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188651232Boston: D. Lothrop & Company 1886. Second Edition. 16mo 17cm. Original brown cloth boards titled in gilt on front cover; 524pp. Tight clean Near Fine copy. <br /> <br /> A generally favorable treatment of Jewish religion and culture by a Gentile author; includes discussion of European antisemitism the Russian pogroms and Zionist movements. Preceded by an 1884 edition under the American Hebrew imprint. Both editions are uncommon. SINGERMAN Judaica Americana 3427. D. Lothrop & Company unknown
188659375Boston: D. Lothrop & Company 1886. Second Edition. 16mo 17cm. Original blue cloth titled in gilt on front cover; 524pp. Tight clean Near Fine copy. <br /> <br /> A generally favorable treatment of Jewish religion and culture by a Gentile author; includes discussion of European antisemitism the Russian pogroms and Zionist movements. Preceded by an 1884 edition under the American Hebrew imprint. Both editions are uncommon. SINGERMAN Judaica Americana 3427. D. Lothrop & Company unknown
188266235London: J. C. Nimmo & Bain 1882. Rubbed and grubby particularly spine front gutter a little strained foxed throughout period presentation inscription to verso of ffep pp clean and tidy. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. J. C. Nimmo & Bain Hardcover
1854P2901Paris: Pierre-Bertrand c.1854. Very Good. Notes: In 1846 the French government decided to send a mission to Persia an expedition led by the geographer Xavier Hommaire de Hell to carry out further investigations. Laurens a young artist who had studied in the studio of the painter Paul Delaroche was employed to record the course of their journey in a series of images that after his return in 1849 were used to illustrate Hommaire de Hell's Voyage en Turquie et en Perse 4 vols and atlas 1854-60. Despite the rigours of the journey and an attack of fever Laurens filled several sketch-books with his drawings of the people and landscapes they encountered. Image Size : 312x440 mm 12.28x17.32 Inches Platemark Size : Paper Size : 395x570 mm 15.55x22.44 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Medium: Lithograph Categories: Views Asia Middle East Iran; Pierre-Bertrand unknown
189765680Paris: Pierre Duffau 1897. Fine. Pierre Duffau Paris 1897 23 x 32 cm en feuilles First edition one of 40 copies on China ours one of the 10 copies out of business literati with remark and signature of Paul Albert Laurens . Nice copy despite tiny marginal freckles not serious at the head of some leaflets. Pierre Duffau unknown
1870009958New York/ Chicago: Ivison Blakeman Taylor & Co./ S.C. Griggs 1870. 'New and revised edition' . Black Cloth. VG for age & Genre. 14.5 Cm x 22.5 Cm. xii543; ex-Andover-Harvard Theological Library with their platediscard and release stamps to front pastedown another owner's small gilt label top same front gutter expertly repaired with white tae but gutter to verso front endpaper remains partly opened though secure blue lib.number verso t.p. remainder of text-block & rear endpaper & pastedown clean tight and completely unmarked top edge reasonably dust-free; covers appear clean and unworn bar routine corner-rubbing but on examination it is clear that the spine has been expertly relaid on black cloth presumably by the library and there is a small white lib.label ghost to lower spine. Despite faults an excellent copy of this treatise by Hickock an atypical U.S. 'mental & moral philosopher' of the time whose complex position was a kind of ultimately religious neo-Kantianism as far as I can figure. He also authored a companion 'Empirical Psychology'. Apaprently extremely rare with no copies listed on major web-sites at time of listing. The copyright entry date verso t.p. is 1861 but other sources give 1st ed. as 1849 his first book. Note: quoted non-UK shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight cost will be modified up or down as appropriate outside this range. <br/> <br/> Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co./ S.C. Griggs hardcover
1858130726007New York: D. Appleton and Company 1858. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition in uncommonly nice shape. New York: D. Appleton 1858. 397 pp. with two pages of ads at rear. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. Good Clean text. Private owner's bookplate on paste down. Spine sunned and a bit rubbed. Endpapers and edges foxed front hinge weak. Nice condition overall. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
18580083428New York: D. Appleton and Co 1858. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. By America's first systematic philosopher. Tall 8vo publisher’s pebbled brown cloth gilt with unusual plaid patterned endpapers a fine crisp and very likely never-read copy. 397 pp. According to an online encyclopedia “Although there was some trace of the ideas of Immanuel Kant in American philosophy before Hickok he was the first professor of philosophy in the United States to attempt to make systematic use of Kant and the post-Kantian German rationalists. Thus he was an important figure in the transition from the orthodox academic teaching of Scottish realism in the first half of the nineteenth century to the dominance of idealism in the latter part of the century.â€. D. Appleton and Co hardcover
185810780New York: Appleton 1858. First edition 8vo 397pp. plus ads; top of spine cracked binding soiled else a good sound copy or better in orig. terracotta cloth; ex-MHS. Appleton unknown
1858003046New York NY: D.Appleton and Company 1858. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Brown pebbled cloth with smooth brown spine wrap. Pebbled black title plate with gilt lettering to the spine. First Edition with matching dates to TP and CRP. Red/green/blue plaid EPs. This copy is VG. Ex- Library from St . Xavier College with minimal markings to TP and pocket residue to back paste down only.Exterior is rich and clean . Minimal wear to extremities. Gilt has rubbed but legible. Inside has PO armorial BP to front paste down. 2 pp. ads to rear. Text is unmarked firmly bound with very modest toning. SCARCE in the FE. . D.Appleton and Company Hardcover
1854P2946Paris: Pierre-Bertrand c.1854. Very Good. Notes: In 1846 the French government decided to send a mission to Persia an expedition led by the geographer Xavier Hommaire de Hell to carry out further investigations. Laurens a young artist who had studied in the studio of the painter Paul Delaroche was employed to record the course of their journey in a series of images that after his return in 1849 were used to illustrate Hommaire de Hell's Voyage en Turquie et en Perse 4 vols and atlas 1854-60. Despite the rigours of the journey and an attack of fever Laurens filled several sketch-books with his drawings of the people and landscapes they encountered. Image Size : 308x435 mm 12.13x17.13 Inches Platemark Size : Paper Size : 400x555 mm 15.75x21.85 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Medium: Lithograph Categories: Views Asia Middle East Iran; Pierre-Bertrand unknown
1848250501848. Fine. 1848 43.50 x 29.50 cm Dessin et lavis titre et date manuscrits au crayon noir en haut à droite par l'artiste. Original drawing and wash by Jules Laurens. Date and place inscribed in black pencil by the artist at the top right of the work November 1848. Presented in an antique varnished and gilt wooden frame under glass. Minor black mark at the upper left corner and a very small imperfection at the lower right corner; overall a well-preserved piece. Jules Joseph Auguste Laurens was a painter and lithographer born in Carpentras on 27 July 1825 died in Saint-Didier on 5 May 1901. From a family of five children Jules joined at the age of twelve his elder brother Jean-Joseph Bonaventure Laurens who had settled in Montpellier. He enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts in Montpellier alongside Alexandre Cabanel and mingled with the artistic circles of his brother. From 1842 to 1846 he stayed in Paris to complete his training admitted fifth out of 600 at the École des Beaux-Arts and worked in the studio of the painter Paul Delaroche. From 1846 to 1849 he traveled as a draftsman through Turkey and Persia as part of a scientific mission led by the geographer Hommaire de Hell. Despite the missions failure Hommaire de Hells death unpaid work Jules returned with several hundred sketches drawings and watercolors that nourished his artistic activity. These portfolios are now preserved at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in Avignon and in Carpentras Bibliothèque Inguimbertine and museums. From this journey he also brought back works of Qajar art later donated to the Musée Calvet in Avignon and the museum in Carpentras. Upon his return to the Comtat he contributed to the development of the Carpentras library-museum. A collector he donated numerous notable works by recognized contemporary artists Victor Hugo Ingres Auguste Bonheur Eugène Cicéri Gustave Doré etc. Known for his Orientalist paintings and portraits of peasants from Auvergne and Comtat it is in landscape art that he distinguished himself a follower of Corot and the Barbizon school. unknown
1833293108Paris.: Les Marchands de NouveauteÌs. 1833. Old floral patterned boards marbled top edge. Good moderate wear to covers light scattered foxing. 8vo. 17x11 cm. Tassaert after Desrais. French text. A nicely illustrated edition of this erotic counterculture classic. weight: 0.5 lb. 19 engraved plates. Les Marchands de NouveauteÌs. hardcover
187222378Lee and Shepard Publishers 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pebbled brown cloth gently bumped and rubbed at spine ends and corners gilt spine title bright. Pencil name to front free endpaper small piece of ffep edge missing else interior clean and sharp. A nice copy of scarce title. . 8vo. 362 pages Professional bookseller for twenty years. Orders shipped daily in cardboard bookfolds. Lee and Shepard Publishers hardcover
188529414Boston Massachusetts: D. Lothrop & Co 1885. Cloth. Near Fine. 4 5-423 1 pages. Small 8vo. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titling and debossed wave pattern in black ink. Previous owner's name J. V. Hannrd and date Sept '92 on front flyleaf with initials at head of title pages. A bright clean copy with minor spotting to the page edges and a few pages with foxing internally. Corner tips worn scratch to rear panel spine still bright. A much nicer copy than usually found. Cloth. "Anna Laurens Dawes May 14 1851 – September 25 1938 was an American author and anti-suffragist.She was the daughter of Henry Laurens Dawes October 30 1816 – February 5 1903 a Republican United States Senator and Representative of Massachusetts.<br /> <br /> Dawes created the Wednesday Morning Club in 1879 and was its president for sixty years. She later became a trustee of Smith College 1889–1896. In 1883 she secured governmental aid for the Leif exposition to search for Major General A. W. Greely who had been missing in the Arctic for three years. Dawes served on the board of the Chicago Columbian Exposition of 1892–1894 as well as the St. Louis Exposition of 1902–1904.<br /> <br /> Notable works include How We are Governed 1885 The Modern Jew: His Present and his Future 1886 A United States Prison 1886 An Unknown Nation 1888 Charles Sumner 1892 and The Indian as Citizen 1917." Wikipedia. D. Lothrop & Co unknown
18952012047751Ginn & Company 1895. 5th edition. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Ginn & Company hardcover
1854P2903Paris: Pierre-Bertrand c.1854. Very Good. Notes: In 1846 the French government decided to send a mission to Persia an expedition led by the geographer Xavier Hommaire de Hell to carry out further investigations. Laurens a young artist who had studied in the studio of the painter Paul Delaroche was employed to record the course of their journey in a series of images that after his return in 1849 were used to illustrate Hommaire de Hell's Voyage en Turquie et en Perse 4 vols and atlas 1854-60. Despite the rigours of the journey and an attack of fever Laurens filled several sketch-books with his drawings of the people and landscapes they encountered. Image Size : 310x440 mm 12.20x17.32 Inches Platemark Size : Paper Size : 400x570 mm 15.75x22.44 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Medium: Lithograph Categories: Views Asia Middle East Iran; Pierre-Bertrand unknown
1828ZB373404Washington: 1828. 2 pp issued as 20th Congress 1st Session HR 183; one leaf damp stained roughness at one margin reading copy only; the Hendersons feel they have a valid claim for approximately thirty thousand dollars outstanding from the accounts of Revolutionary War hero Colonel John Laurens the committee suggests the whole matter was resolved in 1790 with Laurens’ father and that their memorial be refused. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Washington: unknown
18115520Montpellier: Chez Jean Martel Ainé 1811. First edition. A scarce copy of St Laurens's thesis before the academic tribunal at the medical department of the University of Montpelier to obtain the title of doctor of medicine. No covers largely disbound with the gathers loosely sewn. complete. A clean and tidy copy despite the lack of covers! In ink "No 13" to the front cover. Presumably from an archive at some point. 20 pages. 28cm x 22.5cm. Conforms to WorldCat / OCLC: 758628900. Holdings in a few French libraries only. . Première édition. Exemplaire rare de la thèse présentée par St Laurens devant le jury académique de la faculté de médecine de l'université de Montpellier en vue d'obtenir le titre de docteur en médecine. Sans couverture largement déreliée avec les cahiers cousus de manière lâche. Complet. Un exemplaire propre et soigné malgré l'absence de couverture ! « N° 13 » écrit à l'encre sur la couverture avant. Probablement issu d'archives à un moment donné. 20 pages. 28 cm x 225 cm. Conforme à WorldCat / OCLC : 758628900. Disponible uniquement dans quelques bibliothèques françaises. Chez Jean Martel Ainé unknown
1871A42307New York: Ivison Blakeman Taylor & Company. Good. 1871. Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The front spine joint has cracking to the cloth starting at the top edge. There are smaller tears to the bottom front spine joint bottom rear spine joint and a very small one to the top rear spine joint affecting the cloth mainly and not the actual structure of the spine. The text pages are clean and bright. A previous owner has penciled his name and date on the half title page. "He took his degree at Union College in 1820. Until 1836 he was occupied in active pastoral work and was then appointed professor of theology at the Western Reserve College Ohio and later 18441852 at the Auburn Theological Seminary in Auburn New York. From this post he was elected vice-president of Union College and professor of mental and moral science. In 1866 he succeeded Dr. E. Nott as president but in July 1868 retired to Amherst Massachusetts where he devoted himself to writing and study. A collected edition of his principal works was published at Boston in 1875. The Archives and Special Collections at Amherst College holds a collection of his papers. " from Wikipedia . Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, & Company hardcover
1859021133Chicago : Ivison & Phinney 1859. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Good. 1859 Book: Good/ . Book: Good/ $100.81 EMPIRICAL PSYCHOLOGY; of the HUMAN MIND as GIVEN in CONSCIOUSNESS. for the USE of COLLEGES and ACADEMIES HICKOK Laurens P. Ivison & Phinney Chicago 1859 2nD Edition. Private Library Stamps Inside. Sun Browning On A Purple Cloth Colored Spine With Embossed Designs And Title In Gold Letters. Hard Cover Book: Good/ Condition Shelf Edge And Corner Wear. 400 Numbered Pages Printed On Tan Paper Trace Browning On Edges Spotting From Aging In Very Good/ Condition Clean And Tight To The Spine Shelf Edge And Corner Wear. Corners And Edges Are Worn Though In Places. Spine Cover Is Coming Loose. Spine Is Tight. D/j: None. This Is An Original Edition Not A Modern RePrint. Held Together With A Plastic And Paper Band To Prevent Any Further Damage Or Loss. This Item Will Be Sent Wrapped In Plastic Taped Shut And In A = Corrugated Mailing Box To Prevent Shipping Damage So That It Will Arrive In The Description Described Which Applies To This B00K Only. = No Odors No Writing No Other Names No Rippling Not Stuck Together Not X~Library No Other Marks. = Will Make It An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection Or As A Gift For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING AVAILABLE <br/> <br/> Ivison & Phinney hardcover
1854B39352Schenectady NY: G.Y. van Debogert 1854. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Presumed first edition 1854 hardcover with brown cloth boards octavo 400pp. not illustrated. Book VG with sun to spine gilt title on spine head legible spine ends and corners worn binding tight endpapers foxed and toned toning throughout text block with one page showing small tear that barely affects text. No DJ. RARE! G.Y. van Debogert hardcover
1857066529New York: Ivison & Phinney 1857. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Dark brown publisher's cloth blind debossed. Endpapers printed with a list of works from the American Educational Series published by Ivison and Phinney. 400 pp. About half of cloth has eroded revealing inner-binding. Page edges browned. Foxing throughout. Spots of staining on a few pages. Front and back joints weakening but binding still attached. Contains pencil inscriptions. Condition is fair. Full refund if not satisfied. Ivison & Phinney hardcover
1854P2902Paris: Pierre-Bertrand c.1854. Very Good. Notes: In 1846 the French government decided to send a mission to Persia an expedition led by the geographer Xavier Hommaire de Hell to carry out further investigations. Laurens a young artist who had studied in the studio of the painter Paul Delaroche was employed to record the course of their journey in a series of images that after his return in 1849 were used to illustrate Hommaire de Hell's Voyage en Turquie et en Perse 4 vols and atlas 1854-60. Despite the rigours of the journey and an attack of fever Laurens filled several sketch-books with his drawings of the people and landscapes they encountered. Image Size : 304x437 mm 11.97x17.20 Inches Platemark Size : Paper Size : 400x570 mm 15.75x22.44 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Medium: Lithograph Categories: Views Asia Middle East Iran; Pierre-Bertrand unknown
185939202Paris: MM. Paulin & Le Chevallier 1859. Very Good. A wonderful suite of 30 LITHOGRAPHS BY LAURENS ON CHINE APPLIQUÉ complete depicting scenery monuments and traditional costumes encountered during a train journey from Lyon to Sète or "Cette" as it is spelled here. Oblong folio 28 x 36 cm. Loose as issued in the original printed wrapper. A bit of marginal foxing on most of the lithographs else FINE AND BRIGHT. Housed in a board portfolio with ties back with cloth. A pristine set and extremely rare. <br/><br/> MM. Paulin & Le Chevallier hardcover