Evans, John (1767-1827).MareMagnum
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1875pp. x, 284. 12 mo. 195 mm. Paper browned, but not at all chipped. Original full red cloth binding, lettered in gold, and decorated in blind; slightly worn at head and tail. Large printed ans manuscript bookplate for the: Private Library of Douwe P. Boersma. The 4th American Edition, From the 15th London Edition (1844) Revised and Enlarged, with the addition of the most recent statistics relating to religious sects in the United States, by the American editor. A scarce American edition of this classic. PA55
1873pp. xvii, 484 + Frontis. Illustrated. Mildly XLib. Xlib stamps embossed in blind on title page, page 51 and page 483. Penciled ownership of Mrs. M. A. Huntington, Dec. 25, 1872 on front fly leaf. Small 8vo. Original full green buckram binding. Small gold design on front board. Rear board embossed in blind. Spine lettered and decorated in gold. Library call marks on spine. Beveled edges. Extremities rubbed and slightly worn. "After these pages had passed through the press, the most vital part of Boston, commercially, was laid in ashes by the conflagration of November 9 and 10, 1872." JUN5 BOX 4
1844120p. + Plus Frontis and seven steel plate engravings. Title page decorated with an engraving. Numerous text illustrations. Early penciled notations. Some age staining. Tall 12mo. 220 mm. Original pictorial printed boards, worn. Cloth spine repaired. Very good copy. SPACE BOX 7
184964p. A few margins torn with slight loss. 16mo. Original printed wraps, also with very slight loss. Don't be mis-led by "Re-print" in the title. This is the original first edition of this rare little piece. OCLC records only the copy at the Massachusetts Historical Society. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SCARCE. AMERICANA BOX 5
1820pp. vi, (2), 5-356. Old damp stain and browning. 12 mo. Worn original leather backed marbled boards. Contemporary manuscript ownership of Gorham Parsons. First Edition. "William Tudor (1779-1830) was an American merchant, Massachusetts legislator, U.S. consular officer (Lima and Rio de Janiero), founder and first editor (1815-17) of the North American Review, and one of the founders of the Boston Athenaeum. He was also famous as the creator of the and established the ice trade with the West Indies. A keen critic of contemporary manners, in this his best-known work he publishes the text sixteen actual letters he wrote to various individuals around the country." He covers subjects such as: Politics; Religion; Commerce; Literature; Fine Arts; On the Relative Ranks of Americans; Character and Condition of Women; Agriculture; Manufactures; Harvard University; Genius; Characters and Manners of the Inhabitants of Boston; the Future state of the Indians; funeral ceremonies; and more. Howes T405; Sabin 97407; S&S/AI 2241. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W145 Rear
1821214 p. + Frontis. Early manuscript ownership of A. Hatzfield on title page. In block letters on rear fly leaf "From the ruins of "Old Main" of Westminster College Burned Jan. 24, 1927, 1861-1927." This refers to the college located in New Wilmington, PA, where two 'Old Main' had burned to the ground in 1861 and 1927. First fly leaves and verso of Frontis light smoke damage. Top edge darkened. 24mo. 145 mm. Original very worn leather binding. Front board detached. Boards stained. Spine very worn with loss. S&S/AI 5326. Hardbound. AI BX 5
1887pp. 4 [Advertisements], 625-636, xxiv [Advertisements]. Many advertisements illustrated. Double column. XLib embossed stamp of Essex Institute. 4to. Softcover. Original pictorial wraps. Rear wrap detached. Wraps lightly damp stained. Good. "A Journal devoted to the science, practical working and advancement of photography". W103RtStk
1831216 p. + 14 full page illustrations by David Claypole Johnston (1798-1865), a 19th-century American cartoonist, printmaker, painter and actor from Boston, Massachusetts. He was the first natively trained American to master all the various graphic arts processes of lithography, etching, metal plate engraving, and wood engraving. His sense of humor and satire led him to be called the 'American Cruikshank' and 'one of our foremost ante-bellum humorous draughtsmen.' LACKS 2 leaves, pp. 197 to 200. Text and plates foxed. Inner hinge of page 9 repaired with loss of a few letters. 160 mm. Rebound in brown buckram. S&S/AI 5826. Hardbound. VERY SCARCE. AI BX 8
1810pp. 55, (1) [Publisher's catalogue]. Age stain. Lacks front fly leaf. 8vo. 205 mm. New wraps. Title continues: "Including A review of Griesbach's edition of the Greek Testament; with remarks upon the various editions and versions of the New Testament, and an inquiry into the propriety of a new translation. From The Eclectic Review." S&S/AI 21202. Softcover. Good. AI BX 3
1851102 p. + Frontis chromolithographed by W. Sharp and half title chromolithographed in gold gilt. Ruled in black throughout. Age stain. Manuscript presentation "Mrs. Ellen Bates with best regards of E. Harris, 1853." AAS sold stamp in rear. All edges gold gilt. 32mo. 115 mm. Original worn and faded cloth binding. Front board decorated with flowers in gilt gold. Loss at head and tail of spine. Hardbound. Good. Gift books in the Victorian era were usually literary annuals or keepsakes, often lavishly decorated, which collected essays, short fiction, and poetry. They were primarily published in the autumn, in time for the holiday season and were intended to be given away rather than read by the purchaser. But it is quite clear that they were then passed about within a family or neighborhood, and were read avidly. Their influence on the taste and attitudes of women in the mid-Victorian era cannot be over-estimated. AI BX 8
1815pp. xxiii, (13)-336. Age stain. Last few leaves dampstained. Uncut. Early manuscript pencil ownership of Elizabeth (Brewster) Champion Lathrop [1818-1895] on first fly leaf. 12mo. 190 mm. Original worn paper covered boards. Boards soiled and fragile. Spine very worn with loss. Original paper spine label. Title continues: "A Serious Appeal On The Necessity Of Mutual Forgiveness And Harmony, To Save Our Common Country From Ruin." Anomosity between the American political parties reached fever pitch in the era around the war of 1812. Carey hoped that his work would bring unity to the national political process. It would be nice to see a Mathew Carey arise today. S&S/AI 34285; Sabin 10877. Hardbound. Good. AI BX 8
1833pp. (8). (13)-267, (1) [Publisher's catalogue]. Collates Complete. Typographically printed music throughout. Very light foxing. 16mo. 155 mm. Original leather spine over orange paper covered boards. Callcott was one England's most celebrated composers of songs and vocal harmonies; and, through this text, a great teacher of the principles of musical notation, melody, harmony, and rhythm. This 1806 text was probably first published in the U.S. around 1810. S&S/AI 18082. Hardbound. Very good. Scarce. AI BX 8
1828Two volumes with continuous pagination. Illustrated engraved half titles. Thirty full page cooper engraved plates. Plate 25, The Phaeton, bound as "Frontis" in volume II. Plates 6 and 28 heavily foxed, other plates lightly foxed. Deckled edges. Wide margins. 235 mm. Volume II has printed paper boards, front board detached. Volume I lacks printed paper boards. Bindings need to be resewn. This Dance of Death deals with the visit Death eventually pays to people in all walks of life. Some are especially interesting and unusual, ie: the Boxer; the Cricketer; the Lawyer; the Alychemist, and, of course, the Antiquary. S&S/AI 32881. From the second London edition. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED AGAIN! AI BX 7
1813196 p. Light insect damage rear cover. Uncut. Text lightly browned but not brittle. On the title page is the autograph ownership of Dab. Johnson. Probably Dabney Johnson (1785-1835) who was married in 1813 to Elizabeth Burnett, in Patrick County, VA. He was a veteran of the War of 1812. XLib bookplate of the Tenney Memorial Library Newbury, VT 1896 given by Mrs. S. F. Wheeler. 12mo. 200 mm. Original scarce printed paper boards. Major paper loss on spine. Extremities worn with some loss. S&S/AI 28450. Second edition. Very good. Hardbound. AI BX 3
1821180 p. Browned but not brittle. pp. 133 and 134 torn without loss. Early manuscript ownerships of Emily H. Rodgers, Nov. 20, 1822 and Robert S. Morison from his mother's library 1899. 12mo. 165 mm. Original full leather binding, worn. Original leather spine label. Front board fragile. Third edition. S&S/AI 5137. Very good. Hardbound. PA 64
1848Two works bound in one: pp. 122; 128, (2) [Publisher's catalogue]. Lacks frontis in both works. Lacks fly leaves. Stamped ownership of John Dolman, Jr. May 8, 1883, Phila. on title pages of both works. Margins dampstained in first work. All edges gold gilt. 12mo. 175 mm. Contemporary red leather binding, extremities rubbed and worn. Inside gold gilt dentelles. Boards ruled in gold gilt with ownership of Susan T. Hough embossed on front board. Spine decorated and lettered in gold gilt with slight loss at tail. Hardbound. Good. Raised bands. Henry Beck Hirst (1817-1874) was a Philadelphian poet, lawyer and eccentric author. He was also a musician, amateur ornithologist, conchologist, and botanist. In his preface Hirst states he has purposely avoided reading Keats' Endymion "with the express design of escaping the danger of unintentional plagiarism." He was a friend of Poe, but their friendship broke up over Hirst's insistence that he, and not Poe, was the true author of 'The Raven' AI BX 8
1853pp. vii, 214, (1) [Errata]. Light age stain. Early manuscript ownership of 'Robert J. Fisher, York PA' on paste down. Fisher was a famous and important judge in York County. Engraved card of the author, 'Commander William Gibson, U.S. Navy' with his penciled correction in Preface. Small 8vo. 185 mm. Original patterned cloth binding. Boards decorated and embossed with a design of a ship in harbor. Extremities worn. Spine repaired. Binder's ticket of Bradley & Co. Boston on rear paste down. Very good. Hardbound. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AI BX 3
1828pp. 406, (2) [Index, (1)-46 [Appendix] + 13 full page wood engravings. Plates browned. Text foxed. XLib bookplate of Mt. St. Mary's Library on front paste down. Inked accession numbers on title page. 12mo. 180 mm. Original full worn leather binding. Front board detached. Binding cracked, needs to be resewn. Rev. J. Goldsmith pseud. for Sir Richard Phillips. He was a printer and bookseller, and later a sheriff of London - after which he was knighted by King George III. This American edition was improved by American polymath, Dr. Percival, who was also a poet, philologist, and geologist. S&S/AI 34778. Hardbound. Good. Ron bought before consign. AI BX 8
1838505 p. + Color Frontis. Illustrated with musical scores. Irregular pagination. Foxed. Early ownership stamp of Edwin R. Prendergast on title page and elsewhere. Manuscript ownership of Edwin R. Prendergast on title page. XLib bookplate of St. Bernard's Seminary Library (Pittsford, near Rochester, NY) on front paste down. Large 8vo. 230 mm. Original full cloth binding embossed in blind. Cloth faded and slightly worn. A curious work, which attempts to draw direct parallels between pleasant musical melodies and the "music" of animal sounds. He analyzes the voices of contemporary vocal performers with his special point of view in mind. Importantly, he tries to transcribe animal sounds into musical notation. S&S/AI 50462. Hardbound. Good. AI BX 8
1860Two Volumes. pp. 283; 288. No ads inserted. Front flyleaf excised. 12mo. 190 mm. Original publisher's cloth bindings. Boards decorated in blind. Extremities slightly worn. Hardbound. Very good. First American Edition, second issue. Also published in 1860 at London, in three volumes, by Smith, Elder, and Company, under title: Transformation; or, The romance of Monte Beni. "The MS. of 'The Marble faun' is in a private collection in England, and, in fact, was never in this country, as the American edition was set up from proof-sheets of the English edition." -- Cathcart, Bibliography of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Cleveland, 1905. "Every young sculptor seems to think that he must give the world some specimen of indecorous womanhood, and call it Eve, Venus, a Nymph, or any name that may apologize for a lack of decent clothing" - Hawthorne in the Marble Faun, Chap. 14. This second issue is identified by having 'the Conclusion' first published here. W147; AI BX 7
1829pp. (4), (iii)-iv, (4) [Blanks], 240. Mildly foxed. Page 185 torn top margin without loss. XLib bookplate of Gettysburg, PA Theological Seminary Library on front paste down. 24mo. 150 mm. Original full leather binding. Original leather spine label. Spine decorated in gold gilt. Front joint cracked and very fragile. Reginald Heber [1783-1826] was an English clergyman, man of letters and hymn-writer who, after working as a country parson for 16 years, served as the Anglican Bishop of Calcutta until his sudden death at the age of 42. Apparently not in S&S/AI. Hardbound. Very good. AI BX 6
1833296 p. + Woodcut Frontis and Three Plates. Damp stain. Age stain. Fly leaves browned. Slight loss on some top corners. Early manuscript ownership. 150 mm. Original leather spine over printed paper boards. Corners worn with some loss. Slight loss at head of spine. Title continues: "And Designed To Aid The Memory By Systematic Arrangement And Interesting Associations. Containing General Views of the Aborigines, of the progress of Manners, Religion, Trade and Commerce, Agriculture, Arts and Manufactures, Population and Education." S&S/AI 19026. 35th Edition. Hardbound. Good. These influential early school books are becoming scarce in the marketplace. A fine collection of them could still be formed inexpensively. PA 71
1864pp. xlvii, 33-576 + 10 engraved portrait plates with original tissue guards. First few signatures loose. XLib. XLib stamp on title page and elsewhere. Blind stamp of State Teachers College, Millersburg, PA on title page and elsewhere. Offsetting from plates. First fly leaf torn with loss. 8vo. 230 mm. Original worn cloth binding. Major loss on spine. Discard stamps on all three edges. Hardbound. AI BX 1
1798388 p. + Folding Map of North America. Offsetting from map on title page. Text browning but not brittle. Page 145 slightly torn without loss. Page 183 loss in margin and very slight loss of text. Mildly XLib. Bookplate of American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, presented by John Vaugham. 175 mm. Disbound. Signatures loose. Should be rebound. First Edition in this form. Abridged by the Author. Title continues: "To Which Is Annexed An Accurate Table Of All The Post-Offices In The United States." Hardbound. The map alone usually brings this price. AI BX 4
1829Three volumes bound in one: pp. xlviii, 353; x, 408; x, 406. Age stain. Thick 12mo. 180 mm. Original leather spine over marbled boards. Top grain of leather spine cracked, checkered, and rubbed. Binder's label of T.L. Eastburn, Mobile Alabama. Interesting early manuscript ownerships and comments. Manuscript ownership of Frank B. Clark, Jr. Mobile, AL Jan. 27th, 1876. In the same hand there is an extensive critique on the second fly leaf "This book contains specimens from the pens of those poets who appeared upon the literary horizon of America prior to 1820. Since then the names of our greatest poets have appeared, and the poetry of today, from its surpassing brilliancy, causes us to lose sight of many of the "gems" that appeared prior to 1820. We might mention the names of Edgar A. Poe, Timwood, Hayes, Meek, Pinckney, Mrs. Margaret J. Preston, as being the leading American poets appearing in this last half of the 19th Century, Mobile, June 1876." A.K.? Manning on margin of p. 64 of volume II. Perhaps the first comprehensive anthology and survey of American literature. This collection includes very early printings of Longfellow, Whittier, and others - before their first books. There is also a line notice of Poe's famous and rare fabled first book, Tamerlane. Though exceedingly brief, this is probably the first mention of Poe or his work in book form. "This is a wonderful compilation. the man who owns it owns a whole collection of early American verse" - Bennett. 'Practical Guide to American Book Collecting; "Kettell was not only the first important American anthologist-- he was the first bibliographer of American verse. his pioneer effort in the field can be lauded." - Winterich. 'Early American Books and Printing; BAL 3251. S&S/AI 39194. Hardbound. Good. A famous American book with a great early with Mobile, Alabama manuscript association. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AI BX 8