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1789réf. 373872Boston: John W. Folsom 1789. 31711; 265 1 xii pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf minor wear. Provenance: Anna Duryee inscription on front endpaper dated 1791. 31711; 265 1 xii pp. 12mo. The Psalms unrecorded by Evans are an edition of Mycall's revision with all references to Great Britain and the King removed to make it more palatable to the nascent United States first printed in 1781. A scarce edition with only a handful of institutional holdings of either the Psalms or Hymns printed by Folsom here bound together. Evans 21687 Hymns; ESTC W4418 Psalms and W25174 Hymns John W. Folsom unknown books
1765réf. 58444London: Other. Very Good. 1765. Hardcover. Rebound 24pp. marbled boards paper label to front cover Very Good. . Other hardcover books
1715réf. 38967Amsterdam: David Mortier. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1715. 1st Thus. Hardcover. History Roman; Engravings; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; HISTOIRE DES DEUX TRIUMVIRATS DEPUIS LA MORT DE CATILINA NOUVELLE EDITION AUGMENTEE DE L'HISTOIRE D'AUGUSTE DE LARREY. 3 VOLS IN 2 CT as published. New edition. Two Triumvirate History since the death of Catiline up to that of Caesar. Since that of Caesar to that of Brutus. Since than that of Brutus to Antony. New expanded edition of the history of Augustus of Larrey. 3 frontises. TPs in red and black. Contemporary decorated calf leather. All dated 1715. Vol I 20 1-286; 289-494; 215. 3 vols in 2 each with frontis. Contents clean with brief aging. Cracked hinges binding solid. Five years later a fourth volume made it's appearance. . David Mortier hardcover
1913réf. 234266Toronto: William Briggs 1913. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth remainder binding with black lettering on front cover and spine. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. William Briggs unknown
1913réf. 234266Toronto: William Briggs 1913. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth remainder binding with black lettering on front cover and spine. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. William Briggs unknown books
1962réf. 592357New York: Mercury Press 1962. Softcover. Near Fine. Periodical. Cover art by Mel Hunter. Pictorial wrappers. Crease on the front cover a couple tiny tears near fine. Special summer issue with contributions by: Truman Capote Zenna Henderson Ron Goulart Vance Aandahl Terry Carr Isaac Asimov Kate Wilhelm Karen Anderson and more. Mercury Press unknown books
1827réf. H480London: T. Cadell / B. J. Holdsworth 1827. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. First editions 1798 and 1827. 8vo mid 19th century half leather xxiii 1 272; 2 iv 256 pp. Some rubbing to leather but still solidly bound good copy with library marks call number on spine bookplates to pastedown blindstamp on title page remains of a sticker on rear flyleaf. Philpot was ordained in 1793 and was Rector of Ripple Kent 1793-1823 and Vicar of St. Margaret-at-Cliffe 1813-23. Taylor’s History of the Transmission of Ancient Books to Modern Times 1827 and The Process of Historical Proof London 1828 were later remodelled as a single work 1859 in which he attempted to show grounds for accepting literary documents like the Bible as a basis for history. T. Cadell / B. J. Holdsworth hardcover
1846réf. ST19286London: Printed by Catchpool & Trent for Simpkin Marshall & Co 1846. FIRST EDITION. 320 x 255 mm. 12 1/2 x 10". xiii 3 96 pp. Publisher's original blind-decorated dun-colored cloth gilt titling to upper cover smooth spine newer endpapers. WITH 11 COLOR ENGRAVINGS after Frost by W. P. Chubb & Son printed in oil colors by George Baxter all with original tissue guards. Front free endpaper with small ink signature of John Hill. See: Francis Reid "Isaac Frost's 'Two Systems of Astronomy' 1846: Plebeian Resistance and Scriptural Astronomy" in "The British Journal for the History of Science" Vol. 38 No. 2 Jun. 2005 pp. 161-177. Cloth rather spotted corners bumped but the binding solid with no wear to joints or hinges. A few spots of foxing to title page half of the tissue guards with overall very faint foxing/browning the illustrations with minor foxing at edges and in margins but the images themselves clean and bright and all in all a really excellent copy the text wide-margined and quite clean and fresh and the plates with rich coloring. Illustrated with beautiful color plates this anti-Newtonian work promotes a view of the universe based on the backward-looking beliefs professed by a Protestant sect known as the Muggletonians. Named after co-founder Lodowicke Muggleton the Muggletonians emerged in London in 1651 based on the claims of two tailors who professed to be the "Last Witnesses" described in the Book of Revelation. Rejecting the new directions in philosophical reason Muggletonians believed in a purely scriptural interpretation of the universe. According to E. P. Thompson's 1994 "Witness Against the Beast" the Muggletonians had curious notions quite contrary to other Protestant denominations: they believed that the soul is mortal that Jesus and God are one and the same that Heaven was left without divine supervision from Jesus' death until the day of judgment that Heaven resides six miles above the Earth that God stands between five and six feet tall and other unconventional things. Although the sect initially avoided both worship and evangelizing during the 19th century some followers became more outspoken about their beliefs and even published books appealing to the general public. Our author Isaac Frost 1793-1858 was a prominent Muggletonian and successful owner of a brass foundry who along with his brother Joseph invested large sums to promote their belief system--the present work being an especially notable example. Divided into two main sections the text first describes the Newtonian system of heliocentric astronomy and then turns to Frost's scriptural interpretation and geocentric views. As Reid tells us "According to Frost Scripture clearly states that the Sun the Moon and the Stars are embedded in a firmament made of congealed water and revolve around the Earth that Heaven has a physical reality above and beyond the stars and that the planets and the Moon do not reflect the Sun's rays but are themselves independent sources of light. Our book was apparently written as a reaction against the lecturers who expressed Newtonian astronomy--which was often for them and their audiences simply shorthand for heliocentrism." The 11 plates that illustrate these extraordinary ideas are the work of George Baxter a pioneering printer who revolutionized color printing techniques by combining metal engravings with woodblock printing using oil-based inks to produce high-quality affordable prints. The plates here are appropriately ethereal and otherworldly utilizing a beautiful palette with subtle gradations and esoteric figures to create memorable pseudo-scientific imagery. Although this work appears at auction with some regularity it is almost always incomplete no doubt because the attractiveness of its plates encourages harvesting. Useful price comparisons include a complete copy said to be in fine condition selling for £7500 in 2016 and six loose prints from the book fetching £6875 in 2015. [Printed by Catchpool & Trent for] Simpkin, Marshall, & Co unknown
1846réf. ST19286London: Printed by Catchpool & Trent for Simpkin Marshall & Co 1846. FIRST EDITION. 320 x 255 mm. 12 1/2 x 10". xiii 3 96 pp. Publisher's original blind-decorated dun-colored cloth gilt titling to upper cover smooth spine newer endpapers. WITH 11 COLOR ENGRAVINGS after Frost by W. P. Chubb & Son printed in oil colors by George Baxter all with original tissue guards. Front free endpaper with small ink signature of John Hill. See: Francis Reid "Isaac Frost's 'Two Systems of Astronomy' 1846: Plebeian Resistance and Scriptural Astronomy" in "The British Journal for the History of Science" Vol. 38 No. 2 Jun. 2005 pp. 161-177. Cloth rather spotted corners bumped but the binding solid with no wear to joints or hinges. A few spots of foxing to title page half of the tissue guards with overall very faint foxing/browning the illustrations with minor foxing at edges and in margins but the images themselves clean and bright and all in all a really excellent copy the text wide-margined and quite clean and fresh and the plates with rich coloring. Illustrated with beautiful color plates this anti-Newtonian work promotes a view of the universe based on the backward-looking beliefs professed by a Protestant sect known as the Muggletonians. Named after co-founder Lodowicke Muggleton the Muggletonians emerged in London in 1651 based on the claims of two tailors who professed to be the "Last Witnesses" described in the Book of Revelation. Rejecting the new directions in philosophical reason Muggletonians believed in a purely scriptural interpretation of the universe. According to E. P. Thompson's 1994 "Witness Against the Beast" the Muggletonians had curious notions quite contrary to other Protestant denominations: they believed that the soul is mortal that Jesus and God are one and the same that Heaven was left without divine supervision from Jesus' death until the day of judgment that Heaven resides six miles above the Earth that God stands between five and six feet tall and other unconventional things. Although the sect initially avoided both worship and evangelizing during the 19th century some followers became more outspoken about their beliefs and even published books appealing to the general public. Our author Isaac Frost 1793-1858 was a prominent Muggletonian and successful owner of a brass foundry who along with his brother Joseph invested large sums to promote their belief system--the present work being an especially notable example. Divided into two main sections the text first describes the Newtonian system of heliocentric astronomy and then turns to Frost's scriptural interpretation and geocentric views. As Reid tells us "According to Frost Scripture clearly states that the Sun the Moon and the Stars are embedded in a firmament made of congealed water and revolve around the Earth that Heaven has a physical reality above and beyond the stars and that the planets and the Moon do not reflect the Sun's rays but are themselves independent sources of light. Our book was apparently written as a reaction against the lecturers who expressed Newtonian astronomy--which was often for them and their audiences simply shorthand for heliocentrism." The 11 plates that illustrate these extraordinary ideas are the work of George Baxter a pioneering printer who revolutionized color printing techniques by combining metal engravings with woodblock printing using oil-based inks to produce high-quality affordable prints. The plates here are appropriately ethereal and otherworldly utilizing a beautiful palette with subtle gradations and esoteric figures to create memorable pseudo-scientific imagery. Although this work appears at auction with some regularity it is almost always incomplete no doubt because the attractiveness of its plates encourages harvesting. Useful price comparisons include a complete copy said to be in fine condition selling for £7500 in 2016 and six loose prints from the book fetching £6875 in 2015. [Printed by Catchpool & Trent for] Simpkin, Marshall, & Co unknown books
1849réf. 13561Philadelphia: T. K. and P. G. Collins 1849. First Separate Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo pp. 432-654 complete as issued. Illustrated with two folding charts. A good copy in the publisher's brown cloth with a large chip to the top of the spine affecting part of the stamped title. Ex-American Philosophical Society library with a small label to the spine and their stamp on the title page else unblemished internally. A presentation copy SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Dr. Isaac Parrish a prominent member of the committee and a leading Philadelphia doctor and social reformer on the front free endpaper possibly in a secretarial hand: "To Library Amer Philos. Society from Dr. Isaac Parrish Member of the Committee." This extensive review of the condition of public health in American cities is an early example of organized public health advocacy in America. In-depth analyses of housing and sanitation infrastructure and hospital capacities are presented at length. The AMA had only been founded two years before this report in 1847 and began publishing its "Transactions" in 1848 still published today as the highly distinguished "JAMA". Thus this extensive report is one of the first large-scale studies produced by the AMA and represents a significant record of American medicine during a period of rapid change on the frontier rapidly crowding cities and the limited capacity of small local governments and a weak federal government to meet the challenges of widespread disease outbreaks. A lengthy eulogy for Dr. Parrish by Dr. Samuel Jackson presented to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was published by Lippincott in 1853 and lists Parrish's many accomplishments. He was an early Abolitionist as well as an advocate for prison reform and other difficult social questions of the day. He wrote at length on the problems and possible solutions to various sanitary conditions in his hometown of Philadelphia and advocated for better sanitation infrastructure. OCLC holdings for this offprint are muddled with some digital-only holdings difficult to distinguish from physical holdings. Nevertheless only perhaps a dozen or so copies are retained by institutions and presumably not a great many of these were printed. The first few volumes of the AMA's "Transactions" are quite scarce and desirable in commerce. T. K. and P. G. Collins hardcover
réf. 232413London: Duncombe nd. Duncombe's Only Correct Edition. Third Collection. Colred frontispiece of "Mr. Mathews as the French Postilion" by IRC i.e.Isaac Robert Cruikshank pp. iv 51-72. 1 vols. 8vo. Disbound else fine. Cruikshank Isaac Robert. Duncombe's Only Correct Edition. Third Collection. Colred frontispiece of "Mr. Mathews as the French Postilion" by IRC i.e.Isaac Robert Cruikshank pp. iv 51-72. 1 vols. 8vo. Duncombe unknown
réf. 232413London: Duncombe nd. Duncombe's Only Correct Edition. Third Collection. Colred frontispiece of "Mr. Mathews as the French Postilion" by IRC i.e.Isaac Robert Cruikshank pp. iv 51-72. 1 vols. 8vo. Disbound else fine. Cruikshank Isaac Robert. Duncombe's Only Correct Edition. Third Collection. Colred frontispiece of "Mr. Mathews as the French Postilion" by IRC i.e.Isaac Robert Cruikshank pp. iv 51-72. 1 vols. 8vo. Duncombe unknown books
réf. 309871Goshen CT: The Angler's & Shooter's Press 1981. No. 2 of 5 Out-of-Series Copies of the Large Paper De Luxe Edition on handmade Crown & Sceptre paper. With photoengraved frontispiece and an additional engraved title page specially produced by Richard Benson with calligraphy by Stephen Harvard and illustrations printed by The Meriden Gravure Company. 1 vols. 8vo. Original full red morocco with a six-color morocco onlay on upper cover panelled spine with gilt title t.e.g. others uncut by Gray Parrot with his label on rear pastedown. Very fine in original morocco-backed folding case. No. 2 of 5 Out-of-Series Copies of the Large Paper De Luxe Edition on handmade Crown & Sceptre paper. With photoengraved frontispiece and an additional engraved title page specially produced by Richard Benson with calligraphy by Stephen Harvard and illustrations printed by The Meriden Gravure Company. 1 vols. 8vo. In addition to the regular edition of 1250 numbered copies of this bibliography now recognized as a landmark volume in the history of American sporting publications there was a large paper state comprising the De Luxe edition of 26 lettered copies bound in black morocco and then five copies bound in red morocco out of series for the authors. Provenance: Harry Marschalk's copy signed by him with a note about the five special copies The Angler's & Shooter's Press unknown
réf. 309871Goshen CT: The Angler's & Shooter's Press 1981. No. 2 of 5 Out-of-Series Copies of the Large Paper De Luxe Edition on handmade Crown & Sceptre paper. With photoengraved frontispiece and an additional engraved title page specially produced by Richard Benson with calligraphy by Stephen Harvard and illustrations printed by The Meriden Gravure Company. 1 vols. 8vo. Original full red morocco with a six-color morocco onlay on upper cover panelled spine with gilt title t.e.g. others uncut by Gray Parrot with his label on rear pastedown. Very fine in original morocco-backed folding case. No. 2 of 5 Out-of-Series Copies of the Large Paper De Luxe Edition on handmade Crown & Sceptre paper. With photoengraved frontispiece and an additional engraved title page specially produced by Richard Benson with calligraphy by Stephen Harvard and illustrations printed by The Meriden Gravure Company. 1 vols. 8vo. In addition to the regular edition of 1250 numbered copies of this bibliography now recognized as a landmark volume in the history of American sporting publications there was a large paper state comprising the De Luxe edition of 26 lettered copies bound in black morocco and then five copies bound in red morocco out of series for the authors. Provenance: Harry Marschalk's copy signed by him with a note about the five special copies The Angler's & Shooter's Press unknown books
1953réf. 619975Leicester England: Strato 1953. Softcover. Near Fine. British edition. Cover by Richard Powers. Digest size pictorial wrappers. A bit of rubbing on front cover near fine. A slightly abridged version of the American edition that includes: "The King of the Elves" by Philip K. Dick "The Dream Makers" by Robert Bloch "Kid Stuff" by Isaac Asimov and more. A short-run science-fiction anthology edited by H.L. Gold. Despite a strong editor vision and an impressive list of contributors - Asimov Bloch Dick Ray Bradbury Philip José Farmer Frederik Pohl Theodore Sturgeon Damon Knight Richard Matheson - the magazine floundered in the crowded 1950s science-fiction market and folded after only 10 issues. Strato unknown books
1852réf. 323680Np 1852. 16pp. 8vo. Removed with remains of later wrappers along the gutter margins of the first and last pages. 16pp. 8vo. Scarce piece of campaign ephemera relating to the election of 1852 which pitted Democrat Pierce against the Whig Winfield Scott. Pierce won in an electoral landslide. Sabin 91531 unknown
1852réf. 323680Np 1852. 16pp. 8vo. Removed with remains of later wrappers along the gutter margins of the first and last pages. 16pp. 8vo. Scarce piece of campaign ephemera relating to the election of 1852 which pitted Democrat Pierce against the Whig Winfield Scott. Pierce won in an electoral landslide. Sabin 91531 unknown books
1844réf. 150908019Boston: J. K. Wellman 1844. Hardcover. Very Good. short work of devotional and moral instruction presented as an ancient Christian text allegedly discovered on the island of Patmos—the traditional site associated with the writing of the Book of Revelation. 12mo 15 x 10 cm. 72 pp. Original brown cloth binding. Front hinge is a little weak. Pages show a bit of foxing mostly llimited to prelims. Boston: J. K. Wellman hardcover
1988réf. 544592Boston: Partisan Review Inc. / Boston University 1988. Softcover. Near Fine. Volume LV Number 2. 184-349pp. Spine lightly sunned lower panel a bit rubbed and top corners bumped very good or better in printed wrappers. Contains fiction by Amos Oz and Isaac Bashevis Singer An interview with Czeslaw Milosz conducted by Rachel Berghash "Government of the Tongue" by Seamus Heaney and much more. Partisan Review, Inc. / Boston University unknown books
1963réf. 592366New York: Mercury Press 1963. Softcover. Near Fine. Periodical. Cover art by Ed Emsh. Pictorial wrappers. A couple tiny chips on front cover near fine. Contributions by: Robert A. Heinlein Isaac Asimov Fritz Leiber Jack Sharkey Joanna Russ Avram Davidson William Bankier Walter H. Kerr and more. Mercury Press unknown books
1963réf. 592464New York: Mercury Press 1963. Softcover. Very Good. Periodical. Cover art by Ed Emsh. Pictorial wrappers. A chip at bottom corner of rear wrap and last page crease on front cover very good. Contributions by: Robert A. Heinlein Isaac Asimov Fritz Leiber Jack Sharkey Joanna Russ Avram Davidson William Bankier Walter H. Kerr and more. Mercury Press unknown books
réf. 55409aafBasel, o.J., ca. 1850, in-12°, 56 S. Original-Broschüre.
1997réf. 16040NY: Harperprism. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0061055395 . Various illustrators. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Harperprism hardcover books
1781réf. C210025London: John Bell 1781. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. 5 operas bound in one. Octavo. viii 66; 4; 57; 52; 47; 68pp. Contemporary leather. Covers somewhat worn front board detached spine and backstrip cracked otherwise a good copy suitable for rebinding. John Bell, hardcover
1873réf. E19613New York: McLoughlin Bros 1873. Softcover. Near Fine. 24mo. in illustrated yellow wraps. Unpaginated 12 pp. with four partial page color lithos. Chapbook of verses for children part of the publisher's "Illuminated Texts for Sunday School Rewards". A bright example corner dampstain lower front wrap and a small foxed spots to the first page. McLoughlin Bros unknown
