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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
1870278711870. np nd and unsigned. All are laid into a beautifully gilt tooled full calf oblong quarto portfolio 9-3/4 x 12 inches. One of the designs has some rubbling to the edge the rest are bright and clean. unknown books
189841026Salem: A.N. Webb & Co. 1898. 1839 - 1898. With a frontispiece plate of the club's interior. Very good condition. 29 3 pp. b/w frontispiece. A.N. Webb & Co. books
18474980Troy: Published and Sold by L. Willard 1847. First Edition. 1 - 44 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed wrappers uncut and unopened; some chipping at margins sporadic foxing. First Edition. 1 - 44 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contains: The Condemned: A Chapter from Our City Prison: A Tale of Truth and Horror. Wright I 2444 Published and Sold by L. Willard unknown books
1823030211New York: Printed For the Purchasers 1823. No Binding. Very Good. 16mo 8 pages title-leaf with decorative woodcut pagination incorrect paper tanned text pinned together otherwise very good. The text carries four songs with Masonic themes. Unrecorded. Not in American Imprints not in OCLC etc. <br /> Printed For the Purchasers books
183028000972c1830. The labor theory of value LTV is a theory of value that argues that the economic value of a good or service is determined by the total amount of socially necessary labor required to produce it rather than by the use or pleasure its owner gets from it. At present this concept is usually associated with Marxian economics although it is also used in the theories of earlier liberal economists such as Adam Smith and David Ricardo and later also in anarchist economics. . A 10" x 7 1/4" songsheet with woodcut engravings of a skep clasped hands and a regal lady in a coach guarded by soldiers. Decorative devices add structure to the sheet. Verse begins "Who is the prop the support of the land The rich or the por I would ask." Reverse is blank. Edge tears small amounts of paper log. <br/><br/> unknown books
1831039827New York: Jocelyn Darling 1831. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. 1/4 leather worn and scraped but sound over paper boards with a green label. Some staining to boards. Light scattered foxing but otherwise clean internally; the first signature is slightly loose small tear to the margin of page 175. One of the earliest national directories it was published again in 1832 - both years are rare. 395pp with the errata at the rear. The first section lists business geographically the second by trade and the third alphabetically. The last section discusses various industries and tariffs. Index at rear. Size: Octavo 8vo. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Reference; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 039827. <br/><br/> Jocelyn, Darling hardcover books
186110267New York James Miller 1861. 1861. Small 8vo. Frontispiece portrait of an Indian maiden; pictorial title page with vignette of an Indian loading a musket and 10 wood engravings. 252 pages. Original gilt and blindstamped purple pictorial cloth with gilt vignette of two armed Indians attacking four settlers defending their cabin spine faded; yellow endpapers. Ink signature of Oliver R. Clark Jr. Dec. 25 1860 on the front free endpaper. Includes information on Indian etiquette torture famous Chiefs and Florida Indian tribes. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. New York, James Miller, 1861. hardcover books
1814041921Boston: T.B. Wait 1814. Early Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. 1/4 cloth over marbled boards red morocco lettering piece. Wear at corners binding sounds. Moderately foxed throughout but completely legible. 868pp. Sabin 45674 Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Law & Criminal Studies. Inventory No: 041921. <br/><br/> T.B. Wait hardcover books
1808040384Catskill: Nathan Elliot 1808. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Fair Condition. Full leather scarred and worn but intact. Lacking endpapers. Dampstaining to pastedowns foxing to pages. Complete and intact though. 304pp. There does not appear to have been a second volume though the title page states Volume 1. Size: Octavo 8vo. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Inventory No: 040384. <br/><br/> Nathan Elliot hardcover books
183049252Boston: Wells and Lilly 1830. 8vo pp. 285. Paper wraps nearly separate. Worn. Articles include one on the life of John Locke the French commercial system a review of poems by Felicia Hemans vegetable physiology a review of Flaxman's "Lectures on Sculpture. Wells and Lilly unknown books
1830045140London: Sears & Co 1830. First Edition. Hardcover rebound in cloth. Very Good Condition. M.U. Sears. Rebound in salmon cloth with the chipped lettering piece laid back down. A singularly paternalistic and shotgun approach to the genre - includes recommendations on apparel the duties of married life female biography "or records of feminine talent worth and virtue" courtship and marriage among the Tartars of the Crimea arithmetic contentment and cookery. 440pp. Scarce. Size: Octavo 8vo. Illustrator: M.U. Sears. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Women & Feminism. Inventory No: 045140. <br/><br/> Sears & Co hardcover books
187643199Gloucester MA: Procter Brothers 1876. Published by the newspaper book and real estate impresarios the Procter Brothers and loaded with facts and statistics on the fisheries as well as an article on the granite industry. Illustrated with period ads. Rust marks over binding staples else a near-Fine copy of a scarce and desirable title bound in original pictorial wrappers. Am I the only person left who loves old Gloucester stuff. 88 pp. b/w ills. Procter Brothers books
1810045665Charlestown: J. White 1810. Broadside. Very Good Condition. Single sheet mild soiling verso discolored and with old pen title one edge trimmed unevenly in the margin. Two woodcuts one of a reaper one of a dinner scene at top. "Here's Statesmen lawyers & doctors gay Time with its scythe sweeps them all away." Just one copy in Worldcat at Harvard. Not at the AAS. ca. 11 1/2" x 9". Undated ca. 1810 - the Harvard copy suggests 1810-1830 the years White was most active. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Americana. Inventory No: 045665. <br/><br/> J. White unknown books
1842CAT000527London: Charles Knight 1842. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition. Original cloth front board loose wear to edges a few marginal pencil marks but quite clean internally. 4 332pp Bitting 560<br/><br/>Scarce collection of recipes and household hints - pickling salting meat selection. Includes a recipe for curry powder "almost if not altogether as good as the Indian" made with coriander turmeric black pepper mustard ginger allspice cardamon & cumin. :Do not use cayenne in a curry powder" Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000527. Charles Knight hardcover books
182643156Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union n.d. Circa 1826. 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 and a best friend at Trafalgar and then 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. Foxing but legible. 16mo. 32 pp. b/w wood engraved illustrations. American Sunday-School Union 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
1817CAT000268London: Published by the editor and sold by all periodical publishers in Town and Country 1817. Early Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary leather backed marbled boards neatly rebacked boards rubbed. Modest scattered foxing and browning a bit heavier early on a few minor stains. 4 376pp with a frontispiece and nine plates. Cagle 760 1818 ed. Simon 865 1813 ed.<br/><br/>Although there were editions in 1813 1815 1816 1817 and 1818 they are all curiously scarce. Tips on brewing flatulenceand 133 pages of cookery. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000268. Published by the editor and sold by all periodical publishers in Town and Country hardcover books
1825043310London: William Cole 1825. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full red wrap around leather lacking the clasp worn but sound. Undated ca. 1825. Engraved frontis of a statue of Johnson. Page edges gilt and attractive copy. 1004pp. Measures 3 1/4" x 2". Size: 32mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Reference; Inventory No: 043310. William Cole hardcover 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
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
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
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
18111793London: John Murray 1811. Second Edition. Hardcover. Brown leather Very good. 440 pages. 16.5 x 10 cm. A comprehensive household manual filled with what seems to be very helpful receipts and some of a dubious nature. Chapters filled with constructive advise on rearing livestock making butter brewing and the management of malt liquors the management of plants seeds and the greenhouse while other advice such as using a bush held by a rope to clean a chimney as opposed to employing a child children will damage the interior bricks seem a bit outdated. Accredited to Mrs. Rundell of New Systems of Domestic Cookery fame but there are many who think this is a false theory due to her well published falling out with the John Murray. All edges gilt dentelle edging and blindstamped Missing 1 cm. of leather at the head of spine. Interior crisp and clean. Owners signature present on front boards 1819. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
1817Embry 182366Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown London: 1817. Fourth Edition with additions. Minor rubbing to joints near fine to fine in custom mylar covers. One-half dark green calf overed marbled boards. Thacher: Angling Books p379. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London: 1817. Fourth Edition, with additions. hardcover books