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189522058London: George Allen 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. viii 209pp4 ads. Very good hardback in decorated black cloth. Bookplate to front pastedown otherwise internally fine. <br/><br/> George Allen hardcover books
188462893London: Smith Elder & Co. Good. 1884. Hardcover. 186pp. ads fold-out map at front. Black flexible boards with red and gilt stamping. Spine ends are chipped hinges starting covers are slighlty scuffed and soiled. Otherwise contents are bright and complete. A Good copy. . Smith, Elder, & Co. hardcover books
185235121Philadelphia: Barnard 1852. unbound. very good-. 16pp. 12mo stitched. Philadelphia: Barnard & Sons 1852. Good .<br/><br/> Concludes that "Tornadoes are Caused by Heat."<br/><br/> Barnard unknown books
1885278056London. : Smith Elder. 1885. 1st Edition. Later ivory leatherette blue spine title. . Very good top edge lightly smoked in a sturdy binding. 19x13 cm. . A travel guide to late 19th century Russia somewhat uncommon in this edition. weight: 1.8 lb. Smith, Elder. hardcover books
187739179Philadelphia: Legal Intelligencer Office 1877. 8vo 24 cm 9.5". 38 pp. <br><br>Hare was professor of constitutional and commercial law. Original printed gray wrappers. Minor chipping to edges of wrappers. Very good. Legal Intelligencer Office unknown books
1900185695London: G. Allen 1900. Hardcover. VG Covers have general wear discoloration fading wrinkling edge damage. Bookblocks have age toning and foxing. Interior pages have age toning. Some pages uncut. 2 Volumes. Blue cloth boards with red and gilt design elements on front cover. Gilt lettering on spine. Illustrations. Contents:V. 1. The Riviera di Ponente and in Piedmont and Lombardy. -- v. 2. Venice Ferrara Piacenza Parma Modena and Bologna. G. Allen hardcover books
1879014654London: Daldy Isbister and Company 1879. Two volumes uniformly bound. Marbled boards and matching endpapers. Frontispiece portraits in each volume. Spines decorated in gilt panelled with leather labels. Engraved book-plate on front pastedowns. Baroness Bunsen 1791-1876 was a Welsh painter and author. 516-486pp. . First Edition. 1/2 Brown Calf. Moderate Edge and Corner Wear./No Dust Jacket. Octavo. Daldy, Isbister and Company hardcover books
188727732London: George Allen n.d. 1887. 8vo pp. 2 ads 4 525; double-p. map printed in color illus. in text; occasional light pencil marginalia last leaf scraped; all else very good in original black cloth stamped in gilt and red on upper and spine. <br/><br/> George Allen, n.d. hardcover books
189653597Phiadelphia: Lea Brothers & Company. Very Good. 1896. Hardcover. Philadelphia/New York: Lea Brothers & Co. 1896. Wine colored cloth gilt on spine 573 pages publisher's ads. Rubbed light cover wear still a very good copy complete. . Lea Brothers & Company hardcover books
189538962London: Philadelphia: Headley Bros. ; J. C. Winston. Very Good. 1895. First Printing. Hardcover. -; Very Good. No dust jacket. Includes chapters on her travels to America and work in Kansas. . Headley Bros. ; J. C. Winston hardcover books
1896100234New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1896. VG- with very light discoloration to cover. Black cloth with red ruling across top of covers. 2 volume set. Vol. 1: x 343 pp. Vol. 2: viii 352 pp. with index at rear. Both volumes illustrated. Dodd, Mead and Company hardcover books
188413930New York: George Routledge and Sons 1884. 2 volumes in one 8vo; wood-engraved illustrations throughout text; ex-MHS with bookplate marked withdrawn and old accession label on spine; terminals browned spine ends rubbed with small cracks else very good in original gray cloth gilt-titled spine gilt vignette on upper cover. The first volume is on the City; the second on the West End. Hare 1834-1903 arranges these walks so the tourist can see as many objects of interest as possible. Popular and well-respected guide book first published in 1878. <br/><br/> George Routledge and Sons hardcover books
182511936Philadelphia: Printed Clark & Raser 1825. 24pp stitched untrimmed. Title page soiled and chipped at blank edges Good. "I am dragged from my peaceful pursuits as a farmer by a man whom I have neither had opportunity nor desire to offend. I am coerced to reply." Powel denounces Massachusetts Senator Pickering "the vehemence of his invective and the restlessness of his quill" for accusing him of "garbling" and seeking personal gain from his position as editor of the American Farmer. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 64747. AI 21959 13. Not in Rink Decker Eberstadt. Printed Clark & Raser unknown books
1872515581872. HARE Augustus J.C. MEMORIALS OF A QUIET LIFE. Two Volumes. London: Strahan and Co. 1872. Small 8vo. black cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition. Good ink name of half-title pages some wear or chipping to edges of covers & crack to front cover of volume one. $85.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
187819081London: Daldy Isbister & Co. 1878. 8vo. Frontis. xxi 5 274 2 pp.; 17 plts. incl. frontis. <br><br>Third edition. Publisher's brown cloth stamped in gilt on the spine; spine with paper call label. Rubber-stamped on the front pastedown by the Maryland Episcopal Diocesan Library. A librarian's pencilled notations on verso of title-page and front pastedown; no other markings. Frontispiece with tissue guard and title-page separated from binding; fore-edge of title-page with several small chips and tears. Daldy, Isbister, & Co. hardcover books
1860128431Paris: Goupil et Cie 1860. Hardcover. Good ex-library with typical markings including ink stamps on the lower corner of plate images and occasional perforation stamps. Rebound. Damp staining on lower edges of pages no stuck pages however. Black buckram 54 pp. 29 engraved plates WorldCat lists 30 but there is no evidence of a missing plate. In French. Color-printed decorative initials begin each section. Features engraved examples of ornately carved furniture including a 16th century armoire with flamboyantly carved panels from the Louvre and an 18th century console with clock and vases from the collection of M. Leopold Double. Uunder the surface of this elegant console sits a cherub clasping a crown with a wreath of laurels and myrtles above. Also included is a Renaissance bed from the collection of the museum of l'Hotel de Cluny. With many more large and lovely plates of mirrors credenzas panels cabinets clocks chairs tables etc. and with a stunning portrait of Caterina de' Medici. Goupil et Cie hardcover books
189535186Chicago: The Henneberry Co. 1895. Hardcover. Very good-/No dust jacket. An Account of the Capture of the Kelly Gang. Chicago: The Henneberry Co. 1895. 271 pp. Hardcover. 12mo size. Maroon cloth. Gilt stamped lettering to spine. Head heel and corners lightly to moderately frayed and worn; corners more so. Board edges mildly bumped and rubbed. Minimal scattered insect damage along rear gutter and board edges. Light scattered staining on boards and edges. Edges and pages mildly toned. Advertisement calendar from a 1905 tailoring co. placed onto front paste-down. Front free endpaper missing. Binding is starting to crack; few signatures starting. Still quite good. Text block tight interior clean and bright. Very good-/. The Henneberry Co. hardcover books
183765587Philadelphia PA: Printed be John C. Clark 60 Dock Street 1837. Disbound pamphlet lacking wrappers . 25 cm. 29pp. Period ownership signature on title page ink spot partly obscuring one of the words in the title some scattered foxing. A work on banking by a significant American scientist. KRESS C.4386. <br/><br/> Printed be John C. Clark, 60 Dock Street unknown books
182554619Philadelphia: R. Wright printer 1825. First edition 8vo pp. 48; stitched as issued; one thread broken else very good. Quite scarce but lacking the five plates although in this format it's hard to see where they were included Most knowledgeable concerning electricity Hare wrote widely and was often controversial. Late in life he became convinced of a spiritual connection and was shunned by his old colleagues. There are 4 OCLC records for this title with a total of 14 locations: one record showing 48 pages and 22 cm with no mention of the plates; another 48 pages 5 plates 24 cm; a third paginating 60 9 with 5 plates 23 cm; and the last 48 pages 4 plates no measurement given. Rink 723; American Imprints 20812. <br/><br/> R. Wright, printer unknown books
183723015Philadelphia: Printed by John C. Clark 1837. 29 3 blank pp. Untrimmed and generously margined stitched. Institutional rubberstamp on front wrap light to moderate dusting Good. <br/><br/> Robert Hare professor of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania from 1818 to 1847 wrote a number of economic tracts and generally as here advocated Whig banking policies favoring a plentiful supply of credit to finance the country's expansion. <br/>AI 44668 5. Printed by John C. Clark unknown books
1836288901Philadelphia: J. G. Auner 1836. Third Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. A textbook on Chemistry for use by students of the University of Pennsylvania written by a university professor Robert Hare who also provided his name to the Robert Hare Medical and Dental Library 1878-1969. Numerous plates and text illustrations depicting the curious chemical instruments and experiments of the day. Toning to the endpapers; contemporary owner's name on the front flyleaf; foxing throughout. Overly mottled calf with some surface loss to the leather and a black leather label on the spine. Very Good binding. J. G. Auner unknown books
1821WAS44059Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown London 1821. Some soiling and foxing to plates and text leaves untrimmed. 9 x 5 1/2 inches boards with leather spine discoloration and wear to boards and leather Xii 300 4 pages of advertisements plus 2 engraved plates. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London hardcover books
1843S7264Philadelphia:: William S. Young 1843. 1843. Thick 4to. Article 49-51 pp.; article lightly foxed. Whole vol. xi 357 pp. Numerous engraved plates figs. charts; browning foxing throughout. Later gilt stamped green cloth. Very good. FIRST EDITION. Significant work on the Hessian fly by pioneer woman scientist. Morris was an early female American scientist and the first female member of Ac. Nat. Scis. Philad. of Germantown PA. This study of the Hessian fly had particular significance for agriculture as a careful examination of these insects ". . . delineated life history and concluded that eggs were laid in grain rather than stalk." Biographical Dictionary of American Science Elliott p. 185. William S. Young, 1843. hardcover books
185615849New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1856. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Some rubbing fraying of extremities endpapers browned text browned in margins else a good copy. With booklabels of "From Plummer's Cheap Bookstore Davenport Iowa" and "Baldwin's Original Antiquarian Cheap Book Store 199 East Madison St. Chicago" on endpapers also bookplate of Russel van Arsdale Lee. 1 vols. 8vo. Testimony into the validity of mesmerism with chapters devoted to writing of the "causes that have made mesmerism unpopular" on the Mesmeric consciousness and Mesmeric sensation as well as the Mesmeric Medium. A very interesting look into this subject. Harper & Brothers, Publishers unknown books
185355058New York: Courrier des Etats-Unis 1853. 16mo pp. 30 2; printed self-wrappers; ink number on title page near fine. Robert Hare was engaged with l'Espy and Peltier in a debate over the nature and source of storms. Hare was a minor player in this debate. His belief was that "vast currents of opposing electrical charge" was the source of storms. This pamphlet appears to be a defense of that position. Scarce with no copies recorded in the US. <br/><br/> Courrier des Etats-Unis unknown books
