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réf. 89145Boston 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis photos 1 braille leaf 131 1p. plus 9p. advertisements. Original green cloth. A few cover spots discoloration. Former owner's name. No jacket presumably as published. hardcover books
1665réf. 40968Cambridge: James Field 1665. 12mo 14.5 cm 5.75". 18 ff. 126 pp. 1 blank f. also bound in Bible. Psalms. Greek. 1664. title-page in Greek romanized asPsalterion tou David. Kata tous Hevdomekonta. Cambridge: James Field 1664. 12mo. 1 f 171 1 blank pp. lacks blank leaf k6. The mid-17th century was a low point in the history of English typography but in this pair of Anglican religious texts James Field printer to the University of Cambridge produced => a very good example of the printer's art of Greek printing especially in the use of a small point size. The guiding force behind their production was James Duport 160679 dean of Peterborough and master of Magdelene College Cambridge a noted scholar of Latin and Greek and supporter of the university press. The preface to the Book of Common Prayer is signed with his initials and it is established that he was the editor of the Psalms; the texts were almost certainly issued together but are also at times found individually in contemporary binding. Field's minute typography here is dense and presented chiefly in double-column format in both works; and instead of woodcut head- or tailpieces and xylographic initials he deploys printer's ornaments to enliven the text at the top of some sections and occasionally elsewhere. => The layout is overall lovely and thoughtful and the printing is extremely clear and precise. Binding: Contemporary morocco with covers framed in a single blind fillet; spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and gilt-stamped compartment decorations. Marbled endpapers all edges gilt. => All pages ruled in red in the best style of the era. Provenance: Isaac Watts 16741748 the godfather of English hymnody is also fondly remembered for his Psalms of David: Imitated in the Language of the New Testament a work that was reprinted over a thousand times. His ownership signature is on the blank leaf opposite the BCP title-page here. Later the volume was owned by Charles Mayo 17671858 a scholar of Old English who dated his ownership as "St. John's College Oxford 1787." Most recently in the library of American collector of Greek printing Albert A. Howard small booklabel "AHA" at rear. BCP: Benton Book of Common Prayer 2nd ed. p. 25 no. 122; ESTC R24205; Wing 2nd ed. B3632; Griffiths Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer 453. Psalms: STC R204252; Wing 2nd ed. 1994 B2720A. Bound as above extremities a little rubbed with small chip at head of spine and edges of label chipped; joints strengthened some time ago and volume varnished. Inscriptions and small booklabel as above; pages gently age-toned otherwise clean. => A solid and attractive copy of an attractive production with wonderful provenance. James Field hardcover books
1898réf. 40799Harborne England: Johnson Bros. published in the Printing Department of Chad Valley Works 1898. 8vo 21.5 cm 8.5". 40 pp. illus. Pages 8 through 31 "hype" the games panoramas and dioramas and gift books available from the Johnsons while pages 32 through 40 list other products such as flushable toilet paper date stampers brush racks family printing devices etc. A relatively simple price list fills pages 4 through 7 but the display pages offer => half- to full-page green-printed illustrations of the firm's eye-filling book covers game pieces and box-tops "moving" and "illuminated' panoramas etc. Original textured cream-colored wrappers printed in green and red; paper of wrappers starting at head and foot of spine with staples offsetting to covers and first/last leaves. => Interior clean and very very nice. Johnson Bros. [published in the Printing Department of Chad Valley Works] unknown books
1844réf. 39585London: William Pickering pr. by Charles Whittingham 1844. Folio 35.1 cm 13.8". 260 pp. Pickering's beautiful type facsimile of Robert Barker's 1604 edition a.k.a. the Hampton Court Book here in a Rivière binding. Charles Whittingham printed the work on handmade paper in black-letter type for Pickering who inspired by the printing of Aldus Manutius published in 1844 a series of six such facsimiles of important editions of the Book of Common Prayer each of which was => illustrated with wood-engraved initials and ornaments done by Mary Byfield and limited to => only 350 copies printed on paper with another two on vellum. The original title-pages were reproduced for each in => red and black and in the case of the present example the almanac pages likewise printed in red and black. Each book in this homage to important editions of the BCP was => an outstanding example of the Victorian-era Gothic design movement and Kelly notes that these volumes are "considered to be among the finest work of Whittingham." Binding: Signed 19th-century dark brown morocco framed and panelled in single gilt and double blind fillets with gilt-tooled corner fleurons surrounding a central arabesque medallion; spine with raised bands gilt-stamped fleur-de-lis decorations in compartments and gilt-stamped publication information. All edges gilt. Front lower turn-in stamped by Rivière. Provenance: Front free endpaper with small stamp of Basil M. Pickering who took over the business after his father's death; later in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard small booklabel "AHA" at rear. Brunet I 1108; Griffiths Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer 1844:29; Kelly Checklist of Books Published by William Pickering 1844.4; Keynes William Pickering rev. ed. p. 85; McLean Victorian Book Design 13; Pickering & Chatto William Pickering catalogue 708 222. Bound as above joints and extremities showing moderate rubbing. Scattered spots of faint to mild foxing pages generally clean and fresh. William Pickering (pr. by Charles Whittingham) hardcover books
1665réf. 37826En te Kantabrigia: Ioannou Phieldou 1665. 12mo 14.5 cm 5.75". 36 126 2 blank pp. as issued with the same publisher's Bible. Psalms. Greek. 1664. Psalterion toy Dabid kata tous Hebdomekonta eis ta tmemata ta en te tes Agglikanes Ekkesias leitourgia nomizomena diegemenon. 12mo. 1664. 2 115 3 11771 1 pp. and Bible. New Testament. Greek. 1665. Tes kaines diathekes apanta. 12mo. 2 419 1 pp. First edition of this Greek translation of the Book of Common Prayer. The preface is signed "I.D." i.e. James Duport a popular professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge who had the year before printed a translation of the Psalter which appears here with the BCP as issued under a separate title-page and Ordinal along with the Greek New Testament and Apocrypha the title-page of the New Testament being an insert and the Apocrypha having separate pagination. This is only the second translation of the BCP into Greek following the first by Elias Petley in 1638. There were apparently two settings of this edition produced by printer John Field in the same year under the same title and imprint with priority not established; the present example has line six of the main title-page all in capital letters and the "Alma mater Cantabrigia" device following the last page of the Psalter but while the sun is on the left and the cup on the right of the Psalter title-page device they are reversed on the New Testament title-page apparently indicating that the New Testament is from a variant post-dating the BCP and Psalter. Binding: Contemporary mottled calf Cambridge-style covers framed in double gilt fillets and panelled in triple gilt fillets with gilt-tooled corner fleurons; spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and gilt-ruled compartments. Provenance: Front free endpaper with early inscription in red pencil: "Gibson's / Queens / Oxon. / 1787." Most recently in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard small booklabel "AHA" at rear. Biblos: Wing rev. ed. B3632; ESTC R204258; Griffiths 45:3. Psalterion: Wing B2720A; ESTC R204259. Tes kaines diathekes: Darlow & Moule 4702; Wing B2733. Bound as above worn and showing expectable acid-pitting with edges extremities and spine rubbed; spine label cracked with loss of central portion of label. Endpapers with early inked annotations in Greek and English. Central portion with top-marginal faint to light waterstaining generally though not always but a sliver; one leaf with tear from outer margin into text with loss of one letter; one leaf with short tear along paper flaw without loss of text. Final work with early inked underlining; rear fly-leaf with a few jotted references in Greek. => A scholar's copy of this nice example of early English Greek liturgical/scriptural printing. Ioannou Phieldou hardcover books
1762réf. 35341Cambridge: John Baskerville & B. Dod 1762. 12mo 16.9 cm 6.7". 392 pp. with Bible. O.T. Psalms. English. 1762. Sternhold & Hopkins. The whole book of Psalms collected into English metre . . . Birmingham: John Baskerville 1762. 12mo. 122 pp. and Bible. O.T. Psalms. English. 1762. Tate & Brady. A new version of the Psalms of David fitted to the tunes used in churches. Birmingham: John Baskerville 1762. 12mo. 104 pp. One of the last of Cambridge University printer John Baskerville's great series of printings of the Book of Common Prayer including the Psalter the articles of religion and state prayers for George III. The BCP is followed by two versions of the Psalms the older rendition by Sternhold and Hopkins and the newer by Tate and Brady. Provenance: Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of collector William Gott 17971863 father of John Gott Bishop of Truro with motto "Nec temere nec timide." Neat note on rear free endpaper indicating book was purchased from the Pickering firm and then rebound by Hayday. Binding: Signed binding done by James Hayday 17961872 an eminent London binder: Early 19th-century dark blue morocco spine gilt extra. Covers framed in gilt rolls surrounding central gilt-stamped composed medallions; board edges and turn-ins with gilt roll. All edges gilt. Front free endpaper stamped "Bound by Hayday. BCP: Griffiths Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer 1762:8; Gaskell 20; ESTC T87226. Sternhold & Hopkins: ESTC T87252; Gaskell 21. Brady & Tate: ESTC T107540; Gaskell 22. Binding as above light rubbing to extremities small scuffs to covers; back free endpaper with => small inked annotations regarding purchase and binding costs. First few leaves browned varying degrees of mild to moderate foxing elsewhere. A handsome example of both Baskerville's printing and Hayday's binding skills. John Baskerville & B. Dod unknown books
1760réf. 30966Cambridge: John Baskerville for B. Dod 1760. 8vo 24.5 cm 9.6". 544 pp. Second edition of Cambridge University printer John Baskerville's Book of Common Prayer including the Psalter the articles of religion and state prayers for George II. This impression printed in the same year as the first edition features decorative page borders; its title-page matches the description of Gaskell's Group 2 with the third line printed in roman and the price listed as "Seven Shillings and Six Pence unbound." The final text leaf is Ll2; there are interpolated signatures rz between Q and R. Binding: Contemporary red morocco framed and panelled in gilt rolls with gilt-stamped corner fleurons board edges and turn-ins with gilt roll; later rebacked with red morocco spine beautifully stamped in foliate and geometric designs originally gilt but now virtually entirely black/blind. All edges gilt. Provenance: Front pastedown with armorial bookplate "A ma puissance" of the Earl of Stamford. ESTC N32874; Gaskell Baskerville 12. Binding as above extremities rubbed sides with small scuffs. Front pastedown with bookplate as above bookplate bearing inked numeral in red. Pages gently age-toned with a few instances of light spots of foxing otherwise clean. => An attractive production in an attractive copy. John Baskerville for B. Dod unknown books
1802réf. 28715London: Pub. for John Reeves pr. by W. Bulmer 1802. 8vo 24 cm 9.5". vi 694 pp. There were minor differences between the Prayer Books of the Church of England and the Church of Ireland up until 1801 the year that the churches merged; the various 1801 BCPs were the first to use the "United Church" designation. John Reeves had been appointed king's printer in 1800 and edited his own version of the BCP of which this is the second edition; the separate title-page following the preliminary matter is dated 1801. That preliminary matter offering historical and liturgical commentary is extensive and interesting. Fore-edge: This beautiful example bears a subtly shaded => fore-edge painting showing Westminster Abbey in the background behind a waterfront view with sailboats. Binding: Full straight-grain dark olive green morocco covers framed in elegant feather and pearl twist gilt roll turn-ins with floral gilt roll. Stone-pattern marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Griffiths Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer 1802/1. Binding as above mild rubbing overall with some abraded areas consolidated joints and extremities subtly repaired aesthetically appropriate endbands supplied. Title-page with inked ownership inscription dated 1803 "The gift of my beloved husband." Intermittent faint spots of foxing mostly confined to early leaves. One inked marginal annotation in an early hand three psalms 14547 with small inked emphasis marks pages otherwise clean. Pub. for John Reeves (pr. by W. Bulmer) unknown books
1807réf. 27530Dublin: George Grierson 1807. 12mo. 158 54 ff. Irish BCP: Dublin edition from a prominent printing dynasty here with "A New Version of the Psalms." This 1807 issue is particularly uncommon with only one U.S. and one U.K. institution reporting holdings. Provenance: Front fly-leaf with inked inscription of William Johnston dated 1808 with subsequent later additions; outer closed edges with inked inscription of Charles Johnston dated 1823; pastedowns endpapers and some pages with additional Johnston inscriptions. Griffiths Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer 1807/15; NSTC L1854. Contemporary leather covered over with paper some time ago; original leather much cracked and abraded paper darkened chipped and torn. Front hinge inside cracked; text block starting to pull away from spine with front fly-leaf separated and early leaves loosening. Pages lightly age-toned with occasional faint stains; a few pages trimmed very closely. Two dried flowers laid in. A much-loved much-used copy. George Grierson hardcover books
1901réf. 17107Boston: Nathan Sawyer & Son printers 1901. 8vo. 18 pp. Issued by the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company Benj. F. Stevens President. Printed at head of title: "Calendar for 1901. Sewn in original wrappers; slightly soiled. Corners chipped. Front wrapper with chip at corners and fore-edge and with small tear from spine. Library shelf number pencilled on front cover. Nathan Sawyer & Son, printers unknown books
1862réf. 914New York: Root Anthony & Co. 1862. 8vo. 62 2 blank pp. In 1862 "a large and influential meeting of citizens of New England resident in New York" was held "with the purpose of making arrangements to provide for proper attention to the sick and wounded soldiers as they shall from time to time pass through New York on their return from the seat of war to their homes." Here are the minutes of the 1862 meetings as well as a list of contributors. Sabin 52747. Very good in printed paper wrappers slightly creased. Root, Anthony & Co. unknown books
1863réf. 9071London: C.W. Reynell 1863. 8vo. 110 xv 1 pp. NSTC 2ENG2934. Removed from a nonce volume sewing mostly gone. Edges brittle with occasional tears; one page with institutional stamp. C.W. Reynell unknown books
1831réf. 11716Washington 1831. 8vo. 4 pp. An overview of pioneering efforts in the education of the blind in both Europe and the United States. The memorialists state "A few years ago a deaf and dumb person was considered non compos mentis in law and incapable of exercising the rights or duties of a citizen. The degree of knowledge to which some individuals of this description have lately attained would have been incredible had we not witnessed it. In Europe it has been demonstrated that the blind are capable of still greater attainments." Government document: 21st Congress 2d Session. Doc. No. 20. Ho. of Reps. Removed from a nonce volume; inner edge slightly irregular. Very light foxing. Title-page with number inked in upper margin by an early hand. unknown books
1783réf. 4031Oxford: W. Jackson & A. Hamilton 1783. 4to 28 cm 11". 52 ff. lacking ff. 13. bound with Bible. English. 1783. Authorized i.e. King James Version. The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments: translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. Oxford: W. Jackson & A. Hamilton 1783. 4to 28 cm 11". 144 ff. lacking final blank. bound with Bible. O.T. Psalms. English.Paraphrases. 1770. Sternhold and Hopkins. The whole book of psalms collected into English metre. Oxford: Pr. by T. Wright & W. Gill 1770. 4to 28 cm 11". 28 ff. Large heavy quarto family bible smaller and more manageable and less expensive than the large folios intended to be used at the lectern in church but still quite substantial. These family Bibles also could contain as in this case the Book of Common Prayer and the "old" version metrical psalter with the expectation that they would serve the master of the house in leading family worship. Provenance: "William Tillsons Bible" in manuscript above manuscript family records on the recto of the first blank; other family notes are recorded on its back and on the verso of the front free endpaper. Someone has taken the trouble to paste a large slip of paper onto the recto of the front free endpaper over a large ownership note that may read "Thomas Tilison His Bible Septr 4th 1784. Prayer Book: Griffiths Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer 1786/2; ESTC N66721. Psalter: not in ESTC. Bible: not in Darlow & Moule or ESTC; Herbert 1286. Contemporary calf covers panelled in blind with remnants of clasps. Front joint open with cords strongly holding; covers abraded with incisions and leather loss to edges; spine leather dry and cracking; front fly-leaf and next blank detached. Prayer Book only lacking title-page and two preliminary leaves; another early leaf detached with a closed tear across no loss of text. Bible: Foxing and brown spotting with a few closed tears and occasional chipping in the margins the last resulting in loss of words from a few shouldernotes. The copy described by Herbert had engravings and maps not present here; this copy is complete textually. W. Jackson & A. Hamilton hardcover books
1739réf. 25958London: No publisher/printer 1739. 8vo 20.6 cm 8.1". 8 pp. Sole edition: Supplement to the Rev. George Whitefield's reply to Bishop Edmund Gibson in which Whitefield took the Anglican Church to task. This anonymously published item contains "Notes on the Pastoral Letter" an attack on Gibson's language and theology in the pastoral letter which started the controversy and "A Remark on the Weekly Miscellany of August 18th 1739; with an Extract of a Letter from Mr. Seward Relating to the Writer of the Same. ESTC T222052. Recent quarter calf and marbled papercovered sides spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and gilt-ruled raised bands. Pages age-toned edges slightly ragged. Inner margin of title-page with staining just touching text and an unobtrusive repair. No publisher/printer hardcover books
1991réf. 265668Tustin CA: Versatile Fashions 1991. Three issues 36p. each 8.5x11 inches stories erotic fetish drawings good booklets in stapled wraps with color pictorial covers and one issue has a black plastic binding clip. Transgender BDSM fiction and drawings. No holdings located in OCLC as of 5/2021. Versatile Fashions unknown books
1803réf. WRCAM35404Washington 1803. pp.195-316ivlxxxv pp. plus index. Half title. Original plain wrappers. Some old waterstaining at top of many leaves. Overall good untrimmed. The 85pp. supplement contains treaties of the United States in their first Congressional printings. The treaty with France had attempted to reconcile the many commercial problems the United States had with the French republic; promulgated in 1800 it was ratified by John Adams in one of his last acts as President. The British convention of 1802 was an attempt to settle the commercial differences arising from interpretations of Jay's Treaty although this measure did not solve the problems which drove Jefferson to the Embargo a few years later. This volume also contains U.S. treaties with the Chickasaws Creeks Choctaws and Senecas. MALLOY pp.496 610. unknown books
1712réf. WRCAM40325London 1712. 2323-324pp. Folio. Dbd. Small tear to fore edge of p.323 not affecting text. Lightly soiled. Very good. An act "for the incouragement of the trade to America" alleviating duties on incoming goods from the colonies. Mainly aimed a relieving duties on goods seized in the then on-going war between England France and Spain. ESTC N52389. unknown books
1826réf. WRCAM40087Boston: Printed by James Loring 1826. 61pp. Lacks frontispiece leaf. 16mo. Contemporary half calf and modern blue boards. Some damp-staining to boards. Titlepage stained and torn with some loss to border and text on verso. First leaf lacking frontispiece; last leaf pasted to rear board torn with minor loss to text. Some foxing and staining some tears repaired with Japanese tissue. Overall a fair copy. A much later edition of the often revised and updated first school book printed in the American colonies first published circa 1690. A combination speller reader and religious catechism. Illustrated with attractive woodcuts. The American Antiquarian Society notes variant issues of this edition this being the issue with titlepage frame design featuring diamonds and flowers and page 61 featuring a wood engraving of a boy and girl kneeling in prayer before seated parents. Rosenbach notes that the first and last leaf are pasted down as they are here though the first leaf is here lacking. Bristol dates this edition incorrectly as 1798. All early editions of this fragile little book are rare. HEARTMAN 343 2nd ed. ROSENBACH EARLY AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS 531. BRISTOL B10406. SHIPTON & MOONEY 48521. Printed by James Loring hardcover books
1850réf. WRCAM26487Boston 1850. 20pp. plus advertisements. Small quarto. Cloth. Fine. Reprint of the very rare original published in London in 1676. hardcover books
1865réf. WRCAM7161New York 1865. 18pp. Small quarto. Original printed wrappers. Wraps soiled front nearly detached. Good. No. 158 of an edition of 250 copies of which 50 were on large paper this copy numbered and initialed by Sabin. Number VIII in Sabin's quarto series of reprints. paperback books
1982réf. 20404Rotterdam: A. A. Balkema 1982. Cloth. Very Good. x 2 421-996 pages. Publisher's cloth. Volume 2 of the proceedings ONLY. A sound working copy. Previous owner's name on front flyleaf. Cloth. A. A. Balkema unknown books
1925réf. 15760New Hampshire : New England Telephone and Telegraph Company 1925. First Edition. Boards. Very Good. First Edition. 9 x 11 1/2 inches. Thick boards covered in grey coated linen. Bulks 2 1/2 inches thick at the spine. Bound in boards secured by two screw posts. An archive of more than one hundred 7 1/2 x 11 inch photographs each mounted on linen. Tonality of the images is excellent. The front cover is stamped "Outside Plant - General Store and Garage Equipment - General Tools and Implements as Included in Inventory and Appraisal of Property New England Telephone and Telegraph Company State of New Hampshire as of April 1 1925" The photographs are divided into sections each under a different tab. Each section of photographs is preceded with a financial page noting the value of the infrastructure being documented. A sample section is "Exchange Pole Lines Summary - Reproduction Cost - Fully Owned and Jointly Owned". Most photographs have typed explanations at bottom. Other section headings are Pole Lines Exchange Poles Toll Poles Aerial Cable Exchange Aerial Cable Toll Aerial Cable Exch. Aerial Wire Toll Aerial Wire UG Conduit UG Cable Exch UG Cable Toll UG Cable Motor Vehicles this section empty Other Accounts Submarine Cable GNL Tools and Implements. Boards. The first category tab has a stamp "Exhibit No 14 New England Tel & Tel Co New Hampshire P.S.C. No D. 964 Witness GK Manson". A legal expert advised us that this archive was probably 'an exhibit compiled for use in a state rate case - a substantial portion of which consisted of proving that the physical plant included in the company's 'rate base' on which it was allowed to earn its 'fair return' was 'used and useful' and fairly valued.' In other words NE Telephone was attempting to prove that the rates it charged to customers were fair and appropriate based in part on the inventory and property documented here. A fascinating view into the state of the art in telephone/telegraph cabling and outside plant as well as how that infrastructure was used to justify rates in 1925. Archives of this nature are certainly scarce on the market and worthy of study and preservation. While individual photographs are found occasionally groupings like this which tell a story larger than the sum of their parts are quite uncommon. Major Mason organized the 401st Telegraph Battalion from the NE Tel and Telegraph Company and was involved in analysis of the Transatlantic Cable see Circuits of Victory by Lavine. New England Telephone and Telegraph Company unknown books
1696réf. 16958London: E. Jones 1696. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. Engraved frontispiece. Full calf probably 18th century or early 19th century. Spine in 6 compartments; red lettering label gilt; the remaining compartments with a Maltese cross impressed in blind. Plain endpapers. 19th century ownership signature scrawled across the title page. Light scuffing to the binding some staining and soil to the text front inner hinge neatly mended else a very good copy. Includes the Psalter and rites of ordination: 'Una cum Psalterio seu Psalmis Davidis Ea Punctatione distinctis qua Cantari aut Recitari debent in ECCLESIIS Itemque Forma & Modus Faciendi Ordinandi & Consecrandi Episcopos Presbyteros Diaconos.' Wing B3694A; ESTC R214201. E. Jones hardcover books
1970réf. 15972Sheffield UK:A Headland Publication 1970. 1st edition. Near fine in wraps. Review copy with an application form for The Yorkshire Poets’s Association laid in. Printed publisher’s address corrected with a new stamped address. Boldly SIGNED by the author. Sheffield, UK:A Headland Publication, paperback books
