Mills Wesley.ABAA
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1898285001New York. : Appleton. 1898. . 2nd Edition. Harrdcover brown cloth gilt spine title illustration of dog on front cover. . Slightly cocked spine darkened cup ring to back cover bookplate to pastedown owner’s ink name to title page otherwise a very good copy. . 8vo. Numerous illustrations. Appleton. hardcover books
1873WRCLIT76137London: Wesleyan Conference Office 1873. 12mo. Full richly gilt paneled black morocco a.e.g. Portrait. A couple of ownership inscriptions one from 1873 on slightly smudged coated endsheets otherwise an attractive copy in unsigned binding. Wesleyan Conference Office unknown books
1896183065Robert O. Law 1896. Hardcover. G-/Fair covers has significant wear stained and foxing. Pages have moderate yellowing light foxing spine hinge is loose but intact. A single page is loose. Grey illustrated/embossed cover. vii 544 xxii pages 3 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations portraits. A history of our great parties from the beginning of the government to the present year. A record of bygone conventions and the various platforms including the national conventions of the present day : the biographies and portraits of eminent political leaders and the lives of the candidates for president and vice-president of the United States : the issues of the day impartially reviewed. Not a collector's copy but the cover art is well done and is original - not a reprint. Robert O. Law hardcover books
188367435Indianapolis: Hammond & Co. Very Good. 1883. Hardcover. This is an ex-library copy with usual library marks. The original brown cloth has been rebacked with cloth tape to the spine and new end pages. 568 pages. The contents are bright and complete. Overall near very good. . Hammond & Co. hardcover books
18382303644New York: T. Mason and G. Lane 1838. First Edition. First Edition. Good. First edition. Front joint loosening but still holding minor loss to spine head boards rubbed with some light stains. 1838 Full-Leather. 240 pp. ABOUT JOHN WESLEY: "John Wesley /wsli/;1 28 June O.S. 17 June 1703 T. Mason and G. Lane unknown books
186536007London: William Prowse Royal Musical Repository 456 1865. Folio. 1f. recto title verso blank 5 i blank pp. Engraved.<br/><br/>Slightly browned. Re-issue of the first edition originally published 1828 by Willis. KO 623 p. 647. <br/><br/>"Given Wesley's fame as a keyboard player it is not surprising that keyboard music should form an important part of his output and the largest category of his music published in his lifetime. Despite a good deal of recent publishing activity however only a small proportion of his keyboard music is available in modern editions. In the organ music Wesley's grand manner is heard at its best in the op.6 voluntaries while a more intimate and miniaturist side to his musical character is apparent in the Twelve Short Pieces." Philip Olleson in Grove Music Online. William Prowse [Royal Musical Repository 456] unknown books
182736008London: W. Hodsoll 1827. Folio. i title 32-37 pp. Engraved.<br/><br/>Rather worn and frayed; slightly foxed; split at spine with leaves loose. First Edition later issue. KO 621 p. 647. RISM W 924.<br/><br/>"Given Wesley's fame as a keyboard player it is not surprising that keyboard music should form an important part of his output and the largest category of his music published in his lifetime. Despite a good deal of recent publishing activity however only a small proportion of his keyboard music is available in modern editions. In the organ music Wesley's grand manner is heard at its best in the op.6 voluntaries while a more intimate and miniaturist side to his musical character is apparent in the Twelve Short Pieces." Philip Olleson in Grove Music Online. W. Hodsoll unknown books
186457051Philadelphia: C. W. Alexander & Co 1864. First edition 8vo pp. 2 21-30 31-32 39-52 53-54 61-74 75-76 85-100 irregular pagination as published; 3 full-page woodcut illustrations; wrappers wanting; stab-sewn; some dampstaining throughout; lacks printed frontgispiece letter; otherwise good and sound. "A thrilling narrative of the adventures of Miss Pauline D'Estraye a young and beautiful French lady who after performing the most heroic deeds in Virginia in behalf of the Union was sent officially to the Department of the Mississippi where she rendered herself for ever famous by her conspicuous daring and bravery during the Vicksburg Campaign under Major-General U. S. Grant." A fictional account of a Civil War spy. Some believe the character of Maud of the Mississippi was based on the actress and Union spy Pauline Cushman 1835-1893. Wright II 47. <br/><br/> C. W. Alexander & Co unknown books
18723829Washington DC: U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountains 1872. Albumen stereoview 11 cm x 15.5 cm on a yellow J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson mount 11.5 cm x 17.5 cm with a printed paper label on the reverse. Nice condition with strong contrasts. Cataract Canon Series: This canon is 40 ¾ miles in length and from 1500 to 3000 feet in depth. Image shows a rocky landscape with the Colorado River running through it. This photograph was taken on the second Powell expedition.<br/><br/>E.O. Beaman 1837-1876 was a New York landscape photographer who became the official photographer of the U.S. Geological Survey's Powell Expedition summer 1871 upon the recommendation of his supplier E. & H.T. Anthony & Company. Beaman left the survey January 1872 and spent some time photographing the Indians of New Mexico and Arizona before returning East. U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountains unknown books
188387216New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1883. cloth with gilt lettering and design. Holmes Oliver Wendell. 8vo. cloth with gilt lettering and design. viii 61 pagesfold out seating plan. A description of the medical profession dinner honoring Oliver Wendell Holmes. Includes menu description toasts speeches illustrations and fold-out seating plan. Front and back decorative endpaper with pale green maze design. Light foxing on frontispiece. Boards slightly faded and worn at top and bottom of spine and edges. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1897236257Boston: Emerson 1897. hardcover. very good-. Frontis. illustrated. ix 117pp. 8vo decorative-cloth; lightly worn corners bumped. Boston: Emerson College of Oratory Publishing Department 1897. A very good - copy.<br/><br/> Emerson unknown books
1890RPOWTEN00KTGovernment Printing Office 1890. Very Good. Powell John Wesley. Tenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior 1888-'89. Part I - Geology. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1890. 744pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Dark red cloth. Book condition: Very Good. Hinges a tad shakey; corners lightly bumped; gentle foxing to endsheets. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1826130052New York.: Azor Hoyt. 1826. Full leather with a black leather spine label. Moderate wear to covers a little marginal damp-staining old owner’s inscription to endpapers otherwise very good. . 32mo. Azor Hoyt. hardcover books
189343643Chicago: Charles H. Kerr and Company 1893. First Edition. 12mo 18.5cm.; publisher's white gilt-lettered cloth; 103pp. Cloth a bit soiled especially at spine with a few shallow surface scratches corners gently bumped else Very Good internally fine. Quite scarce collection of poems by a near-unknown poet. Despite the imprint the poems are inspired mostly by nature and Greek mythology rather than socialist politics. We find one contemporary review whose critic rightly strips the work of any literary merit stating that "Much of his work shows no idea of the meaning of words" providing as evidence the following line: "A dreamer fair and bland!" San Francisco Chronicle August 13 1893. Charles H. Kerr and Company unknown books
189522446New York: D. Appleton and Company 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. With forty-three full-page plates one coloured plate and numerous other illustrations. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged. Canada's first professional physiologist Wesley Mills 1847-1915 was a versatile and innovative biological scientist who also produced this and other important works of veterinary science in the late 19th century. Light brown cloth binding with black brown and gilt stamping. The rear hinge is cracked. Some minor sunning along the spine; otherwise an uncommonly crisp very good copy. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
1844008615New York: G. Lane & C. B. Tippett / J. Collord Printer 1844. Nearly miniature hymnal 3 1/4" h x 2 1/8" w. Embossed calf with gilt title at spine. Very Good soiling and staining to end papers early owner names and inscriptions front and rear end pages. Internally clean a few pages with corner creases. 623 pages. . Embossed Calf. Very Good. 3 1/4" x 2 1/8". G. Lane & C. B. Tippett / J. Collord, Printer Hardcover books
188972778Washington: Gpo. Very Good. 1889. Hardcover. Ninth annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior :1887-'88 /John Wesley Powell; Clarence E Dutton 1889 English Book Book iv xiii 717 p. 88 leaves of plates 4 folded 1 double : ill. some col. maps ; 30 cm.Washington : G.P.O.Ex. doc. / 50th Congress 2nd session House ;; no. 1 pt. 5; Variation: Ex. doc. United States. Congress. House ;; 50th Congress 2nd session no. 1.Report of the director -- Administrative reports -- Accompanying papers -- The Charleston earthquake of August 31 1886 / Clarence Edward Dutton -- The geology of Cape Ann Massachusetts / Nathaniel Southgate Shaler -- Formation of travertine and siliceous sinter by the vegetation of hot springs / Walter Harvey Weed -- On the geology and physiography of a portion of northwestern Colorado and adjacent parts of Utah and Wyoming / Charles A. White.This Government report is hard-bound in maroon cloth with gilt stamping. There is light rubbing to the corners and spine-ends with a few small bumps to the edges. The binding is solid and tight. The contents are bright and clean with illustrations throughout including some illustrated plates and color fold-out maps. Overall Very Good condition. . Gpo hardcover books
188572779Washington: gpo. Very Good. 1885. Hardcover. Sixth annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior 1884-'85 John Wesley Powell 1885 English Book Book xxix 570 p. 65 leaves of plates some fold. : ill. some col. some fold. maps ; 30 cm. 1 col. map 26 x 17 cm. fold. in pocket.Washington D.C. : Government Printing Office xxix 570 p. 65 leaves of plates some fold. : ill. some col. some fold. maps ; 30 cm. 1 col. map 26 x 17 cm. fold. in pocket.Report of the director. -- Administrative reports. -- Accompanying papers: Mount Taylor and the Zuñi Plateau / by Clarence E. Dutton. Preliminary paper on the driftless area of the Upper Mississippi Valley / by Thomas C. Chamberlin and Rollin D. Salisbury. The quantitative determination of silver by means of the microscope / by Joseph Story Curtis. Sea coast swamps of the Eastern United States / by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler. Synopsis of the flora of the Laramie Group / by Lester F. Ward.This book is hard-bound in brown cloth with gilt stamping. There is light edge-wear and rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. The binding is solid and tight. The contents are bright and clean with illustrated plates and some color fold-out maps. Map in the pocket at the rear is toned on the back but bright and clean otherwise. Overall Very Good condition. . gpo hardcover books
188739823Washington: Government Printing Office 1887. 1st edition. Green cloth binding gilt stamped lettering & design to spine and front board. Moderate wear to binding edges rubbed cloth darkened. Two bookplates to front pastedown previous owner's signature to ffep. Folder to rear pastedown empty some gatherings protruding but not detached. A Good example. liii 1 564 2 blank pp. Inserted plates & intratextual illustrations. 11-5/8" x 8" <br/><br/> Government Printing Office hardcover books
189239806Washington: Government Printing Office 1892. 1st edition. Brown cloth binding gilt stamped lettering to spine and front board. Wear to binding edges rubbed light soiling. Lean to spine. Overall an about VG example. xlvi 617 1 blank pp. Many inserted plates b/w & color illustrations & intratextual illustrations. 11-5/8" x 8" <br/><br/> Government Printing Office hardcover books
188049456Chicago: O. W. Gordon 1880. 1st Edition. Not in Cordasco. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Average wear to binding. Ex-lib with stamp to top edge top margin p. 5 & small label to front paste-down. Overall Very Good. 306 pp including Index. Frontispiece of Wesley. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 5-3/8" <br/><br/> O. W. Gordon hardcover books
18734362Washington DC: U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountains 1873. Albumen stereoview 11 cm x 15.5 cm on a yellow mount 11.5 cm x 17.5 cm with a printed paper label on the reverse. Corners of the mount are rubbed and the image is gently faded. View of an empty street on Third Mesa's Oraibi. This Hopi Village is one the oldest continuously inhabited communities in North America.<br/><br/>Jack Hillers 1840-1882 was working as a teamster in Salt Lake City when he met John Wesley Powell the following year 1871 he was hired by Powell as a boatman for his second expedition down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. He slowly replaced Clements Powell John's cousin as the assistant to the photographer first E.O. Beaman then James Fennemore. Hillers worked hard and was likable and he picked up the art of photography quickly soon he was the main photographer on Powell's trips and would go on to work for the B.A.E. for years. U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountains unknown books
1850005254New York: Lane & Scott 1850. Volume II only of a set of two. Very Good Minus leather boards rubbed and worn at corners moderate foxing throughout some early marginal pencilling and underlining. Overall a sound and readable copy. . Later Edition. Full Calf. Very Good Minus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo. Lane & Scott Hardcover books
1894RPOWFOU00KTGovernment Printing Office 1894. Very Good. Powell John Wesley. Fourteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior 1892-93. Part Two - Accompanying Papers. WashingtonD.C.: Government Printing Office 1894. 597pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Brown cloth. Book condition: Very Good Plus. Gentle rubbing to extremities. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1895018860Chicago IL: North American Publishing Co. 1895. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 522 pages of text. Rebound in new blue cloth with a gilt-lettered black leather spine label. The original decorative front cover has been inset onto the inside front cover. The bottom corner of numerous pages has a minor crease and a few pages have small stains on them. Contains numerous black-and-white photographs by R.O. Law. The margin of the frontispiece has been archivally mended/strengthened. First edition. North American Publishing Co. Hardcover books
