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18358652<p>First edition. Octavo. Descriptive account by Rev. Hobart Caunter. 22 engravings from original drawings by William Daniell. 263 pages 4 pages of advertisements. Original gilt and blindstamped dark brown morocco spine with gilt stamped design of a palm tree and camel covers with gilt stamped vignette of 3 men riding on an elephant surrounded by blindstamped border of intertwined snakes a.e.g. rubbing to extremities. Very good. No foxing. Binder's ticked of F. Westley. Bookplate of H. Scofield and C.W. Nicolay with Nicolay's ink signature dated 1835.</p> Bull and Churton hardcover books
194321687New York: The Limited Editions Club 1943. Hardcover. very good-. Limited edition signed on the colophon by Maynard Dixon edited by Mason Wade. 297 pp bound in full leather edges of text block stained blue pictorial endpapers. Rubbed through at spine ends and corners no dust jacket or slipcase. Internally sound and clean. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
19057Softcover. Near fine. 8vo 23 pp in stapled self-wrappers. No publication information given c. 1890. Abrasion to one spot on front wrapper with loss of a few letters else fine. An original Oneida Community member offers for posterity an explanation and defense of Perfectionism and the community's other doctrines and practices including communal living and complex marriage. Written in question-and-answer format. paperback books
1908006745Springfield IL: Illinois State Journal Co. 1908. SCARCE. 45 pp. with several prints and photographs. Very Good wrappers soiled 2" tear rear wrapper bottom edge at spine. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illinois State Journal Co. Paperback books
1889190391889. First Edition. Softcover. Good. One of 50 copies printed for private circulation. 30 pp. 7 x 10.5 inches in original wrappers illustrated with one original photograph and one photomechanically reproduced photograph. Presentation inscription on the title page to a member of a prominent Allegheny County family "Mr. R.C. Wrenshall from John Way Jr." Wrappers are chipped and only just attached by a thread to the text block most of backstrip is gone margins of the page with the original photograph are foxed. Otherwise clean. John Way Jr. 1831-1902 was an elder of the Presbyterian Church of Sewickley and he taught a bible class for young men for 60 years. He helped to organize the Young Men's Christian Association in his area taught elocution classes for adults acted as the first president of the Public Library in Sewickley. In 1877 after finding the local schools unsuitable for his children he financed a new building and reopened the Sewickley Academy for Boys which had originally operated from his childhood home beginning in 1838. This book is primarily a history of the religious institutions churches and sunday schools of the town but also includes other details such as the prices of goods and wages recorded in an early account book and what residents and buildings were present in the town c. 1800. One copy located in OCLC at the American Antiquarian Society. paperback books
1880008224London: Richard Bentley and Son 1880. Two volumes finely bound in contemporary half polished calf over marbled boards the backs ornately gilt with two morocco labels edges and end papers marbled the armorial bookplates of Harry C. Jenkins to paste downs. Near Fine small chips to labels light wear at edges of boards. Each volume with three portrait illustrations. . First Edition. Half Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Richard Bentley and Son Hardcover books
195799696Cambridge: University Press 1957. hardcover. very good/very good-. Edited by J.O. Lindsay. xs 625pp. thick 8vo blue cloth d.w.; some underling dust wrapper. Cambridge: At the University Press 1957. A very good copy in a very good - dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Volume VII<br/><br/> University Press unknown books
185920244London: Printed for the Ray Society 1859. First Edition. Cloth. Good. First Edition. Folio pp. viii-x 143 blank ff 24 blank; dull green library linen boards with gilt lettering on spine; boards lightly soiled and rubbed; call numbers stamped to heel of spine; library bookplate to pastedown with "Discard" stamp; four-inch tear to fore-edge of half-title leaf; embossed library stamp and pencil annotations to title leaf; embossed library stamp to p. 1; library tickets and pockets to rear endpapers; cellotape repair to top edge of last plate; else a sound ex-library copy. Illustrated with twelve uncolored lithograph plates and accompanying letterpress descriptive text. Cloth. While serving as ship's surgeon aboard the H.M.S. Rattlesnake Huxley 1825-1895 collected and studied specimens of hydrozoas in the waters off Australia New Guinea and Palermo Italy. Through careful dissections and close observation of physical relationships Huxley succeeded in bringing more detailed order to the knowledge of these minute organisms. Printed for the Ray Society unknown books
1841233815Oxford; London: Printed By D. A. Talboys for Thomas Tegg 1841. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Sold as a 2 volume set. Previous owner's name written on ffep of both volumes. No pencil or ink markings in text of either volume. Some pages in both volumes are un-cut. Green embossed cloth bindings. Both volumes slightly cocked. Tears at head of spines of both volumes. Moderate edgewear to boards of both volumes. near Very Good binding. Printed By D. A. Talboys, for Thomas Tegg unknown books
1824044209London: J. Robins 1824. Later Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. 4 volumes in half reverse calf over marbled boards with attractively gilt spines 1824-26. Each volume with a frontis and in text illustrations throughout. Moderate foxing throughout small water droplet mark to one frontis otherwise clean. An attractively bound set of this popular history of the unsavory. iv 518 2; 500 2; 499 3; 404 2pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. 4-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; History. Inventory No: 044209. <br/><br/> J. Robins hardcover books
191934865New York: The New York Times 1919. Currently housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Single sheet folded twice as a newspaper. Profusely illustrated with photographic images and advertisments. 22-1/2" x 16-1/2" <br/><br/>This newspaper contains images of Lieutenant Ormer C. Locklear ".the world only aviator so far to transfer from one airplane to another when both planes were at top speed." and another image of "Lieutnant Locklear swinging head down from his airplane preparatory to dropping to another which is to fly under him." In addition there is a image of Friedrich Ebert delivering his address of acceptance as the first president of Germany. The New York Times unknown books
1964004402No Place: International Review of Social History 1964. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front wrapper "Best Wishes HD Bloch". Near Fine wrappers lightly creased. In stapled white wrappers paginated 65-80. SCARCE. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Reprint. Pamphlet. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. International Review of Social History Paperback books
18942491Cleveland: The Standard Lighting Co. 1894. Hardcover. White oilcloth boards. Very good. 249 pages. 22 x 15 cm. Late 1800's cookbook/trade catalogue putting forth the favorable qualities of the "vapor stove" made by The Standard Lighting Co. Vapor stoves burned multiple fuels stove gasoline kerosene or distillate with the advantage of quicker cooking times and less heat then coal or wood. The disadvantage of these stoves were the tendency to explode into giant fireballs of ignited gasoline vapor that could and would incinerate the entire house. 20 pages of illustrations accompanied by a cookbook teeming with recipes. Interior pages toned but clean. Boards stained and rubbed. <br /> The Standard Lighting Co. hardcover books
19641358New York: Viking Press 1964. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. viii 374 pp with index. Slight rubbing to extremities light dust soiling to top edge else fine. Dust jacket is chipped at corners and spine ends and has a small crease. Revised and expanded version of West's work on World War II traitors and defectors. Viking Press hardcover books
18272378London: G. Virtue nd c.1827. First Edition. Hardcover. Half Bound leather with marbled boards. Good. 838 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Engraved frontispiece title-page and ten plates illustrating trussing carving and bills of fare. Heavily foxed front hinges cracked but holding. Boards rubbed. Owner's signature on front free end paper. CAGLE 632. <br /> G. Virtue hardcover books
1886235926London: Swan Sonnenschein Lowrey & Co 1886. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. No pencil or ink markings in text. Red cloth binding. Spotting on bottom edge of text block and bottom edge of front and rear boards as well as to bottom of rear endpapers. Light edgewear to boards. Spine has darkened. Some silverfishing to spine. Very Good binding. Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co unknown books
1962006398New York: The New Leader 1962. Very Good toning at edges of wrappers period bookstore tag inside front cover informed marginal pencil notations. "Annotated Especially for This Edition By Boris I. Nicolaevsky" . First Thus. Stapled Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The New Leader Paperback 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
21412Shanghai: North-China Daily News & Herald. Hardcover. Very good. Compiled and translated from the latest and most authoritative surveys and records by the staff of the Far Eastern Geographical Establishment." Second edition undated but 1917 or 1918. Large folio 21.25 x 15.25 inches pp 12 xi 1 88 187 xxxiii 18 with index 25 attractive colored maps in English and Chinese and many colored charts and graphs. Original embossed black cloth with beveled edges and gilt titles. Some chipping the the cloth at the spine ends and on raised bands corners rubbed through but a very good copy internally sound and clean. A fascinating and comprehensive reference providing extensive statistics on all aspects of Chinese manufacturing industry agricultural production natural resources and trade imports and exports broken down by province and city as well short write-ups on the history and principal commodities of dozens of cities and on the climate geography and mineral resources of China as a whole. There is a lengthy and most interesting list of "Commodities of the World's Commerce Compilied with Special Reference to China" that provides information on the sources and uses of such items as buffalo horns coprolites dragon's blood Ignatius beans kukui oil mangrove bark sea slugs and silkworm gut. A list of public companies in China detailing their capital profits etc. is included as an appendix and this is followed by 39 pages of ads for manufacturers shipbuilders and shipping lines insurance companies banks and import/export firms. The author was an English journalist and fellow of the Royal Geographical Society who lived in Asia for nearly two decades traveling in China India Tibet and Burma. In 1920 this book was advertised as "the only work of the kind every produced for and about China." Other works of this nature have undoubtedly been produced in the ensuing century but it is hard to imagine any could be as impressive a production as this one. North-China Daily News & Herald hardcover books
1928002248Austin TX: The Southwestern Political and Social Science Quarterly 1928. Scarce. Very Good Plus in stiff grey wrappers. Top corner faint crease and written at top of front wrapper in ink is "Lewinson cop.1". 25 pages issued as an offprint of The Southwestern Political and Social Science Quarterly March 1928. Fascinating article that concludes "On the ground of white politics alone it were perhaps well for the South to reconsider its present solution of the negro suffrage problem." . Reprint. Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. The Southwestern Political and Social Science Quarterly Paperback books
1913259622Navy Records Society 1913. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/no dust jacket. Binding sound; light even toning to text; no markings in text. Volume 3 Only. Very Good binding / no dust jacket. Navy Records Society unknown books
1855008687London: Henry G. Bohn 1855. RARE the last complete set seen at auction 1956. Six volumes published 1855-1857. Bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards backs gilt with black morocco labels end papers and edges marbled. Very Good remnants of bookplate removal front paste downs hinges Vol. I starting from top edge yet still holding wear showing at hinges other volumes spines calf darkened light rubbing at edges of boards interiors clean and lovely. Additional postage required for international and priority mail shipping. Please inquire. . First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Henry G. Bohn Hardcover books
1948TB29394Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company 1948. First Edition. Fine in decorated red cloth covered boards with gilt text stampings on the spine and front board and with map end papers. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 3/4". In a very good unclipped dust jacket with a 1/2" by 1/3" deep chip from the upper edge of the spine area with rubbing and wear to the rest of that upper edge and small chips over the tips of the boards. Signed with no inscription by the author on third free end paper. The third volume in The American Trails Series by Bobbs-Merrill which is exceedingly difficult to locate in a collectable jacket. 442 pages including an index and bibliographical notes. Illustrated with 25 black and white photographs. A very handsome and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. Bobbs-Merrill Company hardcover books
200222760Nanking: Museum of The Institute of History and Philology 2002. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. 329 pages. 27.5 x 21.5 cm. The museum has over 400000 items in its permanent collection making it one of the largest in China. Especially notable is the museum's enormous collections of Ming and Qing imperial porcelain which is among the largest in the world. Preparatory Office for the Academia Sinica Museum was established in 1933. Dr. Fu Ssu-nien envisioned the museum as a center for educating the public promoting society's interest in cultural heritage and broadening the historical horizons of common citizens. By associating the artifacts with their relevant natural history the museum differed considerably from other museums which simply displayed their collections out of context. Some of the Museum's contents were sent to Taiwan during the Japanese invasion of China. Profusely illustrated with color plates. Text in English and Chinese. Museum of The Institute of History and Philology unknown books
1986271Princeton: Princeton University Press 1986. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. A near fine first edition in a near fine dust jacket. Russet cloth boards. White end papers. From the private library of Larry Southwick collector's marginalia pencilled near front hinge no other markings. Binding sound square and sturdy. Foxing top edge interior pages clean and bright. Sunning to spine edge of dust jacket. 176 pp. followed by 63 pp. plates many in color. Also illustrated with 53 figures and drawings. Quarto 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall. Princeton University Press hardcover books
