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1859ref. 408967Greenfield Mass.: S.S. Eastman & Company Printers 1859. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 18pp. Printed yellow wrappers. A bit of soiling on the wrappers else very near fine. S.S. Eastman & Company, Printers unknown books
1990ref. 242678Garden City NY: Doubleday 1990. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorr. Proof. Near fine in wrappers a paperback. Uncorrected proof. Spine slightly starting to fade. Doubleday unknown books
1929ref. 406287New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1929. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Green cloth gilt. Stamped name on front pastedown else very near fine without dusttwrapper. Dodd, Mead and Company hardcover books
1906ref. 392385New York: Moffat Yard & Company 1906. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Illustrated blue cloth stamped in cream. Prelude by Henry Van Dyke. Illustrated by E.W. Ashe Frederic Door Steele and Leon Guipon. Cocked with faint soiling and wear on the corners and spine ends else very good minus with previous owner gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Moffat, Yard & Company hardcover books
1931ref. 379302New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1931. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. A trifle rubbed still fine in modestly age-toned near fine price-clipped dustwrapper with tiny nicks and tears. Manly poetry broken into manly categories Men in Love Fighting and Heroism Adventure Sport Good Fellows Get Together etc. Scarce in jacket. Dodd, Mead and Company hardcover books
1940ref. 46063NY: William Morrow and Company 1940. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. xxiii 702pp index. very good hardback in a rubbed jacket that is sunned on the spine and and has a couple of external tape repairs. Slipcase present worn at edges else about very good. Signed by Haven on the half title page. William Morrow and Company hardcover books
1920ref. 408168Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Blue papercovered boards with blue cloth spine printed white label on front and spine. Spine lightly tanned edges rubbed a very good copy lacking the dustwrapper. Poet Norman Kraeft's copy with a receipt laid in bearing his name. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
1962ref. 22197New York: Hillary House Publishers 1962. 2 vols. reprint of the 1896 edition pp. xxvii 1 459; x 538; near fine in original red cloth slipcase split at edges but still intact. Hillary House Publishers unknown books
1863ref. 29531New York: D. Appleton 1863. 12mo pp. 214 2 ads; extra pictorial chromolithographic title-p. 4 wood-engraved plates; some wear else a very good copy in original blindstamped brown cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine. A moralizing tale about the allure of California gold on New Englanders. D. Appleton unknown books
2026ref. 143471Ann Arbor MI: The Legacy Press 2026. softcover. 10 x 7 inches. softcover. 204 pages. A Perfect Machine narrates the emergence impact and eventual decline of the most pivotal U.S. printing press of the nineteenth century. The Adams power press successfully transitioned printers from the limited production of fine letterpress printing on hand presses to mechanized high-quality high-volume production. From the 1830s through the 1870s this machine printed the majority of American books with a top speed of about 1000 impressions an hour and flexibility for batch printing. Although prominent in book production the Adams power press also facilitated the cross-production of books and newspapers and even selected job printing. Building on the first U.S. power press of Daniel Treadwell Isaac Adams adapted innovations of his own and those of others into a new machine. He patented a double-feeder press in 1830 and an improved machine with a single feeding station in 1836 including a ground-breaking "fly" device to automate the stacking of printed sheets. In coordination with his younger brother Seth whose expertise and business acumen advanced their mutual interests Isaac designed the machines as transitions from manual to steam power. Strategic partnerships patent extensions and flexible power-sourcing enabled Adams to position his machine competitively within the U.S. printing market. Publishers and printers profited from the machines accurate registration beautiful impressions carefully calibrated movements and most of all automated stacking that lessened labor costs while presenting sheets ready for perfecting printing the second side. Patent protection blocked competitors from legally incorporating the Adams fly device into their machines. Isaac Adams relinquished his business in 1859 arguably at its market peak extracting a fair price from R. Hoe & Co. Within a few years publishers turned toward newer cylinder presses to print larger sheets of machine-made paper and illustrative wood blocks incompatible with production on an Adams power press. A Perfect Machine presents a comprehensive study of the Adams power press including an extensive bibliography a compilation of published press sizes and costs and a method for identifying works printed on the machine. This book is an essential reference for studying the transition of printing from hand presses to automated machines in the nineteenth century. The Legacy Press unknown books
1810ref. 442New Haven:: Sidney's Press 1810. Book. 8vo stitched title wrappers pp. 16. Tide mark stain to first three leaves. With the contemporary ownership signature of Frances Julia Webster the second daughter of Noah Webster who with her father her mother Rebecca and family are listed among the members. Also notable among the membership are eleven named men and women of color some as early as 1758. Sidney's Press, unknown books
1866ref. 41819New Haven 1866. Each ticket about 2-1/4" x 3." printed in colored inks usually with decorative border. Mild wear. Very Good. The tickets are for a "Social Club" on January 17 1866 at the New Haven Armory; another "Social Club" on February 7 1866 at the Armory; a "Coterie" on Nov. 211866; and a "S. C." Course at the New Haven Grays' Armory on "Dec. 20th Jan.3d Jan. 17th Jan. 31st 1865 and 1866. Committee Members listed in the tickets include S. A. Treat S. F. Foote W. W. Moses Benj. English Fred Hotchkiss Capt. E. E. Bradley. A particularly attractive invitation is for the "Semi Centennial Reception. At Music Hall Sept. 13th 1866." A handcolored engraving with flags and banner "Transtulit Sustinet" the Connecticut State motto is the centerpiece. The New Haven Grays were a militia unit formed in 1816 as the New Haven Light Infantry and used as a civil defense force for the City. "At the outbreak of the Civil War the Grays enlisted for a 90 day period of service as part of the 2nd Connecticut Infantry. They took part in the first major engagement of the Civil War the Battle of Bull Run. It was this battle which was a victory for the Confederate Forces which the Grays saved the day for the union. Union Forces broke and ran throwing down their weapons and fleeing in panic while being attacked by the Confederates leaving the road to Washington DC open to the enemy. However the Grays led by CPT Alfred H. Terry held and withdrew in an orderly fashion using covered fire to 'Leap Frog' back which caused the Confederate Leader to think he was facing a superior well-trained force to call off his attack. The unit took part in 19 battles during the Civil War and at Gettysburg several monuments stand today in honor of those men and their deeds" article '1st Battalion - 102nd Infantry Regiment.' at online site of Global Security Organization . See Lucke HISTORY OF THE NEW HAVEN GRAYS FROM SEPT.13 1816 TO SEPT. 13 1876. New Haven: 1876. unknown books
1769ref. 41974Boston: New-England: Richard Draper 1769. 55 1 blank pp with the half title as issued. Stitched scattered light spotting. Very Good. This election sermon is an important illustration of the growing colonial resentment of Parliamentary abuses of power. Haven pastor of the First Church in Dedham subscribes to the 'natural rights' and 'social compact' theory of government. "By forming into civil society men do indeed give up some of their natural rights; but it is in prospect of a rich compensation in the better security of the rest and in the enjoyment of several additional ones that flow from the constitution of government." Despite the different types of government "the natural rights of the people.are the same under every form of government." He quotes "the great Mr. Locke" on the duty of the people to oppose tyranny and asserts that the colonists are justifiably apprehensive about Parliament's excessive assertions of authority most recently expressed in the Townshend Acts. FIRST EDITION. Evans 11289. ESTC W3227. Richard Draper unknown books
1854ref. 40865New Haven: Northrop 1854. Each Number stitched in original printed wrappers minor wear; November 1853 lacking rear wrapper. Scattered foxing. Each volume continuously paginated. 668; 648; 675 1 7 pp. Very Good. The New Englander was a quarterly which issued in February May August and November. It "was established in 1843 by a group of New Haven ministers and educators to uphold what they found best in the New England tradition. . .It deserves a place among the more general reviews as well as among those actuated by religious motives and ideals" Mott. I Mott 371. Lomazow 445. Northrop unknown books
1911ref. 40760Boston 1911. Folio 16" x 23." Contemporary cloth worn rubbed hinges starting and loosening. Some original tabs remaining. Contents: Title page laid down on linen blank bottom portion torn away; Street Index loose laid down on linen corner tear loses a few letters; double-page Map of the City of New Haven some blank extremity portions torn away; Plates 1-43 inclusive all colored and backed in linen consisting of double-page maps of the City identifying masonry buildings wood buildings hydrants electric railroads fire alarm boxes police alarm boxes house numbers and property owners steam railroads cemeteries churches and other institutions light soil occasional wear to inner margins and extremities resulting in some minor losses; double-page 'Plan of the Sewerage System of New Haven Ct. Designed by E.S. Chesbrough C.E.' backed in linen; double-page 'Map of the Distribution Mains of the New Haven Gas Light Company' backed in linen; double-page 'Map of the Supply and Distribution Mains of the New Haven Water Co.' With the noted exceptions a Good copy. An extraordinarily detailed and well-executed atlas of this City. Le Gear 576. unknown books
1775ref. 34920Boston: Mills and Hicks 1775. 40pp disbound and spotted light rubberstamp. Good or so. Evans 14111. Mills and Hicks unknown books
1863ref. 22253Chicago: Sterling P. Rounds Premium Steam Book and Job Printer 1863. 28pp. Disbound without wraps else Very Good. Haven sketches Emerson's life from his birth in New Hampshire in 1787 to his education at Yale and the Andover Theological Seminary his ministry in Connecticut and his teaching career at Andover. His final years were spent in Rockford Illinois to be near his children. He ardently supported the Union cause in the War. FIRST EDITION. Ante-Fire Imprints 716 9. Sterling P. Rounds, Premium Steam Book and Job Printer unknown books
1793ref. 21266Boston MA: Printed at the Apollo Press by Belknap and Hall 1793. 36pp. Spine reinforced with paper tape. Scattered spotting. Good. "The charge by the Reverend Mr. Ellis of Rehoboth" at pp.28-32. "The right hand of fellowship by the Reverend Mr. Morey of Walpole" at pp.33-36. Evans 25592. Printed at the Apollo Press by Belknap and Hall unknown books
1910ref. 2351012Boston and New York / Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press 1910. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Canandaigua Union School Library stamp on title page with call number on spine and a couple other minor marks. Hinges just beginning to weaken edges rubbed. 1910 Hard Cover. xv 171 pp. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece and plates illustrations from drawings by E.H. Forbush and others. Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press hardcover books
1996ref. 2680New York: Metropolitan Bks/Henry Holt. Very Good in Near Fine dj. First Edition. Hardcover. remainder mark on top edge a couple of tiny dents at top and bottom of boards otherwise a clean tight unread book; jacket shows minimal handling wear. Another comic-strip homage from De Haven; this one does for the 1930's what his earlier book Funny Papers did for the 1890's. The book was designed by Art Spiegelman with Kelly Soong and features a color frontispiece a full-page Sunday "Derby Dugan" strip by "Walter Geebus" the book's protagonist actually drawn by Spiegelman. . 1996. Metropolitan Bks/Henry Holt hardcover books
1907ref. 86810New Haven: The Auxiliary 1907. Paperback. Good. 64p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22cm. Moderate cover wear. Contents sound. The Auxiliary paperback books
ref. 79162New Haven n.d. Near Fine. Hemberger Armin. Broadside. Printed on thin stiff card stock. 18 x 28cm. An illustration by Armin Hemberger of three women one skinny one fat and one round shouldered occupies the upper half of this broadside. unknown books
1967ref. 71114New Haven 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. photos 99p. bound with Additional Addenda to the Silver Catalog. n.p.: n.d. 1967. 4p. bound with Journal of the New Haven County Historical Society Vol. 15 No. 5 March 1967. 82-99p. Utilitarian pebbled black leather. Front cover of original wrappers of catalog and journal bound in. Maroon title label on backstrip. 23cm. Spine slightly sloped. Bookplate. No Jacket. This belonged to John Devereux Kernan who wrote the Introduction to this catalog and is listed in the catalog as Chairman of the Society's Silver Exhibition Committee. The various corrections found in the "Additional Addenda" have been cut out of another copy of the addenda and mounted in this copy of the exhibition catalog. Also laid in: 1 a piece of ruled yellow paper on which Kernan has made some notes; and 2 a wine label which states "mise en bouteille" by John C. Devereux. hardcover books
1883ref. 73289n.p. 1883. Hardcover. Good. Small format ledger book with handwritten entries. Pages not numbered. 19 cm. Covers intact but worn around edges and heavily scuffed. Contents sound. Later typed labels identifying contents mounted on front cover and front free endpaper. hardcover books
1867ref. 30574Trenton. 1867. One of four works by Charles Chauncey Haven on the Revolutionary War's Trenton-Princeton campaign of December 1776 to January 1777. Sabin calls for a plate and map but in error; New Jersey bibliographical maven Joseph Felcone tells us that no copies have them including Haven's personal copy. Original sheep ruled and stamped in gilt. Spine and edges rubbed. Very good. SABIN 30874. GEPHART 6100. unknown books