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Features: Warriors, Spirits and Servants - Chinese Clay Burial Figurines; Furniture-Maker From Germany - Renfrew County's J. Albert Zadow; Signposts for Collectors Part V - Intaglio Prints in Early Canada; Tools of the Trade - 17th and 18th century medical instruments; The Bohemian Tradition - A short history of glassmaking in Bohemia; Victorian Tiles in Toronto - from Gothic Revival to Art Nouveau; Manuscript Canadiana witnesses to the past; Books, Book-Collecting and Book-Collectors; Miraloma ("The Latch") - A Samuel Maclure Classic in Sidney, British Columbia. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: Indian Trade Silver Gorgets; As others saw us - The European Vision in Nova Scotia 1749-1848; The Macdonald Stewart Art Centre; Embroideries of the Ursulines of Quebec; Turn of the century jewellery. Moderate wear. Quality copy. Book
Articles: The Master's Measure - Remunerative Patterns for Hudson's Bay Company Captains, 1726-1736; Politics, Technology and Policy-Making, 1859-1865 - Palmerston, Gladstone and the Management of the Ironclad Naval Race; This Sad and Melancholy Catastrophe - Port Maitland, Ontario and the Wreck of the Troopship 'Commerce', 6 May 1850; A Dundee Ship in Canada's Arctic - SS Diana and William Wakeham's Expedition of 1897; The Historical Experience of Scaled-Down Nineteenth Century Drydock Technology; plus several book reviews. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
Very Good English In modern cloth bdg. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Italian. 70, [10] p. The trade of almonds. Notes for merchants. Including history. Sommario: Cratteri intrinseci e botanici. / Produzioni. / Varieta commerciali. / Commercio interno ed estero delle mandorle. / La tecnica merchantile: -Acquisti dai produttori. - Venditi all'estro. - Imballaggio. / Quantita; tolleranze di quantia e di qualita. / Prezzo. / Pagamento. Il commercio delle mandorle. Note ed appunti di tecnica mercantile.
First edition, xxii, 240pp., library stamp on title and places in the text, early ownership signature on upper blank margin of leaf following the title, 3 folding tables at end (last defective), old water-staining of the tables and last 2 leaves, first and last few leaves chipped at margins, disbound. One of the significant works of it's era advocating free trade for Ireland, written in the form of a sequence of letters to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord Buckinghamshire. However, "its doctrines being regarded as seditious it was ordered to be burnt by the common hangman." - DNB. Bradshaw, 2109; Wagner, 348; Kress, B203; Goldsmith, 11826.
First edition, [viii], 344, [2]pp., cont. half calf, hinges cracked, upper board almost detached.
First edition, 8vo (198 x 120 mm), [2], 53, [1]pp., later cloth-backed boards. Provenance: The Lawes Agriculture Library, Rothamsted Research Institute. Rothamsted Catalogue, p.21; Perkins Catalogue, 1342.
Token made of copper, 28 mm in diameter, in excellent condition, together with an issue of 'Chambers Edinburgh Journal' which features a brief biography of Lackington from August 1833. James Lackington 1746-1815. A celebrated bookseller who started his London career as a poor shoemaker in 1770. He borrowed five pounds, interest free, from the Methodists, and started the business of selling cheap books for cash only. In 1779 he issued a catalogue of 12,000 volumes. In 1793 he admitted his apprentice Robert Allen as a partner and soon afterwards built the spectacular bookshop known as the Temple of the Muses.
First Edition, half-title, [4], 27, [1] pp., disbound.
First edition, 187, [1]pp., light water staining to inner margin of first and last gathering.
First Edition, 2 vols., folio, 258 plates including some facsimiles (42 in colour), 300 figures in the text, orig. cloth, red morocco labels. Among the numerous aspects and personages dealt with are shop fronts, interiors, the bookseller, his assistants, the customer, the book-buyer, the book-thief, the auctioneer and the antiquarian bookseller.
(Al fin:) Madrid, 25 de Enero de 1614, 2 hojas, 35 x 25 cm. (Márgenes deteriorados sin afectar al texto. Trata del comercio de azúcares en los reinos de España, producido en Andalucía, Valencia e Indias Occidentales, y Portugal, proveniente deBrasil, Madeira o Cabo Verde, con vista a establecer nuevos arbitrios a la exportación y al comercio interior. Al fin firma este escrito Francisco Gómez de Lisboa).
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original manuscript autograph handwritten document sealed 'Es-Seyyid Hasan Hilmi Pasha' as Konya Valisi. 17,5x11 cm. In Ottoman script. 1 p. Text: "Hüve. Refetlü efendim; Iyd-i said-i fitrin tebrîkini hâvî olan tahrîrât-i beyânlari bi(?) mahsus hâsil oldugu beyâniyla cevabnâme-i tarikim kilindi', fî 31 Mayis [1]310, [Seal]". This is a season's greeting (iyd-i said-i fitr) by Hasan Hilmi Pasa who was Ottoman governor of Konya city in 1894. He's known as that he provided Circassian 'odalisques' for the Harem.
pp. lxxvi, 204. The folding plate is partially present. Tall pocket handbook. 210 x 9 mm. Original full leather binding, rubbed. EARLY MANUSCRIPT OWNERSHIPS: "William Haskell, Jun. Lynn (MA), July 1806, his Book"; "Henry A. Breed(?) & Co. August 8, 1826; and a printed ownership plate for C.J.H. Woodbury, a Lynn, MA. Woodbury (1851-1915) was a Lynn industrialist and historian. Quick transcription of the full title: PRACTICAL MEASURING MADE EASY TO THE MEANEST CAPACITY BY A NEW SET OF TABLES: Which shew at sight, The solid or superficial content (and consequently the value) of any piece or quantity of squared orround timber, be it standing or felled, also of stone, board, glass, &c. made use of in the erecting or repairing of any building, &c. Cintrived to answer all the occations of gentlemen and artificers, far beyond any thing yet extant: the contents being given in feet, inches and twelfth parts of an inch. With apreface, shewing the excellence of this new method of measuring, and demonstrating, that whoever ventures to rely upon those obsolete tables and directions published by Isaac Keay, is liable to be deceived (in common cases) 10s. in the pound [.] Greatly improved by the following additions, I. new tables shewing at sight the value of any piece or quantity of timber, stone, &c. at any price per foot cube. II. Mr. Hoppus's table of solid measure applied to the freighting of ships. III. Some very curious observations concerning the measuring of timber by several dimensions, communicated by one of his Majesty's Purveyors. Note too that this 1803 edition includes an advertisement for a new edition of the 'Plate Glass Book.' First published in 1736, Mr. Hoppus's Measurer was the standard handbook for the English (and American) lumber trades. Consulted regularly by foresters, builders and carpenters. Includes: examples of practical measuring; measurement tables for timber; guides to weights and prices for nails, hardware and various tools; etc. Indeed, the hoppus cubic foot (or `hoppus cube' or `h cu ft') was the standard volume measurement used for timber in the British Empire and countries in the British sphere of influence before the introduction of metric units. It is still used in the hardwood trade of some countries. His method of volume measurement was developed to estimate what volume of a round log would be usable timber after processing, in effect attempting to `square' the log and allow for waste. The hoppus ton (HT) was also a traditionally used unit of volume in British forestry. One hoppus ton is equal to 50 hoppus feet or 1.8027 cubic metres. Some shipments of tropical hardwoods, especially shipments of teak from Myanmar (Burma), are still stated in hoppus tons. A great artifact from a mighty trade in a once mighty empire. with early American ownerships. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NEW ENGLAND Box 6
96 p. + Advertisements, including an extensive ad for the Battle-Field Medicinal Spring at Gettysburg. Numerous illustrations. Unusual half leather binding. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA15?
pp. ix, 264 + {hotographs. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, very tiny spot top of front cover. Original dust jacket with price, small loss and damp stained. Hardbound. Nice copy. First Edition trade edition, in Dust Jacket. Familiarily known as the "Smyth Report" the first published account of the development of the atom bomb was issued, in mimeographed form for press use, on August 12, 1945, just six days after the first atomic bomb was exploded over Hiroshima. A GPO and a trade edition quickly followed. Smyth, chairman of the Department of Physics at Princeton, gives a remarkably full and candid account of the development of the work carried out by the Manhattan District Project which culminated in the production of the first Atomic Bomb. Printing and the Mind of Man 422e. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SPACE/6
Two volumes. pp. 329 + 6 p. [Publisher's advertisements]; 370. Small 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Chipped at head and tale. True first edition of the important sequel to Uncle Tom's Cabin. JUN2C
168 p. + 23 cooperplate engravinged leaves and illustrated engraved half title. Each plate leaf has three engravings. Lacks "Goats" (number 45) top engraving of one plate leaf. Some plates and text pages torn. Includes a map of Great Britain. Lacks rear endpapers. Damp stained. Text and plates browned and age stained. 12mo. 180 mm. Original leather spine over printed paper boards. Binding very worn and soiled. Major loss on leather spine. S&S/AI 26177. Poor. Hardbound. A scarce and important book that was 'read to death' by adults and children alike. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AI BX 3
108 p. + Frontis and Full page map. Illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings. 235 mm. Softcover. Original color pictorial wraps. Covers worn with loss. Title continues: "A Land of Rolling Plains, Boundless Grain Fields, Sculptured Lands, Alpine Lakes, Mining Camps, Indian Life, Dancing Rivers, Thriving Villages, Trackless Forests, Growing Cities, Lofty Mountains Penetrated by the Northern Pacific Railroad". Very good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W12 Bag1
"Des 13 septembre & [Lettres patentes données à Fontainebleau le] 2 novembre 1774. Regiftrées en Parlement le 19 Décembre fuivant": l'important arrêt du contrôleur général des finances de Louis XVI Anne-Robert-Jacques TURGOT (1727-1781) libéralisant le commerce des grains; gravure en bandeau. Français
cviii + 457 + [i] pp. + 16 platen buiten tekst, 25cm., in de reeks "Bronnen voor de geschiedenis van de Vlaamsche kunst" volume V, ingebonden in fraaie gecart. band met titel in goudopdruk op rug, stempeltje op franse titelpagina, zeer goede staat, S88645
800pp.avec 155 illustrations, reliure toile d'éditeur, jaq., 23cm., dans la série "Bibliothèque illustrée des histoires", bon état, rare, S84600
Appears to have been rebound in black boards with gilt lettering to spine. Light rubbing to boards. Light sunning to spine. Scholar's name to ffep (E. Badian). ; 2 maps at back / Mit zwei Karten. ; Abhandlungen Des Archäologisch-Epigraphischen Seminares Der Universität Wien; Heft 3; 214 pages
808 p. + 7 page publisher's ads. Title page browned. Lacks fly leaves. Early inked ownership of I. Thorton? Osmond on second fly leaf. Double column. 8vo. Original embossed cloth boards. Spine taped. PA 36
