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1923WRCLIT68226New York: The Artist 1923. Original lithograph 22 x 28 cm. plus margins. A bit of dusting in the margins along with pencil notations for it having been shot for reproduction loan deposit stamp on verso from the Metropolitan Museum of Art; very good in bit dust soiled mat. Signed in pencil in lower right margin: "Locke." The year he created this lithograph the artist had come to New York from Ohio at Joseph Pennell's instigation in order to teach lithography at the Art Students' League. The Artist unknown books
1762JC14391London: Printed and Sold by all the Booksellers 1762. Hardcover. Very Good . 12 mo. 178 pp. 2 pp. contents at rear. Contemporary leather spine crudely repaired. Early armorial bookplate of Henry Peckwell and early ownership signatures of J. Halhoun and B. Barker. Engraved portrait frontispiece by J. Phinn after Kneller. <br/><br/>A scarce edition ESTC records five copies only. The work was first published in 'Posthumous Works of Mr John Locke' 1706 and issued for the first time as a separate work in 1741. Printed and Sold by all the Booksellers hardcover books
18111264744Philadelphia: Printed for M. Carey 1811. Eleventh Edition. 12mo. 227pp.; G; bound in brown leather red label; spine and boards moderately scratched and cracked bumped; writing in ink on endpapers; frontispiece gas minor water damage to corner the part touching the frontispiece itself is white space; title page missing bottom inch below the publishers information including part of publishers information; lacking map; age marks throughout;boards beginning to loosen; stated eleventh edition; shelved case 1. 1264744. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Printed for M. Carey unknown books
1929245795New York: Privately Printed 1929. First. hardcover. good. Edited by Emily Ellsworth Ford Skeel. Color Frontis. b/w Illus. and facsimiles. 2 Vols. 4to 1/2 tan cloth decorated boards leather labels edges of board corners worn on both volumes leather labels worn on both volumes page margins uncut. New York: Privately Printed 1929. Limited First Edition.<br/><br/> One of 300 numbered copies. Presentation copy from the editor. Pasted into volume II is a manuscript bibliography entry of Weems' George Washington written by Paul Leicester Ford before 1887. This set lacks volume one which is a bibliography of Weems' works by Paul Leicester Ford. This set of volumes II and III are complete in themselves. Mason Locke Weems was an Episcopal minister and author of many books including works on George Washington Benjamin Franklin William Penn and Francis Marion.<br/><br/> Privately Printed unknown books
182827133Boston: Timothy Bedlington 1828. 16mo. pp. 152; bound with BACON FRANCIS. Essays moral economical and political. Boston: T. Bedlington 1828 pp. 218; contemporary full mottled sheep elaborate gilt decorations on spine; a very good copy. The epitome of two great writers' works nicely printed and in a particularly handsome example of excellent American bookbinding during the first part of the nineteenth century. American Imprints 33893 and 32059. <br/><br/> Timothy Bedlington unknown books
194521277No Place: Whittlesey House McGraw-Hill Book Company 1945. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. Elaborately illustrated clothbound book. A 482 pp novel with similar themes to Robert Penn Warren's All The King's Men. Lacking the uncommon dustwrapper. Prior owner name. A very good copy overall with light cover wear and faint toning to spine colors. This copy has been SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. A book seldom found signed or inscribed. Basis for the film of the same name. <br/><br/> Whittlesey House (McGraw-Hill Book Company) hardcover books
196714212Camp LaGuardia NY 1967. Original 2pp typed letter on two sides of a sheet of hotel letterhead dated 31 July 1967. Addressed: Dear Ben Shahn signed in ink "Ed Locke." Three old folds else fine. A warm and personal letter from Shahn's old friend and fellow FSA photographer including and commenting on two poems Locke has written: ".a bit of formal verse has crowded into my mind four-square.I'd not send you these trivia except as evidence that my heart is beating in some fashion.I'm inflicting the verses upon you not just because you encouraged me but because they are a sort of safety-valve. What an ancient square I am! I slip into a villanelle as though it were my own coat. Do you ever doodle with your brush" <br/><br/>Though his talents lay more in the realm of writing and editing than photography Edwin Locke worked for three years as Roy Stryker's main assistant at the FSA where in addition to editorial tasks he participated in a number of documentary photo shoots including an important collaboration with Walker Evans to document victims of the 1937 Arkansas Flood. His association with Shahn would have dated from this period as Shahn and Stryker were extremely close colleagues in Washington first in the Special Skills section of the Resettlement Administration and later in the art section of the FSA. unknown books
17923890<p>Uppsala: Veuve du directeur Jean Edman 1792. Rare French edition printed in Uppsala of the abridgement of the Essay on Human Understanding by John Wynne the format in which Locke's thought was most effectively popularized at English universities and in Europe. "In the last decade of the seventeenth century English culture held a frustrated fascination for the continental Republic of Letters. Frustrated because few Europeans could approach English ideas in the English language. Gabriel Bonno1 has shown how Locke's continental readers were dependent initially upon reviews in French-language journals – Basnage de Beauval's Histoire des ouvrages des savans Bernard's Nouvelles de la r�publique des lettres and particularly Le Clerc's Biblioth�que universelle and its successors. Interested parties such as Limborch and Leibniz did not really come to grips with the Essay until it had been translated into French. This was accomplished in 1700 by Pierre Coste.Coste was like Le Clerc a French Protestant refugee in Holland. In 1695 he translated Locke's Some thoughts concerning education into French and sent the author a copy. Locke was pleased and Le Clerc encouraged the young man to begin translating the Essay. In 1697 Coste was invited to Locke's retreat at Oates as tutor to the Masham children and as Locke's assistant. The translation was completed under Locke's supervision and was published in June 1700 prefaced with Locke's recommendation. Coste remained at Oates until Locke's death in 1704. Thereafter in the midst of a busy literary career he continued his work on the Essay bringing out a revised edition in 1729." AttigThe first French edition of Wynne's abridged Essay came out in 1720 translated by Jean-Paul Bosset and with the first book given in Le Clerk's summary reprinted from his 1690 Bibliot�que universelle rather than Wynne's. It was published several times in London 1720 1741 1746 1751 as well as Geneva 1738 1741 1788 Dresden 1788 and finally Uppsala 1792.OCLC: Harvard UCLA York.Hollis record. 8vo 17 x 11 x pp. including title with half-page engraved portrait of Locke 284 4 pp. Bound in contemporary half calf and speckled boards gilt morocco title label and raised bands on spine spine and corners of covers worn old ownership inscription on front end pastedown light toning throughout very good.</p> Veuve du directeur Jean Edman hardcover books
18843565Boston: C.H. Woodman & Co. 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ. Light shelf/edge wear focused at head heel and tips light toning at spine and endpages small tear at mount point of fold-out plate else tight bright and unmarred. Rust cloth boards gilt lettering in blind decorative elements frontispiece tissueguard. 12mo. 103pp. plus 12 pages of ads throughout and at end. Illus. color and b/w plates. Chromolithographic plates frontispiece and 22.5 inch by 9.75 inch color folding plate "Balloon View of Saco Bay". <br/><br/>Includes at rear an ad for the "'American' or Thomson-Houston System of Electric Lighting." and makes the claim that: "A Central Lighting Station for supplying Electric Lights for Old Orchard Beach was built here last Summer with a capacity or 100 lights 50 of which were distributed along the beach front making The Most Perfect Display of Electric Lights on any Beach along the Atlantic Coast." Williamson 5531. Overall a handsome copy of this scarce volume. C.H. Woodman & Co. hardcover books
179419568Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring 1794. First American edition. A bit chipped at the head of the spine slightly rubbed; some light foxing and some browning throughout; front free endpaper excised; a very good copy. 12mo original tree calf red morocco label gilt lettering 250 pages. The first American publication of any portion of Locke's Essay. Small ink stamp for Dr. Brown's Library to the title page; small ink 19th century ownership signature to the front paste-down. With a number of somewhat later seemingly inconsequential light pencil marginal notations to a number of leaves and to the endpapers. Evans 27227. Printed by Manning & Loring, unknown books
1794245822Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring for J. White Thomas & Andrews D. West E. Larkin J. West and the Proprietor of the Boston Bookstore 1794. First American edition of the abridged version of Locke's "Essay" and the first appearance of the "Essay" in America in any form. viii 9-250 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary full sheep modern red morocco label signed on title-page H.N. Fullerton 1819. First American edition of the abridged version of Locke's "Essay" and the first appearance of the "Essay" in America in any form. viii 9-250 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. This abridgment was originally prepared for the use of students by John Wynne afterwards Bishop of St. Asaph and of Bath and Wells. This was done with Locke's approval and published in 1696. This was well received by scholars including Thomas Hearne and was soon translated into French and Italian. Attig John C. "John Locke" p. 49 no. 280; Shipton and Mooney 27227; Colby Library Quarterly p. 244; Lilly "Grolier 100 Books Famous in English Literature" 36; Library Company of Philadelphia "First American Editions" 6; Grolier "English" 36 Printed by Manning & Loring, for J. White, Thomas & Andrews, D. West, E. Larkin, J. West and the Proprietor of the Boston Bookst unknown books
179465073Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring for J. White Thomas & Andrews D. West E. Larkin J. West and the Proprietor of the Boston Bookstore 1794. First American edition of the abridged version of Locke's "Essay" and the first appearance of the "Essay" in America in any form. 12mo. Contemporary sheep green morocco label. Very rubbed joints cracked upper cover detached head of spine chipped some browning and offsetting of text. First American edition of the abridged version of Locke's "Essay" and the first appearance of the "Essay" in America in any form. 12mo. This abridgment was originally prepared for the use of students by John Wynne afterwards bishop of St. Asaph and of Bath and Wells. This was done with Locke's approval and published in 1696. This was well received by scholars including Thomas Hearne and was soon translated into French and Italian. Yolton #132; Attig John C. "John Locke" p. 49 no. 280; Shipton and Mooney 27227; Colby Library Quarterly p. 244; Lilly "Grolier 100 Books Famous in English Literature" 36; Library Company of Philadelphia "First American Editions" 6; Grolier "English" 36; Alston 7:135; ESTC w23203 Printed by Manning & Loring, for J. White, Thomas & Andrews, D. West, E. Larkin, J. West and the Proprietor of the Boston Bookst unknown books
180365066Boston: Printed by David Carlisle for Thomas & Andrews Joseph Nancrede William P. & Lemuel Blake West & Greenleaf James White & Co. John West and Caleb Bingham 1803. First American from the twentieth London edition. The first American complete edition an abridged version having been published in Boston in 1794. Folding table at front. 3 vols. 12mo. Contemporary tree sheep red morocco labels. Rubbed spine of first volume worn upper joints cracking some chipping of spines browning and offsetting of text signatures of Chileah B. Merrick. Brown cloth open-end case. A good copy of this cornerstone of American policy. First American from the twentieth London edition. The first American complete edition an abridged version having been published in Boston in 1794. Folding table at front. 3 vols. 12mo. In 18th century America as it was the age of reason and Enlightenment the colonists needed the justification or rationalization of their disagreement and resultant actions with England citing their immutable rights as Englishmen and quoting the basic English institutions. As the "philosopher of the Enlightenment" Locke's theories and writings were seized upon by the colonists especially with Locke's "doctrine of natural rights" his theories on "life liberty and property" religious toleration and proper representation in government. His writings gave the colonist a firm foundation upon which to base many of their statements. To Locke goes much of the credit for many of the ideas forming the Virginia Declaration of Rights drafted by George Mason. Many of the other states used that constitution as a basis for their own. Locke's advocacy of a "laissez faire" economic policy was shared by Jefferson who agreed with the idea that the "government is best which governs least" Cohen "American Thought" p. 132. The conclusion reached in the "Essay" "that though knowledge must necessarily fall short of complete comprehension it can at least be 'sufficient'; enough to convince us that we are not at the mercy of pure chance and can of some extent control our own destiny" summarizes American intent and beliefs. Attig "John Locke" pp. 40-41; Boring "History of Experimental Psychology." pp. 170 ff; PMM 164 for the 1690 first edition; Roback "A History of Psychology and Psychiatry" pp. 33 ff; Shaw and Shoemaker 4533; Library Company of Philadelphia "First American Editions" 6 which quotes Franklin as describing is as "the best Book of Logick in the World" Not in Yolton Printed by David Carlisle for Thomas & Andrews, Joseph Nancrede, William P. & Lemuel Blake, West & Greenleaf, James White & Co., unknown books
1753766861753. LOCKE John. AN ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING. In Four Books. London S. Birt et al. 1753. Octavo. Two volumes. xxx372; xiv34028pp. Fourteenth edition complete in two volumes. Engraved frontispiece portrait by Vertue after Kneller detached and torn at edges. Portions of flyleaves torn off; a few pages toned but on the whole clean within. Early speckled calf raised bands to spine. Scuffed and worn at extremities; small losses to spine ends. unknown books
1859122811London: Bell and Daldy 1859. 19th century printing of Locke's treatise on rational and clear thinking first printed in 1706. Octavo original cloth. In good condition. Ownership inscription. John Locke is regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and the Father of Classical Liberalism. "Locke was the first to take up the challenge of Bacon and to attempt to estimate critically the certainty and the adequacy of human knowledge when confronted with God and the universe" PMM 164. A complement to Locke's Some Thoughts Concerning Education Of the Conduct of the Understanding presents a handbook for clear and rational thought and understanding. Bell and Daldy hardcover books
1794848581794. LOCKE John ed. John WYNNE. AN ABRIDGEMENT OF MR. LOCKE'S ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING. Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring for J. White Thomas & Andrews D. West E. Larkin J. West and the Proprietor of the Boston Bookstore 1794. First American edition. 250 pp. A6 - W6 last page blank. 12mo. brown calf with gilt spine rules and gilt red morocco spine label. Joints cracked spine shallowly chipped at heel and crown corners and edges worn. Label gilt lettering slightly rubbed. Light to moderate occasional foxing. Offset tanning to title page. Ink ownership dated "June '97" to blank recto preceding title page. Overopened at title page; contents page through p. 10 partially detached. The last four blank pages are dampstained. The only 18th century edition published in America; the full text was not published in America until 1803. Benjamin Franklin called it 'the best Book of Logick in the World" LCP First American Editions Exhibit 1984. Evans 21227. Quite scarce. unknown books
181853870Philadelphia: printed for the author 1818. 8vo pp. 63 1; copper-engraved frontispiece 13 wood engravings in the text; removed from binding wrappers wanting; very good. The wood-engravings which appear here for the first time have been attributed to William Mason said to be the first wood engraver in Philadelphia; one signed 'G' on p. 32 is thought to be the work of Mason's student George Gilbert. The first edition was published in 1812 under title God's Revenge Against Drunkenness. See Sabin 102467; American Imprints 46749; Hamilton American Book Illustrators 1019. <br/><br/> printed for the author unknown books
1822WRCAM49826Philadelphia: M. Carey & Sons 1822. 251pp. plus six handcolored plates. 12mo. Modern calf leather label spine gilt by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown. Contemporary ownership signature and bookplate on front flyleaf. Light to moderate foxing and toning. Very good. Self-styled eighth edition. The plates have what appears to be contemporary color added. General Francis Marion "The Swamp Fox" was one of the leading American commanders in the Revolution in the South. His brilliant operations in the Carolinas kept thousands of British troops tied down and contributed immensely to ultimate American victory. Plain and unassuming he was widely beloved by his contemporaries and after his death this book began the process of his ascent to legend. Horry his second-in-command for part of the war supplied many of the facts although he was allegedly disgusted by Weems' flowery passages and disclaimed any connection with the book. What he disliked others embraced and the book went through many editions. This edition not in Howes. SHOEMAKER 11389. HOWES H650. M. Carey & Sons hardcover books
7254London: Printed for C. Hitch; J. Pemberton; J. Beecroft 1741. Later printing. Full Calf. Very Good. 2 vols. 2iv26372;1634028pp. Index. Copper engraved frontispiece portrait. Cont. calf a bit rubbed hinges starting but holding nicely. Gilt decorated spine minor chips at extremities red morocco labels. Old bookplates on front pastedowns. Printed for C. Hitch; J. Pemberton; J. Beecroft unknown books
18181710Philadephia: For the author 1818. Pamphlet octavo 63 pages. Sixth improved edition and the first illustrated edition. With an engraved frontispiece possibly by William Charles depicting a drunken rider felled by a low hanging branch. With thirteen woodcuts in the text by William Mason. The rare wrapper here with the front panel present only contains yet another woodcut likely also by Mason. A temperance tract by the famous Parson Weems inventor of the George Washington cherry tree incident. A series of well written cautionary tales often quite humorous. "As the wan countenance of the lust-worn harlot becomes still more dark and dismal at the sight of a young female fresh and blushing in all the charms of virgin innocence so does the soul of a filthy drunkard experience a quickened hell at the site of a gentleman well drest and breathing the cheerful air of cleanliness and sobriety." The pamphlet is worn with a small one-eighth inch hole in the engraved frontispiece and one page torn through the text due to a careless page separation. The illustrated wrapper panel is worn but the text and illustrations are unscathed. In all a decent survival. Shaw & Shoemaker 46749 MWA PPL; Hamilton 1019; Sabin 102467; American Imprints 46751. For the author unknown books
186020521New York 1860. No binding. Good. Pamphlet ""Tribune Tracts -No. 6. Life of Abraham Lincoln. Chapter 1. Early Life."" New York: Tribune 1860. 32 pp. Original stitching intact ads for The New York Tribune and the Tribune Almanac of 1860 on back cover light age small tear at bottom right not affecting text minor chipping otherwise good. 6 x 9 1/4 in. An early Lincoln campaign biography based on interviews with Lincoln associates in Springfield. ReferenceMonaghan #79 unknown books
180365067Boston: Printed by David Carlisle for Thomas & Andrews Joseph Nancrede William P. & Lemuel Blake West & Greenleaf James White & Co. John West and Caleb Bingham 1803. First American from the twentieth London edition. This is the first complete American edition an abridged version having been published in 1794. Folding table. 3 vols. 12mo. Contemporary half sheep over marbled boards. Worn volume 2 rebacked some browning and staining of text tear on title of first volume signatures of Frederick Hobbs Jr. and Frederick H. Allen on endpapers but interior sound. In a cloth and marbled paper open-end box. First American from the twentieth London edition. This is the first complete American edition an abridged version having been published in 1794. Folding table. 3 vols. 12mo. In 18th century America as it was the age of reason and Enlightenment the colonists needed the justification or rationalization of their disagreement and resultant actions with England citing their immutable rights as Englishmen and quoting the basic English institutions. As the "philosopher of the Enlightenment" Locke's theories and writings were seized upon by the colonists especially with Locke's "doctrine of natural rights" his theories on "life liberty and property" religious toleration and proper representation in government. His writings gave the colonist a firm foundation upon which to base many of their statements. To Locke goes much of the credit for many of the ideas forming the Virginia Declaration of Rights drafted by George Mason. Many of the other states used that constitution as a basis for their own. Locke's advocacy of a "laissez faire" economic policy was shared by Jefferson who agreed with the idea that the "government is best which governs least." Cohen "American Thought" p. 132. The conclusion reached in the "Essay" "that though knowledge must necessarily fall short of complete comprehension it can at least be 'sufficient'; enough to convince us that we are not at the mercy of pure chance and can of some extent control our own destiny" summarizes American intent and beliefs. Attig " John Locke" pp. 40-41; Boring "History of Experimental Psychology." pp. 170 ff; PMM 164 for first edition; Roback "A History of Psychology and Psychiatry" pp. 33 ff; Shaw and Shoemaker 4533; Library Company of Philadelphia "First American Editions" 6 which quotes Franklin as describing is as "the best Book of Logick in the World Printed by David Carlisle for Thomas & Andrews, Joseph Nancrede, William P. & Lemuel Blake, West & Greenleaf, James White & Co., unknown books
1824WRCAM49827Philadelphia: M. Carey & Son 1824. 251pp. plus six plates. 12mo. Contemporary calf leather label spine gilt. Boards rubbed and hinges repaired with leather strips at spine. Front hinge cracked corners bumped. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown 19th-century armorial bookplate on front pastedown. Very light scattered foxing toning throughout. Good. Self-styled seventh edition. General Francis Marion "The Swamp Fox" was one of the leading American commanders in the Revolution in the South. His brillant operations in the Carolinas kept thousands of British troops tied down and contributed immensely to ultimate American victory. Plain and unassuming he was widely beloved by his contemporaries and after his death this book began the process of his ascent to legend. Horry his second-in-command for part of the war supplied many of the facts although he was allegedly disgusted by Weems' flowery passages and disclaimed any connection with the book. What he disliked others embraced and the book went through many editions. This edition not in Howes or any other standard sources. <br> <br> This copy with the ownership signature and bookplate of J.K. Paulding on titlepage and front pastedown. Paulding was a writer and U.S. Secretary of the Navy from 1838-1841. HOWES H650. M. Carey & Son hardcover books
16910Locke John. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. 2 Vols .London Thomas Davison 1812. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding written by John Locke Gent. In two volumes. This is an early edition rebound in 20th cent brown cloth with Gilt title on spine. External page edges are age soiled and darkened. External side and lower page edges are untrimmed. Includes the large fold-out page of the "Analysis of Mr. Locke's Doctrine of Ideas." Some pale pink margin lines. The quire of pp. 435 - 446 is loose in Vol I. Pages are very brittle but text is readable. A lovely set of Locke's magnum opus: an extraordinarily influential work in modern philosophy. Good to Very good condition. unknown books
172134662London 1721. 36 x 26cm. unknown books
