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006911Chefoo China: Women's Bible School American Presbyterian Mission No Date circa 1930. Near Fine pages with light toning. Oblong folio 10" x 13 3/4". Bound in beautiful red pictorial embossed silk over limp boards string-tied 28 pp of cut-out illustrations in black and white many with colorful silk inlays with tissue guards publisher's 1 page explanatory leaf laid in also an original 6 1/2" x 10 1/2" cut-out with colorful silk inlays and string hanger readt-to-hang laid in. Cut-out chapter headings are Travel and Transportation Customs and Habits Chinese Birth-Year Cycle latest date 1935 Occupations The Eight Immortals Myths and Legends Chinese Recipes Chinese Children Chinese Junks and The Magician. Well over 100 cut-outs in all including the bonus laid in cut-out and SCARCE THUS. First Edition. String Tied. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Oblong Folio . Women's Bible School, American Presbyterian Mission Paperback books
1976305375<p>Detroit Alternatives 1976. 1976. First edition. 8vo 5 5/8" x 8 1/2". Original stiff pictorial white wrappers. Very good. 27 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good.</p> Alternatives paperback books
200121828NY: Oxford University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 019513060X . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Oxford University Press hardcover books
197830703Stanford: Stanford University Press. Near Fine. 1978. Paperback. 0804710074 . First paperback edition. About fine in illustrated wraps. . Stanford University Press paperback books
1864006616Boston: Wright & Potter State Printers 1864. pp. 1022 8 22 20. Very Good in the original black cloth with gilt-stamped spine title cloth separating at bottom edge front gutter rubbing to cloth at tips and minor loss of cloth at spine ends front hinge starting dampstain top corner affecting margin but not text of about 200 pages period gift inscription front end page to H.W. Taft Esq. Henry Waters Taft was the brother of President William Howard Taft and a renowned antitrust lawyer. Much detailed information on Massachusetts troops and their involvement in the Civil War. SCARCE in collectible condition. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Thick 8vo. Wright & Potter, State Printers Hardcover books
1825008735London: Harding Triphook and Lepard 1825. Three volumes with professional 20th c. reback of quarter calf red morocco labels brightly lettered in gilt and with blind-tooled chevron decorations original contemporary marbled boards and end papers frontispiece engraved portrait of Henry the Eighth Vol. I frontispiece facsimile of seal and signature of Prince Charles Vol. III a quite pleasing and well bound set. Near Fine light rubs at edges 2" tear at crease of fold-out front of Vol. II scattered light toning at end papers internally clean and lovely. Previous seller's pencil note indicates " First 2 Series Complete. 2 More Published Later". . Second Edition. Quarter Calf. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harding, Triphook, and Lepard Hardcover books
199822164Hopewell: Ecco Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0880016361 . Illustrated. First American printing. Fine in a very near fine light scratch on front panel dust jacket. . Ecco Press hardcover books
1913001658New York: Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. 1913. Near Fine rear wrapper lightly foxed. Printed and distributed by the insurance company for the use of its policy holders. 24 page pamphlet illustrated in b & w. SCARCE. First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Paperback books
182347748Montpellier France 1823. Letter now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age-toning. Fold-lines. Faint tide line to verso under address. Stamped "33 Montpellier" above address. Very Good. Bifolium with 1st page of manuscript ~ 33 lines ~ 300 words. Text in French. Writing small neat precise & legible. 10" x 7-7/8" <br/><br/>Schröder & Schyler a longtime wine merchant from Bordeaux founded in 1739 and still in business today. Here offered a letter ordering quanties of 'vin blanc' et 'vin rouge' along with other related correspondence. unknown books
200324058NY: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0198607024 . First printing. About fine in a fine dust jacket. . Oxford University Press hardcover books
1925535681925. WINCHESTER History of. WINCHESTER'S WAR RECORDS. Civil - Spanish-American - World. Winchester Massachusetts: Andover Press 1925. 8vo. blue cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Slight wear to spine and corners with light foxing to text edges. A very good copy. unknown books
1912001885London: Anti-Socialist Union 1912. "Reprint-with additions and corrections- from Articles which appeared in the Red Peril Columns of THE STANDARD on 13th and 14th February 1912." Very Good Plus 12 pages in stapled self-wrappers. Pages are uniformly browned small tear at spine of front wrapper. "An account of the serious menace to the State of Socialist Sunday Schools and an exposure of the attempt which is made by the Socialists to capture both the Teachers and Children of the Nation with suggestions for counteracting the evil." SCARCE. 2nd Edition. Pamphlet. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. Anti-Socialist Union Paperback books
1799biblio153a1-42 binders direction8 subscribers4c-4204 additional subscribers pages with 7 maps 5 folding and 6 plates. Quarto 11 3/4" x 9 1/2" with new spine in six compartment with red label in gilt over original decorative blind stamped calf boards. Ferguson 329; Sabin 104.633 First edition first printing.<br /><br />Captain James Wilson 1760–1814 brought the first British missionaries to Tahiti on ship Duff in 1797. Wilson was a deeply religious man. The missionaries he brought were from the London Missionary Society. There were thirty men six women and three children. Wilson on the Duff also explored and visited many islands in the Pacific some of which had never had any recorded visit by a European. Among these the most important are Mangareva in the Gambier Islands and Pukarua in the Tuamotus. Duff Paid a visit as a missionary ship to Tahiti during 1796 as a result Missionary Society has first been established in Tahiti. Three years after the establishment the directors of the Society appointed a committee to consider a suitable memorial for presentation to Wilson for his services in helping to establish the first mission in the South Seas.<br /><br />Wilson fought with the British army during the American War of independence and then served nine years with the East India company. While in India he was captured by Hyder Ali and after a daring bid for escape was imprisoned in the black hole of Seringapatam. After his release he continued service as a captain and despite illness and further dangerous missions accumulated sufficientr esources to retire. throughout it all Wilson remained fast in his irreligious opinions. While living in England with his niece however he was converted to an evangelical faith. he felt called to volunteer for missionary service after reading the Evangelical Magazine. Haweis did not know Wilson before receiving a letter volunteering his services in the Pacific. his skills and newfound devotion seemed perfectly suited to the situation and Haweis saw him as "God's man." the Duff arrived at Tahiti on march 5 1797. the settlement at Tahiti of twenty of the missionaries five of them with wives and two children gives further examples of the role of the missionary captain. A pattern of intercourse had already been established by other voyagers according to which the captain of a vessel would take the leading role in meetings. It is therefore not surprising that the focus of the chapter describing the arrival is on meetings between significant island figures and Captain Wilson. For example Manemane a "high priest" Frommo'orea sought Wilson as a tayo or friend not Jefferson the president of the missionaries.<br /><br />The official account of the first mission appeared in 1799 under the lengthy title A missionary voyage to the southern Pacific Ocean performed in the years 1796 1797 1798 in the ship Duff commanded by Captain James Wilson compiled from thejournals of the officers and the missionaries; and illustrated with maps charts and views drawn by Mr William Wilson.it was placed firmly within the tradition of the voyages ofdiscovery by an introduction compiledby samuel Greatheed that described previous european contacts with the islands and anappendix "including details never before published of the natural and civil state of otaheite." the main narrative was taken from Wilson's journal with additions from his son and a journal kept by the missionaries during the period when the Duff was away from Tahiti at Tonga. Wilson dominated the events recorded in the narrative.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Some offset toning from maps occasional foxing water mark to upper margin on some leaves two leaves miss-bound at back re-backed with contemporary blind stamped calf boards. S Gosnell for T Chapman hardcover books
1940005617New York 1940. n his personal stationery dated November 25 1940. The letter written 20 days after Willkies loss to FDR in the 1940 presidential election thanks a supporter for her good will and also ".a heartening faith in the principles for which I stand". Near Fine folded twice to fit into envelope. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. One PageFolded Twice. Near Fine. 8 1/2" x 11". Paperback books
005620Seattle WA: Don Mills Includes "Win With Willkie" bumper sticker 3 1/2" x 5" no backing paper "We Want Willkie" campaign button set of 8 Wendell Willkie portrait stamps each 1 1/2" x 2" and a pack of 100 "Win With Willkie -Vote Republican !" postage-size stamps. No Date 1940. Wendell Willkie did not run in the 1940 presidential primaries but positioned himself as an acceptable choice for a deadlocked convention. He sought backing from uncommitted delegates while his supporters many youthful enthusiastically promoted his candidacy. He was nominated on the sixth ballot over Ohio Senator Robert A. Taft. . First Edition. Near Fine. Don Mills unknown books
1830044921New Haven: William Storer 1830. Early Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Fair Condition. The 11th edition in 1/4 leather over boards - boards quite worn spine dry but binding sound. Stain the gutter a few marginal tears one page adhered in the gutter but no loss of text. Plates of the Battle of Trenton Bunker Hill and Saratoga. Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Americana. Inventory No: 044921. <br/><br/> William Storer hardcover books
1794046754New York: T. Allen 1794. Second Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Fair Condition. Full period sheep boards reattached with tape worn. First volume is lacking the title and most of the first page of the first letter - separate title for volume 2. First few pages worn at edges some scattered foxing smal ldampstain near the end. 219pp with a separate title for vol 2 but paginated continuously. The 2nd America edition. Size: Octavo 8vo. 2-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Americana; History. Inventory No: 046754. T. Allen hardcover books
18802455London: Williams' M. Proprietress c. 1880's. Cards. Cream cards red and black ink. Good. 11.5 x 7.75 cm. Folded cream cards. Small menu featuring prices for Breakfast Dinners and Apartments. Temperance Hotels followed the spread of the temperance movement in the late 1830's - providing a place for the traveling teetotaler. Here a person could eat and drink as well as transact business read the papers and enjoy social interaction. Cards foxed. <br/><br/> Williams', M. Proprietress unknown books
1924247021New York: E. P. Dutton Company 1924. First Edition. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. 542pp. Previous owner name; no markings in text; green cloth binding with very light edge wear to extremities; front board slightly loose but holding; digital images can be made available upon request. near Very Good binding. E. P. Dutton Company unknown books
1997006567Washington D.C.: The White House 1997. A unique personal archive of photographs and letters received by William K. Estes when awarded the President's National Medal of Science on December 16 1997. Included are a SIGNED BY PRESIDENT CLINTON photograph of Estes receiving the medal from Clinton and a SIGNED BY VICE-PRESIDENT AL GORE photograph of Estes with Gore and also two separate unsigned White House-issued group photographs one of the awardees wth President Clinton and the other the awardees with Vice-President Gore. In addition a letter on White House stationery dated May 14 1997 SIGNED by Josh H. Gibbons Asst. to the President for Science and Technology to Estes confirming his selection as a recipient a White House Press Release from the Office of Media Affairs dated April 30 1997 announcing the recipients a congratulatory letter dated December 17 1997 on U.S. Senate letterhead from the office of Senator John Kerry Mass. SIGNED by Senator Kerry and two programs for the event. Also included two congratulatory letters on Harvard University letterheads one dated Dec.18 1997 and SIGNED by Neil Rudenstine President of Harvard and the other dated Dec. 23 1997 SIGNED by Harvey V. Fineberg Provost of Harvard. All materials are in Fine condition. William K. Estes June 17 1919- August 17 2011 was an American psychologist who pioneered the application of mathematics to the study of animal learning and human cognition. He received this award "for his fundamental theories of learning memory and decision. His pioneering development and testing of mathematical models of pyschological processes have set the standard for theoretical progress in behavioral and cognitive science". That same year the other awardees included James D. Watson. Robert A. Weinberg Darlene C. Hoffman Martin Schwarzschild among other notable scientists. . SIGNED. Fine/No Jacket. The White House unknown books
1865006220Morrisania NY: Press of J.M. Bradstreet 1865. #56 of only 100 copies printed and SIGNED by Henry B. Dawson. SCARCE in collectible condition. Rebound in black cloth with grey end pages and without the original wrappers. Cloth is untitled with light rubbing armorial bookplate of Thornton Walbridge front paste down. The original book is Near Fine light foxing to endpages faint crease rear end page. "The following Tract concerning a very important event in the War of the American Revolution was written by WILLIAM GRAVES EFQ. the eldeft brother Admiral THOMAS GRAVES and privately circulated for the purpofe of defending the latter from the ferious charges which were brought againft him fubfequent to the furrender by LORD CORNWALLIS at Yorktown". 39 pp. Revolutionary War. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition. Press of J.M. Bradstreet Hardcover books
1932252294Edinburgh: Edinburgh Public Libraries 1932. Second Edition Revised. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Backed in black cloth with marbled paper over boards; deckled edges; contents clean and binding sound. Very Good binding. Edinburgh Public Libraries unknown books
1819228266London: Effingham Wilson 1819. First Edition. Half Leather. near Very Good binding. Backed in sheep with corners this copy has been tastefully rebacked in japanese tissue with original backstrip laid down; the paper that once covered the boards is oddly lost so that bare board is visible . which is not as bad as it sounds; general shelf wear with some soiling to the endpapers. First Edition of Anderson's London Commercial Dictionary and Sea-Port Gazetteer and assesses the relative quality of various products coming from different places or regions. It contains over 2900 entries some on places others on products and often on the processes of commercial transactions -- weights currencies regulations import and export restrictions and the like. With handsome frontispiece elevation of the South Front of the New Custom House. Bound together with Anderson's Consolidated Duties 1819. Duties of Excise and Customs. Digital images available upon request. near Very Good binding. Effingham Wilson unknown books
1905008187New York: Longmans Green & Co. 1905. xx 476 pp including 4 Appendices and Index. With over 50 illustrations One volume bound in signed Brentanos contemporary half pebbled morocco over marbled boards the back with five raised bands with gilt lettering and decorations top edge gilt marbled end papers the small leather bookplate of C.A. and V. Baldwin front paste down. Very Good light rubbing at joints and corners spotting at frontispiece tissue guard. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Longmans, Green & Co. Hardcover books
1964006069Bruxelles Belgium: Culture et Civilisation 1964. A lovely four volume set bound in red buckram gilt titles at spine text in Latin. A reprint of a 1737 History of the Church of England. All four volumes are Fine. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. This set is oversize and quite heavy- please contact for extra shipping charges. Please no international orders. . First Edition Thus. Buckram. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Culture et Civilisation Hardcover books
