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1804247484Hudson N.Y. 1804. 8 pp. printed in three columns. 4to. Old fold lines. Minor soiling and toning. Very good. In a tan half morocco and cloth folder spine gilt. 8 pp. printed in three columns. 4to. A single issue of this Upstate New York weekly newspaper which began publication in 1801. This issue contains the text of President Jefferson's Message to Congress of Nov. 8th. In his speech Jefferson discusses relations with foreign powers including the Delaware and other Indian tribes the Louisiana Purchase; the United States Navy; and the federal budget. Critical of Jefferson Croswell would later be tried for libel and defended before the Supreme Court by Alexander Hamilton. The publication of this weekly newspaper would continue through 1807. unknown
1900102634<p>No place no date but French c. 1900. Each mark pasted on a single sheet of thin paper 17 x 22 cm. Most with an identification in ink at the bottom of the sheet. paper browned uniformly and eight sheets with rodent damage not affecting the image.</p><p>A curious collection. The marks and vignettes are mostly French Paris even but there are marks from all over France and also a few European: Milan Genève Bruxelles Madrid most identify 19th century printers and publishers but there are a few earlier ones. Some printers and publishers are represented with more than one mark some identical but mostly with slight differences.</p>
1879016965Edinburgh/Chester: Adam and Charles Black/Catherall and Prichard 1879. SEVENTH EDITION A&C Black. Full green limp cloth hardcover with gilt stamed designs on the spine and gilt lettering gilt design centered on the front cover the binding is shot with a split through the cloth at the front board. Front cover almost detached map endpapers and fold out map torn but complete. Numerous plates showing Wales. Overall in POOR condition. A reading/scanning copy. . Full Cloth. Poor. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Adam and Charles Black/Catherall and Prichard Hardcover
189132609Albany: Joel Munsell's Sons 1891. First Edition. Soft cover. Good/fair. Quarto. 8 211 pages 8. Red flexible boards with black illustrated title on the front cover and black title on the spine. Includes tan illustrated dust jacket. Edges shaded red are partially faded. Light edge wear to the red covers and spine. Dust jacket has light toning soil edge chips and splits at the flap folds. Small "nick" to the text foredge. Joel Munsell's Sons unknown
185635940Philadelphia: D. Rice & A. N. Hart 1856. Later printing. Leather bound. Fair. Tall quartos. 4 volumes. Unpaginated. Illustrated with steel engraved portraits. Brown leather bindings with embossed covers raised bands on spines and gilt titles on spines. All edges gilt. Leather is rubbed along the joints corners and board edges. Leather is torn bottom of volume 3. Light to moderate toning and scattered foxing to all volumes. Volume 1 has two frontispieces including a portrait of George Washington as a young officer. Volume 4 front board reattached and front hinge repaired. All volumes have the previous owner printed name labels of C. P. Crawford on the front paste downs. C. P. Crawford was a Confederate Captain during the Civil War. He practiced law in Milledgeville Georgia after the war. D. Rice & A. N. Hart unknown
1850List1315Britton and Rey 1850. Single sheet measuring 8 ¼ x 10 ¾ inches on blue wove paper. Small chip to corner not affecting image some older tape repairs verso at margins else fine very good plus overall and quite attractive. Very Good. A series of four illustrations telling the story of a mining party that heads out with a pack mule only to fail to find gold and lose their mule before returning to a new prospect with their clothes in shambles. This is entry 209 in Baird’s California’s Pictorial Letter Sheets in which he sets the publication date as being prior to 1855. The series possibly illustrates scenes from a song. A particularly fine example on the classic blue wove paper of the period. unknown
185527567Concord New Hampshire: Rufus Merrill and Co 1855. Reissue. Pamphlet. Very good condition. Eleven birds are illustrated including an Australian lyrebird. Descriptions of eight birds appear including the swallow the Lyre bird Boat-Bill of Brazil the Roseate Spoonbill blue jay hoopoe robin belted kingfisher & the dove. 12mo pamphlet stitched binding 16pp & orig. tan printed wrappers entitled "Book about Birds". With ads for a general assortment of Merrill publications on the back wrapper. Rufus Merrill and Co unknown
185024414Concord New Hampshire: Rufus Merrill and Co 1850. Wraps. Very good condition. Eleven birds of the world are illustrated including a full page woodblock illustration of an Australian lyrebird. Descriptions of eight birds appear including the swallow the Boat-Bill of Brazil the Roseate Spoonbill blue jay hoopoe robin belted kingfisher & the dove. <br /> <br /> 12mo 16pp. Original pale green printed wrappers entitled "Book about Birds" with the original hand stitching. Publisher's advertisement on the back wrapper. Good impression the woodblock illustrations dark and crisp. Wrappers slightly marked short diagonal split at rear wrapper. Rufus Merrill and Co paperback
184513990Concord New Hampshire: Rufus Merrill and Co 1845. Pamphlet. Children's chapbook entitled "Book about Birds". With advertisements for a general assortment of Merrill publications on the back wrapper. Eleven birds are illustrated including an Australian lyrebird. Descriptions of eight birds appear including the swallow the Boat-Bill of Brazil the Roseate Spoonbill bluejay hoopoe robin belted kingfisher & the dove. 12mo pamphlet with stitching 16pp & original tan printed wrappers. Slight watermark on all pages except for the front wrapper. Housed in a handsome small brown cloth slipcase with gilt title on the front board. Rufus Merrill and Co unknown
184419643Concord NH: Rufus Merrill Low's Brick Block -- up stairs 1844. Very good overall. Includes engravings of the belted king fisher golden pheasant ring neck pheasant of China California quail found in California and other parts of Mexico Chilean sea eagles Bird of Paradise New Guinea South Seas and Carolina Parrot "these birds are rapidly diminishing". Small 8vo 24pp frontispiece 22 engravings in text. Pictorial yellow paper wraps titled & illustrated in black on the front cover with a full page illustration of the peacock at the rear wrapper. Wrappers slt dusty lower corner chipped; some fox spotting internally. The cover illustration is signed in type by the illustrator H. G. Eastman; engraved by Henry Walker Herrick. Rufus Merrill, Low's Brick Block -- up stairs paperback
184933033Portland: Davis & Southworth 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. viii 9-340 pages. Brown cloth hardcover with blind stamped decorated covers and gilt title on the spine. Edge and shelf wear to the cloth binding. Pencil index notes on front paste down. 1946 gift inscription in blue pen on right front end sheet. Light toning to the text. A fair or better copy. <br /> <br /> Sabin 41590. Davis & Southworth hardcover
187131645New York: De Witt C. Lent & Co. Stereotyped at The Women's Printing House New York 1871. Wraps. Good. Approx. 9.5" x 7.5" stiff color illustrated wraps. 23 pages. Contents illustrated in black in white. Light edge wear to extremities. De Witt C. Lent & Co. Stereotyped at The Women's Printing House New York unknown
187335377Boston: Briggs & Co. Publishers 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 9 advertisements on yellow card stock 274 pages 92 pages "Vermont Business Directory Advertising Department" 3 advertisements on yellow card stock. Brown paper printed covers. Dark cloth spine with gilt title. Scuff mark on the spine. Advertisements pasted on the front and rear paste downs. Printed advertisements on the covers. Several non page numbered advertisements throughout the directory. The majority of advertisements are illustrated with a few in color. Briggs & Co., Publishers hardcover
1889049824Chicago: W.S. Dunbar & Co. Front hinge cracked inside some wear to the leather. Some signatures lightly sprung. Still tight and overall antiquarian look and good condition to it. Rare - only 3 copies located in Worldcat at this time 2020. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall . Good Condition. Original Sculpted Leather Hbk. 1st. 1889. W.S. Dunbar & Co. hardcover
187228881Olympia: Murphy & Harned 1872 1872. First edition. Streeter 3258; Graff 2936; Howes M910. Upper hinge skillfully repaired; edges a little rubbed and darkened; very good complete copy enclosed in a chamshell case. 8vo original black calf spine and printed light blue-green paper boards. 1-71 1 116 unnumbered pages; three inserted advertisements printed in color; two title-pages; advertisements on the upper and lower boards and endpapers. The first business directory to Puget Sound printed in Olympia by R. H. Hewitt's Excelsior Job Printing. The directory is divided into two parts. The first contains a general sketch of Washington Territory with descriptions of the abundance of fish plentiful forests beautiful but challenging geography a guide for tourists suggestions for immigrants railroads agriculture and a substantial final section nine pages on Washington's Indians who the compilers maintain "will soon be among the past." The second part with a slightly different title-page contains descriptions of individuals towns with accompanying advertisements for the local businesses including most prominently Seattle Olympia and Port Townsend followed numerous small "milling towns" after which the compilers stretch the boundaries of Puget Sound and Washington Territory to include a few other locations from Portland Oregon to Victoria B.C. Olympia: Murphy & Harned, (1872) unknown
188626923Nashville TN: Sentinel Co. Publishers 1886. Very Good -. Nashville TN: Sentinel Co. Publishers 1886. First Edition. Quarto. 209-224 4 pp. advertisements. Illustrated red wraps. Chipping to edges of wraps and binding holding. Wraps and pages brittle and delicate. Interior shows intermittent chipping though text unaffected; mild toning and unmarked. Nearly Very Good. <br /> <br /> Scarce southern newspaper full of articles of course centering on the Civil War reminiscences and ongoing issue including "The Confederate Women in the War of the Rebellion" and "The Confederacy Relics Hid Away in Washington." Several advertisements to wraps and illustrated map to rear wrap "The Centrality of NASHVILLE TENN. exhibited with reference to its eligibility for the National Encampment G.A.R. 1887. No copies in retail and two holdings of any issue in OCLC as of June 2023. Sentinel Co. Publishers unknown
1885MASTER239718ICOLUMBUS OH.: A. H. SMYTHE. G IN BROWN CLOTH WITH GILT LETTERING. NO DJ. Pages: 224. . 1885. HARDCOVER. BOARDS LIGHTLY STAINED SCUFFED & EDGEWORN. PREV. OWNER INSCRIPTION FFEP. PAGES CLEAN BINDING TIGHT. . A. H. SMYTHE hardcover
1890136702New York: Ackermann Bro's c1890. Undetermined. near fine. Original Stereo view photograph probably silver print. 7.5 X 15 CM photographic image made up of two square images side by side affixed to peach coloured studio card with rounded corners 9 X 17.75 cm. Clean photograph with only very slight fading title to bottom left of second image. Longer edges of card curl upwards very slightly. In beautiful condition with crisp detailing. near fine An interesting historic view of main street Winnipeg. 1890 Ackermann Bro's unknown
18805411880. Lithograph. 390mm by 280mm image. Detailed map of New Zealand with insets of Tasmania and map showing position of Australia and New Zealand.<br /> Shows roads rivers mountains lakes etc. Counties delineated with a key.Adam & Charles Black were among the leading publishers of atlases and travel books in the 19th Century England.Acid free mount. unknown
1900040243Pittsburgh Buffalo Chicago: Axtell Bush & Co 1900. First Editions. Softcover. Very Good. 32pp per issue folio; occasional illustrations in the text. Present are: Vol. XXIII Nos. 41 43 46 47 49 51; Vol. XXIV Nos. 6 11 12 15 19 20 23 25 31 32 35 37 38. Condition is very good to fine except number 38 with edges of covers chipped. Bound in pictorial tan wrappers. 15" x 11" Motto: "Only the best is good enough for the Good Farmer and his family." These issues contain a variety of agricultural news and advice on specific topics along with regular departments: Swine Department; Horse and Horseman; Dairy Department; Poultry Department; Horticulture; The Household; letters and literary contributions from readers; many illustrated advertisements. Axtell, Bush & Co unknown
1847437334London : The Proprietors 1847. 1st edition. Hardcover. 7 volumes in different bindings: 6 good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine worn and cracked; panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age-- 1 volume has the front board detaching. 1 poor copy in marbled boards backed in aniline-calf spine taped and detaching. Foxing and worming to the pages across de 7 volumes. Physical description; 7 volumes 24 x 35 cm. Subjects; Horticulture England ; Periodicals. Agriculture England ; Periodicals. Gardening ; Periodicals. Gardening Great Britain ; Periodicals. Ornamental horticulture ; Periodicals. Ornamental horticulture Great Britain ; Periodicals. Plants Ornamental Great Britain ; Periodicals. Gardening Great Britain ; Periodicals. London : The Proprietors hardcover
18905166London: J. Braill & Son 1890. Aquatint printed in colours and finished by hand. A fine copy of this excellent late example of the racing aquatint.<br/> <br/> The heyday of the racing aquatint in Britain was probably about 1830 but the present example shows that the art had not died out even sixty years later. The print is unfortunately unsigned but aside from the process used the style of painting is charming and recalls the work of John Frederick Herring and his contemporaries. J. Braill & Son unknown
1874034094Boston: Briggs & Co. 1874. Published 1874. Comprehensive directory to Connecticut's business and industry with considerable illustrated advertising printed on bright yellow or blue paper additional illustrated advertising on plain white paper a few on green paper plus full color ad for Mudge Printers of Boston. Worn copy with printed orange covers black replacement spine all covered over with reinforcing clear tape spine label made by a mechanical label maker old gauze adhesive tape beneath the clear tape in a couple of areas 9.25" tall 1.75" thick. Other than the external issues internally surprisingly good with good hinges sound text block clean pages some with a few old pencil notes. Covers business throughout state. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Briggs & Co. Hardcover
1883034089Boston: Briggs & Co. 1883. Published 1883. Comprehensive directory to Connecticut's business and industry with considerable illustrated advertising printed on bright yellow paper additional illustrated advertising on plain white paper a few on light purple paper plus full color ad for American Encaustic Tile. Externally heavily worn light orange printed paper covered hardcover wtih brown cloth spine spine lettering faded but legible 9.5" tall 2.75" thick. Covers considerably rubbed and scuffed with an indentation to the front cover hinges cracked but secure endpapers a little bubbled with some soil very narrow dampstains to the outer margins of the first four pages advertisements on yellow paper between pages 222/223 and 344/345 removed otherwise appears complete. Covers businesses throughout the state. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Briggs & Co. Hardcover
1897014026Bournemouth: Bright & Son 1897. Coloured linen backed map. Map measures 53x105.cm in 27 sections. Light wear on folds. Map in good clean condition. F. Very Good. Bright & Son unknown
