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188847893Hagerstown: Union Almanac Company 1888. Paperback. Good. 28pp. Publisher's wraps rubbed and edgeworn foxed overall small edge chips to the spine small tears to the first several pages else good. <br/><br/> Union Almanac Company paperback books
188847870Baltimore: The Union Almanac Company 1888. Paperback. Good. 28pp. Publisher's wraps rubbed and edgeworn foxed overall loss at the extremeties tears and edge chips to the spine small pen marking on the front else good. <br/><br/> The Union Almanac Company paperback books
194447710Hagerstown: The Gruber Almanac Company 1944. Paperback. Good. 31pp. Publisher's wraps lightly foxed with loss to the extremities string at the top of the spine else good. <br/><br/> The Gruber Almanac Company paperback books
184521391New York: American Tract Society 1845. 12mo. 35 1 p. <br><br>In buff printed wrapper with engraved title including four vignettes signed: W. Howland. Printer from front wrapper. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Drake 8293. Lacking rear wrapper; front wrapper detached water stianed and chipped. American Tract Society unknown books
1783D1166Hamburg: Carl Wilh. Meyn 1783. Near Fine. 16mo contemporary vellum wraparound binding with metal catch and clasp; with nice deocrative endpapers and a pocket at rear. 32 leaves contains numerous small woodcuts of zodiac signs and lunar phases text and illustrations printed in red and black. Interleaved with scattered medicinal formulas in contemporary hand. Contents clean. <br/><br/> Carl Wilh. Meyn hardcover books
1860WRCAM41779New York: B.L. Judson & Co. 1860. 24pp. Original yellow printed wrappers. Spine mostly perished. Some chipping and tears to wrappers. Very minor soiling. Good. A rare patent-medicine almanac reprinting the story of an herbalist's rescue of Tula the Aztec princess likely fabricated to promote the sale of Judson's various medicaments. Originally printed in 1859 by the same publisher the almanac recounts the story of the "wealthy herbalist Dr. Cunard who with a trapper named Du Bois or Hawk Eye spent seven years trapping and travelling throughout the Far West. The doctor had a number of unusual experiences not the least of which was his single-handed defiance of the Navajo Tribe as they were about to burn Tula the Aztec princess at the stake. This was accomplished by capitalizing on the fortuitous imminence of a total eclipse of which the good doctor knew after consulting his handy little almanac. The Navajo chief was as confounded as Merlin in an earlier day and promptly gave up not only Tula but also his secret mountain-herb recipe. A trapper's testimonial direct from St. Louis concludes this 'True Account'" - Eberstadt. The almanac seems to have been published for only about four years 1860- 63 although the advertisement/story does appear in a few other almanacs as well. OCLC locates only one copy of the 1861 almanac and only one of most of the others as well at the Rochester Museum and Science Center. Rare and interesting. EBERSTADT 127:215 ref. B.L. Judson & Co. unknown books
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653448vo. 5 total pages approximately 175 words. Newcomb born in Nova Scotia studied at Harvard and began work at the Naval Observatory in 1861 publishing studies of planetary orbits the motions of the moon and other subjects during his service there see a long entry in DAB. Abbot 1831-1927 graduated second in the West Point class of 1854 commanded artillery at a high level during the Civil War and spent most of his later service directing the army's advance school of engineering at Willet's Point ending his career on the Panama Canal project 1897-1915. Folded for mailing. Very good. <br/><br/> unknown books
184137610Boston: J.A. Collins 1841. Original printed and illustrated green wrappers ink stain along half the front wrapper's blank inner margin with engraving of Lady Liberty surrounded by slaves and freedom-loving white people. Stitched. 36pp. Title page and text illustrations. Lightly foxed. Very Good. <br/><br/> A scarce Almanac also appearing with a publication date of 1840. The Almanac is noteworthy for its excellent content on the Amistad incident including portraits of Cinque and others. <br/> "Things for Abolitionists to Do" recommends working to establish schools for free children of color. Also included are "Hints to Anti-Slavery Debaters;" an "Ecclesiastical Roll of Infamy" listing northern clergy of the Methodist Episcopal Church who voted for a resolution prohibiting "colored persons to give testimony against white persons;" and a "Congressional Roll of Infamy" of Northern congressmen who voted for the Gag Rule prohibiting Congress from entertaining petitions to abolish slavery in Washington D.C. As to the presidential campaign the authors say "President Van Buren and General Harrison have both publicly taken the side of the oppressor against the oppressed and the God of the oppressed. Both of them glory in it." <br/>Dumond 83 this imprint. Drake 4222. J.A. Collins unknown books
189314422New London Conn.: Carl Jay Viets. Very Good. 1893. Softcover. Worn Chipped soiled wraps edges rough of text pages 80 else G . Carl Jay Viets paperback books
189347708Baltimore: National Union Almanac Company 1893. Paperback. Good. 32pp. Publisher's wraps foxed overall loss to the extremities tears to the rear else good. <br/><br/> National Union Almanac Company paperback books
189347711Baltimore: National Union Almanac Company 1893. Paperback. Good. 32pp. Publisher's wraps foxed overall contemporary pen and pencil markings to the front and rear tears and edge chips to the spine loss to the extremities string at the top of the spine else good. <br/><br/> National Union Almanac Company paperback books
190047707Baltimore: National Union Almanac Company 1900. Paperback. Good. 28pp. Publisher's wraps foxed overall with loss to the extremities string at the top of the spine else good. <br/><br/> National Union Almanac Company paperback books
190347810Hagerstown: National Union Almanac Company 1903. Paperback. Good. 28pp. Publisher's wraps foxed overall light rubbing edgewear throughout loss to the extremeties string at the top of the spine else good. <br/><br/> National Union Almanac Company paperback books
1864203665Philadelphia: George W. Childs 1864. First. hardcover. very good-. 641pp. 12mo original black cloth ex libris spine ends worn and repaired. Philadelphia: George W. Childs 1864. First Edition.<br/><br/> Contains many political and economic statistics on the United States and each free state and territory. None of the Confederate states are included. At the end are several pages of publisher's ads and ads from Philadelphia merchants.<br/><br/> George W. Childs unknown books
188373468Circleville: H. E. Grand-Girard. Good. 1883. Softcover. Miniature almanac titled HAZELTINE'S POCKET BOOK ALMANAC 1883; Sold By H. E. Grand-Girard. Circleville OH. This miniature almanac measures 2" X 1-1/8" soft-bound in colorful wrappers. Some edge-wear but overall fresh. There is information on Wasting Diseases The Four Seasons Eclipses of 1883 Church Days Asthma Croup and more. Good condition. . H. E. Grand-Girard paperback books
18986798Posner: Kiadasn 1898. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. miniature. Notations throughout front joint split else bright and tight. Full red leather boards gilt lettering photographic frontispiece aeg. 49x36mm. 58pp. Illus. b/w plate. <br/><br/>Printed in red and black ink. Notations throughout. Scarce generally photographic frontis seldome found. Kiadasn hardcover books
1817LLV2648Paris & Lyon:: Chez L. Saint Michel & Chez Ayne Freres 1817. 1817. 9.7 cm 32mo. 112 pp. 2 folding engraved plates. Original decorative pink paper wrappers with an elaborate gilt-stamped pattern; rubbed darkened. Very good. With 2 engraved folding plates showing France and Europe: 1 "Planetaire" "Mappe-Monde" "Europe" "La France" 2 "Listes de MM. les Membres de la Chambre des Deputes session de 1816" "Division de la France." Contents: Eopques pour 1817; Fetes Mobiles; Hotels des Monnaies; Calendrier; Tableau des plus grandes Marees de 1817; Heures de la Mer dans quelques Ports; Table de l’intervalle de temps dont la haute Mer; Valeur des Piastres en Francs et Centimes etc. Chez L. Saint Michel, & Chez Ayne, Freres, 1817. unknown books
17896474Paris: Chez líAuteur 1789. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo 137 x78mm. xiii 16pp. Calendar 288pp. original final blank. Engraved frontispiece by ìC. S. Gaucher 1788.î Near contemporary full mottled calf marbled endpapers edges gilt; margins shaved close affecting some pagination p.24 with light impression of p. 1 p.27 with deckled edge; spine headcap chipped joints tender extremities lightly rubbed. An ephemeris plural: ephemerides; from the Greek word ἐφήμερος ephemeros ìdailyî is a table of values that gives the positions of astronomical objects in the sky at a given time or times. Different kinds of ephemerides are used for astronomy and astrology. Even though this was also one of the first applications of mechanical computers an ephemeris will still often be a simple printed table. Contents in this copy include a Calendar with gold numbers a Sun cycle and Age of the Moon and dates for important liturgical holidays among them Ash Wednesday Easter and Pentecost. The majority of text is romance lyrics with 27 pages of music dedicated to particular men at the end. <br/><br/> Paris: Chez líAuteur hardcover books
17882688vFrance 1788. 24mo binding size 97 x 65 mm. 64 pp. Apparently lacking title replaced by the engraved title of a different almanac 2 foldout engraved mapsheets at front and back containing 7 different maps. Corner of fol. B1 torn away. Contemporary ivory silk over pasteboards covers embroidered alike with a frame of couched green thread enclosing repeated small purl bows or leaf motifs at center an oval cartouche composed of a band of silver metallic thread edged in green silk thread enclosing two birds nuzzling on a green branch the birds composed entirely of purl the cartouches "tied" at the top with a triple bow each loop composed of bronze-colored purl filled with silver metallic purl tied with a ribbon of pink silk embroidered thread and small sequins the covers edged with needle-looped metallic lace backstrip with zig-zag pattern of purl lacking a few pieces yellow silk liners free endpapers of copper-glazed paper. Provenance: Carlo de Poortere bookplate. An odd little almanac binding probably the work of an amateur on an unidentified almanac with geographic content whose missing title was replaced by the engraved title of an unrelated almanach galant Le Trottoir du Permesse ou le Rimeur fantastique Paris: Jubert 1788. The maps show the world in two hemispheres France and the continents Europe Asia Africa and North and South America. hardcover books
17954083Amsterdam: M. Schalekamp 1795. 36mo binding size 97 x 62 mm. 71 1 pp. Title and text within type-ornament borders. Four double-page engraved plates two signed by W. J. Strunck. Contemporary embroidered binding of beige silk over binder's board both covers with an outer wavy border of gold satin stitch enclosing a gouache and watercolor medallion under glass each cover with a different scene within an oval relief frame of goldwork red thread and satin stitch the medallion suspended from a ring hanging from a ribbon and flanked with sprigs the design composed of couched and separate colored and gold pailletes silver-gilt thread purl and goldwork spine plain with two silver-gilt rectangles pale orange silk liners preserving original wrappers of orange block-printed patterned paper with sprigs and dots gilt edges. Loss of 5 sequins on upper cover and 3 on lower cover. Provenance: Robert de Beauvillain bookplate.A literary almanac in a possibly Netherlandish embroidered binding with watercolor miniatures. The painting on the front cover shows a young man wearing a tricorne standing jauntily in a mountainous landscape and that on the rear cover two shepherds at dusk. This "Poetic Almanac or choice of Heroic epistles Tales Theatrical and other Poetic Pieces" was published in Amsterdam and sometimes also sold in Utrecht from 1771 to the late 1790s. The almanac includes a 12-page tabular calendar with Saints'days moon phases and eclipses a schedule of the ringing of the Amsterdam city bells and tales and poems some adapted from classical mythology. The romantic double-page engravings by Strunck show Mirtil and Chloe Daphne's children Hero and Leander in a dramatic scene of roiling seas and lightning a pastoral love scene and a woman in a dungeon with snakes illustrating the final poem "Elane Romance." OCLC locates a single copy of a different year in the US at the Grolier Club; that copy of the 1781 issue is also in an embroidered binding with a floral design and no miniatures. On Strunck cf. Thieme-Becker 32:217. M. Schalekamp unknown books
1835WRCAM41291Boston: Published by Charles Ellms 1835. 48pp. including numerous illustrations. Stitched as issued. Tanning light foxing. Very good. Untrimmed and partially unopened. A collection of numerous witticisms anecdotes and a comical tale taking place in London. Very heavily illustrated with woodcuts of a humorous nature. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 31085. DRAKE 4102. Published by Charles Ellms unknown books
2313Boston in New-England: Printed by J. Draper for the Booksellers 1749. . 8vo self wrappers soiled edges of leaves frayed and lacking small portions closed tear in final leaf text not affected modern stitching Evans 6276. Four holdings in OCLC AAS Harvard Yale and Huntington. Boston, in New-England: Printed by J. Draper, for the Booksellers, [1749]. unknown books
1907301196Pittsburgh PA the Hostetter Company 1907. 1907. 8vo 5 1/8" x 7 7/8". 8 b/w illustrations from drawings 12 headpiece drawing for each month of the year. Original stiff gray covers stamped in black. Very good some soiling to front cover. 36 pages covers. No signatures or bookplates. Hostetter's Business Calendar for 1907 on the back cover. Advertising for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters on page 1 with reference to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters on each of the 12 months. Also listing the phases of the moon and historical references to the zodiac. The back cover with an advertisement for Kirk Geary & Co. Sacraments California. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Pittsburgh, PA, the Hostetter Company, 1907. paperback books
