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1842réf. 71154Providence: Benjamin F. Moore printer 1842. First edition 12mo pp. 9 6-171 1; original green cloth-backed green paper-covered boards stamped "R.I. Suffrage Question." in black on the upper cover as issued; occasional spotting and foxing; all else very good. This copy inscribed in pencil on the title page: "Capt. J. C. Hidden from the author." Jacob Frieze 1789-1880 a Universalist minister from New England was an early missionary to North Carolina. After retiring from the ministry he became a Rhode Island political journalist reporting on and participating in the events culminating in the Dorr War 1842. American Imprints 1920; Bartlett p. 129; Parks 363 noting the second edition only. Benjamin F. Moore, printer unknown books
1961réf. 71628The Hague: Europe Printing 1961. Facsimile edition of the 1829 St. Petersburg/Leipzig edition 4to pp. vi 1 x-xxiv 509 1; parallel text in Mongolian and German; full black cloth; corner bumped else fine. Europe Printing unknown books
1939réf. 71743Shanghai: Christian Literature Society 128 Museum Road 1939. First edition thus; 8vo pp. 110; original pictorial wrappers a bit toned but overall very good sound and clean. Ownership inscription "Hildebrand" on lower cover almost certainly either Beatrice and/or Thelma Hildebrand. Beatrice and Thelma Hildebrand twin sisters born February 10 1904 were Assemblies of God appointed missionaries to Southwest China in 1936. They first ministered in Kunming then moved to Luling where they established a church. Because of the outbreak of war they were evacuated in 1950 and returned stateside. Beatrice died in 1982 and Thelma in 1988. Ten stories from the Brothers Grimm in Chinese including Snow White The Golden Goose and Faithful John. "Z. K. Zia graduated from Soochow University with Bachelor of Arts degree in 1917 Auburn Seminary Auburn N.Y. in 1921 Boston University Boston Massachusetts with Master of Arts degree in 1922. Mr. Zia taught in Nanjing Seminary Nanjing from 1922 to 1923. He taught in Soochow University Comparative Law School between 1923 and 1924. Zia was an editor of the Young People's Friend a Monthly in 1924-1926. He was also a pastor of Fitch Memorial Church. Later he served as an editor of the Shining Light and also editor of People's Magazine all in Chinese" prabook.com. Not found in OCLC. Christian Literature Society, 128 Museum Road unknown books
1945réf. 70525Dayton: Beth Abraham United Synagogue Center 1945. 8vo pp. 8 55 1; gray printed paper wrappers; corners bumped contemporary owner's stamp near fine. Eighteen lectures extracted from three radio talk series delivered over Station WHIO between April 1944 and 1945 near the end of WWII. Agus was an influential liberal Conservative Masorti Rabbi and a strong advocate for interfaith dialogue. Beth Abraham United Synagogue Center unknown books
1771réf. 68810Utrecht: G. Van den Brink 1771. 8vo pp. 28 178; uncut; 5 folding tables and 29 folding plates; 20th-century blue calf-backed decorative paper-covered boards; a very good sound and clean copy. Engelman 1710-1782 was a Dutch doctor one of the directors of the Rijnland Water Board and an amateur meteorologist. In Van der Aa's Biographical Dictionary of the Netherlands it is mentioned that Engelman also wrote a book about ''snow figures'' snow crystals which was first published in Haarlem in 1747 and here in a second edition with a lengthy preface by Boddaert. G. Van den Brink unknown books
2006réf. 69129Leiden & Boston: Brill 2006. 8vo pp. xxix 1 900 2; 29 illustrations from photographs on rectos and versos of 8 plates 2 maps 7 diagrams in the text; fine in original pictorial yellow cloth. Issued as volume 12 in Brill's Tibetan Studies Library series edited by Henk Blezer Alex McKay Charles Ramble. Collections made as a result of Stein's four expeditions into Central Asia. Brill unknown books
1843réf. 69193New York: William Holdredge 1843. 12mo pp. 3-324; inserted engraved frontispiece and chromolithograph title page 16 wood-engraved plates on pink paper; original red cloth elaborately stamped in gilt on both covers and spine a.e.g.; light wear and foxing but otherwise a very good sound copy. First published in 1835 it is republished here in its entirety with two added chapters on the Opium Wars. Jacob Abbott 1803-1879 was an educator and a prolific writer of children's book "writing juvenile fiction brief histories biographies religious books for the general reader and a few works in popular science. He wrote 180 books and was a coauthor or editor of 31 more" Wikipedia. Among his best-known books are his Rollo series. Not in Lust. William Holdredge unknown books
1791réf. 69544London: J. Deighton 1791. Third edition 8vo pp. xii 206 2; rebound in modern green buckram gilt title on spine; "Aldine collection" stamp on verso of title page pencil annotation in text and another in ink on penultimate leaf final two leaves with a couple holes not affecting text some light foxing; good largely on account of the unfortunate rebind. Duché was a Pennsylvania born preacher who turned from Revolutionary to Loyalist during the Revolutionary War after his arrest by the British. After the war he was effectively exiled to London where he remained until 1792. ESTC T98030. J. Deighton unknown books
1876réf. 66225Berlin: Buchdruckerei der Konigl. Akademie der Wissenschaften G. Vogt 1876. 8vo offprint from Monatsbericht der Kgl. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin pp. 3609 1; text in German; drab paper wrappers; wrappers starting at joints a touch of foxing light pencil lines in outer margins good. Bernays served as chair of classical philology at the Jewish Theological Seminary of Breslau and then later as professor and librarian at the University of Bonn. Buchdruckerei der Konigl. Akademie der Wissenschaften (G. Vogt) unknown books
2002réf. 63669Washington D. C.: Air History and Museums Program 2002. First edition wrapper issue; 8vo pp. xiv 388; 2 maps 1 in color 15 figures and numerous illustrations mostly from photographs in the text; near fine in original pictorial wrappers. Air History and Museums Program unknown books
1736réf. 64429London: in the Savoy: printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling assigns of Edw. Sayer Esq; for J. J. and P. Knapton D. Midwinter A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch et al. 1736. Folio pp. 774; collating pi2 a2 B-9H2 9I1; lexicon in double column 4; full contemporary calf red morocco label on spine; upper joint cracked top of spine chipped level with text block label with single scratch affecting the letter 'A' in "Law" otherwise a very good copy. Includes "the history and antiquity of the law and our manners customs and original government collected and abstracted from all dictionaries abridgments institutes reports yearbooks charters registers chronicles and histories published to this time." Alston XVIII 198; Vancil p. 119; not in Zischka. in the Savoy: printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for J. J. and P. Knapton, D. Midwinter, A unknown books
2001réf. 61370New York: Sterling Publishing Co. Inc 2001. Large 8vo pp. 96; 88 illustrated puzzles; printed paper covered boards; fine dust jacket near fine with a touch of sticker residue. Sterling Publishing Co., Inc unknown books
2003réf. 60570Grand Junction Colorado: Rolling Tomes 2003. 99 issues in all no. 36 is in 3 parts: A B and C; 11" x 8½" each issue generally 6-8 pages; occasional illustrations original printed self-wrappers; three holes punched in the gutter and so bound in a 3-ring binder. Complete and near fine throughout. This was a newsletter published by Mick and Laurie McCuiston so that On the Tracks subscribers could have Dylan information between the three yearly publications of their fanzine. It offered a "comprehensive news coverage on concert dates TV appearances album releases new books gossip etc." The publication of Series of Dreams started in July 1993 and ended in 2003; it was monthly sent untill May 1995 issue #23. Then there were only 8-9 mailings a year. See comewritersandcriticsdotcom. Rolling Tomes unknown books
1929réf. 59534Oslow: Eberh. B. Oppi 1929. Four volumes in two 8vo pp. 158; 154; 160; 159 1; text in Norwegian in two columns text illustrations throughout; half brown morocco over marbled boards; gilt title on spine; spines rubbed text clean and sound very good. A humorous newsletter for an imaginary town. Eberh. B. Oppi unknown books
1832réf. 58730Philadelphia: Carey & Lea 1832. First American edition 8vo pp. xii 1 10-427 1; full contemporary sheep; boards starting light foxing tidestain on lower corner a puncture through about 75 pages touching text but not affecting legibility good William Jacob 1762-1851 was appointed to the comptrollership of corn returns in 1822. "On the suggestion of Huskisson Jacob undertook an inquiry into the production and consumption of the precious metals. This work shows great research but is defective which may be attributed partly for the more recent periods to the insufficient historical information available then" Palgrave II 471. Kress C.3181. Carey & Lea unknown books
1840réf. 55347Providence: printed by B.T. Albro 1840. First edition 12mo pp. 11 1; bottom half of text dampstained throughout stitching broken; good. "The formation of this Association was the beginning of the great movement for the extension of suffrage and formation of a Constitution in Rhode Island. It was drawn up by Jacob Friese" Sabin quoting Bartlett. At the time more than half of the adult males were denied the vote. The suffragists intended to test whether in fact the U.S. Constitution guaranteed to every State a republican form of government. The Association in fact determined to by-pass the General Assembly and to draft and ratify a written constitution for the state. See Patrick Conley's study of the Dorr Rebellion contained in Democracy in Decline 1977. Thomas Dorr himself remained aloof from the Association until May 1841. American Imprints 5751; Bartlett p. 129; Sabin 70739. Three in OCLC: URI RI Historical and AAS. printed by B.T. Albro unknown books
1842réf. 55751Providence: Benjamin F. Moore printer no. 19 Market Street up stairs 1842. 12mo pp. 9 10-179 1; original green paper-covered boards stamped "R.I. Suffrage Question." in black on the upper cover green cloth shelf-back; edges rubbed; very good. Benjamin F. Moore, printer, no. 19 Market Street, up stairs unknown books
1842réf. 56772Providence: Benjamin F. Moore printer 1842. First edition 12mo pp. 9 6-171 1; original brown cloth stamped in gilt on the upper cover; spine ends cracked and chipped else very good and sound. Jacob Frieze 1789-1880 a Universalist minister from New England was an early missionary to North Carolina. After retiring from the ministry he became a Rhode Island political journalist reporting on and participating in the events culminating in the Dorr War 1842. American Imprints 1920; Bartlett p. 129; Parks 363 noting the second edition only. Benjamin F. Moore, printer unknown books
1900réf. 55994Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1900. First edition 8vo; pp. 8 267 1; original navy-blue cloth; gilt lettering on front cover and spine; frontispiece of Col. George E. Waring Jr.; 11 half-tone plates; spine extremities and corners slightly scuffed; ex-Merriam Public Library with their bookplate and accession sticker on spine; small deaccession stamps on front and rear endsheets; otherwise very good. Most well-known for his 1890 exposé How the Other Half Lives "Riis was a Danish-American social reformer "muckracking" journalist and social documentary photographer. He contributed significantly to the cause of urban reform in America at the turn of the twentieth century" Wikipedia. Riis and the photographers he employed were among the first Americans to utilize flash photography. Houghton, Mifflin and Company unknown books
1840réf. 56337Providence: printed by B. T. Albro 1840. 8vo pp. 29 1; modern wrappers; very good. Nathaniel Miller was among the first cataract surgeons in America. American Imprints 3379; Sabin 34175 note. printed by B. T. Albro unknown books
1842réf. 55919Providence: Benjamin F. Moore printer 1842. First edition 12mo pp. 9 6-171 1; original green cloth-backed green paper-covered boards printed paper label on upper cover; ex-Newport Historical Society released with its pressure stamp on title page and last page of text; occasional spotting and foxing; all else very good. With the ownership signature on the title page of "B. Diman." Jacob Frieze 1789-1880 a Universalist minister from New England was an early missionary to North Carolina. After retiring from the ministry he became a Rhode Island political journalist reporting on and participating in the events culminating in the Dorr War 1842. American Imprints 1920; Bartlett p. 129; Parks 363 noting the second edition only. Benjamin F. Moore, printer unknown books
1842réf. 54602Philadelphia: published at the Assay Office of the Mint 1842. First edition 4to pp. 4 iv 1 6-220; inserted half-title printed in silver on glazed paper and 16 composite plates printed on glazed paper; original brown cloth stamped in gilt on the upper cover; small snag at the top of the spine and the cloth binding a little dull; the plates are all bound at the back of the volume in 4 sequential gatherings and the bulk of the plates has caused these gatherings to become extended; otherwise a complete copy with a clean text block and an interesting provenance: on the front free endpaper is the first owner's inscription "Rud. F. Kelker / April 21 1843 / bot. of Eckfeldt & Dubois / United States Mint" and on the top of the title page "Rud. F. Kelker / April 21 1843 / bot. of Eckfeldt & Dubois / United States Mint / paid $5.00." Bookplate of Rudolph F. Kelker Harrisburg Pa. A landmark work in American numismatics. The authors were assayers of the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. For nearly two decades it was the only practical guide available to American coin collectors. It was also the first work to illustrate the 1804 dollar and was one of the earliest works to combine photography electrotyping and the metal rolling machine for illustrative purposes. Sabin 21787. published at the Assay Office of the Mint unknown books
1881réf. 53922Cumberland Maryland: Book and Job Printing Establishment of J. J. Miller 1881. Third edition 8vo pp. 120; original brown cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover; spine a bit sunned else near fine. The Frank C. Deering copy with his leather bookplate on the front free endpaper. Bookplate removed from front pastedown but with a sheet bearing John J. Jacob's signature tipped in over it; laid in is an autograph manuscript poem by Jacob with 6 quatrains titled "The Lover to his Mistress on Her Birthday" signed "J.J.J."; also laid in is a one-page A.L.s. from Jacob's grand-daughter regarding her books and a photograph of him. "This biography of Cresap was written to refute Jefferson's account in Notes on Virginia of Cresap's tendency to murder Indians especially in the famous case of the Indian Logan and his defenseless family. The immediate occasion for this . book written by the revolutionary officer late clergyman who had married Cresap's widow was the reopening of old sores by Doddridge in his then recently published Notes of 1824. The defense is complete and the biography is of absorbing interest" Streeter III 1335 for the first edition of 1826. Book and Job Printing Establishment of J. J. Miller unknown books
1851réf. 54192New York: George P. Putnam 1851. 8vo pp. 6 72 2 2 ads 2 ads 6 ads on yellow paper; 5 plates; original brown cloth gilt-stamped upper cover; a few cracks in the cloth along the hinges neatly repaired with small strips of cellotape; otherwise a very good copy. An early reference work on gold coins from California and other states issued for collectors and those dealing in the money trade. The authors were assayers of the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. The first edition of this work issued in 1850 contained several samples of genuine California gold ore and is notably scarce. This revised edition was issued without the samples but contains new material on the California gold situation and California coins; Mormon coins; and other West Coast imprints. There are 5 handsome engraved plates at the end of the book showing gold coins from California and the west coast; Mormon coins; gold ingots; mining company issues; coins from Central America; and much more. The second half of the book written by Du Bois is devoted to ancient coins in the U.S. Mint's private collection including coins from the Roman Empire Persia the Byzantine era and more. This collection was formed in 1838 with Du Bois serving as its first curator. Cowan p. 76; Kuritz 217b; Sabin 21788. George P. Putnam unknown books
1950réf. 51411New York: The Typophiles 1950. Edition limited to 420 copies small 8vo pp. viii 6 60 2; 8 plates plus illus. in text designed and printed by Taylor & Taylor. Fine copy in orig. cloth. "First documented biography" of the inventor of the Columbian "America's first important contribution to printing. The Typophiles unknown books
