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1900242899London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co. Ltd 1900. Hardcover. x 123p. illustrated in the text with diagrams photos facsimiles and a number of folding plates; hardbound in gilt-decorated semi-flexible boards with rounded corner-tips just like a real engineer's manual!; all edges gilded. A poor to fair ex library copy blind-stamped USN to titlepage and all plates we see traces of bookplate removal from front endsheets weak hinges gaps in textblock gutters and occasional food-flecks. We do not see any damage to plates nor any evidence of plates removed. A handleable if slightly repulsive "reading copy. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd hardcover books
1829175391New Haven: Published by Hezekiah Howe and A. H. Maltby. Printed by Hezekiah Howe 1829. xi 359p. first edition 7x4.3 inch full calf boards are rubbed and worn with joints cracked but hinges holding. Spine label presumably gone missing leaving no shadow or scar. Within expect pervasive foxing several small ink splashes and two interesting ownership legends by William Willoughby: holograph in sepia nib with a fine subscript flourish dated year of publication; and a tiny old delicate rubberstamp on the following leaf. Good copy. Published by Hezekiah Howe and A. H. Maltby. Printed by Hezekiah Howe unknown books
1864191680New York: Frederic A. Brady Publisher 1864. Hardcover. 312p. frontis cartoon man writing at desk preface publisher's note peculiar bookplate on pastedown faint dampstain throughout with a touch of foxing first edition in blind-pressed and gilt-decorated gray cloth boards a poor copy: pervasive dust-soil the gilt titlings and cover vignette but a memory heavy wear to edges corners head and tail of spine external fading and light staining &c within as noted. On a less disapproving note the hinges are sound and handleable. Humorous writings related to Abraham Lincoln and the efforts of the North against the South. A measure how inrigued Americans were with their amazingly quotable president; most of the sketches here presented as anecdotes and "verbatim" dialogue are made-up stuff but in the spirit. Frederic A. Brady, Publisher hardcover books
1852113502Boston: L. P. Crown & Co 1852. Hardbound. Good clean and tight but for foxing to last few pages. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration; 2 vols. published in one; 159 159 pp.; with several bw engravings and color frontispiece. "Religious Emblems: being a series of emblematic engravings with written explanations miscellaneous observations and religious reflections designed to illustrate divine truth in accordance with the cardinal principles of Christianity." L. P. Crown & Co hardcover books
1856211851856. n.p. 1856. 7 1 blank pp. Caption title as issued printed in double columns. Disbound. Very Good. unknown books
1899106200Indianapolis IN: Press of the Clay-Worker 1899. 1st edition. Hardbound. Good Clean tight contents but with ex-lib. stamp on title page and bookplate of Robert Sage Griswold 1899 - of the Connecticut Griswolds - inside front cover; covers soiled but tight. Blue cloth with embossed lettering; blue/white illus. laid on. 161 xii pp. with 93 bw illustrations. At The Solicitation of numerous collectors of old English china bearing American views a series of illustrated papers was prepared by the writer and published in The Clay-Worker of Indianapolis Ind. In the introductory chapter nothing but a brief review of the earlier Liverpool designs was attempted because of the scarcity of such pieces at this late day. The main purpose of the compiler was to present as complete a list of the later Staffordshire designs in dark blue and other colors as possible so classified that the productions of each potter should be grouped together whereby the identification of unmarked pieces might be facilitated to some extent by means of common border devices. It was not deemed necessary to present detailed descriptions of views for the reason that they would not be required by collectors who possessed examples of china bearing the designs described nor carry definite meaning to those who did not. The need of a pocket manual of such china compact in arrangement and convenient for ready reference has long been felt. These lists have therefore been republished in a form suitable for collectors and others interested in the subject. The numbering of the American designs and border patterns will afford a convenient means of reference among correspondents and the index at the end will serve as a check list for collections. It was originally intended to indicate the shape of the piece or the size of the plate on which each design occurs but this classification was found to be well-nigh impossible on account of the apparent lack of any definite system followed by manufacturers in the decoration of pieces. - http://www.forgottenbooks.com. Press of the Clay-Worker unknown books
1893106268NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1893. 2nd revised and enlarged. Hardcover. Internally generally VG rebacked in black cloth with gilt title embossed design on front cover small ding to top of cover sold as an excellent reading copy ONLY. Blue cloth with gilt embossed design on front cover. xvii 446 4 pp.with 216 bw plates and 100s of illustrations of American marks. G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
186648016New York: Leypoldt & Holt. Very Good. 1866. Hardcover. NY: Leypoldt & Holt 1866. 106 pages plus ads hardbound. Ex-library with typical markings and o/w clean sound interior. Bindnig is tight with spine numerals overall G. . Leypoldt & Holt hardcover books
185347645New Haven: J. W. & J. Barber for J. H. Bradley 1853. 8vo pp. 190; engraved title page and hand-colored frontispiece many illustrations throughout and fold-out map at rear; publisher's leather-backed binding with printed glazed paper-covered boards; bookplate of George and Harriet Cheney of a prominent Connecticut family; edgeworn and rubbed; good and sound overall. <br/><br/> J. W. & J. Barber for J. H. Bradley hardcover books
1893106138NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1893. 2nd revised and enlarged. Hardcover. Generally VG inner front hinge is cracked and weak otherwise a clean copy. Blue cloth with gilt embossed design on front cover. xvii 446 4 pp.with 216 bw plates and 100s of illustrations of American marks. G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
18963642Philadelphia: Barber & Perkins 1896. 30 x 23.5 cm 14 pages. Illustrated advertisements throughout. Circular including price list and "Special Mention Columns" a narrative column indicating freshest products and values. In blue printed wrappers creased from folding slight chipping some discoloration to cover and slight foxing to edges otherwise very good. Barber & Perkins unknown books
1864428New York: Frederic A. Brady 1864. 8vo. 312 pp. plus 1 p. ads. Frontispiece caricature of the author at work. Bound in green publisher's cloth gilt decoration of the author on front board blind tooled decorated cloth; binding showing some wear and discoloration. Owners signature of Rufus Munyan Co. D. 18. C.V. Company D 18th Connecticut Volunteers. First edition. Comical narrative by a delusionary "adviser" to Lincoln whose letters pointedly featured the absurdities of war and the madness of the public administration during the 1860's. Barber's view is reflective of many New York writers whose view of Lincoln and the war was decidedly Democratic challenging the ferocity of the Radical Republicans who controlled Washington. Written by the satirist Joseph Barber who also published Crumbs from the Round Table 1866 and The American Book of Ready Made Speeches 1866. The anonymous illustration which introduces the text captures the manic nature of the author with a statue of Lincoln looming over his shoulder Wright Fiction II 210. Allibone's Critical Dictionary of English Literature Suppliment I p. 89. Frederic A. Brady unknown books
1835290860London: Simpkin & Marshal 1835. hardcover. very good. Barber Thomas. 40 full-page engraved plates by Thomas Barber one folding map at rear engraved title page. 110 pages 8vo red cloth with gilt spine-lettering and front cover decoration; covers rubbed and faded at edges spine worn with some repairs. London: Simpkin & Marshall ca. 1835. A worn copy but still very good.<br/><br/> Simpkin & Marshal unknown books
185058362New Haven / New York / Boston: Published by John W. Barber / M.W. Dodd/ Crocker & Brewster 1850. Reprint first published in 1846 with a number of editions issued over the next decade. 12mo. Two volumes bound in one: 2 3-159; 2 3-159 1 pp. Wood engraved frontispiece to each volume one nicely colored extra engraved title page to volume one also nicely colored in-text illustrations from wood engravings. Persistent foxing but a good solid copy. Contemporary calf rubbed spine richly gilt with ornaments and title joints repaired all edges marbled. #6320. <br/><br/> Published by John W. Barber / M.W. Dodd/ Crocker & Brewster unknown books
1836010043New Haven: Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber 1836. Second Edition. Old Calf. Good -. Covers detached but all plates extant. Hand colored fold out map of old Massachussets. Great breaker for the map and the woodcuts. Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber unknown books
1845100730Tall 8vo leather illustrated 512 pp. Unclear if this edition came with map which is is not present does include colored frontispiece binding very worn joints cracked and covers almost detached notation on front endpaper moderate foxing and aging throughout. This edition contains a colored frontispiece that illustrated the Battle of Princeton and a second plate on the Victory at Trenton. In additioon to historical information of the counties in New Jersey it also contains an index of the towns cities and villages in the state. Howes B121 1844 Edition S. Tuttle hardcover books
1828295349Hartford: D.F. Robinson 1828. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with 46 engravings. 148 pages. 12mo contemporary leather backed marble boards; leather worn at top of spine and hinges boards lightly shelf-worn some toning throughout. Hartford: D.F. Robinson 1828. A very good copy.<br/><br/> D.F. Robinson unknown books
1846290908Cooperstown: H. & E. Phinney 1846. First. hardcover. very good-. Illustrated b/w. 376 pages although missing pages 71/2 245/6 291/2 and 333/4. 8vo. re-cased in brown cloth; pages foxed throughout a few have small tears. A very good- copy.<br/><br/> H. & E. Phinney unknown books
1900222605London Kegan Paul Grench Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1900. 1900. 8vo. Illustrated with 29 photograph drawings maps and fold-out diagrams. Original gilt stamped brown cloth a.e.g. Very good. Ink signature or Henry W. Brown Cairo February 1913 on the front free endpaper. No bookplates. Hardcover. London, Kegan Paul, Grench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., 1900. hardcover books
183189225New Haven: J. W. Barber 1831. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good. frontis map and 7 plates all colored 108p. Original brown cloth. 20cm. Lacks bottom 2/3 of backstrip. Covers faded; several short tape marks on front and back covers probably where the now absent portion of the backstrip had been held on by tape. Moderate foxing. An 1832 edition was also published containing 12 additional pages of text and an 8th plate The Battle of Lexington. <br/><br/> J. W. Barber hardcover books
1866250120New York: Leypoldt & Holt 1866. hardcover. very good. 106 pages 6 pages of advertisements. Slim 12mo original green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover New York: Leypoldt & Holt 1866. First Edition. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Leypoldt & Holt unknown books
1864WRCLIT71153New York: Frederic A. Brady 1864. 3122pp. Original gilt cloth. Frontis. Small nick at crown of spine front free endsheet excised bookseller's description mounted to pastedown a bit of minor foxing and some faint spotting to the fore-edge; otherwise a very good bright copy. First edition of these satirical fictional sketches presented in the form of folksy semi- literate correspondence to "the Eddyturs of the Sunday Times." WRIGHT II:210. Frederic A. Brady hardcover books
1888157080New York: Bliss Publishing Co. 1888. 12mo pp. 1-9 10-348 flyleaves at front and rear original pictorial olive-green cloth front and spine panels stamped in black floral patterned endpapers. First edition. A sequel to John Hay's novel THE BREAD-WINNERS: A SOCIAL STUDY 1884 that uses some of the same characters from Hay's story. Barber promotes the cooperative movement which will convert the American industrial world into a Christian utopia. Barber "was religious sympathetic to labor and outraged by THE BREAD-WINNERS. She was heavily influenced by the social-gospel movement one of the most important religious movements appearing between the Civil War and World War I. Her novel like other social-gospel labor novel writers was infused with the principles of that movement -- especially that God is immanent in the world working out his purpose through individuals and institutions so adherence to Christian principles could bring harmony to worldly problems including conflict surrounding the labor problem." - Larry W. Isaac "Literary Activists and the Labor Problem" p. 35. THE BREAD-WINNERS elicited other responses most notably Henry Keenan's THE MONEY-MAKERS 1885. Blake The Strike in the American Novel p. 216. Wright III 288. Private owner's name and date on blank leaf preceding the title leaf and his rubber-stamped name and address on the rear paste-down. Cloth rubbed and dust soiled front and rear free endpapers missing a sound good copy. An uncommon book. #157080 Bliss Publishing Co. unknown books
1837TB27239New Haven: Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber 1837. Second Edition. Very good in a recent dark blue cloth binding with gilt text on the spine. An octavo measuring 9 by 5 1/2 inches with new end sheets. The pages are uniformly lightly foxed throughout and the preliminaries and through page 36 the upper fore corners are nibbled in the margins. The hand-colored fold-out map of Connecticut is lacking by 2/3rds. With some minor foxing throughout. 560 pages of text. Illustrated throughout with 190 wood block engravings. Barber an illustrator and historian 1798-1885 was Connecticut's first popular historian creating one of the first travel guides of the state. Following the index in the front of the book is a hand colored fold-out map of the State of Connecticut noting all of its towns at the time see note above regarding condition. Considered to be "mildly scarce" by Howes. Howes B-120 Originally published in 1836. Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber hardcover books
1829184027New Haven: J.W. Barber 1829. Second edition. Leather bound. Fair heavy wear to leather boards expected age toning foxing spots throughout water staining hinges internally have heavy wear. Brown leather boards; bw portrait frontispiece of Washington bw folded map bw illustrated title page; 312 pp; bw illustrationsw. Page vii wrongly numbered. Title page also reads "carefully selected from the most approved authorities by J.W. Barber. J.W. Barber unknown books
