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19004801900. Softcover. Good covers soiled and chipped. Green wraps. 200 pp. No illus. 103 artists represented by 270 listed paintings. 17 works by Inness and F.S. Church 14 by Homer Dodge Martin. A famous collection based on the strength of the representation and a valuable reference because of the individual artist biographies provided. Extremely scarce. Each works is described in detail. Prices and buyer names realized are inked in. This copy from the library of Samuel T. Shaw the famous American Art collector with his signature. paperback books
189091474London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co 1890. Hardcover. Good. folding map index xiii 503p. Original red cloth. 21cm. Backstrip faded. Ends of backstrip and corners rubbed. Front endpaper split along hinge. Some foxing on endpapers. Contents sound. Tiny "Times Book Club" sticker at base of rear pastedown. <br/><br/> Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co hardcover books
18691322308London: Strahan & Co 1869. 2nd edition. Hardcover. 12mo; 2nd edition; G-/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine tanned with gold print; Boards in purple debossed cloth peripheral tanning and tanning to spine wear to corners and spine caps mild shelfwear; Text block has owner label and name in pencil on front pastedown spotting to endpapers cracked hinges front and rear intermittent spine breaks light amount of pencil annotation final pages advertisement are uncut and torn horizontally in center; ix 200 pages frontispiece folded illustrated b&w drawings. 1322308. FP New Rockville Stock. Strahan & Co hardcover books
189442936Habana Havana: Imprenta y Papeleria "La Universal" de Ruiz y Hermano 1894. 1st Edition. Period quarter bound red sheep spine over red marbled paper boards. Blue marbled paper eps. Binding worn & rubbed with joints starting. Paper yellowed & quite fragile. A Good copy. 6 9 - 377 7 pp. 3 page "Indice" at rear. RNBC "Autorización de Exportación" slip laid-in at rear. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5-1/8" <br/><br/> Imprenta y Papeleria "La Universal" de Ruiz y Hermano hardcover books
186148102Hartford 1861. 1st separate edition Sabin 2726. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped green morocco leather title label to front board. General wear & soiling to binding. Age toning. Presentation stamp to front paste-down. Very Good. 43 5 pp. One page publisher advert found 3 pages after text. Frontispiece of Bailey. Tissue guard. 8vo. <br/><br/> hardcover books
189549068New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1895. 1st US edition Wolff 542b. The UK edition issued with an 1896 date of publication. Decorative brown cloth binding with green & gilt stamping. TEG. Average binding wear. Age-toning to paper. POI to front paste-down with offset to ffep. Overall Very Good. iii 3 244 pp. Printed by the Caxton Press New York. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> Dodd Mead and Company hardcover books
185429047Paris: Alex. Grus ainé PN A.G. 1548 1854. Large octavo. Disbound. 1f. recto title within double-ruled border verso blank i named cast list and contents 2-136 pp. Engraved. <br/><br/>Named cast includes Bussine Ste. Foy Pallanti Melles. Boulart and Lemercier.<br/><br/>Minor soiling to title with small publisher's oval handstamps to lower margin. First Edition. <br/><br/>Boulanger father of French composer and pedagogue Nadia Boulanger 1887-1979 was a singing treacher at the Conservatoire. Best known for his comic operas he won the Prix de Rome in 1836. First performed at the Opéra-Comique in 1854 Les Sabots was his most popular work. Alex. Grus ainé [PN A.G. 1548] unknown books
18694241baWashington D.C: F. & J. Rives & Geo. A.Bailey 1869. Book. Paperback. Americana; history; labor; monopolies; American monetary system; 16p.; 21.8cm; disbound. F. & J. Rives & Geo. A.Bailey Paperback books
188524423New York 1885. Octavo. Original publisher's wrappers illustrated by C. de Grimoy. 24 pp. <br/><br/>Slightly worn browned and stained; minor paper loss to upper outer corners. Heinrich Conried became general manager of the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1903 and remained until Gatti-Casazza took over in 1908. He is particularly distinguished as having been responsible for bringing Enrico Caruso to the Met in 1903 and later Fremstad and Farrar. The American premieres of both Parsifal and Salome were both presented under his stewardship. unknown books
189634516.1East Aurora N. Y.: The Roycroft Printing Shop 1896. 1st edition BAL 4074; cf. McKenna p. 57 for a history of this early Roycroft publication which ceased after only 3 issues. Printed brown paper wrappers yapp edges. Housed in a custom maroon quarter morocco clamshell case with gilt stamped title lettering to front cover. Some chipping to the yapp edges. Very faint prior owner marginalia & commentary erased pencil. A VG or slightly better copy in a VG case. 48 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>Contains 8 poems by Crane of which "Fast rode the Knight" makes its first appearance. The prose sketch "A Prologue" also here first published. The Roycroft Printing Shop unknown books
1896L0074vi15812 ad pages. Small octavo 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" bound in original publisher's cloth with black lettering to spine red decorative florets to cover and Maggie in gilt with black back ground deckle edges. Housed in red slipcase. BAL 4075 Two states noted 1 Title page printed in upper and lower case letters and 2 Title page printed in capital letters only. First edition first printing under Crane's name.<br /><br /><i>Maggie: A Girl of the Streets</i> is an 1893 novella by American author Stephen Crane 1871-1900. The story centers on Maggie a young girl from the Bowery who is driven to unfortunate circumstances by poverty and solitude. The work was considered risque by publishers because of its literary realism and strong themes. Crane who was 22 years old at the time financed the book's publication himself although the original 1893 edition was printed under the pseudonym Johnston Smith. After the success of 1895's <i>The Red Badge of Courage</i> <i>Maggie</i> was reissued in 1896 with considerable changes and re-writing. The story is followed by George's Mother.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Publisher's printed cloth binding heavily soiled else a very good copy in a very good slipcase. D Appleton and Company hardcover books
1897L0084a203 pages. Small octavo 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" bound in original publisher's tan buckram with red and black lettering to spine and cover with red ornaments to both. Stallman: 13 First edition.<br /><br />Stephen Crane was an American author. Prolific throughout his short life he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation. At the time of his death Crane was considered an important figure in American literature. After he was nearly forgotten for two decades critics revived interest in his life and work. Crane's writing is characterized by vivid intensity distinctive dialects and irony. Common themes involve fear spiritual crises and social isolation. Although recognized primarily for <i>The Red Badge of Courage</i> which has become an American classic Crane is also known for his poetry journalism and short stories such as "The Open Boat" "The Blue Hotel" "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" and <i>The Monster</i>. His writing made a deep impression on 20th-century writers most prominent among them Ernest Hemingway and is thought to have inspired the Modernists and the Imagists.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Corners gently bumped lightly soiled spine age toned else a very good copy.<br /> D Appleton and Company hardcover books
189541534East Aurura N.Y.: Elbert Hubbard The Roycroft Printing Shop 1895. 1st printing BAL 4072; Williams & Starrett pp. 153 - 154. Not recorded by McKenna. Printed self wrappers with burgundy cord tie. Housed in a custom blue cloth case. General wear & soiling with some spot staining. Faint horizontal fold-line. An About VG copy. Unpaginated though 8 pp. Dinner menu p. 7. Untitled 11-line poem by Crane "I have heard the sunset song of the birches" first line p. 8. Front wrapper with wood engraving signed Collin identical to that on the cover of "A Souvenir and a Medley". 9" x 6" <br/><br/>Post-dinner printed momento for this evening given in Crane's honor which publishes pp 3 - 6 diver quips by those invited but unable to attend which included Charles Dudley Warner Maurice Thomposon Irving Bacheller Charles F. Lummis Richard Harding Davis Bliss Carman Hamlin Garland William Dean Howells Daniel Appleton & Ambrose Bierce. Publisher info from BAL. Very scarce in the trade. [Elbert Hubbard, The Roycroft Printing Shop] hardcover books
186432230Pesten: Rózsavölgyi és Társá PN N.G. 917 1864. Folio. Disbound. 1f. recto decorative title by Wilhelm Tatzelt of a romantic scene with a man in a boat serenading a woman in a castle tower 3-5 1 blank pp. Engraved. For voice and piano.<br/><br/>Slightly soiled. First Edition. Mona 1800. Scarce no copies located in the US or UK.<br/><br/>Karl Doppler was the brother of Franz with whom he made several concert tours before settling in Pest. While he composed a number of works including the famous "Honfi dal" 1857 Karl was better known as a conductor first at the National Theatre and then in Stuttgart. Rózsavölgyi és Társá [PN N.G. 917] unknown books
190053064Paris: Publisher not identified 1900. First edition. 4to. 28 cm. x 19 cm 102 pp. portrait frontispiece with tissue guard illustrations in text 10 plates with tissue guards 1 of these in color. Original printed wrappers. Neat ownership signature of a member of the jury of classe 5 on the blank reverse of the half-title page. Fine as new. A history of photography and processes which includes two chapters by Léon Vidal - one is a history of photogravure and the other on color photography. Details several other photomechanical processes and their inventors. Illustrations include those by Robert Demachy and by Puyo. <br/><br/>There are several issues of this report three of which vary only in size; a fourth a later issue has a slightly different wording to the title and is dated 1903. Étienne-Jules Marey was the president of the committee.<br/><br/>Roosens and Salu No. 3704. <br/><br/> Publisher not identified unknown books
189528895Praha: Fr. A. Urbánek PN U.874 1895. Small folio. Half dark blue leather with textured paper boards. 1f. recto title verso blank 3 cast list. 4-217 pp. Text in Czech and German. <br/><br/>Binding slightly worn and rubbed; labels to front pastedown. Minor thumbing to lower right corners of first approximately 30 pp.; some markings to title in black and purple ink; minor repair to final leaf; small oval ownership stamp of V. Plzni to a number of pages including title. First Edition. <br/><br/>"After Smetana and Dvořák Fibich was the most prominent Czech composer of the second half of the 19th century notably of operas and orchestral and piano music. His concert and stage melodramas were some of the most ambitious and effective ever written and prompted other Czech composers to write in the same genre thus creating a sizable and unique repertory for Czech music." John Tyrrell and Judith A. Mabary in Grove Music Online. Fr. A. Urbánek [PN U.874] unknown books
189728897Praze Prague: Fr. A. Urbáneck PN U.998. 1897. Small folio. Black-cloth backed black textured paper boards. 1f. recto fine decorative polychrome lithographic title verso blank 3 cast list 4-179 pp.<br/><br/>Binding quite worn; tears to spine. Lower outer corners soiled; signatures split; previous owner's signature to upper outer margin of title. First Edition. <br/><br/>"After Smetana and Dvořák Fibich was the most prominent Czech composer of the second half of the 19th century notably of operas and orchestral and piano music. His concert and stage melodramas were some of the most ambitious and effective ever written and prompted other Czech composers to write in the same genre thus creating a sizable and unique repertory for Czech music." John Tyrrell and Judith A. Mabary in Grove Music Online. Fr. A. Urbáneck [PN U.998.] unknown books
190023220Paris & Pise: Antonin L. Neurdein and Étienne Neurdein 1900. A good large-sized image of some of the buildings of this expo along the river with tour boats in the foreground and crowds of visitors along the opposite avenue; albumen process photograph mounted on pale ivory gilt-edged cardstock; with the studio stamp of N.D. Phot. at lower right margin Antonin L. Neurdein and Étienne Neurdein; photo is approx. 10 1/2" x 17" size the mount makes it 12 1/2" x 18 3/4" overall; light edge tips wear to the cardstock one corners' surface scraped away; image a bit faded still good; an interesting original Paris Exposition and photographic history photograph. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. Antonin L. Neurdein and Étienne Neurdein Paperback books
1859C0297144 pages with diagrams. Duodecimo 6 1/4" x 4" issued in original publisher's decorative blind stamped boards with gilt-decorated and lettered spine. Hagedorn: 51 First edition.<br /><br />The second part of this book contains many clever problems selected from those which competed in a tournament arranged by Frere the chess editor of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. The first part was published without the sanction or approval of Morphy and comprises games with notes copied form the Chess Monthly The Era and other sources without any special acknowledgment. The collection was evidently hurriedly and incompetently made to take advantage of the demand created by Morphy's success in Europe. Hadgedorn.<br /><br />Born on 8th December 1820 in Brooklyn of a French Creole father and a mother of Irish descent Thomas Frere's interest in chess is sparked in 1827 on seeing "the Turk" Maelzel's automaton chess player at Tammany Hall. The story leaps forward to 1854 with Frere a married man with three children working for the Home Life Insurance Company in Wall Street whilst also operating a printing engraving and publishing business. He witnesses the start of public chess in New York when the owner of Limberger's saloon at the corner of Fulton and Nassau Streets decides to replace the decrepit chess equipment used by two patrons with several new sets and boards. Within three years in excess of fifty players are frequenting the establishment. Moving from Limberger's saloon to Brooklyn in 1856 Frere starts the Brooklyn Chess Club. Frere becomes involved with organizing and running the First American Chess Congress held in New York. Morphy takes first prize in the Grand Tournament ahead of Louis Paulson in second. Paulsen causes a sensation with his feats of blindfold chess. In 1859 Frere publishes the first book about the new American chess sensation Morphy's Games of Chess and Frere's Problem Tournament. During 1858 through 1859 he becomes embroiled in a feud with Daniel W. Fiske Editor of Chess Monthly and lead organizer of the First American Chess Congress regarding Staunton's refusal to contest a match with Morphy.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Spine head lightly chipped corners rubbed else a very good copy of an early American chess title. T W Strong hardcover books
187933095New York: A. S. Seer Printer 1879. Early US printing. Printed blue paper wrappers. Wrappers chipped. PO signature 1879 to top margin of front wrapper & ink annotations to rear wrapper. A Good copy. 28 pp. Libretto only no musical scores. 7-5/8" x 4-5/8" <br/><br/> A. S. Seer, Printer unknown books
188413856.2New York: John B. Alden Publisher 1884. 1st US edition thus i.e. by this publisher. Original publisher's terra cotta cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering/cover device. Square & tight with bright gilt to front cover. Spine ever so slightly darkened. Institutional bookplate on front paste-down & prior owner signature to ffep. Withal a pleasing VG copy. 215 1 blank pp. Frontis. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>"Major General Charles George Gordon CB 28 January 1833 – 26 January 1885 also known as Chinese Gordon Gordon Pasha and Gordon of Khartoum was a British Army officer and administrator. He saw action in the Crimean War as an officer in the British Army. But he made his military reputation in China where he was placed in command of the "Ever Victorious Army" a force of Chinese soldiers led by European officers. In the early 1860s Gordon and his men were instrumental in putting down the Taiping Rebellion regularly defeating much larger forces. For these accomplishments he was given the nickname "Chinese Gordon" and honours from both the Emperor of China and the British." Wiki. John B. Alden, Publisher hardcover books
188147190n.p.: Privately printed 1881. Paperback. Fair. 8p. No separate wrapper. 26cm. Soiling and several substantial edge tears. Russian Orthodox Church. <br/><br/> Privately printed paperback books
1863026070Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott 1863. xvi 13-604 pages. While known as the first American physician to devote himself entirely to neurology and the author of the first treatise on the subject it was his role in the Civil War and this major work for which he is best remembered. When Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton fired Clement Finley the Surgeon General Abraham Lincoln against Stanton's advice named the 34-year-old Hammond to succeed him with the rank of brigadier general. On April 1962 he became Surgeon General of the Army. He launched many reforms ranging from qualifications of medical personnel importance of ventilation record-keeping and the creation of the Satterlee Hospital. He promoted Jonathan Letterman which brought an efficient ambulance system to the service. He banned mercury from army supplies. Since hygienic standards were still very poor in the United States Army and soldiers often died because of inadequate medical care poor sanitary conditions and lack of attention to proper shelter and nutrition since there was no up-to-date work on the subject he wrote this book to be distributed to all officers and medical personnel. A thorough and detailed book it contains many of the ideas and principles that Hammond instituted in his reform of the army medical service. In writing on morbid habits he warns of the mischief caused by masturbation which causes he notes that "the masturbator shuns society.and evinces an apathy for all kinds of amusements." He discusses all aspects of diet providing charts and comparisons of the requirements in the British and Russian armies. How to keep the alimentary canal in good order is a major concern for the soldier. Bound in publisher's brown embossed cloth wear to spine ends light chipping to head with a bit of wear to upper joint near head not cracked and some cloth missing from footabout 2" x 1" x 1.5" dark brown coated endpapers inner hinges fine early owner's names one in brown ink one in pencil to upper right corner of title page internally free from foxing. A very good copy of this scarce work. J.B. Lippincott unknown books
186233542New York: Putnam 532 Broadway 1862. 1st edition Harris Collection p. 116. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stampd title lettering to spine. Dull pale yellow eps. General extremity wear with rear joint cloth starting at bottom 2". Period poi to ffep. A VG copy. 251 1 blank pp. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> Putnam, 532 Broadway hardcover books
188683524London: Trubner 1886. 2nd ed. Hardcover. Good. folding map index xxix 747p. Original cloth. 22cm. Cover corners and ends of backstrip frayed and lightly chipped. Contents sound and clean. <br/><br/> Trubner hardcover books
