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1817C031726 ad2822 ad pages. Small octavo 7 3/4" x 4 3/4" bound in original stiff boards with spine label in black lettering. Hagedorn: 3. 1817 First American edition.<br /><br />This is the third chess book published in the United States and was not noted by Fiske in his bibliographical work. A revised edition was also published in 1817. Fisk first notes this in 1824 as a reprint of the London 1806 edition and notes that it was reprinted in England in 1809 1813 1819 and at other times. The name of the compiler has never been made public. The miscellaneous collection of anecdotes essays and poems at the end is not without interest.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Corners bumped and rubbed paper hinges cracked spine rubbed former owner's label on front paste down else a good to very good copy of a very scarce chess item. M Carey and Son hardcover books
OTF-S-9780316224352Wentworth Press. New. BRAND NEW GIFT QUALITY! NOT OVERSTOCKS OR MARKED UP REMAINDERS! DIRECT FROM THE PUBLISHER! Wentworth Press unknown
1890HVD-62896-A-0Private Printing. Good with no dust jacket. 1890. Private Printing. Hardcover. 111 pages; Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. Minor foxing on the exterior edges of textblock. Some speckles on some pages. Light fading on spine. Light to moderate rubbing on the covers. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings on text pages. ; Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. . Private Printing hardcover
1890HVD-62897-A-0London: Private Printing. Good with no dust jacket. 1890. Private Printing. Hardcover. 97 pages; minor markings on a few pages. Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. Light wear on the front spine joint. Light rubbing on the covers. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings on text pages. ; Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. . Private Printing hardcover
1803242928London: W. J. Richardson 1803. First. hardcover. very good. With a variety of Curious and Entertaining Illustrations LACKING. 140 pages WITH 3 other titles listed below. Slim 12mo full brown polished calf ornately gilt spine rubricated edges; inner hinges strengthened. London: W.J. Richardson 1803. First Edition. A nice clean copy of a very scarce book.<br/> <br/> Specimens of the Yorkshire Dialect.Likewise A Glossary.to Which is Added Ducks and Green Peas; or the Newcastle Rider also The Newcastle Apothecary. 24 pages. Knaresbrough: Langdale 1844. Fifth Edition. BOBBIN Tim II. Plebeian Politics or the Principles and Practices of Certain Mole-eyed Maniacs Vulgarly Called Warrites By Way of Dialogue Betwixt Two Lancashire Clowns Together with Several Fugitive Pieces. Copper frontispiece portrait of Bobbin and illustrated title page. 60 pages. Manchester: S. Ruffell. BOBBIN Tim. The Lancashire Dialect; or the Adventures and Misfortunes of a Lancashire Clown in a Dialogue.Fold-out hand colored copperplate 24 pages. London: William Cole.<br/> <br/> W. J. Richardson unknown
1803242928London: W. J. Richardson 1803. First. hardcover. very good. With a variety of Curious and Entertaining Illustrations LACKING. 140 pages WITH 3 other titles listed below. Slim 12mo full brown polished calf ornately gilt spine rubricated edges; inner hinges strengthened. London: W.J. Richardson 1803. First Edition. A nice clean copy of a very scarce book.<br/><br/> Specimens of the Yorkshire Dialect.Likewise A Glossary.to Which is Added Ducks and Green Peas; or the Newcastle Rider also The Newcastle Apothecary. 24 pages. Knaresbrough: Langdale 1844. Fifth Edition. BOBBIN Tim II. Plebeian Politics or the Principles and Practices of Certain Mole-eyed Maniacs Vulgarly Called Warrites By Way of Dialogue Betwixt Two Lancashire Clowns Together with Several Fugitive Pieces. Copper frontispiece portrait of Bobbin and illustrated title page. 60 pages. Manchester: S. Ruffell. BOBBIN Tim. The Lancashire Dialect; or the Adventures and Misfortunes of a Lancashire Clown in a Dialogue.Fold-out hand colored copperplate 24 pages. London: William Cole.<br/><br/> W. J. Richardson unknown books
186157404London: Smith Elder & Company. 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary half leather with marbled boards spine gilt. Very scarce. Rubbing spine gilt mostly rubbed away edge and corner wear. Eps toned/soiled. Mild foxing to textblock edge. Rear hinge starting but holding. Published anonymously often attributed to Smith Elder. The story follows a man who leaves England to explore the wilderness of Australia during the mid-19th century. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 302;259 pages . Smith, Elder & Company hardcover
1852W1705Preston England: George Cartwright 1852. Rare original daguerreotype stereoview picturing the plaster sculpture by Irish-born sculptor John Henry Foley 1818-1874 that was exhibited at the 1851 Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace. An albumen print by Claude-Marie Ferrier is featured in Anthony Hamber's monumental work Photography and the 1851 Great Exhibition but the photographer for this daguerreotype stereoview is as yet unidentified. Hamber mentions that the Victoria and Albert Museum has a copy of this stereoview in their collection. Strangely enough the V&A misidentifies the image as "Bacchus Being Fed Grapes by Venus" and makes no mention of the Foley sculpture. That is the only other copy of this daguerreotype stereoview I have been able to locate. On the verso of our stereoview is Cartwright's label as well as a handwritten identification of the subject. The daguerreotype is in excellent condition with no bleeding at the edges. The cloth backing is original and undisturbed though there is some evidence of the usual separation of the glass from the black painted border surrounding the daguerreotype. First Edition. Glass. Very Good. 3 3/4" by 6 3/4". Photo. George Cartwright
1889HVD-62927-A-0Private Printing. Good with no dust jacket. 1889. Private Printing. Hardcover. 103 pages; Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. Moderate shelf wear fading and some discoloration on the covers and spine. Spine was reinforced with clear tape. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings on text pages. ; Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. . Private Printing hardcover
190044682Great Britain: Privately photographed ca 1900-1930. 1900-1930. AUTOMOTIVE MACHINERY. Four original cloth oblong quarto photograph albums tied with red cord containing 462 photographs predominately 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" in size. An extensive array of images of British traction engines from the early 20th century totaling 462 photographs. The images depict the tractors in a number of settings at work in sales lots and as victims of accidents. A number are captioned in the images and are clearly intended for use as sales tools. An excellent and quite large collection of photographs of early 20th-century industrial machines in England and Scotland. Light wear and dust soiling to covers. A few photographs loose. Images generally crisp and clear. Very good plus condition. Privately photographed [ca 1900-1930]. hardcover
1891HVD-62928-A-0Private Printing. Good with no dust jacket. 1891. Private Printing. Hardcover. 102 pages; Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. Light shelf on the spine joints. Light fading on spine. Light rubbing on the covers. Minor chipping on the head of the spine. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings on text pages. ; Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. . Private Printing hardcover
1804RARE55FREDRICK-TOWN: MATTHIAS BARTGIS 1804. Leather_bound. Good . This two hundred year-old book is one of the earliest printed works of the newly formed United States of America pages are tanned but still supple. The boards are warped but the original leather binding is intact. It is stamped on the front and termal endpapers with the name S.E. Clakins 1847. The dark area in the picture is from the scan and not in the text. MATTHIAS BARTGIS hardcover
184673071The Society for Promotong Christian Knowledge London 1846. hardback. near very good condition in brown cloth with some wear. The spine has brown tape with gold lettering and the hinges also have brown tape possibly for reinforcement. the paktesa are hand colored and have a bit of foxing. there is a pen name on the front end page. Shipping via USPS The Society for Promotong Christian Knowledge, London hardcover
10229Anonymous. Anonymous. ZOO. Lithograph 1936. 23 1/4 x 16 3/8 inches. Signed in the plate lowe left "JOHN Werbedrucke/Berlin SO36" and upper left "Osten-Sachsen." Stylistically very suggestive of Ludwig Hohlwein who did a poster for the Berlin Zoo but we were unable to find any reference to support this work as being his. A strong graphic image in excellent condition. unknown
1755W1956Paris: L'Iimprimerie d'Antoine Boudet 1755. xxix 1 446 2 pages plus 17 fold-out plans; and vi 120 pages. First editions. The first book written by French military tactician François-Jean de Mesnil-Durand 1729-1799 and his revision written 3 years later bound together in a single volume. In a contemporary leather binding. Ex-library from the long-defunct library of the U. S. Army Engineer School. The book is in about very good condition: joints split but boards held securely by both cords and hinges; internally clean--pages only lightly toned. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book. L'Iimprimerie d'Antoine Boudet Hardcover
1934012307New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1934. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition with F&R colophon on copyright page. Fine in very good to near fine dust jacket. <br/> <br/> Farrar & Rinehart hardcover
1765154541London: Printed for W. Nicoll 1765. 12mo two volumes pp. 1-2 i-iii iv-x xi-xiv 1 2-336; i-viii 1 2-358 full calf all panels ruled in gold edges speckled red. First edition. Highway robbery piracy on the Thames murder rape a midwife tried for "not doing his duty" and more. Female miscreants are well represented. Many of the cases concern conspiracy forgery. counterfeiting and fraud. ESTC T114036. Half titles present lacks front free endpaper in volume II a very clean attractive copy. Scarce in commerce. #154541 Printed for W. Nicoll unknown books
182128800Madrid: Imprenta que fue de García por su regente 1821. Small 8vo. 2 vols. in one. I: viii 215 pp. II: 222 pp. <br><br>Supposedly "traducida de la quinta edicion del francés al castellano: refundida y aumentada por el autor y adiccionada por el traductor D.A.P.Z.G i.e. Don Agustín Pérez Zaragoza Godínez. A satiric and supposedly true account of deceptive business practices by men of industry and the stratagems of con artists swindlers and thieves.<br>Â Â Â Â WorldCat locates only three U.S. libraries reporting ownership. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Palau 115383. 20th-century acid-stained sheep round spine gilt devices in center of compartments. Two red leather spine labels. Very nice. Imprenta que fue de García, por su regente hardcover books
174858823A La Haye: Unknown. 1748-1761. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary plain blue-grey paper boards. An 18th century sammelband comprising three titles and decorated with two title vignettes and three internal woodcut headings. Lacks the page s before the first title page. Text in French. Some staining to edges of upper board and some staining to upper margins around the gutter on approximately one third of the pages. A small hidden library of radical Enlightenment thought.; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 101323 124 pages . Unknown hardcover
177045899London: Printed for the Editor. and Sold By J. Swan Et Al. Very Good. 1770. First Edition. Hardcover. Contemporary calf. Chipped label. Gilt decor to spine. Edges worn tape reinforcement to front hinge. Old names to title page which is partially detached. Pp vii 560 5 table of contents. Contents generally VG. Scarce item. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Printed for the Editor. and Sold By J. Swan, Et Al hardcover
4060N.P. Late 19th century. Comprised of four manuscript pages on four unlined legal sheets composed in a single hand in pencil. Trifold lines on each. Text incomplete. Possibly an essay the use of brackets and underlining for emphasis heavily imply that the present work was intended for public reading. Anonymous in nature the writer's gender geography and age remain unknown. What becomes clear however in the document left behind is that logical arguments for women's rights were becoming mainstream and familiar across the country and were being used widely in grassroots efforts.<br/><br/>As the National Woman Suffrage Association geared up for the next phase of its campaign at the turn of the century its rising leader Carrie Chapman Catt increased the number of pamphlets and printed materials being distributed on the organization's behalf. These provided pro-suffrage activists with rhetorical responses phrases arguments and a vocabulary that was unified and shared across the cause. Many of them are present throughout this speech suggesting Catt's success in reaching and shaping grassroots activity. "Taxation without representation" "Will the balloy benefit the working woman is the question of the hour" and "'The exercise of the right of the franchise will degrade woman' is a narrow minded coward's device" are only a few examples of how this piece links to a more national movement. <br/><br/>Susan B. Anthony Elizabeth Cady Stanton and their protege Catt were also aligned in using reason logic law and economics as the basis for women's equality arguments. The present speech occasionally departs into broader praise for women's contributions -- for example to the Cotton State International Exhibition and to the World's Fair at Chicago -- but it leans most directly into an economic argument. Tackling the misguided anti-suffrage claim that giving women the vote or giving women equal pay will threaten male power the writer shows how equality in both fields will be to the benefit of all parties. Income inequality the writer reasons is a root cause of poverty. "A man will set his price upon his labor and if he cannot get it will fold his hands and say 'I can't afford to work for less wages and will not' and if there is no woman who will come to the rescue and take the position for less the employer pays the man his price; but it is no unusual thing for the wife and daughters of the man to support him through the interim or even longer on half wages." Ultimately "women who can do as efficient work as man and as much of it and are faithfull in the discharge of their duties deserve as much pay." The same argument is then applied to the franchise to the combining of men and women's voices to create political change and to shape the future.<br/><br/>A research rich opportunity for studying activist rhetoric the spread and use of activist vocabularies grassroots versus national campaigns and the connection of economic and employment concerns to the vote. unknown books
1690117037Cologne et Amsterdam : Chez Pierre Marteau et Chez AndreÕ van Hogenhuysen 1690. 135x85mm. 45 48 80 31 pages bandeaux lettrines reliure cartonnage marbr. Dchirures au dos et reste dÕanciennes tiquettes de cotation sur les bords du dos. Intrieur propre. A faire relier. 109 Chez Pierre Marteau et Chez AndreÕ van Hogenhuysen unknown
18203200British Isles: c. 1820. Fine condition. A scarce and charming original early nineteenth century watercolor painting on wove paper. 8.25 x 7.75 inches 209 x 196 mm. The painting has been tipped onto ecru wove album paper of the period as was the custom yet the watercolors remain vibrant and rich. Although the origin of this lovely painting is unknown a refined and experienced hand clearly created this detailed and elegant composition. Seated on a small wooden block a Chinese Canister Maker solders circular sheets of tin with melted lead creating the vessels for tea and other dry goods. On the foreground two iron skillets holding lead are melting over open makeshift flames. Assorted tools of the forger's trade surround the craftsman. The details are fine; both the tones and shading display the painter's astute understanding of composition and perspective. The artist no doubt was an armchair or "parlor" watercolorist likely an aristocratic gentlewoman or man who sought inspiration from the vast array of published volumes complete with engraved plates of the trades and costumes of the then exotic regions of the globe. The trades and costumes of China were well documented by the turn of the nineteenth century thus the inspiration seems apparent. Archivally framed in double Ivory French matting with 1" neo-classical gilt moulding glazed with Conservation Glass. Sized to 17 1/2 inches square. unknown
18203198British Isles: c. 1820. Fine condition. A scarce and charming original early nineteenth century watercolor painting on wove paper. 7.75 x 5.75 inches 196 x 146 mm. The painting has been tipped onto ecru wove album paper of the period as was the custom yet the watercolors remain vibrant and rich. Although the origin of this lovely painting is unknown a refined and experienced hand clearly created this balanced composition of a Chinese shoemaker seated between two large woven baskets attending to his stitching of leather bits. The details are fine; both the tones and shading display the painter's astute understanding of composition and perspective. The artist no doubt was an 'armchair or parlor' watercolorist likely an aristocratic gentlewoman or man who sought inspiration from the vast array of published volumes complete with engraved plates of the trades and costumes of the then exotic regions of the globe. The trades and costumes of China were well documented by the turn of the nineteenth century thus the inspiration seems apparent. Archivally framed in Ivory rag matting with neo-classical gilt moulding. hardcover
18203201British Isles: c. 1820. Fine condition. A scarce and charming original early nineteenth century watercolor painting on wove paper. 7.25 x 8. 3/8 inches 184 x 215 mm. The painting has been tipped onto ecru wove album paper of the period as was the custom yet the watercolors remain vibrant and rich. Although the origin of this lovely painting is unknown a refined and experienced hand clearly created this detailed and elegant composition. Here a young porter shoulders two hanging trays brimming with flowering pots and baskets. The details are fine; both the tones and shading display the painter's astute understanding of composition and perspective. The artist no doubt was an armchair or "parlor" watercolorist likely an aristocratic gentlewoman or man who sought inspiration from the vast array of published volumes complete with engraved plates of the trades and costumes of the then exotic regions of the globe. The trades and costumes of China were well documented by the turn of the nineteenth century thus the inspiration seems apparent. Archivally framed in double Ivory French matting with 1" neo-classical gilt moulding glazed with Conservation Glass. Sized to 17 1/2 x 20 inches. unknown
