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185700009292London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode 1857 29 inventions with foldout diagrams and written descriptions leather backstrip marbled boards. The paper for the diagrams is fragile somewhat cracking along the folds. Morrison's improvement in apparatus for lifting lowering hauling. Recovering animal wool from mixed fabrics dress fastenings artificial stone railway looms for weaving railway and other signals propelling vessels bits for boring and sinking manure voltaic battery artificial millstones punching machine manufacture of bread ships' rudders preparing and bleaching fabrics and materials warping mills manufacture of paper sewing machines stamping instruments for marking letters papers labels heating and warming greenhouses pump locomotive engines. Not all inventions have foldout diagrams. George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode hardcover
1854018120<p>Dresden Germany: Teubner 1854. Hardcover. Very Good-. Hardcover in Slipcase; 458pp; Velvet-covered boards with embossed decorations to front back & spine all edges gilt original endpapers minor foxing to pages text unmarked binding is sound original slipcase covered with new cloth VG- condition. Antique German Christian hymn book. Text in German.</p> Teubner hardcover
188837326Cleveland: Lauer & Mattill 1888. First Edition. Octavo 20.5cm.; publisher's blue-green decorative cloth stamped in black; 4492pp.; frontispiece pictorial ads bound in at front and end of textblock. Boards rather rubbed and worn textblock uniformly toned due to poor paperstock childish pencil scribbles to preliminaries frontispiece starting to separate. Overall an About Very Good only copy. Text entirely in German blackletter. Lauer & Mattill unknown
1888035461Stockholm Sweden: Fahlcrantz & Co. 1888. Book. Illus. by O. Arborelius D. v. Essen A. T. Gellerstedt Rob. Haglund C. F. Hernlund P. D. Holm C. W. Jaensson et al. VG. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Original tan cloth illus./decorated in blue red and gilt with sepia and black pastedown illus. on front cover. Mild shelf wear a bit rubbed at corners and spine extremities with front cover decoration bright and intact lightly soiled cloth on rear cover. Original brown cloth hinges intact. Front flyleaf shows several creases and slight fore-edge chipping text block edges toned by age. Interior generally clean and intact with some leaves midway through text block showing light staining in upper binding margin not affecting text. Text in Swedish. Fahlcrantz & Co. Hardcover
1824051147Zweybrucken: Gedrucht und in Commission bey G. Ritter und Comp. 1824. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 12mo. 569 1 pages. Hardcover bound in mid-19th century full dark brown leather with elaborate cover designs embossed in blind and in gilt. Gilt rolls along the perimeters of the front and rear boards and with elaborate gilt stamping on the spine. All edges gilt. The center field on the front cover is gilt-stamped "H. Junker von Thalieschweiler / 1853." Yellow endpapers. There are some family genealogy notations on the rear pastedown in German from the 1850s to the 1860s. Title page is browned and has some water spotting. Text is toned and occasionally foxed or spotted but is quite sound. This volume contains mostly text although there are occasional score with simple notations. There is a Register of songs at the rear. An attractive and serviceable copy. Printed in Zweibrucken 'Two Bridges" a small town near the western border of the Rhineland-Palatinate on the Schwarzbach River and close to France. <br/> <br/> Gedrucht und in Commission bey G. Ritter und Comp. hardcover
18364858Leipzig: Brockhaus 1836. First edition. Paperback. Good. Vol. I xlviii 444 pages Vol. II 536 pages. These volumes were never bound & retain the original plain paper wrappers. Condition of book is GOOD; The spine is split on Vol. I so it is in 2 pieces wrappers have darkened & are brittle & chipping text is very clean many pages are uncut. Text in German. STK. Brockhaus paperback
1825057883Kiel Germany: Universitats-Buchhandlung 1825. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original brown paper covered boards red edgestain. Minor binding lean rubbed along edges and joints corners rubbed and layered modest surface rubbing to covers. Firm binding. iv303iv246v-vi pp. Two volumes in one of 4. Contents darkened with foxing/mottling to paper throughout. Universitats-Buchhandlung Hardcover
1872006504NY: D. Appleton and Company. Hard cover. Quarter bound leather. Published NY: D. Appleton and Company 1872. thick large 8vo. 7 1/2" x 10" xvi675xv604pp. Triple column pages. Brown laeather with gilt titles over brown cloth. Wear along the edges tips tender. Binding tight internally clean a few sheets have closed tears. Good plus. . Good Plus. Hard. 1872. D. Appleton and Company unknown
187047269Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette 1870. Hardcover. Very good. 5 x 8 in. Quarter calf with marbled paper boards. Text in French. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers very clean leather supple. Corners worn spine gilt bright. Bindings tight. Endpapers toned text has milnor foxing. Text in French. RGR. Librairie de L. Hachette hardcover
1879070183Braunschweig Germany: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn 1879. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown 1/2 leather marbled paper-covered boards spine panel lettered and decorated in gilt. Vol. II only of 3. Rubbed along joints and at corners. Firm binding. 1st ed. Text in German. xii352 pp. Former owner's signature inked on upper front flyleaf otherwise unmarked. Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn Hardcover
184727285NY: Harper & Brothers. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1847. Hardcover. In the original cloth. Cover are soiled the spine is wrinkled and the front hinge is starting to separate. The last page is loose. Faded remnants of an owner's initials or name on the right hand edge of the pages. ; 48mo 3½" - 4" tall; 832 pages . Harper & Brothers hardcover
186225283London: John Camden Hotten. Very Good. 1862. Hardcover. Rubbed at the top of the spine. Usual xlib marks. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 103 pages . John Camden Hotten hardcover
189000002841Chicago: Donohue Henneberry & co. 1890 269 pages pages browning small stain on backstrip. The economic plight of the farmer in the 1890's social welfare. Donohue, Henneberry & co. hardcover
1900067234Paris France: Enoch et Cie Editeurs 1900. Book. Illus. by Leonce Burret preface cover watercolors and drawings. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original edition retaining color illus. wraps bound into a period binding of dark blue 1/4 cloth gray floral cloth boards paper label with handwritten title mounted on upper spine panel. Rubbing with surface loss at head of spine panel and binding corner of rear board otherwise minimal wear area of mild staining along a portion of front cover fore-edge and slight staining along fore-edge of several early leaves. 3186 pp. 150 illus. by Burret. A charming little volume well illustrated throughout. Enoch et Cie, Editeurs Hardcover
182200008348Paris: Chez Janet et Cotelle 1822 Volume 2 only front hinge very tender with only one string holding onto the front board. An attractive book with these flaws. Chez Janet et Cotelle hardcover
188700008518Munster: Verlag Von Heinrich Schoningh 1887 296 pages disbound with a few loose pages which are present. Very scarce this edition. Verlag Von Heinrich Schoningh hardcover
18821374New York: William Wood & Company 1882 226 pages very nice drawings wear to top/ bottom of backstrip. William Wood & Company hardcover
18702944Paris: J. Hetzel et Cie / Biblioteque D'Education et de Recreation C. 1870. thirty-third. Hardcover. Fair. Vol 1 – 386 pgs. Vol 2 – 350 pgs. Vol 3 – 410 pgs. Vol 4 – 373 pgs. 5 x 7 1/2 in. Dark blue half morocco with blue marbled paper boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Marbled endpapers. Gilt upper text block. Frontis illustration. Text in French. Condition of books is FAIR ; Cracking to all front hinges Vol 2 spine is partly detached Vol 3 spine is missing. Boards slightly worn text very clean. Bindings sound. J. Hetzel et Cie / Biblioteque D'Education et de Recreation hardcover
186025294London: John Murray. Very Good. 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. In the original brown cloth. Spine is darkened. All hinges are tight and the contents are near-fine. ; Ex-Library; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 23130 pages . John Murray hardcover
1889050641Liege Belgium: H. Dessain Imprimeur-Editeur 1889. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 298 pages indexed. Hardcover rebound in black buckram NOT an ex-library copy. There is minimal wear to the binding. Prior owner's bookplate on the front pastedown George Breathett a professor at Bennett College in Greensboro NC in the 1950s-1960s. The text is toned but clean and sound. Text is in French. The title translates to "African Barbary and the Civil Action of Catholic Missions in the Congo and Equatorial Africa Containing as Preliminaries a Chapter on the Anti-Slavery Movement and the Speech of Cardinal Lavigerie in London." Scarce First Edition; the title page states "1st Edition Speciale pour la Belgique. <br/> <br/> H. Dessain, Imprimeur-Editeur hardcover
18480007666Philadelphia: Thomas Cowperthwait & Co. 1848. Probable First edition. Hardcover. Poor. 16mo 192 pages calf-backed printed boards quite loose puncture through top cover and deeply into the book a nail. Ex libris John Jacob Glessner of Zanesville Ohio with his signature at rear and possibly other holographic notes by him; signed by Samuel Wheeler. Offered "as is" with all faults. <br/><br/> Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. hardcover
185716489Hellertown: Thomas R. Weber. Very Good. 1857. Hardcover. Early Hellertown imprint. Clean green marbled boards with brown cloth spines bookplate inside front cover ." i-vi 96pp. Lightly rubbed edges and front corners. Rear cover's bottom edge has a chip. Rear endpaper has a damp stain. Lessons in German & English. Youth's Translator by Val Hilburn. ; Thin 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 96 pages . Thomas R. Weber hardcover
1847100140<p>Southwold April 9th 1847. 1847. Very good. - Over 125 words penned on 7 inch high by 4-3/8 inch wide creamy white paper. The philologist and author James Jermyn regarding a pamphlet he is about to publish: "Altho you I think have not much opinion of the utility of an English Gradus yet I am inclined to hope that I may be allowed to send you a specimen of the little work." Signed "Jas. Jermyn". Folded for mailing the letter was once likely mounted in an autograph book with remnants of gray paper adhering to the corners of the verso and a strip of paper along one edge of the verso. The words "Philologist & author" are penned in an unknown hand at the top of the letter and "Probably to Dawson Turner" is lightly written in pencil at the bottom. Very good.</p><p>The philologist and author James Jermyn 1773-1852 settled at Southwold where he was appointed collector of the pier dues. He was the author of numerous works and pamphlets including a 12-page pamphlet "Prospectus and Specimen of an English gradus and dictionary of ideas: containing the synonyms epithets and phrases of out language faithfully collected from the great body of English poetry and other authorities" published in 1848.</p> Southwold, April 9th, 1847.
18762985Paris: E. Dentu 1876. Hardcover. Very Good. 323 pgs. 4 x 7 1/2 in. Brown half morocco with marbled paper boards. Gilt lettering on spine. 5 raised bands. Marble endpapers. Gilt upper text block. Text in French. Condition of book is VERY GOOD; Front hinge slightly cracked worn small tear at top. Corners worn especially lower front which is very worn cover very lightly worn. Text very clean binding tight. Small David B. Ogden bookplate on front pastedown. Book club sheet pasted onto ffep owner’s name in ink on 2nd ffep. E. Dentu hardcover
1869219556Paris France: A. Lacroix Verboeckhoven & ce 1869. Book. Fair. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original yellow-green paper cover published 1869 first edition. In French. Uncut edges no illustrations ex-seminary library perserved in pressboard with taped binding over cloth. 453 pp. Condition: Fair cover separated laid in. Occasional small blue pencil checkmarks otherwise pages clean and little toning. Pages fragile. Has library spine label bookplate evidence of rear pocket removal stamp on title page and catalog numbers on title page verso. A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & ce Paperback