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1865rif. 31223New York. May 5 1865. The main news in this edition concerns the ongoing events in the assassination of President Lincoln. A long story from Springfield Illinois reports on the arrival of the funeral procession and there are several stories about the pursuit of the conspirators in the President's murder. One story calls Jefferson Davis "a fugitive from justice with a price set on his head as an assassin." Another long piece brings news from the South as military action in the Civil War winds to a halt. The last page is taken up by an account of the Irish Independence movement and a profile of "Fenians at Home and Abroad." Large folio newspaper. Split along fold with loss to a few words. About very good unopened. unknown books
1865rif. 31127New York. April 29 1865. The assassination of President Lincoln on April 14 1865 came on the same day Gen. Joseph Johnston of the Confederacy contacted Sherman to discuss the suspension of operations under similar terms granted to Lee. The present issue of THE NEW YORK HERALD treats both events with an account of Johnston's actual surrender under desired terms along with a relation of the progress of Lincoln's funeral train across America. The previous day the President's body was in Cleveland on the 29th the body was in Columbus. A poignant slice of America at the close of the Civil War. Large folio newspaper. Tanned moderate foxing old folds. Very good. Long E.B. THE CIVIL WAR DAY BY DAY pp.675-76684. unknown books
1804rif. 27029New Haven: Printed for the General Committee of Republicans From Sidney's Press 1804. Commemorating the Louisiana Purchase An influential address on the acquisition of Louisiana highly partisan in outlook: "To federalists this territory for which they would have shed blood now seems a barren waste where no verdure quickens; but to us it appears fruitful abounding in broad rivers and streams producing whatever is necessary to our commerce with foreign nations." Shaw & Shoemaker distinguish two printings of this pamphlet the other originating from Hartford. It is just possible that they are one and the same printing. Modern half morocco and cloth. Small old circular blindstamp on titlepage. Light tanning and staining else very good. HOWES B472 "aa." SHAW & SHOEMAKER 5881. SABIN 5596. EBERSTADT 135:496. hardcover books
1989rif. 48669New York: Library of America 1989. Near Fine. New York: Library of America 1989. Special Edition Privately Printed for the members of the libraries of Gryphon Editions. Two octavo volumes 20.5cm; publisher's full blue gilt-tooled goat all edges gilt marbled endpapers; xix1898; xxxiii1787pp. Just About Fine. Volume I covers 1832 to 1858 including the Lincoln-Douglas Debates. Volume II covers 1859 to 1865 including presidential messages and proclamations. Library of America unknown books
2015rif. 217509Cantabria Spain: Sala De Arte Robayera 2015. First edition. Softcover. 26 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran June 27 through July 25 2015. Text in Spanish. Features an essay by Pedro G. Romero. Includes numerous color illustrations list of previous exhibitions and other biographical information. A fine copy in French style wrappers. Uncommon. Sala De Arte Robayera unknown books
1997rif. 13495New York: Garland Publishing Inc 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. Arthur Dee 1579-1651 was the eldest son of the Elizabethan magus John Dee. asciculus Chemicus or Chymical Collections. Expressing the Ingress Progress and Egress of the Secret Hermetick Science out of the choicest and most famous authors is an anthology of alchemical writings compiled by Arthur Dee 1579-1651 in 1629 while resident in Moscow as chief physician to Czar Michael I of Russia. Fasciculus Chemicus was revised by Dee sometime between 1631 and 1633 and translated from Latin into English by Elias Ashmole in 1650 under the anagrammatic pseudonym of "James Hasolle." From the personal library collection of Brian Cotnoir alchemist artist and award-winning. filmmaker. Author of Practical Alchemy: Guide to the Great Work The Emerald Tablet a series of Alchemical 'Zines Alchemical Meditations Alchemy: The Poetry of Matter and most recently On Alchemy: Essential Practices and Making Art as Alchemy. He has presented seminars and workshops around the world on various aspects of the alchemy. Khepri Press was started in 2014 as a place to organize and distribute his work. It is a very small press dedicated to alchemical book arts. Some of this work is publishable and others may exist only in manuscript or object form - alchemical results or talismans. Near fine light shelfwear else tight bright and unmarred. 8vo. 115pp. Gray paper/cloth boards. Former owner library stamp. Lacking dj. Annotations on tp. Garland Publishing, Inc hardcover books
1993rif. UCAHRIS01fpPenguin Books 1993. Good. Cahan Abraham. Rise of David Levinsky. Chametzky Jules. New York N.Y. U.S.A.: Penguin Books 1993. xxxi 538pp. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Good. Head of spine ""protected"" by tape. Penguin Books paperback books
2000rif. UPAIGEN00htOxford University Press 2000. Very Good. Pais Abraham. The Genius of Science: A Portrait Gallery of Twentieth Century Physicists. NY: Oxford University Press 2000. 356pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Grey cloth with silver lettering. Book condition: Very good with previous owner's name on half title page. Annotations on several pages. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with bumping. Small stain on front panel. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1989rif. UMARMID01fpColumbia University Press 1989. Fine. Marcus Abraham. The Middle East on the Eve of Modernity: Aleppo in the Eighteenth Century . New York: Columbia University Press 1989. xiv 418pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Near fine. Columbia University Press paperback books
1940rif. 29887New York: Simon and Schuster. Very Good in Good dj. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. good sound copy with some light dust-soiling to the top edge of the text block; the jacket is heavily edgeworn scuffed and rubbed with some internal brown-tape reinforcement/repair along the top and bottom edges a bit of paper loss at the top of the spine and some soiling to the rear panel. First adventure and last for detective Marty Cohen "who had made Law Review at Columbia and who had his eye on the office of District Attorney" and who is described on the jacket copy as "a combination of Sherlock Holmes and Clark Gable." The pseudonymous writing duo soon went their separate ways Wilson as a novelist and Polonsky as a screenwriter/director whose career was eclipsed by the Hollywood blacklist. . Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1982rif. UPAISCI00carjOxford University 1982. Good. Pais Abraham. The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein. Oxford: Oxford University 1982. 552pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Good with yellowing and soiling. Previous owner's name on first page. Oxford University paperback books
1989rif. 2350024New York: The Library of America 1989. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Reprints. Both volumes includes publisher's slipcase. Previous owner's ink label on bottom edge of each slipcase a couple minor blemishes to slipcases. 1989 Hard Cover. xix 1 898; xxxiii 1 787 9 pp. 8vo. Two volume set. Original blue cloth gilt titles and rules ribbon marker bound in. A collection of speeches letters and other writings by the 16th President of the United States including his famous debates with Stephen A. Douglas. Chronology notes and index following text. This edition is part of the Library of America series published by a non-profit organization whose goal is to keep classic works of American literature and history in print as a way of preserving cultural heritage. "Abraham Lincoln was the greatest writer of the Civil War as well as its greatest political leader. His clear beautiful and at times uncompromisingly severe language forever shaped the nation's understanding of its most terrible conflict. This volume along with its companion Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832 - 1858 comprises the most comprehensive selection ever published. Over 550 speeches messages proclamations letters and other writings - including the Inaugural and Gettysburg addresses and the moving condolence letter to Mrs. Bixby - record the words and deeds with which Lincoln defended preserved and redefined the Union." This edition is part of the Library of America series published by a non-profit organization whose goal is to keep classic works of American literature and history in print as a way of preserving cultural heritage. The Library of America hardcover books
1844rif. 209025New York: Harper & Brothers 1844. Hardcover. 461 pages. 1 A later edition of this classic. Features Alison's text with corrections and improvements by Abraham Mills. An about very good copy in cloth boards with wear to the top of the spine. some foxing throughout and the tiny rubber-stamp: Gift of Nathan Lyons 1930-2016 to the front free endpaper. No dust jacket. A solid copy with an interesting provenance. Harper & Brothers unknown books
1860rif. 17676Columbus Ohio: Follett Foster And Company 1860. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. First edition of Caucasus of 1860: A History of the National Political Conventions of the Current Presidential Campaign by Murat Halstead published in 1860. Octavo 6 232pp 2. Pebbled brown cloth title in gilt on the spine. Previous ownership stamp on the title page and preface blindstamp on the front free endpaper. Includes an ownership inscription on the front free endpaper dated 1860. A few marginalia notes in pencil. Solid text block text generally clean. Rubbing to cloth wear at head of the spine. Sabin 29924 Howes H-102. Murat Halstead's The Caucuses of 1860 published in Columbus by Follett Foster and Company in 1860 provides a detailed eyewitness narrative of the major party conventions that shaped the outcome of the pivotal presidential election. As a reporter and editor for the Cincinnati Commercial Halstead attended the Democratic conventions in Charleston April and Baltimore June where the party split over the issue of slavery-ultimately nominating two different candidates Stephen A. Douglas for the Northern Democrats and John C. Breckinridge for the Southern faction. He also covered the Republican convention in Chicago May describing the nomination of Abraham Lincoln over front-runner William H. Seward in day-by-day reports. The book includes transcriptions of key speeches roll-call votes delegate maneuverings and even floor plans of the convention halls. Follett, Foster And Company unknown books
1992rif. ULINWIT00fpMeridian c1992. Very Good. Lincoln Abraham. Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln. New York N.Y. U.S.A.: Meridian c1992. 222pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Spine lightly faded. Meridian paperback books
2000rif. USTEPAY00carjBroadman & Holman 2000. Fine. Stewart Payne. Payne Stewart. Stewart Tracey; Abraham Ken. Nashville: Broadman & Holman 2000. 318pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 1/4 Cloth. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with light bumping. Broadman & Holman hardcover books
2003rif. USPIBRA00drpLost Angeles Westerners 2003. Fine. Spitzzeri Paul R. The Branding Iron Summer 2003 Number 232. Hoffman Abraham; Nelson Eric A.; Wendt Loren. Los Angeles CA: Lost Angeles Westerners 2003. 24pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Stapled wraps. Book condition: Near fine. Lost Angeles Westerners paperback books
rif. RWASAME00tpmVery Good. Washington George. American Documents 15 Facsimiles. Seminal Documents in United States History. Jefferson Thomas; Lincoln Abraham; Madison James; Bradford William. NP: NP ND. Folio. Book condition: Very good with a few lightly bumped and slightly chipped edges. Documents have been intentionally toned textured and weathered for an aged appearance. Includes the Mayflower Compact of 1620 Declaration of Independence and rough draft Emancipation Proclamation Gettysburg Address U.S. Constitution Bill of Rights Washington's Inaugural and Farewell Addresses and others. unknown books
1962rif. UGEIABR00jtmJewish Publication Society 1962. Very Good. Geiger Abraham. Abraham Geiger & Liberal Judaism: The Challenge of the Nineteenth Century. Wiener Max. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society 1962. 305pp. 8vo. Black cloth. Book condition: Very good with previous owners bookplate pasted on the front pastedown. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with chipped edges and rubbed covers. Jewish Publication Society hardcover books
1981rif. UHOFVIS00lhTexas A&M University 1981. Very Good. Hoffman Abraham. Vision or Villainy: Origins of the Owens Valley-Los Angeles Water Controversy. College Station Texas: Texas A&M University 1981. 308pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Texas A&M University paperback books
1989rif. URABISR00fpGallery Books 1989. Very Good. Rabinovich Abraham. Israel. New York: Gallery Books 1989. 279pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed and long gift inscription on title page. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Rubbing to extremities. Gallery Books hardcover books
rif. USMICHA00araVery Good. Smith Abraham. Chaos at the Chicken Place. NP: NP ND. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. paperback books
2021rif. URIETRU00araCrown 2021. Very Good. Riesman Abraham. True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee. New York: Crown 2021. 394pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with light bumping. Crown hardcover books
1791rif. 2340939Newburyport Massachusetts: Blunt & March; John Mycall; Blunt and Robinson; William Barrett 1791. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Boards rubbed pencil name and date 'Phebe Newman Newburyport Sept. ' on front endpaper endpaper edges discolored lightly foxed throughout. 1791 Full-Leather. 38; 37; 120; 44; 25; 39; 34; 54; 32 pp. 4to. Nine sermons by various American ministers printed 1791-1796 in Newburyport Massachusetts mainly dealing with the establishment of faith as it relates to the raising of a family but also including several parables/lessons based on Bible stories. Includes: A Plain and Serious Address to the Master of a Family on the Important Subject of Family Religion.; Family Exercises; or The Godly Parents' Assistant; Being an Attempt to Render Family Religion Entertaining as Well as Profitable and Instructive by a Series of Subjects Peculiarly Adapted to the Use of Families.; Thoughts on the Atonement of Christ with an Address to Young Ministers and Students in Divinity: Containing a Vindication of the Doctrines of Imputed Sin from Adam and Righteousness from Christ. and an Examination of the New Divinity on Those Points; A Humble Enquiry into the Nature of Covenanting with God.; A Sermon Delivered at The Third Parish in Newbury July 24 1794; Occasioned by the Sudden Death of Eight Persons Belonging to the Society Who Were Drowned in the River Merrimack on the Nineteenth of the Same Month.; A Discourse Delivered Nov. 23 1794. The First Sabbath After His Ordination.; A Sermon Delivered to the Third Parish in Newbury August 18 1793. On the Parable of the Prodigal.; Two Sermons Delivered at the First Parish in Methuen August 21 1791. Occasioned by His Dismission from That People.; Samson a Type of Christ. Being a Sermon Preached in London July 28 1691 at a Morning-Lecture Upon Judges xiv. 5. On These Words When Went Samson Down and His Father and Mother to Timnath and Came to the Vineyard of Timnath: And Behold a Young Lion Roared Against Him. Blunt & March; John Mycall; Blunt and Robinson; William Barrett hardcover books
1994rif. 9030090New York: Gryphon 1994. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in publisher's original full greenish grey leather with spine and covers stamped in decorative gilt. All edges gilt. Green ribbon bookmark. Marbled endpapers. Privately printed for the members of The Classics of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Library. Former owner's bookplate provided by the publisher is tipped in and can be removed upon request. Publisher's original "Notes from The Editors" booklet is also provided. One of the foundational books in psychiatry and the behavioral sciences. 5 7/8 x 9 inches. 336 pages. Gryphon hardcover books
