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1803SS13456Dublin:: Graisberry and Campbell 1803. 1803. 4to. Article: 21-43 pp. 2 engraved plates of giant's causeway. WE OFFER: whole volume: 487 172 7 pp. Various engraved plates articles; occasional light foxing. Original half calf marbled boards; spine a remnant. AS IS. Content is very good. FIRST EDITION. Study of the geology of Whynn's Dykes in Ireland with 2 beautiful engraved plates of the geological area discussed. William Richardson was born at the Manse in Aberfoyle Stirling Scotland on 1 October 1743 the first son of the Rev. James Richardson. He received his MA from the University of Glasgow Scotland in 1763 and attended a few sessions in Divinity before abandoning the idea of entering the Church. For four years he was tutor to the sons of Lord Cathcart and then secretary to His Lordship while Ambassador at St Petersburg. He became Professor of Humanity at the University of Glasgow in 1773 a post he held until 1814. His published writings include the following: Poems; Analyses of Shakespeare's characters; a tragedy; a lyrical drama; Anecdotes of the Russian Empire; contributions to The Lounger The Mirror and The Edinburgh Magazine and Review; and an essay on Celtic Superstition. He died unmarried on 3 November 1814. University of Glasgow Archive Services. His papers are preserved at the University of Glasgow. Graisberry and Campbell, 1803. hardcover books
1885M4136LVIn:: Scientific American Supplement No. 476 February 14 1885. 1885. 410 x 288 mm. Folio. 7602-7605 pp. Entire issue: 7591-7606 pp. Illus. Self wraps; paper lightly browned small stain on top page. Very good. This article contains the text of a lecture given to the Society of Arts London December 18 1884. It provides a short history of the subject "the lethal process" a table of anesthetic gases and vapors showing their chemical properties and 5 figures illustrating lethal chamber used in the euthanasia of animals. Richardson "spent many years in attempts to relieve pain among men by discovering and adapting substances capable of producing general or local anaesthesis and among animals by more humane methods of slaughter. He brought into use no less that fourteen anaesthetics of which methylene bichloride is the best known and he invented the first double-valved mouthpiece for use in the administration of chloroform. He also produced local insensibility be freezing the part with an ether spray and he gave animals euthanasia by means of a lethal chamber." DNB Vol. XXII Supplement p. 1170. Sir Benjamin Richardson contributed widely to the history of medicine whose important work Disciples of Aesculapius was published in 1900. See: Garrison History of medicine p. 885; Garrison and Morton 6721. In addition this issue of the Scientific American Supplement contains two articles related to anesthesia entitled "The kola-nut" and "Cultivation of the coca plant in the United States" both related the production and use of cocaine as an anesthetic agent. Scientific American Supplement, No. 476, (February 14, 1885). paperback 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
1900WRCLIT37615New York: William Helburn Inc. 1900. Folio. Cloth and printed boards. Forty-eight plates including double-spread final plate. Binding a bit soiled with old stains at corners internally very good. A monochrome facsimile of the London 1774 original edition. William Helburn Inc. hardcover books
1900046530London 1900. Later Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Original patterneed boards worn cloth at front hinge split and front board nearly detached text block loose. Light scattered browning internally. 48 plates; ca. 1900 facsimile of the original 1774 edition. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Architecture; Inventory No: 046530. hardcover books
1900134185New York: Helburn 1900. Facsimile of the 1774 edition. Hardcover. Good Ex-library. 2 bookplates and some cataloguing marks. Most plates in very good condition. Edgewear to cover and 3-inch tear along upper front hinge. Perforation stamps on t.p Plate 7 in margin and Plate 47 at very edge of image. Waviness from dampness on pages at ends: t.p. text pages and first 2 plates and last 6 plates. Quarter olive/brown cloth with brown printed paper over boards. Gilt spine titles. Sewn binding 48 bw plates last one a 2-page spread. Oversize. Original title page has date of 1774 no date otherwise. Includes a foreword preface and list of plates. Beautiful illustrations with excellent detail. Helburn hardcover 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
183644559London: William Pickering 1836. First edition 2 volumes 4to pp. 4 1183 1; 4 1185-2222 1; contemporary and probably original full calf double gilt-ruled borders gilt-decorated spine in 5 compartments black gilt-lettered morocco spine labels partially perished; rebacked original spines laid down; boards a bit scratched hinges reinforced else very good and sound. Contemporary armorial bookplate of Nathaniel Ellison on front pastedowns. The most substantial lexicographical undertaking in England between Johnson and the O.E.D. "Richardson was an ardent philologist of the school of Horne Tooke . His principle was to arrive at the original and proper meaning which was inherent in a word from its etymology" see DNB. <br/><br/> William Pickering hardcover books
184434089London: William Pickering 1844. 2 volumes 4to pp. 36 1183 1; 4 1185-2226 2; slightly later full polished tan gilt-paneled spines in 6 compartments citron and brown morocco labels; all edges marbled some rubbing but generally very good. The most substantial lexicographical undertaking in England between that of Samuel Johnson and the O.E.D. "First published as part of the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana 1818-37 it consisted of a great many illustrative quotations drawn from literature but with relatively few and brief definitions . Richardson's approach was based on the notion that quotations alone if sufficient in number could serve to elucidate 'true etymological meaning.' He went far beyond Johnson in collecting quotations beginning at the fourteenth century Johnson went back only to the end of the 16th century . Richardson sought by his vast collection of quotations to justify the preposterous theory of John Horne Tooke that each word had a single immutable meaning. In his own work each word and its derivatives were given one etymology and one meaning. His etymologies were as preposterous as his theories but his dictionary was of great interest to lexicographers because it foreshadowed the historical collections of quotations that were later to form the basis of the Oxford English Dictionary" Landau Dictionaries p. 66. Based on the "historical principle" of lexicography this work formed an important link between Johnson and the O.E.D. Kennedy 6437. <br/><br/> William Pickering unknown books
183830869London: William Pickering 1838. Second edition 2 volumes thick 4to pp. 4 71 1 1183 1; 4 1185-2222 1; text in triple column; publisher's 1/4 brown morocco scuffed prelims and terminals spotted; a good sound set. First published in the same format in 1836-37. Based on the "historical principle" of lexicography this work formed the most substantial link between Samuel Johnson and the OED. Kennedy 6429; Vancil p. 204. <br/><br/> William Pickering unknown books
183631189London: William Pickering 1836. First edition 2 volumes 4to pp. 4 1183 1; 4 1185-2222 1; contemporary and probably original full calf double gilt-ruled borders gilt-decorated spine in 5 compartments gilt-lettered in 2; rebacked original spines laid down; spines a little rubbed else very good and sound. The most substantial lexicographical undertaking in England between Johnson and the O.E.D. "Richardson was an ardent philologist of the school of Horne Tooke . His principle was to arrive at the original and proper meaning which was inherent in a word from its etymology" see DNB. Based on the "historical principle" of lexicography this work formed the most substantial link between and the O.E.D. <br/><br/> William Pickering unknown books
184620069Philadelphia: E.H. Butler & Co 1846. First edition printed in America from William Pickering's stereotype plates; 2 volumes 4to pp. 4 71 1 1183 1; 2 1185-2222 1; contemporary full calf red morocco labels on spines some rubbing and wear but generally good and sound. The most substantial lexicographical undertaking in England between that of Samuel Johnson and the O.E.D. "First published as part of the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana 1818-37 it consisted of a great many illustrative quotations drawn from literature but with relatively few and brief definitions . Richardson's approach was based on the notion that quotations alone if sufficient in number could serve to elucidate 'true etymological meaning.' He went far beyond Johnson in collecting quotations beginning at the fourteenth century Johnson went back only to the end of the 16th century . Richardson sought by his vast collection of quotations to justify the preposterous theory of John Horne Tooke that each word had a single immutable meaning. In his own work each word and its derivatives were given one etymology and one meaning. His etymologies were as preposterous as his theories but his dictionary was of great interest to lexicographers because it foreshadowed the historical collections of quotations that were later to form the basis of the Oxford English Dictionary" Landau Dictionaries p. 66. Based on the "historical principle" of lexicography this work formed an important link between Johnson and the O.E.D. Kennedy 6449. <br/><br/> E.H. Butler & Co unknown books
183628120London: William Pickering 1836. First edition 2 volumes 4to pp. 4 1183 1; 4 1185-2222 1; recent red cloth gilt-lettered direct on gilt-paneled spine; very good and sound. The most substantial lexicographical undertaking in England between Johnson and the O.E.D. "Richardson was an ardent philologist of the school of Horne Tooke . His principle was to arrive at the original and proper meaning which was inherent in a word from its etymology" see DNB. Based on the "historical principle" of lexicography this work formed the most substantial link between Samuel Johnson and the O.E.D. <br/><br/> William Pickering 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
18081259637Boston: Munroe Francis & Parker 1808. First edition. 12mo in brown leather with burgundy frame on spine; VG; moderate soiling and fraying on boards; strong binding; ex-libris plate inside front board; open gutter in front; end pages stained; pages wobbling with offsetting and occasional foxing not detrimental to text; text clean and in tight print; pp. 187; shelved in front door case. 1259637. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Munroe, Francis & Parker unknown books
180840252Boston: Printed by Munroe Francis & Parker Shakespeare Bookstore no. 4 Cornhill 1808. Second American Edition. 187 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf morocco spine label. Upper joint starting some darkening to sheets else very good. Second American Edition. 187 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The second American edition of the first known American publication on Shakespeare Philadelphia 1788.<br/>Richardson 1743-1814 was a professor of humanity in the University of Glasgow. First published in Edinburgh in 1774 this work contains essays on Hamlet Macbeth on the melancholy Jaques Imogen King Richard the Third King Lear Timon of Athens and "On the Faults of Shakespeare." In this last essay Richardson faults the admirers of Shakespeare with excessive indulgence of his faults: "I am inclined to believe and shall now endeavour to demonstrate that the greatest blemishes in Shakespeare have proceeded from his want of consummate taste .". Jaggard p. 263 Printed by Munroe, Francis & Parker, Shakespeare Bookstore, no. 4, Cornhill unknown books
18609823Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston 1860. 1st . Hardcover. Very good. First edition. Includes 110 illustrations of period tools and technologies. Bound in original full leather with a black leather spine label stamped in gilt. Extremeties worn occassional foxing on end papers not effecting text otherwise very good. <br/><br/> Lindsay & Blakiston hardcover books
183228565Charlestown MA: Published by Wm. H. Wheldon 1832. Original plain wrappers stitched 38pp. A pleasing untrimmed copy in its unsophisticated state. Toned with scattered foxing else Very Good.<br/><br/> The pamphlet is a tale of religious persecution in Massachusetts against a lady of sterling character who failed to accept the divinity of Christ but who regarded him as the Messiah and human Son of God. It exposes the ill treatment of those with Unitarian sympathies and the dangers of insistence upon religious orthodoxy. Two editions were evidently published in 1832. <br/> Mrs. Richardson sought admission to the Second Congregational Church in Charlestown where she had recently moved. Its minister sought information about her from her previous church in Reading. The First Congregational Church in Reading had expelled her for turning toward Unitarianism. Its minister explained that his Church had "withdrawn all Christian watch and fellowship" from her for "violation of her own covenant vows" and her "departure" from orthodoxy. This pamphlet describes the First Church's disgraceful treatment of Mrs. Richardson: its minister and elders had frequently quizzed her closely about her theological beliefs accused her of denying Christ's divinity scolded her for poor church attendance and for propagating "pernicious statements" to Church members and called her to account at Church meetings. <br/>OCLC records seven locations under several accession numbers as of July 2015. Published by Wm. H. Wheldon unknown 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
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
18891329037Boston and London: Ginn & Company 1889. Hardcover. 10mo; G-; pp 279; brownish green spine with gilt text; no jacket; cloth shows moderate wear to exterior; slightly sunned spine; some rubbing wear to corners; text block edges have age toning; previous ownerss names to ffep; slight foxing to first and last few pages; some pencil inside; text in English and Greek. 1329037. FP New Rockville Stock. Ginn & Company hardcover books
1878256289Edinburgh 1878. 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. VG. 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Robert Richardson was an Australian poet. Mark Twain adapted from his poem called Annette: "Warm summer sun shine kindly here Warm southern wind blow softly here Green sod above lie light lie light -- Good night dear heart Good night good night." as the headstone for his daughter Susy. unknown books
1888008673New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1888. SCARCE in complete two volume set. Published 1888 Vol. I. The Development of American Thought.-- 1889 Vol. II. American Poetry and Fiction. Handsomely bound in contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards gilt lettering back marbled end papers tops gilt. Near Fine a few small rubs to morocco at spines. Richardson's influential full-scale analysis of the history of American literature his most important work. . Early Printing. Half Morocco. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. G. P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover 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
185239873New York: Harper & Brothers 1852. . 516 12 adverts pp. <br /><br />"A Journal of a Boat-Voyage Through Rupert's Land and the Arctic Sea in Search of the Discovery Ships under Command of Sir John Franklin. With an Appendix on the Physical Geography of North America." Journal of Richardson's expedition down the Mackenzie River and eastward along the coast to Coppermine River. Chapters of Eskimoa Kutchin Cree and Chipewayan Indians. - Arctic Bib 14489. This is the American edition of a book first published in London the year before. The text is identical but it does not have the plates of the English edition. Text foxed original cloth binding faded. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
