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1866WRCAM52261Philadelphia 1866. 15316pp. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards. Binding worn and rubbed. Very good. An interesting carpenter's account book from 19th-century Philadelphia containing a voluminous amount of entries listing client names types of carpentry work done and the costs thereof. Internal evidence his name on pages 52 and 114 suggests that this belonged to Philadelphia carpenters John and W.H. Martin. The accounts start on July 22 1835 exactly one month after the 1835 Philadelphia general strike ended. Workers' rights and formative unions owe much to this strike in Philadelphia the first general strike by wage workers in North America. The strike helped alleviate long hours and low pay by involving some 20000 workers who demanded a ten-hour work day and increased wages. The strike was very successful ending in an almost complete victory for the workers. <br> <br> About half of the ledger deals with work done in the first five years in which it was kept 1835-1840. There are no entries from June 1847 to June 1849 and only sporadic entries from 1857 to the final entries in 1866; most of the rest of the accounts are from 1840 to 1855 except the two-year hiatus. <br> <br> The account book lists a wide assortment of different types of work accomplished by carpenters including framing putting up awnings "repairing a privey seat" hanging doors and windows putting up lightning rods making shutters mending floors and much more. In addition Martin seemed to occasionally make furniture specifically benches and tables for which there are some entries here. It also contains important information on the prices paid by tradesmen for supplies in Philadelphia at the time mostly lumber and nails in this case. <br> <br> Although there is no explicit ownership signature both internal evidence and other material purchased from the same estate suggest John Martin as the principal craftsperson and W.H. Martin as an employee or other principal of the business. The ledger offers much insight into American trade in one of its most important cities at a time of immense growth. <br> <br> A fascinating account book with much detail on the development of Philadelphia private homes in the middle of the 19th century. hardcover books
1809299716New York: Privately Printed 1809. First. hardcover. very good. First edition of Carpenter's privately printed anonymously published Federalist attack on Jefferson apparently suppressed and subsequently very scarce.<BR><BR>2 volumes. iv 404; ii 434 pages. 8vo rebound in recent tan polished calf with red & black spine labels ownership bookplate on pastedown with owner's initials stamped at foot of spines. New York: Printed for the Purchasers 1809. First edition. Expected light toning and foxing; spines sunned still a very good copy.<br/><br/> South Carolina journalist and passionate Federalist Stephen Cullen Carpenter authored and anonymously published "Memoirs of Jeffereon" amid controversy over Jefferson's Embargo Act and the same year increasingly Antifederalist James Madison was inaugurated as the nation's fourth president. Carpenter accuses "Jefferson of being a captive of dangerous French revolutionary ideals" Kaplan 187 and "criticizes very severely the character and administration of Thomas Jefferson" Sabin. 11004. The book argues that Jefferson's "known imbecility" and "zeal in favour of the French republic. seems to have been so violently hot at times as to have bereft him of all discretion as a statesman. unmindful of his duty as a citizen of prudence of every thing but his perverted ambition" II: 166-80. "Venomously critical; said to have been suppressed" Howes C164. Shaw & Shoemaker 17154.<br/><br/> Privately Printed unknown books
18913812Chicago: Lanward Publishing Co 1891. First edition. First edition. 4to. Original publishers full dark green beveled cloth with blindstamped scroll design on cover on which has gilt lettering gilt spine dec. endpapers. The first major book illustrated by Will Bradley renowned American artist/illustrator designer and publisher. Photographic frontispiece portrait. Decorative title 16 chapter headings and 23 pen & ink text illustrations all by Will Bradley. "The accomplishment of Will Bradley 1868-1962 as the complete craftsman capable of executing a book from start to finish places him as one of the foremost figures in the Arts & Crafts movement in America and as one of the most imaginative artists working in book decoration during the 1890's." excerpt from Chapin Library Book Decoration in America 1890-1910 Williamstown 1979. AER. A fine copy with very minor corner rubbing. A rare book moreso in this condition. <br/><br/> Lanward Publishing Co hardcover books
1897108143Manchester: The Labour Press Limited 1897. First edition. Hardcover. An anthology that includes contributions by: Tom Mann William Morris Enid Stacy Grant Allen Bernard Shaw and several others. An about near fine copy in decorated cloth binding with some bumping to the top corners and a little fraying to the spine crown but internally a clean copy. A very nice copy of this important and uncommon collection. The Labour Press Limited unknown books
185520582Sacramento CA: B. B. Redding State Printer 1855. 1st edition. Not in Cowan nor Greenwood. Bound in later blue-grey paper wrappers. Overall VG a faint qtr-circle stain to upper left of text paper/'San Quentin / -- 1855 --" written diagonally to lower half of front wrapper. Ex-lib with 2 small stamps to t.p. & a lightly penciled purchase annotation in the gutter after the 1st leaf 10 Nov 61 JR $10.00. 54 2 pp. "Register and Descriptive List of Convicts under Sentence": pp. 12 - 35 beginning with 1851; "Transcript of Received Escaped and Returned Prisoners since the Inspection of State Prison Books": pp 38 - 40. Last leaf blank. 8vo. 23.5 cm x 14 cm. <br/><br/>This an interesting factual account regarding the early days of the prison an era when it wasn't quite impregnable edifice that now stands; in 1854 75 of 520 incarcerated individuals had escaped without recapture. This situation caused Governor John Bigler to write: "Gentlemen: Having learned from various reliable sources that quite a number of escapes have recently occurred from the State Prison which to some extent is in your charge I deem it my duty respectfully to invite your attention to the section of the law regulating your duties. These escapes permit me here to remark give great force to allegations daily and publicly made that the prison building is insecure and that its management is not such as to fully accomplish the object of its erection in prevention and punishment of crime." However since the place is still going strong one can be reasonably confident the governor's concerns were addressed. Rare; Not in Cowan Greenwood nor Rocq. Not in the LoC on-line catalogue. OCLC & Melvyl record but one copy UCSB & no copies have been at auction these last 25 years. No other copies currently offered via the on-line matching services. B. B. Redding, State Printer unknown books
187941099London 1879. <p>Carpenter William B. 1813-85. Autograph letter signed to Mr. John Paget 1811-98. London 56 Regents Part Rd. N.W. June 2 1879. 4pp. 178 x 114 mm. A few tiny pin-holes but fine otherwise.</p> <p>From English physiologist and naturalist William B. Carpenter who "helped shape the modern life sciences in Britain Oxford DNB through both his writings and his work as a teacher and administrator at what is now the University of London. Carpenter performed valuable researches in marine zoology and was directly influential in persuading the British Admiralty to sponsor the Challenger expedition the first major scientific study of the deep oceans. Carpenter is also recognized as one of the founders of the modern theory of the adaptive unconscious-he observed that the human perceptual system and the mechanism of human thought operates almost completely outside of conscious awareness. </p> <p>Carpenter's letter which discusses a false confession to murder made by a mentally unbalanced young man reads in part as follows:</p> <p>Dear Mr. Paget In turning out my papers at the University today I have come upon a document which I forward to you containing the Father's statement of his Son's relation to the "Brompton Murder" case with full particulars of the latter's confession and its inconsistency with the facts. </p> <p>I believe that I did not send in this to the Home Secy.; but that what I specially urged upon him was the evidence with which Knowles had supplied me of the "cracky" nature of the youth's mind and of the obviously hereditary tendency to brood as shown in the father and aunt-the latter an old servant of Knowles. And I remember also that there was evidence of the youth having had money in the Savings Bank and of his having drawn out a pound just before the Crystal Palace Police Fête.</p> <p>This altogether made so strong an impression on Mr. Bruce that he at once commuted the sentence; and the family were so sensible that the lad was not fit to take care of himself that they expressed no disappointment at his not having received a free pardon. . . .</p> <p>Carpenter's correspondent was the police magistrate and author John Paget whose Paradoxes and Puzzles published in 1874 included accounts of a number of sensational crimes. We have not been able to identify the murder case to which Carpenter refers in his letter.</p> . unknown books
1830304041London: Printed and Published by William Carpenter 1830. First editions. Decorated head pieces. 1 vols. 4to. Disbound. First editions. Decorated head pieces. 1 vols. 4to. Stamp Duty Challenged. RARE. From 1830 to 1831 Carpenter published an unstamped series called "The Political Letters" challenging the stamp duty law as to whether any publication containing news was subject to duty. Carpenter did not feel that these should be subject to the duty. He was prosecuted and imprisoned from where he edited the "Political Magazine." <br/> The pamphlets contained are:<br/>1. " A Report on the Trail of William Carpeter 12 pp. <br/>2.An Expostulatory Letter to the Commissioners of Stamps." 16 pp 21 October 1830;<br/>3. A Monitory Letter to ther People of England. 16pp. with an ad for Queen Mab.October 29 1830<br/>4. "A Letter to the Aristocracy of England. " 24 pp 6 Nov. 1830; <br/>5 A Second Letter to the Duke of Wellington.16pp<br/>6. Facts and Observations connected to the Present Times. 16pp. November 18 1830<br/>7. A Letter to Earl Gray.November 25 1830<br/>8."A Letter to Lord Althorpe" 16 pp. 4 Dec. 1830<br/>9. "A Second Letter to Lord Althorpe" 16 pp. 7 Dec. 1830<br/>10. "A Political Miscellany on National Debt" 16 pp. 9 Dec. 1830<br/>11 "A Political Compendium on Reform" 16 pp. 18 Dec. 1830<br/>12 "A Political Digest" 16 pp. 23 Dec. 1830<br/>13. A Supplement to Carpenter's Political Compendium. 8 pp.<br/>14. "A Letter to the Right Hon. Wilmot Horton" 16 pp. 31 Dec. 1830<br/>15. "A Political Mirror" 16 pp. 7 Jan. 1831<br/>16.; "A Political Chronicle" 16 pp. 13 Jan 1831<br/>17. ; "A Political Herald" 21 Jan 1831<br/>18. A Political Register January 28 1831. 16 pp.<br/>19. A Political Letter. Feburary 4 1831. 16 pp.<br/>20. Another Political Letter Feburary 12 1831. 16 pp.<br/>21. A Letter to the Rightr Hon. The Chancellotr of the Exchequer. 16 pp.<br/>22. A Political Monitor Friday May 6 1831. 16 pp.<br/>23. A Political Censor. Saturday May 14 1831. 16 pp.<br/><br/><br/>At an early age he began working for a bookseller in Finsbury first as an errand boy and then as an apprentice.<br/><br/>In 1830 he issued a series of Political Letters with which he attempted to defy the stamp duty on newspapers but in May 1831 he was tried and convicted of evading the law and was imprisoned. While in prison he edited a political magazine which was republished as Carpenter's Monthly Political Magazine in 1832. NCBEL 3:1818 Printed and Published by William Carpenter unknown books
1896248London The Studio Magazine 1896. Embossed lithograph in colors. Contained within the bound edition of THE STUDIO AN ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF FINE AND APPLIED ART. 1894189618971898 and 1899 with their blind stamp lower right. 5 ¼ x 8 7/8 188mm x 226mm. The book is bound in green cloth with gilt letters on the cover and spine. In good condition. The Studio Magazine was an illustrated fine arts and decorative arts magazine founded in Britain in 1893 which exerted a major influence on the development of the Art Nouveau movement. The earlier editions usually had original lithographs and etchings bound into the publication as it is here. Charles Holme Editor. In the later 20th century the annuals gave increasing prominence to architecture and interior design and in the mid-1960s it was retitled Decorative Art in Modern Interiors. The annual ceased publication in 1980. THE STUDIO, AN ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF FINE AND APPLIED ART books
1897313895Manchester: The Labour Press 1897. First edition. 192 pp. 8vo. Original green cloth stamped in gilt and black. Hinges cracked some minor wear to board extremities scattered light foxing contemporary ownership signature to f.f.e.p. First edition. 192 pp. 8vo. An anthology of writings on "the changes going on in the social and industrial situation . the Land Question the questions of Trade-Unionism Co-operation Parliamentary Action Education Art Literature and the Status of Women together with the general positionsof Socialism and Anarchism have all been dealt with in some degree" preface. Contributors includ Alfred Russell Wallace Tom Mann H. Russell Smart William Morris H.S. Salt Enid Stacy Grant Allen Margaret McMillan Bernard Shaw and Edward Carpenter. The Labour Press unknown books
18441257969London: James Carpenter 1844. First edition. Thick large quarto in dark burgundy leather with six-band embossed spine and gold letters; VG; book slightly bowed due to shelving; moderate soiling or shelf wear; gilt edges; frontispiece page foxed; small penciled inscription on second frontispiece page; age-toned; text clean; contains 80 pages of memoir followed by extensive catalogue of etchings and papers by contemporaries of Van Dyck; shelved in Alcove # 1; please contact us for shipping costs. 1257969. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. James Carpenter unknown books
1809132382Printed for the Purchasers 1809. Hardbound. Condition is good as follows: Olive green library cloth ancient with small "s" on mid-spine of each volume as well as faint printed call numbers and name of former institution. Mostly uniform age-toning with scattered foxing. A few tiny dogears in volume 2. Formerly in the Apprentices Library then in the Franklin Lyceum of Wilmington Delaware and finally in the Wilmington Institute Free Library whose bookplate is inside each volume. card-pocket in each volume. Overall tight and clean a very presentable set of these rare books. Old olive library cloth. Two volumes title page replaced with typewritten tp in Volume 1. Vol. 1: iii iv since title page lacks 404 pp. Vol. 2: ii 434 pp. A rare set sold with all faults as described. An excellent reading or reference set not for the overly discerning collector however. Could easily be rebound. Appears to have been printed in New York. Howes describes this rare work as "Venomously critical; said to have been suppressed" due to its scathing description of Jefferson's years in public office and his foreign policy once president. A book with a curious history. It was copyrighted by "Thomas Hall" but contains neither the author's nor the printer's name. Tompkins 27: "Suppressed by the printers on account of the libels it contained. Parton calls them 'two octavo volumes of vituperation.' " It is said that the printer fearing the libel law submitted the book to a lawyer Samuel M. Hopkins of Auburn who after reading 20 or 30 pages reported that he found an average of a libel per page. Howes C164; Sabin 11004; Shaw & Shoemaker 17514. Printed for the Purchasers hardcover books
189429387Manchester: Labour Press Society 1894. First Edition. 8vo pp. 41. Sewn self wraps a fine copy. Scarce. Carpenter 1844-1929 visited the US in 1877 meeting US writers and later devoted himself to the socialism of Morris and Hyndman. His discussion of sex roles mirrors his understanding of power in contemporary society. Labour Press Society unknown books
183849663London: W. Marshall 24 Tavistock Street Covent Garden 1838. 1st printing presumed. Early but probably not original plain brown paper wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Disbound. General wear & soiling to wrappers. Occasional soil & foxing. About Very Good. 12 36 pp. Publisher advert p. 4 advising all that "Marshall's Pocket-Book Business is Removed from 1 Holborn Bars." Contains 11 additional sketches: The Dilemma anonymous 2 pp A Day at Epping anonymous 2 pp We Must Go to Margate This Season anonymous 2 pp My Maiden Speech Carpenter 2 pp Good Shots Attree 2 pp Balloning anonymous 1 pp A Tale of Mystery anonymous 2 pp I'll Have a Gala Night by the author of 'Love for Light Hearts &c' 2 pp Our Festival Day by the author of 'Random Rhymes &c' 2 pp A Progeny of a Punster Harcourt 1 p. Frontis. T.p. vignette. 12 other illustrations 11 full page with contributions by at least 2 other unidentified artists. 12mo. 7" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/>Date of printing determined from the dated advert p. 4. <br /> <br />"Boz the Younger" signs in type the first two sketches: "Old Weller's Chapter of Fat and Sam's Visit to see the Goswell Street Cattle Show"; "Sam Weller's Description of the Proclamation of Victoria I." Each one page in length. Given at the time of this publication Dickens was immersed in Oliver Twist & Nicholas Nickleby we feel confident in saying this booklet was an effort to captialize on his burgeoning fame as Boz. <br /> <br />A rather rare early 19th C. illustrated publication; at the time of cataloguing not found in any of the standard Dickens references not found on COPAC with OCLC listing just 3 institutional holdings of only 12 pages. W. Marshall, 24, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden unknown books
1861714101861. London: Richard Griffin and Company 1861. London: Richard Griffin and Company 1861. Fascinating Insights into the Political Social Legal and Commercial Life of Medieval London Carpenter John d.1441. Whittington Richard d.1423 Riley Henry Thomas 1816-1878 Translator. Liber Albus: The White Book of the City of London. Compiled A.D. 1419 By J. Carpenter Common Clerk R. Whitington Mayor. Translated from the Original Latin and Anglo-Norman by H.T. Riley. London: Richard Griffin and Company 1861. x 2 660 pp. Quarto 8-1/2" x 6-3/4". Contemporary quarter morocco over cloth gilt title to spine top-edge gilt. Moderate rubbing to extremities a few nicks to spine corners lightly bumped contemporary armorial bookplate of John Harrison to front pastedown front hinge just starting at head. Light toning to text light foxing to a few leaves. $350. First edition as an independent work originally published in 1858 as Volume I of the three-volume Munimenta Gildhallae Londoniensis. A compilation of laws statutes ordinances and regulations the Liber Albus is a fascinating digest of information concerning social political and commercial activity in London from the twelfth to the early fifteenth century. OCLC locates 1 copy in a North American law library UC-Berkeley British Museum Catalogue Compact Edition 21:665. unknown books
1848010718London: David Bogue 1848. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.<br /><br /> Publisher's gilt and blind-stamped decorated green cloth with gilt-stamped illustrated spine. Bindings tight and square. Text clean light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Spine Sun-faded. <br /><br />First Edition First Printing. 12mo. 6.75 inches tall; viii 153 pp. Illustrated from wood engravings vignettes. A handsome copy. <br /><br /><p><b>From the Preface:</b> The object of the following pages is to furnish the young and inexperienced angler with what has been long wanted not only a complete guide to the art of Angling but to all the whereabouts of every kind of fish that the rivers of England produce…….</p><p>…….The different descriptions of tackle and of bait appropriate to the several varieties of sport the best places for resorting to and the most likely means of averting disappointment in case of accident are all treated of while the various rivers of England are traced from their source to their fall and the multifarious kinds of fish with which they abound are carefully noted. </p><p>REF: Westwood & Satchell 50; Albee 34; Heckscher 357</p> David Bogue hardcover books
1892316964London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. New York: Macmillan & Co 1892. First edition. Illus. 363pp. 8vo. Bound in modern polished three quarters green calf and marbled boards. Fine. First edition. Illus. 363pp. 8vo. Carpenter a gay icon was drawn to Hinduiasm andd tarveled to India nad Ceylon in 1890. His account of the travel was published herein The book's spiritual explorations would subsequently influence the Russian author Peter Ouspensky who discusses it extensively in his own book Tertium Organum 1912. Swan Sonnenschein & Co. New York: Macmillan & Co unknown books
184861797London: David Bogue 1848. First edition. 12mo. viii 153 pp. Illustrated from wood engravings cut of fish vignettes etc. frontispiece plate of hand-colored flies. Heckscher 357. With an old Liverpool subscriber's library label on the front pastedown; still a very good copy. Original gilt-stamped decorated green cloth spine ends somewhat worn with gilt-stamped illustrated spine dull. 8708. <br/><br/> David Bogue hardcover books
188239128Albany: Weed Parsons 1882. 8vo 23 cm 9.25". 1 f. ii 108 pp. plans. <br><br>County by country report of hospitals for the insane and mentally incapacitated with a few plans of buildings. Includes details of diets clothing activities treatment.<br>Â Â Â Â Carpenter served in various important capacities in the mental health community of New York state including as the Commissioner for the Second Judicial District. Publisher's printed blue wrappers. Wrappers starting to detach some chipping. A good copy. Weed, Parsons hardcover books
1893WRCLIT77690Joliet IL 1893. One and one-half pages in ink on recto and verso of quarto sheet of pictorial letterhead of THE LITERARY NORTHWEST with return address and printed portion crossed through. Tiny filing spindle hole; partial splitting at center mailing fold with no loss scrawled pencil docket and light soiling; about very good. Carpenter writes "To Mr. Herbert S. Stone" of the Chicago publishing firm of Stone & Kimball reporting that "All the drawings for the set of books you are getting out for Mr. Garland have been turned in & have proofs of all with the exception of the last two or three . They seem to have Mr. Garland's approval . I have tried to do good work on them and I think they will come out very strong and black. I have made many more than I had expected to but I am of course anxious to make a good showing from purely a selfish reason." Carpenter continues: "I should be very glad indeed to have you give me a chance when opportunity presents itself to do some artistic and decorative work quaint initials and the like or illustrating of any kind. While I have been very glad to have the opportunity of doing some realistic illustrating I think I would make a creditable showing in other directions. I mentioned to Mr. Garland the other day the payment of the $100 . I should very much appreciate the remittance if convenient as this season's experience has not left me in good financial shape." Horace Thompson Carpenter 1857-1947 was an American illustrator artist and art writer and served as Manager of THE LITERARY NORTHWEST AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY MAGAZINE which was published briefly in St. Paul by the D.D. Merrill Company from March 1892 until July 1893 -- no doubt its demise was among the causes of Carpenter's financial concerns. He studied under Thomas Eakins at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. "Hamlin Garland's books were the rock on which the firm of Stone & Kimball was securely founded . . . The firm published Garland's PRAIRIE SONGS the essays CRUMBLING IDOLS and the novel ROSE OF DUTCHER'S COOLLY. Another volume of stories PRAIRIE FOLKS was published by Stone & Kimball in 1895 from the types of an earlier edition. The author was extravagantly pleased with the appearance of these books; especially with the designs of H.T. Carpenter for MAIN TRAVELLED ROADS reprinted by Stone & Kimball and PRAIRIE SONGS and with the symbolic design of three cornstalks the publishers gave their bindings. Great pains were taken in the production of these books." KRAMER pp.17-18. unknown books
183024113London: Printed and Published by William Carpenter 1830. First editions. Decorated head pieces. 1 vols. 4to. Eleven pamphlets plus the Supplement bound in contemporary green sheep-backed marbled boards. Spine defective edges rubbed some light spotting or browning of leaves else very good copies of these. First editions. Decorated head pieces. 1 vols. 4to. Stamp Duty Challenged. RARE. From 1830 to 1831 Carpenter published an unstamped series called "The Political Letters" challenging the stamp duty law as to whether any publication containing news was subject to duty. Carpenter did not feel that these should be subject to the duty. He was prosecuted and imprisoned from where he edited the "Political Magazine." The pamphlets contained are "An Expostulatory Letter to the Commissioners of Stamps." 16 pp 21 October 1830; "A Letter to the Aristocracy of England" 24 pp 6 Nov. 1830; "A Letter to Lord Althorpe" 16 pp. 4 Dec. 1830; "A Second Letter to Lord Althorpe" 16 pp. 7 Dec. 1830; "A Political Miscllany on National Debt" 16 pp. 9 Dec. 1830; "A Political Compendium on Reform" 16 pp. with an 8 page supplement printed at the Published of the Office of the Political Letters 18 Dec. 1830; "A Political Digest" 16 pp. 23 Dec. 1830; "A Letter to the Right Hon. Wilmot Horton" 16 pp. 31 Dec. 1830; "A Political Mirror" 16 pp. 7 Jan. 1831; "A Political Chronicle" 16 pp. 13 Jan 1831; "A Political Herald" 21 Jan 1831. NCBEL 3:1818 Printed and Published by William Carpenter unknown books
1817WUV1219London: Longman. 1817. Original marbled boards backed by brown calf gilt with leather tips somewhat bumped. Vol. 1 missing several blank endpapers. Bookticket on front pastedown. Signature of pps. 119-122 is loose. Some old mould evident. P. 581 is a nice mathematical plate. Previous owner signatures in each volume. Vol. 2 has tears in last free endpaper but is present. Seven plates present in Vol. 2. Second Edition. Half-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Longman. Hardcover books
1831897351831. CARPENTER George W. ESSAYS ON SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ARTICLES OF THE MATERIA MEDICA Comprising a Full Account of all the new Proximate Principles and the Popular Medicines Lately Introduced in Practice Detailing the Formulas for their Preparation their Habitudes and Peculiarities Doses and Modes of Administration with Remarks on the Most Eligible Form of their Exhibition: to which is added a Catalogue of Medicines Surgical Instruments &c. &c. Adapted for a Physician at the Outset of his Practice with the Doses and Effects attached to each Medicine &c. &c. Philadelphia: Geo. W. Carpenter's Chemical Warehouse 1831. First Edition. 8vo. 226pp. 18pp. Essay by author "On the Mineralogy of Chester County". Paper-covered boards backed with brown cloth and paper title label to spine. Ex-library with bookplate and stamp to front pastedown circulation notice to ffep and stamp to title page. Remnant of shelving label to spine. Ink stain to front board. End papers and pastedowns foxed but only light foxing throughout. Small portion of flyleaf missing. unknown books
187531440London: 56 Regents Park Road 1875. 2 pages. 1 vols. 8vo. On a stub attached to a larger colored sheet some discoloration of larger sheet folds else very good. 2 pages. 1 vols. 8vo. Writing to Youmans that he is sending the last corrected revise of his lecture as asking for the earliest insertion into the magazine continuing that he will be giving his lecture on Human Automatism at Belfast on the 27th "which wil be rather supplemental to thatn an repetition of my Glasgow lecture. If it is well reported as I expect it will be in one of the Belfast papers would a revised Report be of any value to you" Carpenter was noted for his research in botany microscopy zoology and physiology and was a co-leader of the research team in 1868-70 on the deep sea scientific expedition aboard the "Lightning" and "Challenger." Youmans was the founder of "Popular Science Monthly' and planned the "International Scientific Series" he was a noted lecturer on science and author of several works. Provenance: From the autograph collection of W. P. Webster 56 Regents Park Road unknown books
1868021978London: John Churchill and Sons 1868. Small Thick Octavo. . 4th edition. half-title two engraved frontispieces 796pp. edited with additions By Francis Gurney Smith illustrated with 25 plates and 400 wood engravings. This edition enlarged with nearly 40 new pages to offer more illustrations from the smaller wood-cuts to full page illustrations some folding and new information. The author was an English physician invertebrate zoologist and physiologist. He wa voted Fellow of the Royal Society for his work. His most famous work was the Use and Abuse of Alcoholic Liquors in Health and Disease which was recognized as the first temperance book on the subject noting alcohol led to the disease of alcoholism. A very good copy bound in an earlier 20th century binding of 3/4 brown polished calf over marbled paper covered boards retaining original yellow endpapers with publisher's ads raised bands ruled in gilt lettering gilt internally free from foxing. John Churchill and Sons unknown books
183153625Philadelphia: Geo. W. Carpenter's Chemical Warehouse 1831. First edition 12mo pp. xii 226 2; bound with as issued: On the Mineralogy of Chester County drop title pp. 19 1; original cloth-backed paper-covered boards boards spotted cloth frayed along the joints printed paper label on spine largely perished; a good copy. American Imprints 6423 and 6424. <br/><br/> Geo. W. Carpenter's Chemical Warehouse hardcover books
