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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 hardcover
184614829Cooperstown N.Y.: H. & E.Phinney 1846. Hardcover. 8vo frontis iv 376pp folding map with outline hand coloring engraved plates. State coat of arms at title page. Rebound red buckram; front board & spine loose but holding. Internally scattered fox spotting. Howes B-122. Sabin 3319. H. & E.Phinney hardcover
18551052039New York: George F. Tuttle 1855. Hardcover. Good. Red boards gilt lettering on front gilt lettering and design on spine. Corners split worn. Chipping at both head and tail of spine. Foxing on endpapers even over textblocks. However still readable. Binding and hinges are strong. Twenty illustrations appear on the five-panel frontispiece titled 'The Proverbs of Solomon King of Israel.' Still firmly attached. Let us know if you would like pictures George F. Tuttle hardcover
18399394<p>This is a terrific condition antique Connecticut print framed and hand-colored. Original 1839 wood engraving by John Warner Barber. The engraving is titled "SOUTH VIEW OF NORWICH CITY CON." and is hand-colored. Wooden frame with a wire securely attached at the back for hanging. A highly attractive piece perfectly suitable for display. John Warner Barber was one of Connecticut's early historians a prolific engraver and author. He is best known for his vivid detailed chronicles of early 19th-century American life. Operating before the era of widespread photography he traveled extensively across the eastern United States to document townscapes landmarks and local history through meticulous wood and steel engravings. The frame measures 16 1/8" wide x 13 1/8" tall. Professionally framed by "Einhorn Galleries" in Connecticut per the label on the back.<br /><br />Condition:<br />The picture is in overall Near Fine condition and would make for an excellent display piece. The engraving is clean with no notable issues found. The frame is in terrific condition with no issues found. A wonderful display piece.</p>
190063411ca. 1900. Le Monde Intellectuel. - La France Contemporaine 10205. - Berlin-Charlottenburg Adolf Eckstein Editeur o.J. ca.1900 300 x 460 mm; beigelegt 1 Blatt Biographie. François Antoine Philippe Barbier 1848-1922 französischer organischer Chemiker. Er gilt als Vater der metallorganischen Chemie und hat 1899 die erste Organomagnesiumverbindung synthetisiert. Sein Name ist aber am meisten bekannt durch die nach ihm benannte Barbier-Reaktion. unknown
1807BB4343L'Imp. Bibliographique 1807. First edition of three-volume set. First volume originally published 1805. Original full Spanish calf gilt ruling to edges of boards extensive gilt decor and red morocco gilt labels to spines. Blue-green marbled endpapers. Hinges sound endpaper uncracked at gutters. Volumes II & III retain rose silk ribbons. No ownership or library marks. Scarce. Charles Colle 1709-1783 French dramatist and songwriter. This work is "a curious collection of literary and personal strictures on his boon companions as well as on their enemies on Piron as on Voltaire on La Harpe as on Corneille" EB 1911. Attractive sound set of a scarce work. 1st thus. Hardback. Hardback. Very Good. xxvi 492 iv 532 iv 607 pp. 8vo. L'Imp. Bibliographique Hardcover
183476361London: Simpkin & Marshall 1834. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. A nice smart copy in the original publisher's cloth corners bumped and a little fraying at the top of the spine but presents very well. The plates are all present and the folding map often seen as a frontis is bound in at the rear. Size: Octavo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Inventory No: 76361. . Simpkin & Marshall hardcover
1803AL21GTGRN268London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1803. Hardback rebound in modern quarter morocco gilt titles to spine. New end-papers. xiii 359pp. With 20 sepia aquatint plates double page map. 1st edition 1803. Some offsetting from plates. A splendid copy. al21. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. T. Cadell and W. Davies Hardcover
1841b1017<p>Dorr Howland & Co. 1841. 1st Eedition. 632 pages. Frontispiece. Folded map of Massachusetts 200 engravings. Good Hardcover. Hard Leather Binding Gilt spine title. Some rubbing and edge wear to the cover. Rebilt front edge. Photos available upon request. 9.1"x5.5"x1.9". b1016. be43.</p> Dorr, Howland & Co. hardcover
1875biblio38803<p>Bradley Garretson & Co. Philadelphia 1875. VeryGood Hardcover no dj. NearFine Hardcover no dj. DarkGreen Leatherlike binding with deep relief and Gilt and colorless embossed stamping beveled edges. Top of the spine got material loss 04"x!.0" also minimal wear to the bottom of the spine otherwise binding looking Fine. The book is Clean Unmarked throughout. Binding and hinges in Excellent condition. 8.9"x 6.5"x1.8". be37514.</p> Bradley, Garretson & Co. hardcover
1806BIBLIO-16000Imprimerie Bibliographique Paris first edition 1806-09. 4 vols modern library cloth gilt spine-titles 8vo 20 cm. lxxvi522 678 viii 560 437 2 lv pp. 12403 entries. An ex-library set. Sturdily bound in blue library cloth gilt callnumbers on the spines library bookplates and consultation records on pastedown endpapers circular blindstamps on title-pages and a few others in each volume last two leaves of Volume I edgetorn with slight loss not affecting text.Volume II has waterstaining to the gutter of the Preface lightly impinging on the text and mild waterstaining and discolouration to the fore-edges of a section of approximately 60 pp not affecting text. In rebinding the set with new endpapers the hinges were tape-strengthened and the tape extends to a depth of about 1 cm onto the title-pages not affecting text. Edges of textblock smokestained. Imprimerie Bibliographique, Paris, first edition, 1806-09 hardcover
1842217654New York: S. Tuttle 1842. hardcover. good. 230 engravings. 608 pages. 8vo contemporary calf black leather label calf rather worn lacks lower spine label foxing throughout mostly to margins. New York: S. Tuttle 1842. Good.<br/> <br/> Lacks folding map."Howe `zigzaged from county-seat to county-seat collecting material and taking sketches the original drawings the quoted narratives and first-hand anecdotes preserve much picturesque and illuminating material." DAB IX p. 288. Howes B-122.<br/> <br/> S. Tuttle unknown
18421618London: James Nisbet and Co. 1842. Second edition. 12mo. Publisher's original embossed purple cloth with decorative titles in gilt to the spine. Pale yellow endpapers. Page edges untrimmed. Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece depicting the "Court of a Negro King" title page vignette depicting Jerusalem and two further half-page illustrations. Leaf bound in at the rear advertising the services of Miss Furnass of 25 Notting Hill Square "sister to Miss Barber" regarding "board and instruction" for young ladies. pp.x 2 199 1 4 publisher's advertisements. A very good copy the binding firm with toning and a little marking to the spine and few light splash marks to the boards. The contents with a later twentieth-century owner's name in pen to the front free endpaper a small abrasion to the rear pastedown and the occasional spot of light foxing to the text pages are otherwise in very good order. An uncommon collection of missionary stories first published in 1840 including an account of Sierra Leone and the slave trade a missionary settlement in Greenland the Chinese Protestant convert Liang Fa 1789-1855 the city of Jerusalem the people of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands and the Native American leader Skenandoa. London: James Nisbet and Co. hardcover
1834749968 110 4 pages 42 engraved plates including title page vignette and fold out map opposite title page Published by Simpkin and Marshall hardcover
1870954T70Berlin: Ed. Bote & G. Bock c1870. Cloth. Very Good. 12" by 9.5". None. The musical and vocal score of this grand opera in five acts from French composer Charles-Francois Gounod in German. German. New revised edition with Italian text. A grand opera in five acts to a French libretto from the play Faust et Marguerite by Michel Carre which was in turn loosely based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust Part One. The piece follows Faust an aging scholar who determines that his studies have come to nothing and have only caused him to miss out on life and love. Written by Paul Jules Barbier a French poet writer and opera librettist and Michel Carre a prolific French librettist who often collaborated with each other. With the music by Charles-Francois Gounod usually known as Charles Gounod a French composer noted for church music and popular short pieces including his "Ave Maria" an elaboration of a Bach piece and "Funeral March of a Marionette". Previously held in the library of Felix Hubel a German entrepreneur publisher writer translator and collector. Dated from the Royal Academy of Music Library. Bound in full green cloth with the original paper wraps bound in. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the cloth. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light age toning to the extremities. Minor spotting to the first and last few pages. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good Ed. Bote & G. Bock hardcover
18511150721.23Published for the author by Clark Austin & Co. New York 1851. Hardcover. Good. 8vo hardcover no dj. Rebound in recent black buckram cloth silver spine lettering new endpapers added. Good condition. Prev. owner's name/date on original front endpaper. Moderate foxing throughout contents otherwise clean no markings binding & hinges tight. Boards quite clean spine lettering bright & sharp. iv 5-409 pp. 8 pg. Chronological Table in rear. Numerous illus. plates fold-out map of New York in excellent condition no tears. Published for the author, by Clark, Austin & Co., New York hardcover
1848TB33248Worcester Mass.: Warren Lazell 1848. Reprint of 1848. Very good in fine new binding of black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and new end sheets. The edges of the text block are marbled. A small quarto of 9 by 5 1/2 inches with no wear to the binding an early prior owner's name in pencil on the second free end page. The contents are surprisingly clean and bright this dealer suspects the pages were . washed before rebinding. Tthe fold-out hand-colored map is also clean and bright and without any damage 631 pages of text illustrated from 200 woodcut engravings and the hand-colored fold-out map. The first edition of this title was published by Dorr Howland of Worcester in 1839. Armstrong Bibliographies of New England History 103; Howes B-123 Warren Lazell hardcover
1844TB31669Worcester Mass.: Warren Lazell 1844. Reprint of 1844. Good in its original binding of full leather covered boards with gilt decorations and gilt text on the spine. The edges of the text block are marbled. A small quarto of 9 by 5 1/2 inches with the leather worn through over the front and rear joints the lower edges of the boards and the tips of the boards. There is an early prior owner's name written in ink at the upper edge of the title page. The contents are generally foxed on the margins and the fold-out hand-colored map is partially tanned it is in undamaged condition. 624 pages of text illustrated from 200 woodcut engravings and the hand-colored fold-out map. The first edition of this title was published by Dorr Howland of Worcester in 1839. Armstrong Bibliographies of New England History 103; Howes B-123 Warren Lazell hardcover
1846TB31670Hartford Conn.: H. S. Parsons & Co. 1846. Third Edition of 1846. Very good in its original full leather covered boards with extensive gilt tool work and gilt text on the spine with the edges of the text block marbled. An octavo of 8 by 5 inches with rubbing to the boards and the edges of the boards The contents are mildly foxed in the margins throughout. The fold-out map is missing. 624 pages of text illustrated a frontispiece and from "numerous" woodcut engravings. The first edition of this title was published in Hartford in 1840 and contained only 576 pages. Howes B-124 H. S. Parsons & Co. hardcover
1837687Paris: Méquignon-Marvis Père et Fils Libraires-Éditeurs 1837. Fourth edition. <br /> <br /> A substantial 19th-century medical reference work by J.-B.-G. Barbier professor of pathology and clinical medicine at Amiens and member of the Société de Médecine de Paris. Barbier’s Traité Élémentaire de Matière Médicale offers an exhaustive overview of medicinal substances and their physiological effects arranged according to botanical chemical and therapeutic principles. The text covers both traditional pharmacognosy and emerging chemical medicines of the early modern pharmacopeia reflecting the transitional period between classical herbalism and modern pharmacology. Each volume contains extensive entries on plant mineral and animal-based remedies methods of preparation and therapeutic indications forming a key work in French medical education during the July Monarchy.<br /> <br /> The fourth edition “revue corrigée et augmentée†incorporates the author’s later observations and expands on toxicology and comparative therapeutics. Printed in clear Roman type by Imprimerie de Trezzolo with half-titles typographical ornaments and crisp wide-margined pages. A cornerstone in 19th-century materia medica literature notable for bridging empirical observation with developing chemical science in France’s medical schools.<br /> <br /> Condition & Binding: Contemporary quarter leather over marbled paper boards gilt-stamped spine labels reading “Barbier — Matière Médicaleâ€Â and volume numbers I–III. Marbled boards well preserved though the front board of Volume I is loose and Volumes II and III have detached front covers. Leather spines show wear rubbing and small losses at heads and tails. Interiors are clean and bright with only light foxing and occasional faint marginal dampmarks; bindings tight internally. Overall- fair. Méquignon-Marvis, Père et Fils, Libraires-Éditeurs unknown
1890kb477.827USA: Wm F Fell Philadelphia 1890. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. . 1st Edition. Hardback. VG/No DW. Wm F Fell (Philadelphia) Hardcover
1854153243London : J. R. Smith 1854. First Edition. Hardback. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with the title blocked direct in gilt. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. An exceptional copy - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 173 pages; Physical desc. : xii iii-vi xiii-xiv 4 173 1 288 p. ; 23 cm. Subject: Britons - Origin & Civilization. Wales - Antiquities Celtic. Notes: ""In three parts. "" Second and third parts have separate pagination 1-288 . Errata on p. vi 1st count. London : J. R. Smith hardcover
1897980Red cloth with gilt lettering and embossed border on front board. 37pp genealogical chart frontis sketch with tissue. Hand-drawn pen and ink illustration of a knight hospitaller on tiisue mounted to the ffep with what are assumed to be the author's initials "R.W.B" in the lower right corner. A similarly attached illustration of a member of the Augustinian Canon is attached to the front fly verso although author's initials. A printed hymn written by the author "The Church of God" is attached to the rear pastedown. Ffep and front flyleaf detached. Spine and rear pastedown have a bit of silverfishing rear board has some mottling. Scarce. Self-published hardcover
1879200965Paris: Paul Daffis 1879. Third Edition Revised and Augmented. Hardcover. Good Baords are edgeworn with scuffing/smudging; volume 4 is the worst of the lot in that its spine is heavily chipped and peeling and its front cover is loosening from the binding; textblock edges are lightly scuffed/smudged/foxed; interiors are clean with occasional smudging and/or foxing. Black and black marbled boards with five raised bands and gilt lettering; 4 volumes. Paul Daffis hardcover
18191203140050Paris : Mequignon-Marvis 1819. Hardcover. Very Good. Three volume set. XI-636 ; 650 ; 555 p. ; 21 cm. 8vo. Spine bound in contemporary leather with marbled boards. Tight binding and good covers. Shelf wear to extremities. Scuffing to boards. Damp stain to the first 30 pages of volume 3 otherwise clean unmarked pages. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Paris : Me?quignon-Marvis hardcover