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1892M11221Leipzig:: F.C.W. Vogel 1892. 1892. Third revised edition. 8vo. viii 196 pp. 139 illustrations index. Black cloth gilt-stamped spine title; extremities a bit rubbed and soiled. Ex-library bookplate with embossed stamp on title-page call number painted on front cover. Professor of neurology at Frankfurt Edinger founded modern comparative neuroanatomy. He first described thalamic pain with postmortem verification and identified the nucleus for pupillary constriction in the fetal midbrain. F.C.W. Vogel, 1892. hardcover books
18821339955Washington: For the Compiler 1882. Seventeenth edition. Hardcover. 12mo; 17th edition corrected to January 1882; G; Hardcover; Spine red with gold print; Boards in red cloth with gold print mild wear to spine caps and corners toning to spine light smudging/shelfwear; Textblock has cracked front hinge initial folded map has tear along spine else clean and tight; xx 250 pages illustrated b&w including 2 folded maps. 1339955. FP New Rockville Stock. For the Compiler hardcover books
1882M4364New York:: William Wood 1882. 1882. 234 x 155 mm. 8vo. vii 280 pp. Index. Blind-stamped black cloth gilt spine; top spine end frayed. Very good. Cordasco 80-3782. William Wood, 1882. hardcover books
189649407New York: Hurst & Company Publishers 1896. 1st US Edition . Original publisher's pale green decorative cloth stamped in dark green red & white. Pictorial eps. Cocked. General wear. A VG copy. 305 1 blank pp. Frontispiece. 8" x 5-3/8" <br/><br/>Mrs Meade a prolific writer of books primarily for young ladies some 280 works. Putting toghether a collection of her works. Now that would be a collecting challenge! Hurst & Company Publishers hardcover books
1895M2747In London:: The Lancet. . . Vol. I No. IX March 2 1895. 1895. 283 x 199 mm. 4to. 525-532 pp. Entire vol.: ii 42 ads 525-588 43-84 iii-iv ads pp. 9 figs. Self-wraps. Ex library rubber stamp and ownership signature of Dale Smith on top cover. Very good. FIRST EDITION. Charles Lockwood Professor in Surgery and Pathology Royal College of Surgeons and Assistant Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital is known for his operation for femoral hernia Garrison and Morton 3604 and his anatomical work on "Lockwood's suspensory ligament" of the globe of the eye Garrison and Morton 1520. The Lancet. . ., Vol. I, No. IX, (March 2, 1895). paperback books
189525537Chicago: Donohue Henneberry & Co 1895. Early US edition. Light blue wrappers lettered in dark blue. VG spine slightly sunned/paper beginning to yellow as expected. 255 1 pp. Advert last page. 12mo. 7-3/16" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> Donohue Henneberry & Co unknown books
189989562New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1899. Hardcover. Good. frontis photos index xiv 365p. Original green cloth. 22cm. Ex lib. Mercantile Library NY bookplate and library stamp. Spine slightly sloped. Extremities rubbed some loss of cloth. Moderate cover soil. All plates and maps present. <br/><br/> G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
18831332965Joliet: Albert O. Marshall 1883. Hardcover. Octavo; Poor; Hardcover; Spine brown with gold print; Boards in brown cloth with gold print spine caps torn away tattered corners and edges tear at top of front hinge significant shelfwear with fading rubbing stray pencil marks on front soiling; Text block has names in ink on front endpapers front flyleaf creased and chipping and separated from binding cracked hinges front and rear spine breaks throughout shaken/loose binding moisture stain to top edge of initial pages intermittent foxing throughout; 410 pages. 1332965. FP New Rockville Stock. Albert O. Marshall hardcover books
1891237481891. No binding. Very Good. Three-quarter-length portrait in costume unknown role signed "Richard Franz" in black ink. From the studio of A. Adler Dresden with decorative gilt studio imprint to lower margin and studio details printed to verso. 165 x 107 mm.<br/><br/>Slightly worn. Richard Franz was an Austrian actor. In his early years he was considered highly promising; he gave his Dresden debut in 1889 Ernst Roeder Dresdner Hoftheater der Gegenwart: Neue Folge Dresden and Leipzig 1896 pp. 142-61. In 1914 the "former actor of heroic roles in Dresden now in Mainz" became director of the court theater in Braunschweig Die Musik 13 part 2 Berlin 1914 p. 366. unknown books
189028400Paris: Choudens Père & Fils PN A.C. 7764 1890. Large octavo. Plain blue wrappers with manuscript titling in blue ink to upper and spine. 1f. recto title within architectural border verso notes 1f. recto notes on first performance named cast list and contents verso blank 307 i blank pp. Many leaves unopened.<br/><br/>Named cast includes Simon-Girard Duparc Cannès Maria Thom Hurbain Dechesne Simon-Max Mesmacker Larbaudière and Chalmin.<br/><br/>Quite browned throughout scattered foxing; edges worn with occasional small chips and tears; small oval handstamp to lower margin of title. A re-issue of the first edition. <br/><br/>"Much of Lecocq's music is characterized by a light touch but he could also adopt a more lyrical and elevated style than Offenbach and termed several of his operettas opéras comiques. His greatest popular triumph La fille de Madame Angot has remained a classic among operettas and demonstrates Lecocq's abundant flow of pleasing melodies his deft exploitation of rhythm for a lively theatrical effect impressive building up of extended numbers and typically French shaping of phrases." Andrew Lamb in Grove Music Online. Choudens Père & Fils [PN A.C. 7764] unknown books
188328374Boston: Oliver Ditson 1883. Quarto. Original publisher's decorative brown wrappers with titling to spine in black marker. 1 title 2 cast list story and contents 3-280 pp.<br/><br/>Wrappers slightly worn and chipped; partially detached; "No. 506" in black ink and small label to upper; lower wrapper slightly defective; spine worn with loss to head; joints partially split. Slightly browned; some minor staining. First American edition.<br/><br/>Le coeur et la main to a libretto by Nuitter and Beaumont was first performed in Paris at the Nouveautés on October 19 1882.<br/><br/>"Much of Lecocq's music is characterized by a light touch but he could also adopt a more lyrical and elevated style than Offenbach and termed several of his operettas opéras comiques. His greatest popular triumph La fille de Madame Angot has remained a classic among operettas and demonstrates Lecocq's abundant flow of pleasing melodies his deft exploitation of rhythm for a lively theatrical effect impressive building up of extended numbers and typically French shaping of phrases. Oliver Ditson unknown books
189028413Milano: Sonzogno PN E. S. 58 1890. Large octavo. Half dark brown pebbled cloth with marbled boards printed titling excerpts laid down to upper and spine. 1f. recto notes on first performance cast list and index verso blank 238 pp.<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped; small bookseller's label to rear pastedown. Minor to moderate foxing throughout; lacking title; some margins cropped not affecting printed area; cataloguing annotation in pencil to upper margin of first leaf. First Italian edition of the second version.<br/><br/>Les prés Saint-Gervaisk to a libretto by Sardou and Gille was first performed in Paris at the Variétés on November 14 1874.<br/><br/>"Much of Lecocq's music is characterized by a light touch but he could also adopt a more lyrical and elevated style than Offenbach and termed several of his operettas opéras comiques. His greatest popular triumph La fille de Madame Angot has remained a classic among operettas and demonstrates Lecocq's abundant flow of pleasing melodies his deft exploitation of rhythm for a lively theatrical effect impressive building up of extended numbers and typically French shaping of phrases." Andrew Lamb in Grove Music Online. [Sonzogno] [PN E. S. 58] unknown books
188826629Paris: Ph. Maquet & Cie. PN B. & Cie. 12078 1888. Octavo. Dark red leather-backed textured paper boards spine in compartments gilt with titling gilt. 1f. decorative title with copyright notice to verso 1f. named cast list for the first performance and table of contents 269 i blank pp. Lithographed. <br/><br/>Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped with som abrasion to upper; tail of spine slightly defective. Uniformly browned; minor offsetting; occasional light soiling and staining to margins not affecting music. Handstamped "3718" to final page of music. A reissue of the first edition originally published by Brandus in 1876. Scarce. Worldcat 5 copies only. OCLC nos. 864205582 19008410 81845610.<br/><br/>La Petite Mariée was first performed at the Théâtre de la Renaissance in Paris on December 21 1875. "Lecocq confirmed his international reputation with La petite mariée 1875 and Le petit duc 1878 both of which have remained in the French operetta repertory. Much of Lecocq's music is characterized by a light touch but he could also adopt a more lyrical and elevated style than Offenbach and termed several of his operettas opéras comiques." His greatest operettas "demonstrate his abundant flow of pleasing melodies his deft exploitation of rhythm for a lively theatrical effect impressive building up of extended numbers and typically French shaping of phrases." Andrew Lamb in Grove Music Online. Ph. Maquet & Cie. [PN B. & Cie. 12078] unknown books
189028423Paris: Choudens Fils PN A.C. 5797 1890. Large octavo. Red cloth spine. 1f. recto title printed within architectural border verso blank 1f. recto notes on first performance named cast list and contents verso blank 218 223-224 pp. Some leaves unopened.<br/><br/>Named cast includes Simon-Girard Jeanne Andrée Dekernel Delannoy Lepers Simon-Max and Bartel. <br/><br/>Wrappers lacking; spine somewhat worn and rubbed. Slightly worn; blank corner of title lacking; title and final leaf stained; several upper outer corners slightly soiled. La princesse des Canaries to a libretto by Duru and Chivot was first performed in Paris at the Folies-Dramatiques on February 9 1883.<br/><br/>"Much of Lecocq's music is characterized by a light touch but he could also adopt a more lyrical and elevated style than Offenbach and termed several of his operettas opéras comiques. His greatest popular triumph La fille de Madame Angot has remained a classic among operettas and demonstrates Lecocq's abundant flow of pleasing melodies his deft exploitation of rhythm for a lively theatrical effect impressive building up of extended numbers and typically French shaping of phrases." Andrew Lamb in Grove Music Online. Choudens Fils [PN A.C. 5797] unknown books
1898M7680Philadelphia etc.:: F. A. Davis 1898. 1898. 243 x 165 mm. 8vo. xiv 348 ads 4 pp. 56 figs. index. Blind- and gilt-stamped dark green cloth; rubbed covers water-stained rear inner hinge cracked as usual. Ownership signatures of G. L. Hutchinson on title and John T. Crissey on front free end-paper. AS IS. F. A. Davis, 1898. hardcover books
18897064Philadelphia: Lippincott 1889. 1st US. Green publisher's cloth with gilt lettering. VG cocked. 356 pp adverts sm 8vo. <br/><br/>'Werner' a minor writer of light romances. Lippincott hardcover books
1892S6289Offprint from:: Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhanlingar No. 7 1892. 1892. 8vo. 325-342 pp. Tables. Original plain wrappers. PRESENTATION SLIP LAID IN. Ex library rubber stamp. Ms. notation on top cover. Very good. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. "At Uppsala Duner found the solution of the special problems of the eclipsing binary Y upsalon Cygni pointing out that this system consists of two similar suns moving around their common center of gravity in elliptic orbits the common line of apsides of which simultaneously rotates in the plane of the orbits. After summing up these results in a few lines Duner added modestly: 'These investigations may well claim some interest.'" DSB IV p. 251. Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhanlingar, No. 7, 1892. unknown books
187046279New York: Dodd & Mead Publishers 1870. Early Printing. Brown cloth decorative border stamped in black ink to head and tail of upper board and back strip blind stamp vignette to lower board title stamped in gilt to back strip light yellow end papers. A VG copy some soiling to boards corners rubbed and lightly frayed gilt bright some foxing to text block some foxing and age toning to end papers and leaves publishers label to front past-down ink inscription to ffep internally clean and bright. viii 472 pp. Twelve black and white illustrations including frontis. 7-1/2" x 5" <br/><br/>Inscription reads: "Mrs. Wm. F. Herrick - Oct. 25 1875 - from her son Willie". Dodd & Mead, Publishers hardcover books
1884Z1356Madison:: Democrat Printing 1884. 1884. 8vo. v 347 appendix 53 pp. Woodcut frontis. of Washburn Observatory plates tables; some pages marginally water-stained very faint. Brown cloth gilt-stamped spine title; lightly faded corners a little bumped. Very good. The appendix is a catalog of the holdings within the Observatory's library. Democrat Printing, 1884. hardcover books
190028350Paris: C. Joubert PN L. B. 2828 1900. Large octavo. Quarter black cloth with marbled boards. 1f. recto title illustrated by E. Buval verso copyright statement 1f. recto named cast list and contents verso blank 92 pp.<br/><br/>Named cast includes Anna Judic Dupuis Léonce Baron Lassouche E. Didier Angély Le Petit Charles Maurel Chalont Marguerite M. Thérèse A. Farna Fillion and Lamarre. <br/><br/>Minor damage to upper margin of first page of music; some signatures partially split. La roussotte a "vaudeville-opérette" to a libretto by Meilhac Halévy and A. Millaud was first performed in Paris at the Variétés on January 26 or 28 1881 in collaboration with Hervé Florimond Ronger 1825-1892 and Marius Boullard 1842-1891. <br/><br/>"Much of Lecocq's music is characterized by a light touch but he could also adopt a more lyrical and elevated style than Offenbach and termed several of his operettas opéras comiques. His greatest popular triumph La fille de Madame Angot has remained a classic among operettas and demonstrates Lecocq's abundant flow of pleasing melodies his deft exploitation of rhythm for a lively theatrical effect impressive building up of extended numbers and typically French shaping of phrases." Andrew Lamb in Grove Music Online.<br/><br/>"For his theatrical career Ronger took the name Hervé gradually gaining recognition through his Don Quichotte et Sancho Pança 1848 and engagements at the Théâtre de l'Odéon and Théâtre du Palais-Royal where he appeared as author composer conductor actor tenor buffo singer and producer as required." Andrew Lamb in Grove Music Online. C. Joubert [PN L. B. 2828] unknown books
1870M13702Philadelphia:: Henry C. Lea 1870. 1870. 8vo. xvi 17-195 1 pp. Original quarter black calf marbled boards gilt-stamped spine; upper joint with kozo repair. Ownership signature Ross MD. Very good. Dedicated to Sir William Jenner. Smith attended University College London. He became F.R.C.P. in 1874. "Early in his career he was through the introduction of the late Sir William Jenner appointed to the Duke of Brabant afterwards Leopold II King of the Belgians and travelled with him in the East visiting India Ceylon and China. King Leopold whose physician he remained until that monarch's death appointed him a Chevalier of the Order of Leopold." He worked at a Children's hospital and gained a wide ranging respect for his personality and knowledge being well read and kind. Sir H. Bryan Donkin singled out this and his Treatise on Diseases of Children as distinguished. See: British Medical Journal 1914 Nov 21; 22812: pp. 904–906. Henry C. Lea, 1870. hardcover books
1892S7034Jena:: Gustav Fischer 1892. 1892. 8vo. 49 1 pp. Occasional light pencil marginalia. Original printed wrappers; top cover soiled and with pencil notations. Very good. SECOND EDITION of August Weismann's important essay on heredity. August Weismann became professor of zoology at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau in 1874. DSB XIV pp. 232-239. Gustav Fischer, 1892. unknown books
189028382Paris: C. Joubert PN B. & Cie. 12823 1890. Large octavo. Quarter red calf with red pebbled paper boards raised bands on spine in ruled compartments titling gilt. 1f. recto title illustrated by E. Buval verso notes on first performance and named cast list 1f. recto contents verso notes x 252 ii 252bis-252ter 253-278 pp.<br/><br/>Named cast includes Berthelier Vauthier Scipioin E. Montaubry Charvet Lauret Dubois Prosper Vaillant-Couturier Élise Clary Felcourt Morianne Lucy-Jane Ducouret Norette Varennes and Eymard; <br/><br/>Binding slightly worn bumped and scuffed. Slightly browned; some signatures split or partially split; occasional minor edge chips and tears not affecting music; small circular handstamp to lower margin of title. First Edition later issue.<br/><br/>Le coeur et la main to a libretto by Nuitter and Beaumont was first performed in Paris at the Nouveautés on October 19 1882.<br/><br/>"Much of Lecocq's music is characterized by a light touch but he could also adopt a more lyrical and elevated style than Offenbach and termed several of his operettas opéras comiques. His greatest popular triumph La fille de Madame Angot has remained a classic among operettas and demonstrates Lecocq's abundant flow of pleasing melodies his deft exploitation of rhythm for a lively theatrical effect impressive building up of extended numbers and typically French shaping of phrases." Andrew Lamb in Grove Music Online. C. Joubert [PN B. & Cie. 12823] unknown books
189728426Paris: L'Illustration 1897. Small folio. Original publisher's dark ivory wrappers illustrated by Léon Comerre printed in black and red. 1 title 2 advertisment 3-30 i publisher's advertisement iii advertisement pp. With cast list and contents to verso of upper and advertisement to verso of lower wrapper.<br/><br/>Wrappers slightly worn; several small tears; small handstamp to inner margin of upper crossed out in black marker. First Edition.<br/><br/>Ruse d'amour to a libretto by Bordèse was first performed in Boulogne at the Casino on June 16 1898.<br/><br/>"Much of Lecocq's music is characterized by a light touch but he could also adopt a more lyrical and elevated style than Offenbach and termed several of his operettas opéras comiques. His greatest popular triumph La fille de Madame Angot has remained a classic among operettas and demonstrates Lecocq's abundant flow of pleasing melodies his deft exploitation of rhythm for a lively theatrical effect impressive building up of extended numbers and typically French shaping of phrases." Andrew Lamb in Grove Music Online. L'Illustration unknown books
189734779Leipzig: M. P. Belaïeff PN 1556 1897. Octavo. Original publisher's gray wrappers with titling within decorative border. 1f. recto decorative title printed in dark green verso blank 3-10 pp. 1f. 8 parts: flutes clarinets bells 1 leaf each harp 3 pp. Title in Russian and French to upper. Publisher's catalogue of orchestral music to verso of upper wrapper and recto and verso of lower. Decorative title printed in green with printed dedication at head: "à mon fils Michel."<br/><br/>Wrappers slightly worn. Minor browning. Parts uncut. First Edition of this arrangement. M. P. Belaïeff [PN 1556] unknown books