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1879022152London: Novello Ewer & Co 1879. Signed by the Dean of Ripon Cathdral and by the Organist plus three others on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. All gilt page edges. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked gilt embossed black leather boards with a little rubbing mainly to corners but no bumping to corners. Embossed on front with date of performance July 11 1883 Ripon Cathedral. 112pp. Signatories of Cathedral Ofiicers on front end paper as well as the Dean Fremantle and the Organist Edwin J Crow of Ripon Cathedral include Herbert Parratt possibly the son of Sir Walter Parratt Master of the Queen's Musick J Powell Metcalfe General Secetary and Lemuel Joy Tucked in is a newspaper cutting listing Dr Edwin J Crow as Organist at Ripon and referring to Sir Water Parratt. Signed by Officials. Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 10 x 7 inches. Novello, Ewer & Co Hardcover
18578705N.Y.: Leavitt and Allen no date c 1857. Good. 1857. Hardcover. 160 pp.; 24mo; blind stamped pattern on brown cloth; spine lettered and decorated in gilt which is dulled. Dampstain from top & bottom edges near spine head affecting text pages particularly prelims and rear endpapers diminishing as one works into the center of the book. Song notes and ownership name of "Thomas M. Elliott Grass Valley Nevada County California" in pencil front endpaper; rough sketch of a map in pencil back pastedown showing east coast states near and including New York; leading bottom corner tip of text block a bit chewed. Overall binding is solid and the bulk of the text relatively clean. Appears to be rare in the original. Without music: tunes for part of the songs indicated by title. . Leavitt and Allen no date (c 1857) hardcover
19000005500Chicago: George M. Hill Company 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Good. W.W. DENSLOW. Quarto 84 pages pictorial boards rubbed edgeworn corners worn rebacked in brown leather with new endpapers. <br/><br/>Verse by L. Frank Baum. Music by Alberta N. Hall. There was only one printing of this edition. Bienvenue & Schmidt p. 171 report no known copies with a dust jacket. Illustrated by W. W. Denslow who of course also did THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ. George M. Hill Company hardcover
1868DEMO009036IChicago: Root & Cady 1868. Revised & Enlarged edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong 8vo 111 ages. black cloth printed paper over boards waterspots on top cover free endpaper chipped. <br/><br/>McMurtrie's ANTE-FIRE IMPRINTS no. 1397 cites only two copies of this. Root & Cady hardcover
18660005639Chicago: Root & Cady 1866. First edition. sewn wrappers. Fair. decorative woodcuts. 12mo pictorial wrappers 64pp the covers are included in the pagination upper right corners stained brown from pp. 45-64 inked name of Swain on top cover. Rare. <br/><br/>Includes "The Pathway to Heaven" "Have You Sold Your Matches Tom" "The Freedman's Appeal" etc. This is a Chicago Ante-Fire Imprint but it is not listed in McMurtrie's bibliography. The cover date is for January 1866. Decorative woodcuts. Root & Cady unknown
1863038950New-York: A.D.F. Randolph 1863. Printed Self-wrappers. Very Good. Quarto 4pp containing nine verses and chorus on centerfold recto with music on facing verso music by Joseph W. Turner. Three old horizontal folds. 10.5" x 6.75" First verse: "Give thanks all ye people give thanks to the Lord Alleluias of freedom with joyful accord; Let the East and the West North and South roll along Sea mountain and prairie One thanksgiving song." Final verse: ".And the Banner of Union restored by Thy Hand Be the Banner of Freedom o'er all in the Land." <br/><br/> A.D.F. Randolph unknown books
1863038950New-York: A.D.F. Randolph 1863. Printed Self-wrappers. Very Good. Quarto 4pp containing nine verses and chorus on centerfold recto with music on facing verso music by Joseph W. Turner. Three old horizontal folds. 10.5" x 6.75" First verse: "Give thanks all ye people give thanks to the Lord Alleluias of freedom with joyful accord; Let the East and the West North and South roll along Sea mountain and prairie One thanksgiving song." Final verse: ".And the Banner of Union restored by Thy Hand Be the Banner of Freedom o'er all in the Land. A.D.F. Randolph unknown
1839DEMO012753IBoston: J. H. Wilkins & R. B. Carter 1839. Third edition. Hardcover. Fair. Oblong 8vo 304 pages calf-backed printed boards needs rebacking. <br/><br/>The greater number of pieces are either harmonized for the first time or altogether newly arranged. A few were composed expressly for this work. The authors were professors at the Boston Academy of Music. J. H. Wilkins & R. B. Carter hardcover
1812184260Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong 1812. Hardcover. G Cover has peeling and fading. Spine has cracking. Cover has edge and corner damage. Bookblock has age toning. Interior pages show age toning and foxing. Inside front/back covers have staining. Inscription in pencil from previous owner on inside front cover. Brown leather boards . Red title block on spine 13-322 pages. Includes selections from Jonathan Edward's "An account of the life of the late reverend Mr. David Brainerd. Samuel T. Armstrong hardcover books
18083033nWilliams & Smith Uk. Good. Hardcover. 1808. pp 291 modern rebinding gilt titles<br><p></p> . Williams & Smith Uk hardcover
1808Alibris5014Messrs. Williams and Smith R. Tilling Isle of Wight printer 1808. Very early edition of the famous. 1/2 leather. Very Good. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Book is in 'untouched' if worn original condition. Both boards are off and all edges are rubbed. Leather on spine is cracked but not flaking. Endpapers are present. Text is whole some even foxing to pages but. Small 8vo 291 pages. Original marbled boards with leather back and corners leather label on spine. From the library of Rev'd Richard Hill his contemporary bookplate inside front board and his signature on title page. Pencil 'sketch' on frontis. After the young missionary David Brainerd died of tuberculosis at the Edwards home in 1748 Edwards read through Brainerd s manuscript diaries. Impressed he resolved to prepare them for the press. Exalting Brainerd s self-sacrificial faith in the cause of converting the heathen Edwards presented Brainerd as a concrete example of sainthood as laid out in Religious Affections. From Yale University Press site on Edwards works. Reverend Richard Hill's 'cross' of religious affections sketched out in light pencil on blank page facing title page. Does not seem to be a direct connection between this British clergyman and Jonathan Edwards. From the library of American historian of religion and Edwards scholar Roland DeLattre. Messrs. Williams and Smith (R. Tilling, Isle of Wight, printer) hardcover
1812000636<p>Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong 1812 Bound in comtemporary calf -starting to split at the joints edgewear-this book has 322 pages plus one page of ads. Contains an abridgement of his diary and journal by President Edwards title page states 'First American edition'. Nice clean tight copy with some browning to the endpapers a little foxing and two small pencil checkmarks on the title page.</p> Samuel T. Armstrong hardcover
1811434465Lewes : Sussex Press 1811. 1st edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in aniline-calf covered boards. Covers and spine bumped nicked dust-toned and roughly rubbed as with age with some cracks and loss. Scattered foxing. Physical description; 30 cm. Subjects; Theology Christian sacred works. The Holy Bible. Bible Commentaires. Notes Bible. Lewes : Sussex Press hardcover
1838343301838. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Brown cloth boards are heavily rubbed and soiled however what looks like a portion of the original cover has been tipped in to the front with the Title of the book the number of engravings and the price which indicates that this is the Fifteen Shilling Large Paper Edition. Spine has been somewhat crudley reinforced with leather and now look to be good for another several hundred years front and rear pastedowns are somewhat soiled and untidy rear has had a architectural drawing of the West Elevation of the Abbey sellotaped to it this is now loosely inserted in rear with sellotape marks to edges. There is an errata slip inside the rear end paper. Text is in surprisingly good order all plates are present. Hinges are tight previous owners name to top of free front end paper no other inscriptions found overall still a decent copy of a scarce work. Happy to supply photos on request. Heavy book will reqire additional postage outside the UK. hardcover
1839C161387London: Thomas Ward and Co. 1839. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Original 1839 First Edition. Ex-library copy with the usual markings rear board detached cloth slightly rubbed at extremities with slight splitting at head of spine solid clean contents. Thomas Ward and Co., hardcover
1860039811Philadelphia: Thomas M. Scroggy 1860. First Edition. Very Good. Eleven verses and a chorus in part: "As the Buff: was going up Walnut Street The Philly Engine they chanced to meet Says they my boys give us no talk For the Phil'a is the 'cock of the walk.'" . The Washy Philly and Franklin Hose The Buff: can whip if they dare oppose; For those three companies need not talk For the Buffalo is the 'cock of the walk.'" Typographic ornamental border. 9.5" x 4.75". Slight edge chipping no text loss. Sealed in archival mylar. Wolf American Song Sheets 218. This song refers to the Philadelphia fire-company riots of the 19th century which led the City Council to eliminate the volunteer fire-company system. Thomas M. Scroggy unknown
1860039816Philadelphia: T.M. Scroggy 1860. First Edition. Very Good. Eight verses in part: "The Corkers are a crowd of men who loaf about the town Whose boarding bills are running up and funds are running down . In the Engine or Hose house the Corker you will find . While the alms house is handy and Moyamensing near Where you will be confined without your pretzel or your beer." Typographic ornamental border. 9.5" x 6". Small chip from upper corner no text loss. Sealed in archival mylar. Wolf American Song Sheets 392. This song refers to the Philadelphia fire-company riots of the 19th century which led the City Council to eliminate the volunteer fire-company system. Moyamensing Prison was at Passyunk & Reed streets in South Philadelphia. Poe spent a night there in 1849 following his drunken suicide attempt. T.M. Scroggy unknown
1860039752Philadelphia: T.M. Scroggy 1860. First Edition. Very Good. Fourteen 14 verses in part: "Ye Members of the Franklin Hose I pray you lend an ear . It was on the 25th of December Upon a Christmas night . It proved to be a bon-fire At Schuylkill Third and Collowhill . Here's a health to Benjamin Franklin.To the members of the Franklin Hose." Typographic ornament border. 9.75" x 6". Sealed in archival mylar. Contains many allusions to old Philadelphia streets neighborhoods and fire brigades. Wolf American Song Sheets 674. T.M. Scroggy unknown
1850039820Philadelphia: Thomas M. Scroggy 1850. First Edition. Very Good. Six verses in part: "Come all you Good Will heroes And listen to my song . The Fairmount say they are No. 1 But I do not think it so For the Good Will Engine is No. 1 When to a fire she does go .There is a saucy crowd of boys That stand at Eleventh and Race.Green Monsters they do call themselves . For when we meet the Fairmount We will race them all around And we will whip those bloody butchers Or die upon the ground." Typographic ornamental border. 11.25" x 4.25". Sealed in archival mylar. Wolf American Song Sheets 827. This song refers to the Philadelphia fire-company riots of the 19th century which led the City Council to eliminate the volunteer fire-company system. Thomas M. Scroggy unknown
1860039805Philadelphia: A.W. Auner's Printing Office 1860. First Edition. Very Good. Three verses and a chorus in part: "Just before the battle Mother I was drinking mountain dew; But when I saw the Rebels marching Unto the rear I quickly flew." Scrollwork border. 9.5" x 6". Sealed in archival mylar. Wolf American Song Sheets 1835--variant. A.W. Auner's Printing Office unknown
1876039798San Francisco: Bell & Company 1876. First Edition. Very Good. Four verses a chorus and spoken interludes in part: "A very well known city man Presents himself to you And you may guess when I am dressed Of girls I know a few." A widow tells Tommy that a stranger on the train is his uncle and merriment ensues. Typographic ornamental border. 10.75" x 3.75". Near fine condition. Sealed in archival mylar. Not in Wolf American Song Sheets. Bell & Company unknown
1818002054Stationer's Court London: Printed for the Author By Williams and Co. 1818. First . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 83 1 page author's advert brown card with green morocco spine. Undated inscription on ffep Francis Morris 1819 and on verso of title page Francis Morris from her affectionate broth. Robert 1819. The text is about the Christian resolve of two young woman in the face of disease and death at an early age. Miss Windover of Andover and Miss F. Roberts who died of consumption. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall <br/> <br/> Printed for the Author By Williams and Co. hardcover
1830P2513Ramsgate UK: James Styles c. 1830. Minor tears in margins repaired; minor surface scratches in the sky were touched up; otherwise in Very Good condition. Notes: Marked "Coloured by Baldwin". The view depicts the town and harbour of Ramsgate a port city in Kent UK. Image Size : 366x740 mm 14.41x29.13 Inches Platemark Size : Paper Size : 434x758 mm 17.09x29.84 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Medium: Aquatint Categories: Views Europe England Others; James Styles unknown
18178298Philadelphia: Anthony Finley. Good with no dust jacket. 1817. First American Edition. Full-Leather. Exteror hinges are starting to crack at the top. the top 1" of th spine is loosening. tight inside but a lot of foxing. No lib marks or stamps but a label inside the front cover from the Porter Rhetorical Society.; Ex-Library; 4 1/2x7" . Anthony Finley hardcover
18247924Leipzig: Sumptibus Jo. Ambros Barthii. Very Good. 1824. Hardcover. University library withdrawal in 3/4 leather and marbled boards. 3" thick book in tight square binding. Some uncut pages. Leather spine split on edges from top. 632 668 pp Faint foxing but pages are crisp clear and unmarked. . Sumptibus Jo. Ambros Barthii hardcover