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184736617Providence: Printed by Knowles & Vose 1847. 1st edition Sabin 16241. Period brown quarter calf with marbled paper wrapped boards. Spine ends chipped. Front joint starting though solidly attached by the cords. A VG copy. iv 5 - 171 1 pp. 12mo. <br/><br/> Printed by Knowles & Vose hardcover books
1827684181827. Dudley 1827. McCoy Freedom of the Press. Dudley 1827. McCoy Freedom of the Press. A Draper is Charged with Seditious Libel for Displaying a Strike Notice in His Shop Window Trial. Cook Samuel 1786-1861 Defendant. A Full Report of the Trial of Samuel Cook Draper Dudley For an Alleged Seditious Libel Tried at Worcester Aug. 1 1827 Before Mr. Justice Littledale. Taken in Short Hand by an Eminent Writer. Dudley Worcester: Sold by S. Cook Draper 1827. ii 72 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into period-style quarter morocco over marbled boards gilt titles and ornaments to spine endpapers renewed. Light toning to text somewhat heavier in places "4" in early hand to head of title page. $850. Only edition. Cook a linen draper and political radical was found guilty of displaying in his shop window a handbill promoting a nailers' strike that accused government ministers of contributing to the starvation of the people. However his punishment was light being bound over for the sum 200 to receive sentence "when called upon." This pamphlet was published by Cook to raise money for his legal expenses. A note at the foot of p. 72 is an appeal for additional financial assistance: "S. Cook will be happy to receive and Subscriptions towards his late expenses and towards such subsequent proceedings as may be deemed requisite." OCLC locates 4 copies 2 in North America Duke Southern Illinois University. McCoy Freedom of the Press Supplement IC318. unknown books
1888182830New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1888. Hardcover. VG- light shelfwear to boards pages are very clean binding tight. Beige cloth boards stamped in brown and green design made to look like cross stitch; all edges yellow tinted; bw portrait frontispiece with tissue guard; xii 239 pp 13 portraits on 11 plates. Originally published in Scribner's magazine v. 2 1887. Includes a list of the illustrations. The daily life of an upper class woman. Introduction by Clarence Cook. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
189828411Cambridge: The University Press 1898. 8vo. viii 127 pp. <br><br>From the library of "Rev. Prof. George Foot Moore D.D." and with his underlining in pencil and red pencil and some of his marginalia tying text to the Scriptures. He as a distinguished scholar: Frothingham Professor of History Religion at Harvard 190428. The original edition not a modern reprint. Publisher's dark green cloth. The University Press hardcover books
186025726London 6 June 1860. 12mo 7.25" x. 4.5". 1 p. <br><br>Cook 181889 was a Chartist poet author and proponent of political and sexual freedom for women. She writes "I am again here for a few days . . . and want to know if you can receive me on Friday about eleven. I am anxious you should do a writing portrait to see which will afford you most satisfaction. I will bring the proofs of the sonnet with me."<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Residue of the stock of Seven Gables Bookshop 193079 via the son of Michael Papantonio 2009. Very good condition. Tipped onto a slightly larger sheet. With the integral blank. unknown books
1900275106Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates 1900. First. hardcover. very good. Many photo Illus. 3 volumes. Small 8vo original green cloth with elaborate gilt decorations. Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates 1900. Very good<br/><br/> Henry T. Coates unknown books
1868BOOKS003840x627 pages with diagrams. Octavo 8 7/8" x 6 ¼" bound in half leather. This edition was published in the same year as the first but is the expanded and preferred edition. The first edition consisted of 72 pages. Betts: 32-7 Second edition.<br /><br />PROSPECTUS: Provided a subscription list can be obtained sufficient to pay the expense of publication it is in contemplation to issue during the present year a large collection of Chess Problems by American Composers. The book will be under the editorship of Eugene B Cook and W R Henry; it will contain one thousand positions upon diagrams two and a half inches square and the price will not exceed two dollars. The names of subscribers should be sent to W R Henry Box 1129 New York City. Composers who wish their production to appear to the best advantage are requested to forward the latest versions to the same address. The editors would like also to publish the real name of the composer in every case and to give the proper credit to the periodical in which each problem originally appeared.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Hinges rubbed boards chipped pages 510-526 edge pages damaged pages 524/25 stained previous owner's name on front end paper. Overall about a good copy. Adelmour W King hardcover books
183027330Boston: Printed by Isaac R. Butts 1830. First edition. Paper wrappers. Wrappers lacking paper loss in one corner of all leaves not affecting text scattered foxing correction to one name. 54 pp. 8vo. In addition to Cook's lecture there is a song "The course of culture" by G.T. Fessenden to be sung to Auld Lang Syne; plus The Society's officers committees members and amendments to its constitution. OCLC shows 9 copies. Sabin 16300. Checklist Amer. Imprints 1006. Printed by Isaac R. Butts unknown books
1889298296Philadelphia: McKay 1889. hardcover. very good. 286 pages. Small 8vo 3/4 black calf over marbled boards ornately gilt spine top edge gilt; binding lightly edgeworn and one label on spine rubbed. Philadelphia: David McKay 1889. Reprinted from the Philadelphia Ledger. Very good.<br/><br/> Small neat gift inscription on flyleaf.<br/><br/> McKay unknown books
188943423Philadelphia: McKay 1889. First Edition. 8vo pp. 286. Bound in original mustard cloth stamped in gilt and brown. A very good tight copy. Cook traveled through portions of New Jersey New York Rhode Island Connecticut Massachusetts and new Hampshire. McKay unknown books
1813728041813. HOGARTH William ANECDOTES OF THE CELEBRATED WILLIAM HOGARTH WITH AN EXPLANATORY DESCRIPTION OF HIS WORKS. By Thomas Cook. London; Printed for John Stockdale Piccadilly 1813. This title was first published to accompany Cook's Hogarth Restored 1802; the volume contains descriptions only of Hogarth's plates not actual plates and the text of Hogarth's The Analysis of Beauty also without plates. This is a later printing. vii422 pp. Octavo. In a worn contemporary binding of quarter calf with gilt title at spine and marbled boards. The boards are heavily rubbed and worn; the lower joint is starting. The ffep. is missing but the text is complete. Text leaves show occasional light soiling and/or foxing. A good-plus and nicely printed reading copy. unknown books
1860422391860. The preponderance printed on blue paper. Sizes range from 4-1/8" x 6-7/8" to 7-3/8" x 7-1/2" <br/><br/>"Paul Whitin helped found the Northbridge Cotton Manufacturing Company in Northbridge Massachusetts in 1809 and in 1816 joined his brothers-in-law in founding the Whitin & Fletchers mill in South Northbridge now Whitinsville of which he became sole owner in 1826. Around this time his two elder sons Paul Jr. and John joined him forming P. Whitin & Sons. Operating under that name Paul and John purchased the Northbridge Cotton Manufacturing Company mill after the death of their father in 1831 and they later added their younger brothers Charles and James to the company. The company prospered and supplemented its cotton production with the manufacture of pickers looms and other machinery. About half of the houses in Whitinsville were owned by the company and rented to its employees most of whom worked in the shop and foundry; a few employees were clerks in the company store." UM website. The P. Whitin & Sons firm was dissolved in 1864. This collection of receipts documents their purchases of foodstuffs & other sundry items from divers merchants in Providence R.I. e.g. Wm. F. Huntoon. Coffee & Spices Worcester e.g. L. Spring 2nd. Flour Meal Salt et al & Boston e.g. W. Baker & Co. Chocolate & Cocoa. A nice cache of material documenting food prices in the Northeast during the mid-19th C. unknown books
1888223752New York: Selmar Press 1888. Illustrated with many full-page steel engravings after Doré Gerôme etc. 3 vols. Folio. Bound in three quarters Publisher's morocco and cloth gilt stamped edges red. Binding dry and splitting at the joints. Internally very fine. Illustrated with many full-page steel engravings after Doré Gerôme etc. 3 vols. Folio. Selmar Press unknown books
1888006734New York: Selmar Hess 1888. First edition. Half Morocco. Pebbled Cloth over boards. Good. With Publisher's half morocco binding. Folio. 33 by 26 cm. Condition: heavy rubbing along joints raised bands edges. Large chipped loss of leather at spine base first volume. Moderate age toning of leaves otherwise mostly clean with occasional foxing mostly on the tissue guards. One plate with small marginal closed tear where there had been a rusty paper clip. <br /><br /> Selmar Hess hardcover books
1888133906New York: Selmar Hess 1888. Hardcover. Good ex-library with typical markings light wear at cover edges binding quite solid internally gorgeous. Dark red buckram. 336 pp. Profusely illustrated steel engravings. Loose vol. III of a three volume set about 200 pp. devoted specifically to American artists and their work. A hefty substantive work peppered with crisp lovely steel engravings. Excellent reference for the student or collector of 19th century works. All the steel engravings are quite suitable for framing should that be your desire. Selmar Hess hardcover books
1888155630New York: Selmar Hess 1888. Hardbound. G Moderate wear and scuffs to spines and corners; outer spine of vol. 3 is separating from hinge; front board of vol. 3 has soiling patch at bottom quarter; pages have aged only lightly; engravings are clear; some wear at front inner hinges of first two vols.; may have been re-lined at flyleaves in contemporary times; a solid set in general. Leather dusting/flaking off where rubbed. 3 vols. Black textured cloth boards with brown leather spine & corners gilt letters and ornate gilt decorations on spines gilt outlines on covers gilt decorations on front covers gilt edges all around; 974 total pp. hundreds of BW illus. A three-volume set devoted specifically to a variety of artists and their work. A hefty substantive work peppered with crisp lovely steel engravings. An excellent reference for the student or collector of 19th century works. Selmar Hess hardcover books
1888127779New York: Selmar Hess 1888. Hardcover. Good wear at cover edges internally gorgeous. Dark brown cloth. appx. 400 pp. Profusely illustrated numerous steel engravings. Apparently Volumes 2 and 3 bound together but the order of the plates makes it hard to tell. Sold as a collection of very clean steel engravings numbering appx. 33 all with tissue guards. Selmar Hess hardcover books
1888139068New York: Selmar Hess 1888. Hardbound. G Bindings are well worn on edges and spines; hinges are good and pages are terrific with only faint mirroring from full-page engravings to adjacent pages. 2 vols. Three-quarter marbled boards with brown leather spines and corners gilt letters on spines gilt edges all around; marbled flyleaves 636 pp. total hundreds of BW illus. Two volumes of a larger set devoted specifically to artists and their work. A hefty substantive work peppered with crisp lovely steel engravings. Excellent reference for the student or collector of 19th century works. The marble boards and flyleaves are especially exquisite in bubbles of green yellow and blue. Selmar Hess hardcover books
18882671771888. Cut in 16 sections and backed with linen folded into marbled card stock portfolio with printed title label. The sections are starting to separate but the map is complete. Some loss to the marbled papers covers. 27" x 37". unknown books
18852671691885. Cut in sections and backed with linen folded into marbled card stock portfolio with printed title label. There is beginning to be some separation at the folds and the map has some discoloration. Some loss to the marbled papers covers. 27" x 37". unknown books
18862671671886. Cut in sections and backed with linen folded into marbled card stock portfolio with printed title label. There is beginning to be some separation at the folds and the map has some discoloration. Some loss to the marbled papers covers. 27" x 37". unknown books
18882671761888. Cut in 16 sections and backed with linen folded into marbled card stock portfolio with printed title label. Many of the sections have separated but the map is complete. Some loss to the marbled papers covers. 27" x 37". unknown books
1896238153Brooklyn NY 1896. 1-1/2 pp. in ink on personal stationery Frederick A. Cook M.D. 687 Bushwick Avenue Brooklyn N.Y. 1 vols. 12mo. Slightly soiled old folds docketed presumably by Operti "ans O/18/96. 1-1/2 pp. in ink on personal stationery Frederick A. Cook M.D. 687 Bushwick Avenue Brooklyn N.Y. 1 vols. 12mo. Cook Congratulates Operti 1896. A charming letter between two Arctic veterans. <br/><br/>Frederick Cook founding member of both the Arctic Club and the Explorer's Club and future rival claimant to Robert Peary as discoverer of the North Pole writes to his old friend Albert Operti. Both Cook and Operti had been with Peary on an Arctic expedition in 1891 Cook as surgeon Operti as artist and Operti had just returned from a second Peary expedition to Greenland with sketches notes paintings and memorabilia which now form an important part of the collections of the Explorer's Club. The letter reads:<br/><br/>"My dear Operti<br/><br/>"I am so glad that you succeeded. You must have had a glorious time. Accept my hearty congratulations.<br/>"I am anxious to see your hard earned collection and have a peasant chat about our old Eskimo friends in the far North . <br/>"if this is agreeable to you at what time and place may I have the honor . <br/>"Yours cordially<br/><br/>"Frederick A. Cook unknown books
187927567London: Frank Kerslake; and Paisley: J. & J. Cook 1879. First edition thin 8vo pp. 88; frontispiece illustration and frontispiece vignette; contemporary pebbled maroon cloth black morocco label on spine lettered in gilt t.e.g.; extremities worn with corners showing and spine ends chipped away the covers a little scuffed the colored sizing of the cloth on spine apparently dissolved by past dampstaining revealing grain of cloth; a few small portions of the spine label worn away; front hinge cracking; overall still a good sturdy copy. This copy with several neat and informative shoulder notes penned by an early owner who has also tipped-in to p. 51 the original front wrapper printed recto and verso to part 13 of The Penny Pickwick which Cook lists on the facing page under "Plagiarist Titles and Continuations." This is the first edition of the earliest Dickens bibliography preceding that by R. H. Shepherd published in 1881. <br/><br/> Frank Kerslake; and Paisley: J. & J. Cook hardcover books
1879D7974London: Frank Kerslake 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Black cloth original blue printed wraps bound in; 8vo; pp. i-viii 9-88 plus frontis. and bookdealer's ad tipped to verso of the original front cover. Spine chipped and torn; corners bumped; original front wrap and first 4 leaves detached a bit brittle and very lightly chipped along the edges. A good working copy of this useful first edition of the first bibliography on Dickens. Sold as is. <br/><br/> Frank Kerslake hardcover books
