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1929rif. 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
1832rif. 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
1840rif. 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
1842rif. 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
1842rif. 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
1900rif. 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
1840rif. 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
1842rif. 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
1842rif. 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
1881rif. 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
1851rif. 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
1950rif. 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
1929rif. 47974Paris: L'Edition d'Art 1929. Edition limited to 2400 copies this one of 2000 of the regular issue no. 1057 4to pp. 117 3; decorative title page illustrated initials and decorations throughout and 12 mounted color plates by Nielsen; slightly later full green morocco the binding unsigned incorporating stars in the top left corner of the upper cover and anacanthus leaves in the lower right corner gilt lettering direct on spine a.e.g.; lightly rubbed; near fine. L'Edition d'Art unknown books
1929rif. 45627Paris: L'Edition d'Art 1929. Edition limited to 2400 copies this one of 2000 of the regular issue no. 659 4to pp. 117 3; decorative title page illustrated initials and decorations throughout and 12 mounted color plates by Nielsen; original wrappers bound in; contemporary full unadorned vellum and slipcase the slipcase lacking the top edge; all else near fine. L'Edition d'Art unknown books
1778rif. 42819Venetiis: ex typographia Johannis Gatti . superiorum facultate 1778. Editio novissima folio 2 volumes in 1 pp. x 446; 458 22 Verba barbara ex Calepini 80 Vocabulario Italiano e Latino . per uso delle scuole di gramatica; primary title page printed in red and black and with woodcut vignette lexicon in double column appendices in triple column contemporary calf-backed paper-covered boards brown morocco label on spine; some rubbing and wear but generally a good sound copy or better. A late edition but under the editorship of the renowned philologist Jacobo Faccolati 1682-1769 who was both a philologist and lexicographer at Padua. His edition of Calepino was first published at Padua in 1718. It is here re-edited by Jean-Baptiste Gallicciolli. Labarre 210; Vancil p. 44. ex typographia Johannis Gatti ... superiorum facultate unknown books
2002rif. 43391N.p. 2002. Edition limited to 150 copies of which this is no. 127 folio bifolium plate laid in. Slightly warped from handling else near fine. Signed and inscribed by the editor . Not in OCLC as of September 2013. unknown books
1858rif. 44353Berlin: Ferd. Dümmler's Verlagsbuchhandlung 1858. Fourth edition 8vo pp. 56 8 ads; removed and in clear plastic wrappers some toning foxing and dampstaining else very good and sound. Grimm's famous essay on the origin of languages first published in 1851 and containing "the mature expression of all Grimm's thoughts on the philosophy of language" Jespersen. Ferd. Dümmler's Verlagsbuchhandlung unknown books
1734rif. 42907Hamburgi: Rudolphum Beneken 1734. 4to pp. 8 35 1 unpaginated lexicon in double column one folding plate wood cut head-pieces; full contemporary sheep blind-tooled spine in 7 compartments contemporary printed paper spine label cracked; illegible contemporary notes on front pastedown lacking front free endpaper else very good and sound. Serenius was chaplain to the Swedish embassy in London 1725-35 where he tried to strengthen the relations between Sweden and Great Britain. It was during this time that he began work on his dictionary. The preliminary essay "De veterum Sveo-gothorum cum Anglis usu et commercio dessertatio" by Ericus Benzelius highlights the parallels between Anglo-Saxon and Swedish and he acknowledges in his Preface the work of George Hickes John Hudson Henry Dodwell Thomas Smith and Sir Humfrey Wanley. Kennedy 2724; this edition not in Vancil or Zaunmüller. Rudolphum Beneken unknown books
1810rif. 42860Kjøbenhavn: Trykt paa den Gyldendalske Boghandlings Forlag 1810. 8vo 2 parts in one volume pp. 598 614; blackletter text in double column; contemporary speckled calf recently rebacked maroon gilt-lettered morocco spine label; blind-stamp of the British and Foreign Bible Society on ffep accomplished in manuscript pencil; about fine. Danish dictionary with German equivalents. OCLC locates 3 copies in North America. Not in Vancil. Trykt paa den Gyldendalske Boghandlings Forlag unknown books
1872rif. 34272London: Chatto and Windus 1872. 8vo pp. x 3 536 16 ads dated 1873; 19 plates a few pencil notations some very light foxing label scuffed else a very good copy in contemporary half black calf over marbled boards and red morocco label with gilt lettering on decorative spine raised bands. Chatto and Windus unknown books
1831rif. 27979London: John Murray 1831. First edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xvi 380; xi 1 415 1; later full speckled calf by Riviere red and green morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines marbled edges and endpapers; 19th-century bookplate; slightest rubbing else near fine. 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. Goldsmiths' 26788; Kress C.2842. John Murray unknown books
1931rif. 27772London: The Ulysses Bookshop 1931. First edition limited to 650 copies printed at the Sheval Press and signed by Coppard 8vo. pp. 9 73 9; 3 plates of facsimiles; ex-libris Northwestern University with bookplate mounted to front pastedown embossed stamp on title small inkstamps here and there throughout and with pocket and date due slip mounted to back endpapers; overall good and sound in original quarter linen over orange paper-covered boards printed paper label on spine the spine darkened the boards soiled and stained. The Ulysses Bookshop unknown books
1853rif. 6373Leipzig: S. Hirzel 1853. Second edition 8vo 2 vols. in 1 pp. xvi 726 continuous pagination; contemporary calf-backed pebble-grained cloth covered boards cracked joints rubbing; else very good. This work by Grimm is considered to be "the boldest and most far-reaching.the linguistic element is most distinctly brought forward. The subject of the book is.the history which lies hidden in the words of the German language--the oldest national history of the Teutonic tribes determined by means of language.His book will always be one of the most fruitful and suggestive that have ever been written" Encyclopedia Britannica. Forewards to first 1848 and second editions. From the library of George Stephens. S. Hirzel unknown books
1888rif. 26485New York: Natural Science Assn. of America 1888. Large 4to pp. 10 182; title-p. printed in red and black; engraved portrait frontispiece 119 chromolithograph plates "representing upwards of seven hundred different species and varieties of North American birds including a popular account of their habits and characteristics." Original maroon cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on upper cover t.e.g. the whole recased and rebacked in black pebble-grain cloth gilt-lettered direct on spine; tissue guards browning but otherwise a nice copy. Another edition of Nissen I 473; Sitwell Fine Bird Books 1700-1900 p.145. Natural Science Assn. of America unknown books
1757rif. 23854printed at Harg and Stenbro near Nykoping in Sweden by Pet. Momma 1757. 4to pp. 8 16 unpaginated lexicon in double column; full contemporary Swedish calf red morocco label; rebacked with old spine laid down endpapers renewed; spine quite rubbed but generally a good sound copy. With a 'Table of Terms of Trade and Navigation' and 'Words of Command and Sea-Terms' occupying 17pp. at the back and another on herbal terms occupying another 12pp. Serenius chaplin to the Swedish embassy in London 1725-35 where he tried to strengthen the relations between Sweden and Great Britain. It was during this time that he began work on his dictionary Dictionarium Suethico-Anglo-Latinum first published in Stockholm in 1741. Termed second edition the present work is basically a new undertaking being twice the size of the original with a much expanded emphasis on etymology. Serenius states in his preface that he has been influenced by Edward Lye and 'in a manner excited by the late lexicographer Mr. Johnson that prodigy of laboriousness and sagacity who in the preface to his excellent Dictionary complains of a scanty knowledge in northern literature É I must own that the judicious author is aright." This must be one of the earliest acknowledgements by a foreign lexicographer of the achievements of Johnson. Serenius does not say so but it seems likely that some of the etymologies were borrowed from him. unknown books
