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1645285137Lugd. Bat: Apud Adrianum Wijingaerde et Franciscum Moiardum 1645. Second Edition revised. Full Leather. Very Good binding. The Second Edition of Francis Bacon's Novum Organum Scientiarum. Collates complete; 24 435 1 pp.; final page blank. The first numbered page lists six works by the author published in series this being part two: 'Novum Organum.' Per OCLC "Works which represent the first and third parts were published later; of the fourth and fifth parts only prefaces were written." Second edition of "one of the earliest attempts to develop an investigative method in scientific research" . Fully engraved title page and initials. Extraneous stub at the end of the first signature from the binder. Writing in ink of the front endpaper else with no marks of any kind. Textblock resonably bright; in early vellum with titling inked on the spine now faded. Very Good binding. Apud Adrianum Wijingaerde et Franciscum Moiardum unknown books
1661D6071London: Printed by S. Griffin for William Lee. 1661. Second edition somewhat enlarged. Hardcover. Very Good. Modern calf gilt-stamped ornament on upper board and spine gilt-stamped lettering in green leather spine label. Complex pagination with quite a few misnumbered pages but including frontispiece section titles see below final advertisement leaf. Text block faintly browned; contemporary ownership signatures of Henry Lynch and Mary Lynch who dates her signature in 1723-24 on title-page not affecting legibility. An excellent copy. <br/><br/>Section titles are: Speeches in Parliament Star-Chamber Kings Bench Chancery and Other-Where; Certain Treatises Written or Referring to Queen Elizabeths Times Being Observations upon a Libell Published in Anno 1592; Several Discourses Written in the Dayes of King James; A Collection of Apothegmes New and Old; Several Letters Written by This Honourable Author to Queen Elizabeth King James Divers Lords and Others. Wing B320. Printed by S. Griffin, for William Lee... hardcover books
189662111Tuscumbia AL: O.G. Simpson job printer 1896. First edition . 8vo. 30 pp. Folding map; title-page printed in red ads for local businesses including one for the printer and another for the compiler both printed in red several buildings illustrated from wood engravings and a photograph. Detailed prospectus for this Alabama county lying just south of the Tennessee River near Florence. Signed by the compiler at the head of the front wrapper. Apparently not recorded in OCLC and we have not been able to trace a copy in other bibliographical or online sources. Very good. Original decorated green and white wrappers stapled. 8917. <br/><br/> O.G. Simpson, job printer unknown books
190771256bdLondon: Arthur L. Humphreys 1907. The Royal Library Belles Lettres Series. Printed on handmade Van Gelder paper. Octavo bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in Scotch deerskin replicating a medieval style with the title and the monogram of Charles Edward Ballard hotelier and circus owner gilt-stamped on front cover title and publishing date gilt-stamped on spine top edge gilt uncut panelled dentelles vii 323 pp. Fine. Arthur L. Humphreys, 1907. The Royal Library, Belles Lettres Series. Printed on handmade Van Gelder paper. unknown books
1801289249Dublin: Luke White 1801. Sixth Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. The set in the Sixth Edition complete in five volumes with Volumes 6 and 7 being An Appendix to Bacon's New Abridgement of the Law in two volumes alphabetically digested by Henry Willims. The five volume set printed by Luke White in Dublin in 1793 and the Appendix volumes printed by White in 1801. Each of the seven volumes with the signature of Philip Lightfoot -- perhaps the same Lightfoot of Culpeper County who served in the Continental Army Artillery from 1778-1781 and was a prominent lawyer and merchant the little town of Lightfoot Virginia near Williamsburg bears his name . The volumes also have the name of another Culpeper lawyer James French Strother. Uniformly bound in contemporary calf with a decorative roll in blind to the perimeters of each board and morocco labels minor loss to one label. Numbers are stamped in blind. Very Good binding. Luke White unknown books
1807WRCAM27886Boston: Joseph Greenleaf 1807. xv3270pp. Contemporary calf ornate gilt spine gilt- tooling on edges of binding. Spine lightly chipped. Attractive and very good with the ownership signature of Samuel Putnam Waldo on the front free endpaper. First American edition and the first work by Bacon to be published separately in the United States. Samuel Putnam Waldo was the grandson of Gen. Israel Putnam and a popular writer known for his biographies of Andrew Jackson and Stephen Decatur and particularly his TOUR OF JAMES MONROE. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 12020. Joseph Greenleaf unknown books
185265255Philadelphia: A. Hart late Carey & Hart 1852. First complete American edition of Bacon's works. 3 vols. Large 8vo. Slightly later half calf over marbled boards brown and morocco labels gilt spine. Some rubbing of binding else a very good copy. First complete American edition of Bacon's works. 3 vols. Large 8vo. A. Hart, late Carey & Hart unknown books
194930HAVERMILL MS E.W. REINHART 1825. CONTEMPORARY BROWN CALF UPPER JOINT CRACKING; A CLEAN COPY; TOGETHER WITH THE RARE PRINTED SUBSCRIPTION FORM DOCUMENT FOR THIS BOOK WITH SIGNATURES OF THREE SUBSCRIBERS; THE VERSO WITH FREE FRANK OF POSTMASTER SAML F. CUTLER WITH HARDWICK MASS CANCELLATION STAMP; ADDRESSED TO PHILIP DELANO IN NEW BRAINTREE. FIRST EDITION. GOOD-VERY GOOD. F. HAVERMILL, MS, E.W. REINHART, 1825. unknown books
1760679661760. London 1760. 5th edition. London 1760. 5th edition. Selden's Historical Discourse Selden John 1584-1654 Bacon Nathaniel 1593-1660 Editor Attributed Author. An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England From the First Times to the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. With a Vindication of the Antient Way of Parliaments in England. Collected from Some Manuscript Notes of John Selden Esq; By Nathaniel Bacon Of Grays Inn Esq; Corrected and Improved by a Gentleman of the Middle-Temple. London: Printed for D. Browne and A. Millar 1760. iv viii xiii-xix 203 1; xii 178 8 pp. Complete. Quarto 11-1/4" x 9-1/4". Contemporary speckled calf raised bands to spine gilt fillets to boards gilt-stamped title on spine rubbed away. Light rubbing and a few minor nicks and scuffs to boards moderate rubbing to extremities joints and front hinge cracked negligible light gatoring to spine some chipping to spine ends corners bumped and somewhat worn early armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Moderate toning to text occasional light browning to outer edges of margins. $500. Fifth and final edition. Often attributed to Bacon the Historical Discourse "is a sort of constitutional history of England showing much knowledge of the development of the institutions civil and ecclesiastical and pervaded by a strong spirit of hostility to the claims of the royal prerogative and to hierarchical pretensions." DNB. "The first edition having become so rare a second edition was secretly printed in 1672 which was suppressed. It was again secretly reprinted in 1682 and the publishers were prosecuted. The 1682 edition appears to have been reissued in 1689 with the 1682 imprint" Sweet & Maxwell. Dictionary of National Biography I:836-837. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:99 9. English Short-Title Catalogue T108171. unknown books
1689674321689. London 1689. 4th edition. London 1689. 4th edition. Selden's Historical Discourse Selden John 1584-1654 Bacon Nathaniel 1593-1660 Editor Attributed Author. An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England From the First Times to the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. With a Vindication of the Ancient Way of Parliaments in England. Collected from Some Manuscript Notes of John Selden by Nathaniel Bacon of Grays Inn Esquire. London: Printed for D. Browne and A. Millar 1689. xx 203 5; 168 167-188 6 pp. Pagination irregular text complete. Two parts each with title page dated 1682. First part preceded by general title page dated 1689. Folio 13" x 8". Contemporary mottled calf blind panels to boards raised bands to spine. A few minor nicks and scratches to boards moderate rubbing to extremities small chip to head of spine corners bumped and lightly worn front hinge cracked early armorial bookplate to front pastedown front free pastedown and following leaf partially detached. Moderate toning to text somewhat heavier in places minor spark burns to a few leaves. An appealing copy. $500. Fourth edition. Often attributed to Bacon the Historical Discourse "is a sort of constitutional history of England showing much knowledge of the development of the institutions civil and ecclesiastical and pervaded by a strong spirit of hostility to the claims of the royal prerogative and to hierarchical pretensions." DNB. "The first edition having become so rare a second edition was secretly printed in 1672 which was suppressed. It was again secretly reprinted in 1682 and the publishers were prosecuted. The 1682 edition appears to have been reissued in 1689 with the 1682 imprint" Sweet & Maxwell. Dictionary of National Biography I:836-837. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:999. English Short-Title Catalogue R16514. unknown books
1760693471760. Final Edition of Selden's Historical Discourse Selden John 1584-1654. Bacon Nathaniel 1593-1660 Editor Attributed Author. An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England From the First Times to the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. With a Vindication of the Antient Way of Parliaments in England. Collected from Some Manuscript Notes of John Selden Esq; By Nathaniel Bacon Of Grays Inn Esq; Corrected and Improved by a Gentleman of the Middle-Temple. London: Printed for D. Browne and A. Millar 1760. iv viii xiii-xix 1 203 1; xii 178 8 pp. Complete. Includes one-page publisher advertsiemenst. Quarto 11-1/4" x 9". Recent library buckram red and black lettering pieces gilt-stamped library name and paper shelf label to spine endleaves added blind-stamped library name and small security tag to front board. Light rubbing corners bumped library stamps to edges endleaves and title page front endleaf partially detached light browning and light foxing to text. Light soiling to title page gift inscription dated 1841 From C.A. Paulson to C.A. Paulson Jr. and owner signature of C.B. Paulson dated 1850 to head faint embossed library stamp to foot. $500. Fifth and final edition. Often attributed to Bacon the Historical Discourse "is a sort of constitutional history of England showing much knowledge of the development of the institutions civil and ecclesiastical and pervaded by a strong spirit of hostility to the claims of the royal prerogative and to hierarchical pretensions." DNB. "The first edition having become so rare a second edition was secretly printed in 1672 which was suppressed. It was again secretly reprinted in 1682 and the publishers were prosecuted. The 1682 edition appears to have been reissued in 1689 with the 1682 imprint" Sweet & Maxwell. Dictionary of National Biography 1:836-837. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:99 9. English Short-Title Catalogue T108171. unknown books
1953012375NY: Simon & Schuster 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition inscribed Merry Christmas in 1953 year of publication by Thurber for himself and wife Helen in blue ink in Thurber's exuberant hand on the ffe to married couple friends of him and his wife Helen in Cornwall CT where the Thurbers had a country house for decades. The dustjacket design by Paul Bacon which cleverly integrates Thurber sketches mostly dogs and people some local landmarks into a map of the Housatonic River whicj t forms the western border of Cornwall CT and runs through Litchfield Couny . Unclipped dustjacket has shallow chipping at spine ends a short closed tear at front fold and about an inch chip bottom edge rear panel. Still quite presentable. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1998141593Santa Monica: Artisan Entertainment 1998. Draft script for the 1999 film. With a single notation in holograph ink on the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Based on the 1958 novel by Richard Matheson. A man is hypnotized by his sister-in-law leading to haunted visions and the complete breakdown of his family life. <br/><br/>Set in Chicago shot on location there. <br/><br/>Yellow titled self wrappers dated August 14 1998 with credits for screenwriter David Koepp and author Richard Matheson. Title page integral with front wrapper. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographically duplicated with yellow and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between September 9 1998 and September 18 1998. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Artisan Entertainment unknown books
1897318865London: G.W. Bacon 1897. 34 colour maps. and 51 extra-illustraions. Large 4to. Bound in modern three quarters green morocco and marbled boards paper label on spine. 34 colour maps. and 51 extra-illustraions. Large 4to. With 51 Extra-Illustrations. G.W. Bacon unknown books
1680GG01651London:: printed by Mary. Clarke. for Samuel Mearne in Little Britain John Martyn in St. Pauls Church-yard and Henry Herringman in the New Exchange 1680. 1680. Three works in one vol. Small 8vo. 8 222 4; 10 28; 12 111 3 blank 2 pp. Title is mounted. "Of the colours of good & evil" has separate divisional title and pagination. "The wisdom of the ancients. . . Done into English by Sir Arthur Gorges Kt." a translation of "De sapientia veterum" has separate pagination and title-page. Register is continuous throughout. Modern half speckled period-style calf with marbled boards simple blind rules and gilt stamping on spine red title label. Ownership signature of James Hutson. One of two known imprint variants of this edition the other: printed by M. C. for Samuel Mearne Stationer to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty. First issued in 1597. References: Gibson Francis Bacon: A Bibliography of His Work and of Baconiana 24a; ESTC R11985; Wing B288. FULL TITLE: The Essays or Counsels Civil and Moral of Sir Francis Bacon Lord Verulam Viscount St Alban: With a table of the colours of good & evil. Whereunto is added The wisdom of the antients. Enlarged by the honourable author himself; and now more exactly published. printed by M[ary]. C[larke]. for Samuel Mearne, in Little Britain, John Martyn, in St. Pauls Church-yard, and Henry Herringman, hardcover books
185958527NY and Savannah: D. Appleton and William Thorne Williams 1859. First edition. 8vo. 2 volumes: xiii 2 503; 524 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Oglethorpe in volume one 3 plans folding view of St. Augustine. Typed letter in pocket at rear of volume one related to the provenance of this set. "Writing with precision and accuracy and using the documentary sources Stevens produced a history which has not yet been supplanted." Howes S-974. Sabin 91574. De Renne catalogue II pp. 516-516. Harwell & Willingham Georgiana 36. Ex-institutional library copy with stamp on title page overstamped "duplicate" and bookplates on front pastedown stamped "released" otherwise very good. Original embossed black pebbled cloth gilt spine title. #5772. <br/><br/> D. Appleton and William Thorne Williams hardcover books
1813215601Oxford: e Typographiceo Clarenoniano 1813. viii 318 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in full polsihed tan calf edges uncut. Bookplate. About fine. viii 318 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. e Typographiceo Clarenoniano unknown books
1662RW1306Amsterdam:: Officina Elzeviriana 1662. 1662. 12mo. xvi 232 16 pp. Engraved decorative title index. Original gilt-stamped calf raised bands; joints cracked extremities worn. Front free endpaper partly excised; rear typed bibliographic note mounted with initials H.S.B. Good. Fourth edition. Bacon's history of wind science and experimentation. Contents: "Historia Naturalis et Experimentalis de Ventis" "Historia Naturalis et Experimentalis de Forma Calidi" "De Motus Sive Virtutis Activa Variis Speciebus" "Ratio Inveniendi Causas Fluxus et Refluxus Maris". Officina Elzeviriana, 1662. hardcover books
184213511Philadelphia: Carey & Hart 1842. Large 8vo. 3 vols. I: cxvii 455 pp. II: viii 589 pp. III: xv 584 pp. <br><br>A new edition. With a life of the author by Basil Montagu Esq." An early U.S. printing of his works. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth. Lightly soiled. Top and bottom of spine chipped. Volume one has sun bleached lines over front board due to exposed bookends. All cloth spines and faded. Cloth over the spine of volume three is torn in several places along extremities. Institutional bookplate in each volume. Water stains along the top edge of two of the volumes though not affecting text. Signature in each volume has been cut out leaving a portion of the free end-paper missing. Early pencilling in some margins and on some blank pages. Some unevenly trimmed pages. Pages cockled lightly. Carey & Hart hardcover books
193442257New York: Robert M. McBride & Co 1934. First edition. 1 vols. 4to. Two-toned cloth. Minor wear to spine ends a corners a little sunned else very good. First edition. 1 vols. 4to. With an ALS from the Author. A collection of sketches of various people with humorous descriptions. Laid in: ALS to "Mr. Wescott" from Peggy Bacon: "Thank you for your kind note. I am delighted that you enjoy "Off with Their Heads". And as for the title you suggest it is so perfect that I think I will certainly use it and am all gratitude for the idea." Dated Jan. 16th 1935. Robert M. McBride & Co unknown books
7420London: Printed by H. Clark for R. Chiswell et al. 1706. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 parts in 1. "The Wisdom of the Ancients" has its own title page dated 1705. 10168;822;10102pp. Index of the essays. Cont. tooled paneled calf later gilt tooled spine with red calf label hinges & top of spine rubbed. Printed by H. Clark, for R. Chiswell et al. hardcover books
1679045996London: J.D. 1679. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Contemporary tree calf front board detached spine varnished old signature to title scattered browning mostly minor trimmed a little close in spots touching the running title small repaired tear to b1 with no loss; generally bright and unmarked internally. 104 3-270pp with 5 divisional titles in the second part but paginated continuously - lacking the first divisional title . With the portrait frontis. Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Science & Technology. Inventory No: 045996. <br/><br/> J.D. hardcover books
16524473Leyden: Ex Officina Adriani Wijngaerden 1652. 12mo. 2068460pp. Index. Engraved pictorial title-page. Cont. calf somewhat worn nicely rebacked in antique style with blind tooled spine. Gibson #133. Ex Officina Adriani Wijngaerden unknown books
1928011842NY: Harcourt Brace and Company 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG-. Uncommon juvenile music songbook edited by Untermeyer and charmingly illustrated by Peggy Bacon who became best known for her cartoons in The New Yorker. Large 4to publisher's ribbed blue cloth titles pressed in green in pictorial dustjacket in yellow green and black Dustjacket is soiled worn abot edges and moderately chipped with an inch loss foot of spine. Still presenatble. Internals near fine. A solid copy of an uncommon Bacon title. Harcourt Brace and Company hardcover books
192819342London: Cresset Press 1928. Hardcover. Orig. full vellum lettered in gilt. Teg. Very good. 198 pages. Folio 39.5 x 26. Limited edition copy 17 of 250 on Batchelor's Kelmscott paper printed at the Shakespeare Head Press. Printed in red and black with wide text margins. Titles and initial letters designed by Joscelyne Gaskin. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe book-label of Philip Duschnes interior contents fresh and bright small nick back cover some natural discoloration to rear cover. Cresset Press hardcover books
