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1840rif. 168289Leipzig: Thomas Crowell 1840. hardcover. Mit erlauterndem texte von N.P. Willis ins Deutsche ubertragen von Dr. Susemihl. Fine illustrations after Bartlett engraved on steel by Payne. 75 views on 48 plates 24 are full-page including the extra illustrated title protected with tissue. 169pp. Tall 8vo original green patterned cloth with gilt-stamped spine light edgewear; scattered foxing throughout. Leipzig: Theodor Thomas circa 1840. A very good copy of this uncommon book replete with images of New England cities and natural landmarks. Thomas Crowell unknown books
1850rif. 369088London: Arthur Hall Virtue and Co 1850. Second Edition. Engraved title frontispiece map double-page panorama of Alexandria on thin paper and 31 engravings including a map woodcuts all by Bartlett. vi ii 218pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary red morocco by "Gray Binder" some minor wear. Second Edition. Engraved title frontispiece map double-page panorama of Alexandria on thin paper and 31 engravings including a map woodcuts all by Bartlett. vi ii 218pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blackmer 89; Hilmy I55 First edition Arthur Hall, Virtue and Co unknown books
1851rif. 89584New York: Harper & Brothers 1851. 1st American ed. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis engraved 2nd title-page map 32 steel-engraved plates vi 2 218p. plus 2p. publisher's adverts. Original gilt-decorated blue cloth. 26cm. Partial tear in lower corner of tissue guard for frontis. Former owner's name "Joseph K. Brick" of Brooklyn N.Y. on recto of blank following free front endpaper. An appealing copy. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1971rif. 603513Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. 158pp. Soiling on page edges thus very good in a near fine clear acetate dust jacket housed in an about fine marbled slipcase with a slightly toned spine. One of 60 numbered copies specially bound by Earle Gray with the holograph Signature of Stein on the colophon page. Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
2006rif. New-May2-2017--17168Pearson 8/13/2006. Paperback. New. 0x0x0. New US Edition Textbook Ships with Emailed Tracking from USA Pearson paperback
1999rif. DADAX0718501047By 1999-10-01. Illustrated. hardcover. New. 6.14x0.75x9.21. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. By hardcover
rif. 55937London. Near Fine. N.D. Hardcover. Two volumes in pebbled leather stamped in gilt and blind gilt dentelles AEG yellow endsheets. Slight rubbing to points and edges. Additional engraved title pages with tissue guards in each volume. Numerous plates with tissue guards throughout. No date circa 1855; no pagination. Clean and tight. ; quarto . hardcover
1689rif. 313961Gloucestershire England 1689. Pen and ink on one parchment membrane 305 x 540 mm. Cut vertically down the center with significant loss of text. Verso worn but text on recto clear and bright. Pen and ink on one parchment membrane 305 x 540 mm. The parties involved in this document hailed from Bourton-on-the-Hill and Nether Swell Gloucestershire both in the Cotswolds district of England. The document which has been cut in half vertically a contemporary practice for such documents appears to concern the rights of widows. An attractive item related to Gloucestershire history written in English in a clear and unfaded hand. unknown
1840rif. 168289Leipzig: Thomas Crowell 1840. hardcover. Mit erlauterndem texte von N.P. Willis ins Deutsche ubertragen von Dr. Susemihl. Fine illustrations after Bartlett engraved on steel by Payne. 75 views on 48 plates 24 are full-page including the extra illustrated title protected with tissue. 169pp. Tall 8vo original green patterned cloth with gilt-stamped spine light edgewear; scattered foxing throughout. Leipzig: Theodor Thomas circa 1840. A very good copy of this uncommon book replete with images of New England cities and natural landmarks. Thomas Crowell unknown
rif. elala5069London: H.Fisher R.Fisher & P.Jackson 1832. First Edition. Holloway 42. 2 Volumes in 1. 4to. pp. 106; 48. 2 engraved titles 1 of 2 engraved maps lacking map of Devonshire & 138 steel-engraved views on 69 plates. contemporary half morocco all edges gilt corners worn spine bit rubbed tissue guards browned occasional foxing. ownership entry of Canadian historian Edwin C.Guillet 1898-1975 London: H.Fisher, R.Fisher, & P.Jackson, 1832 unknown
rif. 47589BARTLETT John. A Discourse on the Subject of Animation. Delivered Before the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts June 11 1792. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews 1792. 40pp. Disbound. Very good. Evans 24078. Austin 132. Bartlett 1756-1844 a doctor in Boston gave a lecture on resuscitation to the Humane Society founded in 1786 for preventing drowning and supporting victims of shipwrecks. In addition to the text of his talk the pamphlet includes an appendix reprinting the act of incorporation for the Society along with other documents relating to their activities a donation list and a member list. unknown
1919rif. 93952second printing - good condition in blue cloth with some wear & spine darkening- no dust jacket - there is some foxing - there is a pen name on the free front end page Small, Maynard & Company hardcover
1985rif. 002554NY: Abbeville Press Publishers 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Presentation copy of this monograph of the American painter Jennifer Bartlett 1941-2022 published for an exhibition of her work at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Signed & inscribed on the half-title to New York School poet librettist and publisher Kenward Elmslie 1929-2022: "For Kenward love Jennifer Christmas 1985." NY: Abbeville Press Publishers 1985. 168pp; illus. Square 4to. Blue cloth stamped in gilt on front board and spine; dust jacket. Near fine in like jacket. With texts by Marge Goldwater Roberta Smith and Calvin Tompkins. Kenward Elmslie's play City Junket premiered at Eye and Ear Theater in 1980 where Bartlett was on the advisory board. She also provided art for the cover of Elmslie's Three Sisters Z Press 1986. A nice association. Abbeville Press Publishers hardcover
1854rif. 10862New York: D. Appleton & Company 1854. First Edition. Two volume set. 506624pp. Octavo 23 cm Brown cloth with the titles stamped on the backstrip. About very good. Backstrip of vol. 2 chipped at head and foot. Backstrips of both volumes sunned. Corners bumped. 15 of 16 plates present. Lacks 'City of Hermosillo.' Large fold-out map present and laid in. Bartlett was the Commissioner of the Mexican Boundary Survey after the Mexican-American War and his book is a cornerstone work of southwestern travel and exploration. His narrative remains one of the most readable and entertaining accounts of the American Southwest for the period and the illustrations engraved after Bartlett's sketches are some of the most competent depiction's of the area. Basic Texas Books 12. Best of the West 131. CowanII p.36. Eberstadt 103:18. Enduring Desert p.20. Graff 198. Howes B201. Radar 287. Sabin 3746. Wagner/Camp 234. Wheat 798. D. Appleton & Company unknown
1856rif. 35765New York & London: George Virtue & Co. Very Good-. 1856. Leather. Steel Plate engravings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 3 volumes complete. Soundly bound in matching publisher's deluxe trade binding of full red pebbled calfleather with highly decorative borders and vignettes tooled in gilt to boards and decorative title desing sna flourishes gilt tooled to spines. 7 698; 720; 726 pp. Some light to moderate scuffing and rubbing to leather at board edges; Vol I has a small piece of leather chipped from the crown and Vol III has shallow loss from leather at the tail of the spine. Tissue guarded steel engraved plates throughout over 80 in total and including extra engraved title pages for each volume. Original coated brown endsheets complete and sound in the joints. All edges gilt. Binder's flaw in Vol III has left a signature including two engraved plates not sewn in on their binding stub; laid in but a little furred where the leaves started from the front edge. Most engraved plates bright and clean some with mild foxing and a few more heavily foxed. Hand colored folding map at front of Vol I is clean and generally neat with mild wear to folds. Uncommon in this deluxe trade binding and thoug a bit rubbed and worn at edges - a generally bright and neat example. VG- thus . Oversize book will require additional charges for most shipping methods. . George Virtue & Co hardcover
1860rif. 301884New York: H. Dayton 1860. hardcover. very good. Steel engraved portrait of Liincoln. 8vo original publisher's purple blind stamped cloth spine faded to tan and extremities lightly rubbed. Light scattered foxing. New York: H. Dayton 1860. Very good. Authorized Edition. Text includes 10 speeches by Abraham Lincoln including the speech delivered at Cooper Union in New York City. Author was Washington correspondent for the New York Independent and Evening Post. Sabin 3724; H. Dayton unknown
1850rif. 369088London: Arthur Hall Virtue and Co 1850. Second Edition. Engraved title frontispiece map double-page panorama of Alexandria on thin paper and 31 engravings including a map woodcuts all by Bartlett. vi ii 218pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary red morocco by "Gray Binder" some minor wear. Second Edition. Engraved title frontispiece map double-page panorama of Alexandria on thin paper and 31 engravings including a map woodcuts all by Bartlett. vi ii 218pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blackmer 89; Hilmy I55 First edition Arthur Hall, Virtue and Co unknown
1851rif. 89584New York: Harper & Brothers 1851. 1st American ed. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis engraved 2nd title-page map 32 steel-engraved plates vi 2 218p. plus 2p. publisher's adverts. Original gilt-decorated blue cloth. 26cm. Partial tear in lower corner of tissue guard for frontis. Former owner's name "Joseph K. Brick" of Brooklyn N.Y. on recto of blank following free front endpaper. An appealing copy. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1971rif. 603513Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. 158pp. Soiling on page edges thus very good in a near fine clear acetate dust jacket housed in an about fine marbled slipcase with a slightly toned spine. One of 60 numbered copies specially bound by Earle Gray with the holograph Signature of Stein on the colophon page. Black Sparrow Press hardcover
1972rif. 8180Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1972. First Edition. Limited Issue one of 100 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author on the colophon this being copy no.23. Octavo 23cm; decorative paper-covered boards and dark brown machine-embroidered cloth backstrip with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket and brown paper-covered slipcase; xii2013 with 12pp of black & white plates. Hint of foxing to two sides of the textblock and upper board edges with a faint musty odor from long storage; Near Fine in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket. The slipcase shows some gentle sunning around the opening a few small scuffs else Near Fine. Authoritative work by the pioneering African-American composer containing a substantial collection of his work along with a detailed discography and bibliography. With introductions by Howard Hanson and Frederick Hall and contributions by Paul Harold Slattery Verna Arvey and Louis and Annette Kaufman. "Still writes in every medium of musical expression with a power that is undergirded by a spirit of great humility and honest dedication. It is such a spirit that causes him to rise above the technical and creative skills of musical composition over which he has complete mastery and give forth utterances that "lift a race from wood and stone to Christ." What he has done and is doing for American Negro Music is inestimable" p.xi. Morrow & Cooney 123b. Black Sparrow Press unknown
1880rif. 382376Philadelphia: Everts & Peck. 1880. Hardcover. Good. Spine edges have had varnish or glue applied. Top spine end has a split which has been glued. Covers have slight corner and edge wear and areas of discoloration. Front endpaper has a dark stain to the upper spine corner. Front free endpaper has a tear/crease along the spine edge and is loosely attached. Title page is crookedly reattached and has wear to the outer edge. Preface page has slight creasing. Contents very good. ; Press of J. B. Lippincott & Co. Errata slip attached in rear. . Everts & Peck hardcover
1848rif. 5385Title in english: "Views in America drawn to pictures on the site itself" 2 volumes complete. Dutch text throughout. Quarter green morocco over marbled boards with gilt particulars to spine. Marbled endpapers. Hors textes plates throughout text; sporadic image transfer to adjacent pages. Volume 1 contains approximately 65 engravings and the frontispiece; volume 2 contains approximately 50 engravings. Scenes depicted include: Niagara Falls Capitol at Washington View from Fort Putnam Indian Falls - Near Cold-Spring Catterskill Fall Mount Tom and the Connecticut River. The United States Bank Philadelphia and many others. Some sunning to spines and foxing throughout. Vol. 1: 128 pp.; Vol. 2: 96 pp. 9 x 11 inches. G. J. A. Beijerinck hardcover
1839rif. b8851London: Geo. Virtue 1839. Hardcover. VG. Two volumes bound in one. Full-leather binding with detailed gilt decorations on all aspects wide raised bands five compartments gilt edge which have flaked marbled endpapers. Some rubbing and dulling at the extremities foxing on interior pages. Nineteenth-century bookplate. Eighty-one engravings over the two volumes are present with the original tissue guards. Volume one is 162 text pages plates. However volume two is only 52 text pages plates. While there is direct sign that later text pages have been removed from volume two it is certain since page 52 ends in mid-sentence. Geo. Virtue hardcover
1930rif. 75501286 2 pages SIGNED by R.C. Sherriff to the title page Published by Victor Gollancz hardcover
1884rif. 24610New York: Geo. A. Leavitt 1884. 8vo pp. viii 434; fine in recent mustard cloth printed paper label on spine. Includes a 4-p. account of Murphy and his library and more than 3100 lots. Mackay 3051. Geo. A. Leavitt unknown books