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186034566New York: Horace Greeley & Co. 1860. 32pp caption title as issued printed in double columns. Stitched. Mild toning Very Good. <br/><br/> This "earliest Scripps biography" Monaghan was first printed in Chicago in July 1860. Our New York imprint was "printed from plates cast from the same type forms" as the Chicago edition Wessen. It touches the major events of Lincoln's life and career devoid of some of the more romantic mythology e.g. Ms. Rutledge but including the far-fetched notion that Lincoln deliberately lost the 1858 Senatorial race in order to enhance his presidential prospects. <br/> Howes calls it the "most authentic of Lincoln campaign biographies." Lincoln's short-lived career in Congress is reviewed including his opposition to the Mexican War and his support of the Wilmot Proviso. A 'must' for the Lincoln or Presidential campaign collection. <br/>Howes S247a aa. Monaghan 79. Miles 418a. Wessen 12. LCP 9235. Horace Greeley & Co. unknown books
1870275299Boston: Geo. D. Russell & Co 1870. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. This First Edition copy was rebound in a library style binding by Civil War historian James I. Robertson; it has his initals stamped in gold at the bottom of the spine and his bookplate on the pastedown. Critiquing the book in the Nevins bibliography Mr. Robertson is his amusing self noting that his "'memoir' is light on what Locke actually saw but heavy on constructed conversation and self-esteem". Nevins I 122 Nevins I 122. Very Good binding. Geo. D. Russell & Co unknown books
1801117649London: Printed for J. Johnson 1801. Finely bound edition of the collected works of John Locke "the most worthy. of the indisputably great philosophers." Octavo nine volumes bound in full contemporary calf gilt titles to the spine morocco spine labels raised bands. Frontispiece of John Locke and fold-out table. In very good condition. Rare and desirable in contemporary calf. 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. This is the first edition of the first collected edition of his work and the earliest to put his name to "Two Treatises on Government" as well as the letters on "Toleration"and "The Reasonableness of Christianity". Contents include: Volume 1: An Essay concerning Human Understanding. In Four Books; A Letter to the Right Reverend Edward Lord Bishop of Worcester concerning some Passages relating to Mr. Locke's Essay of Human Understanding in a late Discourse of his Lordship's in Vindication of the Trinity; Mr. Locke's Reply to the Right Reverend the Bishop of Worcester's Answer to the Letter; Mr. Locke's Reply to the Bishop of Worcester's Answer to his Second Letter. Volume 2: Some Considerations of the Consequences of the lowering of Interest and raising the Value of Money. In a Letter send to a Member of Parliament. 1691; Short Observations on a printed Paper entitled For encouraging the coining SilverMoney in England and after for keeping it here; Further Observations concerning raising the Value of Money. Wherein Mr. Lowndes's Arguments for it in his late Report concerning An Essay for the Amendment of the Silver Coin are particularly examind'd; Two Treatises of Government. In the Former the false Principles and Foundation of Sir Robert Filmer and his Followers are detected and overthrown. The Latter is an Essay concerning the true Original Extent and End of Civil Government; A Letter concerning Toleration; A Second Letter concerning Toleration; A Third Letter for Toleration: To the Author of the Third Letter concerning Toleration; The Reasonableness of Christianity as deliver'd in the Scriptures; A Vindication of The Reasonableness of Christianity From Mr. Edwards's Reflections; A Second Vindication of the Reasonableness of Christianity. Volume 3: Some Thoughts concerning Education; A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St. Paul to the Galatians I and II. Corinthians Romans and Ephesians. To which is prefix'd An Essay for the Understanding of St. Paul's Epistles by consulting St. Paul himself; Posthumous Works viz. I. Of the Conduct of the Understanding. II. An Examination of P. Malebranche's Opinion of Seeing all things in God. III. A Discourse of Miracles. IV. Par of a Fourth Letter for Toleration. V. Memoirs relating to the Life of Anthony first Earl of Shaftesbury. VI. A new Method of the Common-Place-Book written originally in French and translated into English; Some familiar Letters between Mr. Locke and Several of his Friends.The work was published ten years after his death and is the first time his works were published as a collection. Printed for J. Johnson hardcover books
1856WRCAM50507Chicago 1856. 20pp. Modern half morocco and marbled boards spine stamped in brown and gilt. Text trimmed close at fore-edge costing portions of words throughout. Good. A rare and important polemic "written in bitter hostility to the Hudson's Bay Company and exposing their operations on the Pacific Coast and among the Indian tribes and fur traders from the earliest times" Eberstadt. "Scripps author of an official life of Lincoln visited the Lake Superior Country in 1855 and upon his return made an extensive study of the region from the Great Lakes westward with special reference to the fur companies the inhabitants Hudson's Bay Company water courses and minerals. He also points out the economic advantages of the Northern region for the United States" - Decker. "Scripps who was editor and publisher of the DEMOCRATIC PRESS had visited the Lake Superior country in 1855. He discusses here primarily the area of western Canada from Lake Superior to the Pacific with comments on the Minnesota region south of the international boundary. He has a good deal to say about the fur trade and the Hudson's Bay Company. 'There can be little doubt but that the sole reason why the company maintains its posts in Oregon and Washington is to induce brother Jonathan to "shell out" liberally for them'" - Streeter. <br> <br> The Streeter copy sold to an order bidder for $200 in 1969. EBERSTADT 114:690. DECKER 39:360. STREETER SALE 3721. CHICAGO ANTE-FIRE IMPRINTS 221. GRAFF 3717. HOWES S248 "aa." SABIN 78485. hardcover books
1873405581Boston: I.N. Richardson & Co 1873. A very good copy with wear at ends of spine hinges cracked some pale foxing. 8vo. 720 pages ads at end. Original green embossed cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Reprint after the 1872 first edition. Beginning as a humorist in the late 19th century David Ross Locke took on the pseudonym "Petroleum V. Nasby" in a series of letters entitled the "Nasby Letters." In them he impersonates a Copperhead and Democrat in his support of the Confederacy. <br/><br/> I.N. Richardson & Co hardcover books
188044397Toledo Ohio: Locke Publishing Co 1880. 1st published in 1872 cf. BAL 11826. This edition: Zinman 1190. Blindstamped purple cloth binding. Sample spine to front paste-down. Cloth dull. Discoloration along spine. Very Good. Specimen pages & plates. Broadside description of volume & prices followed by lined horizontally-oriented subscriber pages. Illustrations by Thomas Nast. 8vo. <br/><br/> Locke Publishing Co hardcover books
1829106390<p>4to period full calf stamped in gilt with the arms of George M. Fortescue raised spine bands morocco lettering pieces marbled endpapers all edges gilt engraved frontispiece portrait of Locke; engraved facsimile plate of his handwriting xi 1 407 1 pp. Spine rubbed covers less so; foxing to the plates and adjacent leaves including title signature and inscription of previous owner on front endpaper; otherwise very good. Locke 1631-1704 was an important English philosopher whose writings contributed significantly to modern political liberalism. He is believed to be the inspiration for both the Enlightenment and the Constitution of the United States. His writings addressed the importance of the "social contract between citizens and the importance of religious tolerance. This is a presentation copy inscribed on the half-title "To the Honble. Geo. Fortescue from the author." First edition of the first full-scale separately published life of John Locke also containing the first publication of any portion of Locke's manuscript papers all of which were bequeathed to Locke's heirs. King was a direct descendent of Locke and was related by marriage to George Fortescue the recipient of this copy. Britannica online website. ODNB.</p> Henry Colburn, 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
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
185464050Philadelphia PA: Joseph Allen 1854. Reprint of a later 1824 edition first published in 1809. 12mo. 252 pp. Illustrated from wood engravings 6 plates foxed. Though published as a popular historical biography Weems's "Francis Marion" has been long known to have been largely compromised by liberties he took with the manuscript and might now be looked upon as an example of early American historical or romantic fiction. Owner's ink signature on the title page endpapers with some ink and pencil markings scattered foxing; still a good solid copy. Rebound in brown buckram spine faded gilt spine title. 10474. <br/><br/> Joseph Allen hardcover books
1839WRCAM49829Philadelphia 1839. vi7-252pp. plus illus. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter roan and cloth. Corners and spine rubbed. Very light scattered foxing. Good. A later edition after the first of 1809 about which Howes comments "no copy known." "General Horry furnished the facts Parson Weems the rhetoric; so much of it that Horry became indignant and disclaimed all connection with the book. Unabashed Weems continued its publication through many editions" - Howes. This is the 20th edition listed by Ford. HOWES H650. SABIN 33045. hardcover 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
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
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
186718050301Boston: Lee and Shepard 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Nast Thomas. Duodecimo size 299 pp. The popular work of ironic fiction written by journalist and political commentator David Ross Locke 1833-1888. Locke's greatest influence was through his satirical writings as "Petroleum Vesuvius Nasby". The Nasby letters harshly ridiculed the plight of peoples in the Confederate states and the complicity of Northern politicians. Both Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant recognized Nasby as a significant source of support for their presidencies. <br/><br/>Thomas Nast 1840-1902 eventually heightened the work with his illustrations and was also credited by Lincoln for inspiring people to support the war effort. His work marked an important shift in shift in political cartoons which had before relied mainly on text rather than imagery. "Swinging Round the Cirkle" is made up of some of the most weighted of Nasby's moral statements especially concerning the plight of African Americans. The letters were composed in response to a comment by Andrew Johnson on an "uninspired" tour of the country.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Original pebbled green cloth with blind-stamped panels to both boards and gilt decorations on backstrip frontis and seven additional plates with captions; duodecimo size 7 5/8" by 5 1/8" 1-4 5-299 pp. first edition. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: A very good copy; covers clean other than a few minor spots on the back board a strong text block with solid hinges complete with all plates the only prior owner marking being a very small plate to the front free endpaper; minor rubbing to edges and corners foxing throughout though plates are still bright; overall a very good copy.<br/><br/>___CITATION: BAL 11820.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Lee and Shepard hardcover books
188221132New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1882. v 152 pages; tipped-on as frontispiece is an albumen photograph of the author not credited; poetic musings by Urania Una Locke Stoughton Bailey 1820-1882 American author; the material mostly of an inspirational Christian nature; previous owner inscription on inner blank endpaper; first & last endpapers & paste-downs in a decorative floral print; bound in the original dark bevel-edged blue cloth gilt cover & spine titles; cover with a gilt floral decorative motif and the spine with some small ornamentation as well; some tips spine-ends and edge-wear to cloth rubbing in very good condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. G.P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover books
18806037441880. "David R. Locke" in pencil on small sheet. 5" x 2 1/4"; very good; ca. 1880. Signed: "David R. Locke". No Binding. Very Good. 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
1852WRCLIT64908Dublin: Hodges and Smith 1852. 8100pp. Errata slip. Octavo. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. Half-title. Faint old stamps of a defunct mercantile library some sidenotes trimmed close occasionally costing some letters lower foremargins of first three leaves a bit creased with tiny losses. Still a good copy. Third edition with "much additional information" following the first and second editions of 1851. Black calls of 106pp. but this copy agrees with the collation in OCLC/Worldcat. The appendix beginning at p. 65 includes much of the material updated for this edition. BLACK 7183. Hodges and Smith unknown 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
186631885Boston: Fussell 1866. Sheet music. 4to pp. 5 including front. Black lettering and design on cover. Some slight soil and offsetting o/w VG. Fussell unknown books
1820004140London: John Sharpe 1820. Full Morocco. Very Good Minus. A fore-edge painting of a town square or common rendered with meticulous detail. 12mo. 13 by 8.5 cm. Two engraved title pages. 155 155 pp. Full straight grained green morocco. Heavy rubbing along the joints and less so along the edges. Sunning and browning of spine. Scattered foxing. <br/><br/> John Sharpe unknown books
181019577Libanon Penn.: J. Schnee f¸r M. Carey in Philadelphia 1810. First edition in German. Lower half of the fore-edge of the front board nibbled; some general wear; large light damp-stain to the entire text block; a good sound copy. 12mo contemporary full calf brown leather spine label gilt rules and lettering 210 pages. Engraved frontis and six engraved plates including a portrait of Washington. The Weems life of Washington cherry tree anecdote and all here in the earliest translation for an American German-speaking audience. The clumsily attractive plates are captioned in German and English both. Arndt 1761; Sabin 102479: "The earliest of the German versions of the text of the Life as it has generally been known." J. Schnee f¸r M. Carey in Philadelphia, unknown books
1810524Libanon Penn: Gedruckt bey J. Schnee für M. J. Carey in Philadelphia 1810. 12mo. 180 x 115 mm. 7 x 4 ½ inches. 240 pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece engraved portrait of Washington and five additional engraved plates. Bound in contemporary mottled calf front board detached rear board cracked with early repair paper stock brown with age but still flexible with foxing throughout. Second German language edition preceded by an edition printed in 1809 in Frederick Maryland. This edition is only illustrated with the portrait of Washington as is the second Frederick edition that appeared in 1810 similarly with only the portrait. In addition to the oval portrait of Washington the Lebanon edition includes engravings of the Death of Montgomery the Defeat of General Braddock the Battle of Lexington the Battle of Bunker Hill the Capture of Major Andre and the Surrender of General Cornwallis. All the engravings are unsigned. Shaw and Shoemaker American Bibliography 21999 19191. Arndt German Language Printing 1761 see Arndt 1661 and 1726 for Frederick editions. Gedruckt bey J. Schnee für M. J. Carey in Philadelphia unknown books
186630376New York: J.C. Haney & Co. 1866. 12-illustrations 3 16-38 6- publisher advts. pp. Stitched lacks printed wrappers. Many plates and illustrations by Mulken Johnson Seward Grant political scenes of the tumultuous year of 1866. One advertisement leaf chipped at blank margins. Else Very Good. <br/><br/> A satire of Johnson's disastrous 'swing around the circle' in which attempting to rally voter support for his pro-Southern Reconstruction policies he utterly embarrassed himself and destroyed his hopes for political survival. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Miles 546. J.C. Haney & Co. unknown books
