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1897RHAWUND00ECGovernment Printing Office 1897. Very Good. Haworth Erasmus. Underground Waters of Southwestern Kansas - Department of the Interior Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey Number 6. Washington: Government Printing Office 1897. 63pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 12mo. Orange wraps. Book condition: Very good. There is a 1 and 1/2 inch tear in the paper at the head of the spine. Ink stamp on the front cover and again on the first title page. Government Printing Office paperback
182447058Roma: Presso Francesco Bourlie 1824. Very Good. Roma: Presso Francesco Bourlie 1824-1830. First Edition. Four volumes bound in two; contemporary parchment over marbled paper-covered boards black gilt spine labels. Moderate wear to board margins parchment a bit dust-soiled else a Very Good internally clean and sound set of this early biography of Pope Pius VII 1742-1823. Presso Francesco Bourlie unknown
188112839Lincoln Nebraska 1881. Quarto 12.5 x 9.25" stitched periodical pp. 81-96. Volume 1 No. 6 September 1881. A single issue of the first suffrage newspaper published in the state of Nebraska. The paper was founded by Erasmus and Lucy Correll a pair of "suffragist homesteaders" who claimed land under the Homestead Act of 1862 and were active in the suffrage movement. Erasmus went on to become president of the American Woman's Suffrage Association and a member of the Nebraska legislature where he submitted an unsuccessful suffrage bill. Lucy meanwhile was a journalist who wrote for her husband's paper The Hebron Journal; she also helped to organize the first woman's suffrage association in Nebraska.<br /> <br /> The paper served as the unofficial newspaper of the Nebraska Woman Suffrage Association and prints Nebraska's state motto "Equality Before the Law" in the masthead above the phrase "Devoted to Woman and her Home Industrial Educational and Legal Interests - especially advocating Woman Suffrage." This issue includes articles in favor of suffrage a front page article critiquing the arrest of three New England girls for smoking cigars letters to the editor updates on successful Nebraska women reports of local suffrage groups in the state and more. Scarce with OCLC locating issues at only three institutions: SUNY Geneseo Omaha Public Library and Nebraska State Historical Society. Creasing to pages damp staining to corners and edges mainly on first and last page several tears to margins up to one inch. unknown
1803052768BOSTON MA.: D. CARLISLE. SECOND AMERICAN FROM THE THIRD LONDON EDITION VOLUME 1 ONLY FULL CLAF LEATHER WITH MUCH WAR OWNER'S NAME. . Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 1803. D. CARLISLE hardcover
1801046146J Johnson 1801. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 4 volumes complete 3rd ed.corrected. Original binding. 6 raised bands partly visible. Titles mostly readable on spine labels. Grey paper over boards. Bindings secure no splits to hinges. Most pages uncut. Light foxing to early and late pages. Some illustrations see photos <br/> <br/> J Johnson hardcover
18094664Boston: Thomas & Andrews 1809. Third American Edition. Leather_bound. Good. Good; 2 volumes full leather rubbed and light shelf wear but solid; internally some light foxing but on the whole near very good; complete with all plates present. Thomas & Andrews hardcover
1803mon0003495342Carlisle for Thomas and Andrews 1803. Hardcover. Good. . 2-volume set bound in full calf. Covers shows wear and rubbing erosion on the corners cracked joints the bottom board of volume 2 is detached but present held w/ string. Contemporary signature of former owner on the first page of each volume which are both detached. Pages are lightly tanned with minor scattered foxing. This edition of Darwin's most important book was published immediately after his sudden death in 1802. Carlisle for Thomas and Andrews hardcover
1876157480Paris: Librairie des Bibliphiles 1876. Third Edition. No. 476 of 500 copies. Hardcover. Very good . xi 247 p. 22 cm. 83 b&w engravings by Holbein. Bound in half leather with marbled boards and endpapers. Top edge gilt. Light scuffing to spine and a bit of shelf wear. Ink signature on a front endpaper. French text. <br/><br/>Erasmus wrote In Praise of Folly in Latin in 1509. Having formed its outline during his travels in Italy and Germany the author revised and expanded the work during his stay with his friend Sir Thomas More in Bucklersbury England. "Folly" is considered one of the most influential works in Western literature and a catalyst for the Reformation. The work enjoyed great popular success much to Erasmus's astonishment and sometimes his dismay. Even Pope Leo X found it amusing. Librairie des Bibliphiles hardcover