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1990ref. 130061Maryknoll: Orbis Books 1990. Paperback. xvi 152p. signed and inscribed in Spanish by Sandoval to the owner who has signed his name above the inscription corner of cover crimpedotherwise a very good first edition trade paperback in black pictorial wraps. Orbis Books paperback books
2000ref. 134276Paris: Albin Michel 2000. Paperback. 515p. stiff wraps with dj very good. French edition of the Uganda-born author's novel. Albin Michel paperback books
1989ref. 109043Washington: National Academy Press 1989. Hardcover. xiii 589p. preface summary notes conclusions bibliographies essays index illustrated with tables and figures very good first edition in laminated hardcovers. National Academy Press hardcover books
1870ref. 21459London and Berlin: Asher & Co 1870. First edition. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. XIII 146 pp. in English XV in Arabic 132 pp. in Hebrew. Red cloth with gold lettering on spine. Signature of the late Leon J. Leibreich the influential Professor of Theology at Hebrew Union College who has a prize for liturgy endowed in his name on title page. Work was originally written in Arabic by Judah ben David Hayyuj. This book includes both the Hebrew translation by Moses Gikitilia of Cordova and the English translation by John W. Nutt. Minor age wear to exterior. Binding has been expertly reinforced with green binder's tape along front endpapers. Book is in very good condition. Judah ben David Hayyuj c. 945 - 1000 was a Spanish-Jewish grammarian. His thorough knowledge of Arabic grammatical literature led him to apply to the Hebrew grammar the theories elaborated by Arabic grammarians and thus to become the founder of the scientific study of that discipline. The preceding scholars had found the greatest difficulty in accounting by the laws of Hebrew morphology for the divergences existing between the regular or so-called "strong" verbs and the "weak" verbs. A hopeless confusion appeared to reign here in Hebrew; and much ingenuity was spent in endeavoring to discover the principles that controlled the conjugation of the verbs. To substantiate his theories he wrote the treatises upon which his reputation chiefly rests the Kitab al-Af'al Dhawat Huruf al-Lin The Book of Verbs Containing Weak Letters and Kitab al-Af'al Dhawat al-Mathalain The Book of Verbs Containing Double Letters which comprise this particular book. Asher & Co hardcover books
1824ref. 0070411824: Henry Moses 1824. First Edition. Cloth. Good. Oblong 18.5 by 27 cm. Eleven plates including title page. Plates depict ships harbors docks all with people included in the views. The artwork is finely detailed and besides being beautifully scenic gives a vivid sense of how harbors looked at the time and the life around them. A curiosity is the title gives an 1824 date but the plates which have small captions at the base of the images generally give 1825 dates March 1 1825. Condition: title page heavily toned. All plates including title have foxing as we believe is always found in this collection. Cloth binding somewhat rubbed and has moderate wear. Henry Moses unknown books
2000ref. 1386111Delran: The Legal Classic Library 2000. Special edition. Hardcover. Octavo xi 451 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is black with gold print raised bands. Boards in black leather gilt decorative design. Text block has gilt edges gold ribbon marker. Illustrations: b&w frontispiece. Reprint of first edition: Longman Rees Orme Brown and Green London 1827. Booklet laid in: "Notes from the Editors" 19 pages. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column N. 1386111. FP New Rockville Stock. The Legal Classic Library hardcover books
2018ref. 62949Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2018. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. xxxix 317pp index. Very good hardback bound in publisher's boards and issued without a jacket. Underlining to pages 313-316 else internally fine. Cambridge University Press hardcover books
2010ref. 35552LA: Ferus Gallery 2010. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. Three small catalogs held together by printed red bellyband. Ferus Gallery paperback books
1976ref. 79179Middletown:: Wesleyan University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 0819520810 . A collection of poems. Stated first edition. Near fine in a very good light edge wear dust jacket. . Wesleyan University Press, hardcover books
1968ref. 69429Middletown:: Wesleyan University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. Hardcover. A collection of poems. Second printing. Near fine in a very good age toning along the spine dust jacket. . Wesleyan University Press, hardcover books
1953ref. 31763NY: Modern Library. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover. Modern Library number 203. Translated from the Greek. A later printing. Very good in a very good strips of age toning along the fore and top edges of the rear panel light shelf wear dust jacket. . Modern Library hardcover books
1995ref. 27386NY: Philomel Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0399226877 . Seventh printing thus. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Philomel Books hardcover books
1829ref. 8887Portland 1829. No Binding. Very Good. 50 ¾ x 40 ¼ inches. Steel engraving. Original wash color refreshed; expertly conserved re-mounted on new linen; a few cracks & marginal mends but fine for this kind. The very rare three copies cited in OCLC first edition of this excellent map of Maine by the state's first mapmaker. An exceptionally well-preserved example. Unlike many early American state maps that struggled to get completed Greenleaf's received a warm commendation from the state legislature even before it was published and the mapmaker was granted $1000 to aid him in finishing the map. Greenleaf later received $640 from the legislature for 40 copies of the map that were obtained for state use a remarkable $16 per copy. Perhaps the large number of copies sold for official rather than private use helps account for the map's present rarity. The map was originally intended to accompany an atlas and survey of the state that Greenleaf published the same year but very few complete sets of the three items are known to have survived. Greenleaf appears to have taken special care in the production of this map. Although published in Portland Maine Greenleaf employed as engravers for this work the estimable J. H. Young and F. Dankworth both of whom produced major works for the firms of S. A. Mitchell and others. This precisely detailed map which shows ten counties in different colors provides state county town and township boundary lines. The state's many rivers lakes ponds and even falls are shown as are roads and elevations. The map was re-published in 1844 by Greenleaf's son and namesake from the same plates but with emendations and several times thereafter. Greenleaf published two earlier maps of the state in 1815 and 1820 but the present work was by far his finest. Ristow W. American Maps and Mapmakers pp. 95-96; Catalogue Raisonne Important Maine Maps. Auction Catalogue for Thompson Collection Auction Robert E. Croul 2003 lot 119. unknown books
1994ref. 1380281Baltimore: Maryland Token and Medal Society Inc 1994. Softcover. Booklet 8.5 Width x 11 Height Inches. In Very Good condition. Light beige paper wrappers. Wrappers have mild age toning and minor wear to the edges. Black lettering to the front. Text block has very slight age toning to the edges. Profusely illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Quarto and Folio Case. 1380281. FP New Rockville Stock. Maryland Token and Medal Society, Inc unknown books
ref. 3387Hartford: Published under the Authority of The General Assembly By Hudson & Goodwin 1812 or 1813. Engraved By Abner Reed E. Windsor. Hand-colored engraving 36.5" x 44.25" plus margins dissected and mounted on linen folding into original 8vo covers half red leather and marbled paper boards gilt title "Connecticut" and gilt rules at spine. CONDITION: Good spotting mainly in the lower left quadrant which seems to be endemic to case map examples as evident in copies at Harvard and the Library of Congress which can be viewed online. The first state of this scarce important and very fine map of Connecticut offered here in desirable case map form with beautiful original color. This large and impressive map depicts the entire state of Connecticut as well as narrow portions of adjacent states the whole of Long Island Sound and part of Long Island. A circular cartouche incorporating the Connecticut coat-of-arms appears in the lower right corner along with a fine calligraphic dedication to Governor Roger Griswold. A handsome compass rose with a fleur-de-lis directional is situated in Long Island Sound near New Haven. A key in the upper left margin identifies some thirty-five points of interest including churches academies court houses gun & pistol factories paper mills distilleries glass works ore beds light houses etc. The last item listed is "Humphrysville - The first extensive successful woolen mill in the country." According to Thompson there is an apparently later state of the map in which this note had been transferred to the site of present day Seymour. Also noted by Thompson are the turnpike roads a recent development and apparently the first to appear on an American map. Warren & Gillett undertook the first survey of the state since William Blodget's map of 1792 carrying out much of the field work themselves but also as Ristow points out likely incorporating manuscript maps from local surveyors as well as other locally provided data. "Though the publication of this map was a private venture the survey had an official sanction. At the May session 1811 of the Connecticut legislature a resolution was passed authorizing Hudson & Goodwin 'at their own expense to prepare and publish from actual survey a map of this state and for that purpose the petitioners are authorised.to pass over the land of individuals in the state.and empowered to examine the records of the state'" Thompson. As the authoritative map of the state the Warren & Gillet map served as the prototype for other maps of Connecticut into the 1840s. Although cataloged by Thompson and others as 1812 the date of publication of this map is somewhat unclear. The inscription to Governor Griswold reads in part "Respectfully Inscribed By the Publishers. Hartford February 1812" but the copyright date is 1813. Also the last governor listed is John Cotton Smith who succeeded Griswold in 1813. Moses Warren 1762-1835 was born in Hopkinton Rhode Island but soon moved with his family to East Lyme Connecticut. He served as a sergeant in the Revolutionary War and surveyed the Western Reserve in 1796. Warren's partner George Gillet 1771-1853 was born in Hebron Connecticut. He was appointed surveyor general of Connecticut following publication of this map. A splendid early map of Connecticut. REFERENCES: Thompson Maps of Connecticut 52; Ristow American Maps & Mapmakers pp. 96-98. Hartford: Published under the Authority of The General Assembly, By Hudson & Goodwin, 1812 [or 1813]. Engraved By Abner Reed, E. unknown books
1832ref. 001352Concord NH: Published by M. G. Atwood 1832. Second printing ; 2 1/2 x 4; pp. 16; brown illustrated wraps bound with a string; a bit of age-toning to lower half of front wraps; a few small nicks and cuts along spine; minor foxing to pages; illustrated with woodcuts; very good. An early children's book and number 3 in Atwood's natural history series it teaches children interesting facts about a variety of wild and domestic animals including elephant sheep lion dog monkey and others. Concord, NH: Published by M. G. Atwood paperback books
1880ref. 1303024Paris/Leipzig: Verlag von Mme Syb. M. Hess Wittwe 1880. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 182 1 pages; VG; rebound in red cloth gilt lettering to spine; ex-library US Air Force to front pastedown; stamp on half-title page for a Professor in Berlin; with five folding plates plus the gravure frontispiece; mild age-toning to pages moderate to plates; text in German; scarce; shelved case 10. Moses Moshe Hess 1812-1875 was a French-Jewish philosopher and a founder of Labor Zionism. His socialist theories predicated on racial struggle led to conflict with Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. 1303024. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Verlag von Mme Syb. M. Hess Wittwe hardcover books
1970ref. 100589NY:: Samuel Weiser. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. Translated from the Hebrew by The Research Centre of Kabbalah. First edition thus. Near fine in a near fine tiny chip at the crown of the spine dust jacket. ; 232 pages . Samuel Weiser, hardcover books
1786ref. 969Berkeley & Jefferson Counties Virginia now West Virginia: not published 1786 - 1842. Group of ten folio manuscript documents and one partially printed document completed in manuscript involving the real estate transactions of Charles & John Yates in the upper Shenandoah Valley. Approximately 29 pp. in total all docketed. Each exhibits expected wear including original folds with associated splits and separations one document with a small area of archival tissue repair creasing tears small losses occasionally briefly affecting text soiling toning and foxing. Charles Yates 1728 - 1809 emigrated from England in 1748 first to New York and then in 1752 to Fredericksburg Virginia. A prosperous merchant and importer he was also deeply involved in real estate speculation in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties now West Virginia. Advancing in years unmarried and childless he solicited his brother John Orfeur Yates of Liverpool to send one of his sons as heir apparent. Young John Yates 1779 - 1851 then 13 years old arrived in 1792. Educated at the College of New Jersey and William and Mary John with wife Julia took up residence about 1807 at Walnut Grove his uncle's hunting lodge on some 912 acres near Charlestown in Berkeley County. Yates remained in the vicinity until his death. Quoting from Memorials of a Family in England and Virginia AE Terrill 1887 page 337 "As a citizen in his adopted country Mr Yates was active and liberal using his means and his influence in the encouragement of public improvements; more especially the making a better roads the starting of manufactories and establishing the system of free schools." Most if not all of the documents revolve around 2071 acres of land originally granted in 1751 by Thomas Lord Fairfax to Thomas Rutherford. Encompassing what became known as the Flowing Springs tract the collection sheds light on a complicated history beginning with the acquisition in 1786 of 755 acres by Charles Yates via William Orr a proxy from Robert Rutherford who apparently defaulted on a loan. Particularly interesting is a survey with large plat map accomplished in December 1812 involving a division of the lands of John Peyton 1729 - 1804 Peyton a son in law of Robert Rutherford apparently acquired the land in 1795. Additionally the documents contain the signatures of several significant participants in the French and Indian War the American Revolution or the War of 1812 including Thomas Rutherford Philip Pendleton Moses Hunter James Singleton Henry St George Tucker and George Hite. Includes: Berkeley County December 1 1786 Indenture 4 pp Charles Yates & William Orr in which Yates conveys 755 acres to Orr part of a tract of 2071 acres which was the subject of a decree issued at County Court of Frederick "May sessions last" regarding default of Robert Rutherford. Orr purchased the the land at auction for "three thousand two hundred & sixty five pounds." Signed by Charles Yates Thomas Rutherford brother of Robert Rutherford Philip Pendleton Moses Hunter and William Simpson. Berkeley County December 2 1786 Indenture 3 pp Charles Yates & William Orr in which Yates buys back the 755 acres purchased the day before at auction by Orr "which said tract of land is part of the 2071 acres late the property of a certain Robert Rutherford and which was sold by him the said Charles Yates on the fourth day of August last part to the said William Orr by virtue of a decree of the County Court of Frederick in Chancery on a certain matter of controversy then and there depending between the said Charles Yates complainant and the said Robert Rutherford defendant and which now conveyed by him the said Charles Yates onto the said William Orr by deed …" Signed by Orr Philip Pendleton Thomas Rutherford Thomas Simpson and William Sovell. Jefferson County February 12 1811 Agreement 3 pp between John Yates and Jesse Stall in which "the true course of a dividing line between the lands of the subscribers" is established Signed by Yates Stall and George Hite. Jefferson County December 17 1812 Survey with large plat map 3pp Folio 32" x 26" two sheets joined "The above plat represents a survey and division of the lands of John Peyton commonly known by the name of Flowing Spring tract executed pursuant to a decree of the Chancery District Court holden at Staunton the whole containing one thousand five hundred & thirty-five acres …" Adjacent to the plat is a list of 8 beneficiaries to the division all Peytons. Signed by surveyor William Castleman John Yates James Singleton Joseph W Davis and Rich Baylor. Jefferson County 1813 Survey with plat map 2 pp "At the request of John Yates Esq a tract of land in Jefferson County …" The docket describes this as the "Washington tract" Signed by surveyor William M. McPherson. McPherson was the first surveyor of Jefferson County after the split from Berkeley Jefferson County December 11 1813 Survey with plat map 2pp reflecting the sale of 130 acres to Adam Gather by John Yates Signed by surveyor Mark Hornsey. Jefferson County December 11 1813 Survey with plat map 2pp reflecting the remainder of land 77 acres after sale of 130 acres to Adam Gather. "This tract of land of timber land purchased by John Yates from George S. Washington remaining after sale of the other part to Adam Gather …" George Steptoe Washington was the nephew of President Washington. Signed by surveyor Mark Hornsey. Jefferson County November 4 1814 Indenture partially printed completed in manuscript 2pp in which John Yates purchases 118 acres from Robert O. Grayson and wife Marguerite Susan Grayson. Signed by both Graysons George Hite Edward McGuire and Lewis Hoff Jefferson County January 23 1837 Indenture 4 pp in which John Yates purchases from Abraham Snyder wife Susannah and daughter Elisha "a certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in the said County of Jefferson which is part of a larger tract of land called the Flowing Spring tract formerly belonging to John Peyton deceased …" An interesting addendum suggests some controversy: "We Richard Williams and William F Lock Justices of the Peace in the county aforesaid in the State of Virginia do hereby certified Susanna Snyder the wife of Abraham Snyder partner to a certain deed bearing date on the 23rd day of January 1837 and hereto annexed personally appeared before us in our county aforesaid and being examined privately and apart from her husband and having the deed fully explained to her she the said Susannah Snyder acknowledged the same to her act and deed and declared she had willingly signed sealed and delivered the same and wished not to retract it …" Signed by the Snyders Rich Williams and William F Lock. Jefferson County April 1842 Survey with plat map 2 pp "Yates to Alexander Beginning at a point in the center of the Winchester and Potomac Rail Road …" Signed by surveyor James M Brown. Jefferson County May 5 1842 Indenture Deed of Release 4 pp Henry St. George Tucker trustee Ann T. Hite John S Davison and Philip Williams to John Yates regarding "certain lots of land in Jefferson County Virginia - being part of the "Flowing Spring Mill" tract late the property of John Peyton … containing three hundred and fifty acres …" Signed by Tucker Hite Davison and Williams and Justices of the Peace George Spooner and John K Jones Jefferson County and John Magill and Jas Neill Frederick County. not published books
1956ref. 5965Rome: Istituto poligrafico dello stato 1956. First English language edition. Good. 27 cm; 195 pages and 42 plates folding map. Bound in color illustrated wraps. Worn along joints and at spine ends. Discolored at edges. Istituto poligrafico dello stato paperback books
1974ref. 1228London & San Juan Puerto Rico: Children of God 1974. 8vo 9 & 4 pp. plus covers. Publisher's pictorial wraps. OCLC locates a single copy published in Sydney Australia without the appended separately paginated "Dropouts!" accession number 897210517; University of Melbourne. Soft vertical crease throughout toned modest edge wear otherwise very good. The notorious David Berg 1919 - 1994 founded a Christian cult in 1968 originally known as "Teens for Christ" later "Children of God " and currently "The Family International." Finding adherents among counterculture youth in Southern California Berg promoted the concept of "Flirty Fishing" defined by the Urban Dictionary as "a form of religious prostitution practiced by the Children of God from 1974 until it was officially discontinued in 1987 due in part to the AIDS scare. Its etymology can be traced to Matthew 4:19 where Jesus says "Follow me and I will make you fishers of men." Children of God books
1870ref. 72335Madison: Atwood & Culver. Very Good. 1870. Softcover. Strong Moses M. ANNUAL ADDRESS BEFORE THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN. Madison Wis.: Atwood & Culver 1870. 38 pages yellow printed wrappers Good condition. . Atwood & Culver paperback books
1901ref. 67880St. Paul Minn.: Potter. Good. 1901. Hardcover. Ex-lib with bookplate and date due slip at the rear 456 pages covers lightly worn with a tender front hinge contents are bright and complete. . Potter hardcover books
1823ref. 66774Cincinnati: Looker & Reynolds. Very Good. 1823. First Edition. Hardcover. Guest Moses. POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS; TO WHICH ARE ANNEXED EXTRACTS FROM A JOURNAL KEPT BY THE AUTHOR WHILE HE FOLLOWED THE SEA AND DURING A JOURNEY FROM NEW-BRUNSWICK IN NEW JERSEY TO MONTREAL AND QUEBEC. Cincinnati: Looker & Reynolds 1823. First Edition in contemporary calf professionally rebacked retaining the original leather spine label and almost seamlessly done. Old foxing but a nice fresh copy. Guest came to Cincinnati in 1817 and the journal here in pages 83-160 contains early reminiscences of that city and of his travels. The opening poem is an acrostic dedicated to George Washington. . Looker & Reynolds hardcover books
1967ref. 50624New York: The New American Library. Very Good. 1967. Hardcover. New York: The New American Library 1967. First Printing. 199pp. a Fine copy in a Near Fine DJ. . The New American Library hardcover books
