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1998Best.-Nr. 44496New York: Random House 1998. 16mo pp. vi 376; lexicon in double column; wrappers in blue plastic dust jacket from the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum; small dampstain on top textblock fore-edge else fine. Signed by George H. W. and Barbara Bush with short note printed on the former president's office letterhead: "President Bush was happy to sign the enclosed item for your auction. It comes with his best wishes for a successful event. Random House unknown books
1839Best.-Nr. 44554New Haven 1839. 12mo 12pp. stitched as issued; some light spotting along the gutter edge but generally fine. Skeel 763 showing this to be the same text as that printed in broadside form in 1836 with slight changes. See also Skeel 762: "An essay discussing orthography and pronunciation and the books which record and teach them with particular reference to Webster's series of books. This is followed by a testimonial subscribed by thirty-one senators and severity-three representatives . The compiler believes the introductory matter and connective notes were written by Webster. In this pamphlet version the names are not given individually. From this point the text and recommendations are partly the same partly new the latest date being January 1839. unknown books
1848Best.-Nr. 44590Springfield: George and Charles Merriam 1848. First edition of the first Merriam-Webster dictionary; thick 4to pp. lxxxiv 1367; engraved frontispiece portrait after Samuel F.B. Morse; full original sheep lacking spine label; the whole quite scuffed and rubbed preliminaries foxed with one soil spot; previous ownership signature on front flyleaf has been neatly cut out; texblock very good and sound. Vancil p. 262. George and Charles Merriam unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 39628Cleveland: World Publishing Company 1970. Large thick 4to pp. xiv 2129 160 8 leaves of color maps some double page; pictorial endpapers text illustrations throughout; original olive cloth gilt lettering blue and gilt decorative boarders all edges speckled; in tan white and blue printed dust jacket; a bit rubbed a few shallow tears along jacket edges else a fine copy. World Publishing Company unknown books
1936Best.-Nr. 39633Cleveland: World Syndicate Publishing Company 1936. 2 volumes large 4to pp. lvi 968 969-2024 8 leaves of color maps; engraved portrait frontispiece of Webster in volume 1 text illustrations throughout; original tan embossed cloth red and black-stamped spine labels all edges red; some shelf wear edges and corners a bit rubbed; pages uniformly toned; an attractive set. "This dictionary is not published by the original publishers of Webster's Dictionary or by their successors" - at head of title pages. World Syndicate Publishing Company unknown books
1836Best.-Nr. 39574Sandbornton N.H.: Charles Lane 1836. Small 8vo pp. 144; wood-engraved illustrations throughout; contemporary brown paper-backed blue boards some water stains shelf wear wooden boards exposed in various places 1/4-inch loss at spine head hinges weak; foxing pages uniformly toned; interior in over all good condition. 1817 copyright application printed on t.p. verso. Skeel 256a. Charles Lane unknown books
1853Best.-Nr. 39607Springfield Mass: George and Charles Merriam 1853. Large thick 4to pp. lxxxiv1366 1; full contemporary calf black morocco gilt spine label half of which is missing pink printed endpapers; front board detached crude tape repair perished considerable shelf wear leather badly scuffed edges rubbed and bumped exposing boards 1/2-inch losses to top and bottom of spine; contemporary bookseller's rubber stamp on front free endpaper occasional foxing text block mostly fine. George and Charles Merriam unknown books
1836Best.-Nr. 34112New Haven 1836. 8vo 8pp. stitched as issued with 2 small corrections in the text in the hand of Noah Webster in red pencil and in ink as usual; fine copy. Skeel 751: "This pamphlet was printed but not published copies being given to each of Webster's children and grandchildren for the purpose of preserving the history of the family . and to correct an error in Dr. Trumbull's History of Connecticut." Surprisingly it is only the 11th printed genealogy of an American family. unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 19488New York: Frederick A. Praeger 1967. First edition 8vo pp. vii 1 184; 4 full-page illustrations included in pagination; jacket a little soiled and abraided else very good. Essays by Webster on the United States mostly political but some on cultural nationalism. Frederick A. Praeger unknown books
1848Best.-Nr. 31188Springfield: George & Charles Merriam 1848. First edition of the first Merriam-Webster dictionary; thick 4to pp. lxxxiv 1367; engraved frontispiece portrait after Samuel F. B. Morse slightly offset onto title page; full original sheep gilt lettered direct on spine; some rubbing and wear but sound. George & Charles Merriam unknown books
Best.-Nr. 155648vo pp. 96-104 offprint loose as issued in orig. blue printed wraps. "A private letter on political matters" Skeel. Enclosed in loose boards showing this copy to be that of Emily E.F. Skeel with her bookplate; thence ex-N.Y.P.L. Two other pamphlets listed on the N.Y.P.L. accession slip are not present. unknown books
1806Best.-Nr. 31181New Haven: from Sidney's Press for Increase Cooke 1806. Second edition 12mo pp. 224 2 table of contents; contemporary 1/4 sheep and drab paper-covered boards rubbed and worn at extremes but tight and firm text browning throughout with some spotting overall a good sound copy. The volume is divided into eight sections numbered 14 to 21 and continues the historical geographical agricultural and political discussions begun in volume I first published in 1802. The second edition of vol. II adds the text of Washington's Farewell Address. Josiah Meigs president of the University of Georgia praised both volumes in 1804 in a letter to his friend Webster: "I am much pleased with your manner of describing our North America. You have risen from the briars and brambles of detail and given us a luminous and comprehensive view of a WHOLE. I shall use my influence to introduce it into our schools. ." Skeel 545 see also Skeel 544. from Sidney's Press for Increase Cooke unknown books
1913Best.-Nr. 584New York: privately printed 1912 1913. First edition 8vo 2 volumes; presentation copy "from the daughter of Emily Ellsworth Fowler Ford i.e. the editor Emily E.F. Skeel Xmas 1913" to name erased. A note on the verso of each title reads "Printed by Kathleen Gordon Ford Turle Rosalie Greenleaf Ford Barr Grace Kidder Ford Williams Emily Ellsworth Ford Skeel Worthington Chauncey Ford Roswell Skeel Jr." A printer's imprint at the end of each volume shows that the book was printed in Glasgow by Robert Maclehose & Co. The work contains seven first printings of certain Webster materials mostly extracts letters and memoranda -- see Skeel 766. With two frontispiece portraits browned from acidic tissue and 7 plates; extremities lightly rubbed and with some slight chipping spines soiled else a good sound set in original blue cloth. privately printed, 1912 unknown books
1871Best.-Nr. 26931Tokyo: Binsei Kyosho 1871. Fukurotoji 7.25" x 4.75" 27 leaves; original blue wrappers printed paper label on upper cover; some wear dampstain entering text at bottom margins but generally good or better and preserving the original printed fukuro paper sheath. Spelling book in English with a Japanese translation by Yôyû Shisui. Osaka Joshi Daigaiku Library Selected Catalogue of Dutch and English Studies B-5. NYPL only in OCLC. [Binsei Kyosho] unknown books
1876Best.-Nr. 16051Brooklyn: privately printed 1876. Folio 15 leaves printed on the rectos only engraved frontispiece portrait of the lexicographer after the painting by Samuel F.B. Morse engraved title-page of A Dictionary of the English Language with a vignette showing Webster at work in his library note: these two engravings are not in all copies of the Genealogy; 5 vignette illustrations of fables taken from early American editions of Webster's Spellers; original plain gray paper wrappers some splitting along top edge and spine but generally very good. The first book by the eleven-year-old great-grandson of Noah Webster which he printed himself at his home in Brooklyn in an edition of 250 copies. The original edition of the Genealogy published by Webster himself in octavo format and without illustrations appeared in 1836. BAL 6140; Skeel 752. privately printed unknown books
1839Best.-Nr. 9583New Haven 1839. 12mo 12pp. stitched as issued; some light spotting along the gutter edge but generally fine. Skeel 763 showing this to be the same text as that printed in broadside form in 1836 with slight changes. See also Skeel 762: "An essay discussing orthography and pronunciation and the books which record and teach them with particular reference to Webster's series of books. This is followed by a testimonial subscribed by thirty-one senators and severity-three representatives . The compiler believes the introductory matter and connective notes were written by Webster. In this pamphlet version the names are not given individually. From this point the text and recommendations are partly the same partly new the latest date being January 1839. unknown books
1819Best.-Nr. 24603New-York: Printed by C.S. Van Winkle 1819. 39 1 blank pp. Disbound wrapper remnants in inner margins of first and last page. Light soil Good. This pamphlet advocates in response to the Panic of 1819 "two restrictions on banks: first they may discount no 'accommodation paper' i.e. simple loans that were not self-liquidating in the course of active trade; and second that they grant no renewals of loans." The absence of such restrictions the author argues encouraged excessive speculations and brought about the depression. See Rothbard 'The Panic of 1819' page 132 1962. As evidence Aristides cites the "wild enthusiasm" which characterized resumption of commerce after the 1815 Treaty of Ghent and the resulting extensions of credit "to the utmost limit." Authorship has been variously attributed to Webster and Van Ness. Skeel doubts Webster's hand. "Among other reasons she states that the Letter does not seem to be written in his style and that she finds no allusion to it in his letters. The pamphlet has also been ascribed to William P. Van Ness another who used the pseudonym 'Aristides.'" Sabin. AI 49978 4. Sabin 102364. See Skeel page 563 note 12. Printed by C.S. Van Winkle unknown books
1819Best.-Nr. 50041New York: Kirk and Mercein 1819. Mordecai Noah was an American Jewish Lawyer playwright and diplomat. In 1813 he was appointed consul to Tunis with a special . New York: Kirk and Mercein 1819. Mordecai Noah was an American Jewish Lawyer playwright and diplomat. In 1813 he was appointed consul to Tunis with a special mission to Algiers negotiating for the release of American sailors held prisoner there. The "Travels" referred to in the title were more fraught than they might appear. On his way to his post his ship was seized by the British and he was held in England for two months before being allowed to continue his mission only to be delayed in France and Spain for more than a year. President Monroe revoked his commission in 1815 after he'd succeeded in having twelve American prisoners released. Monroe's motives were never fully explained and they carried a whiff of antisemitism which won Noah favor in certain circles. He became a newspaper editor and made unsuccessful efforts to establish a place of safe haven for oppressed Jews of all nations. He later found success as a playwright and continued his career as a newspaperman. The forty-seven pages of appendices at the end of the volume contain interesting details on the means by which prisoners were freed and such factual information as the particulars of our commerce with Tunis. See DAB VII p. 534. Smith N17. S&S 48941. Bound in full contemporary calf rebacked to match with leather spine label. Water stain affecting the central portions of frontispiece and title page. Scattered foxing. The large folding plate of the Tunisian waterfront has been rebacked and shows tanning at the folds. A good copy of a scarce and interesting book. . 21.5 cm. vi 1 - errata 431 xlvii pp. b/w engraved frontispiece and plates one folding . Kirk and Mercein hardcover books
2021Best.-Nr. 9033145New York: Drawn & Quarterly/Farrar Straus and Giroux 2021. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. Translation by Mishory story edits by Stollman. Illustrated throughout in color. 6 1/2 x 9 inches. 273 pages plus afterword and glossary. Drawn & Quarterly/Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover books
2003Best.-Nr. 2347628Rochester New York: MeadWestvaco / National Geographic 2003. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 10x6x1. Limited edition. Includes publisher's slipcase. An exceptional copy. 2003 Hard Cover. 346 pp. 8vo. An augmented edition of the work originally published in 1901 including a DVD narrated by Jeff Bridges. An account of one of the most important exploring expeditions in American history the Lewis and Clark Expedition A.K.A. the Corps of Discovery Expedition. Brooks details the progress of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania through the Continental Divide and terminating at the Pacific Coast. They passed through a great deal of the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase mapping the area as they went and established a practical route to the western half of the continent that allowed the westward expansion of the United States to outpace the ambitions of Great Britain and other imperial powers. MeadWestvaco / National Geographic hardcover books
1854Best.-Nr. 64149Springfield: George and Charles Merriam 1854. Thick heavy quarto. Original full sheep with morocco spine labels; pink printed endpapers; lxxxiv13661pp; engraved frontispiece portrait. Text in triple column. The endpapers are printed with testimonials and adverts for Webster's works. Slight overall rubbing but no structural damage to the binding; occasional foxing within; old damp-stain with mild rippling to final three leaves; early decorative hand-colored illustration laid down to verso of front endpaper; in all a sound and attractive copy in the original binding Very Good. Later bookplate of James G. Mead to front flyleaf. George and Charles Merriam unknown books
2004Best.-Nr. 9030292New York: Abrams 2004. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Photography by Noah Sheldon. Bound in publisher's original illustrated boards with spine stamped in white and orange. Profusely illustrated. 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. 240 pages. Abrams hardcover books
1972Best.-Nr. 9020278Chicago: Lakeside Press 1972. Hardcover. Near fine. Bound in the publisher's original blue cloth cover and spine stamped in gilt. Black & white illustrations throughout. Lightly rubbed at the extremities. No. 70 of the Lakeside Classics. Edited by Paul M. Angle. Lakeside Press hardcover books
1989Best.-Nr. 9009465Boston: Little Brown & Co 1989. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. The dust jacket is price clipped. Little, Brown & Co hardcover books
1994Best.-Nr. 9009464Boston: Little Brown & Co 1994. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Little, Brown & Co hardcover books
