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1872170118Washington D.C. 1872. unbound. 4 pages front and back with each two-page spread measuring 10 x 16 inches marked "Private" Washington D.C. April 12 1872. Rare letter by the American politician and negotiator to the former Confederate States of America Treasurer Tyler in preparation for Richardson's successful trip to Geneva to obtain damages from Great Britain letting Tyler know of a Judgeship opportunity available to him by the means of Richardson's resignation in part: ".In any article that is written in the newspaper perhaps it will be well to state the fact of the immediate cause of my resignation the desire of Secretary of the Treasury Boutwell to have me manage the refunding of the national debt after my successful operation of the hundred million negotiation in London.Now I hope you will be my successor and you must attend to it immediately and persistently." It has long been speculated that the job opportunity and Tyler's assistance to the government were linked and crucial to the successful outcome of the Alabama Claims Commission.<br/><br/> unknown books
1898262560New York: G. W. Dillingham 1898. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A nice copy of this collection of poems produced by Alabama poet Belle R. Harrison the wife of John Calhoun Harrison. Many in dialect. Previous owner gift inscription on front endpaper. Very Good binding. G. W. Dillingham unknown books
1894111467Meadville Pa: Flood and Vincent / The Chautauqua-Century Press 1894. Octavo pp. 1-4 5 6 7-349 350: blank 351-352: ads original decorated light green cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold and dark green. First edition. Over supply of gold causes world crisis. Elements of super science; ship powered by liquid carbonic gas etc. "Satirizes the American financial system and the easy-money utopian reformers." - Roemer The Obsolete Necessity p. 196. Bailey Pilgrims Through Space and Time p. 63. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 140. Lewis Utopian Literature p. 40. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 49. Suvin Victorian Science Fiction in the UK p. 56. Bleiler 1978 p. 41. Reginald 02800. Wright III 959. Old gift inscription on front paste-down. Cloth dust soiled four small stains on front cover a good copy. #111467 Flood and Vincent / The Chautauqua-Century Press unknown books
1840134197London: Charles James Richardson 1840. Hardcover. Good Ex-library with expected marks and perforation stamp on title page. Most plates marked lightly on front with ink stamp. Light foxing/spotting to some plates but generally clean. Light general wear to exterior with a little fraying of cloth at spine ends. Brown library buckram. 14 pp plus frontispiece decorative title page and 29 additional plates and titles mostly bw but some duotone and one with color. Oversize. Two parts in one volume. Charles James Richardson hardcover books
1863WRCAM32365Richmond: Chas. H. Wynne 1863. 35pp. 12mo. Self-wrappers. Moderate edge wear. Overall very good. A charming Confederate almanac calculated by David Richardson of Louisa County Virginia. Richardson's .ALMANAC. contains all of the usual useful information including a sketch of the Confederate government and an explanation of the "Situation of Public Offices." Quite rare. Parrish & Willingham locate only eight copies. OCLC 4031188612048492. PARRISH & WILLINGHAM 5796. CRANDALL 5044. Chas. H. Wynne unknown books
186016938New York: Charles B. Richardson 1860 1860. First edition cloth issue. BAL vol. 5 page 94. Fine copy. 8vo original blind-stamped brown cloth gilt lettering. Frontis portrait and manuscript facsimile. ¶ A collection of over 30 tributes to Irving from contemporaries and literary colleagues including Lowell Curtis Cozzens Willis Duyckinck Longfellow Tuckerman etc. Contemporary stenciled ink ownership markings on the front free endpaper and title-page. <br/><br/> New York: Charles B. Richardson, 1860 hardcover books
1816294720Boston: James Loring and West & Richardson 1816. hardcover. very good. 264 pages. 16mo leather-backed marbled boards; boards considerably rubbed corners bumped leather worn at hinges pages toned and foxed throughout some contemporary notations in ink on a few blank pages. Boston: James Loring and West & Richardson 1816. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Early American imprint.<br/><br/> James Loring and West & Richardson unknown books
1888259608New York: Pollard & Moss 1888. 1888 Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Binding sound with light rubbing to extremities. Boards show slight toning and soiling text is free of any markings but shows toning to endpapers. An early edition of this classic. Binding protected in a hand-cut mylar cover. Very Good binding. Pollard & Moss unknown books
1846178057Philadelphia: Gihon & Smith 1846. Hardcover. Poor binding copy only. Stain on boards board and spine piece detached some foxing at extremities some corners folded text still clean and readable. Brown half-cloth binding. 2 preliminary leaves vii-xiv pages 1 leaf 17-252 pages. A guide for working with porcelain specifically making tobacco pipes and working with glass covering the steps for blowing different types of glass various techniques and how to color glass. Gihon & Smith hardcover books
183348774London England: Smith Elder & Co 1833. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. London England: Smith Elder & Co 1833. Numerous b/w illustrations including full-color frontispiece. 429 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark green cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Recently rebound with old spine laid-on; light spotwear to cover and rear board; light scattered foxing; ownerÕs signature to top edge of title page; pages lightly toned. Very good/No jacket issued. Insurance required to ship this item. Smith, Elder & Co hardcover books
183231188Philadelphia: Carey & Lea - Chestnut Street 1832. 1st US edition American Imprints 13317 & 14322a. Original publisher's rose-colored linen cloth spine over drab paper boards. Printed paper title label to spine. Spine sunned. Bit of light foxing. A VG copy. xiv 15 - 252. 26 page publisher catalogue at rear. Text block untrimmed & partially unopened. Illustrated with intratextual cuts. 12mo. <br/><br/> Carey & Lea - Chestnut Street hardcover books
185665549Philadelphia PA: J.B. Lippincott & Co 1856. Single sheet folded printed on grey paper. 23 cm. 3 1 pp. Old fold lines a bit of spotting else very good. The editors of the publication The North American Medico-Chirurgical Review issue "on the first day of every alternate month a Medical Periodical of one hundred and sixty pages to which they take especial pleasure in calling the attention of the Profession in all parts of the country." The format of this national medical journal "which shall reflect the existing state of medical science in the United States" was to include four parts: I. Analytical and Critical Reviews; II. Original Communications; III. Bi-Monthly Periscope; IV. Editors' Table. Subscription terms were $4 per annum payable in advance or $5 at the end of the year. Signed in type by J.B. Lippincott & Co. Publishers No. 20 North Fourth Street Philadelphia. The 4th page prints a list of new and standard medical books available from the publishers. The North American Medico-Chirurgical Review was published from Jan. 1857 to Nov. 1861. No listings found on OCLC for this prospectus. <br/><br/> J.B. Lippincott & Co unknown books
1816701Boston 1816. 4to broadside. 255 x 200 mm. 10 x 8 inches. neatly printed on laid paper. 4 pp. pp. 2-4 blank with integral blank leaf addressed on verso in manuscript to "Isaac Goodman Esq./ Sterling". Folded for mailing sheets toned part of address leaf torn away without loss of information. Very good. The Circular was sent to the agents and local reporters who supply notices to the newspapers. It reads in part "Sir The Publishers of the Massachusetts Register desirous that it should convey the most correct information respectfully solicit your assistance in expunging its errors and supplying new articles as in your opinion may be of public utility for the Register of 1817. . ."  The Circular is addressed to Isaac Goodwin author of Town Officer or Laws of Massachusetts The New England Sheriff  and numerous pamphlets of local interest to Worcester and nearby Sterling.  John West and Eleazer Tyng Fox Richardson were printers and booksellers in Boston from the 1790's until the mid-1820's and were very involved in trade developments during their tenure. John Loring was a Boston printer for 55 years and was the editor of Christian Watchman and publisher along with West & Richardson of the Massachusetts Register from 1800 to 1848.  This broadside in not cited in Shaw & Shoemaker and OCLC records a single copy at the American Antiquarian Society.  Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography IV p. 28. Allibone's Critical Dictionary of English Literature I p. 794. 701. unknown books
186722671Edinburgh & London 1867. Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet size: 21 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches. A very fine plate from Ravenscroft's 'The Pinetum Britannicum. A Descriptive Account of Hardy Coniferous Trees'<br/> <br/>Ravenscroft's work is the third in order of publication of the three great coniferous iconographies of the nineteenth century following Bedford and Lambert. The very fine plates fall into two categories: botanical studies of details of the needles and fruit of the individual trees and landscape studies of examples of individual trees in their natural habitat. This plate is an outstanding example of the latter group here drawn from a drawing by William Richardson and lithographed by F. Schenck.<br/> <br/>Cf. Nissen BBI 1588; cf. Great Flower Books 1990 p.127; cf. Stafleu & Cowan 8685. unknown books
186722672Edinburgh & London 1867. Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet size: 21 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches. A very fine plate from Ravenscroft's 'The Pinetum Britannicum. A Descriptive Account of Hardy Coniferous Trees'<br/> <br/>Ravenscroft's work is the third in order of publication of the three great coniferous iconographies of the nineteenth century following Bedford and Lambert. The very fine plates fall into two categories: botanical studies of details of the needles and fruit of the individual trees and landscape studies of examples of individual trees in their natural habitat. This plate is an outstanding example of the latter group here drawn from a drawing by William Richardson and lithographed by F. Schenck.<br/> <br/>Cf. Nissen BBI 1588; cf. Great Flower Books 1990 p.127; cf. Stafleu & Cowan 8685. unknown books
187717899Edinburgh & London 1877. Hand-coloured lithograph by Day & Son. Sheet size: 22 3/8 x 16 7/8 inches. A very fine plate from Ravenscroft's 'The Pinetum Britannicum. A Descriptive Account of Hardy Coniferous Trees'<br/> <br/>Ravenscroft's work is the third in order of publication of the three great coniferous iconographies of the nineteenth century following Bedford and Lambert. The very fine plates fall into two categories: botanical studies of details of the needles and fruit of the individual trees and landscape studies of examples of individual trees in their natural habitat. This plate is an outstanding example of the latter group here by and after William Richardson.<br/> <br/>Cf. Nissen BBI 1588; cf. Great Flower Books 1990 p.127; cf. Stafleu & Cowan 8685. unknown books
18544931New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1854. 8vo. 4 1 blank 7-176 pp. <br><br>Stated on the title-page "Certified to be correct by Thomas D. Brown clerk of Hardin Circuit Court; Wm. Alexander former Commonwealth Attorney for the Hardin District; and Judge Alex. Walker of New Orleans." This is the transcript of the infamous murder trial of Matthew Fluornoy Ward in Elizabethtown Kentucky. Matt Ward was charged with the murder of Louisville High School principal William H.G. Butler. Mr. Butler had whipped Mr. Ward's younger brother and accused him of being a liar. On November 2nd 1853 Mr. Ward entered the school building seeking an explanation and an apology from Mr. Butler. Not satisfied with Mr. Butler's response Mr. Ward called Mr. Butler a "dd liar" and a "dd scoundrel" pulled his pistol from his right pocket and shot Mr. Butler in the chest. The jury acquitted Ward of all charges. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â McDade Annals of Murder 1042; Sabin 70981. Disbound from a nonce volume. Previous owner's signature written in ink on the title-page. D. Appleton & Co. unknown books
1825LLV2509London:: B.T. Batsford 1825. 1825. Series: The Old English Life Series. 8vo. xi 308 pp. Color frontis. numerous illus. appendix index; slightly foxed title page stained endpapers possibly from newspaper offset. Decorative gilt-stamped maroon cloth; extremities rubbed corners bumped small white circle on spine. Else very good. FIRST BRISISH EDITION. "The inn has played a large part in the domestic life of England down the centuries. Always intimately associated with the characteristics of the English people as a center for social life it still retains a warm place in their hearts. The story of the tavern therefore is associated with the tale of the road and English wayfaring life. Love of travel is a strong characteristic of the English race yet it co-exists with a feeling for home comforts and a desire to be reminded of familiar things. Thus it is from the earliest times that the inn in spite of its widened functions has at each stage of its development retained the piquant element of domesticity. The old inns of England are unlike those of other countries. The majority are genuine survivals; they are records of other times and customs and they have a symbolic value for the ordinary traveler. They are generally simple in character but many have undergone alterations and changes corresponding with each era of social progress. The inns of each period especially such as remain intact and unaltered could be described in any treatise dealing with the recognized phases of house building; collectively they present a subject for a monograph. . . " -From the preface B.T. Batsford, (1825). hardcover books
188660624Hartford Conn.: American Publishing Company. Very Good. 1886. Hardcover. Illustrated by thirty-two engravings and six maps. 630 pages covers are gray with decorative black and gilt stamping. Black tape repair at hinges and spine covers are scuffed with some mottling previous owner signed. Contents are bright and clean about Very Good. . American Publishing Company hardcover books
1867106342<p> 8vo original cloth illustrated 572 pp. Binding shows some moderate wear and top hinge is weak. Tape repair to front endpaper rubber stamp and owner signature on front endpaper normal aging; otherwise very good. Many illustrations including an illuminated title page by Thomas Nast. Text and illustrations try and give a feel for life on the prairies mountains and the Pacific Coast. Richardson presents views of Indians trappers pioneers and some of the curiosities of the western territories in his work. </p> books
18671004748vo original cloth illustrated 572 pp. Binding shows some moderate wear and top hinge is weak. Also some moderate toning and foxing. One illustration is detached. Many illustrations including an illuminated title page by Thomas Nast. Text and illustrations try and give a feel for life on the prairies mountains and the Pacific Coast. Richardson presents views of Indians trappers pioneers and some of the curiosities of the western territories in his work. American Publishing Company, books
1871URICGAR00ECColumbian Book Company 1871. Good. Richardson Albert D. Garnered Sheaves from the Writings of Albert D. Richardson To which is added A Biographical Sketch of the Author. Hartford CT.: Columbian Book Company 1871. 1st edition. 430pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Book condition: Good only. The covers are rubbed. The underlying boards are exposed at the corners and at the head of the spine. There are tiny splits in the cloth at the head and the foot of the spine. The text block is cracked at the beginning. The frontispiece page title page and tissue guard are foxed. The pages are clean. Columbian Book Company hardcover books
188734765London: Longmans 1887. <p>Signed Presentation Copy</p> <p>Chadwick Edwin 1800-1890 Richardson Benjamin Ward ed. The health of nations. A review of the works of Edwin Chadwick. With a biographical dissertation. 2 vols. 8vo. lxxiv 2 377; viii 440pp. 24-page publisher's catalogue in the back of Vol. II. Frontispiece portrait in Vol. I. London: Longmans Green 1887. 214 x 138 mm. Original maroon cloth gilt-lettered spines shaken some wear spines darkened. Presentation copy with printed presentation note addressed to the Liverpool Library completed in manuscript and signed by Richardson bound into Vol. I. Liverpool Library labels on front covers and free endpapers of both volumes. <p>First Edition of Chadwick's collected works prefaced with a biographical essay by Richardson. In 1838 Chadwick who was then the secretary of the Poor Law Commissioners initiated a series of investigations into the living conditions of London's working poor and pauper classes. The findings of these investigations published in 1842-43 resulted in the passage of the Public Health Act of 1848 and a number of other important public health reforms. Chadwick was the first to advocate national responsibility for proper drainage street cleaning lighting and water supply and health care; the principles he enunciated form the basis of public health as we know it today.</p> <p>This copy of The Health of Nations was presented by Richardson to the Liverpool Library on Jan. 24 1889. The presentation notice reads: "Dear Sir My much esteemed friend Mr. Edwin Chadwick C.B. this day entering his ninetieth year desires me to present in his name the two accompanying volumes of "The Health of Nations" to the library of your Institution. I am Dear Sir Faithfully yours B. W. Richardson signature in ms. The Librarian Liverpool Library Liverpool last 3 words in Richardson's ms." </p> . Longmans unknown books
188372479New York: National Temerance Society 1883. pamphlet. very good. 372pp ads. Short 8vo original pink printed wrappers spine chipped at head & tail. New York: National Temperance Society 1883. Very good.<br/><br/> National Temerance Society unknown books
1884833951884. RICHARDSON Benjamin Ward. THE ASCLEPIAD: A BOOK OF ORIGINAL RESEARCH AND OBSERVATION 6 VOLUMES 1884-1889. London: Messrs. Longmans Green and Company 1884-1889. var pp. 8vo. olive green cloth stamped in gilt. Cloth and gilt lettering clean and bright interiors fine tight and clean. A fine set. Medical essays. Extra postage required. unknown books
