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183376174London:: Printed for Hamilton Adams and Co. 1833. First edition. later old half calf and marbled boards; all edges marbled. Bookplate roughly removed from the front pastedown; light scuffing to the leather; tight and sound. 8vo. Embellished with Eighty-Five Original Designs by R. Cruikshank. Also a Translation of Plutarch's Banquet of the Seven Sages. Printed for Hamilton, Adams and Co., hardcover
184385836Providence: B. Cranston and Company 1843. Paperback. Very Good. 52p. pamphlet. 22 cm. Disbound removed from a bound volume. Stitch marks along left side. Wrapper not preserved. Durfee served as Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court for the last 12 years of his life 1835-1847. B. Cranston and Company paperback
18102305170003J. James Baltimore 1810. 2nd. Hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. Hicksite Quakerism Bound in contemporary sheep. Binding shot boards detached spine separated. vii 200 pages. From the Janney family of Virginia. American Imprints 21291. The history of Quaker Thought. Part of a large collection of Quaker / Society of Friends books used for religious and philosophical education. This collection was acquired in Northern Virginia and ranges from 1800-1930. The books are interesting for both their content and for what 19th-century Friends felt were important books for religious education and thought. Many of the volumes are from the Janney family's library. There are duplicates of a number of Quaker books authored by the Janneys and some of the volumes have book plates or signatures from Phineas Janney 1778-1852 and his nephew Phineas Janney Jr members of Hopewell Friends Meeting in Loudoun Co. Va founding members of Alexandria monthly meeting. See the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy: Virginia. Baptism Society of Friends. J. James, Baltimore, hardcover
189783226London: Macmillan 1897. From the Modern Reader's Bible With intro and notes by Richard G Moulton.HardbackEx-Librarywith usual stamps markings in good all-round conditionno dust jacket175pages. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item200grams ISBN: Macmillan hardcover
183648178Philadelphia: M'Carty & Davis 1836. First Edition. Octavo ca. 22cm.; removed; 24pp. Light foxing and dust-soil blue paper remnants along spine else Very Good and sound. Short biographical address on the life and career of Thomas C. James 1766-1835 leader in scientific obstetrics in the United States who in 1810 presented a paper describing the first successful case of premature labor artificially induced. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 40622a; SABIN 97649. M'Carty & Davis unknown
1809vas545Bridgeport: Printed and Sold by S. Backus & Co. 1809. G. L. Austen Printer. First American Edition. Duodecimo original sheep leather hardcover x 2 13-309 vi pp. Very Good. Printed and Sold by S. Backus & Co., 1809. G. L. Austen, Printer. First American Edition. hardcover
180919557Bridgeport: S. Backus 1809. First American edition. Hardcover. vg. 12mo. x. 309 7pp. Full marbled leather binding with gilt lettering to spine. Printed on high quality cotton rag. Major work by Dissenting Minister Job Orton see below. Age wear to binding especially at edges. Owner's signature to free front endpaper dated 1809. Browning to endpapers with sporadic foxing throughout. Overall clean and tight. Very good condition. On the author Source: Encyclopedia Britannica 11th edition:<br /> ORTON JOB 1717–1783 English dissenting minister was born at Shrewsbury on the 4th of September 1717. He entered the academy of Dr Philip Doddridge at Northampton q.v. became minister of a congregation formed by a fusion of Presbyterians and Independents at High Street Chapel Shrewsbury 1741 received Presbyterian ordination there 1745 resigned in 1766 owing to ill-health and lived in retirement at Kidderminster until his death. He exerted great influence both among dissenting ministers and among clergy of the established church. He was deeply read in Puritan divinity and adopted Sabellian doctrines on the Trinity. Old-fashioned in most of his views he disliked the tendencies alike of the Methodists and other revivalists and of the rationalizing dissenters yet he had a good word for Priestley and Theophilus Lindsey.<br /> Among his numerous works are Letters to Dissenting Ministers ed. by S. Palmer 2 vols. 18o6 and Practical Works 2 vols. with letters and memoir 1842. S. Backus hardcover
18312101180106Philadelphia : John Comly 1831-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Quaker Faith During the American Revolution: Hicksite Quaker Thought 2 volume set. Bound in early calf. Sabin 78298. Job Scott 1751-1793 was an American Quaker Hicksite minister from Rhode Island and prominent American quietist. Scott traveled throughout early America and actively resisted taxation due to conscience during the Revolution. In his journal Scott describes meetings with Friends in New England North Carolina New Hampshire Haddonfield NJ Pennsylvania Rhode Island Moses Brown Springfield Massachusetts etc. V. 1 p. 535 and v. 2 p. 576. Spotting throughout. Tucked into an old piece of paper is a four-leaf clover I have not tested its luck but it may still yield fortuitous qualities. John Comly hardcover
1876087904Manchester: William Irwin. Green cloth cover embossed with decorative title in gilt on cover. Corners and spine ends worn bottom third of title page detaching library stamp and sticker. Binding tight pages browning but otherwise very good. Small 8vo 188 pages. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1876. William Irwin hardcover
1895285971895. Paris Charavay / Martin Editeurs s.d. circa 1898. Un vol. au format gd in-4 358 x 288 mm non paginÂŽ. Reliure d'ÂŽdition de pleine percaline satinÂŽe marine premier plat agrÂŽmentÂŽ d'un important dÂŽcor dorÂŽ et polychrome titre dorÂŽ dos lisse titre dorÂŽ en long tranches rouges. Auguste Souze. Exemplaire revÂtu d'un joli cartonnage ÂŽditeur signÂŽ Auguste Souze au premier plat. Nombreuses compositions en couleurs et / ou sur double-page de Job. ''Job travailla de 1882 ˆ 1885 sous la direction de Luminais et exposa sous le nom de BrÂŽville des scÂnes militaires au Salon des Artistes franÂais. Il s'intÂŽressa ÂŽgalement au dessin humoristique ˆ l'illustration de livres et au dessin de costumes de thމtre''. in Osterwalder. ''Ecrivain plein de verve et dessinateur amusant Job s'est surtout fait un nom par ses croquis fantaisistes sur l'armÂŽe franÂaise o il a reproduit les uniformes avec une habiletÂŽ extrÂme et qui n'est point sans art''. in BÂŽnÂŽzit. Osterwalder I Dictionnaire des illustrateurs p. 536 - BÂŽnÂŽzit VI Dictionnaire des peintres p. 76. Angles coupes et coiffes lÂŽgÂrement ÂŽlimÂŽs. Petites t‰ches blanches ÂŽparses au premier plat. Gardes recollÂŽes et lÂŽgÂrement effrangÂŽe. Infime restauration en marge infÂŽrieure d'un feuillet. PrÂŽsence de rousseurs et t‰ches claires dans le corps d'ouvrage. Du reste bonne condition. b42961 unknown
188328019Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1883. First edition. Removed. A very good copy. xviii 185 pp. 8vo. 47th Congress 2d Session. House of Representatives. Report No. 1863. Examines the false claims of Thomas J. Majors of Nemaha county who was nominated as a contingent representative from Nebraska which claimed that it was underrepresented because there were serious faults with the census of 1870. Majors presented an 1874 census as an 1872 census thus deceiving Congress. Scarce. OCLC shows only a single copy at Georgetown. [Government Printing Office] unknown
1861111111112308His Children 1861. Hardcover. Acceptable. This Book is an Ex-Library Book with several library markings. Published by His Children; Sherwoods 1861. Hardcover. An Acceptable full leather binding but missing leather spine replaced with burgundy tape on spine and partially on boards cracked hinges front hinge re-enforced exposed board corners handling/scuffing to boards rubbing along board edges discoloration top front and rear board margins age toning to pages top text block edge dusty binding fragile some discoloration and scattered foxing to front and back matters few chips front free endpaper fore-edge slightly bowed boards several library markings include: library bookplate few pencil markings without Dust wrapper. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches. 292pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. His Children hardcover
181915565London: Printed for W. Clarke and Sons Law Booksellers. Fair with no dust jacket. 1819. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Leather very worn and deteriorating. Splitting to joints and hinges. 1/4" missing to leather at head of spine. Internally good. Moderate foxing. ; Volume One only. ix 1 557 1 pages. Contemporary half-calf and marbled papered boards. Page dimensions: 233 x 141mm. Legal history. ; 8vo . Printed for W. Clarke and Sons, Law Booksellers hardcover
1895112560Mame 1895. dos abimé maintenu par couvrage.gardes blanches ont servis à solidifier reliure. intérieur frais illustrations en parfait état. très rares rousseurs en marges. 230x285mm. 1895. broché. 171 pages. 20 planches en couleurs hors texte. compositions dans le texte. exmplaire à grandes marges Mame unknown
181054074Baltimore: published by Joseph James 1810. Second edition 12mo; pp. 3 iv-vii 1 2-200; full contemporary mottled calf gilt-paneled spine in 6 compartments red morocco label in 1; joints starting with leaves moderately browned; good and sound. In the 1820s Scott's views became controversial among Quakers and were adopted by the Hicksite faction. First published in 1793 this is only the second American edition. American Imprints 21291. published by Joseph James unknown
183667811Philadelphia 1836. 8vo Samtidig blått blankt omslag. 38 s. Engelsk. <br/><br/><em>Pent eksemplar. </em> unknown
187618618Washington D.C.: Printed and Bound at the National Republican Printing House 1876. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title and caption title as issued. Stitched 17pp. Folding map sketch of the area in question. Wrappers moderately worn Good. After his War service in the Union army Barnard settled down to a legal career in Crown Point Indiana. He took on this case after he moved himself and his practice to Washington. His Brief in this case provides a history of the surveys and land ownership of the Northwest corner of Indiana from the inception of statehood in the mid-1830's. FIRST EDITION. Not located on OCLC. Printed and Bound at the National Republican Printing House unknown
1897139389Paris: Boivin and Cie 1897. First Edition. First Edition. Portfolio. Very Good plus. Unbound signatures interspersed with color illustrations by classic French illustrator Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville credited here as "Job". <br /> <br /> Light rubbing on the front board owner bookplate on the front pastedown and leaves lightly toned. A bright presentable book. Boivin and Cie unknown
1856M13479New York:: Holman & Gray Steam Printers 1856 1863. 1856. Two papers bound together. 24 cm. 62; 299-351 1 pp. Title inscribed 'from the author' . . . 'and an essay on cyanosis'. Nineteenth century brown cloth; extremities worn; lacks ffep first title gutter with tears to the title. Rubber-stamp on title of the Mercantile Library Assoc. NY. Good minor kozo repairs. Rare. 'FROM THE AUTHOR' Smith also wrote A Treatise on the Diseases of Infancy and Childhood. Philadelphia 1869. Cyanosis or 'blue disease' is described here in full via the author's 2-part lecture at the New York Academy of Medicine February 18 and March 4 1863. Smith considered the talk statistical as its results are based on the analyses of 191 cases. Within his paper is a detailed history of the literature on the same topic. 'It is only just to state that Dr. J. Lewis Smith of New York in his admirable work on Diseases of Infancy and Childhood gives the best consideration of this subject that I have met with among out systematic treatises.' - Frank Woodbury 'The Significance of Bloody Discharges from the Bowels in Young Children' JAMA vol. III no. 7 August 1884 p. 180. Smith was born in Spafford NY. His studies took him to the Buffalo Medical School where he interned. Smith graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York 1853. He worked as physician to the Charity Hospital and the NY foundling asylum etc. Ashwal mentions Smith as one of the persons advancing the field of pediatrics which he tells started in the early nineteenth century but also developed more strongly by the middle of the century. Smith was also the second president of the American Pediatric Society the first such organization in the United States. - Ashwal p 120. p. 171. Atkinson Physicians and Surgeons of the United States p. 136. See: Ashwal The Founders of Child Neurology. Cone Thomas E. Jr. History of American pediatrics Little Brown 1980 pp. 103-104. REFERENCES: These works not in Grulee. FFrye C188 Holman & Gray, Steam Printers, 1856, 1863. hardcover
1827C208771London: J. F. Dove 1827. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Thirty-twomo. xvi 415pp. Handsomely bound in contemporary full dark red leather with gilt spine titles and black stamped decoration to spine and boards all edges gilt. Slight wear to covers otherwise very good indeed. J. F. Dove, hardcover
190063444ca. 1900. Le Monde Intellectuel. - La France Contemporaine 10077. - Berlin-Charlottenburg Adolf Eckstein Editeur o.J. ca.1900 300 x 460 mm; beigelegt 2 pp. Biographie. André Job 1870-1928 französischer Chemiker befasste sich mit der Chemie von Cer und dessen Oxiden und von anderen Lanthanoiden mit metallorganischen Verbindungen wie Chrom-Carbonyl-Verbindungen. unknown
183355435Philadelphia: William Brown printer 1833. Second edition revised same year as the first with a new preface and expanded text; 8vo pp. 105 1 errata; removed from binding wrappers wanting; "duplicate" stamp and adhesion residue on title page title page also clipped at the lower corner; good sound copy. "The history extent and pernicious consequences of that species of gambling" i.e. lotteries. American Imprints 21595 for the first edition of only 48 pages; Sabin 97643. William Brown, printer unknown
1859258349Fair Haven Ct: J.T. Hathaway 1859. Printed broadside on thick card. Manuscript notes in pencil on verso. 4to. Minor soiling light creasing and edgewear. Printed broadside on thick card. Manuscript notes in pencil on verso. 4to. Hathaway published the Fair Haven Tribune. <br/><br/> J.T. Hathaway unknown
183372814London:: Printed for Hamilton Adams and Co. 1833. First edition. later old half calf and marbled boards; a.e.g. Light scuffing to the leather; clean tight and sound. 8vo. Embellished with Eighty-Five Original Designs by R. Cruikshank. Also a Translation of Plutarch's Banquet of the Seven Sages. Printed for Hamilton, Adams and Co., hardcover
182079303Mountpleasant Ohio: Elisha Bates. Very Good. 1820. Leather. This book is hard-bound in brown tree calf leather with a gilt stamped leather label on the spine and a small sticker at the head of the spine. The covers show light scuffing edge-wear and rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. There is a small hole in the upper joint. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and legible but with scattered foxing throughout. . Elisha Bates hardcover