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2009ref. 230817Turtle Press 2009-03-02. paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. 157 pages. LF Turtle Press paperback books
1886ref. 619481Chicago: S.C. Griggs And Company 1886. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 12mo. xv 249pp. Brown cloth with black lettering stamped on front board and gilt-stamped spine title. Owner name stamped on front pastedown spine age-toned and lightly rubbed else a very good copy. S.C. Griggs And Company hardcover books
1998ref. 25336Hastings-on-Hudson NY and Acton MA: David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano 1998. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. 32 pages.Publisher's printed wraps. Illustrated. A bright clean copy. Wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS: John Bird and the Origin of the Sextant by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER. Circular Dividing Engines in the United States before 1900 by ROBERT C. MILLER. Thomas Alva Edison's Gift to Milan High School by THOMAS B. GREENSLADE Jr. A Constant Deviation Wavelength Spectrometer Made by Adam Hilger Ltd. by NOAH RINDOS. The Beckman DU Spectrophotometer by JON EKLUND. The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication and a total of 70 issues the journal covered areas including mathematical optical and philosophical instruments chemical physical and electrical apparatus sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions collectors and dealers in the field of scientific instruments. David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano unknown books
1959ref. 308342New York: Grune & Stratton 1959. hardcover. very good-/very good-. 204 pages. 8vo gray patterned boards with blue spine dust wrapper. New York: Grune & Stratton 1959. Page edges foxed--a very good- copy in a very good- dust wrapper. The reader is permitted to share in many never-to-be-forgotten medical adventures. Grune & Stratton unknown books
1994ref. 270583Boston: Little Brown 1994. hardcover. very good/very good. Illus. 470pp. 8vo 1/2 blue cloth d.w. inner flaps taped to front and back of d.w. embossed stamp of previous owner on front flyleaf. Boston: Little Brown 1994. Little Brown unknown books
2002ref. 268049New York: HarperCollins 2002. First. hardcover. very good/very good. Maps. 694pp. 8vo two-toned boards d.w. New York: HarperCollins 2002. Very good HarperCollins unknown books
ref. 264394Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin. hardcover. A few text engravings. viii 1 10-165pp. 1 page of publisher's ads correct pagination. 16mo contemporary calf head of spine lightly worn corners worn and bumped last page chipped in margin several pages with small tears in the right margins calf rubbed light foxing to many pages. Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin n.d. circa 1800. The twenty-fifth Connecticut edition. Hudson & Goodwin unknown books
1790ref. 260813Boston: I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews 1790. First. hardcover. very good. xvi 414 pages. 8vo contemporary sheep with old hand-written spine label chipped; binding well-rubbed and front joint tender but still sound; pages toned and with scattered staining; several pages chipped in margins with no loss of text; first and last several pages darkened at edges from leather binding; ownership signature dated June 1847 on the front blank. Boston I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews 1790. First edition of the first collection of Webster's writings. Overall despite faults a very good copy of this uncommon book. An early example of phonetic spelling. "In the essays ritten within the last yeer a considerable change of spelling iz introduced by way of experiment": this striking early attempt at a phonetic orthography was to find its final fruit in Webster's famous dictionary forty years later. The broad subject matter addresses Government Education Ettiquette Finance History Native Americana etc. The list of subscribers included John Adams 2 copies twelve senators and numerous Massachusetts and Connecticut luminaries. -- Alston III 398; Evans 23053; Sabin 102344; Skeel 745; Howes W-203. I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews unknown books
1843ref. 262665Wells River: Ira White 1843. hardcover. good. Frontis. and several text engravings. 168pp. 18mo original calf-backed boards boards worn and lightly soiled scattered light foxing. Wells River VT: Ira White 1843. Ira White unknown books
1787ref. 256660New York: Samuel Loudon 1787. First. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with 2 plates one torn and one edgeworn and 1 table torn and with some paper loss. 602 pages with continuous pagination. Thick 8vo contemporary leather-backed boards with red label well-worn but sound and attractive. New York: Printed by Samuel Loudon and sold for the printer by Messieurs Berry and Rogers Hodge Campbell Allen and Greenleaf December 1787 - July 1788. 8 of 12 issues bound together. First editions. Some light toning and foxing and a handful of contemporary ink marginalia still a very good copy of these scarce American periodicals edited by Noah Webster. OCLC list NO physical copies in any library. Issues include: moral fiction curiosities travel descriptions of unusual or exotic places science religion biographical anecdotes poetry etc. A section of European and American current events marriages and deaths concludes each issue. Samuel Loudon unknown books
1937ref. 254783New York: Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints 1937. hardcover. very good. Ed. by Harry R. Warfel. iii 48pp. 12mo brown boards. New York: Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints 1937. Very good Facsimile of the Hartford 1785 edition. " .he Webster became one of the earliest advocates of a strong federal government and in 1785 printed his views in a pamphlet called Sketches of American Policy a pamphlet which won interest of Washington and Madison." Dictionary of American Biography XIX p. 595 Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints unknown books
1989ref. 251907Boston: Little Brown 1989. First. hardcover. very good/very good-. Illus. 8vo red cloth d.w. lightly soiled. Boston: Little Brown 1989. Little Brown unknown books
1810ref. 252348New Haven: Oliver Steele 1810. First. hardcover. very good. Folded plate. Slim 8vo vi 216 pages browned 3/4 brown morocco marbled boards rubbed bookplate small stamp on verso of title page. New Haven: Oliver Steele 1810. First Edition. Very good . Contains 17 papers by Noah Webster Elizur Wright John Smith Elizur GoodrichBenjamin Silliman Nathaniel Dwight Jared Mansfield David Daggett Benjamin Dwight Jerimiah Day and others. The Connecticut Academy of the Arts and Sciences was established to cultivate all aspects of the sciences arts and humanities. Oliver Steele unknown books
2008ref. 214657New York: Harper 2008. First. hardcover. near fine/fine. Illus. 671pp. 8vo two-toned boards d.w. New York: Harper 2008. Near Fine Harper unknown books
1964ref. 98655Hong Kong: Chung Chi 1964. hardcover. very good/very good. xvi 441pp. 8vo cloth d.w; dust wrapper lightly rubbed. Hong Kong: Chung Chi Publications 1964. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. Chung Chi unknown books
ref. 142762hardcover. 565pp. 8vo cloth d.w.; d.w. torn. San Francisco: Grace Books 1956. unknown books
1799ref. 162886Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin 1799. First Edition. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes. xii 9-348; iv 352pp. 8vo contemporary mottled calf with red leather spine labels bindings are rubbed and a little wormed; hinges on first volume are repaired but still solid and attractive; dampstains on front endpaper & blank flyleaf in first volume; pages toned as usual with some light foxing; small ink signatures on titles of both volumes; 2 pages in second volume have tears that were crudely taped and are now discolored. Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin 1799. First edition. Webster surveyed known data from epidemics since the time of Christ in order to prove his theory that these diseases were not contagious but were caused by environmental changes. Despite his incorrect conlculsions his work was widely read and quite influential. William Osler called this book "the most important medical work written in this country by a layman." - GM 1675.1; Austin 2023; Heirs of Hippocrates 1160. Hudson & Goodwin unknown books
ref. 124726Baltimore: Johns Hopkins. paperback. very good. Introductory essay by Benjamin Spector. 110pp. slim 8vo original printed wrappers; spine chipped. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press 1947. Very good. Supplements to the Bulletin of the History of Medicine No. 9.original printed wrappers Johns Hopkins unknown books
1977ref. 342556Oklahoma City: Southwest Radio Church 1977. 42p. staplebound pamphlet very good. Fundamentalist interpretation of Biblical prophecies alleging an imminent Soviet attack a step towards the return of the Messiah. Southwest Radio Church unknown books
1863ref. 544516Paris: Maison Martinet 1863. Softcover. Good. First edition. Caricatures by Cham Charles Amédée de Noé. Slim small quarto. Text in French. Wrappers with soil and loss at the edges modestly-sized foredge dampstain and large topedge dampstain throughout good only. Maison Martinet unknown books
2018ref. 1408203New York: Spiegel and Grau 2018. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 372 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good dust jacket. Spine white with brown and red lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering; price uncut: "$28.00." Signed flat by Harari on bookplate adhered to publisher's tipped in page. General shelf wear. Shelved in Sociology. 1408203. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Spiegel and Grau hardcover books
2022ref. 590806No Place: Netflix 2022. Softcover. Near Fine. Advance copy. Perfect bound wrappers. 131pp. Light rubbing near fine. A screenplay based on the novel by Don Delillo written and directed for Netflix by Baumbach starring Adam Driver Greta Gerwig and Don Cheadle. Netflix unknown books
1916ref. 522916Louisville Kentucky: John P. Morton & Company 1916. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Octavo. 150pp. Illustrated. Red cloth stamped in gilt. Fine in slightly foxed and toned very near fine dust jacket. Kentucky poetry. The author was Kentucky's first poet laureate an honorary title he held from 1926 until his death in 1953. His first book 'The Loom of Life' was published in 1912. John P. Morton & Company hardcover books
1993ref. 420198New York: Norton 1993. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author on the title page. Norton hardcover books
1991ref. 70615Gallup NM: Gallup Downtown Development Group 1991. Paperback. As New. SIGNED. 86 pp. Octavo 22 cm. Illustrated wraps. Signed by author on title page. "Six Decades of Route 66 is a catalog companion publication for the exhibit 'Six Decades of Route 66.' Sally Noe and Carolyn Milligan were curators for the exhibit."-from first page. Contains photos and writings about Gallup New Mexico. Gallup Downtown Development Group paperback books
