Barker, JacobABAA
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1861Best.-Nr. 322790New York or Washington D.C. 1861. Portrait frontispiece engraved by J. Rogers 367pp. paginated erratically with added manuscript page numbers after page 111. 8vo. Half purple morocco and cloth rebacked. Bookbinder's label on the front pastedown A. D. Bloodgood. Portrait frontispiece engraved by J. Rogers 367pp. paginated erratically with added manuscript page numbers after page 111. 8vo. Comprises a 5-page epistolary Preface dated 25th July 1861 and addressed to his son Abraham with caption title as above followed by 22 sections including various appendices as detailed on p. 4 including: Brief and speech of Mr. Jacob Barker of New Orleans. 1857 -- United States Court of Claims. R.R. Ward Fitz G. Halleck and Jacob Little assignees of Jacob Barker vs. the United States. 1859 -- Court of Claims. Ward and others vs. the United States: brief of Jacob Barker counsel for plaintiffs 1859 -- R.G. i.e. R.R. Ward Fitz G. Halleck and Jacob Little assignees of Jacob Barker vs. the United States: brief of Jacob Barker counsel for plaintiffs on the rehearing granted the 16th March 1859 -- Court of Claims. R.R. Ward and others assignees of Jacob Barker Washington the last week in March 1860 : substance of the speech of Jacob Barker . 1860 -- To the honorable the members of the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled : the petition of R.R. Ward Jacob Little and Firz G. Halleck assignees of Jacob Barker . 1861; etc. Each of the sections was evidently separately printed and here collected for distribution by Barker to present his case. His claims centered on non-payment of a $5 million loan he gave the U.S. government during the War of 1812: "My advanced age approaching 82 years admonishes me to place before the world a full history of the wrongs which have been done me by the officials to whom our national affairs have been intrusted" Preface. American banker financier and insurance lawyer Barker 1779-1871 founded the Exchange Bank of New York in 1815 was an early investor in the New York Life and Fire Insurance Company for which he was later charged with fraud which was eventually dismissed and a member of the New York State Senate. He removed to New Orleans in the 1830s and became an insurance lawyer but by 1867 his fortunes had dwindled and he declared bankruptcy. unknown books
1955Best.-Nr. 178676Rochester NY: Aperture 1955. First edition. Softcover. A text only issue of this long running photographic periodical that is now in it's eighth decade Includes articles and reviews by Beaumont Newhall Jacob Deschin Dorothy Norman Barbara Morgan and others. An about very good copy in stapled wrappers with a stain to the front cover that has bleed through to the first page. Uncommon in any condition. Aperture unknown books
1973Best.-Nr. 175737Washington DC: The Corcoran Galery of Art 1973. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran December 15 1973 through January 27 1974. Includes 35 black and white illustrations biography and bibliography. A very good copy in stapled wrappers with some slight soiling. The Corcoran Galery of Art unknown books
1840Best.-Nr. 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
1842Best.-Nr. 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
1842Best.-Nr. 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
1927Best.-Nr. 320297New York: Joseph P. Day 1927. Each property with photo llustration. 13 pp. 4to. Grey wrappers. Fine tipped in newspaper artricle at front saying the properties brought $1423 000. Each property with photo llustration. 13 pp. 4to. With a flyer for 40 acres in Bedford Hills NY auction on Feb. 15 1927 laid in. WH/9/alex Box 1/69/1 Joseph P. Day unknown books
1900Best.-Nr. 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
1840Best.-Nr. 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
1842Best.-Nr. 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
1993Best.-Nr. 171878Washington DC: National Museum of American Arts Smithsonian Institution 1993. First edition. Softcover. 179 pages. Published in conjunction for an traveling exhibition. Curated by Walter Hopps. Essays by William C. Agee and Avis Berman. Includes 132 illustrations of which 100 are in color list of plates chronology list of previous exhibitions works in public collections and bibliography. A near fine copy in wrappers with some very minor wear. National Museum of American Arts, Smithsonian Institution unknown books
1999Best.-Nr. 167374New York and Scottsdale AZ: Hudson Hills Press in association with Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art 1999. First edition. Softcover. 163 pages. Published in conjunction a traveling exhibition. Text by Arthur C. Danto Mary Jane Jacob and Patterson Sims. Includes 45 color plates and numerous other illustrations checklist list of previous exhibitions selected bibliography and index. A clean very near fine copy in wrappers. Hudson Hills Press in association with Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art unknown books
1826Best.-Nr. 316088Cumberland MD: Printed for the Author by J.M. Buchanan 1826. First edition. 8vo. Contemporary half roan and marbled boards spine lettered in gilt. Covers scuffed and worn small semicircular portion of rear cover fire damaged with loss wear extending into final 25 pages at top margin touching a few letters text foxed and faintly dampstained some contemporary pen annotations 1839 ownership inscription on front free endpaper. First edition. 8vo. First edition of this defense of colonial frontiersman Captain Cresap 1742-1775 whom Jefferson echoing others blamed for the murder of the family of the Mingo war chief James Logan during Lord Dunmore's War. Cresap has since been exonerated and the Virginian Daniel Greathouse is now blamed for the massacre of Logan's family. "This biography of Cresap was written to refute Jefferson's account in NOTES ON VIRGINIA.The immediate occasion for this now rare book written by the revolutionary officer later clergyman who had married Cresap's widow was the reopening of old sores by Joseph Doddridge in his then recently published NOTES ON THE SETTLEMENT AND INDIAN WARS OF THE WESTERN PARTS OF VIRGINIA & PENNSYLVANIA FROM THE YEAR 1763 UNTIL THE YEAR 1783 INCLUSIVE of 1824. The defense is complete and the biography is of absorbing interest" Streeter. Streeter Sale 1335; Howes J32; Graff 2185; Sabin 35488; Siebert Sale 379 Printed for the Author, by J.M. Buchanan unknown books
1842Best.-Nr. 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
1979Best.-Nr. 89750Le Caire: Institut Francais d'Archeologie Orientale du Caire 1979. Paperback. Very Good. illustrations 14 numbered leaves of plates viii 120p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28cm. Mostly French text with some Arabic. Bibliotheque d'Etudes Coptes tome XV 1979. Institut Francais d'Archeologie Orientale du Caire paperback books
1929Best.-Nr. 317435London: Alfred A. Knopf 1929. First American edition. Illustrated. Folding map at end. 298pp. 8vo. Bound in modern three quarters mottled brown calf and marbled boards leather title label. Fine. First American edition. Illustrated. Folding map at end. 298pp. 8vo. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1881Best.-Nr. 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
1851Best.-Nr. 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
1940Best.-Nr. 88588Tientsin 1940. Reprinted in a reduced size. Hardcover. Good. illustrations xvi 339p. Contemporary hardcover binding. 23cm. Moderate cover soil and wear. Front joint reglued to deal with some chipping and splitting. Contents sound and clean. hardcover books
1832Best.-Nr. 305489New York 1832. 1/2 page. Docketed. Old folds. 1/2 page. Docketed. Olcott was the president of the Mechanics and Farmers' Bank of Albany N.Y. and a prominent figure in New York State politics and finance. Reads in part: " I have your letter of 4st & regret---not get the loan of 1200$. unknown books
1950Best.-Nr. 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
1839Best.-Nr. 306147Boston: Weeks Jordan and Company 1839. First Edition. Frontispiece and 4 plates. 180 pp. 12mo. Original brown ribbed cloth gilt stamped on upper cover. A brilliant copy with a modicum of foxing. Bookplate of Blairhame. Stamp of Charles C. Chase of Hopkinton N.H. and label of bequest to him in 1840. In brown cloth dropbox and leather label. First Edition. Frontispiece and 4 plates. 180 pp. 12mo. The seventh Rollo book. Weeks, Jordan, and Company unknown books
1774Best.-Nr. LV2001Paris:: Jos. Barbou 1774. 1774. Small 8vo. Collation: a8 A-2D8. Pagination: xvi 427 5 pp. Engraved frontispiece by Gravelot and De Longueil printer's device on title engraved head and tail pieces. Modern full calf blind tooled border gilt-stamped red morocco spine label all edges gilt recent endpapers; moderate browning and foxing notch in bottom margin of E3 with no effect on text. Very nice copy. Vaniere 1664-1739 some-times called "the Virgil of France" became a Jesuit and a highly regarded late Latin poet who was professor and rector of schools belonging to the Jesuits in Montpellier Toulouse and Auch. The present pastoral work regarding a country farm is considered to be his best Latin poem and some believed it raised him to the level of the best Latin poets of the period. The fourteenth poem is about bees. Other books offer poems on horses or cattle 3 of trees 5 & 6 seasonal work 7 & 8 garden 9 wine 11 farmyard 12 stagna ponds 15 and Vivarium: the warren and the park 16. Vaniere died at Toulouse while endeavoring to finish a Latin and French dictionary. Jos. Barbou, 1774. unknown books
1997Best.-Nr. 139844Basel: Architekturmuseum 1997. First edition. Oblong softcover. 55 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran May 31 through August 10 1997. Text in German by Ulrike Jehle-Schulte Strathaus and Hans-Peter Witt. An interesting side by side comparison of historic views of buildings compared to color images of them numerous years later. A very near fine copy in wrappers. Uncommon. Architekturmuseum unknown books
1817Best.-Nr. 256412New York 1817. Each 1-1/2 pp. Docketed. Folio. Fine. Old folds. Each 1-1/2 pp. Docketed. Folio. William Meredith was a lawyer President of the Schuylkill Bank and Secretary of the Treasury. unknown books
