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1875169799Philadelphia: Gebbie & Barrie 1875. First and original edition not a reprint. Hardcover. Fair outer hinges almost completely cracked chipping and loss to spine at extremities ancient library label at base of spine stamp on TP of "Union League of Philadelphia" as well as their bookplate inside front cover and inscription from the author to this club. Publishers red cloth with paper label on spine. 184 pp. no illustrations. The text block is solid and clean socers are clean with sharp corners. Cloth covering boards has become brittle along the point of flexibility hence the tenderness of the hinges. Gebbie & Barrie hardcover books
1876185884London: G. Bell and Sons 1876. Hardcover. G Cover has wear discoloratio edge fdamage. Spine has tearing peeling . Cover entirely seperate from bookblock. Bookblock has age toning. Interior pages have age toning foxing water staining some pages seperate from bookblock edge damage. Green cloth boards with black design elements. vi 4 228 pages frontispiece. With introduction and notices of the various schools: Italian German Dutch and Flemish Spanish French and English. By Louis Fagan. G. Bell and Sons hardcover books
189029020780Philadelphia PA 1890. Age toning and crease marks. . A two-sided handbill promoting the 'Levis' Metallic Splint' which were made from copper and as such much lighter and comfortable than the other options of the day which were mostly made out of wood. The circular was advertising a set of 21 pieces for $15 and features splints to be used for various finger arm or leg injurious. The splints in the set came in both child and adult sized. There are seven illustrated examples of the splints in use. The creator of this splints was Richard J. Levis a Civil War doctor who was a surgeon at the Pennsylvania Hospital. While the there is no date on the circular Leach & Greene appear to have been in business at the Tremont Street location in the late 1880 to the early 1890s. Some of the same illustrations found on the circular were also used in a variety of medical supply catalogues around the same time. Single sheet double-sided green paper. Measures 9 3/4" x 5 3/4" <br/><br/> unknown books
1808030883Paris: Xhrouet 1808. 1/4 Leather. Near Fine. 1/4 leather over marbled boards in a modern period binding. Very light wear to boards. Top edge dusty internally largely unmarked. A lovely copy of the Second edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 030883. <br/><br/> Xhrouet hardcover books
1869174004Cambridge Mass: Welch Bigelow and Company 1869. Hardcover. VG- small label residue on bottom front cover aging/taning to block edges museum label inside front cover small museum stamp on corner of frontispiece interior is tight. Dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine gilt stamp on front cover top edge gilt xliii 529 pp frontispiece of F.C. Gray. List of the principal works on art consulted or referred to": pages xi-xliii. "The engravings described in the following Catalogue were collected by the late Hon. Francis Calley Gray LL.D. a graduate of Harvard College of the class of 1809." -preface. Welch, Bigelow, and Company hardcover books
181356607Paris et se trouve à Londres: éhez L. Deconchy . New Bond Street 1813. First edition one of two variant imprints from the same year with identical collations. 2 xxiv 268 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf richly gilt spine with leather label gilt arms stamped on upper cover marbled endpapers. Hinge off otherwise a lovely copy. First edition one of two variant imprints from the same year with identical collations. 2 xxiv 268 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brief portraits of various contemporaries by Pierre-Marc-Gaston duc de Lévis 1755-1830 -- including a vivid reminiscence of Benjamin Franklin whom the author met as a boy. Lévis was the son of the French general François Gaston who took over the French troops after Montcalm's death in the French-Indian War. There is a portrait of his father of Mirabeau Calonnes Madame Necker Cardinal Rohan and many other liminaries of the century. OCLC: 14868518 4 copies éhez L. Deconchy ... New Bond Street unknown books