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1333110979.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0656463619.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
26591Stockton: Stockton Mail 1891. 1st edition. 8vo. Two color printed paper wraps. 1st edition. Illustrated w/ engravings and color advertisements. Generic almanac publication to which have been added color ads inserted throughout an opening section on "Stockton's Progress" illustrated w/ engravings of local residences and the water front a business directory and San Joaquin county statistics. A very scarce and unusual item w/ great graphics. In near fine condition. (Stockton): Stockton Mail 1891. paperback
Pages 197-276. Features: Cover illustration of doorway from a house on West Broad Street, Savannah, Georgia (early 1800's); Philadelphia-Chippendale in the American Wing; The Future of the American Wing; The History of the American Wing; Art of Our Ancestors; Early American Interiors with Contemporary Window Hangings; American Rooms in Color; American History and American Crafts; Antiques in the American Wing, before 1700, 1700-1725, 1725-1750, 1750-1785, 1785-1810, After 1810; The Almanac; Books for Collectors; Riddles & Replies; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Above-average wear. Moisture exposure. Not pretty but a worthy reference copy. Magazine
1828ABC_45237Madras: Asylum Press 1828. Contemporary red sheepskin sprinkled edges. Rebacked in calf red sheepskin spine label blue paper pasted over the sides. 8vo. With 1 engraved hand-coloured folding plate showing different kinds of ships flags. Lacking 2 leaves. A rare issue of the Madras almanac a landmark in the history of British-Indian colonial printing before the Mutiny in 1857. Styled on European almanacs it is a great source of information on India and especially Madras in the years 1827-1829. The tradition of preparing and printing almanacs in India was quite new. The Madras almanac first printed in 1799 and initially called the Madras register and later until its demise in 1935 the Asylum Press almanac gives not only useful community information such as birth and death rates for 1827-1828 and domestic events but also offers glimpses into the British colonial and native Indian politics in India and the officers involved at that time. It therefore provided much important information for the British Indian colonists. Of special practical importance are the information and conversion tables for money weights and measures and also the tables of roads from Madras to principal towns and military stations in the region. The Madras Almanac a practical guide for the British-Indian colonist in 1829 now provides us with a window into Madras society in the period 1827 to 1829.The original sheepskin rubbed and the later paper covering it chipped corners bumped. Otherwise in good condition.l Orchiston Sule & Vahia The Development of Astronomy and Astrophysics in India and the Asia-Pacific Region 2018 p. 271; this issue not in Worldcat. Asylum Press, unknown
184566430Madras: Printed and published by Edmund Marsden at the Asylum Press Mount Road 1845. First edition. These local vade mecums annual publications produced using local materials are inevitably uncommon on the market. Although substantial at around 700 pages they have a low survival rate. That they were retained after their supersession is demonstrated by the fact that this copy has the presentation inscription dated in 1849 of the Massachusetts-born missionary and educator of Ceylon Revd Daniel Poor to the title page. Compendious covering the civil military and religious establishments including salaries; the legal administration; professional regulations including those for palankeen bearers; post office regulations and charges; ship arrivals and departures; births deaths marriages and estates probated within the presidency; this is an excellent source of reference for the understanding of the nature of the British administration in India. Octavo 225 x 148 mm. 3 hand-coloured plates of signal flags based upon Marryat's system. Contemporary sheep on marbled boards skilfully rebacked to style with the original label laid down. Slightly rubbed on the boards part of front free endpaper neatly excised typically somewhat browned and consequently brittle in the margins but overall a very good copy sensitively restored. hardcover
1334667691.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
17082530London: R. Burrough and T. Baker 1708. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary paneled speckled calf raised bands on spine morocco label joints cracked head and foot of spine chipped; interior excellent. Library stamp from the New York State University Long Island Center. First edition. Revealing biographies of senior English functionaries. The first and majority section contains the biography of Earl Edward Hyde of Clarendon. The work is often attributed to historian John Oldmixon. <br /> <br /> Hyde 1609-1674 was the first Earl of Clarendon a historian who wrote The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England 1717 and The History of Rebellion and Civil War in Ireland 1720. R. Burrough and T. Baker unknown
1987Q-0440841178Trumpet 1987-01-01. Mass Market Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Trumpet paperback
1987Q-0345344502World Almanac Books 1987-04-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! World Almanac Books paperback
18875922Buffalo N.Y.: World's Dispensary Medical Association 1887. Further title from cover: "Compliments of World's Dispensary Medical Association Buffalo N.Y. 1882. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1880 by the World's Dispensary Medical Association in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington". Machine-sewn booklet 15 x 9 cm. 24 pages. Calendar. Illustrated. Later issue with the first published in 1880 and carrying a calendar for 1881. A promotional almanac calendar and recipe book for the World Dispensary Medical Association manufacturers of Dr. Pierce's Standard Medicines. This issue includes calendar pages for 1887 and lined pages for memoranda and these have been used with typical household notes. The calendar pages are interleaved with recipes testimonials text and advertisements for various of Dr. Pierce's medicines and supplies and other advertisements. The series appears to have continued at least through 1914. Some light soiling and edge tears some pages and to illustrated wrappers otherwise near very good. OCLC locates two copies of this 1887 issue. World's Dispensary Medical Association unknown books
1814JC17705London: The Company of Stationers 1814. Paperback. Good. In modern brown wraps. 48 pp. <br/><br/> The Company of Stationers paperback books
18875922Buffalo N.Y.: World's Dispensary Medical Association 1887. Further title from cover: "Compliments of World's Dispensary Medical Association Buffalo N.Y. 1882. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1880 by the World's Dispensary Medical Association in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington". Machine-sewn booklet 15 x 9 cm. 24 pages. Calendar. Illustrated. Later issue with the first published in 1880 and carrying a calendar for 1881. A promotional almanac calendar and recipe book for the World Dispensary Medical Association manufacturers of Dr. Pierce's Standard Medicines. This issue includes calendar pages for 1887 and lined pages for memoranda and these have been used with typical household notes. The calendar pages are interleaved with recipes testimonials text and advertisements for various of Dr. Pierce's medicines and supplies and other advertisements. The series appears to have continued at least through 1914. Some light soiling and edge tears some pages and to illustrated wrappers otherwise near very good. OCLC locates two copies of this 1887 issue. World's Dispensary Medical Association unknown
2002520090Amsterdam: BIS publishers. 2002. 224 Seiten. 30x24,5cm. Zustand: Sehr Gut, eher ungelesen; Schutzumschlag (hat min. bis geringe Gebrauchsspuren); Hardcover oder Leinen
127 pages. Glossary. Index. Unlimited black and white illustrations. Colour plates. "Meet all the tiny creatures who share your backyard, and let an experienced naturalist and noted natural history illustrator make the introductions for you. You'll learn how to hunt for insects in the air, on the ground, and underwater - along with tips on how to create your own collection. You'll also find out how they live, how they breed, and what they eat." Clean, and unmarked with very light wear. Tight and square. Very nice copy. Book
1989Q-039551178XHoughton Mifflin Company 1989-12-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Houghton Mifflin Company paperback
18809608Boston: Joseph Burnett & Co.; Press of Mills Knight & Co 1880. Small octavo stapled in wrappers 17.5 x 11 cm. ~80 pages. Illustrated; wrapper printed in chromolithograph. Advertising matter of local merchants interspersed throughout. Earliest issue of this New England housekeepers' almanac and promotional cookbook issued by Joseph Burnett & Co makers of flavor extracts and additionally used to promote local businesses through a drop-in box on the front wrapper panel. In this case the additional promotion goes to Butler & Laighton Fine Groceries of Rockingham County N.H. Internally clan and sound. Small closed tear to foot of chromolithograph wrappers otherwise near fine and bright. OCLC locates four copies of this 1880 issue and eleven copies of all other issues through 1884. Joseph Burnett & Co.; Press of Mills, Knight & Co unknown
2003640648Paris: Hermes. 2003. Unpaginiert, ca. 50. 28x14cm. Zustand: Sehr Gut, eher ungelesen; Broschiert
184057249New York: J.P. Giffing 1840. Improved edition. 8vo. 36 pp. Illustrated with wood engravings front and rear wrappers illustrated with a wood engraving. Almanac information for each month with a 22-page biography of William Henry Harrison. Sabin 30579. American Imprints 41-2404. Drake 7809. Foxed else very good. Original illustrated self-wrappers stitched. #4401. <br/><br/> J.P. Giffing unknown books
185032474Philadelphia: Published and Sold by Jos. McDowell 1850. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Wraps. 36 pages. Illustrated. Brown paper wraps with title and ship illustration on the front cover. Illustrations inside. Stitched wraps has an old tape repair on the spine. Toning to the contents. Scarce. Published and Sold by Jos. McDowell unknown
32 pages. Features: Lady Murasaki's Masterpiece - the world's first novel; The Tale of Genji - Fine Bone China Shell Collection; The Art of the Cachet - philatelic collectors are finding a divident in their hobby - the outstanding artwork of the cachet; Helen Reddy - her needlework is as important as her music; Decorating with your Collections; Ronald Van Ruyckevelt - the reigning genius of porcelain design; The Cowboy - eternal masterpiece Number 39; Dallas / Forth Worth has become home to many first-rate collections. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
32 pages. Features: Josef Puehringer creates art in crystal; The Flight of the Crystal Swallows; After the Hung - Eternal Masterpieces Number 38; David Kennerly - leading photojournalist focuses on collecting the pioneers of his profession; On to Alaska - member Alaska cruise; Decorating with your Collections; Boxes - great illustrated article; San Francisco abounds with fine collections; Unmarked. Above-average but not excessive wear. Magazine
184450187Wheeling VA: Published by John J. Haswell bookseller and stationer; printed and sold by Johnston & Stockton Pittsburg 1844. 12mo. 24 leaves. Includes a biographical sketch of Benjamin Rush and a long article on "will making." Not in Drake Almanacs of the United States. Original printed wrappers somewhat soiled stitched; erosion in bottom margin not affecting text. Solid copy. One listing on OCLC AAS. <br/><br/> Published by John J. Haswell, bookseller and stationer; printed and sold by Johnston & Stockton, Pittsburg unknown books
1968471934Kendal: World Ship Society Ltd. 1968. 63 S. 21,5 cm. Zustand: Gut, eher ungelesen (Innen); Minischildchen (2x1cm) auf dem Vorsatzblatt, läßt sich wohl entfernen, mir gelang das einmal; Einband (Außen) hat leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Buchrücken ist an zwei Stelle leicht aufgeplatzt;Innenbandbereiche und Vorsatzblätter, gering braunfleckig; Helft mit Klammern
154540844to. 20.5 x 15.4 cm 12 ff. With two title woodcuts of Mars and Luna. Patterned paper over boards with vellum spine; title-plaque on front cover; some expert reinforcement and minor repairs at gutter. Paper has even browning some faint waterstaining with marginal notations on one leaf.<br /><br /><p>The <b>s</b><b>ole known copy</b> of a prediction pamphlet <i>mein Almanac</i> Gasser calls it f12 recto for the year 1546 with <b>the first extended reference to Copernicus printed in a vernacular language German -- </b>an "enthusiastic hymn of praise" for the great astronomer Burmeister addressed not specifically to an international community of scholars but to lay readers of a humble German language almanac whose daily activities "revolve" around the sun. Gasser further acknowledges here heliocentrism as a "hypothesis… demonstratively proven among mathematicians" i.e. a physical fact – a stance virtually unique among astronomers who were generally cautious with their approbations of Copernicus' calculations and methodology in the early years on the road towards its gradual positive reception.</p><p>Achilles Gasser was intimately connected with the dissemination of heliocentrism through his patronage of Georg Rheticus Copernicus' student who initiated and oversaw the 1543 publication of <i>De Revolutionibus</i>. Gasser was one of very few recipients of the <i>Narratio Prima</i> intended to drum up support for Copernicus' work and wrote the preface to the 1541 edition of it. Gasser also owned a copy of <i>De Revolutionibus</i>Gingerich I.99 printed by Johann Petreiuswho not coincidentally also published the present pamphlet. Alongside Rheticus' <i>Narratio Prima</i> of 1540 and Gasser's preface to the second edition of that work in 1541 the <i>Practica</i> offered here represents one of the very earliest published expressions of support for Copernican heliocentrism in any language.</p><p>The extended reference to Copernicus appears in Gasser's dedicatory letter to Caspar Joachim Täntzl a Tyrolean nobleman and mine owner. Gasser takes pains to heap praise upon <i>the most learned and wonderful man Dr. Nicolaus Copernicus</i> who <i>away off in Prussia has taken up the task with such seriousness diligence and steadfastness that for the establishment and restoration of astronomy he has had to lay an utterly and completely new foundation unheard of before or rather has been compelled to posit hypotheses not employed by other scholars…namely that the Sun is a light for all creation and stands unmoved in the midst of the whole universe; that this earthly realm… variously courses round between the planets Venus and Mars. and thus has not only<b> demonstratively proven his theory among the mathematicians</b> and with great pains restored the portrait of Astronomy but has also immediately been regarded as having perpetrated a heresy and indeed—by many others incapable of understanding this matter—is already being condemned</i> see the complete Danielson translation of the epistle below.</p><p>Numerous scholars penned prediction tracts or almanacs in this era including another Petreius author Johannes Schöner; Gasser wrote one for each year from 1544 and 1547. He makes general predictions for the luckiest days of 1546 B4v—as well as specifics relevant for mine owners like Täntzl— for example the relative value of precious metals B3. Part farmer's almanac and part horoscope Gasser's predictions depend on the movement of celestial bodies. His investment in propagating the importance of heliocentrism in this seemingly modest tract should therefore come as no surprise.</p><p>According to Dennis Danielson in the article cited below Gasser also penned on the same day and year a Latin version of the present almanac with a different dedicatory epistle addressed in this case to Rheticus in which he urges the acolyte of the great astronomer to continue his efforts to prove the truth of the Copernican hypothesis. He tells the younger scholar in a manner of speaking that his job isn't finished yet and to get on with it. Several printed copies of this Latin version exist in German institutions but none in America.</p><p>Offered here a well-preserved <b>unique copy</b> of the earliest example of vernacular Copernican ephemera. This present sole known copy now recorded in VD16 as ZV 28055 with 'Martayan Lan New York' as the source was only 'discovered' in the late 1990s by the respected historian of science Karl Heinrich Burmeister through the late Zurich bookdealer Jörg Schäfer.</p><p><b>TEXT OF EPISTLE </b>folios 1v-2r</p><p>To the noble and worthy Caspar Joachim Tantzl of Tratzberg etc. his most gracious and beloved master Achilles Pirmin Gasser of Lindau doctor of natural and medicinal arts extends his willing service and best regards.</p><p>Noble worthy and gracious master Your Worthiness doubtless still remembers the disputation that you often engaged in with me not without exceeding amazement concerning astronomy while I was in your service in Schwatz last year and above all the conversation in which – with the help of a small book I had with me eventually to be printed – I expressed my desire for a large lodestone whereby the course of the Sun and also the disposition of the firmament which in the schools we call the Primum Mobile though we know not where of what it is would here on Earth be rendered calculable and thoroughly perceptible in such a way that no more defects so frequent until now should appear.</p><p>Moreover as I then indicated to Your Worthiness the greatest masters of this art have continuously for seventeen hundred years found the movement of the stars and planets rather incongruous and imperfect according to their instruments and calculations indeed even according to their daily experience. For this reason one after the other they always kept on hoping to adjust improve and remedy this situation by means of clever contrivances and ingenious speculations as is evident in Hipparchus Ptolemy Al-Zarqali Al-Bitrui Cusanus Regiomantanus and finally Werner with each on correcting the other now inventing new spheres then discarding the old ones and thinking up something else and on and on with no end of cycles epicycles and theoricae – until now so recently in our own day also the most learned and wonderful man Dr. Nicolaus Copernicus away off in Prussia has taken up the task with such seriousness diligence and steadfastness that for the establishment and restoration of astronomy he has had to lay an utter and completely new foundation unheard of before or rather has been compelled to posit hypotheses not employed by other scholars namely that the Sun is a light for all creation and stands unmoved in the midst of the whole universe; that his earthly realm together with the other three elements and the circuit of the Moon variously courses round between the planets Venus and Mars; and also that the heavens beyond Saturn in which are seen the fixed stars all together stand fast and unmoved with no other spheres encompassing them etc. and thus has not only demonstratively proven his theory among the mathematicians and with great pains restored the portrait of Astronomy but has also immediately been regarded as having perpetrated a heresy and indeed – by many others incapable of understanding his matter – is already being condemned.</p><p>Since now Your Worthiness has for the benefit of this art and sundry other things promised to extract and provide me with a large lodestone from your mine I have a good will to see progress in this matter and am moved to put these my <i>Practica </i>for the coming year 1546 into writing for as Your Worthiness has no meagre capacity in astrological predictions to make discriminations and record nature's signs – which however must be derived solely from the courses of the planets and their position or placement relative to the other stars – You may easily weigh how very necessary it is that he who can help advise and give impetus to such an undertaking should do so in order that it can actually be brought to fruition.</p><p>So I hoped to in particular that I might in part accomplish this by means of a large lodestone. I would like therefore to ask Your Worthiness to execute the specificied transaction and to be gracious to accept this my published dedication in your honour for I remain ever willing whenever I may to demonstrate to Your Worthiness my love and service. </p><p>May God in heaven be with us and likewise ever protect your noble and virtuous wife and dear children.</p><p>Feldkirch Monday 27 July 1545.</p><p>Burmeister "'Mit subtilen fündlein und sinnreichen speculierungen.'". Die 'Practica auff das M.D.XLvj. jar' des Achilles Pirmin Gasser im Umfeld zeitgenössischer Astrolgen" <i>Montfort</i> 55 2003; Danielson "Achilles Gasser and the Birth of Copernicanism<i>" Journal for the History of Astronomy</i> 35/2004 457-74.</p> J. Petreius hardcover books
