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183710230112mo 5" x3"0 embossed folding case gilt title on top cover colored folding map 15" x 12". Some wear to case extremity but in very nice condition map with some normal aging and browning colors bright and crisp; a very nice copy. 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 nice early pocket map of the state of Illinois. Ristow 311-313. S. Augustus Mitchell books
1846WRCAM51708Philadelphia 1846. Folding handcolored pocket map 12 1/2 x 15 inches. Tipped into original 12mo. cloth folder. Separating at corner folds. Light soiling and foxing. Light wear to folder. Good. A pocket variation of Mitchell's map of Mexico and Guatemala. "This is based largely on 1845 FREMONT" - Wheat. Mitchell issued several maps of Mexico and the surrounding area in 1846 and this map appears to have gone through several editions. The handcolored map shows all the states of Mexico including Upper and Lower California and parts of the American Southwest. It also has insets of the Valley of Mexico and of Guatemala. Not in Phillips' MAPS. Scarce. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 519 ref. hardcover books
1850100371Engraved hand colored map 54.3x72.3cm 21 ½ x28 ½†with 128 pp of text folding into original gilt pictorial blindstamped leather covers 5 ¼ x3 ½ . Leather scuffed at joints and extremities a few short slits at folds bright very good or better. The United States from the Missouri River and the eastern Texas border. You can also see where the U.S. borders on the Indian Territory. There are five insets: Gold and Quicksilver District of California; North and South America showing the maritime and land routes to California; the copper mine regions around Lake Superior; region around Niagara Falls; and New England. Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., hardcover books
18632541Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. 1863. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. The 1863 edition of Mitchell's New General Atlas complete with eighty-four maps. Folio 12.5"x15.5" 84 individual maps on 53 sheets title page and "List of Maps" at front. Publisher's stamped cloth cover half calf spine decorative bands. Some soiling to cloth wear to spine. Publisher's original endpapers. Index includes: 22pp list of Post Offices 2pp United States population records 1 world populations 3pp world distances mountains rivers. All maps have a copyright date of 1860. All maps in near fine condition. Occasional toning but overall bright illustrations. Floral borders hand-colored illustrations. Includes detailed city plans of Cincinnati Boston New York Philadelphia New Orleans Washington and Baltimore. S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. unknown books
1833106021<p>Engraved Hand colored folding map 43.5 x 54.5 cm 17" x 21 1/2" folding into original gilt lettered and decorated morocco covers covers are 5 1/2" x 3 1/4" includes folding index sheet. Map is boxed in a cloth and marble board box with paper label on spine. Spine is worn covers a little bit rubbed some light and unobtrusive dampstaining 4" split and one fold in the ocean some darkening but generally bright; otherwise very good. Samuel Augustus Mitchell 1792-1868 founded one of the most influential map publishing companies in America which would last for over 60 years. After trying his hand at teaching Mitchell turned to map publishing and produces his first atlas in 1831. The following year he produced the first edition of the present work in 1832. This map was engraved by J.H. Young and provides a detailed view of what is now the eastern United States. The map comes with a folding index that includes information on steamboat and canal routes. This guide would be published for about 20 years. Ristow 303-204.</p> S. Augustus Mitchell, books
183325823Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell 1833. Engraved folding map period hand-colouring in outline. Nine inset maps. Large folding Index sheet. Folds into publisher's dark green morocco covers covers bordered in gilt title stamped in gilt on the upper cover. Mitchell's Travellers Guide with the large map of the U.S.<br/> <br/>The map with the borders of the states brightly colored shows the Northeast west to Missouri Territory and part of Mexico including the Great Lakes region and south through part of Florida. Insets show the vicinities of Niagara New Orleans Cincinnati Albany New York Baltimore and Washington Philadelphia Charleston and Boston. The large folding Index sheet includes much information on steamboat and canal routes and various statistics. This copy very good condition for a guide generally found quite worn. This is the second edition preceded only by that of 1832.<br/> <br/>Rumsey 4374; Howes M690; Clark III:74; Graff 4790. S. Augustus Mitchell unknown books
19441268343Garden City New York: Blue Ribbon Books 1944. 8vo. 253pp.; G/none; spine faded brown cloth with brown lettering; general shelfwear head and tail of spine chipped off; INSCRIBED by Joseph Mitchell on ffep; slight age-toning to page edges; shelved case 1. 1268343. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Blue Ribbon Books unknown books
191318002Berkeley: University of California Press 1913. First edition of the economist's magnum opus. Quarto bound in full green leather slipcase. With numerous charts and graphs throughout. In near fine condition with a small library blind-stamp to upper right corner of title page. One of the most prominent American Institutionalists Wesley Clair Mitchell almost singlehandedly constructed its concern with "business cycle" analysis. Mitchell was a professor at Columbia and one of the first directors of the New School for Social Research His magnum opus Business Cycles appeared in 1913. The Preface begins: This book offers an analytic description of the complicated processes by which seasons of business prosperity crisis depression and revival come about in the modern world. The materials used consist chiefly of market reports and statistics concerning the business cycles which have run their course since 1890 in the United States England Germany and France. University of California Press hardcover books
1796240344Philadelphia: Bioren & Maden 1796. First. exhibiting a variety of transactions which usually occur in business.To which is added a table of the duties payable on goods wares and merchandise imported into the United States of America. The whole in dollars and cents. pages 6-454. 8vo contemporary calf leather label spine and edges of covers worn covers lightly worn front hinge cracked but holding scattered light foxing light dampstain to pages 415-454. Philadelphia: Bioren & Maden 1796. First Edition<br/><br/> This copy lacks pages 1-5 of the introduction. The top right corner of the title page is torn with the loss of letter "M" in the word "System." Pages 231 and 255 are repeated in the pagination as in all published copies. This book is divided into three parts. The third part is the bookkeeping systems in use in 1796 which can be used as a comparison to the new method shown in the first and second parts of this work. Evans 30802.<br/><br/> Bioren & Maden unknown books
187358086Portsmouth: Griffin & Co 1873. 4to pp. 6 15 1; final leaf with list of subscribers; title page printed in blue and black 24 chromolithograph plates each with a descriptive leaf of text including one of the H.M.S. Sultan; original blue cloth stamped in gilt and black on upper cover and spine; light wear; very good and sound. With an inscription on the chocolate-coated flyleaf: "Daddy from Georgie. June 23rd 1873. H.M.S. 'Sultan'." In this instance "Daddy" is John Panton Gubbins 1806-1879 a judge in the Indian Civil Service who has penned his ownership signature on the title page. A further inscription under Georgie's is to a "Mr. Woodmass 10 Oct. '90 a souvenir of J. P. G." Laid in is an envelope with 5 sleeves each containing an embossed monogram cut from stationery four of them monograms from ships including the Sultan. Together with: The Royal Navy 1872-80. In a series of illustrations lithographed in colours. From original drawings by F. W. Mitchell Esq. with an introduction by a naval architect. Portsmouth: Griffin & Co. 1884. 4to pp. 6 11 1; title page printed in blue; 25 chromolithograph plates each with a descriptive leaf of text; original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt and black on upper cover and spine; light wear; very good and sound. With an ownership inscription on the flyleaf: "Harold E. Sulivan Mid. H M.S. 'Royal Sovereign.' Chamiel Squadron." <br/><br/> Griffin & Co hardcover books
1938015301Sheridan House 1938. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Green Boards The Author's Rare First Book without Wear First Edition.Beautiful Fresh Copy W/O Jacket. . Sheridan House Hardcover books
18972478Philadelphia PA: Lea Brothers 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. No DJ as Issued. Light shelf wear hint of foxing at text block edges non-penetrating prior owner embossed mark on fep notation of prior owner above mark Dr. Coombs else tight bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards gilt lettering and decorative elements in blind decorative elements pale green endpages. 8vo. 305pp. plus 16pp ads. Illus. color and b/w plates. Index. <br/><br/>Silas Weir Mitchell 1829-1914 "published two general neurological works "Lectures on Diseases of the Nervous System-Especially in Women" 1881 and "Clinical Lessons on Nervous Diseases" 1897. His preeminence as a neurologist brought him many patients with functional and neurotic complaints." DSB 9 422. A very handsome and bright copy of this scarce classic in early neuro-science. Lea Brothers hardcover books
1844260312Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell 1844. unbound. Map. Wall map on linen with wooden scrolls. 31.5" x 48.75"<br/><br/> Large scale map of the eastern United States surrounded with insets of major harbors and towns. Elaborate border design with national coat of arms placed in the each corner contributes to its official quality. Population tables listed in three different insets plus an inset map of the Treaty of 1842 also called Webster-Ashburton Treaty settling a border dispute between Maine and New Brunswick. Large Iowa Territory and Minnesota is not yet named showing impending Westward expansion. From the "National Map Series" that Mitchell produced by subscription over a series of years. Original color but heavily varnished as issued. Samuel Augustus Mitchell Sr. 1792-1868 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. Drawn by James Henry Young 1817-1866 and engraved by J.H. Brightly both collaborated with Mitchell on this series of maps.<br/><br/> S. Augustus Mitchell unknown books
194138417Chicago 1941. 8vo 27.4 cm 10.75". 8 1 blank ff. <br><br>Gorgeously rendered manuscript tribute to a prominent lawyer financial advisor and railroad executive remembered fondly for "his public spirit his high personal character his urbanity and his loyalty as a friend." Follansbee was a Harvard graduate and notably active alumnus serving as president of the Associated Clubs of Harvard who studied law at Northwestern University prior to becoming a board member and director of the Erie Railroad Company.<br>Â Â Â Â This admiring hand-accomplished homage to Follansbee's life and career was commissioned by his fellow directors and => beautifully calligraphed and illuminated on vellum by the Harris Engrossing Studio of Chicago. The capitals are accomplished in whitework gilt purple and green and the text in an even handsome modern Gothic hand with a gilt border surrounding the text on each page. Each leaf is protected by a moiré-patterned tissue guard. The final page was signed by the chairman and the secretary of the board and pressure-stamped with the Erie Railroad Company's seal.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Dark blue morocco framed in gilt double fillets and panelled in a dotted gilt roll with gilt-tooled corner fleurons; spine with gilt-ruled raised bands and gilt-framed compartments. Turn-ins tooled to echo covers cream moiré silk endpapers all edges gilt. Binding as above edges and extremities showing slight sunning and wear. Vellum expectably cockled. => Lovely unique beautifully bound and an impressive showcase both of modern calligraphy and of Follansbee's impact. hardcover books
186332832London: Lovell Reeve and Co. 1863. First edition 4to pp. xii 251; 34 lithograph plates 11 of them chromolithographs original brown cloth gilt crest stamped on upper cover gilt-lettered spine; small spot on front cover else fine and unusual thus. Includes a list of 196 subscribers and therefore likely printed in a small edition among whom are W. B. Donne Edward A. Freeman and Sir Thomas Phillipps. Posthumously published. <br/><br/> Lovell Reeve and Co. hardcover books
193934673NY: Macmillan 1939. 2 volumes. 8 vo. Two-tone cloth gilt ttop edge gilt. glassine dust jackets; issued with a slipcase not present here. First edition thus 1/1000 copies. Very good. <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover books
183844262Philadelphia: Hinman & Dutton 1838. 16mo. 78 pp. Large folding map: Mitchell's Traveller's Guide through the United States: a Map of the Roads Distances Steam Boat and Canal Routes &c. Philadelphia: Mitchell 1838; engraved on steel by J.H. Young and D. Haines; 17 1/2 x 22 inches. Original gilt-stamped and embossed publisher's leather; map repaired on verso. Both the text and map are foxed but a very good copy. First issued under a different title in 1834. The map is hand-colored in outline and includes small inset maps of Cincinnati Albany New Orleans Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington and Charleston; it extends from the Atlantic coast to Missouri and Arkansas labeled here "territory" although it gained statehood in 1836. Howes M-690. <br/><br/> Hinman & Dutton hardcover books
183544071London 1835. Good. Separated at folds edge worn and torn a few chips one affecting a few words at the end of about a dozen lines of text light soiling. 6 pp. with integral address. Folio. 10.5 x 16.5 inches. Manuscript with numerous corrections and additions concerning the failure of the British military in the War of 1812. In late 1835 then Colonel William Francis Patrick Napier 1785-1860 member of the British Army and a military historian gave speech at Bath which the Sunday Times reported claiming he had criticized the British soldiers in the War of 1812 as failing because they "stood as patriots and freemen on less firm and less elevated ground than the Americans themselves" which John Mitchell notes at the very beginning of this article published in the January 1836 issue of "United Service Journal and Naval and Military Service Magazine" pp. 84-92. Defending the soldiers Mitchell goes on to launch an attack on Napier's speech and the British command and their tactics. "The failure of the British troops at New Orleans was as complete as possible; but patriotism or want of patriotism had nothing to do with the business. The military policy of England guided by men ignorant alike of the strength and the weakness of armies swayed besides by the influence of philanthropic and economical patriots whose evil counsel fell like a death-bearing pestilence on the ranks of the army-shone out in all its poor and paltry littleness: in the constant striving to save farthings millions of treasure were wasted and thousands of gallant lives were remorselessly sacrificed. The valour everywhere exhibited by the troops the zeal ability high spirit and devotedness displayed by so many matchless officers the number of gallant blows struck and noble feats of arms performed- were not it must be allowed sufficient to counterbalance the folly ignorance and presumption that marked the official management of that most miserable war. But I repeat the fault was not with the troops" The failure is not just at New Orleans. "The British failed at Sacket's Harbour Platsburgh and New Orleans; to which for argument sake we will add Baltimore. At Sacket's Harbour and Platsburgh the British forces retired from phantom hosts and imaginary foes. At Baltimore something of the same kind happened." After a detailed analysis of the military's failures he ends his unrelenting attack: "But the soldiers of a great nation must know that they are equal to any contest. An American war like every war in which brave men are to be encountered has its difficulties; and it is only by looking those difficulties fairly in the face that they can be overcome. Had we listened to the liberal and patriotic despondency which so long represented us incapable of contending against the French we should at this moment have been crouching beneath the lash of Napoleon or his successor on the throne of the Grand Empire." Needless to say many jumped to the defense of Napier who wrote in his letter to the editor that the Sunday Times report of his speech was pure fiction and that he never criticized the troops; in fact he states he never mentioned the war at all. John Mitchell 1785-1859 was an army officer and writer who served in the West Indies in the Peninsular War and on diplomatic missions for Wellington. He wrote much on the defects of the British army tactics and a number of volumes including "The Fall of Napoleon" and "Biographies of Eminent Soldiers." Postmarked London December 22 1835. Addressed to Major Thomas Henry Shadwell Clerke who was editor of "The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Service Magazine." unknown books
19591328470New York: Little Brown and Company 1959. First American Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 243 pages; VG/G; in dark green dust jacket dark green spine with white titling; mild rubbing and wear particularly to spine including chips missing to head and tail of spine small chips and tears; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering price uncut '$3.95';<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Inscribed on the ffep by Joseph Mitchell "To Rachel MacKenzie / with love / Joe Mitchell / November 11 1974";<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> JM consignment;. Case 3. Rachel MacKenzie was a fiction editor at The New Yorker from 1956 through 1979. Known for nurturing the careers of such literary giants as Isaac Bashevis Singer and Saul Bellow she also had a correspondence with Muriel Spark and encouraged her to submit to the New Yorker.<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Charles McGrath former writer and editor for The New Yorker writes "MacKenzie was a bluestocking a former college professor who had a discerning eye for talent she more or less discovered Isaac Singer and was a supporter of the young Philip Roth."<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Joseph Mitchell was an American writer best known for his works of creative nonfiction he published in The New Yorker. His work primarily consists of character studies where he used detailed portraits of people and events to highlight the commonplace of the world especially in and around New York City. 1328470. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
1862016467Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell 1862. Book. Good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. Original leather and cloth binding is heavily worn with several maps loose. Moderate foxing scatted moderately throughout text and staining affecting all of the pages of text but only the first and final maps. Lacking plate 79 containing a map of Africa and an inset map 80 of the Island of St. Helena. Plates 8 13 13.5 34 36 have tears into the image area and about a half dozen plates have moderate to heavy soiling with some chipping to the edges about as many have pencil markings in them in what appears to be updates to railroad lines and about as many have minor smudging and/or soiling in the image area. The hand-colored maps are bright and attractive offering an interesting view of the States during the Civil War as well as the world. S. Augustus Mitchell Hardcover books
15339Woman Suffrage Palmer Attorney General Mitchell. 1 page Typed Letter Signed and dated 16 March 1920 on Office of the Attorney General letterhead. Writing to a state judge Palmer discusses the critical role Woman Suffrage will play in creating a peaceful and equitable nation.<br/> <br/>He writes in part: "As you are aware the Federal Suffrage Amendment will be submitted at the.session of your Legislature for passage or rejection. Both the national parties have indorsed sic the ratification of the Woman Suffrage Amendment and most of the leading nations of the world have already secured this measure of justice to their women. We do not want to see American women lagging behind.In view of the present movements of unrest in this country.I feel it is highly important that every possible influence be used to stabilize our institutions and prevent unrest. I am convinced that the immediate extension of suffrage to our women will be a most important force in this direction."<br/> <br/>Delaware along with several Southern states had pressed to delay the passage of the 19th Amendment granting women's voting rights. Using his influence as Attorney General Palmer makes a convincing appeal to the Delaware government that only the immediate and fair instatement of suffrage could calm the rising political instability and tension among the states. unknown books
194558817New York: The New Yorker 1945. First separate edition originally appeared in the August 4 1945 issue of The New Yorker. 8vo. 18 pp. printed double-column. A native of eastern North Carolina Mitchell 1908-1996 wrote similar sketches for The New Yorker for decades 1930s-1960s continuing to go to his office daily until near his death though publishing in the periodical nothing of significance after 1965. Cover title: "Mr. Flood's Party." Not in Thornton. Apparently unrecorded on OCLC. Very good. Orig. decorated tan wrappers rubbed small old tideline through lower corner stapled. #5911. <br/><br/> The New Yorker unknown books
1938135861New York: Sheridan House 1938. Octavo two inserted plates original green cloth stamped in black top edge stained black. First edition. The author's first book a collection of reportage and articles published in the NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE and THE NEW YORKER. A very good copy. #135861 Sheridan House unknown books
003204Duell Sloan and Pearce. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First edition 1948. Signed by the author on the front free end-paper. Book near fine except for slight staining on boards and spine slight wear at spine ends and corners slight discoloration on front end-papers. DJ very good with small piece missing at top of spine some chipping at corners and tail of spine small tear 1/2 " long on top of back tiny hole on spine two small tears at top of front slight staining on back. In specially made slipcase. Duell, Sloan, and Pearce hardcover books
195910971Boston: Little Brown & Co 1959. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed on the front free endpaper: "for Daise Terry with love Joe Mitchell June 9 1960". Daisy Terry was the office manager at the New Yorker where Mitchell was employed as a staff writer for most of his career; he continued to appear at the office daily until the end of his life though in his last years he appears to have written nothing at all. This is Mitchell's third book containing the story "Up at the Old Hotel" which would serve as the title piece of his collected works issued by Pantheon in 1992. A tiny nick to the head of the spine otherwise a fine copy in a slightly rubbed & chipped jacket. 8vo boards dust jacket. A tiny nick to the head of the spine otherwise a fine copy in a slightly rubbed & chipped jacket. Little Brown & Co unknown books
