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007858Millbrook NY: No Publisher SCARCE. No date circa 1907-1910. Five sepia toned original photographic postcards of the Bennett College for Girls in Millbank Dutchess County New York a school founded in 1890 in Irvington New York which moved to this location in 1907. Its main building Halcyon Hall was built in 1893 by H. J. Davison Jr. a publisher from New York. Designed by James A. Ware it was meant to be a luxury hotel but the hotel never caught on. It served as a school into the late1970's and today lies in a state of disrepair. Near Fine the cards curled. Four of the cards are 9 1/2" w x 3 1/2" h the last 8 3/4" w x 3 1/2" h. . Postcard. Near Fine. Various . No Publisher Paperback books
18675264Boston: Ticknor and Fields 1867. 16mo. vii 183 pages. First edition. A novel addressing the strains of running a household during the Civil War including the challenges of War-time taxation speculation oil fever inflation etc. A section in which the main character considers charitable work with the Sanitation Commission or ladies' charitable groups is enlightening. Some soiling to a few pages. Previous owner's inscription to endpapers; newspaper clipping bearing a mosquito bite remedy pasted to foot of title page; bookseller's ticket removed from rear paste-down. wear and rubbing to boards and spine of blind- and gilt-titled brick red cloth. Good. Wright American Fiction vol. 2 no. 2235. Ticknor and Fields hardcover books
1833115116London: J. Hatchard and Son 1833. Octavo pp. 1-4 1 2-121 122: blank 123-124: ads original plum cloth front panel stamped in gold yellow coated endpapers all edges untrimmed. First edition. The narrator if not the author was evidently a doctor and writes here about some of his cases. A short grim narrative its original purpose being a little unclear but its present effect is clear enough illuminating the vanity of medical science. Block The English Novel 1740-1850 p. 72. COPAC records five copies OCLC adds one more. Spine panel slightly sunned binding leaned a very good copy. #115116 J. Hatchard and Son unknown books
281286unbound. Engraving. Image size 8.5 x 7 inches. Sheet size 9.25 x 8 inches. In very good condition. Slight tear at right margin some staining.<br/><br/> An illustration of Numbers 13:23-27. The figures of an Angel engaging in combat and of Moses with followers can be found in the background. Title in English subtitle in French and German. Text in English and French on verso.<br/><br/> unknown books
1857005192London: Houlston & Wright 1857. "Tenth Thousand. By the Author of 'The Reason Why - General Science' &c.". Very Good Plus small scrape top corner front end page top edge dusty. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. Embossed brown cloth with gilt decorations and title advertising endpages for "The Reason Why Series". 352 pgs with questions index. A fascinating look into a housewife's duties and knowledge required in mid-Nineteenth Century London. . Later Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Houlston & Wright Hardcover books
1814WRCLIT76078Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner 1814. 351pp. 12mo. Laid formerly sewn into 19th century drab stiff wrappers. Frontis and seven wood engravings. Slight tanning and light foxing wrapper spine a bit frayed; a good copy. First US edition of this densely moralistic tale for the young published earlier in the UK. The OCLC entry calls for only five wood engravings in addition to the frontis. One of the titles in the infamous remainder of early American children's books that passed to Rosenbach from Moses Polock's stock. ROSENBACH 514. WELCH 1381. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 33546. OCLC: 155444872. Johnson & Warner unknown books
1863263529Philadelphia: John E. Potter 1863. hardcover. very good-. Frontis. 408pp. 12mo original green decorated cloth spine ends rubbed edges of corners lightly bumped and lightly worn. Philadelphia: John E. Potter 1963.<br/><br/> A novel. "The struggle to make Kansas a free state." Wright II 2685.<br/><br/> John E. Potter unknown books
23288San Francisco: No Publisher No Date. First edition. Loose Sheets. Fine. Tall single sheet of brown paper printed in black. Topographical drawing by an unstated illustrator at top. Measures 8 1/2 x 22" tall. Per the Gary Snyder bbiliograohy by McNeil this is A51 although Snyder's name is not noted on the sheet a prose broadside published in an edition of one thousand copies anonymously by a San Francisco architectural firm in 1975. Fine condition. <br/><br/> No Publisher unknown books
1923002543Los Angeles: S. n. by the author 1923. First Edition. Very good. Advertising broadside; 14 x 8 1/2; cream stock printed in black; several old fold lines; a bit of age-toning to verso; very good condition. At first sight published by an anonymous supporter the broadside was quite obviously released by Householder himself whom advertised a "free name analysis" for anybody who would buy his book "The Four Basic Principles of Numerology" which was in turn published under the name Frank Householder. Although not much is known about him he claimed he was the World's Greatest Numerologist and worked in the Los Angeles area in the early 20th century. The broadside assured people they would have their soul number and name vibration harmonized and would live a life of privilege. It also contained a convenient order form for the book. S. n. (by the author) unknown books
174929019London: Printed for the author and sold by W. Owen . Mr. Noon . Messrs. Hickey and Palmer . Mr. Goadby . and by the booksellers in town and country 1749. 8vo. 64 pp. <br><br>Sole edition and uncommon. WorldCat and ESTC locate only three copies in the U.S. one of which is this one now deaccessioned. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC N11518. Library brown buckram bookplate rubber stamp on front free endpaper. No other library markings. Age-toned. Printed for the author and sold by W. Owen ... Mr. Noon ... Messrs. Hickey and Palmer ... Mr. Goadby ... and by the booksellers hardcover books
1860184505Geneve Paris. : Emile Beroud J. Grassart. 1860. Contemporary quarter black cloth over blue marbled boards paper label on cover. . Good plus lacks ffep marginal soiling and tears to a few plates very light foxing. 17.3x11.5 cm. . No text French captions. weight: 0.5 lb. 44 chromolithograph plates with captions and scripture references. Emile Beroud, J. Grassart. hardcover books
18699329Lisboa: Typo. Universal de Thomaz Quintino Antunes 1869. Small 8vo. 52 pp. <br><br>Silva Pereira seeks to have the brothers Ferreira de Azevedo imprisoned and made to provide restitution for forging promissory notes. Rare: Not traced via WorldCat. Removed from a nonce volume; preserving the original front wrapper. Typo. Universal de Thomaz Quintino Antunes unknown books
1720WRCLIT65910London: Printed for Jonah Bowyer 1720. 462pp. Octavo. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. "May" in early manuscript after publication date in imprint else very good. First edition of this unsigned defense of William Wake. ESTC locates four copies in North America. ESTC T79473. Printed for Jonah Bowyer unknown books
1828WRCLIT76264Dublin: William Curry Jr. and Co. 1828. 359pp. 12mo. Contemporary olive calf boards decorated with a blindstamped basket-weave pattern gilt label. Frontispiece. Sone rubbing to joints scattered foxing browning and spotting; a good sound copy. First edition. "A controversial story of an anti-Catholic kind" - Brown. OCLC locates 9 copies spread over four entries. BROWN 26. WOLFF 7452. William Curry, Jr. and Co. hardcover books
241429Salem Ma.: Higginson Book Co. No date. . Reprint of the 1887 Chicago edition. . hardcover. A very good copy with no dustjacket. . sm4to. Higginson Book Co. hardcover books
1829182255Paris.: Locard & Davi. 1829. Nouvelle edition. . Publisher’s plain paper wraps. . Good wrapper torn at spine shaken but text very good untrimmed. 16mo. 13.6x8.5 cm. . French text. A scarce little book on board games. weight: 0.2 lb. Enraved frontis engraved title. Locard & Davi. paperback books
191740576NY: Dodd Mead 1917. First Edition. Bull Rene. 8vo pp. xi 299. Illustrated with 8 color plates and many smaller drawings by Rene Bull. Black cloth with decorative stamping in gilt and and blue and a colored paper label. Donor's presentation on flyleaf one hinge near tender cover slightly worn at edges o/w VG. Dodd, Mead unknown books
1882002201S. l.: s. n. 1882. Softcover. Monochrome photograph pasted on board n. d. ca 1882; photo 4 x 6 1/4 board 4 1/4 x 6 1/2; captioned below image; small note in ink and a date May 9th / 82 to verso; a few very minor spots to photo; a bit of foxing to board; very good condition.A beautiful photograph of HMS Victory - the world's oldest naval ship still in commission. The 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy was ordered in 1758 and launched in 1765. It would become best known for being Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Throughout the 19th century it also served as a troopship and a prison ship. Moved to dry dock in 1922 the ship went through several major restoration periods eventually became a museum part of the National Historic Fleet and since October 2012 HMS Victory has been the flagship of the First Sea Lord. S. l.: s. n. paperback books
1900001795Cincinnati/New York/Chicago: The Ault & Wiborg Co. 1900. Softcover. First edition n. d. ca 1900; 9 3/4 x 8 1/4; broadside printed recto only; intricate gray border and text; illustrated with large concentric semi-circles in bright orange and black; faint crease to upper left corner; a few small cuts and nicks to right edge not affecting illustrations; overall in very good condition. A beautiful Art Nouveau advertising broadside for the inks of The Ault & Wiborg Co. The company a manufacturer of dry color dyes pigments and printing inks was founded in 1878 in Cincinnati Ohio by Levi Addison Ault and Frank Bestow Wiborg. In the 1870s Ault a French-Canadian moved from Ontario Canada to Cincinnati Ohio to join his brother and to work for a company dealing in lampblack and rosins. Wiborg a Norwegian-American was also hired by the business as a salesman. The two of them put up $10 000/each as initial capital and launched The Ault & Wiborg Co. in July of 1878 announcing that they aim to become the biggest producer of inks in the US and eventually in the world and coming up with their business motto: "Hic et Ubique" Here and Everywhere. They were indeed quite successful opening offices in New York Toronto London Buenos Aires and other big cities and pioneering various lithographic techniques rotogravure methods steel die printing carbon papers etc. Cincinnati/New York/Chicago: The Ault & Wiborg Co. paperback books
1894002375Santa Cruz CA: H. E. Irish 1894. First Edition. Very good. First edition Vol. III No. 14; 11 x 8 1/2; pp. 2; newsprint stock printed in black; brittle with a few small chips and nicks to edges; overall in very good- condition. Featuring synopsis and cast of characters for Jay Rial's majestic revival of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" the program also included advertisements for upcoming performances and local Santa Cruz businesses. The Opera House was founded on Union and Center streets in 1877. H. E. Irish unknown books
1862001351New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1862. First edition n. d. ca 1862 - tentative date obtained from publisher's address; 3 1/2 x 4 1/2; pp. 10; illustrated wraps; closed cuts to tips of spine; small faint previous owner's signature to upper margin of front wrap; illustrated in red and black; minor wear to wraps; a few small spots of foxing to margins not affecting text and illustrations; very good.Part of "Young America Series" this tiny book on morals and conduct in typical 19th century fashion does not spare feelings or even try to be delicate and it dives right into the subject with chapters on "The Slovenly Girl" and "The Unkind Boy." To counterbalance the unpleasantness rhymes on "The Industrious Boy" and "The Orderly Girls" follow. Several copies in OCLC with none other in the trade. New York: McLoughlin Bros. paperback books
1900002899S. l. : s. n. 1900. Very good. Original photograph n. d. ca 1900 ; double mat in two shades of brown; inscribed and signed in brown ink below image ink with some smudging; a small loss of paper to upper left corner of larger mat and a few spots to edges; a tiny chip to coating of upper right corner of photograph; overall in very good- condition. Robert Simpson Woodward 1849 - 1924 was a renowned civil engineer physicist matematician professor at Columbia and president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington the American Mathematical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was also an inventor who had devised while working with the US Coast and Geodetic Survey the "ice bar and long tape base apparatus" which measured base lines with far greater accuracy than previously achieved. s. n. unknown books
1889002646S. l. Burlington VT: Van Ness and American Hotels 1889. First Edition. Good. Menu card; 6 3/4 x 4; beige card stock with a chromolithograph illustration of two birds standing on a branch on recto and text on verso; a few faint spots to left margin; two closed cuts to top and right edges; lower right corner creased; upper left corner with a small indentation most probably as published and starting out as a hole for tying a string through it; in about good condition. A beautiful menu it outlined a lavish multi-course dinner feast for December 24 1889 and was published by the Van Ness and American Hotels two landmark hotels in Vermont under joint management. Their proprietor was Urban Andrain Woodbury 1838 - 1915 - Civil War veteran businessman Mayor of Burlington Lieutenant Governor and 45th Governor of Vermont. The menu included Shoulder of Mutton Minced Beef on Toast Wine Jelly Chocolate Bavarian Cream etc. Interestingly enough the two birds in the illustration appeared to be to this untrained eye a pair of Western Tanagers songbirds of the Cardinal family found along the West Coast of North America from Baja California to Alaska and nowhere near Vermont. Van Ness and American Hotels unknown books
19121312225New York: The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co 1912. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 398 pages; fully bound in blue cloth front cover has gilt tooling spine has gilt tooling and lettering; binding has wear along the top and bottom edges with fraying at the top and bottom of the spine has mild rubbing on both covers and mild bumping on the fore edge corners; pages have dust build up along the top edge have age toning and have minor small pencil marking on the first and last endpapers; profusely illustrated; shelved case 13. 1312225. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co hardcover books
1930002562S. l.: s. n. 1930. First Edition. Very good. Small brochuren. d. ca 1930; 6 x 4; pp. 4; glossy stock with Avant-garde cover art; a bit of wear to tips of spine and corners; very good condition. Text in French. "<Here is Moscow> It is with these words that our daily broadcasts commence in French for audiences in France Belgium and Switzerland." Thus began the propaganda for Radio Moscow which started broadcasting in foreign languages - first in German closely followed by French and English - in 1929 and 1930. The text went on to assure listeners that they would hear up-to-date international and Soviet news and announcements from TASS Russian news agency and PCUS Central Committee of the Communist Party. It also described various programs of interest including "Boite aux lettres" "L'association <URSS-FRANCE> vous parle" "Science et avenir" and others. s. n. unknown books
