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1936RMITSKI00fpDewey Mitchell System of Skilled Defense Inc. 1936. Fine. Mitchell Dewey. Skilled Defense. Cleveland OH: Dewey Mitchell System of Skilled Defense Inc. 1936. 1st edition. 175pp. Illustrated. 4to. Book condition: Near fine. With many interesting photos with subjects in period dress. Scarce. Dewey Mitchell System of Skilled Defense, Inc. unknown books
1992174721New York: Robert Miller Gallery 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Features an introduction by Klaus Kertess. Includes 38 color plates of Joan Mitchell's pastels. A clean very near fine copy in illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. An attractive production printed at the Stinehour Press. Robert Miller Gallery unknown books
1889130140New York: Frederick A. Stokes & Brother 1889. Octavo pp. 1-7 8-78 79-80: blank note: last leaf is a blank the illustrations uncredited in this edition are by Mitchell original pictorial dark blue cloth front panel stamped in black white and gold. First edition. Mitchell's third book preceded by a work of nonfiction and THE ROMANCE OF THE MOON 1886 a children's fantasy. THE LAST AMERICAN is a short clever inversion of the lost race tale just then gaining popularity the lost race in this case being the Mehrikan people. We see America through the eyes of an admiral in the Persian navy about 1100 years in the future as an exploring party wanders through the ruins of New York City and Washington D. C. where the detachment encounters and kills the three last Americans. Mitchell's point aside from amusement seems to be the danger of unrestricted immigration which he indicates was the basic cause of America's downfall in the late twentieth century. Ultimately American civilization is destroyed by a catastrophic change of climate and this satire is significant as being one of the earliest SF stories to utilize the catastrophe motif. "A curious work certainly pessimistic and bitter in substructure yet superficially humorous in the Victorian mode." - Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1523. ". minor classic of the future ." - Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 158. Anatomy of Wonder 1976 2-112; 1981 1-125 ; 1987 1-66; 1995 1-66; and 2004 II-773. Bailey Pilgrims Through Space and Time p. 77. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 572. Clarke Tale of the Future 1978 p. 21. Lewis Utopian Literature p. 125. Negley Utopian Literature 796. Roemer The Obsolete Necessity p. 187. Suvin Victorian Science Fiction in the UK p. 39. Bleiler 1978 p. 141. Reginald 10184. BAL 14030. Wright III 3770. Cloth lightly rubbed at head and tail of spine panel else a fine bright copy. This book was reprinted many times; the first printing is decidedly uncommon especially in this condition. #130140 Frederick A. Stokes & Brother unknown books
194524203New York: Reprinted from the New Yorker 1945. FIRST EDITION. An offprint from the August 4 1945 issue of the New Yorker. Tiny tear to rear cover. Some minor soiling otherwise a very good to near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Uncommon. <br/><br/> Reprinted from the New Yorker unknown books
1877316316Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co 1877. First edition. 101pp. 8vo. Modern crimson cloth. First edition. 101pp. 8vo. "For some years I have been using with success.certain methods of renewing the vitality of feeble people by a combination of entire rest and of excessive feeding made possible by passive excerise obtained through the steady use of massage and electricity" Chapter I.<br/><br/>Mitchell used this resty cure on Charlotte Perkins Gilman and it provided her the idea for "The Yellow Wallpaper" a short story in which the narrator is driven insane by this treatment.<br/><br/>This treatment was also used on Virginia Woolf who wrote a savage satire of it in her novel Mrs. Dalloway : "you invoke proportion; order rest in bed; rest in solitude; silence and rest; rest without friends without books without messages; six months rest; until a man who went in weighing seven stone six comes out weighing twelve" G-M 4554 J.B. Lippincott & Co unknown books
1837017595Philadelphia PA: Grigg and Elliot 1837. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First edition 2nd issue. Octavo 8vo. 143 pages of text followed by 9 pages of advertisement. Hardcover: original printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine being moderately rubbed and soiled with a weakened front hinge; protected in archival myarl. Very good condition folded map tipped in facing title page with original outline hand-color; has a few small stains. Minor foxing scattered throughout text. Howes M689 second issue with title page corrected. Title page continues ".Also Suggestions to Emigrants Sketches of the Counties Cities and Principal Towns in the State: Together with a Letter on the Cultivation of the Prairies by the Hon H.L. Ellsworth. To which are Annexed the Letters from a Rambler in the West." Previous owner's name on front endpaper and front cover: J.C. Nash Rochester NY. Author is publisher Samuel Augustus Mitchell 1792-1868. Grigg and Elliot Hardcover books
1872271717Philadelphia: Mitchell Samuel Augustus Jr. 1872. unbound. Map. Steel engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 21" x 15".<br/><br/> Beautifully detailed double page map of California divided into counties showing major towns and cities routes railroads and waterways. Includes two insets of San Francisco-one the bay and its vicinity and the other a city plan. Centerfold shows wear. Minor foxing and edge wear and foxing below center right.<br><br> Samuel Augustus Mitchell Sr. 1792-1868 was one of the leaders in American cartography of the 19th century and pioneered the conversion of engraved map plates to more affordable lithographic plates. His son Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr. continued his father's successful mapmaking and publishing business and was one of the most prolific and renowned 19th century American publishers.<br/><br/> Mitchell, Samuel Augustus Jr. unknown books
1846219154Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell 1846. unbound. very good. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 13 7/8" x 11 3/8".<br/><br/> Great map of Georgia showing all counties railroads major routes and waterways. A table at the bottom of the page lists steam boat routes. Minor overall toning one small tear to bottom edge and a crease to upper left corner. Samuel Augustus Mitchell Sr. 1792-1868 is one of the pioneers in American cartography of the 19th century.<br/><br/> S. Augustus Mitchell unknown books
1846232287Philadelphia: H. N. Burroughs 1846. First. unbound. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 14 3/8" x 11 7/16".<br/><br/> Wonderfully graphic and colorful map of Michigan amidst four Great Lakes. The map includes towns and roads in addition to canals drawn in blue and railroads drawn in orange. A small inset on the left depicts the western part of the state. Beneath the title two tables list steam boat routes from Detroit to Fort Gratiot and Fort Howard. The map is in good condition with only minor chips along the binding edge of the paper outside the margin. Samuel Augustus Mitchell Sr. 1792-1868 published this map as part of the first edition of his seminal New Universal Atlas. Mitchell is one of the pioneers in American cartography of the 19th century and led the conversion of engraved map plates to more affordable lithographic plates. First edition if this classic map.<br/><br/> H. N. Burroughs unknown books
D14938London: W. Simpkin & R. Marshall. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Published circa 1820 a pencil note at bottom of title says 1815 this scarce book anonymous book is divided into two parts. The first is usually attributed to William Andrew Mitchell an essay on genius where the environment is argued to be more critical than hereditary factors and an "Enquiry into the Nature of Ghosts" that is also anonymous but to which the name William Newnham has been floated. The section on ghosts includes accounts of hauntings and variuous supernatural events. 8vo. 3/4 leather and marbled boards. Nice copy. <br/><br/> W. Simpkin & R. Marshall hardcover books
1948006956DuellSloan & Pearce 1948. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in like price clipped jacket. Author's Third Book. First Edition. Brilliant Fresh Copy. Duell,Sloan & Pearce Hardcover books
192951922New York: October 1928 and January 1929. Three brief letters on the Jerome Kern sale on Anderson Galleries stationery. In the first Kennerley states: "I have sent you separate mail a careless advance list of the manuscripts and books of Thomas Hardy in the Kern Library.I shall send you advance proofs of the catalogue as they come from the printer." In the second he writes: "I am enclosing the Kern prices. I did not attempt to send them to you by cable but I suppose you got them from the New York Times. The prices may startle you - as they did me - but what suprised me most was the wide distribution of buyers. In this sale Rosenbach bought only twenty percent as against sixty-eight percent in the Clawson sale. The Hardy manuscript was an enormous price but it was bought on order. It was the healthiest sale I have ever conducted." In the third Kennerley notes "I am having some bound sets of the Kern catalogues priced with the names of the buyers and shall send you a set very shortly. Nearly every book in the sale has been sold by the booksellers." <br/><br/> October 1928 and January unknown books
182655011New York: G. & C. Carvill 1826. First edition 8vo pp. 67 1; removed from binding wanting wrappers; old pressure stamp on title page else very good. Mitchell 1764-1831 a.k.a. "living encyclopaedia" and "Congressional Dictionary" was an American physician and naturalist educated in Edinburgh who taught at Columbia and later at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York. He also served in Washington as both a Representative and a Senator and was a great admirer of Jefferson. American Imprints 25406; Sabin 49741. <br/><br/> G. & C. Carvill unknown books
190558078London: Virtue and Company City Road 1905. 4to pp. 6 plus 30 chromolithograph plates from watercolor drawings; title page printed in red and black; original pictorial blue cloth stamped in red and white; white lettering on spine somewhat faded; very good the plates clean. <br/><br/> Virtue and Company, City Road hardcover books
1996165268London: Merrell Holberton Publishers 1996. Hardcover. VG Missing dust jacket. Small ink number on top of front end page otherwise an excellent copy with clean and tight contents. Black boards with gilt lettering. Illustrated endpapers. 480 pp. 315 illus mostly color. "Virtually all pictures illustrated are reproduced in their frame for the first time including works by Bellini Degas Liotard Manet Nattier Rosetti Titian Van Dyck and Velasquez. Many stimulating juxtapositions appear with Old Master and modern paintings bearing the same frame styles. At each stage the relationship between the picture and frame is discussed in terms of form decoration and colour. " - publisher's description. Merrell Holberton Publishers hardcover books
185622548np 1856. 12pp disbound several leaves loose generously margined. Caption title as issued. Minor wear else Very Good. An especially nasty piece of negative political campaigning attacking Hallett's private character during an 1856 Congressional contest in upstate New York. Mitchell trots out details of some private commercial litigation against Hallett along with some of Hallett's other transactions. "I do not know of a single case where a person has been benefited by dealing with Mr. Hallett; whereas on the contrary it is my candid opinion that there is not a single case where Mr. Hallett has had any dealings to any extent with any person or persons but what they are the worst off; except in cases where he has co-operated with sharks for their mutual interest in the destruction of others." Not on OCLC or in NUC or Sabin. unknown books
200513498JNew York: Scribner 2005. The classic novel signed by actor Fred Crane who appeared in the great 1939 film as Brent Tarleton Scarlett O’Hara’s suitor and he speaks the very first line in the film to Vivien Leigh on the porch at Tara. Signed with his name and that of his character in blue ink on the title page. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket. The late Fred Crane was the last surviving adult male actor from the film production. One of the most elaborate and difficult film productions of the Golden Age of American Cinema Gone With the Wind remains one of the most popular movies of all time. The film gave Clark Gable his most memorable role launched a two year search for an actress to play Scarlett O’Hara eventually making Vivien Leigh an international star won eleven Academy Awards and has had such an influence on popular culture that the film has generated continual appeal to new generations. From the time David O. Selznick purchased the film rights to the Margaret Mitchell novel for the then record sum of $50000 in 1936 he proceeded to spend the next three years bringing his masterpiece to the screen. Scribner unknown books
186078884Washington: Smithsonian 1860. hardcover. very good. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Bound with: Mitchell and Reichert Edward T. Researches upon the Venoms of Poisonous Serpents. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. With 5 chromolithographic plates. Two works in 1 vol. large 4to contemporary 1/2 cloth marbled boards. Washington 1860 and 1886. Very good.<br/><br/> First Editions. GM 2104; 2106. Mitchell 1829-1914 and Reichert showed snake venom to be protein in nature and demonstrated the presence of toxic albumins. Mitchell was one of the first to investigate the snake venoms; he was the first to point out that snake venom is a double not a single poison. Hideo Noguchi's great work done many years later had its origin in Michell's early researches.<br/><br/> Smithsonian unknown books
1865101084<p>Philadelphia 1865. Unbound colored engraved map decorative boarder 22 1/2"x 14 1/2". Slight toning and aging; overall bright and clear and in very good shape. Maps are wrapped with acid free board or in rigid sleeves. The Mitchell family started to produce atlases in 1846 and continued into the early 1890s. Around 1860 S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. took over and the atlas would be called Mitchell's New General Atlas. This is a colorful and attractive double page map of the United States from the 1865 installment. The Indian Territory is highlighted and Pensacola Bay and Norfolk Harbor are illustrated in two small insets. May require extra postage. Ristow 311-313</p> books
1855207430Philadelphia: Cowperthwait Desilver & Butler 1855. unbound. very good. Young J.H. Map. Engraving and lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 16" x 26.25".<br/><br/> Beautifully detailed map of the United States including insets of the Gold Region of California and the District of Columbia. Shows states and territories towns and cities major routes historic trails topographical features and mountain heights waterways battle sites and railroads completed and projected. Light creases to right corners. Samuel Augustus Mitchell Sr. 1792-1868 is one of the pioneers in American cartography of the 19th century.<br/><br/> Cowperthwait, Desilver & Butler unknown books
1839102172Engraved colored map 11" x16" smaller map inset included. Some soiling toning and browning a little occasional foxing a couple places with small miss coloring very slight decent margins; very good otherwise. This is a historically significant early Mitchell map of the United States from the Mitchell's School & Family Geography. Texas is shown as a separate country and part of the map is an inset featuring Mexico and Guatemala. Iowa Wisconsin Oregon Missouri are territories and not yet states. A somewhat sizeable section of land is presented as the Indian Territory. S. Augustus Mitchell, books
188034093Racine Virginia City 1880. Broadside 8.5" x 11". Brilliant illustration of the Mitchell Wagon in red and green colors at the head of the broadside. The name and address of the Buford Company of Virginia City Montana Agents for the Mitchell Wagon are in red type. Printed with different typesettings. The broadside lists nine reasons for buying the Mitchell wagon. Fine. <br/><br/> This rare attractive broadside was likely printed in the late 1880s or early 1890s. An advertisement by Mitchell & Lewis Co. for a similar model wagon with some similar wording is found in the Handbook of Agriculture Volume 6 by Wisconsin Farmer Institutes 1892 page 277. Henry Mitchell a native of Scotland served several years as an apprentice then immigrated to America. Settling near Chicago he became the first wagon manufacturer in the Northwest. In 1864 his son-in-law William T. Lewis joined him in the business; its name changed to Mitchell & Lewis Co. The business became one of the largest in the country. S.R. Buford a leading Virginia City citizen and businessman owned a dry goods store.<br/> One of the stated reasons for the Mitchell Wagon's pre-eminence is that "Henry Mitchell the oldest practical wagon manufacturer in the country superintends the construction of the Wagon and with his fifty-five years' experience a perfect wagon is guaranteed.<br/>OCLC 883858250 1- Newberry as of August 2017. unknown books
1910018237Cincinnati OH: Ebbert & Richardson. Good. 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on front board all edges gilt. Ex-library with remnants of rear pocket on rear pastedown library bookplates catalog written in blue ink on title page label with catalog number removed from spine. Boards have light soiling and wear to all edges; text block has light soiling. Inscribed by someone who likely knew the author: "To my dear friends the Robertsons in loving memory of the sweet spirit who wrote this. From G. H. T 24th August 1910." This book was published in memoriam of its author who died in 1909 at the age of 27. Daniel Mitchell Holmes was enamored with the Southwest exploring the area taking photographs and writing about the Santa Fe Trail the Zuni Hopi Navajo and the Anasazi. Scarce. ; Sepia-tone Photographs and Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 233 pp . Ebbert & Richardson hardcover books
2009535732009. ISBN-13: 9781584779384; ISBN-10: 1584779381. Kemble John Mitchell 1807-1857 editor. Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici. Originally published: London: Sumptibus Societatis 1839-1848. 6 volumes. 12 cxxix 321; xxiv 436; lii 468; xx 317; xv 403; xvi 359 pp. Reprinted 2009 2019 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584779384; ISBN-10: 1584779381. Hardcover. New. $250. An extensive study of more than 1400 Anglo-Saxon and Norman legal and administrative documents from Kemble's own collection the British Museum and various college and cathedral libraries. Includes introductory material and index in English. Text in Latin and Anglo-Saxon introductory material notes and index in English. Six volumes. 12 cxxix 321; xxiv 436; lii 468; xx 317; xv 403; xvi 359 pp. Reprint of the sole edition. "This work must remain the great original of all such undertakings and the pattern to be followed by all future editors of charters. Besides the exact knowledge of Anglo-Saxon and the skill in deciphering documents displayed by this book it presents though so unobtrusively as to be almost likely to escape notice proofs of an amazing amount of knowledge and critical acumen." -- Dictionary of National Biography X:1259. unknown books
1858027463Philadelphia: E.H. Butler & Company 1858. Quarto. 9 pages 23 unnumbered leaves. The maps are all from 1852 plates. OCLC shows copies are found at the Newberry and the Library of Congress. It has all 32 maps some of which are inset maps e.g. Galveston on the Texas map no. 13. Of particular interest is 1. no. 5 Map of the United States which shows New Mexico Territory which extends into what was later parts of Nevada and Colorado. The southern part of New Mexico was called Arizona but it was not until the Civil War that Arizona became a separate territory. This map was issued two years prior to the Gadsen Purchase. 2. no. 13 the State of Texas Besides showing Texas as it was after 1850 it also both in the insert and the full size map shows the range of the Comanche as well as the Apaches. This copy belonged to a Silas Wright of Greenwood. Bound in pictorial paper covered boards backed in black morocco some staining to boards small edge tears to spine toning or occasional spots of foxing to margins. A very good copy. E.H. Butler & Company unknown books
