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183747870London: J. Templeman 248 Regent Street . J. Miller 404 Oxford Street 1837. Second Edition a reissue of the 1st edition sheets with Horne's new introduction. Cf. NCBEL III 1232. Original publisher's green cloth binding with printed paper title label to spine professionally rebacked. General wear & soiling. Period prior owner signatures to front eps. A solid VG copy. 152 pp. 12mo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/> J. Templeman, 248 Regent Street ... J. Miller, 404 Oxford Street hardcover books
19781342185Boulder: Westview Press 1978. Hardcover. Octavo; 2 volumes; G; Hardcover; Spine blue with silver print; Boards in blue cloth with silver print light wear to spine caps and corners v. 2 has mild blemishes on front spine and rear else clean and strong; Text blocks are clean and tight; 2 vols. xxix 1399 pages frontispiece. <br /> <br /> <p> Oversized order. Additional shipping and handling may be necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. Contact seller if you have any questions.<br /> <br /> <p>NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office in wraparound bookcase next to 15's. 1342185. FP New Rockville Stock. Westview Press hardcover books
190459820Cleveland Ohio: The Arthur Clark Company 1904. 2 volumes. 8vo. 306 2; 342pp. plus 3pp. of ads. With 16 plates and 2 facsimiles. Maroon cloth gilt spines. Top edge gilt. A fine set. Howes F-63 "Bitterly unfavorable" Howes W-229 Welby's own words "To a rough untutored set of savages another race of little less than savages has succeeded". Two of the more unfavorable travelers review of the United States. The Arthur Clark bibliography lists both volumes as being published in 1905 but the first volume of this set clearly printed 1904 it also states 316 copies of the first volume and 287 copies of the second volume were printed as separates from the set. <br/><br/> The Arthur Clark Company hardcover books
190461283Cleveland OH: Arthur H. Clark Co 1904. First edition thus issued separately from Clark's "Early Western Travels" series. 8vo. 2 volumes: 306 2; 342 3 ads pp. Illustrated with 16 plates and two facsimiles. Howes F-63 for the 1823 original of Faux: "Bitterly unfavorable." Howes W-229 for the 1821 original of Welby who comments "to a rough untutored set of savages another race of little less than savages has succeeded". Clark/Brunet 253: "For the Faux volume 316 separates and for the Welby volume 287 separates." Very good. Original maroon cloth gilt spine titles top edge gilt others untrimmed. #8270. <br/><br/> Arthur H. Clark Co hardcover books
183357649V.p. 1833. A dozen or so items over half of which seem inconsequental. Ezbon or Esbon Sanford 1765-1846 was born in Newport worked in Washington County. He was a storekeeper innkeeper and cabinetmaker and is cited in various articles about Rhode Island furniture making. One receipt is from the "estate of Abigail Congdon" his mother-in-law which details payment for molasses and gin as well as a coffin for herself at $6.00. A detailed inventory May 15 1833 is included of the estate of Anna Buckingham of North Kingstown Washington County. All her belongings are listed including furniture: "eleven old fiddleback maple chairs" at $5. This type of chair is described in an article by Kathleen E. Johnson in Art & Antiques Magazine Sept/Oct 1981 as "an intentional translation of the elements of the carved mahoghany or walnut cabriole legged Queen Anne- style chair into the vocabulary of the turned chair tradition." A large floor plan for a house with its footprint neatly laid out is one of the more interesting documents with a detailed list of supplies joists ranging timber furing laths doors & frames roof boards shingles and nails each with prices. Ezbon Sanford held a local court office as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and nother interesting document is dated 1830 from the state to the sheriff concerning the warrant for the arrest of George Young charging him as the father of Margaret Mitchel's "bastard child." The paper was signed by John H. Green Deputy Sheriff. Other names mentioned in his storekeeper receipts are Robert Hosford Robert Northrup Charles Douglas Weighty Underwood and Paul Austin. <br/><br/> hardcover books
179865755Philadelphia: Printed at the Aurora Office 1798. First edition issue with the type ornament at the foot of p. 12. 8vo. 4 12 pp. Sabin 97270: "Probably written by William Duane . in the prefatory remarks the sentiments of the ‘Editor' are given throughout in the third person and as Duane was associated with Bache on the ‘Aurora' either of them might be the author." Evans 33648. Disbound pamphlet. Very good unopened copy. <br/><br/> Printed at the Aurora Office unknown books
188768676San Francisco: The History Company Publicadores 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Scarce Spanish language schoolbook with lessons modeled after those in early American primers. Bancroft 1832-1918 is best known for his monumental 39-volume history of the Pacific Coast region from Central America to Alaska. Numerous textual illustrations. Small octavo. Original printed brown paper-covered boards. Pencil marginalia to a few pages. Period previous owner's ink signature to the front flyleaf with a pencil inscription to the front pastedown. The corners are showing with some general shelfwer and minor spotting to the boards. The History Company, Publicadores hardcover books
1920009370Elkhorn Oregon now a dead post office 1920. Unbound. Very good. This lot of consists multiple items: <p style="margin-left:3%; margin-right:3%;">One canceled check from the Silver King Mining Company <p style="margin-left:3%; margin-right:3%;">One application and contract to purchase Silber King Mining Company stock <p style="margin-left:3%; margin-right:3%;">Two Silver King Mining Company employment agreements accepting shares of capital stock in lieu of wages <p style="margin-left:3%; margin-right:3%;">Two letters on Silver King Mining Company letterhead regarding "grub" needed at the mine <p style="margin-left:3%; margin-right:3%;">One note on plain paper enclosed in a Silver King Mining Company envelope and <p style="margin-left:3%; margin-right:3%;">One file copy of a letter regarding the transfer of a stock certificate. The items are in nice shape. <p>Two of the covers are postmarked with Doane Type 2 No. 1 "railroad track" cancels. Doane Cancels were the Post Office Department's first attempt to improve postmark legibility by issuing rubber handstamps. The name honors Edith R. Doane a Postal Historian who became interested in these early 20th Century Handstamps in the 1950's. They were used at smaller 4th class post offices where receipts did not exceed $500 in a year. Type 2 Doane Cancels have 2 sets of railroad track type bars with a number in them. They were issued from Sep. 29 1903 until Jun. 30 1905. The "1" inside the bars meant the Elkhorn Postmaster annual compensation less than $100. <br /><br />The contents of two letters suggest that one supervisor and four miners worked the mine and are rather eye-opening with regard to life at site: <p style="margin-left:3%; margin-right:3%;">"Have recd some of the grub. Wish you would send me $5 or $10 . . . as my old 30-30 is Broke and I want to get it fixed . . . as there is a cooger hanging around. . . have got to get some nails to do some fixing up things and have borrowed money to by Postage Stamps and tobacco. I hear there has been $150000 put up to sink on the Silver king how is it. There was a party here from Portland who tells me that . . . there was some machinery bought for the Silver King. What is it. . . I have rcd. 100 lbs of flower and the bacon coffee one case - tomatoes - and one case milk beans and if you have sent anything more I have not recd it old man shire said that was ll that was there - I am out of lard and sugar." <p>The mine was located in the Lester Mining District on the western slope of the Cascades about 24 miles from the summit of Mt. Jefferson and ten miles from Gates and 17 miles from a railway station at Lyons. The complex consisted of 12 contiguous claims with a total of 240 acres. The "Queen Vein" reached by tunnel contained the best developed and richest ore. Although only traces of gold lead and zinc were present assays showed in places it contained up to almost 41 ounces of silver per ton. Although no official production numbers were recorded the mine is remembered for providing a large amount of silver for the relative short time it was operated. It is still accessible and safe to explore as the Bureau of Land Management has left it open and ungated. <br /><br /> A nice grouping of documents from a short-lived but productive Oregon silver mine made more interesting by the use of relatively scarce postal handstamps on the companies outgoing mail. <br /><br /> books
197269512New York: Random House 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First printing with the $2.50 price on the front flap of the dust jacket and the correct ads on the rear panel. "The time has come." A volume in the Bright and Early Books for Beginning Beginners series. Octavo. Original glazed paper over boards. Some wear to the corners and tips. The dust jacket is a bit shelfworn with a closed tear to the top of the rear panel; else about very good. Younger 51. Random House hardcover books
19591201249London: The British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; ix 133 pp. Hardcover with cloth spine. VG. Some foxing to front board. Boards slightly bowed. Interior clean and tight no markings. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper. Shelved front table. 1201249. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara hardcover books
1920002014Paris: H. Floury 1920. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hansi and Victor Huen. Oblong measuring 32 by 24 cm 12.5 by 9.5 inches. Nostalgic look at Alsatian village of yore and as much of Hansi's writings about the French-ness of the village and demonizing the German occupiers who were only recently driven out at the time this copy was issued. The illustrations exude the naive charm of Hansi's best work whose legacy was to create an enduring visual image of Alsatian life. The decorated cloth boards have soiling and the fabric is worn by the corners and the spine extremities. Inside the pages have age toning but otherwise are clean. <br /><br /> H. Floury hardcover books
186740706London: T. Cautley Newy 1867. 324 pp. Sepia toned lithos. <br /><br />Narrative of a Journal of a Yachting Expedition from Auckland to the South Sea Islands and a pedestrian tour in a new district of New Zealand bush. Scarce yachting narrative. Not in Toy. "A slight account of Norfolk Island and the Pitcairners is found at pp. 73-95." - Hocken p. 250. Fergusson 12963. Bagnall 3578. Worldcat shows only six libraries holding copies - none in the US. Bound in publisher's blindstamped cloth. T. Cautley Newy hardcover books
18072804London: Printed by T. Bensley for Payne and Mackinlay 1807. Lg. 4to. 8xl572pp. Cont. gilt tooled calf covers with a few old scrapes. Front hinge split but holding minor chips at extremities of spine. Bookplate on front pastedown. Printed by T. Bensley for Payne and Mackinlay unknown books
1814D1409Paris: Gide Fils 1814. Hardcover. Very Good. Red paper over boards ruled and lettered in gilt on spine; 4 volumes 8vo 5 x 8.25 inches; pp. lxxx 432; 4 494; 4 434; xv 1 139 104 tables; all volumes with half-title page and title-page. Spine tips and corners lighly chipped; boards faintly rubbed; a little faint foxing but overall nice and clean. An excellent working set. <br/><br/> Gide Fils hardcover books
185772639New York: D. & J. Sadlier & Co 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Traces the history of Christianity in China from its earliest documented appearance with St. Thomas and the missionary rush sparked by the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope in 1488 to the Manchu-Tartar Dynasty in the sixteenth century. Abbe Huc a French Catholic priest Lazarite missionary and traveler became famous for his accounts of Qing-era China Mongolia and Tibet which was largely unknown at the time. He and his companion Joseph Gabet were the first Europeans to reach Lhasa since Thomas Manning in 1812. 358 p. and 348 p. with publisher's ads. Octavo two volumes. Ex-19th century library Nevada City Free Public Library with a bookplate to each rear pastedown two small ink date stamps and a small label to each front endpaper and a gilt-stamped accession number and label shadow to each spine. It appears a pocket was neatly removed from each pastedown. Both bindings are quite sound. The spines are sun faded with some minor bumping to the corners and tips. Scarce. D. & J. Sadlier & Co hardcover books
189673529Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. The first American edition of this important scientific memoir describing the manner in which the authors succeeded in extracting the previously unknown element argon in pure form and in analyzing its properties. For this discovery Lord Rayleigh 1842-1919 was awarded the 1904 Nobel Prize in Physics. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge Volume XXIX Number 1033. Quarto: 2ff 43 1 p. Original green cloth binding with gilt titles. Near fine. Smithsonian Institution hardcover books
001866Tokyo: T. Hasegawa. N.d circa 1903. Probably first edition. Unpaginated twelve folded-over leaves including cover. Larger format 7.5 by 5.25 inches or 19 by 13.5 cm. Probably the best tale ever built around toothpicks! A fairy tale of the supernatural retribution meted out to lazy women with a second shorter variant of the same story included as well. This copy has particularly crisp and bright color! Light soiling to covers and some minor waviness where fabric dinged by bottom edge. <br /><br /> T. Hasegawa books
198448393San Francisco: The Yolla Bolly Press 1984. 1st edition thus. Copy B of 220 cc. SIGNED by Gold & Prochnow on the colophon. INSCRIBED by Setrakian on the ffep. Mauve cloth binding with gilt stamping. Slipcase with printed paper title label to spine panel. Square & tight. Spine panel ever-so-lightly sunned. A Nr Fine copy in a VG slipcase. xv 1 194 2 pp. Illustrated with woodcuts by Bill Prochnow. Facsimile letter at rear. Royal 8vo. 10" x 7-5/8" <br/><br/>Setrakian also a Fresno boy friend to Saroyan who headed the foundation that oversaw Saroyan's legacy cf. LA Times March 4 2002 The Yolla Bolly Press hardcover books
199366842Pusan Korea: World Kuk Sool Association 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Founded in 1961 Ku Sool Won attempts "to integrate and explore the entire spectrum of established traditional Korean martial arts body conditioning techniques mental development and weapons training." Signed and dated by the author below his portrait. Quarto. Original black cloth binding with gilt stamping and a ribbon marker. Some minor staining to the fore-edge with a bit of light wear to the corners and tips; otherwise very good. World Kuk Sool Association hardcover books
1906134811Cleveland OH: Arthur H. Clark Company 1906. Hardcover. good ex-library with expected marks plus perforation stamp on half title title page and facsimile title. front hinge loose. wear to exterior including fraying to cloth at spine ends. Burgundy library buckram. 311 pp advertisements. Reprint of Palmer's Journal of Travels 1847 with new preface. Arthur H. Clark Company hardcover books
185246494Vassalboro Maine 1852. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Fold lines. Age-toning along some exterior folds. Red sealing wax remnants. Penciled "Grandma Keith" above address. Very Good. Biofolium of blue paper with 2-1/3 pages of manuscript writing containing 2 letters 53 8 lines ~660 100 words respectively. One panel hand addressed to South Braintree Mass with stamped No. Vassalboro ME postmark Mar 15 & "Paid 3" circular stamp. Unfolded: 9-3/4" x 7-5/8". Folded: 3" x 4-3/8" <br/><br/>Ms Keith begins as most mothers do. relating her regrets for not writing sooner followed by health news of divers relations. Page 2 starts with the news that "There is a great many men in this region gone to California it is thought Maine must suffer a good deal in consequence of so many of her Citizens going to that Country the loss of the men is not all the State is injured by having so much money carried out of it. Since the sufferings of those gone there have been made known & likewise how small the chance of making money enough to fetch them back even many who were calculating to go have given it up at least for the present." The second letter by Keith to affirm to Miss Marcy that she wishes good relations between the two of them expressing appreciation of the "complimentary manner in which you mentioned my son." An intimate look at the allure of California's the 1850s myth tempered with the reality relayed back by some of those who succumbed. unknown books
18756056031875. "Faithfully yr friend Joaquin Miller Nov. 2 1875" in black ink on small leaf 4 7/8" x 2 1/2". Very good old tape in top margin from previous mounting. Together with a vintage sepia photograph. 3 3/4" x 5 1/4". Signed by Authors. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
1750002388Venezia: Giammaria Lazaroni e Domenico Tabacco 1750. Pebbled Half Cloth Faux Leather over Paper Pastedown on Boards. Good Minus. 8vo. 20 568 pp. With fifteen woodcut plates with frontis one for each canto of the Aenied and one for the Bucolica and Georgica respectively. Some soiling throughout. All leaves of the Bucolica and a few of the Georgica have severe wormholing in the lower corner with only trivial touching of text. A few other leaves have corners overtrimmed or with loss. Still an uncommon edition with only three copies located on OCLC. <br /><br /> Giammaria Lazaroni, e Domenico Tabacco hardcover books
310997-3/4" x 5-3/8" 200 x 137 mm. <br/><br/>Worn and somewhat silvered; some cracking to upper and outer margins; laid down to card stock. Gudenian was "one of the most original. virtuosos of the violin of the first half of the 20th century. His works include a rich variety of popular songs dances religious melodies and poetic pieces. for violin with accompaniment of piano or Oriental instruments." Viquipèdia. unknown books
197463448London:: Octagon Press. Very Good. 1974. Hardcover. 0900860189 . Two volumes bound as one. Translated from the Persian into English prose with critical and explanatory remarks with an introductory preface with a note on Sufism and with a life of the author by H. Wilberforce Clarke. First impression thus. Thick quarto in blue leatherette binding with gilt lettering and design. Previous owner's book-plate on front paste-down else near fine in a good patch of white paint on back side minor edge wear slipcase. ; 1011 pages . Octagon Press, hardcover books
