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1892WRCLIT81747New York: Thomas Whittaker 1892. 264pp. Printed wrapper. Wrapper a bit dust soiled soft vertical crease small divinity library duplicate release stamp in bottom margin of upper wrapper but a good copy. First edition. Derry-born Thompson then Mississippi's Episcopalian diocesan bishop had served as rector of New York's Christ Church prior to moving south. Based on the announcement of this then forthcoming sermon Daniel De Leon contributed a scathing editorial letter directed at Thompson in the September 4 number of THE PEOPLE attacking the Trinity Church Corporation and its history of involvement with big business and plutocrats. The sermon is preceded by a reprint of an editorial about it from the New York TRIBUNE. Between two entries OCLC locates only eight copies. OCLC: 5922116 & 70255484.1. Thomas Whittaker unknown books
185421113New York: George P. Putnam and Co 1854. First edition. Hardcover. Very good plus. 8vo. Original publisher's maroon marbled cloth upper cover with elaborate blocked design in gilt and blind with large central sunken lozenge blocked with a gilt vignette of the "southern mocking bird" signed "Tompson" in reverse derived from the plate facing p. 66. Illustrated with chromolithographed plates drawn on stone by Max Rosenthal printed by L.N. Rosenthal of Philadelphia after Mrs. Webber 15 or Miller 5. The binding has been expertly and nearly invisibly rebacked indeed we had to use magnification to confirm the reback with the inner hinges strengthened. Some tissue guards are torn and there is occasional light spotting on the plates an offset from the guards. Miller's contribution consists of five views of Indian life four of which according to the author are of "scenes in the camp of the Delawares" although they are almost certainly based on the artist's sketches of the Snake Indians a sub-group of the Shoshone. The five prints in the present work were drawn on stone by Max Rosenthal. Two of them include images of bare-breasted Indian maidens which were later withdrawn and reissued with the women fully clothed. The prints are titled: 1. Indian Caressing His Horse; 2. Encampment of Indians; 3. Toilet of the Indian Girls; 4. Antelope Chase; 5. Indian Girl Swinging. The remaining prints in the present work are from drawings of birds 13 and flowers 2 by the wife of the author Bennett p.111; Reese 28; Ripley p.307; Tyler Prints of the American West pp.64-5; Zimmer p.667. Rare in this unrecorded deluxe binding. And with a presentation inscription signed in 1855 by R. McNeill whom we believe was affiliated with Putnam's. George P. Putnam and Co hardcover books
1888235741888. MILLER Emily Huntington. WHAT HAPPENED ON A CHRISTMAS EVE. Illustrated. NY: Hunt & Eaton 1888. 12mo. embossed red cloth stamped in gilt and black. First Edition. Not listed in Wright. An uncommon title. Very Good bright pencil & ink name on preliminary pages spine a bit cocked. $125.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
188327646New York: Woeltje & Cutting Printers 1883. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. A near fine copy but for a small slit in front wrapper. 16 pp. 8vo. Signed complements of the author. Argues for the revival of American shipping and support for allowing American ships to be built overseas. OCLC shows only three copies: NYPL LOC Naval Hist. Ctr. Woeltje & Cutting, Printers unknown books
185414095London England: J. Hogarth 1854. Hardcover. VG clean tight interior with mild tanning to page ends and book plate inside front cover; BUT top half of spine cloth with title label has come off and needs to be re-attached. It is laid into the book. Book is still solid. Green cloth. 164 pp. with a bw frontis 30 bw engravings bw tailpiece drawing and a folding facsimile manuscript. AEG. Includes 15 engravings by Turner 15 by Girtin the tailpiece drawing by Girtin and frontis of Turner by Count D'Orsay. Text includes the list of plates preface biographical memoir of Turner and Girtin and facsimile copies of three original letters two from Turner to others. Turner and Girtin were contemporaries friends and artistic rivals. J. Hogarth hardcover books
1854271642London: J. Hogarth 1854. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Turner and Girtin were friendly rivals -- this work is certainly even-handed with 15 full-page engravings by Turner and 15 by Girtin with a tailpiece drawing by Girtin and a frontispiece of Turner by Count d'Orsay. Folding facsimile letter by Turner and 2 additional facsimile Turner letters. Mostly a clean copy though is a bit of quite scattered foxing; the plates appear clean. In publisher's bright green embossed cloth with faded gilt stamping of a rather charming fountain to the front board and titling to the spine. There is some wear to the extremities and mylar has been cut to protect the binding. Very Good binding. J. Hogarth unknown books
19009024443Chicago: Rand McNally 1900. 1st . Hardcover. Very good. First Edition. Bound in original full green cloth with the title stamped in gilt and a pictorial pastedown on the front. Illustrated with six color plates. Wear at corners and head and heel of spine occasional minor foxing to text discrete call letters at heal of spine otherwise no other library markings and book is in very good condition. <br/><br/> Rand McNally hardcover books
18832303666Minneapolis: Miller Hale & Co 1883. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. Apparent first edition but this edition was simultaneous with a C.D. Whitall edition of the same year also a Minneapolis imprint and the priority is unclear. Hinges weakening pages lightly toned ink name on front flyleaf. 1883 Hard Cover. vii 146 pp. Brown pebbled cloth gilt titles. A practical guide to the dos and don'ts of settling in the American West during the late 19th century Contemporary tipped in ads precede and follow text. Miller, Hale & Co unknown books
1894WN4841London: The Hakluyt Society 1894. Original light blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Spines are darkened with some crumpling at spine ends. Overeall wear on cloth but gilt is quite bright. Library indicia on spine pre and postliminaries title page and small circular stamps on some of the illustrations and maps. Internally a clean and good copy of this remarkable voyage. First Thus. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. The Hakluyt Society Hardcover books
185727279Boston: Gould & Lincoln 1859 © 1857. 8vo. Frontis. 2 adv. xiv 5502 14 adv. pp. <br><br>Early U.S. edition following the first of 1857: Attempting to reconcile geological evidence with Biblical testimony. Publisher's brown blind-stamped charcoal cloth spine with gilt-stamped title; binding slightly cocked spine and extremities rubbed covers with spots of dust-soiling and light discoloration. Pages gently age-toned. One leaf with short tear from outer margin just touching text without loss. Gould & Lincoln hardcover books
189151572London: Reeves 1891. First UK edn. Small 8vo pp. 117. Red cloth. The Bellamy Library. No. 12. Owner's bookplate on pastedown slightly faded on spine o/w a nice copy. Fryer British Birth Control Ephemera 58; see Wright III 3735. With advertisements for Edward Bellamy's works in the rear. Scarce. Miller was a member of the Oneida Community. A short novel advocating women's control over their own bodies. Reeves unknown books
186027891Petersburg: Printed by A. F. Crutchfield & Co. 1860. Original printed front wrapper stitched 84pp. Small hole in front wrapper not affecting text spine wrapper shorn light toning lacking the rear wrapper. Else Very Good.<br/><br/> A long and learned discourse with elaborations on circumcision in "the Jewish Church." Miller argues "that the Infants of Church-members are born members of the Church" and that they "are born members of particular churches and not of the Church catholic."<br/>FIRST EDITION. Haynes 12227. Not in Sabin. Printed by A. F. Crutchfield & Co. unknown books
1898165169Los Angeles: Geo. Rice & Sons 1898. Small octavo pp. 1-8 1-7 8-130 131-136: blank note: first four and last three leaves are banks with first two and last two leaves used as free endpapers and paste-downs inserted frontispiece photographic portrait of the author original black cloth front panel stamped in gold. First edition. A short utopian lost race novel of a journey by submarine to a subterranean world where a pallid race has attained social and technological perfection. Eden is located here in the hollow earth a bit neglected although the Tree of Knowledge still flourishes. Basically a religious fantasy a curious blend of allegory and science fiction with many imaginative touches. The author was blind and deaf according to the autobiographical preface. Note: Binder's title reads "MY SOVEREIGN GUIDE / A TALE OF EDEN. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1495. Costes and Altairac 281. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 157. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 116. Teitler 868. Bleiler 1978 p. 140. Reginald 10147. Wright III 3750. Not in Negley or Lewis. Cloth scuffed some wear at corner tips endpapers tanned a good or somewhat better copy. #165169 Geo. Rice & Sons unknown books
1898157115Los Angeles: Geo. Rice & Sons 1898. Small octavo pp. 1-8 1-7 8-130 131-136: blank note: first four and last three leaves are banks with first two and last two leaves used as free endpapers and paste-downs inserted frontispiece photographic portrait of the author original black cloth front panel stamped in gold. First edition. A short utopian lost race novel of a journey by submarine to a subterranean world where a pallid race has attained social and technological perfection. Eden is located here in the hollow earth a bit neglected although the Tree of Knowledge still flourishes. Basically a religious fantasy a curious blend of allegory and science fiction with many imaginative touches. The author was blind and deaf according to the autobiographical preface. Note: Binder's title reads "MY SOVEREIGN GUIDE / A TALE OF EDEN. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1495. Costes and Altairac 281. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 157. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 116. Teitler 868. Bleiler 1978 p. 140. Reginald 10147. Wright III 3750. Not in Negley or Lewis. Cloth spotted and a bit scuffed 10 mm closed tear in upper margin of frontispiece a sound good copy. #157115 Geo. Rice & Sons unknown books
1898147633Los Angeles: Geo. Rice & Sons 1898. Small octavo pp. 1-8 1-7 8-130 131-136: blank note: first four and last three leaves are banks with first two and last two leaves used as free endpapers and paste-downs inserted frontispiece photographic portrait of the author original black cloth front panel stamped in gold. First edition. A short utopian lost race novel of a journey by submarine to a subterranean world where a pallid race has attained social and technological perfection. Eden is located here in the hollow earth a bit neglected although the Tree of Knowledge still flourishes. Basically a religious fantasy a curious blend of allegory and science fiction with many imaginative touches. The author was blind and deaf according to the autobiographical preface. Note: Binder's title reads "MY SOVEREIGN GUIDE / A TALE OF EDEN. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1495. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 157. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 116. Bleiler 1978 p. 140. Reginald 10147. Wright III 3750. Not in Negley or Lewis. A clean bright very good copy. #147633 Geo. Rice & Sons unknown books
1900302189London: Henry Stevens Son & Stiles 1900. First edition. Illustrated with Facsimile reproductions of the Silver map and seven other contemporarry charts. xii71 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth stamped in silver. Fine. First edition. Illustrated with Facsimile reproductions of the Silver map and seven other contemporarry charts. xii71 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles unknown books
187567626Boston: Roberts Brothers. Good. 1875. Hardcover. First American Edition. 205 pages plus ads. 7x4.75 inches. Brown pictorial cloth with gilt printing. The covers are slightly soiled and rubbed with frayed spine ends. Previous owner bookplate on the front pastedown. The contents are toned but complete. Good . Roberts Brothers hardcover books
184561157bdPhiladelphia: Lea & Blanchard 1845. Octavo original sheep hardcover leather calf label xii 13-525 pp. Very Good. Lea & Blanchard, 1845. hardcover books
186642005Hartford: Hartford Publishing Co. m. 1866. First Edition. By Subscription Only. Octavo; modern leather-backed boards; 705pp; illus. This copy has been rebound in black calf over navy blue boards with portions of the original morocco spine laid down; new endpapers. Binding firm and attractive; text complete mildly foxed throughout; Very Good. Popular and sensational account of events in the American Civil War. "Of little historical use" says Nevins though the book is attractively illustrated including portraits and a number of full-page engraved plates. NEVINS II:10. Hartford Publishing Co. m. unknown books
189712640Washington D. C.: Jenness Miller Publications. Very Good. 1897. Hardcover. ex-lib; spine ends chipped; contents clean and sound; Good . Jenness Miller Publications hardcover books
187437764San Francisco: John H. Carmany & Company 1874. 1st volume edition. Original publisher's pebbled green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Beveled boards. Dark brown coated eps. A square & tight Nr Fine copy and uncommon thus. 5 - 584 pp. Text double column. T.p. cut of a California grizzly. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 6" <br/><br/> John H. Carmany & Company hardcover books
187237761San Francisco: John H. Carmany & Company 1872. 1st volume edition. Original publisher's pebbled green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Beveled boards. Dark brown coated eps. Spine a bit dull otherwise a square & tight VG - Nr Fine copy and uncommon thus. 5 - 584 pp. Text double column. T.p. cut of a California grizzly. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 6" <br/><br/> John H. Carmany & Company hardcover books
1859WRCLIT53053Boston: Gould and Lincoln 1859. xxiv4275pp. plus fourteen plates. Original cloth. Colored folding frontis. Illustrations. Early ink name otherwise a very good bright copy. An American reimpression with publisher's introduction of the enlarged seventh edition of 1858. "By this work. geologists were astonished and delighted. They at once accorded to the old red sandstone as a formation an importance scarcely before recognised. His technical ichthyology was based on Agassiz's contemporary researches among the fishes of the 'Old Red' but it contained important improvements and the best part of the work was founded entirely on original observation. 'The more I study the fishes of the "Old Red"' wrote Professor Huxley twenty years afterwards 'the more I am struck with the patience and sagacity manifested in Hugh Miller's researches and by the natural insight which in his case seems to have supplied the place of special anatomical knowledge.' His common sense gave him a grasp of the scientific method in palæontology while his imagination enabled him to pictorially restore ancient physical geographies" - DNB. Gould and Lincoln hardcover books
1856W9528Boston: Gould and Lincoln 1856. Original brown cloth gilt and blind stamped. Chipping at joints and spine ends with material loss. Edgewear and corners bumped. American reprint of the 4th British edition. Pale yellow coated endpapers slightly foxed and occasional fox spots here and there. Full color fold out geological map frontispiece. 10 litho plates. Book tight and good. First American Edition. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Gould and Lincoln Hardcover books
1880RW1076New York:: Humboldt 1880. 1880. Series: Humboldt Library Series 14 20 49. 8vo. iv 51-128 2 397-450 2 47 48 pp. 32 illustrations. Original maroon black- and gilt-stamped cloth; joints reinforced with kozo. Bookplate of Henry H. Ficken 1872-1940; signature of E.J. Ficken Sept. 1900. Else near fine. This book brings together 3 popular science articles written in the late 19th century: "The Wonders of the Heavens" by Flammarion translated by Mrs. Norman Lockyer "The Romance of Astronomy" by R. Kalley Miller and "The Sun: its Constitution its Phenomena its Condition" by N.T. Carr. Also included are nearly 50 pages of advertisements for other works published by Humboldt. Humboldt, [1880?]. hardcover books
