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Second Edition, half-title with faint water-mark on inner margin, [4], 85, [1], xxvii, [1] pp., disbound. Dundonald's chief contribution to late eighteenth century industrial chemistry was the production of soda from common salt, using a method that provided hints that led to the Le Blanc process. Goldsmith, 12855; Cole, Chemical Literature, 283.
8vo., brown cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy. Reprints of Economic Classics.
288p. 12mo. Original brown cloth binding. Spine lettered in gold. Extremities slightly worn. Early inked ownership of John White, Huntingdon, PA. White was an important figure in the commercial life of Huntingdon. Hardbound. Very good. Includes drawings and calculations relating to: tin plate; steam engines; glazier; cast iron; blast furnace; coopers; wheel gearing; dyes; lacquer production; etc. Scarce. JUN5 BOX 4
Lower corners slightly bumped. ; Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series 2; 12.3 X 9.0 X 0.6 inches; 138 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
xxv + 353pp.+ 24 bl/w plates out of text, editor's hardcover, dustwrapper, 24cm., good condition, S85101
pp. 1-80. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition. This volume also includes: Kauffmann, Henry J. COPPERSMITHING IN PENNSYLVANIA. pp. 83-153. Illustrations. Also issued as: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, Volume XI. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY
130 p. Numerous color illustrations. Oblong 4to. Gilt decorated blue cloth binding. Edition Limited to only 1200 examples. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! TEXTILE 1
130 p. Numerous illustrations. Square small 4to. Original full blue gold decorated cloth binding. Very slight spotting on front cover. Limited to One thousand and two hundred examples. This one is no. Six hundred and twenty nine. A Keepsake from the Science Press. An informative history of quilt making and collecting. TEXTILE 2.
Complete title: The Painter, Gilder, and Varnisher's Companion: Containing Rules and Regulations in every thing relating to the arts of Painting, Gilding, Varnishing, and Glass-staining : Numerous useful and valuable receipts : Tests for detection of adulterations in oils, colours, etc. : And a statement of the Diseases and Accidents to which painters, gilders, and varnishers are peculiarly liable : with the simplest and best methods of prevention and remedy. pp. 216; 24 (Publisher's Catalog). 12mo. 180 mm. Original full cloth binding. Hardbound. Very Good. An excellent example. This Civil War era guide was meant to be a practical pocket manual for craftsmen. It is especially interesting that it includes a section on occupational health issues in these trades. Nice copies are very uncommon, as they were usually used very hard. PA 30
40 p. Numerous photos and drawings, one in color. 8vo. Original printed wraps, decorated and lettered in gold. GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 23.
417 pages. Index. Appendices. Footnotes. List of sixty black and white illustrations. A rare surviving copy of this important reference, made all the more engaging by today's environment of competing fiat currency devaluations. "Hitherto Numismatists when stydying the Origines of Coinage had confined themselves to the materials presented to them in the earliest money of Lydia, Greece and Italy, and on the other hand the Metrologists had almost completely limited their range of observation to the systems of Babylon, Egypt, Greece and Rome. As the Comparative Method has yielded such excellent results in the study of other human institutions, I have endeavoured by its aid to get some new principles which may throw some fresh light on the first beginnings of monetary and weight systems." - from Preface. Attractive gilt decoration upon green front board. Legible gilt lettering upon backstrip. Average external soiling and wear. Several chips from and lengthy openings along backstrip which has become brittle with age. Narrow opening along most of front hinge. Back hinge open. Bookplate discretely removed inside front board. Unmarked. A tender but worthy copy. Book
66 pages. Index. "When the Chinese in 1840 attempted to cut off this pernicious import, the British resorted to war to maintain it." - from summary page. Intended for younger readers but of interest to all. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Front free endpaper removed. Worthy reference copy. Black and white illlustrations. Book
First edition, 4to, viii, 141, [1]pp., signed complimentary slip tipped-in, frontis., 11 plates, orig. buckram, uncut. Covers the reign of the great bookseller F. S. Ellis (1872-85) when the firm was agent for the British Museum and numbered most of the great collectors of the day among its clients.
252 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Line drawings. "The predecessors of the electric telegraph were a wonder of their age. Their operators achieved a remarkable proficiency and, given clear weather, they rendered an invaluable service to governments and to commerce, in peace and in war." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket in clear protective cover. Nice copy. Book
Early Uniform Edition. Original Publishers cloth with gilt spines, 12mo, 5 volumes: 472 + 406 + 351 + 255 + 304 pages. Each volume also contains an 8-page publishers catalog bound in at rear. Sabin, 78464; Howes USiana, 245. Includes indexes. Originally published serially between 1863-1866, present here is an early edition of all 5 volumes together. In uniform publishers cloth as issued. Includes biographies and stories of early Jewish merchants (and their families) in New York, including: Gershom Cohen; Jacob I Cohen of Charleston; Alexander Dias; Abraham Gomez; Benjamin Gomez; Isaac Harris; Benjamin Hart; Bernard Hart; Daniel Hart; David Hart; E. B. Hart; Emanuel Hart; Joseph Hart; Rebecca Hart; Jacob Hay [aka Hays]; Jacob Hayes; Benjamin Hendricks; Uriah Hendricks; Dr. Henschel; Bernard Hart Isaac; Moses Isaac; Isaac Iselin; Benjamin S. Judah; Bernard S. Judah; Moses Judah; David Leavitt; Hayman Levi; Aaron Levy; Beau Levy; Gabriel Levy; Hayman Levy; Jacob Levy; Solomon Levy; Ziporah Levy; Asher Marx; David Moses; Isaac Moses; Joseph Nathan; Simon Nathan; Seixas Nathan; M. M. Noah; D. M. L Peixotto; Moses Phelps; Napthali Phillips; Benjamin Phillips; B. J. Raphael; Morris Tobias; Sarah Wisner; Benjamin Wolfe; Joel Wolfe; Nathaniel Wolfe; Samuel Wolfe; Udolpho Wolfe; And from the Seixas family: Rev. Gershom Mendez, Hester, Hayman L. , Isaac, Leah, Madison, Miriam, Moses, Rachel, Rebecca, Sarah, Solomon, T & M, Benjamin, Aaron, Abraham, Abigail, Daniel, & Grace. Pages 124-127 in Vol 2 discuss at length several interrelated Jewish families and their activities, emphasizing the great beauty of the daughters. SUBJECT(S) : Merchants -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century -- Biography. Businessmen Commerce. Publishers' catalogues -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1864-1866. Light wear, occasional pencil notes, very good condition. A Very Attractive set (AMR-51-16)
205 pages. Originally published by Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson, Ltd., London. Multi-panel fold-out map. 9 Black and white illustrations. "A century ago, when every known route was beset with its own dangers, the risks in the "Country Trade" were especially numerous, and it is difficult now to even believe, much more to realise, the vicissitudes to which a ship was liable in the 17th and 18th centuries from the time she left her anchorage under the friendly protection of the guns of old Bombay Castle... Pirates, cosmopolitan, Indian, Arab, even English, cruised the Arabian seas. The Straits of Malacca teemed with fierce cut-throats; the Gulf was a standing menace. These dangers were real." - From Preface. Contents clean, bright and unmarked, possibly unread. Tight and square. Light wear to white and blue cloth-covered boards. Bright silver lettering upon spine. Book
Pirated edition?, half-title, 31, [1]pp., disbound. Possibly a pirated edition printed at Dublin. An attack on Sir Robert Walpole's "Observations upon the Treaty between the crowns of Great Britain, France,....". Kress, 3381; Goldsmith, 6821.
First edition, 4to, 228pp., orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut. Oxford Bibliographical Society Publications New Series Vol. 6.
First edition, 4to, 228pp., orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut. Oxford Bibliographical Society Publications New Series Vol. 6.
8vo, x, [2], 59, [25]pp., large folding engraved plan, orig. boards, spine taped. A very scarce Norwich directory, Copac listing 3 copies (Leicester University, Oxford and Institute of Historical Research) giving various collations and tentative dates between 1801-83, ours conforms to the Leicester University copy.
xx, 379 pages. Bibliography, maps, footnotes, tables, black and white reproductions of photos. "Examines in detail the successive eras of change and adaptation among the Northern Ojibwa through the extensive and critical use of archival materials. Demonstrates that Northern Ojibwa social organization has switched from a clan-totem system at contact to a flexible bilateral one today." - page v. Unmarked with average wear. Binding tight. A sound copy of this informative reference. Book
Articles: Adventures in the Sack Trade - London Merchants in the Canada and Newfoundland Trades, 1627-1648; The Battle for Convoy UC-1, 23-27 February 1943; Not More Ports, Better Ports - The Development of British Ports since 1945; Keeping the Local Economy Afloat - Canadian Pacific Navigation and Shipowning in Victoria, 1883-1901; plus several book reviews. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Articles: Ginseng, Otter Skins, and Sandalwood - The Conundrum of the China Trade; Management Response in British Coastal Shipping Companies to Railway Competition; Toponymie ancienne et origine des noms Saint-Pierre, Miquelon et Langlade; Death was Their Escort, and glory passed them by - Life in the Marine Convoys of World War II; plus several book reviews. 3 items high-lighted in table of contents and sunning to spine else a clean and lightly worn copy. Book
Articles: The Advisory Committee on Trade Questions in Time of War; British Marine Industry and the Diesel Engine; Management and Finance in Nineteenth-Century Spanish Ports; The Development of Strategic Concepts and Shipbuilding Programmes for the Soviet Navy, 1922-1953 - Stalin's Battleships and Battlecruisers; plus several book reviews. One article high-lighted in Table of Contents, else clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
