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1891C0039New York: Sixth American Chess Congress 1891 xxxviii490 pages with table and diagrams. Royal octavo 9 3/4" x 7" bound in full leather with gilt lettering to spine. Limited to 500 copies. This is copy 111 issued to R W Ferguson of Flushing New York. Betts: 25-26 .1st edition. Contains the report of the Congress Committee and all 432 games with notes by Steinitz. This was a 20-man Double Round Robin Tournament. One of the longest tournaments in history. In the first half of the tournament draws were counted as a half point. In the second half they were replayed once. Between the 38 regular rounds 8 replay rounds and 4 game playoff for first at the end there were 50 rounds all told !. Like the 4th Congress this tournament consisted largely of foreign masters. The retirement of Captain Mackenzie seems to date from this time though some sources credit him as US Champion until his death in 1891 giving the top American finisher some claim on being de facto US Champion. The top American finisher was Solomon Lipschutz who finished in 6th Place with a score of 22-9=7 Condition: Some internal pencil markings and notations. Attractively rebund in full leather with gilt lettering to spine. A very good copy of a very scarce chess item. . First Edition. Sixth American Chess Congress hardcover books
187040809New York: Printed by Lange & Hillman Steam Book and Job Printers 1870. 1st edition Neviins I p. 91. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine & gilt stamped camp scene to front board. Bevelled board edges. Brown coated eps. Square & tight. Light shelfwear. Edge ding to 3 leaves pp. 49 - 54 no text affected. A VG copy. vii 3 9 - 274 2 blank pp. Frontispiece. Inserted plate p. 58. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-7/8" <br/><br/>Per Nevins "One of the better straightforward accounts of life in Federal hospitals; Miss Wheelock was stationed through the last three years of the war at Alexandria Va." Printed by Lange & Hillman, Steam Book and Job Printers hardcover books
1882S3816London:: Kegan Paul Trench 1882. 1882. The International Scientific Series Vol. XLII. 193 x 135 mm. 8vo. 313 ads 4 pp. Index. Black- and gilt-stamped red cloth; lightly rubbed. Bookplate of Robert Washington Oates. Very good. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION first edition New York 1881. This work was translated into French German Spanish Italian and Russian. It was primarily an epistemological criticism of the corpuscular-kinetic theory of nature. In this work Stallo attempted to define the contemporary position of science and as a result foreshadowed the contributions of Einstein and the new physics of the early twentieth century. Stallo's The concepts and theories of modern physics the importance of which is explained in four columns in the DSB was reprinted in 1960. Johann Bernhard Stallo was born in Sierhausen Oldenburg Germany. After an early education in Germany he emigrated to the United States in 1839. He pursued a varied career in teaching and the law in the United States in Cincinnati and New York City. From 1884 to 1889 he was American ambassador in Florence where he remained until his death even after his official period of service had ended. DAB XVII pp. 496-497; DSB XII pp. 606-610. Kegan Paul, Trench, 1882. hardcover books
188611156Orpington: George Allen 1886. 1st edition thus NCBEL III 1347. Contemporary green morocco with marbled boards & eps. TEG. VG some extremity wear/poi on blank front fly. 250 pp sm 8vo. <br/><br/> George Allen 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
188027918London: Chappell PN 16997 1880. Quarto. Original publisher's textured brown cloth boards stamped in black titling gilt to upper. i title ii blank iii dedication iv blank v index vi blank vii-x 215 i blank pp.<br/><br/>Small composer's facsimile signature handstamp to title.<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn rubbed bumped and shaken; previous owner's signature "WSA Griffith" to front free endpaper. Some internal wear; annotations to title. First Edition.<br/><br/>Composed for and first performed at the Leeds Triennial Musical Festival October 15 1880.<br/><br/>"A mark of esteem was Sullivan's appointment as conductor of the Leeds Triennial Musical Festival from 1880: he launched there his new oratorio 'sacred music drama' The Martyr of Antioch in that year." Arthur Jacobs in Grove Music Online. Chappell [PN 16997] unknown books
189028032New York: Wm. A. Pond PN 2898 1890. Quarto. 1f. recto title verso cast list 3 contents 4-152 pp.<br/><br/>Wrappers lacking. Worn; occasional minor edge tears. A re-issue. Wm. A. Pond [PN 2898] unknown books
189028033New York: Wm. A. Pond PN 13809 1890. Quarto. Original publisher's decorative wrappers. 1 title 2 cast list 3 contents 4-172 pp.<br/><br/>Wrappers worn; upper detached with minor chips and tears to edges; lower partially detached; spine worn and lacking at head and tail. Revised version. Wm. A. Pond [PN 13809] unknown books
189027921New York: Hitchcock 1890. Quarto. Original publisher's printed wrappers. 1f. recto title verso cast list and contents 3-141 iii blank pp.<br/><br/>Wrappers worn and chipped; minor loss to tail of spine. Slightly browned and chipped. Hitchcock unknown books
190046619London: George Allen 1900. Fifteenth Thousand. Tan full calf binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. AEG. Spine a bit sunned. Modest wear. Bookplates including "Beatrice Elymore Herbert". A VG copy. x 2 270 2 blank pp. 12mo. <br/><br/> George Allen 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
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
184471292Louisville: W. C. Peters 1844. Paperback. Good. Sheet Music 6p. Disbound removed from a bound volume. 34cm. Moderate foxing and browning. Cover lettering and decorations in a pale shade of blue. Small black and white illustration in center of front cover of a fly caught in a spider web outside a window in which a spider awaits. "Comic song" as sung by Mr. Russell with music arranged and adapted to a favorite melody." <br/><br/> W. C. Peters paperback books
1894RW1214London:: Macmillan 1894. 1894. Thick 8vo. xvi 719 1 pp. 190 figs. index. Green blind- and gilt-stamped cloth. Magee College Library bookplate & embossed stamp on title. Very good. First edition. Preston was Professor of Natural Philosophy at University College of Dublin and a Fellow of the Royal university of Ireland and of the Royal Society London. Macmillan, 1894. hardcover books
189043445New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co 1890. Third Authorized American Edition. Original publisher's blue cloth spine over color-printed pictorial paper-wrapped boards. Some binding wear. Prior owner inscription to ffep. A VG copy. 128 pp. T.p. cut. 12mo. 6-1/2" x 4-5/8" <br/><br/>OCLC records just 2 holding institutions. Frederick A. Stokes Co 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
187337402Providence: Printed for the Author 1873. 1st edition Cowan I p. 139; Cowan II p. 389; Currey & Kruska 236; Farquhar 13; Norris 2054. Printed pale grey paper wrappers. Some abrasion to spine paper with a bit of loss at each end. Some foxing to front wrapper. PO name stamp to front wrapper verso. A VG copy. 40 pp. Unopened. 8vo. 10" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/>Lester a prominent Providence attorney had visited Yosemite Valley the summer of 1872 during which time he met Galen Clark James Lamon James Hutchings & John Muir this latter with whom he discussed one evening geological theory. This work a publication of a subsequent talk on Yosemite read before the Rhode Island Historical Society 17 December 1872. Farquhar terms this publication "noteworthy for its appreciation of John Muir ." Per Cowan "Being privately issued the work is but little known." Printed for the Author unknown books
189884579Philadelphia: Lippincott 1898. 1st Amer. ed. Hardcover. Good. frontis photos 4 folding maps in cover pocket index xiv 440p. Original cloth. 23cm. Ends of backstrip chipped. Cover soiled also some spotting. Maps browned. No Jacket. <br/><br/> Lippincott hardcover books
1900318306London: Macmillan 1900. Seciond edition revised. xx 541pp. 8vo. Bound in full polished blue Prize binding. Seciond edition revised. xx 541pp. 8vo. Robinson Wayward Women page 138 Macmillan unknown books
189027965Boston: Oliver Ditson 1890. Octavo. Original publisher's decorative wrappers. 1f. title 1f. cast list 78 pp. <br/><br/>Occasional performance annotations in pencil and red crayon.<br/><br/>Wrappesr somewhat worn and chipped; spine defective. Title detached and slightly stained and chipped; former owner's signature to two leaves in ink; small mark from paper clip to two leaves. Oliver Ditson unknown books
