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1796824001796. SERMONS AMERICAN - 18TH CENTURY A COLLECTION OF FIVE SERMONS INCLUDING A DIRGE AND A MONODY BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. All published in eastern Massachusetts Boston and Salem 1767-1796. Detailed descriptions of the sermons in this volume appear below. Small quarto: 21 cm. 175 pp. in total. Four of five half-titles are present. Early ownership of Charles Lowell in three of the sermons. Text leaves are mostly clean but for the last sermon which is lightly foxed and lightly toned throughout and the paper quality is very good overall. A few leaves in the first sermon show slight wear at the top-edge but nothing serious and one leaf has marginal loss at top fore-corner without loss of text. In a handsome modern binding of marbled boards with a black calf shelfback in fine condition. TUCKER John. Ministers of the Gospel as spiritual Guides to their people to be remembered by them after their Decease; and to their good Instructions and Example to be followed. Two discourses occasioned by the death of the Rev. Mr. John Lowell late pastor of the Congregational Church in Newbury-Port; who departed this life May 15th 1767. In the 64th year of his age. Delivered to the Christian society there on the Lord's Day June 7th after his decease. By John Tucker A. M. Pastor of the First Church in Newbury. Boston New-England: Printed by Thomas & John Fleet for Bulkeley Emerson of Newbury-Port 1767. 36 pp. Ownership of Charles Lowell in pencil on half-title and in ink on title-page. Evans 10791 Sabin 97317. THACHER Peter and Thomas Welsh. A Sermon Preached at Charlestown June 19 1796 and occasioned by the sudden death of the Honourable Nathaniel Gorham Esquire aet. 59. By Peter Thacher D.D. Minister of a Church in Boston. And An Eulogy Delivered June 29 1796 at the Meeting-House in Charlestown in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in memory of the Honourable Nathaniel Gorham Esquire who died June 11 1796. By Doctor Thomas Welsh Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society. Boston: Printed by Samuel Hall. 1796. 251151 pp. The final page is a "A Dirge to the Memory of the Honourable Nathaniel Gorham Esq. by the Rev. Thaddeus Mason Harris set to Music by Mr. Olifer Holden" printing only the lyrics but no. unknown books
18854839Manchester NH 1885. Quarto-sized sewn scrapbook 29 x 18.5 cm. 36 pages. A neatly assembled scrapbook of clippings mostly related to rural life and dairying in particular. Based on the typography of the clippings they are sourced from just a few newspapers. Subjects include: "The Flavor of Eggs" "Fish Ponds" "Canned Food" "German Hot Beds" "Sheep as Renovators" and more. A fair number of articles are on apples and cider including: "How to Gather Cider Apples" "Bottling Cider" "The Northern Spy as a 'Keeping' Apple" "Apples and Cider" and "The Market Apples of New England". The whole is neatly assembled and a rather nice book object. General wear and soiling otherwise very good. unknown books
192426039Musselburgh Scotland: Bruntons 1924. Black and white photograph depicting an engineering design room men women workers; calendar on the wall identifies & dates Bruntons Wire & Wire Rope October 1924. No studio or photographer noted. Photo approx. 6" x 8" size glossy gelatin print. Mounted on 9 1/2" x 12 1/4" size cardstock; mount card darkened some corners soft; photo sharp well-taken and in very good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. Bruntons paperback books
184525725No Place Listed: Not Published 1845. Approx. 3 1/8" x 4" size bound in plain paper. Cover paper darkened; spine paper covering chipped away at bottom revealing cloth reinforcement as headband; cover chipped at edges; some spotting and foxing to leaves; generally clean very legible and in good condition. Manuscript. Soft Cover. Good. Not Published paperback books
175727045Venetiis: Laurentium Basilium 1757. 22 536; 591-621 pagination mis-numbered content consecutive 1 pages Catalogus Laurentium Basilium. Frontispiece portrait illustration of the author; woodcut title chapter & tailpiece ornaments. Latin text with occasional Greek. The works of Hermann Boerhaave 1668 - 1738 Dutch physician associated with the Univ. of Leiden; appointed ".the chair of practical medicine and in this capacity he had the merit of introducing the modern system of clinical instruction. Four years later he was appointed also to the chair of chemistry." see Encyc. Brit. 11th ed. Including: Institutiones medicae; Aphorismi de cognoscendis et curandis morbis; Libellus de materie medica; De lue aphrodisiaca sive venerea; Atrocis nec descripti prius morbi historia; Atrocis rarissimique morbi historia altera; De fabrica glandularum in corpore humano; De mercurio experimenta; Orationes octo; De utilitate explorandorum in aegris excrementorum ut signorum; Introductio in praxin clinicam; Praelectiones de calculo; De distinctione mentis a corpore; Horti Ludguno-Batavi descriptio. Title page with the owner name-stamp of collector George R. Brush M.D. U.S. Navy; in service as a surgeon & medical inspector from 1861-1894 and with his small number-ticket on front endpaper. Approx. 7 1/4" x 9 1/2" size bound in later 19th century marbled-paper covered boards dark brown leather corners & spine gilt fleuron decorations & titles marbled endpapers. A little edge tips wear and rubbing to the binding; frontispiece illustration laid-down; first few leaves with a few tiny wormholes no loss to text; front endpapers with surface paper scrapes at bottom edges; an ink name below the portrait; block strongly bound; in very good condition. . First Edtion Thus. Leather. Very Good. Laurentium Basilium books
18462556West Point NY 1846. Cream paper creased. Good. 25.5 x 19 cm. Margaret Stebbins Scammon writes her brother from West Point where her husband E. Parker Scammon is an officer with the United Army Corps of Topographic Engineers. Parker would later command the 23rd Ohio Regiment during the Civil War. <br /> <br />Good Friday Morn. 1846 <br /> <br />My Dearest brother <br /> <br />Parker fully intended to cover this envelope to you but as he was about doing it the Quartermaster must needs send for him to come to the Library for some important briefings: and so he begs me to write for him and apologize to the best of my ability for the non-appearance of your beer. You must have thought him very neglectful and tho' it is rather an awkward task I will tell you the whole truth. If you will have patience to wait till the end of this month it shall then be forthcoming. He expected to order it on the 1st but our cook took it into his head to go back to the city to live and as we had at his own request kept back the quarter part of his wages for 18 months you must know our last month's pay went with a rush and as we are so involved on every side we wont borrow and therefore all parties ourselves included must wait till after another visit from the Paymaster for our good beer. I have thus most frankly stated to you the case and I hope you will excuse it. We remember that we are still considerably in your debt so that it is with great pleasure that P. will attend to your order just so soon as circumstances will permit. I think the value of the empty half barrels returned is $1.50 each and they quite well have them as money. They are returned at any time and credited to sender. <br /> <br />We are looking forward to your visit in June or July with impatience. Do not disappoint us. <br /> <br />Your very aft sister <br /> <br />Margaret <br /> <br /> <br />The letter is addressed to Margaret's brother - Mr. John B. Stebbins Care of Homer Foote & Co. Springfield Mass. We know the merchant her brother worked for Homer Foote had become a very wealthy retailer in Springfield and assume that John B. was successful as well. <br />Letter has some foxing and tears in areas where there is creasing. Red West Point stamp is faint along with the number 5. <br/><br/> unknown books
1960228757Santa Barbara Hotel Statler Hilton October 13 1960. 1960. 5 1/2" x 7 1/4"; 4 pages. Fine. No signatures or bookplates. Upper front cover with an illustration of Casa de la Guerra erected 1819 to 1926 Santa Barbara California by Edward Borein. Program for the meeting with a list of patrons and patronesses on the back cover. No Binding. Fine. Santa Barbara, Hotel Statler Hilton, October 13, 1960. unknown books
1894305505<p>Oblong octavo 9 5/8" x 6 1/4". 16 pages of plates from photographs accordion style panorama with captions in English German French and Spanish. Original elaborately gilt stamped red cloth later red cloth spine; corners and edges worn. Good. No signatures or bookplates. Numerous views of San Francisco Sausalito etc.</p> [San Francisco? Hergert & Frey?] hardcover books
197135717Moscow: Iskusstvo Publishing House 1971. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong folio. Original publisher's linen boards. 182 pp. 1f. <br/><br/>Profusely illustrated with 162 reproductions of Russian set and costume designs and several portraits relating primarily to Russian theatrical productions of the 20th century many in color from the collection of the State Central Museum of Theatre Art founded by Alexei Alexandrovich Bakhrushin 1865-1929. With introduction and full descriptive inventory of illustrations in Russian and English. On coated paper. Binding slightly worn. In worn dustjacket. Iskusstvo Publishing House hardcover books
188225318Sergiyev Posad Russia: I. Efimova 1882. 186 4 pages. Including a double-page color tinted lithograph view of the monastery grounds and architecture; at back is a double-page map-plan giving the geographical position of the monastery and the layout of the grounds within the wider community; a number key with description is on the following pages. Text entirely in Cyrillic describing in a chronology the history of the monastery established by one of the most important Russian Orthodox patron saints of Russia the monk Sergius of Radonezh Saint Vartholomei Kirilovich. With the occasional marginal pencil comment and mark. Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2" size; bound in the original finely pebble-textured dark teal cloth. Edge-wear tips wear-through; spine cloth fraying and loosening at bottom. Remains of old label old sticker with number on front board; no blank free endpapers; a couple of pencil numbers and a pen number and with the stamp of a church library with a central illustration of the same & another rectangular stamp that is partially incomplete throughout. Text generally clean and very good; lithographed plate & the map also in very good condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. I. Efimova hardcover books
195318800Boston 1953. Tempera on paper. Initialled "R.S.W." Mounted circular label lower right. Handsome 1950s sports car design.<br/> <br/>All of our present information about this drawing comes from a label on the back of the piece which indicates that it comes from the archives of the A.J. White Motor Vehicle Research Company - designers of exotic cars in the Boston MA area. We have not discovered any further information about the A. J. White Research Company thus far nor about the artist R.S.W. of this particular drawing. There does not appear to be any connection to the great White truck manufacturer. The drawing itself is especially nice its cool red sportscar positioned diagonally between two details in blue in a way that makes it appear anxious to move. unknown books
20182402New York: Little Brown and Company 2018. Hardcover. Pink boards. Near fine in near fine dust wrapper. 277 pages. 24 x 16 cm. A gripping examination of the dark side of an iconic American product and a moving portrait of the women who lived in the shadow of its fractured fortune Jell-O Girls is a family history a feminist history and a story of motherhood love and loss. In crystalline prose Rowbottom considers the roots of trauma not only in her own family but in the American psyche as well ultimately weaving a tale that is deeply personal and deeply connected to the collective female experience. <br/><br/> Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
19312480Lyons NY: Rose Valley Nurseries 1931. Staplebound. Color illustrated wraps. Very good. 22 pages. 25.5 x 17.5 cm. Vivid color illustrated rose plant and flower catalog. Order form attached. Back cover lightly rubbed interior crisp and clean. <br/><br/> Rose Valley Nurseries paperback books
19392221730<p>"FDR" 1 page on mint green The White House letterhead Washington D.C. January 9 1939 1 page with integral leaf. 9" x 7". The paper watermarked "Whiting Woven Linen." To Frederick B. Adams. Very good.</p><p>Adams 1878-1961 was married to Ellen Walters Delano a first cousin of FDR.</p><p>Roosevelt thanks Adams for the gift of a fishing rod.</p> unknown books
200541953NY: Knopf 2005. First edition first prnt. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographs. Signed by Klibanoff on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. 2007 Pulitzer Prize winner. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knopf Hardcover books
200641933NY: Knopf 2006. First edition first prnt. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographs. Signed by Klibanoff on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. 2007 Pulitzer Prize winner. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knopf Hardcover books
186283231Paris: Didier 1862. Hardcover. Good. xvii 452p. Old but probably later quartercloth binding. 19cm. Cover scuffed and moderately worn. A few corners creased. French text. <br/><br/> Didier hardcover books
19111493New York: Kenny Publishing Company 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's original full blue cloth with decorations and title stamped in black and gilt with five photos of artists on cover. Good. 366 pages. 26 x 21 cm. Oscar Cargill's copy - Dr. Cargill was the guiding force in building the English department at N.Y.U. History of performers illustrated in black and white photographs announcements and period advertisements. Interior toned. Covers rubbed. <br/><br/> Kenny Publishing Company hardcover books
19102450Chicago: Rex Bromide Co. c. 1910. Staplebound. Color illustrated wraps. Very good. 63 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Featuring handy home goods to solve the everyday problems of the homemaker - this catalogue includes hundreds of gadgets. Each page includes 2-3 small write ups for each item and all items are shown with a detailed black and white illustration. Personal favorites include the “Sure Death Fly Killer” and the “Star Asbestos Burner” used for quick cooking and odorless toasting. Light creasing with 2 small closed tears to front cover. No copies found 2/15/21. <br/><br/> Rex Bromide Co. paperback books
5304Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Original etching on laid paper. Lettered along bottom "A. 1584 COLONIAE" and signed "Wilhelmus Reichius Edcudebat" with the text "SANGUINE CHRISTE TUO SIC NOS ET CORPORE PASCIS ET SIS CONCICIS ALTOR ET ESCA TUIS." 18 x 15 cm. Trimmed to the plate edge small loss at upper right corner else fine. Nicely matted to 11 x 14 inches. Provenance: from the collection of the important American composer Jerome Kern 1885-1945. unknown books
18932222201<p>First edition. Octavo. B/W illustrations and maps. Original stiff pictorial wrappers. No dust jacket. Good. 224 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Various advertisements includes Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.</p> Rand, McNally & Company paperback books
1936WRCLIT84715New York & London: D. Appleton-Century Co. 1936. Decorated wrappers. Photographs and illustrations. First edition of this promotional history of the constituent firms 1825 to date. Fine with compliments card laid in. D. Appleton-Century Co. unknown books
192826636London England: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited 1928. 12 pages; black and white illustrated cover. A vehicle for the advertisement of publications of The Bodley Head with excerpts from books by Colonel A.I.R. Glasfurd Leonard Ramsden Hartill George Barr McCutcheon Marjorie Bowen Alexander Wicksteed Gustave Flaubert and other pieces. With Impressions essay To "Blurb" or not to "Blurb" by T.H. Blatchington. Including A Reply to a Critic at The New Statesman by J. Lewis May concerning a new English edition of Madame Bovary and a miscellany of publishing news in a Books and Authors section. Shorter inserts include books found on the then-current Bodley Head List with author title short descriptions size price and information on limitation special or illustrated copies. Printed by the London and Norwich Press Limited. Approx. 8 1/2" x 10 3/4" size; sewn illustrated paper covers. Some edge tips wear; old fold line at center; in very good condition and with useful bibliographic publishing & printing information regarding these publications. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited paperback books
192826633London England: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited 1928. 12 pages; black and white illustrated. A vehicle for the advertisement of publications of The Bodley Head with excerpts or illustrations from books by H.B. Martin C.S. Forester Stephen Leacock Owen Archer Harry L. Foster Herbert Patrick Lee and other pieces. With Impressions essay The Problem of the "Best Seller" by T.H. Blatchington. Including a biographical piece on Harry L. Foster and a miscellany of publishing news in a Books and Authors section. Shorter inserts include books found on the then-current Bodley Head List with author title short descriptions size price and information on limitation special or illustrated copies. Printed by the London and Norwich Press Limited. Approx. 8 1/2" x 10 3/4" size; sewn illustrated paper covers. Some edge tips wear; old fold line at center; in very good condition and with useful bibliographic publishing & printing information regarding these publications. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited paperback books
192726630London England: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited 1927. 12 pages; black and white illustrated. A vehicle for the advertisement of publications of The Bodley Head with excerpts or illustrations from books by Charles Simpson Marjorie Bowen Peter Blundell H. Chance Newton C.S. Forester H.B. Drake George Barr McCutcheon and other pieces. With Impressions essay The Case of Barbara Sheriff by 'Mortimer Middlebrow' and a miscellany of publishing news in 'Bodleiana.' Shorter inserts include books found on the then-current Bodley Head List with author title short descriptions size price and information on limitation special or illustrated copies. Printed by the London and Norwich Press Limited. Approx. 8 1/2" x 10 3/4" size; sewn illustrated paper covers. Some edge tips wear; old fold line at center; in very good condition and with useful bibliographic publishing & printing information regarding these publications. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited paperback books
