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188538087Washington: USGS Annual Report 6-D. Very Good. 1885. Hardcover. Very Good. No dust jacket. Disbound removed from bound volume . Suitable for reading reference or rebinding. . USGS Annual Report 6-D hardcover books
1894134315Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin and Co 1894. Hardcover. VG some wear ends of spine bookplate and old style pocket at rear T.E.G. Green cloth with thin gilt line around edges gilt title on spine. 293 pp. No illus. Very uncommon in this the ORIGINAL dition and not a reprint. Minor binding defect to ffep otherwise a seldom used copy. Story was also a well-known American Artists and Sculptor. Houghton, Mifflin and Co hardcover books
1895134316Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin and Co 1895. nineteenth edition. Hardcover. VG some wear ends of spine bookplate and old style pocket at rear T.E.G. Green cloth with thin gilt line around edges gilt title on spine. 109 pp. No illus. Very uncommon in this the ORIGINAL dition and not a reprint. Minor binding defect to ffep otherwise a seldom used copy. Story was also a well-known American Artists and Sculptor. Houghton, Mifflin and Co hardcover books
1884WRCLIT23708Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1884. Small octavo. Limp parchment wrappers printed in red. First edition one of five early printings all but the second indistinguishable from the others BAL binding A. Very nice copy. BAL 19307. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
187256015Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. Very Good. 1872. Hardcover. Previous owner stamped and signed maroon boards with gilt stamping have a sunned spine with rubbed ends front hinge starting else very good. . James R. Osgood and Company hardcover books
189861972New York and London: G. P. Putnams Sons. Very Good. 1898. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes ex-library copies good for reading or reference. . G. P. Putnams Sons hardcover books
189019522Boston And New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company. Very Good. 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes blue cloth; 7" x 5"; ex-library with numbers on spine bookplates "hole-punch" library name on title page; otherwise both volumes are a bit edgeworn dusty - but internally clean and sound. . Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover books
188010447Chicago: Revolution Temperance Publishing House 1880. Very good. From the Short Story Library series noted as 100 little 4-page books all with illustrations on first page temperance story in each. 13c postpaid per 100. Revolution Temperance Publishing House unknown books
189826355London: George Newnes Ltd 1898. First edition. 12mo. 169 pp. 6 adverts illustrated from engravings and halftones. Blue cloth illustrated with black and gilt. Occasional foxing else very good. An excellent book in which the author surveys the history of the medium and details the various printing processes. He also raises the possibility of photography as a fine art.<br/><br/>Issued in the series: The Library of Useful Stories. Roosens and Salu No. 4923 incorrectly listing the priority as: NY:Appleton 1898; London: George Newnes 1899. Alfred T. Story was a British journalist whose books were first printed in England. <br/><br/> George Newnes, Ltd hardcover books
1897705881897. Wheeler Alexander Strong 1820-1907. Reminiscences of an Old Lawyer: An Address by Our Fellow-Member Mr. A.S. Wheeler Delivered Before the Commercial Club of Boston December 18 1897. Printed by Request of the Club. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill Press 1898. 20 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 6". Sewn pamphlet in stiff wrappers printed title label to front cover. Light shelfwear light toning to text. $50. Wheeler a Boston lawyer was a graduate of Dartmouth and Harvard Law School. unknown books
189310647Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin and Co 1893. 3rd edition. Hardcover. VG some wear ends of spine bookplate T.E.G. Brown cloth. 295 pp. No illus. Includes chapters on "Michel Angelo" "Phidias and the Elgin Marbles" "The Art of Casting in Plaster Among the Ancient Greeks and Romans" "A Conversation with Marcus Aurelius" and "Distortions of the English Stage As Instanced in 'Macbeth'" Houghton, Mifflin and Co hardcover books
189849345New York: Frank Tousey 29 West 26th Street 1898. 1st Printing. Printed paper newspaper format. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age toning & browning to paper which is becoming brittle. Possibly removed from a bound volume stab holes along spine. An About Very Good copy. 16 pp. Text quadruple column. Adverts. Large wood engraved image to front wrapper. Internal wood engravings. 14-1/8" x 10-5/8" <br/><br/>"USS Maine was a United States Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor in February 1898 contributing to the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April. American newspapers engaging in yellow journalism to boost circulation claimed that the Spanish were responsible for the ship's destruction. The phrase 'Remember the Maine! To hell with Spain!' became a rallying cry for action. Although the Maine explosion was not a direct cause it served as a catalyst that accelerated the events leading up to the war." Wiki <br /> <br />Happy Days jumped on this bandwagon as demonstrated by this issue. and like most publishers wishing to hook their readership many stories of the stories herein are published in installments requiring the buyer to purchase a number of issues in order to read the entire tale. Frank Tousey, 29 West 26th Street unknown books
182955461Boston: Hilliard Gray Little and Wilkins 1829. First edition 8vo pp. 60; removed from binding; very good. Story was the first Dane Professor at Harvard a position he took while serving on the U.S. Supreme Court. American Imprints 40553; Sabin 92301. <br/><br/> Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins unknown books
185162801Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown 1851. First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. xii 574pp.; viii 676pp. Original brown cloth spine ends worn with chipping to ends. Vol. 1 has a small piece that has been glued back on the top of spine. Scattered foxing throughout. <br/><br/> Charles C. Little and James Brown hardcover books
18931010198vo. London: Swan Sonnenschein 1893. 8vo 8 160pp. With a portrait frontispiece and 4 plates. Original brown buckram lettered in gilt gilt top. Edges slightly rubbed boards somewhat faded newspaper clippings from “The Manchester Daily Gaurdian Monday July 10 1911†pasted in; very good copy. § First edition large-paper issue limited to 280 copies. Story wrote the life of Linnell and had access to much original Blake material through Linnell’s sons; four of the five illustrations here are reproduced from original drawings. Bentley 2772. Swan Sonnenschein hardcover books
189351088vo. London: Swan Sonnenschein 1893. 8vo 8 160pp. With a portrait frontispiece and 4 plates. Original brown buckram lettered in gilt gilt top. Edges slightly rubbed and fraying; very good copy. § First edition large-paper issue limited to 280 copies. Story wrote the life of Linnell and had access to much original Blake material through Linnell’s sons; four of the five illustrations here are reproduced from original drawings. Bentley 2772. Swan Sonnenschein hardcover books
18931089628vo. London: Swan Sonnehschein 1893. 8vo 8 160 pp.With a portrait frontispiece and 4 plates. Very good in original brown buckram with top edge gilt. § First edition large-paper issue limited to 280 copies. Story wrote the life of Linnell and had access to much original Blake material through Linnell’s sons; four of the five illustrations here are reproduced from original drawings. Bentley Blake Books 2772. Swan Sonnehschein hardcover books
180165512Boston MA: Printed by Russell and Cutler 1801. First edition. 12mo. viii 9-155 pp. Original drab paper boards and tan paper spine. Soiling and cracking to paper spine paper chipping from boards text clean. A good somewhat tender copy. STODDARD and WHITESELL 702. WEGELIN 1157. <br/><br/> Printed by Russell and Cutler hardcover books
1884026007Washington DC: G.P.O. 1884. First Edition. Quarto. 8 vii-xxxii 473 pages 85 plates 7 double 5 folded illustrations some in color maps. The largest part is devoted to Hawaiian volcanoes on pages 80-219. Besides maps of all the major islands it deals with the major eruptions and its effect on the population. There is also a report on the mining geology of the Eureka District of Nevada; A large section on fossils of oysters and the life-history of the oyster finally there is geological reconnance in southern Oregon. Bound in maroon cloth centrally stamped in a pictorial gilt spine lettering gilt a damp stain to lower front corner new endpapers damp staining to lower corners of leaves. G.P.O. unknown books
183559895Boston: James Munroe and Company 1835. First edition. 4to. viii 527 1 pp. Includes literary essays speeches and discourses delivered before various civic and educational organizations biographical sketches of prominent Americans especially jurists reviews of books reprinted from judicial periodicals and judicial and political papers originally written for speeches and addresses; "some of these compositions have never before appeared in print" from the preface. Story 1779-1845; Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court 1811-1845 published legal treatises at an incredible rate an "example of industry in legal scholarship that has yet to be equaled" DAB. Original green pebbled cloth some wear to spine ends. Corners bumped gilt spine title. <br/><br/> James Munroe and Company hardcover books
189449261New York: Frank Tousey Nos. 34 & 36 North Moore St 1894. 1st Printing. Printed paper newspaper format. Folded now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age toning & browning to paper which is becoming brittle. Some edge chipping noticably at the end of the fold. Penciled pos to top margin of first page. A Good copy of this exceedingly uncommon survivor. 16 pp. Text quadruple column. Adverts. Large wood engraved image to front wrapper. Internal wood engravings. 13-1/4" x 11-1/2" <br/><br/>The rare second installment from Tousey's celebrated story paper which would remain in print through 1924. Frank Tousey, Nos. 34 & 36 North Moore St unknown books
1816705981816. Story Eulogizes An Exemplary Lawyer-Statesman Story Joseph 1779-1845. Sketch of the Life of Samuel Dexter LL.D. By the Hon. Joseph Story LL.D. Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States And Presiding Judge of the Circ. Court of the U.S. for the First Circuit As Delivered to the Grand Jurors of the District of Massachusetts And to the Members of the Suffolk Bar at the Opening of the Court in Boston May 15 1816. Published at Their Joint Request. Boston: Printed by John Eliot 1816. 20 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light rubbing to extremities light browning and foxing small chip to head of title page clean tears and faint dampstains to final two leaves which are partially detached but secure. A scarce title. $250. Only edition one of 2 issues both in 1816. Considered a model lawyer-statesman by Story Dexter 1761-1816 served in the Massachusetts legislature and both house of the U.S. Congress. He also served briefly as secretary of war and secretary of the treasury under John Adams. OCLC locates 11 copies 4 in law libraries Harvard University of Michigan University of Pennsylvania Yale. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 1975. unknown books
189288902 vols. London: Richard Bentley & Son 1892. 2 vols. 8vo Vol. I: xxi 308pp; Vol. II: 284pp. 2 frontispieces with tissue guards and 21 illustrations. Original blue cloth with gilt edges and lettering to spine. Moderate foxing to title pages and throughout. Pages untrimmed. Very good. § First edition. John Linnell was an English Romantic painter 1792-1882. Linnell was one of the best friends and patrons of William Blake. Bentley Blake Books 2769. Richard Bentley & Son hardcover books
1892719011892. Story on Equity Pleadings Story Joseph 1779-1845. Gould John M. 1848-1909 Editor. Commentaries on Equity Pleadings And the Incidents Thereof According to the Practice of the Courts of Equity of England and America. Revised Corrected and Enlarged. Boston: Little Brown and Company 1892. xlviii 823 pp. Octavo 6" x 9". Contemporary law calf blind rules to boards raised bands and red and black lettering pieces to spine blind tooling to board edges. A few minor stains light rubbing to extremities hinges cracked light toning to text. A notably well-preserved copy. $450. Ninth edition. This distinguished treatise was first published in 1836. According to Simon Greenleaf "there are no works in our language in which the true doctrines and practice of the Law of Equity.are so convincingly taught; and probably no one of his works has been received by the profession with greater thankfulness or is more frequently consulted than this work" cited in Marvin. It remained a standard work for many years; its final edition the thirteenth was issued in 1886. Marvin Legal Bibliography 672. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:670. unknown books
1829707451829. Boston: Published by Carter and Hendee 1829. Boston: Published by Carter and Hendee 1829. The First Legal Work Bearing Story's Name Story Joseph 1779-1845. Oliver Benjamin L. 1788-1843 Editor. A Selection of Pleadings in Civil Actions With Occasional Annotations on the Law of Pleading. With Additions by Benjamin L. Oliver. Boston: Published by Carter and Hendee 1829. xv 709 pp. Octavo 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". Contemporary sheep blind fillets to boards blind fillets and red and black lettering pieces to spine. Light rubbing and some shallow scuffing to boards somewhat heavier rubbing to extremities some chipping to head of spine early owner signature of Edwin Conant to front free endpaper below small struck-through signature. Moderate toning to text somewhat heavier in places occasional light foxing light soiling to a few leaves. $450. Second edition. This is both the first legal work bearing Story's name and the first American book of entries of precedents. According to Marvin the work's "notes and references show that the author had made no ordinary attainments in the science of special pleading." Story was Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court a professor at Harvard Law School and the most respected and prolific legal writer of his time. Edwin Conant 1810-1891 was a prominent Worcester Massachusetts lawyer businessman and philanthropist. Marvin Legal Bibliography 668. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 9275. unknown books