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185369856London: John Churchill. Two Volume Set: Very Good Condition in contemporary half brown calf over plain grey boards with moroccan leather title labels to spine in red and black and with further gilt scrolling to other compartments to spine.There are five raised bands.The outer boards are a little worn to spine tips and corners.All page edges are marbledwith marbled endpapers.There are Numerous figure drawings set within the text of both volumes.No previous names or inscriptions are present.The bindings remain firm with no hinge weakness.Decent 2 volume set for the collector 1853 2volumes Fourth Edition Vol 1 xxiv 560pp Vol 2 580pp Size: 8vo - over 5¾" - 6'' Tall . Very Good. Hardcover. Fourth Edition. 1853. John Churchill hardcover
1876194384London : Churchill 1876. Eighth Edition. Hardback. Provenance; from the library of R.H.B. Bolton Trinity College Camb. with his signature. Very good copies both in the original calf-backed buckram boards. Professionally and period sympathetically re-backed with the original labels laid back; very impressively finished. Remains a particularly well-preserved set overall; tight bright clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 1176 pages; Physical description; xxiv 1176 p. 3 leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Notes; Subsequent ed. entitled: Carpenter's principles of human physiology. Subjects; Human physiology. Physiology. Other names Power H. Henry 1829-1911. London : Churchill hardcover
187639822London: J & A Churchill 1876. Spine is sprung head and foot also have some chipping slight foxing to pastedowns some rubbing to front and back cover otherwise great condition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo Thick. J & A Churchill Hardcover
1854MASTER184314IPHILADELPHIA: BLANCHARD & LEA. G IN BROWN EMBOSSED BOARDS WITH GILT LETTERING. Pages: 784. . 1854. HARDCOVER. X-LIB MINIMAL FLAWS. BOARDS VERY EDGEWORN & SCUFFED TEARS AT SPINE. P. O. NAMES FFEP. LIGHT TONING & FOXING. BINDING INTACT. . BLANCHARD & LEA hardcover
1843342196Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard 1843. Hardcover. Good. First American edition with additions by Meredith Clymer M.D. Full leather with title written in ink on spine. Spine ends chipped leather dry and worn top page corners water stained owner's name on front fly preliminary pages loose pages foxed thus good only. Lea & Blanchard hardcover
186671859-A-60400Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea 1866. Bound in cloth gilt on spine. 178 12 p. -Cover somewhat damaged around the edges some bare spots. Some foxing on the pages. Otherwise in good condition. Henry C. Lea hardcover
188327220New York:: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1883. First edition. original plum cloth. The plates are all foxed at the margins; some pencil underlining; very slight use to cloth. Large 8bo. Frontispiece portrait and six plates; folding plate of the seating plan. G. P. Putnam's Sons, hardcover
1883010052New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1883. Original morocco gilt dentelles; all edges gilt. Six portrait plates folding seating plan. One of a small number of copies bound originally in morocco. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. G. P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover
180790508Paris: Imprimerie d'Ant. BailleulMagimel 1807. Fine. Imprimerie d'Ant. Bailleul Magimel Paris 1807 13.5 x 21.5 cm Broché First edition cf. Quérard II 140.Our copy is preserved in its original publishers wrappers under the plain pink provisional cover; the spine is split and faded with losses and there are small marginal tears to the covers.A scholar and statesman from Île de France present-day Mauritius J.-F. Charpentier de Cossigny 17361809 was elected deputy for the island to the Constituent Assembly. He returned there in 1800 sent by Bonaparte to announce the advent of the Consular regime and to serve as Director of gunpowder manufacture in Port Louis.But because he sought to employ enslaved workers while paying them as free men he encountered such fierce opposition from the colonists that he chose to abandon his plans and return to France to devote himself to his scientific work.In this memoir addressed in 1792 to the Minister of the Navy he sets out the results of his research aimed at improving the safety of gunpowder manufacture. Imprimerie d'Ant. BailleulMagimel unknown
18723000264London: Longmans Green Reader and Dyer 1872. Book. Very Good/Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. pp xv 143 2 A bright crisp copy evidently seldom read with foxing to the first and last couple of leaves. Scarce. Longmans Green, Reader and Dyer Hardcover
186642761London Taylor and Francis 1866. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" Vol. 156 - Part II pp. 671-756 a. 13 fine lithographed plates. Clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First printing of this classic monograph on Crinoidea. </em> unknown
1897262561London: Published for the Spanish Atrocities Committee by J. Perry 1897. Pamphlet. 23p. stapled wraps 5x7.25 inches wraps lightly foxed bottom edge of front wrap browned staple rusted pp8-17 evenly browned rear wrap lightly silverfished along two edges. Reprinted from "Freedom." On the mistreatment of anarchist political prisoners. Published for the Spanish Atrocities Committee by J. Perry unknown
18041402183Washington D.C. 1804. Original subpoena issued in the name of President of the U.S. Senate Aaron Burr requesting that the individuals named appear for testimony in the impeachment of US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase. In Very Good condition with age toning mild wear to corners and edges and a few very light creases. Both wax seals intact. Signed twice front and back by Secretary of the U.S. Senate Samuel Otis. RW Consignment. Shelved at Rockville Room A General Ephemera Part 2. The present document directs appearance for testimony to be given in the trial of Justice Samuel Chase the only U.S. Supreme Court Justice ever impeached. Signed twice by Samuel Allyne Otis 1740-1814 Secretary of the United States Senate 1789-1814. <br> <br> <br /> Samuel Chase 1741-1811 an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and signer of the Declaration of Independence was impeached by the House of Representatives in 1804 on charges of political bias and misconduct in his judicial conduct spurred largely by the Jeffersonian Republicans' hostility to Federalist judges. His impeachment trial in the Senate in 1805 became a crucial test of the separation of powers. Chase was acquitted on all counts a verdict that set the precedent that judges could not be removed merely for political disagreements thereby strengthening judicial independence. 1402183. Special Collections - Upstairs. unknown
1825055126London: W. Booth 1825. First Edition - Subscribers . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - 12 x 10 Inches Tall. Scientia Biblica; Containing the New Testament in the original tongue with the English Vulgate and a copious and original collection of parallel passages printed in words at length. By W. Carpenter. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1825. Large Paper Edition. 3 volumes; bound as one. Hardback. Edited by William Carpenter - with his Dedication leaf to the King dated March 1st 1825. Each verse of the New Testament is given in Greek followed by the English translation; each verse or set of verses is followed by a collection of parallel passages from elsewhere in the Bible in English. Double-column text very wide margins. Contemporary dark-brown morocco-leather; raised bands - gilt lettered spine. All edges gilt. Gilt dentelles. Original pale-yellow end-papers. Tight bright and clean. Neat contemporary owner name and one other dated 1910. No internal markings. Minor wear to spine. VERY GOOD. Internally fresh clean and excellent. xvii ii v - subscribers list 592 i 669 i 546 i. Subscriber list bound at front of volume one instead of the rear before the errata leaf. Subscribers include Samuel Bagster. Includes index. SCARCE. See Herbert No. 1746. Very Heavy; extra postage needed. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. Folio; approx 12 x 10 and 5 inches thick. Rosley Books for Antiquarian books Cumberland Everyman Keswick Inklings Literature Rarities Theology and History. <br/> <br/> W. Booth hardcover
1825055725London: W. Booth 1825. First Edition - Subscribers . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - 12 x 10 Inches Tall. SALE FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1825. Large Paper Edition. 3 volumes; bound as one. Hardback. Edited by William Carpenter - with his Dedication leaf to the King dated March 1st 1825. Each verse of the New Testament is given in Greek followed by the English translation; each verse or set of verses is followed by a collection of parallel passages from elsewhere in the Bible in English. Double-column text very wide margins. Contemporary dark-brown morocco-leather; raised bands - gilt lettered spine. All edges gilt. Gilt dentelles. Original pale-yellow end-papers. Tight bright and clean. Neat contemporary owner name and one other dated 1910. No internal markings. Minor wear to spine. VERY GOOD. Internally fresh clean and excellent. xvii ii v - subscribers list 592 i 669 i 546 i. Subscriber list bound at front of volume one instead of the rear before the errata leaf. Subscribers include Samuel Bagster. Includes index. SCARCE. See Herbert No. 1746. Very Heavy; extra postage needed. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. Folio; approx 12 x 10 and 5 inches thick. Rosley Books for Antiquarian books Cumberland Everyman Keswick Inklings Literature Rarities Theology and History. <br/> <br/> W. Booth hardcover
182969777London: Printed for Thomas Tegg 1829. Rebound in basic dark green half leather with lighter green cloth covered boards hinges cracked but remains solid front hinge reinforced with tape repair. Occasional spotting or browning otherwise content clean and tidy and firm. Half - Leather. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Printed for Thomas Tegg Hardcover