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188734932Guatemala: Tip. de El Progreso / La Union 1887. First editions. Vol. 1 quarter red morocco; vols. 2-7 original blank paper wrappers as issued. Volumes 2-7 unopened uncut and untrimmed as sold hence some edges worn and soiled scattered foxing blank wrappers quite worn torn and soiled some toning to half titles or titles otherwise trimmed size is internally near fine; volume 1 extremities worn small chip at head of spine and joint split at top. Booksellers stamp to title page of one volume. Illus. 8vo. This is the most famous 19th c. work on Central America and a very important regional history by an anti-clerical and liberal historian Lorenzo Montufar y Rivera Maestre 1823-1898 who as foreign minister of Costa Rica helped organize the Central American defense against William Walker and was frequently exiled for his opposition to the dictator Rafael Carrera. Bancroft and many other historians relied very heavily on Montufar's work and thus his subsequent influence on both English and Spanish language histories has been quite substantial. Stamp of bookseller: Libreria Juan Capella en Guatemala on one leaf. Uncommon in this mostly unaltered state; ABPC shows only one copy at auction in the last quarter century. Palau 179837. Spain & Spanish America II 393 V.1-5. Grieb Central America 263. Villacorta BibliografÃa guatemalteca 1078-1084. Griffin 4376. Tip. de El Progreso / La Union unknown books
1654045344Piacenza: Heirs of Giovanni Bazachi 1654. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Contemporary vellum some browning and mild wear old label to spine small dampstain in the right margin early on some mild foxing and browning largely clean and bright. 2 volumes bound in one both rare. 96; 192pp. A curious work on mathematics Cabala and anagrams along with another curious work on church chronology. Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Magic Paranormal & Occult; Mathematics. Inventory No: 045344. <br/><br/> [Heirs of] Giovanni Bazachi hardcover books
1691S13100Florence:: Gio: Filippo Cecchi 1691. 1691. Large 4to. xv CCLXIX 20 pp. Half-title title printed in red & black title vignette 75 copper engraved plates numerous woodcut initials and head & tailpieces index; prominent waterstains to corners lacks the portrait of Cosimo some copies have the portrait others do not. Later quarter vellum marbled boards black leather gilt-stamped spine label vellum tips. Very good. Second edition first printed in 1666/7. This marvelous work contains descriptions of experiments on air-pressure freezing of water an early account of Torricelli's invention of the barometer thermometer electrical and magnetic experiments measurements of the velocity of sound and light and experiments on heat and cold. It contains many large full-page engravings of experimental apparatus used to conduct these early experiments in natural physics. The engravings on pages iii vi viii and xiii show Torricelli's thermometer with a column of liquid and capsules of various density liquids that will either float of sink depending upon the surrounding temperature. Also known as a "termometro lento" slow thermometer this clever instrument is still marketed as a functioning curiosity today. / As the mechanism of the atmosphere exerting continuous pressure on the surface of the earth was unknown at that time the experiments using a barometer and bell jar pp. xxiv-xxxi seem rather naïve to us today. The members of the Academy couldn't determine why the mercury in the column didn't fall once the barometer was 'shielded' from the surrounding atmosphere. What they failed to realize is that the air pressure inside the bell jar remained the same as the outside since it had not been evacuated. Page lxxxxix depicts a curious experiment in which an organ pipe and a bellows to blow air through a pipe are encased in a vacuum chamber. The experiment demonstrated that when the chamber was evacuated the pipe no longer made sound even though the bellows were still forcing 'air' through the apparatus therefore showing that air at normal pressure was a necessary component to produce sound. / The Academy of Experiments was founded in Florence in 1657 and flourished for only ten years 1657-1667 and presents the first group effort at scientific investigation on the part of scientists including such original minds as Viviani Borelli Steno Redi Cassini and Torricelli. Its moving spirits were two of Galileo's most distinguished disciples Viviani and Torricelli. The necessary financial support came from the two Medicis the Grand Duke Ferdinand II of Tuscany and his brother Leopold; both of them had studied under Galilei. More than a decade before the formal institution of the Academy the two Medici brothers had started a laboratory well equipped with such scientific apparatus as was then obtainable. :: Wolf. / "This collection contains papers describing experiments on light sound and electricity. Amber rubbed in vacuo . . . magnetic attraction across a vacuum . . . magnetic screening . . . rubbed amber and gems . . . discharging action of flames . . . electrical attraction is mutual. . ." :: Wheeler. / Barchas-Stanford 1345 1666/7 ed.; Boffito 'Gli strumenti della scienza' pp. 133-134; Brunet V-29; Catalogo Bibl. Mediceo-Lorenese 569; Cinti 163; Dibner Heralds of Science 82; DSB IX p.3 Magalotti; Gamba 853; Krivatsy/NLM p.25 1666/7; Maylender Michele "Storia delle Accademie d'Italia" 1926-30 II pp. 7-16; Michel V-76; Riccardi II 407; Wellcome III p. 23; Wheeler 196 1684 ed.; Wolf The History of Science Technology and Philosophy I p. 55. This edition not in Bakken but has the 1684 translation. Gio: Filippo Cecchi, 1691. hardcover books
1729046680Florence: Michele Nestenus e Francesco Moucke 1729. Hardcover Vellum. Near Fine Condition. Contemporary vellum slight wear and soiling - faint scattered foxing - a lovely copy. 47pp Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 046680. Michele Nestenus e Francesco Moucke hardcover books
1991Embry 150229Pennsylvania State U. Press 1991. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Pennsylvania State U. Press, 1991. First edition, first printing. unknown books
291458Jonesville VA. unbound. very good. Exceptional signature: "A. L. Pridemore - Jonesville - VA" executed on a 5.5" x 1.5" slip of paper. Fine condition.<br/><br/> American politician from Virginia who also served as an officer fighting for the Confederate States of America. During the Civil War Pridemore raised a company of Volunteer Infantry for the Pound Gap Battalion of the Confederate Army and was commissioned as its Captain on October 17th 1861. In June 1862 he received a promotion of Major. Following reorganization after the Battle of Cumberland Gap his unit was reconstituted as Company S of the 64th Virginia Mounted Infantry under Colonel Campbell Slemp and Pridemore became a Lieutenant Colonel on December 14th 1862. He was promoted to full Colonel in 1864 and commanded the 64th Virginia Cavalry until the end of the war.<br/><br/> unknown books
1998UTHOSIN00fpTeachers and Writers Collaborative 1998. Very Good. Thomas Lorenzo. Sing the Sun Up: Creative Writing Ideas from African American Literature. New York NY: Teachers and Writers Collaborative 1998. xiv 184pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed and former owner's name in ink to the top of the first page. Teachers and Writers Collaborative paperback books
183026365New York: E. Bliss 1830 1830. First edition. Sabin 38084; American Imprints 2139. Head and foot of the spine slightly chipped; hinges just starting but firm; some foxing; very good copy. 12mo original brown quarter calf marbled boards gilt lettering untrimmed. ¶ An assortment of entertaining epistolary essays on American characters political and literary with observations about the city of Washington the Capitol building Library of Congress the literature of Washington New York poets American painters etc. by Samuel Lorenzo Knapp 1783-1838 one of the more colorful literary figures of his era. See the DAB. <br/><br/> New York: E. Bliss, 1830 unknown books
186236081n.p.: n.p. 1862. Second edition. Removed. Removed from a larger volume else a very good copy. 8 pp. 8vo. "Sherwood opposed slavery and argued that Congress had the right to decide the slavery question in the territories. Maligned by opponents for his views including support for free-soil doctrines and federal government supremacy he was driven from the legislature in 1856 labelled anti-southern threatened with death should he chose to speak and kept from serving as a delegate to the Secession Convention" Diana J. Kleiner "Sherwood Lorenzo" Handbook of Texas Online. Sabin 80448. See LCP Afro-Americana 9391. n.p. unknown books
1995705561NY: Ballantine Books. 1995. Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Ballantine Books paperback books
1912194854NEW YORK EATON AND MAIN 1911 1912 1912. ORIGINAL PICTORIAL GREEN CLOTH STAMPED IN GILT WHITE AND BLACK; DUST JACKET UNCLIPPED; A FEW NICKS; 22 ILLUSTRATIONS; SCARCE THUS. FIRST EDITION SECOND PRINTING WITH NEW 2 PAGE PREFACE VERY GOOD. F. Hardcover. NEW YORK, EATON AND MAIN [1911, 1912] hardcover books
19108716Baltimore: Johns Hopkins 1910. First Edition. unbound. Tables. 8 pages pp. 63-70FROM: Bulletin of Johns Hopkins Hospital vol. 21 no. 228. Tall 4to modern wrappers. Baltimore 1910.<br/><br/> Moss showed that the blood of all individuals could be placed into one of four groups. His classification has been the one most commonly used until recently. GM 900.<br/><br/> Johns Hopkins unknown books
1972137842New York: H.B.L. Productions 1972. Revised Draft script for an unproduced film called "Such Men Are Dangerous" written by Lorenzo Semple Jr. based on a novel by "J.O. Kerr" joker the pseudonym originally used by Lawrence Block for his 1969 titular novel but the novel was released as written by Paul Kavanagh the lead character of the script and another pseudonym of Block's. <br/><br/>Based on the 1969 heist novel by Lawrence Block about a burnt-out former Green Beret who gets a tip-off about a valuable shipment of tactical nuclear weapons which he intends to steal with the help of a trained killer. Screenwriter Lorenzo Semple Jr. was known for his action and thriller films including "Daddy's Gone A-Hunting" 1969 "Papillon" 1973 and "Never Say Never Again" 1983.<br/><br/>Printed blue titled wrappers with an address label from the Paul Kohner agency in Hollywood on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter Semple and novelist Kerr Block. Title page present dated July 14 1972 noted as REVISED with credits for screenwriter Semple and novelist Kerr Block. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. H.B.L. Productions unknown books
18267538Mexico City: Mariano Galvez Rivera 1826. First edition. Quarto size pp 8 276 8. A history of Texcoco a city built by the Acolhuas a pre-Columbian people of the Náhuatl-speaking group of tribes and once the chief seat of Aztec culture. There is much information on the legendary past and particularly the great king of Texcoco Netzahualcoyotl. It appears that the text is basically that of Veytia based on notes and other material of Boturini with some editorial additions by Bustamante. Boturini 1702-51 educated in Milan and Vienna arrived in Mexico in 1736. Fired with the intention of writing a history of pre-Conquest Mexico he assembled a collection of mss in Náhuatl and Spanish now principally preserved in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris which has never been equalled. Returning to Europe in 1744 Boturini worked on his Idea de una nueva historia general de la América Septentrional fundada sobre material copioso de figuras symbolos caracterer y jeroglÃficos cantares y manuscritos de autores indios ultimamente descubiertos Madrid 1746 which is an inventory of pictorial texts of Spanish-Indian history. In that work he was assisted by Mariano Fernández de EcheverrÃa y Veytia. Veytia 1718 - 80 a native of Puebla was one of the great historians of pre-conquest Mexico of his day along with Clavigero and wrote on that subject as well as a history of his "querida" Puebla. He was a close friend of Boturini whose work in Mexico inspired his own studies. Carlos MarÃa de Bustamante 1774-1848 Mexican patriot politician journalist and pamphleteer was one of the intellectuals of the Insurrection movement. As well as recovering pre-Columbian and colonial mss Bustamante produced a number of historical works the most important of which is his Cuadro histórico de la revolución de la América mexicana 1823-32 which covers the period 1808-21. Ownership inscription on title-page: "Mexico 28 May 1834 J. H. Fritsch". Sabin 6835: Palau 33791. Some copies apparently have a folded map of the lake Texcoco - this copy does not and follows Palau's and Sabin's collation in that respect: further no plates or maps are called for in the index and no copies at auction indicate a map or plates. Contemporary mottled calf; covers decorated with a gilt border; gold-tooled spine; yellow-edged leaves. Very nice copy in excellent condition. <br/><br/> Mariano Galvez Rivera unknown books
1925114272Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1925. Octavo pp. i-v vi 1 2-307 308: printer's imprint 1-6: ads original blue cloth front panel stamped in black spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. Adventures of Captain Ivan Koravitch a Russian secret agent by the author of THRILLING STORIES OF THE RAILWAY 1912 an important collection of mystery fiction. Queen The Detective Short Story p. 115. Hubin 1994 p. 859. 1925 Christmas gift inscription on front free endpaper. Hint of rubbing to cloth at spine ends and corner tips three tiny white spots on front cover edges of text block mildly tanned a very good copy. An attractive copy of an elusive book. #114272 William Blackwood and Sons unknown books
1994UOATCAP00HMRDover 1994. Very Good. Oatman Lorenzo D. The Captivity of the Oatman Girls among the Apache and Mohave Indians. Oatman Olive A. New York: Dover 1994. 209pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with faint soiling and gently bumped edges. Dover paperback books
1983238784San Diego: Mho & Mho Works 1983. Four-panel brochure 8.5x11 inches horizontal fold crease for mailing otherwise very good on tan stock. Excerpt and publicity for a new book about sickness disease hospitals doctors learning to walk love cripples anger rage love basket-cases Spain escape gay love in the US in 1959 etc etc. Three pages of text from the book rear page order form. Mho & Mho Works unknown books
1833118447Norwich CT: Wm. Faulkner 1833. 704p. fourth edition 'revised corrected and improved' staining and foxing throughout full calf casing is exceedingly rubbed and worn with a torn head yet still intact and handleable spine label present but illegible. The autobiography of one of the great itinerants of the second great awakening with much on abolitionism among other topics. Wm. Faulkner unknown books
2002Embry 173716Ashgate 2002. First edition first printing. Light scuff to lower edge of volume 1 else fine in fine dust jackets in mylar covers. Ashgate, 2002. First edition, first printing. unknown books
19741337582Woodstock: Overlook Press 1974. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; 276 pages; VG; Dark Red Cloth Binding with Gilt text; Housed in Publisher's Dark Red Cloth Slipcase; Slipcase has minor edgewear and shelfwear; Limited Edition #563 of 850; Shelved in middle ages. 1337582. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Overlook Press hardcover books
186318287Philadelphia: Lippincott & Co. Very Good. 1863. Hardcover. Vol 1 only scarce; very light foxing; wear to covers; else Good . Lippincott & Co hardcover books
195036787New York: Greenberg 1950. Hardcover. 230p. very good first edition in cloth edgeworn unclipped dj. Young 3969. Novel of a black/white gay romance replete with a racist White southerner commanding a Black Quartermaster Company set on the Italian front during World War II. Greenberg hardcover books
280298No date. . Punched for a comb binding but perfect bound with stiff paper covers. . Some pages coming loose from spine otherwise a very good copy. . 4to. Scarce. Journal of an early Mormon resident of Utah. unknown books
1901RCANJUV23RJBDeseret Sunday School Union 1901. Good. Cannon George Q. The Juvenile Instructor : An Illustrated Semi-monthly Magazine Designed Expressly for The Education and Elevation of The Young Volume XXXVI 36 1901. Snow Lorenzo; Smith Joseph F. Salt Lake City Utah: Deseret Sunday School Union 1901. 776pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Book condition: Good with light bumping to spine ends and light rubbing to corners. Soft hinges. Deseret Sunday School Union Board compliments label mounted to front free endsheet; small closed tear in fore-edge of front free endsheet and flyleaf. Deseret Sunday School Union unknown books
1901RCANJUV28RJBDeseret Sunday School Union 1901. Good. Cannon George Q. The Juvenile Instructor : An Illustrated Semi-monthly Magazine Designed Expressly for The Education and Elevation of The Young Volume XXXVI 36 1901. Snow Lorenzo; Smith Joseph F. Salt Lake City Utah: Deseret Sunday School Union 1901. 776pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Book condition: Good with rubbing to extremities. Soft hinges. Missing lower corners of pp. 649-652 affecting text. B.Y.U. Library inkstamp to front free endsheet; no further library markings. Deseret Sunday School Union unknown books
