1772rif. 30823London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for T. Cadell 1772. Very Good. London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for T. Cadell 1772. Second Edition. Octavos 20 cm; xi 244pp; vii 276pp 1ad. Both volumes full bound in contemporary mottled calf with red and brown spine labels and gilt stamping. Marbled endsheets. Both bindings generally scuffed and rubbed at all edges and spine ends with lightly foxed pages softly rippled from humidity. First volume hinges cracked completely at front and partially at back but threads holding well. Loss to volume label on spine. Shelf worn and dust-soiled. Endsheets toned and discolored lightly at edges with previous owner's bookplate pasted to first pastedown. Back inside hinge starting. Some pages unopened. Second volume hinges cracked only partially at both front and back. Minor loss to head of spine. Endsheets toned and discolored lightly at edges. Inside hinges starting. Green ribbon has left offsetting at pages 148-149. A handsome pair of volumes on the life and work of Abraham Cowley 17th century English poet and essayist. Bowyer ledgers 4937. Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for T. Cadell unknown books
1784rif. D20454Edinburg: Apollo Press 1784. Bell's Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pocket edition. 3 vols in one. Contemporary calf and marbled paper over boards. Boards detached. Sold as is. Apollo Press hardcover books
1967rif. 572807Englewood Cliffs New Jersey: Prentice-Hall Inc 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book Club edition. xi 304pp. Illustrated in black and white. Spine ends and corner gently bumped a tiny chip on the topedge of the rear board else near fine in a very good dust jacket with bumping and a few tiny tears along the edges and modest toning most notably on the spine. Prentice-Hall, Inc hardcover books
1992rif. 572885New York: Vintage Books / The Library of America 1992. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition thus. Trade paperback. 515pp. Light edgewear near fine in glossy wrappers. Vintage Books / The Library of America unknown books
1865rif. 106884Newspaper 18 1/2" x 25 1/2" seven columns of text 4 pp. Folded at center another more subtle middle fold probably removed some chips tears and folds mostly at extremities some aging and browning a little uneven darkening ; otherwise about very good. Dated April 21 1865 this paper has several stories on the Lincoln assassination on the second and third pages of the newspaper. The articles include stories on the courage and determination of Secretary Stanton rewards posted for the capture of Booth and a nation in mourning. There is also a short report on the condition of Secretary Seward. Some interesting coverage of a national event in a local newspaper. books
1926rif. 74A SCARCE AND IMPORTANT YIDDISH CHILDREN'S BOOK WITH POEMS BY ABRAHAM REISEN 1876 - 1953. REISEN'S POETRY IS ACCOMPANIED BY COLOR MODERNIST ILLUSTRATIONS BY VARIOUS JEWISH ARTISTS. Abraham Reisen was a "Yiddish Poet short- story writer playwright and editor. He was born in Russia travelled to Minsk Warsaw Krakow and Berlin - until he came to New York in 1914. His poetry "while having an understated romanticism and melancholy irony a proportion of his work criticizes the poverty and social problems of the day" Dan Wyman 2012. Each page has a poem framed by modernist color illustrations usually one or two colors by various artists in brown yellow orange-red green and black. The pictorial boards of the cover have age-darkened light brown stains but the illustration "comes through". The back cover also has light brown stains - especially at the bottom edge - this may be a water stain edges and corners rubbed green spine is in good shape. Blank eps are clean but paper at inner hinge has a light break - but it is tight. Internally the book it is in very clean and tight condition. Published on sturdy paper stock and the illustrated poems show very nicely. Condition of cover is Good the text is in VG condition. ABRAHAM REISEN CAME FROM A PROMINENT FAMILY OF WRITERS IN HEBREW AND YIDDISH. WRITERS. SCARCE MATONES BA DER SHOLEM ALEYKHAM FOLK INSTITUTE hardcover books
1865rif. 102320Newspaper 16" x 23" uncut six columns of text 8 pp. Folded at center some tears and a little loss of text at center fold but not significant other chips tears and folds mostly at extremities normal aging and darkening uncut and center pages probably never read; good or better for a newspaper and still very presentable. Dated April 21 1865 this paper covers events of the Lincoln assassination Most of the front page and part of the last page are dedicated to Lincoln's death. The Herald discusses the eminent capture of John Wilkes Booth and gives an updat on Secretary Seward"s condition. The paper also carries a story on the conspiracy to kill Lincoln and an arrest made in Baltimore. The Herald gives a clear picture of a nation in mourning and the large crowds that turned out for a final viewing of the late president. An important piece of American History. books
1865rif. 102321Newspaper 16" x 23" uncut six columns of text 8 pp. Folded at center some tears and a little loss of text at center fold but not significant other chips tears and folds mostly at extremities some aging and browning a little uneven darkening uncut and center pages probably never read; good or better for a newspaper and still very presentable. Dated April 26 1865 this paper covers events relating to the Lincoln funeral. The Herald reports that 750000 stood in silence during the funeral procession and that there were many disappointed mourners who didn't get a chance to join the 150000 that had a chance to make it to view the body. The paper gives details about the funeral procession and the final church services for the slain president. An important piece of American History. books
1865rif. biblio4Newspaper 18 1/2" x 25 1/2" seven columns of text 4 pp. Folded at center another more subtle middle fold probably removed some chips tears and folds mostly at extremities some aging and browning a little uneven darkening ; otherwise about very good. Dated April 21 1865 this paper has several stories on the Lincoln assassination on the second and third pages of the newspaper. The articles include stories on the courage and determination of Secretary Stanton rewards posted for the capture of Booth and a nation in mourning. There is also a short report on the condition of Secretary Seward. Some interesting coverage of a national event in a local newspaper. books
1865rif. 102324Newspaper 16" x 22" six columns of text small Lincoln engraving 4 pp. Folded at center a few tears and chips at folds and extremities some loss of text at the center fold some aging and browning and a little uneven darkening; despite these faults the paper is in decent condition overall for a newspaper from this period. Dated April 26 1865 this paper provides considerable detail on Lincoln's funeral. The coverage includes an OBIT on Lincoln and a small engraving of the slain president. Most of the coverage is on the second page of the newspaper. The articles include stories on events at the capital to honor Lincoln and the impact of the event on a grieving nation. books
1866rif. 1007628vo original dark brown pebbled and blindstamped cloth front cover decoratively lettered in gilt steel engraved frontispiece portrait of Lincoln 69 pp. Binding with some edge wear and chipping to spine missing about two inches of lower spine hinges a little weak but still firm ends and corners bumped a little soiling pencil signature of previous owner; else very good. George Bancroft who at one time was Secretary of the Navy deliverd this memorial address to both houses of Congress on February 12 1866. This pamphlet was also published in New York but that issue lacked the portrait. Sabin 3132 Government Printing Office hardcover books
2013rif. 1403099New York Washington Baltimore: Peter Lang Publishing Inc 2013. Hardcover. Octavo viii x xii 197 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's black cloth bearing white lettering to the spine. Boards have very mild wear including minimal edge wear. Text block has extremely light wear. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column U ND-U. 1403099. FP New Rockville Stock. Peter Lang Publishing, Inc hardcover books
1710rif. 25803Amsterdam 1710. Copper-engraved map period hand-colouring in outline. Tables upper left and along the right side. Attractive map of North America based upon De L'Isle's highly influential map of North America published in 1700. By combining a wealth of information and geographical observation with delicate engraving and an uncomplicated composition this elegant map is a superb example from the golden age of French mapmaking and was published in Chatelain's Atlas Historique an important encyclopaedic historical atlas. California is shown as a peninsula with a number of villages and mountains; the Mississippi River extends far north of its true source. The table along the right side details the various native tribes from each region with lettered references for locating on the map. Lowery 263; Phillips 579. unknown books
1937rif. 1565Los Angeles: California Laboratory Supply Co. 1937. 1937 RARE COMPLETE SET OF OVER 100 PHOTOGRAPHIC STEREOSCOPE CARDS ILLUSTRATING EMBRYOLOGY OF THE CHICK WITH OPTICAL VIEWER. Printed card with Table of Contents and 113 photographic stereoscope cards printed card plate cards 1-109 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches plate cards 110-113 4 x 6 inches in original blue paper-covered box with gilt title to side folding stereoscopic viewer with steel frame and glass lenses printed illustrated instructions for use. Also enclosed is a "sample copy" of "one of a set of 10 photographs of dissections of the 15-day rat embryo. Surface wear to box but intact without repairs; complete and very good. JOSEPH ABRAHAM LONG 1879-1953 had a remarkably long association with the University of California: forty-five years. He joined the faculty in Zoology as an Instructor in 1908 immediately after the completion of his doctor's degree at Harvard University. Long's major teaching effort was in embryology; he organized and developed courses in general vertebrate and advanced mammalian morphogenesis. His widely known atlases of chick and rat development co-authored with his associate Dr. Paul L. Burlingame represent a major contribution to instruction in developmental anatomy. These labelled stereoscopic photographs of beautifully prepared specimens--whole mounts India-ink-injected embryos and microscopic dissections--greatly facilitate the students' understanding of structural relationships in the vertebrate embryo by providing striking and illuminating three-dimensional views of the unfolding ever changing morphogenic patterns. Professor Long was a master technician skilled in the preparation of biological material for microscopic study. A few examples of Long's inventiveness may be cited: a unique method for dissecting embryos by means of electrically operated knives made from slivers of razor blades and by needles held and delicately controlled by a system of levers; a complete photographic assembly inclined camera illuminator specimen holder etc. for making stereoscopic photomicrographs of dissected embryos; and a remarkably complex organ-culture apparatus with mechanical heart reservoirs filters and aerators. The investigations with Professor Evans on the estrous cycle of the rat are classic and culminated in 1922 in a volume in the University of California Memoirs. This monograph has been basic to many researches throughout the world in embryology histology endocrinology and reproductive physiology. The Long-Evans strain of rats now used in many laboratories is another legacy--a living one--of that fruitful collaboration. California Laboratory Supply Co. books
1923rif. 1401458Soho: The Nonesuch Press 1923. Limited reprint edition #260 of 725. Hardcover. Tall narrow thin octavo 52 pages. In Very Good condition. In gold hardcovers with white spine and gilt text. Moderate shelf wear to boards. Rubbing wear and light bumping along edges. Text block is lightly age toned throughout with untrimmed edges. Shelved in Case #0. 1401458. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Nonesuch Press hardcover books
1994rif. 036603NY: Simon & Schuster. 1994. His first book a nonfiction account of being a physician caring for an unexpectedly large AIDS outbreak in eastern Tennessee. Inscribed by Verghese in 2002 to the medical historian Howard Markel who taught at the University of Michigan. Laid in is a typed note signed 2010 and a typed letter signed 2002 from Verghese to Markel--the former offering congratulations; the latter a thank you for hospitality during a visit to Ann Arbor. Additionally laid in is a 3-page copy of the remarks Markel made introducing Verghese for a speaking engagement. The letters and remarks are folded else fine; the book is fine but for lower corner bumps in a very near fine dust jacket with slight shelf wear. Verghese is the author of the highly praised novels Cutting for Stone and The Covenant of Water. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1858rif. 1069998vo leather spine nd tips with boards partial gilt title on spine frontispiee illustratin of Abraham Polhemus 201 pp. Lacking tissue guard fir frontispiece some edgewear normal aging and browning; otherwise verry good. The book provides a biographical sketch of the life of Reverend Abraham Polhemus. Consistory of Said Church; books
1969rif. 445002Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 332pp. Blue cloth gilt. Modest rubbing on boards else near fine issued without dustwrapper. Maryland Historical Society hardcover books
1946rif. 335633New York: Morrow 1946. Hardcover. 214p. very good first edition hardcover bound in black boards and unclipped lightly-worn dust jacket. Debut novel by the writer who went on to write "Widow's Pique" "Silver Doll" "This House Is Mine" under her real name. Also wrote lyrics for a Broadway review. Ohio-born California author. Murder and romance. Morrow hardcover books
2007rif. 516889El Paso Texas: Cinco Puntos Press 2007. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Advance Reading Copy. Illustrated wrappers. Fine with publisher's material laid in. Cinco Puntos Press unknown books
1949rif. 518371Jacksonville Florida: The Afro-American Life Insurance Company 1949. Softcover. Near Fine. Original printed life insurance policy certificate issued March 21 1949. Large single sheet measuring 11" x 15" printed on both sides text in black within decorative border printed in green. Prints details about premiums and benefits "Conditions Privileges and Limitations" details about the policy holder General A Burkette and beneficiary Mary Burkette etc. Signed in holograph facsimile by James H. Lewis son of one of the company founders and former President of the company Abraham Lincoln Lewis. Verso prints charts of extended term insurance and premiums. Small tears at old folds a near fine example of a fragile ephemeral item. Abraham Lincoln Lewis 1865-1947 African-American businessman was one of the founders of the Afro-American Industrial and Benefit Association which became the Afro-American Life Insurance Company in Jacksonville Florida in 1901. It was the first insurance company in Florida and one of the largest black-owned businesses in Florida. "As the oldest life insurance company in Florida and one of the most successful black businesses in the state it helped thousands of blacks over the years. The importance of that insurance company… cannot be underestimated. According to the 'Encyclopedia of Southern Culture' the insurance companies established by African-Americans and catering to them 'formed the heart of black financial networks the cultural beginnings of which can be traced to mutual benefit societies and the church'" McCarthy African-American Sites in Florida' p. 52; c.f. Low Encyclopedia of Black America p. 207. Lewis helped found the National Negro Insurance Association and the exclusive African-American vacation spot American Beach on Amelia Island and was Florida's first black millionaire. "By 1902 the Afro-American Life Insurance Company was the cornerstone of Black economic development in the city… and grew into one of the most successful minority owned insurance companies in the country. He was a close friend of Booker T. Washington and helped Washington establish the Negro Business League…" Bartley Keeping the Faith p. 10. The company closed in 1990. The Afro-American Life Insurance Company unknown books
1976rif. 1399634Brooklyn: S.S. & R. Publishing Company 1976-1977. Hardcover. Octavo Five volumes. In Good minus condition. Spines are blue with gold print. Boards in blue cloth with gold print; wear to spine caps and corners light shelf wear. Text blocks have owner stamp on front endpapers second volume has cracked hinges. Text in Hebrew and English. CONTENTS: Vol. I. Genesis 1976 513 pages — Vol. II. Exodus 1977 479 pages — Vol. III. Leviticus 1977 307 pages — Vol. IV. Numbers 1977 371 pages — Vol. V. Deuteronomy 1977 341 pages. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Multi-volume Section. 1399634. FP New Rockville Stock. S.S. & R. Publishing Company hardcover books
1862rif. 2923Washington D.C.: War Department 1862. Calf marbled boards. Very Good. FIRST OBTAINABLE PRINTING OF THE PRELIMINARY EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION setting a date for the freedom of more than three million enslaved in the United States and reframing the Civil War as a fight against slavery. Issued by the War Department to regimental commanders in the field during the Civil War in the week after the completion of President Lincoln’s official manuscript version. Contained is a set of three volumes of General Orders covering the full year 1862 July-Dec 1863 and the full year 1864. History of the Emancipation Proclamation: “The proclamation has been called by responsible persons one of the three great documents of world history ranking with Magna Carta and the Declaration of Independence” – Eberstadt “From the first days of the Civil War slaves had acted to secure their own liberty. The Emancipation Proclamation confirmed their insistence that the war for the Union must become a war for freedom. It added moral force to the Union cause and strengthened the Union both militarily and politically. As a milestone along the road to slavery’s final destruction the Emancipation Proclamation has assumed a place among the great documents of human freedom” – National Archives Following the Seven Days Battle and General McClellan’s retreat from the Peninsula at the end of June 1862 President Lincoln realized that there would be no early end to the war and found himself “as inconsolable as it was possible for a human to be and yet live.” Anxious for news from the army and needing to escape the constant interruptions at the White House he frequently visited the telegraph office in the War Department building to await dispatches. It was during one such visit early in July that he asked the chief of the telegraph staff Major Thomas Thompson Eckert for some paper to “write something special” and began the first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation completing it in a few weeks. Lincoln had long hoped to resolve the slavery issue through a congressional act of emancipation compensating slave owners for their loss of “property” but that approach was roundly rejected by representatives from the border states leaving the President who had decided upon the necessity of emancipation with a presidential proclamation as the only option. The extraordinary document he conceived would announce the liberation on January 1 1863 of all slaves in those states still in rebellion against the Union and promised compensation to slave owners in those states that returned to the fold before that time if they adopted “immediate or gradual abolishment of slavery.” This proclamation would be followed by a final proclamation issued on the 1st of January identifying those states still in rebellion and confirming the liberation of all slaves therein. On Tuesday July 22 Lincoln presented his draft to the Cabinet telling them that he had resolved firmly upon the course of action it specified and asking them not for advice but suggestions. The only observation he had not anticipated came from Secretary of State Seward who proposed that it might be best to wait for a military victory before issuing the Proclamation as it could otherwise seem like “the last measure of an exhausted government.” Immediately recognizing the wisdom of the suggestion Lincoln held back. On September 17 after an anxious wait of nearly two months he received the victory he needed at the bloody Battle of Antietam. Completing his final draft Lincoln presented it to his cabinet for refinement on September 22. Following the meeting Seward took the amended draft with him to the State Department where a formal manuscript copy was made then signed by Lincoln and Seward. The formal official “Emancipation Proclamation” was of course issued on January 1 1863 the day it became the law of the land. Printing History: This printing in the War Department’s official “General Orders” is the fourth printing overall but realistically the first obtainable printing. It is preceded by: -The first printing Eberstadt #1 a small three-page circular intended for distribution within the government and to the local press likely printed on September 22. At the time that Charles Eberstadt published his study of the Proclamation 1950 he was able to locate only one copy which he himself owned and as nearly as we have been able to determine no other copies have come to light since then. -The second printing Eberstadt #2 may be a phantom printing. Charles Eberstadt was not able to locate a copy but he inferred its existence from the standard State Department practice of printing a folio edition consisting solely of the text of the proclamation followed by another printing consisting of the text of a letter of transmittal from the Secretary of State as well as the text of the proclamation. While there may be a copy of Eberstadt #2 in the National Archives as he speculated it is not recorded in their online catalogue nor have we been able to find a copy in any other online catalogue including OCLC the Library of Congress and the Abraham Lincoln Library. -Eberstadt’s third printing is of legendary rarity. It consists of Secretary of State Seward’s one-page letter of transmittal addressed “To the Diplomatic and Consular Officers of the United States in foreign countries” and the text of the proclamation. Eberstadt located a total of only five copies in institutions at the Library of Congress the National Archives Yale the Clements Library and Brown. OCLC does not record any additional copies nor is it recorded in Monaghan. There has been one copy at auction $400000 in 2021 and that was described as the only copy in private hands. -The present copy General Orders No. 139 is Eberstadt’s fourth printing of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation dated in print on September 24. Eberstadt surmises that this field order printing could have been accomplished as late as September 29 or 30. Although it may have been printed in as many as 15000 copies it is very rare in commerce likely due to the ephemeral nature of the printing and distribution. Additional General Orders and Provenance: The three volumes once belonged to John G. Haskell A.Q.M. Chief Quartermaster and contain the General Orders for the year 1862 July-December only for the year 1863 and for the full year 1864. John Gideon Haskell 1832-1907 was a resident of Kansas and joined the Union Army when the war broke out. He enlisted with the 14th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment and later served as Assistant Quartermaster General of Kansas as quartermaster of the Third Kansas and the Tenth Kansas Volunteers as Captain and Assistant Quartermaster on the staff of General James G. Blunt and as Chief Quartermaster of the Army of the Frontier. After the war Haskell was named official state architect and worked on the state house the capitol the State University and more. In addition to the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation the three volumes also contain the Acts of Congress on many other subjects including pay discharge recruitment handling of troops etc. Washington D.C.: War Department Adjutant General’s Office 1862-64. Three volumes. Small octavo contemporary three-quarter brown morocco two volumes with cloth boards one with marbled boards. Some rubbing and wear to bindings pencil notations on endpapers with collation and highlighting certain orders and some internal pages. Dampstaining to general title of 1862 volume; internal text and Emancipation Proclamation generally fine. RARE AND IMPORTANT. References: Charles Eberstadt. “Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.” New York: 1950. War Department unknown books
1834rif. 5037Half brown morocco; ruled raised bands marbled boards. Mouradgea d'Ohsson was a Swedish historian and diplomat of Armenian descent. This important work is a large expansion of his 1824 publication which was the first serious study of Genghis Khan. Kenneth Meyer Setton A History of the Crusades notes "among the general histories of the Mongols d'Ohsson remains unequaled. Avowedly or tacitly most later works rely on it." Two folding genealogical charts; large 1824 folding map of Asia in the thirteenth century to rear of volume four. Previous owner's bookplates removed from front pastedowns. A nice wide-margined set many pages yet uncut in a sound period binding.; lxviii452; 651; 6241; 774.; 8vo 22 x 15 cm; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. Freres van Cleff hardcover books
1663rif. 41874Nuremburg: Heirs of J. & W. Endter 1663. 8vo. 6 3/16 x 3 3/4 inches. xiv 998 xl pp. Title in red and black engraved frontispiece and 42 plates 7 folding. Early ownership signature on front pastedown. Early 18th-century lengthy manuscript commentary referencing passages on Brahmins from a work by Johann Albrecht von Mandelslo 1616-1644. Contemporary vellum First German Edition of one of the earliest European accounts of Hinduism in Southern India by a missionary who worked in Palicatta Coromandel for ten years from 1630 enlarged by supplementary accounts of Asian African and American religions not included in the Dutch and French editions. Abraham Roger was a Dutch missionary and linguist who spent a significant portion of his career working in India under the Dutch East India Company VOC. He was stationed in Pulicat a trading hub on the Coromandel Coast of South India where he worked among the Tamil speaking population. His experiences as a missionary coupled with his interest in local culture prompted him to document Hindu religious practices and beliefs culminating in this notable work. First published in Dutch in 1651 and translated into German in 1663 it is one of the earliest and most significant works by a European exploring Hinduism in South India. Roger's approach was distinct in its attempt to understand and accurately portray Hinduism a religion he sought to comprehend despite his missionary objectives. His work stands out for its translations of Hindu hymns and descriptions of temple rituals and he drew much of his knowledge from his close collaboration with local Brahmins reflecting a relatively objective tone compared to other European writings of the period. Despite his Eurocentric and missionary perspective Roger was unique in that he did not entirely dismiss Hinduism but rather engaged with it to create one of the earliest detailed European accounts of the religion. Sabin 72603; JCB III p. 92; Ackermann V 1273; Landwehr VOC 65. Heirs of J. & W. Endter unknown books
