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1834CAT000660London 1834. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Rebound in two tone cloth mild browning. 136 1 18pp. Tea Duty continued to be a matter of some importance in the 19th century. Also bound in is a section on adulteration of tea and coffee dated 1853 and 1839 respectively tea is one page. Following Frederick Accum's book on food adulteration in 1820 this continued to be a matter of considerable interest. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Business Finance & Marketing; Inventory No: CAT000660. hardcover books
185936599New Bedford 1859. may 14 6 184 2 pp. Much useful information about this city at the peak of her days as a whaling center. Published by the Tabers booksellers and purveyors of charts and nautical instruments in New Bedford. With illustrated vintage ads. Frontispiece map torn out. Priced accordingly. unknown books
1850174034H.E. Carrington 1850. Softcover. As Is complete but front cover is off and stained spine missing corners of illustrated pages have mall water stains all pages included. Red cloth wraps with gilt lettering and gilt armorial illustration on front cover marbled endpages 72 1 pp 3 bw full page illustrations. "In compiling the history of a regiment from such records as are in its possession it is intereting and necessary to shew its origin and the immediate causes which led to its enrolment." page 3 History of the North Somerset Regiment of the Yeo-Cavalry. H.E. Carrington paperback books
1829045711Cooperstown: H. & E. Phinney 1829. Early Edition. Softcover. Fair Condition. Original plain wraps worn frontispiece of the proverb "Never too Old to Learn" on the verso of the front wrap is chipped with loss along top edge and the top text of the final proverb on the inside of the rear wrap torn and lacking. Modest staining and foxing throughout early amateurish coloring to the illustrations a number very restrained a few reasonably well done and one or two less well done; sewing structure perished. Complete with 13 proverbs and 14 woodcuts. 30pp Size: 32mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Children. Inventory No: 045711. <br/><br/> H. & E. Phinney paperback books
1835TB29132New Haven: George W. Gorton 1835. Reprint of 1835. Good in full leather calf covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine. A small octavo measuring 7 5/8 by 4 1/2 inches with the leather at the edges and joints of the boards rubbed the leather at the upper 1/2" of the front joint is cracked and there are spots of dampness stains to the end sheets. The gilt text and decorations on the spine are well worn. The binding remains tight and strong with not loose or damaged pages. 504 pages of text. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and twelve engraved plates. The full title reads: "The Mariner's Chronicle: Containing Narrative Of The Most Remarkable Disasters At Sea Such As Shipwrecks Storms Fires And Famines. Also Naval Engagements Piratical Adventures Incidents of Discovery and Other Extraordinary And Interesting Occurrences." A collection of 47 stories of ship wrecks battles and loss of life. Sabin 44588 George W. Gorton hardcover books
183559161Boston: Russell Odiorne & Metcalf 1835. First Edition. 12mo pp. 192. Little foxed some contemporary writing on the end paper a very good tight copy. A much reprinted and refuted anti-catholic tale. Russell Odiorne & Metcalf unknown books
183517228Boston: Russell Odiorne & Metcalf 1835. First edn. 12mo pp. 192. Little foxed some contemporary writing on the end paper a very good tight copy. ``A much reprinted and refuted anti-catholic tale. Russell Odiorne & Metcalf unknown books
186655097New York: Historical Publishing Company 1866. First edition 8vo pp. 19 3; printed self-wrappers; light soiling to wrappers old creases good and sound. A satirical poem about the war correspondent Will Russell describing him as a gluttonous and overcultured coward who goes to Bull Run to observe the battle and immediately flees straight back to Washingto DC as soon as he senses danger. Sabin 49807. <br/><br/> Historical Publishing Company unknown books
186653898Chicago: Tomlinson Brothers 1866. Small 8vo; pp. 2 x 11-377 3; frontispiece and four additional wood-engraved plates; original green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on the spine; front hinge cracked small tear to the cloth on the bottom of the spine binding a bit skewed; good or better. An uncommon Chicago Ante-Fire imprint. Chicago Ante-Fire Imprints 1226 refers to an 1867 edition only. <br/><br/> Tomlinson Brothers hardcover books
1830431Worcester: J. Grout Jr. 1830. First edition. First edition. 12mo. Printed wrappers. Chapbook with yellow wrappers and 24pp. 10 woodcuts many whole-page. Very good. <br/><br/> J. Grout, Jr. unknown books
1894039366London: John Murray 1894. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. Light wear at edges slight toning to spine; generally bright and unmarked. First thus. Map in rear pocket browned on verso but otherwise fine. Size: Octavo 8vo. Text is clean and unmarked. Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; Inventory No: 039366. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
1864045693Torino: Emporio Librario 1864. Second Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Leather backed marbled boards rubbing to spine wear at corners. Wine desserts food and health recipes - a popular 19th century book of secrets. 791 recipes. 510pp Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Science & Technology. Inventory No: 045693. <br/><br/> Emporio Librario hardcover books
1826042374London: Sherwood Gilbert and Piper 1826. Hardcover Half Leather. Good Condition. Thurston Thompson. Undated ca. 1826. Half leather over marbled boards leather worn at corners hinges cracked but binding intact. Scattered foxing tissue guards largely intact. Size: Octavo 8vo. Illustrator: Thurston Thompson. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Theatre & Plays; Inventory No: 042374. <br/><br/> Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper hardcover books
1843222806Providence RI Geo. P. Daniels 1843. 1843. 12mo. Illustrated with drawings. 24 pages; stitched. Publisher’s advertisements on back cover. Original pictorial tan wrappers. Very good light soiling. No signatures or bookplates. Soft cover. Providence, RI, Geo. P. Daniels, 1843. paperback books
1864040361Rome: Brancadoro 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Embossed orange boards worn at the corners. 12pp wide margined. An unusual case: Patrizi convened a council to consider the case of Marguerite Marie Alacoque but before a conclusion on her blessedness the second step towards sainthood - she had been declared venerable by Pope Leo XII in 1824 was reached he died. A few months later Pope Pius took up the cause and she was declared blessed. This is the original case as set forward by Patrizi. Marguerite Marie Alacoque was sainted in 1920. She was widely influential in the veneration of the Sacred Heart and the Holy Hour. Her devotional writings were published posthumously as La Devotion au Sacré-Coeur de Jesus. She is mentioned in James Joyce's Dubliners 1914 indicating that her popularity preceded her full canonization. Size: Quarto 4to. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Inventory No: 040361. <br/><br/> Brancadoro hardcover books
1824045145London: John Murray 1824. Early Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Original unsophisticated boards spine rubbed and binding starting to split old bookseller ticket to cover. Light foxing and a few minor stains internally - mostly quite clean. 517pp. Wine making remedies gardening and cookery. Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: 045145. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
18582093New York: H. Dayton 1858. Hardcover. Black embossed boards title in gilt. Good. 126 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Similar to earlier edition Ladies' Indispensable Assistant 1852 but with some medical updates and insights into vaccinations. Text provides guidance to recognize various illnesses with treatments with 14 pages listing the medical properties of plants. The Ladies' Domestic Economy and Housekeepers' guide provides copious recipes cookery for the sick the lady's work-box stitching dress work baskets directions for coloring garments with etiquette following the same pattern as earlier editions although the rules for marriage love letters and proposals have been dispensed with. Two pages of recipes from another cook book laid in. Owner's signature on front free end paper. Pages foxed boards heavily rubbed. Lowenstein lists a 1859 copy. <br/><br/> H. Dayton hardcover books
189710089Toronto: Privately Printed 1897 circa 1905. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Good in Wraps. Moderate shelf/edge wear minor loss at tail chips at spine tidemark at bottom edge last page has closed tear near joint without loss even toning to wraps else tight and unmarred. Cream paper wraps black ink lettering and decorative elements. 12mo. 58pp. <br/><br/>InFamous work first published by Charles Carrington in 1897. Popular enough that an unauthorized sequel was issued approximately thirty years later. Young and bold a proto-flapper Flossie plays the adults around her with effortless skill. Made into film and reprinted repeatedly. <br /> Privately Printed paperback books
185038418New York: Leavitt & Allen n.d. ca 1850. 6/25/16. 260 pp. with an extra color lithographed title and b/w engraved plates by Sartain. <br/><br/>An extra-fancy edition of a familiar 19th century genre the gift book - a compendium of saccharine stories and verse. This one contains a color title and is bound in embossed leather with circular hand painted lozenges inset on the front and back covers. All edges gilt. The book has been rebacked but the backstrip is also embossed leather and nicely matches the rest of the binding. True to form the book is inscribed by a well wisher to Elizabeth B. Mann "sometime before their wedding Dec. 12 1859." The only discordant note is that the painting inset into the front board surrounded by a rim of gold and mother of pearl represents a sinking ship. Leavitt & Allen hardcover books
182639645Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union n.d. Circa 1826. 16mo. 32 pp. b/w wood engraved illustrations. <br /><br />A preacher in England bumps into an old Sunday School student of his named John Robins. The two get to talking and Robins tells how he managed to lose an eye a best friend at Trafalgar and a leg in the course of his naval career. He spent quite a while "in the service of sin" but eventually found his way back to the Lord and now is perfectly happy to have been "a brand plucked out of the burning." Well to each his own. Worldcat dates this pretty little book at 1826. It stands 4 1/4 inches tall and is bound in quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt spine lettering. American Sunday-School Union hardcover books
188555657NY: Beers 1885. First Edition. Two volumes. Quarto pp. 701 708. Bound in original leather backed cloth spine well worn with pieces of the leather missing hinges cracked covers lose or separate fold-out map in excellent condition Illustrated. Most of the volume is in clean condition good set in worn bindings. Very heavy. A massive tome with histories of the different towns and prominent citizens of the county. Illustrated with engraved portraits. Beers unknown books
183115840London: Tegg 1831. A new and improved edition. 8vo pp. 322. Bound in scuffed 3/4 calf little stained and watermarked engraved title-page but a very good tight copy. A collection of music and lyrics to popular songs. Tegg unknown books
186355434Boston: Taggard & Thompson 29 Cornhill wrapper imprint: Thompson Bigelow & Brown 1863. First edition square 12mo pp. 32; original stiff pictorial yellow wrappers artlessly rebacked with brown paper; 8 full-page illustrations engraved and signed by W. Roberts plus several small vignettes; front hinge cracked causing loosening to the binding library stamp on verso of the fron wrapper. The illustrations such as Grandpa Jolliboy Longbeard the Goat Sambo the Contraband concerning a freed slave etc. each with its accompanying story. <br/><br/> Taggard & Thompson, 29 Cornhill [wrapper imprint: Thompson, Bigelow & Brown] unknown books
183011099Bloomsbury: W.S. Fortey 1830. Printed in two columns with a hand-colored woodcut portrait of a 'lad' at the top on one column. Amusing poetry. Excellent condition. W.S. Fortey unknown books
1860CAT000274London: James Blackwood 1860. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Original flexible card covers with cloth covering corners a little bumped. Very light foxing otherwise unmarked; a nice copy of a fragile book. vii 9-167pp. <br/><br/>A variety of recipes some of them new and written in the vein of Hannah More's Coelebs in Search of a Wife and sometimes attributed to her. Size: 12mo . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000274. James Blackwood unknown books
