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1899577171899. A Rival of the Yale Shingle Yale Law School. Stanley W.K. Editor. The Yale Law School Mirror. New Haven: Yale University Law School 1899. vii 97 xxxvi pp. Includes thirty-six pages of advertisements additional ads to endleaves. Photographs. Plates. Oblong octavo 8" x 7". Original blue cloth gilt title cartouche to front board. Some rubbing to extremities owner bookplate of Harry Crosby Camp to front pastedown internally clean. $125. Published from 1898 to 1900 this yearbook competed against the more successful Yale Shingle. Unlike its rival the Mirror appeared to be a quasi-official publication that concentrated on factual information about the school rather than colorful anecdotes about the students. It is thus a useful trove of information about Yale Law School at the turn of the twentieth century. Camp owner of our copy was a member of class of 1900. unknown books
1896505201896. 1895 Yale Law School Yearbook Yale Law School. Brown Frank J. Editor. Donnelly Frank E. Editor. The Yale Shingle 1895. New Haven: Yale Law School April 1895. 120 62 pp. Portrait frontispiece of law school faculty with tissue overlay. 62 pages of advertisements. Octavo 9" x 6". Morocco-stamped paper boards gilt title to spine. Moderate edgewear most of backstrip lacking spine crudely repaired with clear tape hinges cracked. Owner inscription of William Perry Hopkins to front endleaf internally clean. $65. The Yale Shingle a yearbook published from 1893 to 1912 offers a great deal of fascinating information about the students at Yale Law School. The biographical essays that accompany the portrait photographs photo record the family ethnic and education backgrounds of the students. Descriptive chapters derived from surveys record their attitudes toward aspects of student life Yale and personal social and political issues. unknown books
1830256492Philadelphia: J. Harding 1830. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. 132 pages; lacking the wrappers. Very Good binding. J. Harding unknown books
1801257773London: R. Brooke 1801. Full Leather. near Very Good binding. Front joint weak but holding; some rubbing to binding; chipping to bottom spine label; previous owner name and writing on front pastedown otherwise no markings in text. near Very Good binding. R. Brooke unknown books
1801257772London: R. Brooke 1801. Full Leather. near Very Good binding. Rubbing to binding; binding sound; bottom spine label partially chipped off; volume three only. previous owner bookplate and writing to front pastedown otherwise no markings in text light toning in places. near Very Good binding. R. Brooke unknown books
1886542761886. Mississippi Reports. Annotated edition. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court High Court of Errors and Appeals and the Superior Court of Chancery of Mississippi. Annotated edition. Vols. 1-31 1839-1886. Six 6 linear feet of shelf space. St. Paul Minn.: West Publishing Co. 1886. Ex-private law library with stamps on top edge very good. $495. Volumes 1 to 63 1881-1886 of the Mississippi Reports were published prior to the National Reporter System. The Southern Reporter 1st series begins coverage with vol. 64 of the Mississippi Reports. Containing Freeman's Chancery Reports 1839-1843; Smedes and Marshalls' Chancery Reports 1840-1843; Walker vol.1 MS 1818-1832; Howard vols. 1-7 vols. 2-8 MS 1834-1843; Smedes & Marshall vols. 9-22 vols. 1-14; and MS Reports vols. 23-63 1851-1886. unknown books
189413563New York: J.S. Ogilvie 1894. Reprint. Small octavo 19cm. Publisher's cloth-backed marbled boards; 245pp 7pp publisher's catalog. Rubbing to board edges; mild fading to spine; text slightly darkened; Very Good. Uncommon early novel of Wall Street in which a Texan comes to New York and conquers the trading floor. Originally issued by W.H. Davis in 1889 in their dime-novel subscription series and then again by Davis in cloth in 1892. WRIGHT III:4390 the 1892 edition. J.S. Ogilvie unknown books
1860274181New York: Sarony Major & Knapp 1860. Lithograph with hand coloring. Sheet measures 8.5" x 34.5".<br/><br/> This incredible pocket map of Central Park New York City dates to 1860. Issued as part of the "Third Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park" it covers Central Park in its entirety from 59th Street to 110th Street. The map identifies individual streets shrubbery lakes paths rocks and other features. Surrounding streets and avenues are also noted. The width of the roads are indicated in black while elevation is noted with red numbers. The map also reveals the completed partially completed and proposed areas and landscape of the park showing that at the time the southern portions of the park were completed before the northern.<br><br>The map was created by the renowned landscape architects Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux who were awarded the task of designing and completing what is today the most visited urban park in the United States. The park with around 800 acres was designed with every single tree pond bridge rock and bench individually planned. According to Olmstead "Every foot of the parks surface every tree and bush as well as every arch roadway and walk and been placed where it is for a purpose.'<br><br>Published by Sarony Major and Knapp. Engraved by W. H. Grant. Accompanied by a separate sheet with references to the map. The map is in good condition with minor toning and verso reinforcement align some original folds. Verso repair near top left border. Minor foxing. A beautiful and scarce example of one of the most beautiful planned parks in the world in the midst of its construction.<br/><br/> Sarony, Major & Knapp unknown books
1820BL4701Hanover N.H.:: W.L. Thompson ca. 1820-1890s. 1820. Printed by Stevenson & Nicols Printers Lynn New Hampshire. 12mo. 5 x 3 ¼ inches. 40 pp. Original full blue-green blind and gilt-stamped cloth. Some minor stains. Bookseller's blind-stamp. Very good . W.L. Thompson, [ca. 1820-1890s?]. hardcover books
185726793United Kingdom: Various 1857. United Kingdom: various dates and publishers as below. Group of speeches and political pamphlets bound in one volume; as they appear and including: Rules and Regulations of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by Alexander Thom. 1863. 31 pages; first and last leaves a little spotty trimmed close at bottom edges. Previous owner note at top edge in pencil "by John Stuart Mill Sir Robert Lowe and others." Rules and Regulations of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by Alexander Thom. 1866. 29 pages; also trimmed close at bottom edge. Speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Bill for the Extension of the Suffrage in Towns. May 11 1864. Second Edition. John Murray 1864. With a couple of previous owner blue-pencil notes: "If the speech does not mean "manhood suffrage" what does it mean" and later in the Speech "like Sibthorp he has no confidence in either party." And marking a section "A hint for agitators to follow and a threat to intimidate his opponents" and a couple of other comments; this closely read & commented-upon. Couple of spots very good. Borough Franchise Extension Bill. The Speech of the Rt. Hon. Robert Lowe M.P. Upon the Second Reading of Mr. Baines' Bill for the Extension of the Borough Franchise Delivered in the House of Commons on Wednesday May 3rd 1865. London: Bickers and Son. 16 pages. Previous owner initial at top of title page edge. 1831-32 A Sketch. Reprinted from "Fraser's Magazine" of February 1862. By Lord Campbell. London: William Ridgway 1866. Previous owner name of Joseph Radcliff at top of title page edge. 49 pages. Parliamentary Reform Considered as a Question of Principle and not of Party. Dedicated by Permission to the Right Hon. Earl Grey by Edward J. Gibbs M.A. London: William Ridgway & William Parke. Not dated. 51 pages. Speech of the Right Hon. E. Horsman M.P. on the Second Reading of Mr. Baines' Borough Franchise Extension Bill in The House of Commons May 8th 1865. Westminster: Vacher and Sons 1865. 29 pages. Plea of the Unrepresented Commons for Restitution of Franchise. An Historic Enquiry. By Thomas Chisholm Anstey Esq. of the Honorable Society of the Middle Temple. London: William Ridgeway 1866. 143 pages. Speech of the Right Hon. Robert Lowe M.P. on the Irish Tenant-Right Bill; and A Letter of Lord Oranmore's to 'The Times.' Reprinted at the Expense of an Irishman. London: Trubner and Co. 1866. 22 pages. Name of Joseph Radcliff at top of title page edge. The Growth of our Law of Personal Property. An Introductory Lecture. Delivered to the Law Students at King's Inn. By William O'Connor Morris Esq. Barrister-at-Law Professor of the Law of Personal Property Pleadings and Evidence to the Hon. Society of the King's Inns Dublin. Dublin: Hodges Smith & Co. 1863. 24 pages. The History and Uses of The Law of Entail and Settlement. Buy Charles Neate Barrister-at Law Fellow of Oriel College and Member of Parliament for the City of Oxford. London: William Ridgway 1865. 44 pages. Considerations on the Punishment of Death. By Charles Neate Esq. Barrister-at Law Fellow of Oriel College and Member of Parliament for the City of Oxford. London: James Ridgway 1857. 83 pages. Speech of John Stuart Mill Esq. M.P. Etc. Speech only; no additional title page; 8 pages. Colophon notes as Judd & Glass Phoenix Printing Works London E.C. Representation of the People Bill. Second Reading. Speech of the Right Hon. Robert Lowe M.P. House of Commons Thursday April 26 1866. London: Robert John Bush. 31 pages. Name of Joseph Radcliff at top of title page edge. Reform Bill 1866. Epitome of the Debate on the Motion of the Rt. Hon. W.E. Gladstone for Leave to Bring in a Bill To Extend the Franchise in England and Wales 12th and 13th March 1866. London: Harrison 1866. 74 pages. Speech of H. Hussey Vivian Esq. M.P. F.G.S. on the Coal Question: Delivered in the House of Commons Tuesday June 12 1866. London: William Ridgway 1866. 61 pages. Last few leaves spotty. Approx. 6" x 8 1/4" size; bound in marbled paper covered boards polished calf corners and spine with simple dotted line and rules red leather spine label gilt titles all edges marbled endpapers to match. Some edge tips wear and rubbing to the binding; in very good condition. . Ephemera. Leather. Very Good. Various books
1880516961880. London c.1857. London c.1857. Criminal Conversation's Influence on Later Divorce Law Trials. Marriage Law. Crim. Con. Actions and Trials and Other Proceedings Relating to Marriage Before the Passing of the Present Divorce Act. London: N.p c.1880. iv 110 2 pp. Octavo 7-1/2" x 5". Three-quarter calf over marbled boards rebacked retaining portions of original backstrip hinges mended. Some rubbing to extremities offsetting and foxing to endleaves light toning to text. A handsome copy of a scarce title. $250. Only edition. With two cases involving Thomas Erskine as counsel. "Actions for what was formerly known.as criminal conversation were nominally abolished thirty years ago: that they were not actually got rid of as will presently be shewn is evident from the wording of the Divorce Act. It is a remarkable fact however that in spite of the loose wording of the Act such actions have become of such a rare occurrence as to be virtually at an end and what the Act was intended to bring about while failing to do it technically has yet to come to pass. The object of the following pages is to show the nature of the legal proceedings formerly in vogue as necessary before an injured husband could clear himself of an adulterous wife and marry again and a number of interesting cases which attracted a deal of public attention in their day are given from which it may be readily perceived with what facility conspiracy and fraud could be perpetuated.": Preface iii. Not in Sweet & Maxwell or the British Museum Catalogue. unknown books
18551719Wheelock Tx 1855. Very good plus. 4pp. on a bifolium. Previously folded. Light even tanning. An unusual but fascinating 1885 letter by an travelling attorney in central Texas describing some of his experiences there and extolling the virtues of the state to his addressee. Remarkably the author who signs his missive only as "Feeney" seems to become progressively more drunk as he writes and the quality of penmanship and cohesiveness of thought diminish in subsequent paragraphs. Feeney writes from Wheelock a small town north of modern-day College Station founded in 1830 by the grandson of Eleazar Wheelock the scion of Dartmouth and the seat of Robertson County from 1850 to 1856. After a lengthy round of pleasantries he begins to describe his recent experiences practicing law in the state:<br/><br/>"Your letter reached me about a week before the District Court the same as your Circuit Court and at that time I was busy as a recruiting sergeant on a fourth of July - for filing suits and engaging counsel are the orders of the week . and of course I had to be as busy writing - talking electioning and advising as it behoved a law yerling upon his first legs - cases and clients should be ___ Since that time I have been on the 'circuit' transversing for six or eight weeks a territory as large as Alabama - since then making examination speeches - and playing - generally for the past two weeks - I did not get drunk Sir - after my first speech but somehow 'the gentlemen of the jury' 'duly impanelled' &c. and myself happened to come to the grocery at the same time and the records of the grocery show that I stand charged thereto with thirteen drinks - thus I recompenced their intelligence & uprightness in deciding on my side."<br/><br/>Thence Feeney's legibility and cohesion descend somewhat as he becomes apparently inebriated though the letter remains quite readable. In the remainder of his text just over half he gives his impressions and opinions of Texas in the hopes of persuading his acquaintance to try it for himself:<br/><br/>"The wealth of the state at its present status consists principally in cattle sheep horses & hogs and the profit derived from them is compared with farming immense. Cattle double in numbers a profit every three years - horses in less and sheep in less still. Land is a secondary consideration - men that passed as poor and are considered as hardly responsible men . and yet they have a patent for a league of 44411 acres or a half or a thrice any how - for recovering or defending a law suit with difficulty can a fee in money be procured but they will divide the land. I am retained in a case to annul a will - the gentleman told me he would not pay in money - but I might make my own arrangements for the fee in land - yet that same land is the richest I ever saw and worth as much hard cash as any for agricultural purposes can be - I think I never made a better move or performed a wiser trick than when I came to Texas. If my Lucie will only continue. This is in each and every respect the freest country in the world - There is no censorous standard of depredation on the one hand nor puritanism on the other - Yet the law is supreme and the morals are not the worst - Yet it is so in the absence of the restraints generally imposed by ordinance and church discipline." <br/><br/>Only the final paragraph in which he lauds his ability to "ride over the country in his shirt sleeves" and to "sleep upon the prairies" becomes a bit difficult to decipher. An engaging letter on itinerant Texas life in the mid-1850s with evidence of extraneous inspiration. unknown books
185932945Burnet County Texas 1859. Single-page manuscript 23 lines plus signatures on pale blue paper 8" x 12". Light old folds a few minor spots Near Fine. <br/><br/> Burnet County in central Texas was created as a separate entity in 1852. The Committee appointed by Hon. Edward H. Vontress Judge of the 17th Judicial District included John Henry Brown Alexander Stuart Walker Thomas Proctor Hughes William C. Wiseman prominent and powerful Texans all. <br/> Brown 1820-1895 was evidently not a lawyer; a newspaper editor politician and historian he was among the earliest writers of Texas histories. Brown would chair the committee that prepared Texas's articles of secession; during the Civil War he was on Ben McCulloch's staff and fought at Palmito Ranch the last battle of the War. After the War along with other disaffected Texans he moved to Mexico for several years. <br/> Hughes 1826-1899 was born in Kentucky and settled in Texas around 1850. A member of the Texas Secession Convention he voted against secession but then joined the Confederate Army. Walker studied law with David Burnet after whom the County is named; and served in the Confederate Army and as a Confederate judge. Wiseman was Texas Reconstruction Governor A.J. Hamilton's appointee as Chief Justice of Guadalupe County.<br/> Edward H. Vontress 1825-1864 was an attorney judge state representative for Texas and Confederate officer. Born in Kentucky he moved to Texas and opened a law firm with Thomas P. Hughes. He represented Williamson and Burnet Counties in the Fifth Texas Legislature from 1853-54. When the Seventeenth Judicial District was created in 1856 he was elected its first district judge. He fought under Gen. Albert Sydney Johnston; returned to Texas and was elected Captain of Co. A Morgan's Regiment 18th Texas Cavalry; and was killed in June 1864 while on his way to deliver a message to Gen. Richard Taylor. Online Handbook of Texas.<br/> Alexander Stuart Walker 1826-1896 was born in Virginia and settled in Texas in 1852. A lawyer he was elected district judge while serving in the Confederate Army in 1862 . He was removed as judge by the U.S. military in 1865 for being an "impediment to Reconstruction. unknown books
1856184242Philadelphia: Hayes and Zell 1856. First Edition. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. NOTE: This is an original First Edition copy from 1856 not a new reprint. bound in brown cloth; loss at the head of the spine; wear to the bottom corners of both boards; notes written upside down on the rear endpaper and blank preceeding page; contents clean and binding is sound. near Very Good binding. Hayes and Zell unknown books
1842M10616London:: W. Clowes & Sons 1842. 1842. At head of title: Sanitary Inquiry-Scotland. First edition. 8vo. iv 334 pp. Tables charts numerous contributors. Later brown cloth gilt-stamped spine title; new endleaves. Very good. This public health report carries a similar title to Edwin Chadwick's report about the conditions of the laboring classes in England published at the same time. Authors of the articles in this collection include: Neil Arnott Charles R. Baird S. Scott Alison and others. W. Clowes & Sons, 1842. hardcover books
1875617011875. Preferred Edition of Peru's First Commercial Code Peru. Commercial Law. Codigo de Comercio de la Republica del Peru. Lima: Imprenta del Estado 1875. 231 pp. Octavo 7-3/4" x 5". Contemporary quarter morocco over marbled boards gilt title to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities some toning to text internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine bookplate to front pastedown small inkstamp to title page. $350. Second and final edition. Peru's first commercial code was adopted in 1852 and put into force and issued in print in 1853. Clagett says the first edition is riddled with errors and cites the 1875 printing as the preferred edition. OCLC locates 5 copies in North American law libraries Harvard LA County Library of Congress UC-Berkeley University of Michigan. Clagett A Guide to the Law and Legal Literature of Peru 41. unknown books
186219530Towanda: Printed at the Office of the Bradford Reporter 1862. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Black sheep-backed marbled boards. Interleaved. Rubbed some chipping of spine. Interleaved some manuscript additions of changes up to 1876 on interleaves and with a document from Montrose Penn. 1884 regarding the courts laid in some spotting and leaves loosened but generally a very good copy of a well-used reference work. With the signature and notation of William H. Jessup attorney of W. & W. H. Jessup. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Court Protocol. William Jessup graduate of Yale was a"pioneer in the cause of education and temperance in northern Pennsylvania and the chief founder of the County agricultural society." Appleton He was a presiding judge of the 11th judicial district of Pennsylvania from 1838 until 1851and one of the three representitives sent to discuss with Lincoln the military quota he had requested of New York Pennsylvania and Ohio. Two of his sons became noted missionaries William H. obviously followed him into his law firm. Printed at the Office of the Bradford Reporter unknown books
1840521861840. Pennsylvania. Laws of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Passed at the Session of 1840 -1971. Published by Authority. Harrisburg: William D. Boas and others 1840-1971. Some years missing see below. Together 88 books. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". 1840-97 volumes: Contemporary quarter sheep over paper lettering pieces to spines several rebacked in buckram some volumes have hand-lettered sppines. Moderate shelfwear some hinges cracked internally clean. 1901-1911 volumes: Contemporary law calf red and black lettering pieces to spine. Moderate shelfwear boards detached from two volumes several joints and hinges cracked but secureinternally clean. 1913-1971 volumes: Original buckram reed and black lettering pieces to spines. Light shelfear and soiling internally clean. All volumes have owner signatures and owner stamps to preliminaries. $1250. This set is lacking the following years: 1845 1849 1856 1863-1867 1872-1873 and 1876 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898-1900. Babbitt Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws 426-427. unknown books
180937327Hartford: Self Published. Very Good. 1809. Hardcover. 3rd ed comprising the later decisions in England Ireland and America with notes and references by Thomas Day Counsellor at Law. Hartford Con. printed for the editor 1809. Ex-library copy the spine has been taped and lettered and the edges of the boards have been taped. Moderate foxing. . Self Published hardcover books
1867285044Brooklyn: I. Van Andens Print 1867. very good. Maps. Color lithograph. 12" x 19".<br/><br/> Set of two maps included in a pamphlet entitled "Seventh Annual Report. Board of Commissioners Prospect Park Brooklyn" published in January of 1867. Cover stained corners dinged and toned with two stamps 'California Academy of Sciences & 'with Compliments of Jno Y. Cuyler Chief Engineer'. He was the assistant engineer to the project. The first map "Design for Prospect Park as Proposed to be Laid Out for the City of Brooklyn" is a detailed and colored depiction of the plan of Prospect Park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. Right margin cropped. The second map "Map Showing the Progress of Work upon the Park up to January 1867" is uncolored and shows an incomplete version of the first map depicting what had been built of the proposed plan up until that point. The map was created by the renowned Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted 1822-1903 who also designed some of the most famous parks in the United States including Central Park in New York City and Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. A wonderful rarity.<br/><br/> I. Van Andens Print unknown books
1887293176Brooklyn: I. Van Andens Print 1887. Map. Lithograph. 31 1/2" x 39 1/2".<br/><br/> Unusual map of the Village of Niagara Falls. Centered on Goat Island. Goat Island is a small island in the Niagara River in the middle of Niagara Falls between the Bridal Veil Falls and the Horseshoe Falls. The island is at the southwest corner of the City of Niagara Falls New York in the United States and is part of Niagara Falls State Park. It was created by the renowned Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted 1822-1903 who also designed some of the most famous parks in the United States including Central Park in New York City and Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. A wonderful rarity.<br/><br/> I. Van Andens Print unknown books
186062688New York: Mason Brothers 1860. First edition. 8vo. xvi 11-492 pp. With the half-title. Howes O-77. Sabin 57241. Clark Old South III 481: "A record of Olmsted's observations made during a trip through Mississippi Alabama Tennessee and the back country of the Carolinas and Virginia. He passed through such towns as Woodville Miss. Natchez Jackson Vicksburg Memphis Tuscaloosa Asheville and Richmond. However the value of the book lies in his description of rural life . one of the outstanding features of the book is the author's attempt to compare and contrast the various social classes of the North and South. Although it is known that Olmsted privately acknowledged that there was a great deal of rowdyism and commonness among the northern farmers and laborers and no true aristocrats in the southern sense still he avoided this in his writing and played up what he considered the higher general level of culture in the North as compared with the general backwardness of the South." Some age-toning to text but very good. Late 20th-century green half-morocco and marbled boards with new endpapers. 9463. <br/><br/> Mason Brothers hardcover books
1856140939282New York: Dix & Edwards 1856. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. Bound in publisher's brown ribbed cloth decorated in blind and lettered in gilt on the spine. Near Fine with dulling to gilt titles shallow chipping at head of spine. Several small stains to top edge of textblock. Small corner missing from front free end paper. A nice and sharp copy of a book which usually turns up much worse for wear. Olmsted was interested in the slave economy and was commissioned by The New York Daily Times currently The New York Times to travel in the American South and gather extensive research. His dispatches vivid first-person accounts of the antebellum South were collected into three volumes this being the first. Dix & Edwards unknown books
18603040New York: Dixon & Edwards 1856-1860 1860. First edition of each book in Olmsted's trilogy on the slave states. Octavo three volumes original cloth. A Journey In The Seaboard Slave States is inscribed by the author to his cousin Charles Olmsted. Each volume is in very good condition A Journey In The Seaboard Slave States has been rebacked. Books inscribed by Frederick Law Olmsted the father of American Landscape Architecture are rare. Interested in the slave economy he was commissioned by the New York Daily Times now The New York Times to embark on an extensive research journey through the American South and Texas from 1852 to 1857. His dispatches to the Times were collected into three volumes A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States 1856A Journey Through Texas 1857 A Journey in the Back Country in the Winter of 1853-4 1860 which remain vivid first-person social documents of the pre-war South. Dixon & Edwards, 1856-1860 hardcover books
1857TB31424New York: Dix Edwards & Co. 1857. First Edition. An ex-library copy in good condition in its original brown cloth covered boards with tarnished gilt text stamping on the spine and blind embossed borders and designs on the boards. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 4 7/8 inches with the cloth of the back strip worn down to the edges of the text block the back strip has been varnished there is an early prior owner's name and date of "July 22 '57" on the first free end page and the typical library markings on the rear end pages. 516 including an appendix an index at the front of the book and text. Illustrated with an frontispiece from an engraving a fold-out map of part of the State of Texas This is the second volume of Olmsted's three book series A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States which details his travels through the South which was financed by what is now The New York Times. Howes O-79 Dix, Edwards & Co. hardcover books
