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1960ref. 016652Flemington New Jersey: Democrat Press 1960. INSCRIBED by the AUTHOR E. K. Red Crutts on the front free endpaper "Sincerely yours" and his signature only NOT personalized to anyone. Very Good condition. SEE PHOTOS. Bound in the original blue cloth stamped in shiny gold. Several tiny white speckles on the rear cover. No year of publication is given but the online entry for the New Jersey State Library says "1960" Included here are twelve chapters as follows: 1 Early New Jersey Mines; 2 Iron Contents of New Jersey; 3 Bog Iron Ores; 4 List of Known Limonite Localities; 5 Description of Individual Mines; 6 Magnetite Ores; 7 Description of Magnetite Mines in Limestone; 8 Description of Magnetite Mines in Gneiss; 9 Copper Mine Legend; 10 Early Days of the Iron Works; 11 Doverite a New Yttrium Mineral; 12 The Scrub Oak Mines. INSCRIBED by E. K. Red Crutts. 1st ed No additional printings listed. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 8vo. 55pp. Democrat Press Hardcover
1868ref. 92958New York: James McGuiran Printed By 1868. From actual surveys by and under the direction of F.W. Beers A.D. Ellis & G.G. Soule. Brown cloth cover with gilt lettering. Spine taped with black tape. Frontis 2-page map of New York state one page is stuck to innerboard. Table on contents page is heavily taped with black tape at hinge and has clear tape as well. Hand colored maps are in real nice condition showing the towns and villages of Otsego County. Maps are all one-sided. 3 pages of engravings in rear. Complete copy if well-worn. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Maps. 14"x15". James McGuiran, Printed By
1871ref. P5477Albany N.Y.: J. Munsell 1871. This antique hardcover limited-edition book is bound in brown cloth boards with a paste-down spine label with black lettering. Covers are worn cover edges and corners show heavy wear some soil; endpapers browned with some markings; most inner pages clean. This edition was "annotated" by the previous owner with notes and pasted-in information throughout - all concerning the edition illustrations and information containted within. This book was limited to 50 copies; it is illustrated throughout with full-page steel engraving plates. Additionally this copy was the former property of author William Stone. Stone's bookplate appears on the front inner board and pasted down to the front endpaper is a letter to Stone from the book's author Jeptha Simms dated Sept. 26 1881. Simms is writing Stone to tell him of a new book he's working on another history of New York and offering to get one of Stone's books into the hands of some people in Fort Plain. The letter appears to have torn at one of the folds and a previous owner has repaired it with tape. 297 pages including index; approx. 6"x9". Signed by Author. Limited. Hard Cover. Collectible-Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Steel Engravings. J. Munsell Hardcover
1825ref. 051673Philadelphia PA: Printed for the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania 1825. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Full original tree calf gilt on dark red title label mounted on upper spine panel. Leather shows mild rubbing to joints with exposure and a bit of layering at corners a few surface scuffs. viii274 pp. with 5 errata supplied on p. viii. Interior foxing ranges light to moderate. Firm binding. Main title shows approx. 10% loss top corner where a former owner signature or inscription appears to have been torn away otherwise complete. Exceptionally scarce. Printed for the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania Hardcover
1956ref. 17143Detroit: U. S. Lake Survey. Very Good. Flexible covers. Boards creased and darkened and with light rubbing to extremities.; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; Sheet 1700-1848 pages . 1956. U. S. Lake Survey unknown
1838ref. 16381New York: Privately Printed. Very Good. 1838. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Clean aqua-blue cloth with an armorial crest on both covers. Bright gilt spine label. All edges gilt. Interior of text is tight clean & intact. Mostly light and some moderate foxing throughout. Prior owners signature and date on front endpaper. Illustrated with a large fold-out map of John W. Gould's Voyage. Outer folded map panel is age toned and has a mended edge tear. In 1833 Gould sailed abroad the Commerce for Canton via Cape Horn and Valparaiso. He departed the ship in Chile and returned to New York via Rio de Janeiro on the Falmouth. He later returned to Rio on board the Iwanowna. Printed for private circulation only. Nautical; Fold out map; Narrow 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 207 pages . Privately Printed hardcover
1970ref. 63225NY: McGraw-Hill. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Front flyleaf removed jacket lightly worn. 1970. First Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed to real estate developer Joe Lesser by the author Robert Moses on dedication page. Gray illustrated cloth binding. Foreword by Raymond Moley xxxvi 952pp biography index photos. Autobiography by the legendary public works commissioner and New York State and City power broker who remade many of the metropolitan parks highways neighborhoods and bridges. A doorstop of a book only bested by Robert Caro's 1974 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Moses. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . McGraw-Hill hardcover
1949ref. 067611Lancaster PA: Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center Franklin and Marshall College 1949. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete run of The Pennsylvania Dutchman through its first five volumes prior to its magazine format and eventual conversion to Pennsylvania Folklife. In two volumes one elephant folio Vols. I-III broadside/newspaper format one quarto Vols. IV-V tabloid format uniformly bound in dark rust buckram lettered in gilt. Vol. I 25 issues Vols. II and III 22 issues each Vol. III 22 issues Vols IV and V 15 issues each. Buckram covers show modest fading and surface wear. Bindings firm contents clean and unmarked typically tanned. Rarely offered complete. Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, Franklin and Marshall College Hardcover
1966ref. 10509New York: Houghton Mifflin 1966. Hardcover. First edition first printing. Very Good hardcover with crisp white lettering to the black cloth and light rubbing at the extremities in a Poor dust jacket with loss at the heel crown and tips and a one-inch by one-inch chip to the front and wear at the edges. All five panels of the dust jacket are present but the front flap has separated and the front and back panels are separated at the spine; the pieces are held together by a mylar cover that gives the appearance of being whole. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY WRAPPED IN PADDING IN A BOX. 178 pages; 90 b&w plates; 9.75 x 8 inches. Errata slip bound in. In 1938 Walker Evans began surreptitiously photographing people on the New York City subway. With his camera hidden in his coat he captured the faces of riders hurtling through the dark tunnels wrapped in their own private thoughts. By 1940-41 Evans had made over six hundred photographs and had begun to edit the series. The book remained unpublished until 1966 when The Museum of Modern Art mounted an exhibition of Evans's subway portraits. Houghton Mifflin hardcover
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1838ref. 22166BOUGUENAIS 1838/1905 -in-4 plein-VELIN un fort volume, reliure plein velin ancien parcheminé in quarto (binding full vellum in-quarto) à l'italienne, dos long muet, titre à l'encre brune au centre du premier plat, fermeture à cordonnet, toutes tranches lisses rouges, cahier vierge vendu à l'origine par FOREST Imprimeur-Libraire et marchand de papier à Nantes rue de la fosse (étiquette imprimée de FOREST collée en haut à gauche du dos de la première de couverture, livre manuscrit à l'encre brune sur papier vergé ligné et filigrané, rempli de l'année 1838 à l'année 1905, avec des lignes horizontales bleues et des colonnes verticales rouges prés-imprimées, 188 pages manuscrites,
1836ref. 20263MAUVES 1836/1875 -in-4 plein-VELIN un Livre de Compte, reliure plein velin ancien parcheminé in quarto (binding full vellum in-quarto), petit éclat avec manque en haut du dos sur un centimètre carré (spine little damaged), toutes tranches non-rognées (all edges no smooth), fermeture à double cordonnets, livre manuscrit à l'encre brune sur papier velin ligné et filigrané, rempli de l'exercice de l'année 1836 à l'année 1875, Visé avec signature manuscrite par l'évèque de Nantes ( Mgr Alexandre Jaquemet) en 1851 et 1859, le curé Bouyer en 1864.. et signature manuscrite du Vicaire Général en 1874, 75 Pages.
1907ref. 10701Paris, Dunod et Pinat, 1907 ; in-8, broché ; (4), 305, (3) pp., grande planche dépliante (profils en long des 3 projets), figures et 11 planches hors-texte dont 2 plans et 9 photographies, couverture brique imprimée.
1860Carta nautica dell'Oceano Atlantico in cui sono segnate le rotte navali. Interessante evidenziare la presenza del cavo telegrafico "Telegraphic Cable" la cui collocazione si era da poco terminata. Questo cavo telegrafico adagiato sul fondo dell'oceano rappresentò un enorme passo avanti nel campo delle comunicazioni tra il Nord America e l'Europa. Da quel momento un messaggio poteva essere trasmesso e ricevuto nel giro di qualche minuto, quando fino a poco tempo prima erano necessari almeno dieci giorni di navigazione. Piccoli fori di tarlo che non compromettono l'ottimo stato di conservazione generale. Attraente coloritura coeva all'acquerello.
ref. 125199Tequest FL: Pharos Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. N.D. Hardback. Signed by author. First edition. Nice shape.; 159 pages . 0692485821 . Pharos Books hardcover
1505ref. 21605nantes 1505 un document, de 2 pages, manuscrit à l'encre brune d'une grande feuille sur papier vergé ligné et filigrané, format 23,5 centimètres de large par 26 centimètres de haut, copie delivrée par la SENECHAUSSEE DE NANTES, LE 27 OCTOBRE 1505,
1999ref. x-0792360834Kluwer Academic Pub 1999. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 825 pages. 10.00x7.00x2.00 inches. Kluwer Academic Pub hardcover
2018ref. 2-1730924174Independently published 2018. Paperback. New. 108 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.25 inches. Independently published paperback
1996ref. x-0306452170Plenum Pub Corp 1996. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 1018 pages. 10.50x7.25x2.25 inches. Plenum Pub Corp hardcover
1930ref. 021149N.Y.: Harper & Brothers 1930. First edition so stated. Previous owner's name at inside cover. Some mnor rubbing at spine edges and along bottom edges with corners bumped. Some loss of white lettering at spine otherwise a very good near fine copy in a beautiful dust jacket no tears or creases and with the very rare wrap-around band for the Harper Sealed Mystery. "Philip Nixon is the president of American Motors the biggest auto concern in the world. On the eve of cornering the US automobile market his corpse is found on the train tracks. Sgt. Gilmore had been asked to act as a bodyguard to the financier. Fortunately Gilmore was a passenger on the train that hit Nixons body.Milton M. Propper 1906-62 was an American devotee of Freeman Wills Crofts and Lynn Brock. The book is the American equivalent of Crofts: a methodical policeman Detective Sergeant Gilmore and Tommy Rankin of the Philadelphia police-- not brilliant but capable and thorough-- testing discrepancies and checking alibis; finance; transport three different train and two cars thundering across New Jersey by night; and plenty of railway timetables. Like his British models Propper handles a complex plot admirably unfolding layer by layer each mysterys solution opening new possibilities. The pure puzzle satisfies because there is no fat. But which character doesnt need to be in the book has no motive and hasnt been suspected when all the other characters have been eliminated Theres your murderer! With Audobon stock soaring under his skillful manipulation with the money world aghast at the significance of the colossal corner the death of Philip Nixon was a calamity. Mangled on the steel rails of the East Shore Express his body yielded no clues. Armed with knowledge of blackmail threats Detective Sergeant Gilmore of the Philadelphia Police took the case with full confidence of pushing it to an obvious and rapid conclusion. But numerous motives appeared and soon the list of potential murderers included gangsters thirsting for revenge the brothers of a betrayed girl a desperate bear speculator and the mans own secretary once before convicted of manslaughter. Who threw the body on the tracks By sheer doggedness and an intelligence that missed no single detail Gilmore solved this thrilling mystery in a way that will delight the keenest reader." -- Nicholas Fuller at "The Grandest Game in the World" blog. This copy although not marked as such comes from the auction of the Gary Gorton Crime Fiction collection of detective fiction . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-Near Fine/Fine. Book. Harper & Brothers
19568vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 34 plates on 16; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled with RN Crown in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, blue marker ribbon, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Still the best biography of the Royal Navy's leading U-boat hunter of WWII. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE. Enser, p.383; Law, 0218.
19438vo., First Edition thus; handsomely bound in full navy morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With small institutional press-mark on Foreword. The second part of Monsarrat's well-known 'Corvette' trilogy, published simultaneously with the UK edition. Taken in sequence the trilogy provides a near-continuous record of Monsarrat's early wartime service; furthermore they contain much of the inspiration and context, and in several cases actual incidents, which reappear in his masterpiece 'The Cruel Sea'.
1809ref. 001591Philadelphia Pa: David Hogan 1809. Paperback. Very Good -. Title page continued: "Containing The Speeches of the Attorney General and Jared Ingersoll Esq. on behalf of the Commonwealth and William Lewis Esq. on the part of the Defendant. And also the opinion of the Honorable William Tilghman Esq. Chief Justice of the State of Pennsylvania." iv 1 6-52 p.; 21 cm. Printed by T.T. Stiles. Disbound from a nonce volume. Early American Imprints 2nd series Shaw & Shoemaker 18494. This report is part of a lengthy and complicated matter involving a Revolutionary War privateer Gideon Olmstead who fought for over three decades for a larger share of a British ship taken during the war and Elizabeth Sergeant & Esther Waters the daughters and heirs of David Rittenhouse Pennsylvania's treasurer during the Revolution. Rittenhouse had been charged with protecting the prize money until the matter was resolved. However even after federal courts ruled in favor of Olmstead Pennsylvania refused to relinquish its claim to the money. In 1809 the United States Supreme Court in U.S. v. Peters 9 U.S. 5 Cranch 115 1809 in a nationalistic Marshall Court decision made it the first case to strike down a state statute. In response Gov. Snyder ordered the militia "to protect the daughters of Rittenhouse" who lived in adjoining houses at Arch and 7th Streets which they did for five weeks in March and April 1809. When the U.S. Marshal John Smith tried to serve the writ he was stopped by crossed bayonets. After he entered Sergeant's house through a rear window and arrested her Gov. Snyder finally paid the sum to the marshal striking a blow to the doctrine of state supremacy. This report relates to the unsuccessful attempt to force the marshall to release Elizabeth Sergeant Pennsylvania Chief Justice William Tilghman ruling that although he thought he had the power to discharge them if the federal court did not have jurisdiction he determined that in this case the federal court did have jurisdiction and so she should remain in custody of the U.S. marshall. A very scarce early 19th-century American legal report. In Very Good- Condition: disbound; scattered foxing and soiling first several leaves are the most heavily foxed; trimmed too closely at the foot of p. 39 with slight loss of text; old dampstain along upper edge of some leaves. David Hogan paperback
1825ref. 16457Albany N. Y.: State of New York. Very Good. 1825. First Edition. Hardcover. Complete in 2 volumes first editions. Rebound in clean green buckram cloth with bright gilt titles on both spines. Interior of texts are tight & intact. Hand written margin notes of a few pages. Light foxing throughout. Tissue protected illustrations. Volume #1 frontis a view of the Canal entrance into the Hudson; view Black Rock Village; view of the Rochester Aqueduct Bridge; View of Little Falls. Maps: Ontario & Oneida Lakes Swego Dock. Foldout Maps: Niagara River Oswego River Genesee River Gerundegut Embankment. 614pp. Volume #2 Frontispiece a large fold out map of the Champlain Canal. Official Documents Relating to the Erie and Champlain Canals Passed February 8 1825. 666pp. Very light foxing. Prior owners signature and date of rebinding. Canals; Views and Maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1280 pages . State of New York hardcover
2001ref. 17390New York: powerHouse Books 2001. Hardcover. SIGNED. First edition first printing. "Since the mid-1930s Helen Levitt 1913-2009 photographed life on the streets of NYC capturing the pulse of the city at moments when sidewalk life becomes an urban portrait. Crosstown is the most comprehensive monograph devoted to this master photographer. In pictures of 1930s and 1940s Harlem a color series completed in 1960 and black-and-white images from the 1980s and 1990s the book reveals the changes in New York street culture as well as the evolution of Levitt's photographic eye." Photographs by Helen Levitt; introduction by Francine Prose. SIGNED BY LEVITT on the title page; no inscription. From an unnumbered edition limited to 6000 copies. 192 pages; 48 color and 144 tri-toned b&w plates; 10 x 11.5 inches. Condition: Fine/As New clothbound hardcover with mounted plate to front; no dj as issued. Ships the next business day wrapped in padding in a box. Due to size and weight international and expedited shipping may be more than quoted. powerHouse Books hardcover
