster Milburn & Co.; [G.H. Dunston Lith.] unknown
1865réf. 6226Paris: Pagnerre Libraire-Editeur rue de Seine 18; Typographie de Henri Plon 1865. Duodecimo 14.5 x 10.5 cm. 200 pages. Engraved illustrations in the text. Table des Matieres. The eighth year of this popular French almanac with calendar and ephemeris but unlike most American "culinary almanacs" the bulk of this work is indeed related to food with sections on various foodstuffs vegetables birds fish sauces etc. and many recipes. The attractive wrapper illustration by "F. Grenan" depicts two women working in the kitchen one cooking at the stove the other writing while handling some vegetables and birds. Is she recording a recipe or perhaps just back from market and keeping up accounts Like other copies of this almanac we've seen the illustration is hand-colored. Dog ears to some pages; otherwise internally sound and clean. Wrapper corners chipped and light soiling. Near very good in a handsome custom-made clamshell box. OCLC locates five institutions with single issues of runs of this periodical. Pagnerre, Libraire-Editeur, rue de Seine, 18; Typographie de Henri Plon unknown
1788réf. 35024Paris: Veuve D'Houry & Debure. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1788. Hardcover. 716 pages. 8vo 192x121 mm contemporary mottled calf gilt with calf lettering piece ends rubbed; some toning and very minor foxing. NOTES: For the year of the Convocation Generale with statistics for schools churches government etc. Of the 93 vols published 1700-1792 this is one of the most sought. . Veuve D'Houry & Debure hardcover
réf. 1020051736.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 0260140422.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 0260125032.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 0260639591.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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1815réf. V59720Zurich: Ortell & Fussli 1815. Hardcover. Very Good. Hand-colored Costume Plate "Bauerin aus dem Frikthal" hand colored folding map of the Canton of Aargau by J.J. Scheurmann and 5 other copperplate-etched Views by J. Wezel and F. Hegi. 16mo in 8s 113x80mm bound in printed boards backstrip defective with some loss sewing & binding are sound tight & holding tips rubbed/bumped viiiCalendar 206pgsi; lacking only the hand-colored plate of the Farmer to match the Farmer's Wife which is present and the slip-case as usual. The frontispiece shows Castle Habsburg there is a decorative engraved Titlepage and 4 folding Views showing Baden Aarau Schloss Hallwyl and the vicinity of Brugg & Windisch. All but one of the plates have their original tissue-guards. This little volume is remarkably clean & crisp with the folding plates and the hand-colored plates in fine condition. There is a Table of Contents; the book is packed with information from lists of Ferry Crossings to explanations of the Postal Service Weights & Measures differing from place to place Currency & Coinage in circulation various; Provision for the Poor & Sick inoculation against Smallpox Agriculture Forestry Hunting Political Legal Police Military Folk Customs Religion Music and an Appendix discussing the medicinal waters of Baden etc. This sought-after series of almanacs was issued for more than 20 years each annual issue devoted to a different Canton. Ortell & Fussli hardcover
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