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187813444Boston: Houghton Osgood and Company 1878. Cloth. Near Fine. A tight very well-preserved copy of the 1878 2nd printing of this exhaustive history of Harvard complete in 2 volumes. Both volumes solid and Near Fine in their light-purple bevelled cloth. Bright unflecked gilt-insignia Harvard's crest and lettering along the front panels and spines. Small former owner inscription at the first blank endpaper of Vol. I rear inner hinge of same volume tender but still perfectly sturdy. Dozens of crisp black-and-white plates with their accompanying tissue-guards of the campus and a number of the key figures of 19th century Harvard. Thick folios all edges gilt. Imposing and very impressive. <br/><br/> Houghton, Osgood and Company hardcover books
1892005804London: John C. Nimmo 1892. First Limited Edition. Cloth. Very Good. No. 157 of 520 copies. 4to. 29 by 19 cm. vii 1 136 pp. 52 hand-colored plates. Spine extremities chipped. Other moderate wear to original cloth. Interior age toned but clean. A tight copy. <br/><br/> John C. Nimmo hardcover books
189310364Alameda: Henry Reed Taylor 1893. Staplebound wraps. Very Good. Ornithology19th century Naturalists 1894-1896. Seven 7 issues of The Nidiologist The Nidiologist was first published in Alameda California in September 1893. In 1896 the journal changed its name to The Nidologist and publication changed to New York City. Publication of The Nidologist suspended after volume IV no. 9 1897 and merged into the Popular Science Monthly. Wood in his Bookseller Inventory p.492 remarks that "This well-edited magazine practically continued the defunct Ornithologist and Oologist. It published during its relatively short life many papers of importance from the pens of scientific ornithologists throughout the country. Henry Reed Taylor paperback books
184618110101London: Edward Moxon 1846. Leather bound. Near fine. Three volumes complete twenty-fourmo size 1005 total pp. The ancient poetry of England continues to hold a fascination and influence over contemporary poets with the old ballads and songs still being read and studied. This three-volume set comprises a thorough selection of poems from the old English tradition with ballads featuring well-known characters such as Robin Hood King Arthur and Sir Gawain as well as poetry written by prominent Elizabethan writers such as Christopher Marlowe and Sir Walter Raleigh. The poetry is annotated with notes and a scholarly essay precedes the poems in Volume I making this set a historical and academic look at some of the most beautiful lyrics in the English language.<br/><br/>This set is bound in contemporary leather which has remained smooth and supple with elegant gilt designs in unusually nice condiiton.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Full brown leather gilt ruled borders around the edges of both boards five raised bands on the spine with gilt decorative and ruled borders brown and black leather spine labels with gilt lettering decorative gilt borders along the fore- bottom and top edges of the boards all edges marbled marbled endpapers in brown red and black; twenty-fourmo size 5.5" by 3.5" pagination: Volume I: i-v vi-ci cii-cv 1 2-283; Volume II: i-v vi-viii 1 2-303; Volume III: i-v vi-vii viii 1 2-298. Elegant inscription in a vintage hand in two different colours black and brown the brown ink "Florence P. P. Beasley / from/ her affectionate brother / E. C. Beasley / 28th May 1872" the black ink "Charles Edward illegible / Beasley in loving memory / of his dear mother CB" in all three volumes both inscriptions on the verso of the front free endpaper in each volume; additionally the inscriptions are dated 1907 in Volumes II and III. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volumes are near fine with clean boards strong square text blocks with solid hinges the interiors are clean and bright and the only prior owner markings we see are the inscriptions mentioned above; some very light rubbing to the corners on each volume all corners gently bumped and very minor foxing to a few pages in each volume but overall a lovely set.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Â International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Edward Moxon unknown books
189628445Boston: Educational Publishing Company. 1896. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very good copy with spine wear.Mini biographical portraits of great men from Napoleon to Gibbon to Dickens with illustration of each man. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 291 pp . Educational Publishing Company hardcover books
185000182872057593498894297: Various 1850. Softcover. Seven pamphlets published between 1842 and 1872 related to artist co-developer of the Morse Code and co-inventor of the single-wire telegraph system Samuel Morse 1791 - 1872 and the telegraph. - Morse Samuel; et al Electro-magnetic Telegraphs. Report No. 17 To Accompany Bill H. R. No. 641. December 30 1842. S. l. Washington DC: s. n. 1842. First edition; 9 1/2 x 6 1/2; pp. 13 unopened; light age-toning; two punctures for filing to left margin; a small nick to head of spine; small contemporary manuscript note to first page; illustrated with a wood-engraved diagram of "the alphabet for Morse's electro-magnetic telegraph;" very good condition.Printed for the 3rd Session of the 27th Congress of the House of Representatives the pamphlet contains a letter to Samuel Morse complimenting him on his invention by scientist first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and inventor of electromagnets Joseph Henry 1797 - 1878 a letter by Morse describing the history of his electro-magnetic telegraph two reports from the Committee on Commerce and the Committee of Arts and Sciences of the American Institute etc.- United States Department of Treasury Electro-magnetic telegraph. Communication from the Secretary of the Treasury Transmitting the Report of Professor Morse Announcing the Completion of the Electro-magnetic Telegraph between the Cities of Washington and Baltimore. Doc. No. 270 June 6 1844. S. l. Washington DC: Blair & Rives Printers 1844. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. 3; deckled fore-edge; age-toning to margins; a few spots of foxing; very good- condition.Published for the 1st Session of the 28th Congress of the House of Representatives Treasury Department the pamphlet presents a report by Samuel Morse on the experiment and successful completion of establishing a "system of electro-magnetic telegraphs between Washington and Baltimore. Also included is an estimation of the cost for his American telegraph compared to the cost of the English one.- United States Department of Treasury Magnetic Telegraph. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury Transmitting a Letter from Professor Morse Relative to the Magnetic Telegraph. Doc. No. 24 December 23 1844. Read and Laid Upon the Table. S. l. Washington DC: Blair & Rives Printers 1844. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. 18 partially opened; spots of foxing mostly to margins; a few nicks and wrinkles to edges; two punctures for filing to left margin; illustrated with an wood-engraved diagram and tables; very good- condition.The pamphlet contains a letter by Morse to Chairman of Committee on Commerce Isaac Holmes describing new developments surrounding his electro-magnetic telegraph as well as various experiments conducted.- Vail Alfred Description of the American Electro Magnetic Telegraph: Now in Operation between the Cities of Washington and Baltimore. Washington DC: Printed by J. & G. S. Gideon 1845. First edition; 9 x 5 3/4; pp. 24 lacking back wrap else complete; front beige wrap with an elaborate engraved border; small loss of paper to lower corner and a penciled-in note to front wrap; illustrated with 14 large wood engravings; two punctures for filing to left margin; good to very good condition.Alfred Vail 1807 - 1859 was the co-inventor together with Samuel Morse of the telegraph. He was in fact the recipient of the first message transmitted in Morse Code - "What hath God wrought" - sent by Samuel himself. He would be responsible for several innovations and improvements to the system expanding Morse's numeric code to include letters and special characters. The booklet described in detail the components of the telegraph its principle "specimen of the telegraphic language" what would become the standard version of the code etc.- Houston John House of Representatives. Legislative Telegraph May 18 1848. Laid upon the Table. Report No. 642. S. l. Washington DC: s. n. 1848. First edition; 8 3/4 x 5 1/4; loose sheets pp. 8; uniform age-toning with a few spots of foxing; discolored spot to upper half of sheets; some nicks and cuts to edges; good or better condition.The report discusses the inventions by Francis H. Smith Stephen Bowerman and R. E. Monaghan and possible applications of a machine for accelerating the taking of Yeas Nays and other votes in the House of Representatives.- Kendall Amos Morse's Patent. Full Exposure of Dr. Chas. T. Jackson's Pretensions to the invention of the American Electro-magnetic Telegraph. Washington: Printed by Jno. T. Towers 1852. First edition; 8 3/4 x 5 3/4; pp. 64; uniform age-toning to wraps; a small discoloration to upper corner; a few spots of foxing; very good condition.Amos Kendall 1789 - 1869 was a lawyer journalist politician and business manager of Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail. His current rebuttal was prompted by Dr. Charles T. Jackson's 1805 - 1880 claim that he had discovered the telegraph before Morse and Vail. Jackson was a physician and scientist notorious for his continuous claims of prior discoveries of major scientific inventions. Apart from the telegraph Jackson had also started controversies over William Beaumont's digestive action of the stomach William T. G. Morton's anesthetic effects of Ether and others.- Smith Francis O. J. History Getting Right on the Invention of the American Electro-Magnetic Telegraph. S. l.: s. n. n. d. 1872. First edition; 8 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. 21; scattered small spots; a manuscript note to title page; thin strip of paper loss to last leaf not affecting text; very good condition.Concerning more drama surrounding Morse's invention of the telegraph the pamphlet was written on the occasion of the erection of the Morse Monument in Washington and contained articles and letters claiming that scientist Joseph Henry rather than Morse had invented the system. The author Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith 1806 - 1876 had been Morse's publicity agent counsel and quarter-interest partner but eventually had had a falling out. Various paperback books
1890002757Various places: Various publishers 1890. Very good. One hundred labels ca 1890s to 1930s; various sizes - from tiny 1 3/4 x 1 to 5 x 3 1/2; some of them illustrated with photographs engravings drawings and chromolithographs; condition varies from fine - with no defects - to good - several of them with chips splits and ink-bleeding due to exposure to moisture. A beautiful collection the largest we have seen it encompassed decades and reflected people's fascination with patent medicines and the breadth of quack products in the late 19th- and early 20th centuries. With manufacturers spanning the entire United States - from Natchez through Davenport to Chicago and from Albany to Tacoma and San Francisco the labels advertised remedies potions pomades and salves and included innocuous mustache wax and rose hair oil the amusing "Spray-A-Cow" which made satisfied cows the dubious "Claro-Derm" depilatory to be aplied and then scraped off with a silver knife the bombastic "Red Hot Heave-Bouncer" for coughs in horses and the "Gypsy Wonder Salve" and the "Brain Duster" the horrid "Blumer's Requi Salve" containing turpentine and carbolic acid and designed to be applied to unmentionable places and the dangerous "FixiT" which was supposed to be a non-poisonous restorer of meats ie it made spoiled meat edible once again. The largest number of labels belonged to products manufactured by Lincoln Chemical Works - established in 1886 in Chicago remembered for their astoundingly-massive line of quack products and known for encouraging every-day people to distribute the company's fares in their spare time. Other names included Geo. Waldman in Iowa also famous for their straight razors Boyston's Pharmacy in San Francisco Leavitt & Smith Pharmacists in Hudson NY and many others. Various publishers unknown books
1857001118Keene N. H.: Photographed by S. C. Dustin 1857. Softcover. Three CDVs one of them a miniature portrait n.d. ca 1850s; approx. 2 1/4 x 3 1/2 ; a few spots ; card stock with occasional minor nicks to edges; overall in very good condition.Three images of Congregationalist clergyman abolitionist and brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe - Henry Ward Beecher as a relatively younger man. Unusual as most original photographs sold at auction seem to be of him at a considerably older age. The most interesting of them is the miniature portrait in an ornate embossed card stock frame by "Salisbury Bro. & Co." of Providence RI known for their beautiful "Carte de Visites of Noted Persons" including Abraham Lincoln Horace Greeley and others. Keene, N. H.: Photographed by S. C. Dustin paperback books
1868165612New York: G. P. Putnam 1868. Hardcover. Good leather is dry and front hinge getting weak. All plates exhibit significant foxing. Stamped brown leather hardcover with gilt lettering and raised bands on spine. Red marbled end papers. Gilt edge interior. pages 108 pp. 16 engravings on card with tissue. Includes steel engravings after works by H. Beckwith J. Talbot 2 D. Huntington J.F. Kensett A.B. Durand 2 J.F. Cropsey T.A. Richards F.E. Church R.W. Weir R. Gignoux T. Cole Smillie 2 and Miller. Essays relating to American art and it's influences from writers such as J. Fenimore Cooper Washington Irving Bayard Taylor 3 H.T. Tuckerman Mary E. Field William C. Bryant 3 Whittier Alfred B. Street and G.S. Hillard. Scarce. Internally VG. This is a later publication with some variations and additions of Home Book of The Picturesque which was published in 1852. G. P. Putnam hardcover books
1856002830Various Places: Various Publishers 1856. Very good. Mostly issues of "Bulletin of the Society of St Vincent de Paul" spanning the years between 1856 and 1859 but also "Report of the General Meeting of the Conferences of Dublin Held on the 8th of December 1856" etc.; 8 1/4 x 5 1/2; nonconsequtive dates and pagination 688 pp. altogether; bound together in marbled boards and 3/4 black morocco; four raised bands to spine with gilt title and decorations; illustrated with tables some of them large fold-out; small worn spots to tips of spine and corners; a bit of rubbing to boards edges; upper margin of ffep trimmed; first leaf with a few closed cuts not affecting readability; some foxing mostly to last few leaves; overall in about very good condition. Founded in 1883 in Paris by author lawer and educator Antoine-Frederic Ozanam The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul is a large international charitable organization in the Catholic Church. The sammelband includes reports of general meetings of the conferences bulletins and more. Various Publishers hardcover books
1895002136Various 1895. Softcover. A small collection of items dating from 1895 to 1906 related to San Francisco's first German-American Jewish mayor wealthy landowner businessman and founder of the Sutro Baths Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro 1830 â 1898.- "Official Program Sutro Baths Sunday Jan. 7 1906." Large brochure; 12 x 9; pp. 4; newsprint stock printed in black and illustrated with several drawings; fragile with several closed cuts and chips to edges and corners; good to very good condition. The program advertised the Sutro Baths - a sprawling entertainment complex for the masses featuring pools restaurants museums and more - and outlined the special events to be had that day at the Grand Aquatic Exhibition. It also featured ads for various San Francisco businesses.- "A Letter by One David Forster to His Honor Mayor Adolph Sutro. May 20 1895" Printed document signed in pencil; single sheet recto only; 8 1/2 x 5 1/4; minor wear to margins and corners; very good to near fine condition. The letter by "a qualified elector of this city" urges Sutro to appoint Mr. Samuel Foster as one of the new Board of Election Commissioners of the City and County of San Francisco."- "Two Blank Payment Slips Issued by Alexander Watson Agent for Adolph Sutro. Not Dated ca 1895." Single sheets recto only; printed in black blue and red ink; oblong 3 1/4 x 8; slight vertical crease to one of them else very minor wear; near fine condition. The numbered slips state: ". Your note with interest amounting to $. is due and payable at this office on the. instant." Various paperback books
1865002835Various: Various 1865. Very good. Five poems n. d. ca 1860s; 7 3/4 x 5; loose leaves printed in black; text to rectos only; old faint horizontal crease lines; darkening along the creases not affecting readability; overall in very good condition. The amusing mid-19th-century poems included: "Summer Musings" "A Reminiscence. In Remembrance of a Stroll with a Valued Friend Around the Head Waters of the Hudson in the Autumn of 1860" "A Facetious Acknowledgement" "To a Young Friend Who Resided in Southold on Peconic Bay Long Island Who Dated Her Letter 'Tranquility'" and "A Facetious Doggerel." They were written in the doggerel-style - easy irregular rhythm somewhat monotonous and in some cases - with a deliberately comic effect. Various unknown books
1900002438San Francisco New York Marshfield OR: Various 1900. First Edition. Very good. Eight business cards n. d. but approximately 1900 to 1920; various sizes largest measuring 2 3/4 x 4 3/4; all printed in black in various fonts; two of them with glue spots and age-toning the rest with minor wear and occasional spots to margins; overall in very good condition. An interesting collection of business cards most representing companies in San Francisco but also New York and Marshfield OR they covered various branches of the maritime industry of the early 20th century including a ship and machine blacksmith E. Geib a steam vessel broker Louis Spitzer a sea anchor business Captain Frederick Rouse who would survive the sinking of his ship by a U-boat in 1918 a sail maker John L. Prior Co. steam and sailing vessels builder Kruse & Banks and so on. Various unknown books
1890002774Various: By the authors 1890. Very good. Three photographs ca 1890s - 1915 one of them dated 1915 on verso; the first a black and white collage of two separate images of the same person printed overlapping into the photograph themself; the other two sepa-toned; various sizes but approx. 3 3/4 x 5; one affixed to a thick card stock frame; two in very good condition with minor wear to edges; the last one with a vertical crease to top margin and a few small closed cuts to top edge. The first photograph subtitled in manuscript on verso: "Summer 1915" depicts a collage of two images of the same young lady in full uniform holding a bat and alternately - is sitting and standing in a grassy area under a tree a garden or an improvised playing field . Her smile is infectious and carefree. The second one shows three young men in various catchers' positions in unidentified uniforms. The third one features ten players who appear to belong to different teams in various full and partial- uniforms. One of the jerseys has "Shenandoah" written across possibly placing the men in Virginia. By the authors unknown books
1865002376Hartford Conn. and Washington DC: The Hartford Dailty Times and Daily Morning Chronicle 1865. First Edition. Very good. Two newspapers - The Hartford Dailty Times Vol. XXVI Number 10481 from April 18 1865 and Daily Morning Chronicle Vol. III Number 151 from April 28 1865; pp. 4 each; the Times folded with tears splits and some loss of paper mostly to margins fair to good condition; the Chronicle folded well-preserved with a few small nicks to edges; very good condition. Early newspaper accounts of the assasination of President Lincoln the Daily Times had its article titled: "The Assasination. A Deliberate Plot Unveiled." It gave a lengthy account of the deliberate preparations for the murder and speculations on the whereabouts of the assasins. The Chronicle's article - "Our National Loss. The Obsequies at Buffalo" - featured a portrait of Lincoln and detailed the funeral proceedings for the President. The Hartford Dailty Times and Daily Morning Chronicle unknown books
1844040683Milan: Canadelli 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Heavy wear to edges of the decorative boards a few loose pages wear to the fore edge of a few plates scattered foxing. 23 often striking engravings - a lovely collection. Size: Octavo 8vo. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; Inventory No: 040683. <br/><br/> Canadelli hardcover books
1884166967Boston MA 1884. Hardcover. VG. Embossed blue cloth with gilt title in center "American Artists". Partially paginated with 128 being the highest page number attained being an advertisement. 12 Albertypes 17 etchings many wood engravings of photo-engravings. This interesting book begins with a list of edvertisers then a brief sentence or so on each of the advertisers then a title-page of sorts that presents the illustrations from original drawings comprised of Etchings Albertypes photo-engravings then later on a title-page of sorts for "Various Phases of American Art with an alphabetical list of all the included authors. There is no proper title-page or publishing da6ta anywhere in the book. Date is taken from the etchings and Boston is the location of all the advertisers. Includes a good number of wood-engravings or photo-engravings 12 Albertypes and 17 etchings by R.C. Minor H. Furrer B. Lander Lamder Chas. W. Volkmar Wm William Hart Jas. James Monks Stephen Parrish Chas. A. Charles A. Platt 1882 Nicoll 81 H.W. Rice 1883 H.C. Ford Fard G.W.H. Ritchie unsigned hunter with rifle in meadow looking to the left at four trees the nearest one being dead W.H. Shelton A.H. Bicknell J. Lauber '81 unsigned with a Number 3 in upper left corner of plate man approaching old arched bridge with large tree in center and fait aqueduct or bridge in lower left of plate. All identified etchings were printed by G.W.H. Ritchie. Articles: American Wood Engraving by Arol Bates; American Art Furniture by A. Curtis Bond; ; What Shall American Artists Paint by E.H. Clement; American Stained Glass by Edward Dewson; Portrait Painting by Sidney Dickinson; Landscape Painting by William Howe Downes; The Ideal In American Art by Florence Finch; The Growth of American Art by James Jackson Jarves dated Florence July 1 1883; Native Painters by Charls De Kay; The Art Tariff by L.C. Knight; Etching by S.R. Koehler; Success In Art by Frank T. Lent; Color In Works of Art by R. Riordan; Photography by Edward A. Robinson; Memorial Art by E.A. Silsbee; American Art Journalism by James B. Townsend; The Present Conditions by Arthur B. Turnure; Journalism and Art by M.G. Van Rensselaer Water Color Painting by Lyman H. Weeks American Flower Painters by Candace Wheeler. Quite rare most were likely broken up for the etchings. This publication is closely related to publications published as "Catalogue of the art department of the New England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute Boston Mass." but is not found in Worldcat. hardcover books
1885001827By the authors 1885. Softcover. Ten letters four manuscripts and six typed copies transcriptions one photograph 1884 - 1904; pp. 36 altogether in various formats; several small rust spots from paper clips; fold lines; one of them with a small red stamped number filing ; very good or better condition. An interesting and quite amusing collection of letters from all over the country spanning 20 years and mostly addressed to Frederick Lucas or to Smithsonian officials about Lucas it presumably belonged to Frederick himself. Frederick Augustus Lucas 1852 - 1929 was a prominent naturalist a major figure in the Great American Museum Movement Curator in Chief of the Brooklyn Museum and Director of the Museum of Natural History. Some of the letters addressed the Secretary and the Curator of the Smithsonian Institute in an angry indignant and incredulous tone complaining about Lucas' disregard of their fantastic discoveries of the natural world which had been previously brought to his attention. One memorable rant accompanied by an original photograph of the bone in question stated: "Dear Sir I acknowledge the return of skeleton but cannot sign receipt sent "as the breast-bone of a horse" The reason I sent the skeleton to you was that I believed that employers were fully competent to discharge their duties. I would suggest that you pump the whisky out of Lucas and send him to the lunatic asylum or Keely Institute." Another one addressed "Pro. Lucas" described in great detail with manuscript drawings a strange skull which Lucas had suggested belonged to a sheep refuting his opinion and asking for a closer examination. A third letter long and winded read: "Dear Sir Lucas.Sometime ago I read about you having an article in a paper about a large animal known by the name of Dinosaur. Your article was the first thing that I ever read about this monster." Other letters speculate about minerals fossils an "incredible petrified tree" etc. and the last one is a request for information about a Taxidermy examination and possible employment. By the authors paperback books
1858275114London: Knight and Co 1858. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. In very good if somewhat faded blue cloth; a clean copy with no marks. With several plates showing public improvements including Spring Hill Independent College near Birminham; Jones Loyd & Co.'s Bank Lombard Street; and the Clothworkers' Hall Mincing Lane. Very Good binding. Knight and Co unknown books
1869275113London: Knight and Co 1869. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. In very good if somewhat faded blue cloth; a clean copy with no marks. With several plates showing public improvements including the rather splendid Metropolitan Meat Market and the Dulwich College Schools. Very Good binding. Knight and Co unknown books
1856275111London: Knight and Co 1856. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. In very good if somewhat faded blue cloth; a clean copy with no marks. With several plates showing public improvements including the new reading room at the British Museum. Very Good binding. Knight and Co unknown books
1857275112London: Knight and Co 1857. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. In very good if somewhat faded blue cloth; a clean copy with no marks. With several plates showing public improvements including the Peers' Staircase in the House of Lords and the Plans of Westminster and Rochester Bridges. Very Good binding. Knight and Co unknown books
1860275115London: Knight and Co 1860. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. In very good if somewhat faded blue cloth; a clean copy with no marks. With several plates showing public improvements including St. James's Church Gerrard's Cross; the Oxford University Museum; and the Office of Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Very Good binding. Knight and Co unknown books
1808CAT000653London 1808. First Edition. Hardcover rebound in cloth. Five volumes uniformly bound up in modern two toned cloth. Dating from 1802 Sugar Imports and Exports to 1847-48 3 vols: Sugar and Coffee Planting. Report of the Committee on the Distillation of Sugar and Molasses dated 1808. The Sugar imports is a variety of publications bound up together the latest dating to 1854 - it includes numerous folding plates and tables. The Sugar and Molasses report is 419pp continuously paginated relating in depth conversation regarding sugar distillation. The Sugar and Coffee planting comprise vols XXXV-XXXVII of the Sessional Papers of the House of Lords. They are paginated by reports as follows: Vol 35: 308 76 489pp v. 36: 181 274 171pp including a remarkable large folding chart of sugar prices from 1840-1843; v. 37:410 xlvi 198 44 191.<br/><br/>A huge collection of information on the sugar trade in the 19th century spanning the period where the transatlantic slave trade was banned though the sugar trade continued to be fueled by it and the Napoleonic wars threatened world supplies. All volumes are uncommon in libraries rare in commerce. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Law & Criminal Studies. Inventory No: CAT000653. hardcover books
1899001769San Francisco: Mrs. J. J. Owen 1899. Hardcover. First edition; oblong 9 x 12; pp. 250; tan cloth over boards; gilt title and decorations to front board; small rubbed spots to corners and tips of spine; several spots to boards; illustrated with in-line and full-page photographic plates and steel engravings; light foxing to first and last few pages; text mostly clean with occasional finger smudges to margins; good to very good condition. Published under the auspices of the Native Sons and the Native Daughters of the Golden West - the former a fraternal organization and the latter their sister organization dedicated to preservation and documentation of historic landmarks in California - the book is a beautiful pictorial history of California describing the Golden State in words and photographs. San Francisco: Mrs. J. J. Owen hardcover books
