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2017166472Firenze: Mandragora 2017. Paperback. VG-. Ex-library with usual marks. Minor shelf wear on covers small ink mark; otherwise clean and tight. Orange wraps with black lettering on spine. 55 pp text 44 pp plates 4 in color and rest BW. Number 132 of terza serie. Published in March 2017. Text in Italian. Mandragora paperback books
18552303669New York / Rochester: Richard C. Valentine 1855. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Front matter foxed. 1855 Hard Cover. 508 pp. 8vo. Red cloth gilt titles marbled edges. Two titles bound in one volume. The memoirs of Lorenzo Dow reissue of Howes D441 bound together with an 1842 edition of an account of approximately 10000 miles of travel throughout the American continent recounted by Lorenzo Dow through the use of his wife Peggy's detailed journal. Dow's memoirs at one point were only outsold by the Bible. Sabin 20759. Howes D-442. Vicissitudes describes one of the most amazing trips ever made by a woman down the Ohio from Wheeling to Natchez on the Mississippi thence overland through the hostile Creek country to the Georgia settlements Carolina & Virginia. Lorenzo Dow was a Methodist evangelist and one of the most widely traveled and most eccentric of early American gospel preachers. Richard C. Valentine hardcover books
184824145New York: Fowlers and Wells 1848 1848. First edition. Moderately foxed; very good copy. 12mo recent paper spine original self-wrappers 48 pages. One of the many publications on phrenology by Lorenzo Niles Fowler and Samuel Robert Wells with their famous phrenology head on the front wrapper. Among the subjects studied in this almanac are Charles Dickens and Harriet Martineau. <br/><br/> New York: Fowlers and Wells, 1848 unknown books
184819210New York: Fowler and Wells 1848. First edition. Some closed tears some light foxing and soiling and wear; a good sound copy. Original pictorial self-wrappers 7.5 x 4.5 inches 46 2 pages. Illus. A modicum of almanac information well fleshed-out by phrenological studies of various persons of note with the occasional interpolated advertising notice for Fowler publications clairvoyants mesmeric anesthetists etc. Fowler and Wells, unknown books
183819435Philadelphia: For Sale Wholesale and Retail by Fowler and Brevoort Practical Phrenologists at the Phrenological Athenaeum 1838. Evident first edition. Small marginal tear to the outer edge of the inner wrappers and some wear to the corners of the wrappers; some light general soiling and light staining; in very good condition. 4 leaves of manuscript stitched together with the Synopsis into contemporary blue-green wrappers 7.63 x 5 inches this stitched into contemporary stiff gray wrappers titled in autograph ink "M. S. Lincoln April 4th 1839" 7 1 24 pages blanks completed in autograph ink. Illus. A relatively early and extensive phrenological reading from the hand of one of the great Fowler brothers himself; besides the descriptive analysis in manuscript the numerical measurements of the various traits are given in autograph ink in the margin of the printed pamphlet. Despite the Philadelphia Phrenological Athenaeum imprint to the printed chart the reading may likely have been delivered at the Fowler New York studio where Lorenzo had first established his business. For Sale, Wholesale and Retail, by Fowler and Brevoort, Practical Phrenologists, at the Phrenological Athenaeum, unknown books
1920313025N.p. Logansport Ind. Chronicle Printing Co: Privately printed 1920. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and 19 plates. 197 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth spine and upper cover stamped in black. Original sales leaflet loosely inserted. Spine ends bumped some rubbing. Very good. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and 19 plates. 197 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Sport in Indiana. Accounts of hunting and trapping in the Kankakee marshlands deer and waterfowl.Werich was born in 1860 in a log cabin in Valparaiso Indiana not far from the river.<br/> "In the final chapter the author laments the disappearance of much of the game with the draining of the Kankakee swampland" Heller.<br/><br/>With a small four-page promotional leaflet for the book with some background on how the author came to write his book after a railroad accident in which he lost his right arm. With a testimonial from Logansport notables.<br/><br/>An uncommon work. Phillips p. 399; Heller 1:409 noting variant bindings Privately printed] unknown books
2001185622Milan Italy: Edizioni del Teatro alla Scala 2001. Softcover. VG edge-wear to covers; light rubbing to corners; back cover scratched. tight binding. interior clean. black illustrated wraps w/ French flaps. 263 pgs w/ color illustrations. text in Italian. Cover and endpaper signed by the arist. Blue pen squiggles to endpaper edge. Wonderfully illustrated. A scarce edition. Edizioni del Teatro alla Scala unknown books
1866List806Washington: For the Author 1866. 8vo blue wraps 42 pp. Apparently a gift copy from Curtis. Near fine overall with minimal wear. Near Fine. A scarce survival from Lorenzo Snow's trial in the U.S. Supreme Court for polygamy under the Edmunds Act where two of his three convictions were eventually overturned as the court determined that the offense was continuous and therefore only warranted a single conviction. George Ticknor Curtis defended Snow and published this edition of his speech himself. Curtis argued that Snow had lived continuously with one woman and defended his right to have multiple "wives" as a matter of religious freedom. This copy with "From the Author" on the top margin of the title wrap apparently presented as a gift from Curtis. For the Author unknown books
2005112280La Paz: Centro de Investigacion y Promocion de Campesinado 2005. Softcover. VG-. Adobe colored wraps with color illustration and white and brown lettering; 243 pp. with occasional tables graphs and maps. Text in Spanish; the book is the result of much research that has taken into account the various regions and peoples of Bolivia; with a glossary. Centro de Investigacion y Promocion de Campesinado unknown books
186720876Washington 1867. 8pp folded folio leaf. Untrimmed lightly worn. Caption title Good to Very Good. Sherwood and his National Cheap Freight Railway League seek "to lessen the cost of transportation" by breaking up "the monopoly system" and pattern of "exclusive privilege" that have oppressed small business and farmers and by opening the railway network "to free competition in transportation." They also support government subsidies for "a railroad to unite the Gulf of Mexico at Mobile and Pensacola with the lakes at Cleveland and Chicago." The League's membership roster which includes many members of Congress is printed. The pamphlet includes a Letter from the League to the organizers of a mass meeting of the 'Cheap-Freight Railway League' in Houston and prints various endorsements of the League's goals. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 66046. unknown books
191736678Buenos Aires: Biblioteca "Nueva Era 1917. 12mo. 31 pp. table. <br><br>Por el Dr. Alfredo L. Palacios el 22 de diciembre de 1917 en la Convención patriotica." "Version taquigrafica oficial."<br>Â Â Â Â Presentation copy from the author to Joseph P. Grace president of W. R. Grace and Company of checkered history in Latin America.<br>Â Â Â Â WorldCat locates only one US holding the microfilm copy at the New York Public Library the printed copy of which was discarded after filming and is the copy offered here. Discarded as part of the New York Public Librarys "Pamphlet Volume Preservation Project": now stapled. Wrappers detached but present. NYPL perforation stamp on one leaf. Biblioteca "Nueva Era unknown books
14349SD MHO 1986. FIRST EDITION FINE. F. SD, MHO, 1986 unknown books
15767393Genoa: Appresso Marc' Antonio Bellone 1576. First edition. Vellum. Very Good. 4to. 819224pp. Index of names. Armorial woodcut device on title. Publisher's woodcut device on colophon. Cont. limp vellum a bit soiled ties lacking some gnawing at lower fore-edge of front cover remains of an old hand-lettered paper label on spine. A few gatherings a bit browned M-S and V-X. A valuable and entertaining book which Borromeo placed in his collection of "Novellieri" but which contains in reality narrative stories of people and events occurring between the mid-15th century and 1566; their names are listed in the index at the end. The events factual and anecdotal take place in Liguria Lombardy Campania and Aragon and several of them mention Turkey and the Turks. At the beginning in his preface the author narrates the history of Novi Ligure where he was born circa 1510. Not in adams; BL Italian STC p. 145. Appresso Marc' Antonio Bellone hardcover books
1935048124Barcelona Etc.: Editorial Labor 1935. 221p. plus 9 b/w plates at the end original yellow cloth Coleccion pro ecclesia et patria. Editorial Labor unknown books
1912RGOS00JNCirca 1912. Very Good. Penrose Charles W. Rays of Living Light & other Gospel Tracts: 27 LDS missionary tracts sammelband. Teasdale George; Snow Lorenzo. NP: NP Circa 1912. 8vo. Blue cloth. Book condition: Fair with rubbed edges corners gently bumped with boards exposed a stain on rear cover and backstrip has a tiny loss to foot and long vertical split. Hinges broken front flyleaf has two ink stamps and a small loss to bottom corner and first few leaves and rear paste down have bottom corners creased. Contents otherwise very good. hardcover books
193178225New York: Harcourt Brace 1931. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. index xii 388p. Original dark blue cloth. 21cm. Extremities rubbed minor fraying. Institutional stamp Federal Council of Churches. No jacket. <br/><br/> Harcourt, Brace hardcover books
m2743Candler School of Theology Emory University 1983. Signed & inscribed by author to Bishop T. Otto Nall. Quarto hardcover red cloth gilt letters 194 pp. Fine As New. From Abstract: This project is concerned with the laity’s role as active participants in public worship along models extant in documents of the New Testament and the Early Church. The study seeks to understand what roles are filled in public worship and what persons fill the roles. It also asks what it means to participate in public worship. The project was designed to formulate a plan for the revamping of morning worship at the First United Methodist Church Okeechobee Florida.This project paper includes an historical and contemporary review of the Okeechobee United Methodist Church; an explanation and evaluation of the work of the core group; results and interpretation of the questionnaires; the direction in which the congregation’s worship is presently headed and the initial work of Phase II which puts into effect the results of the project. hardcover books
1836SEM18276Rome: Published by Litografia Siotto 1836. Hardcover. Very Good. Slim quarto. Contemporary marbled paper over boards; vellum spine. 3128 pp 5. 19th century facsimile edition. <br/><br/> Published by Litografia Siotto hardcover books
1853403806Washington D. C.: Robert Armstrong 1853. 8vo. 198 pp. 78 lithographed plates after R.H. Kern by Ackerman N.Y. some tinted one folding and large folding map. Modern red half leather. Some very pale cockling to some plates at end generally clean and bright. FIRST EDITION. Sitgreaves and his party traversed the country from northern New Mexico to San Diego in the summer and fall of 1851 crossing northern Arizona and descending the Colorado to Yuma before crossing the desert. This report is notable for its many lithographed plates of scenes along the route as well as flora and fauna and ornithology perhaps the reason for its appeal to Woodhouse and Cassin. The natural history specimens are described by John Torrey. Wheat calls the map "a monumental achievement. generally correct and exceedingly well done." Field 1414; Graff 3809; Howes S-251; Meisel III p. 134; Sabin 81472; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 VI p. 403; Wagner-Camp-Becker 230:1; Wheat Mapping the Transmississippi West 763. <br/><br/> Robert Armstrong hardcover books
185318346Washington: Robert Armstrong 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Senate issue 32d Congress 2d Session Executive No. 59. Complete as issued with 198 pp 79 lithographed plates 23 views 6 mammals 5 birds 21 reptiles 3 fish 21 botanical plates and large folding map. Original brown cloth with chipping and tears to spine cloth. Spine cracked at pp 174/175; intermittent foxing primarily affecting the title page occasional text margins and about 20 plates mainly mammals birds reptiles and botanicals as opposed to the views which are generally clean. Map has a few splits at the intersections and one closed tear that has been repaired on the verso. This was the final expedition made by the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers in connection with the Mexican War. In addition to Sitgreaves the expedition party included J.G. Parke Richard H. Kern as draughtsman S.W. Woodhouse as physician and naturalist and Antoine Leroux as guide. Its purpose was to determine whether the Zuni River actually emptied into the Colorado and to examine the territory en route. The party followed the Zuni from Zuni Pueblo in western New Mexico to the Little Colorado then continued west reaching the Colorado near the Mojave villages and then proceeding south to Camp Yuma and San Diego. Wheat 3: 22-24 notes that the map is very detailed and calls it "a monumental achievement.generally correct and exceedingly well done." Howes S-528 Wheat 763 Wagner Camp 230:1 Graff 3809 Field 1414. Robert Armstrong hardcover books
1853WRCAM18968Washington 1853. 198pp. plus large folding map detached and seventy-eight plates one folding some tinted. Original blindstamped cloth rebacked with original backstrip laid down. Light scattered foxing else very good. Sitgreaves and his party traversed the country from northern New Mexico to San Diego in the summer and fall of 1851 crossing northern Arizona and descending the Colorado to Yuma before crossing the desert. This report is notable for its many lithographed plates of scenes along the route as well as flora and fauna. The natural history specimens are described by John Torrey. Wheat calls the map "a monumental achievement.generally correct and exceedingly well done." HOWES S521. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 763. FIELD 1414. WAGNER-CAMP 230:1. MEISEL III p.134. SABIN 81472. GRAFF 3809. TAXONOMIC LITERATURE VI p.403. REESE BEST OF THE WEST 130. hardcover books
1854WRCAM38923Washington: Beverley Tucker 1854. 198pp. plus seventy-eight plates some tinted one folding and large folding map. Original blindstamped cloth. Slight wear at head of spine and corners. Six-inch closed tear in map in a blank section with no loss. Scattered foxing on plates. A very good copy. Second printing with the same collation plates and maps as the first printing of the previous year but with plates 10 11 14 and 16 re-engraved and the misnumbering of the reptile plates corrected. Sitgreaves and his party traversed the country from northern New Mexico to San Diego in the summer and fall of 1851 crossing northern Arizona and descending the Colorado to Yuma before crossing the desert. This report is notable for its many lithographic plates of scenes along the route as well as of flora and fauna and its large map. Of the latter Wheat remarks: "a monumental achievement.generally correct and exceedingly well done." Natural history specimens were described by John Torrey. WAGNER-CAMP 230:2. FIELD 1414. HOWES S521. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 763. TAXONOMIC LITERATURE VI p.403. MEISEL III p.134. REESE BEST OF THE WEST 130 ref. Beverley Tucker hardcover books
1962174692Chicago IL: The Rio Grande Press 1962. Reprint edition of the 1853 edition. Hardcover. Includes numerous plates and a map affixed to the rear pastedown. A clean very near fine copy in boards. No dust jacket. The Rio Grande Press unknown books
187241726Washington 1872. 272 pp. <br /><br />The first and still the best source for the history of American fisheries. Prepared for the Treasury Department Sabine presents detailed histories of the various fisheries along with a great deal of statistical information. Canadian fisheries are included as are the whale fisheries with text of Jeffersons 1791 message on the cod and whale fisheries reprinted. A classic text scarce in its original configuration as this one is. Bound in original cloth. Front hinge weak top of backstrip chipped away. hardcover books
1577JC14677Antwerp: Christophe Plantin 1577. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 240 x 175mm. Pagination: 2 3-194pp. 2 colophon leaf. Signatures: A-Z4; a6. Engraved architectural frame on title signed Bernardinus Passarus with coat of arms of Pope Gregory XIII two cardinals Alessandro Farnese escutcheon of six fleur-de-lis and Antonio Perenotto escutcheon of double-headed eagle and seven bends and classicizing boughs of fruit. All 55 copperplate engravings 54 in cartouche illustrated by Bernandino Passeri c.1577-1585 and engraved by Hieronymus Jerome Wierix c.1553-1619 with the exception of the Raising of Lazarus on p. 88 which is signed PB i.e. Pieter van der Borcht as designer and IHW i.e. Jan Wierix which belonged to the Plantin stock. Edited by Jacobus Pactus. Text in roman and italic. Contemporary limp vellum lacking ties manuscript title to spine GAMBARAE CARININA SACRA; title and edges lightly browned hinges starting ink stains on p. 71 but otherwise a good copy. Old library stamp of the Biblitoeca de Oscar e Carbone. Modern armorial bookplate of Bibliotheque I.G. Schorsch on the front pastedown. <br/><br/>Scarce first edition of Lorenzo Gambaras devotional treatise the Rerum sacrarum liber published by Plantin in Antwerp in 1577. Plentiful in sacred iconography Gambaras book was known for its beautiful art history images depicting classic Christological scenes visions saints and parables all after the drawings of Bernadino Passeri. Lorenzo Gambara born in Brescia studied arts and letters at the University of Padua. While he was still young he moved to Rome where he was linked to the papal court and was in service to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese and later Pope Gregory XIII. Virtually Gambaras entire life had been encompassed by the culture of the papal court a place where he also made his name as a poet. One of Gambaras major driving beliefs was that the popular myths in ancient poetry had pagan roots. Wanting to write something to counteract the celebration of depraved literature in his time Gambara wrote this treatise to discourage Christian poets from using pagan symbols in their work. He dedicated this work to some of the greatest themes in Christian liturgy such as the Annunciation Epiphany Pentecost and Christmas. Adams G-186; Brunet II 1474; Graesse III 22. Christophe Plantin hardcover books
