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189418831Boston: Arena Publishing Co 1894. First Edition. Pale sea-green cloth lettered in gilt on spine and front cover; 283pp; page edges and margins tinted yellow. Corner chip to front free endpaper else a tight clean copy just lightly soiled on boards; Very Good or better. One of many contemporary "reply novels" to Bellamy's best-selling 1888 utopia Looking Backward this one intended as a literal sequel in which the further adventures of Bellamy's protagonist Julian West are presented. Perhaps of greater interest is the novel printing method used by the publisher for this edition with the page margins tinted yellow throughout to "reduce eye strain." An explanatory note from the publisher requesting readers to "report to us the effect that the colored margin has had upon their eyes" is tipped in following the title page. The book was also issued with green- and blue-tinted margins in varying cloth bindings to match to suit the preferences of different readers. SARGENT p.104. NEGLEY 1006. LEWIS p.173. Arena Publishing Co unknown books
189490931Boston: Arena Publishing Company 1894. Octavo pp. 1-4 1-283 284: blank note: first leaf is a blank note: first leaf is a blank original blue-gray cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. "Julian West's son's biography provides a detailed account of the life cycle in Bellamy's utopia especially education. Emphasizes that fundamental change comes only with the gradual internalization of new values over several generations." - Roemer The Obsolete Necessity p. 198. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1958. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 674. Lewis Utopian Literature p. 173. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 190. Negley Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 1006. Rooney Dreams and Visions: A Study of American Utopias 1865-1917 p. 196. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 104. Bleiler 1978 p. 175. Reginald 12759. Wright III 4812. Cloth worn at head and tail of spine panel and corners and a bit soiled else a very good copy. The publisher's leaf regarding the colored margins is laid in. #90931 Arena Publishing Company unknown books
189490930Boston: Arena Publishing Company 1894. Octavo pp. 1-4 1-283 284: blank note: first leaf is a blank note: first leaf is a blank original light green cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. "Julian West's son's biography provides a detailed account of the life cycle in Bellamy's utopia especially education. Emphasizes that fundamental change comes only with the gradual internalization of new values over several generations." - Roemer The Obsolete Necessity p. 198. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1958. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 674. Lewis Utopian Literature p. 173. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 190. Negley Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 1006. Rooney Dreams and Visions: A Study of American Utopias 1865-1917 p. 196. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 104. Bleiler 1978 p. 175. Reginald 12759. Wright III 4812. Early owner's signature dated January 1895 on front free endpaper. Hint of rubbing to cloth at spine ends and several corners a bright near fine copy. The publisher's leaf regarding the colored margins is laid in. A lovely copy and uncommon in this condition. #90930 Arena Publishing Company unknown books
188347692NY: Pond 1883. First Edition. 4to pp. 170. Paper wraps. Cover somewhat stained edges little worn but a VG tight copy. Pond unknown books
185320236Auburn: Derby and Miller et al. 1853. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. xvi17-336pp. 4pp. publisher's ads inserted between the front endpapers. Original brown cloth spine lettered in gilt boards embossed in blind. Yellow coated endpapers. Illustrated with seven full page illustrations including the frontispiece of the author. Significantly foxed as usual. Binding faded and worn at edges and corners spine gilt worn but still a presentable copy. Housed in a new leather backed custom clamshell case. A farmer and a professional violinist Northup had been a landowner in New York. In 1841 he went to Washington D.C.; there he was drugged kidnapped and sold as a slave. He was held as a slave for 12 years in the Red River region of Louisiana. Made into a movie in 2013 which received the Best Picture Award. Rare in first printing. Derby and Miller, et al. hardcover books
18531321937Auburn: Derby and Miller 1853. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 336 pages; G; bound in 3/4 red leather pebbled dark green cloth boards paneled spine with gilt and no titling; hinges cracked some rubbing to binding; reinforcement to both front and rear gutters; gift inscription to second free endpaper; page 336 with significant damage appears to have at one point been glued to something; Significantly foxed as usual with finger smudges and wear to pages some fraying to scattered fore edges; <br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> With all seven wood engravings including frontispiece portrait; true first printing of this scarce title with no mention of "Thousand" at top of title page; lacking four-page catalogue;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> LB consignment; shelved case 1. Twelve Years a Slave is an 1853 memoir and slave narrative by American Solomon Northup as told to and edited by David Wilson. <br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Northup a black man who was born free in New York state details his being tricked to go to Washington D.C. where he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the Deep South. He was in bondage for 12 years in Louisiana before he was able to secretly get information to friends and family in New York who in turn secured his release with the aid of the state. Northup's account provides extensive details on the slave markets in Washington D.C. and New Orleans and describes at length cotton and sugar cultivation and slave treatment on major plantations in Louisiana. wikipedia;. 1321937. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Derby and Miller hardcover books
18561401303Miller Orton & Mulligan 1856. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good early printing. Basis for award winning movie this year. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Miller, Orton & Mulligan hardcover books
18531403999Derby and Miller 1853. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Derby And Miller Auburn 1853. Hardcover. The scarce true first edition.No mention of thousand on top of title page later printings have Fifth Thousand Eighth Thousand Tenth thousand or Seventeenth thousand indicating later printings Also 1853 on both title and copyright pages and no mention of London on either title or copyright pages.4 page catalog inserted between inside cover and F.E.P. The seven illustrations are all there.The book shows much wear on the edges and the back of the spine is going. Furthermore there is foxing throughout the book. Also there is a name stamped in front cover. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. Basis for the award-winning movie of the same title. Derby and Miller hardcover books
183035099New Market Shenandoah County Virginia 1830. Broadside 5-1/2" x 7-3/4". Some foxing Good. <br/><br/> The entire broadside is in German fraktur. Dr. Henkel 1777-1847 was among the region's earliest physicians and druggists as well as New Market's first mayor first postmaster a printer a school trustee and perhaps New Market's first banker. Two labels are printed at the end.<br/>Hummel More Virginia Broadsides 60 2- Vi photocopy ViU. OCLC 38567178 1- U VA 16122847 1- Lib. VA as of June 2018. unknown books
188628622Montgomery Ala.: Barrett & Co. 1886. Original printed yellow wrappers stitched. 186pp. Light wrapper wear Very Good.<br/><br/> Palmer the State Superintendent of Education says "The teachers of the colored race are very earnest in their efforts to dispel illiteracy and are doing a work that should receive the encouragement of the State." Reports are printed for the Peabody Institutes for the Colored Race the State Normal School and University for the Colored Race the Huntsville State Colored Normal and Industrial School the Tuskegee State Normal School for Colored Teachers as well as other educational institutions. An enormous amount of data is presented in numerous Tables. Barrett & Co. unknown books
186862681New York: Harper & Brothers 1868. First edition. 8vo. 271 1 pp. In-text wood engravings portrait; 4-page publisher's catalogue dated Oct. 1 1868. Howes S-672. Clark Old South III 415: "This actor appears to have performed in many of the cities of the West and South during the years 1823-1853." Owner's name else very good. Original brown cloth rubbed gilt spine title faint. 9453. <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1830185199New York: Solomon King 1830. Hardcover. G Cover has wear fading and staining. Spine has chipping and fading. Outer binding has some damage Bookblock has age toning. Interior pages have age toning foxing and staining. Volume 1 only. Brown leather boards. Black title blocks on spine with gilt lettering. 432 pgs. Solomon King hardcover books
183032518Enfield: S. Howe 1830. Oblong broadside 8" x 6-1/4". Light wear illustration of arrangement of musical instruments and score. Small closed tear at blank upper margin partly repaired on verso else Very Good.<br/><br/> Solomon Howe was the son of a Baptist minister by the same name. Young Solomon and his brother John were printers in Enfield. During the 1830s he published broadsides with his own imprint. S. Howe unknown books
183050857n.p. n.d. Enfield Mass: Solomon Howe 1830. Small broadside approx. 6¼" x 6" text in double column beneath a running head typographic border between the two columns; fine. Poem consists of six 8-line stanzas. Solomon Howe printer son of Baptist minister and author Solomon Howe 1750-1835 printed with his brother John 1783-1845 in Greenwich and Enfield Mass. and published some broadsides with his own imprint in the 1830's. Not in American Imprints; not in "Publications of the Howes of Enfield and Greenwich" in the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society vol. 60 no. 2 1950; OCLC locates copies at the Library Co. Brown Mass. Historical UNC-Chapel Hill Michigan AAS and Miami University in Ohio. One evening as I walk'd alone / I hear'd a fair maid make her moan /And thus did she begin her tone / 'I can no longer lay alone:' / I wonder what the cause can be / The young men do not fancy me / I have a thing that belongs to me / Would please a young man handsomely." <br/><br/> Solomon Howe unknown books
182718532London: James Ridgway 1827. Disbound. 63 1 blank pp. Very Good. <br/><br/> Atkinson opposes Free Trade identifying it with the detested French Revolution "an apology for the adoption of the wildest theories." He advocates Protectionism based on Britain's undisputed maritime might "out of which has grown the grandeur of England." Free Trade is destroying West Indian commerce and indeed is a deliberate policy intended for "the overthrow of the landowners" there. In great detail he reviews the state of British commerce with Canada the West Indies and that of its competitors. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Sabin 2285. James Ridgway unknown books
180216630Philadelphia: Pr. by Thos. L. Plowman 1802. 8vo. Frontis. port. engr. t.-p. vii 1 150 5 xxi 4 158275 pp. <br><br>Translation of "Der Tod Abels" by Mrs. Mary Mitchell Collyer. Including "New idyls" on pp. 151232; "Letter from Mons. Gessner to Mons. Fuslin" on pp. 233254; "The two friends of Bourbon: a moral tale by M. Diderot" on pp. 255275. Illustrated with an engraved title-page and frontispiece; there are also some tailpieces of which several are striking. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 2316. 19th-century sheep spine gilt-stamped; binding much rubbed and abraded front cover off back cover re-attached with glue chipped at head and foot of spine boards exposed on corners. Heavy staining foxing and browning to early and later pages; variable spotting. Frontispiece with short tear to outer edge; lacks front free endpaper and fly-leaf; glue and paper adhering along top margin on some pages. Ink owner's signature at top of frontispiece and inscription on front pastedown. Pr. by Thos. L. Plowman hardcover books
183010282Boston: Gray and Bowen 1830. First Edition. Boards. Very good. First edition of Tales Of Travels West Of The Mississippi by Solomon Bell published in 1830 the first juvenile book about the region west of the Mississippi and specifically the Lewis and Clark Expedition. This copy is lacking the map. Twelvemo xvi 162pp. Publisher's original boards modern brown cloth spine title in gilt. Contemporary endpapers. Frontispiece portrait plus 42 individual illustrations some colored. Prior ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Occasional toning and spotting throughout. Authored by Solomon Bell the pseudonym for William Joseph Snelling. Sabin 85429 Howes S-739 Graff 3875 Literature Lewis & Clark 6b 225 All illustrations called for in The Literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition are present. A nice example. Gray and Bowen unknown books
183044001Boston: Gray and Bowen 1830. 1st Edition American Imprints 3535; Erickson p. 225; Graff 3875; Howes S-739; Sabin 85429. Original publishers salmon colored cloth spine over drab paper boards; leather title label to spine with gilt stamped lettering. General wear. Spotting & browning throughout. P. xiii with prior owner initials & date 1936 in gutter. A VG copy. xvi 162 pp. Illustrated with a two-page map frontis & t.p. vignette 37 intratextual cuts. 12mo. 6" x 3-5/8" <br/><br/>The volume consists of "Lewis and Clark's Travels" pp. 1 - 105 "Long's Expedition" and "Jewitt's Narrative." The work publishes the earliest known printed image of Fort Clatsop Oregon. Per Graff "This was Snelling's first book the earliest juvenile on the Far west." Howes adds "First American juvenile book on the trans-Mississippi region giving account of its early explorers wild tribes etc." While well represented in institutional settings now somewhat uncommon in the trade. Gray and Bowen hardcover books
183417454Albany: Martin and Marshall 1834. 24pp disbound. Scattered foxing. About Good. AI 26885 Sabin 88650. Martin and Marshall unknown books
1809124409London England: Longman Hurst Rees and Orme 1809. Hardcover. VG- Front hinge split; Some foxing mostly confined to endpapers. Marbled paper over boards; Brown leather at spine and corners; Marbled endpapers; 256 pp.; No illustrations. A collection of poems by Swiss poet Salomon Gessner translated from the original German by George Baker; Includes a prefaces by both Gessner and Baker. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme hardcover books
1846009697Hingham and Quincy Massachusetts to Bedford New Hampshire 1846. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This broadside which advertises an estate sale to be held on 26 August 1846 measures approximately 13" square has been folded to facilitate mailing. It was printed in Quincy Massachusetts by the auctioneer on 21 August 1846 and sent the following day probably for approval to the family patriarch in Bedford New Hampshire by the guardian of the deceased's children in Hingham Massachusetts. The broadside bears a circular Hingham postmark in red and a black manuscript "2" postal rate the correct cost to send printed matter by mail. It is in nice shape with light toning and wear. <br /> <br /> <p>The broadside announces two simultaneous auctions to dispose of the estate. <br /> <br /> <p style="margin-left:5%; margin-right:5%;">"Sale of Real Estate at Bent's Point in Quincy . . . being the property of Mary E. Riddle Charles L. Riddle and Adeline L. Riddle minor children of David Riddle deceased. . . "One undivided fifth part of a certain piece of Land with a Dwelling house and other Buildings . . . containing two acres more or less . . . being formerly the property of Isaac Riddle Esquire deceased being his Mansion House and Land. . . "At the same time and place . . . four-fifths of the above estate will be sold under the direction of Gen. Wm. P. Riddle in behalf of the remaining heirs. . . ."</p> . The Riddles were a prominent and prosperous New England family. Isaac the original owner of this property had also owned property in Bedford as well as the first mill to be built at Merrimack New Hampshire. <br /> <br /> <p>He and his brother or possibly cousin William P. Riddle formed a militia company of exempts i.e. self-armed and equipped volunteers over 40 years of age who although exempt for military duty chose to organize as a militia unit. The company drilled daily in expectation that as a result of heightened Anglo-American tension over the Oregon-Canada borderit would be called on to fight the British at Portsmouth. But that never happened the unit remained active and grew following the war. <br /> <br /> <p>Although Isaac apparently lost interest William continued his service and rose to the rank of Major General in the New Hampshire militia before resigning in 1835. <br /> <br /> <p>For more information about the Riddle Family see Ridlon's History of the Ancient Ryedales and their Descendants. . . Conover's History of Bedford New Hampshire and Websters "Pagent" narrative for "The Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Town of Merrimack NH" all available online. unknown books
1844220337Washington: Blair & Rives 1844. First. unbound. very good. That on the 19th day of July 1837 George Wallis the claimant made a contract with Major General Gaines on the part of the Government of the United States to feed the Sac Fox Iowa and Pottawatomie tribes of Indians. One page 8vo disbound. Washington: Blair & Rives 1844. First Edition. Very good<br/><br/> George Wallis drove his cattle onto their tribal lands. Several witnesses of his testified that some of his cattle was killed or driven away by some members of the above tribes. The Committee on Indian Affairs appropriated money to compensate George Wallis for his loss of cattle. 28th Congress 1st Session Rep. No. 150. Ho. of Reps.<br/><br/> Blair & Rives unknown books
1845013186Philadelphia: Joseph and William Kite. Good. 1845. Disbound. Disbound softcover pamphlet remnants of wrappers present on title page. String binding is still intact. Moderate foxing throughout text block. Light toning to fore edge. This is a report from the Schuylkill Navigation Company to its stockholders in 1845. The Schuylkill Navigation Company was started in 1815 building a navigation system of canals dams and slack water pools on the Schuylkill River. Their monopoly on transportation of rich coal lands in the region ended in 1842 with the opening of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. This report includes cost of works capital stock permanent loans tonnage of articles descending on the river and many more statistics. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 12 pp . Joseph and William Kite unknown books
1819017751Albany: Printed for the Editor by John O. Cole. Fair. 1819-20. Hardcover. Quarter leather over green paper boards. Front board is detached and rear board is starting to detach from binding; front endpaper detached rear endpaper is missing a 2" x 4" piece; text block has moderate soiling foxing and creasing throughout; contemporary manuscript on front endpaper and a few leaves throughout the text block. Content includes articles on prices current crop rotation agricultural chemistry and agricultural societies' news. Includes a few advertisements and woodblock illustrations. Image depicts title page. ; Woodblock Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 416 pp . Printed for the Editor by John O. Cole hardcover books
1808WRCAM17549Sag Harbor N.Y. 1808. 2871pp. Contemporary calf leather label. A bit tanned. Upper quarter of third leaf lacking affecting text on pages 3 and 4. Else a very good copy. A relatively early Sag Harbor imprint and an interesting reckoner and family companion including a list of subscribers at the rear. AII SAG HARBOR 28. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 15849. hardcover books
