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176946430Berlin Haude et Spener 1769. 4to. No wrappers as issued in "Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres" tome XXIII 1767 pp. 1 folded engraved worldmap in the Lambert projection. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of the paper in which Lambert set forth his theory of how ocean Waves devellops. </em> unknown
180016073Chicago: Fleming H. Revell Co no date - 1800s. Hardcover in green cloth boards with red illustration of cherub no jacket. Fair-Good unmarked contents with faded boards darkened backstrip edgewear. 89 Christian chapters for children with questions on the chapters and verses of Scriptures. Worn but tight and clean collectible reading copy of rare edition. <br/><br/>5 x 7-1/4 266 pp full-pg b/w illus. Fleming H. Revell Co hardcover
1785194908London : His Majesty's printers for T. Cadell 1785. First Edition. Hardback. Good copy in a contemporary binding of cloth-backed boards. MS-titled label to spine. Spine and panel edges considerably worn with surface stains and general wear. Internally all pages are present and bound and in quite sound condition. Rough-trimmed pages. POS to title page.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 758 pages; Description: 1v. : 758p. Tables ; 30cm. Subjects: Finance Public - Great Britain. Contents: 8th report - 9th report - 10th report - 11th report - 12th report. Volume 2 of a 3-volume series. Referenced by: English Short Title Catalog ESTCT1767. London : His Majesty's printers, for T. Cadell hardcover
1721309899A Paris : Par la Compagnie des Librairies 1721. Nouvelle Edition. Hardcover. Worn copy bound in full aniline calf with a leather gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some wear and tear to the spine and panel edges as with age. Provenance; from the library of Bromfield with the owner's armorial bookplate dated 1749. Physical description; vol. III only: 346 pages. Subjects; Pliny the Younger. Genre; Letter. A Paris : Par la Compagnie des Librairies hardcover
17961338633London: J. Dodsley 1796. Ninth Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 2 vols.; VG-; contemporary full bindings of brown leather; spines with black leather labels and gilt lettering and design; some shelf wear and scuffing; wear to joints; wear to spines; all edges marbled; previous owners' names at front paste downs; some foxing to end papers; mild pencil underlining; mild offsetting throughout; notes in pencil at back free end paper of vol. 2; shelved above US History--New York. 1338633. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. J. Dodsley hardcover books
17981254511London: I. Herbert 1798. Hardcover. Thin 10mo in soft brown leather with 7-band gilt spine; in good condition; moderate shelf wear on spine; ex-libris plate inside front board; moire end pages; first end page detached; previous owner's penciled name on second end page; paper slightly faded with occasional off-setting from engravings; pp. 49; shelved in Case 0. 1254511. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. I. Herbert hardcover books
1793277678London: printed by assignment from the executors of the Late Mr. James Dodsley for W. Otridge and Son 1793. First Edition. Softcover. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Physical description; 432 pages. Subjects; English History. English Politics. English Literature. 1793. London: printed, by assignment from the executors of the Late Mr. James Dodsley, for W. Otridge and Son paperback
1779010961London: D. Henry 1779 Disbound magazine sewn binding. Issue for August 1779 containing 44 pp. and fold-out engraving of the Royal Academy Royal and Antiquarian Societies in the Strand. Includes a lengthy summary of the debates in Parliament on the "American war" a list of Frigates and Sloops in the Royal Navy an account of witches in Scotland and the Trial of Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser. Old repair to corner of one page one corner torn no loss of text. Good. D. Henry paperback
1727327588Privately Printed 1727. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy bound in the original panelled boards both boards detached. Wear and tear as with age. Pen notation throughout. Physical description; vol. I only: 365 pages. Subjects; 18th century manners. 18th century Opinions. 18th century English Culture. Privately Printed hardcover
17621010Y27Edinburgi: A. Donaldson et J. Reid 1762. Leather. Good. 7" by 4". None. A very scarce A. Donaldson edition of Pliny the Younger's surviving letters offering an important source of ancient Roman history. A very scarce A. Donaldson edition of this fascinating collection of letters.In full tan calf binding with red morocco spine label. Marbled endpapers and contemporary blanks.The Epistulae are a series of personal missives by Roman lawyer author and magistrate Pliny the Younger providing a unique testimony of Roman administrative history and everyday life in the 1st century. The letter collection notably describes the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 with another asking the Emperor for instructions regarding official policy concerning Christians. This edition contains commentary by Got. Cortii and P. Dan. Longolii.From the library of Scottish advocate landowner and politician George Dempster 1732-1818 nicknamed Honest George. He founded the bank George Dempster & Co. and was a Director of the East India Company from 1769. Dempster was a key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment and respected as an "independently minded incorruptible and moderately radical MP". He dedicated the later years of his life to improving Scottish fishing and agriculture and improving the living conditions of his tenants. In full tan calf with red morocco spine label and gilt to the spine. Externally rear joint is strained. With loss to the head and tail of the spine. Shelf wear. Bookplate of one George Dempster Esq. to the front paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with occasional spots and marginal toning. Good A. Donaldson et J. Reid hardcover
1705250917041Edsel 2017-05-12. audioCD. New. 7x5x0. brand new in original shrinkwrap; because we care that your order arrives in the condition stated we have additionally sealed the case in bubblewrap for added protection during shipment Edsel unknown
171987222Chicago: I.W.W. ca.1917-1925. Original circular stickerette the recto with text and illustrations printed in black with the verso lightly gummed measuring 3" x 3". Fine. Date based on the I.W.W. headquarters address at 1001 West Madison St. Chicago which the organization occupied from July 1917 to March 1925.<br /> <br /> A well-preserved example of the ephemeral "silent agitator" most of which were attractively designed by the Wobbly poet and illustrator Ralph Chaplin produced to be plastered on any and all surfaces for the recruitment of potential members including itinerant workers and tramps. This example advertises the Minneapolis-based local union with the interior image shows various tools used by the workers including a workhorse. 87222. I.W.W. unknown
1720295362Paris: Chez Guillaume Desprez et Jean Desessaertz 1720. Full Leather. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in contemporary calf with raised bands and decorations and lettering in gilt; 52 426 pages including the Table des Epistres et Evangiles; followed by 2 blank pages.; title page printed in red and black.~~An uncommon French edition. We find no copies in commerce and only a handful of institutional holdings. Very Good binding. Chez Guillaume Desprez et Jean Desessaertz unknown
1800WRCLIT62002London: Printed and Dublin Reprinted: by John Gough 1800. 28pp. 12mo. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. Somewhat soiled and occasionally foxed faint old stamps of a defunct mercantile library but a sound copy. Denoted the "Fourth Edition" but the first Dublin printing reported by ESTC following three uncommon London printings beginning in 1798. ESTC Online locates copies at NLI and the Royal Irish Academy only. ESTC 7167853. by John Gough unknown books
1719WRCLIT66450London: Printed for R. Francklin . and J. Bettenham 1719. 51580p. Octavo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume. Title leaf browned and with early annotations terminal leaf soiled detached and creased with loss at gutter touching a few letters. A scruffy but complete copy. First edition of these translations by Joannes Ernestus Grabe of "De Unitate Ecclesiae" and another untraced treatise accompanied by ample commentary. Grabe 1666- 1711 is regarded by some as ".certainly the most outstanding patristic and biblical scholar of late seventeenth-century England - DNB. Something of a mongel as far as book production: the first 51pp. of text are followed by the errata and 4pp. of adverts; then follows the second part beginning a new register interupted by a general title at pp. 33/4 for the "Exposition" and its Preface. ESTC locates only hree copies in North America: Sutro Newberry and Univ. of Minnesota. ESTC N35453. Printed for R. Francklin ... and J. Bettenham unknown books
1799BOOKS057994ILondon: A. Strahan Printers 1799. HC. very good rebound in 1/2 green leather hardcover. Volume I 347pp; and Volume II 374pp. Very clean and tight set rebound in green leather spines with marbled boards and endpapers. A. Strahan, Printers unknown
1710WRCLIT66407London: Printed for Jonah Bowyer 1710. 32p. Octavo. Sewn untrimmed. A bit dusty dime- size spot in extended fore-margin of first several leaves else very good. First edition printing in octavo format. Copies were also printed in 4to with altered pagination. Smalridge 1662 - 1719 later Bishop of Bristol was highly regarded as a poet and essayist -- he was among those suspected of having written A TALE OF A TUB and earned praise from both Swift and Johnson. ESTC N13204. GOLDSMITHS 4638. KRESS 2676. Printed for Jonah Bowyer unknown books
173057024Pierre Dunoyer. Very Good. 1730. Reprint. Hardcover. "Memoirs of the Marquis de Feuquière lieutenant-general of the King's armies; Containing his Maxims on War and the application of Examples to Maxims. Multicolored marbled endpapers full calf binding. Five raised spine bands decorated gilt spine. Red title label. All edges red stain. Two fold-out maps bound-in. Leather starting at upper spine. Binding otherwise sound inner pages unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 387 pages . Pierre Dunoyer hardcover
1730ess4884London: B. Barker MDCCXXX 1730. Octavo hardcover rebound in 3/4 leather and marbled boards leather spine label gilt letters 474 pp. Ex-libris with a neat stamp to original endpaper and to title hand-written numerals to title and Preface; otherwise Near-Fine with age darkening neat former-owner signature and slight rubbing to leather spine label. B. Barker, MDCCXXX [1730]. hardcover books
1737BOOKS313113VG/NO DUSTJACKET. 1737. Stationery. 100 Thousand acres for William Cory Samuel Heath William English John Dyer Francis Sylvester Catherine Cory William Cosby Elizabeth Mills Catherine Hunt Timothy Bagly Charles O'Neill Sarah Hunt and Danial Bagly. Mostly from Ireland. To be Surveyed by Cadwallader Colden. This was land that the King did not own. It became a folly sale. . 4to. 6 pp. Early ribbon tied fold stains. No watermark. Minor holes in fold. . unknown
1716WRCLIT65972London: Printed for John Baker at the Black Boy in Pater-Noster Row 1716. 4351pp. Octavo. Extracted from pamphlet volume untrimmed. Somewhat dusty and lightly foxed upper blank fore-margin of half-title torn away otherwise a good copy. First edition. ESTC locates a single edition but with the date inferential 1716. The present copy is explicitly dated. The occasional attribution to Ayliffe is noted by ESTC but is problematic as the issues herein pertain to charges of disturbing the peace and political rowdiness while at a tavern rather than to the issues that preoccupied Ayliffe at the time. ESTC locates 9 copies in North America. ESTC N24401. Printed for John Baker, at the Black Boy in Pater-Noster Row unknown books
179926127Northampton MA: William Butler 1799. Good. Northampton MA: William Butler 1799. First Edition. Octavo; full contemporary sheep red gilt spine label half perished; vii8-4482pp. A-3H4 3I1 collated and complete. Leather rather scuffed and dried contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper textblock complete but broken with leaves Z-3L4 separated and a bit worn at extremities. A Good copy only. Printed errata and errata cancel to p. 449.<br /> <br /> EVANS 35583; SABIN 72975. William Butler unknown
179039046Londini: Sumptibus editoris excudebant M. Ritchie & J. Sammells colophon: typis Edmundi Fry 1790. 8vo 17 cm 6.7". 4 484 2 pp. <br><br>Pliny the Younger's letters much admired for their detailed descriptions of Rome in the first century a.d. appear here edited by scholar and philologist Henry Homer whose works the DNB online notes are "all remarkable for the accuracy and elegance of the typography."<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Ink signature of Roland Gray dated 1900 appears on a front endpaper; most recently in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard small booklabel "AHA" at rear. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Brunet IV 722; ESTC T133036. 19th-century blue morocco spine lettered and ruled in gilt covers framed in a gilt dotted roll board edges with same gilt twists on turn-ins all edges gilt; rubbed spine leather flaking with top pulled and bottom headband loose textblock loosening small pencilled notes on endpapers. Light age-toning and offsetting one small marginal paper flaw and two leaves with discoloration in gutter from pink ribbon placemarker still present. Provenance indicia as above. Sumptibus editoris excudebant M. Ritchie & J. Sammells [colophon: typis Edmundi Fry] hardcover books
175495186Erlangen 1754. Hardcover. Poor. This volume only of 3. 74 of 76 plates and maps plus 2 unnumbered facsimiles. Old full leather. 25 cm. Backstrip almost entirely detached along rear joint. Lacks 2 plates numbers I and XXXIII. Old ownership stamp Marie Steiger Zamoyska and a couple of others covered up. German text. Pococke did put a nose on his illustration of the Sphinx and had some other inaccuracies. Despite such errors Pococke's book is generally regarded as one of the best early accounts of travel in the Middle East. This is not the finest of copies but it is an inexpensive and serviceable copy of the 1754 German edition of the Pococke's Egyptian volume. hardcover
175595187Erlangen 1755. Hardcover. Poor. This volume only of 3. 63 of 67 plates and maps numbered XXXVII-CIII. Old full leather. 25 cm. General wear. Cover almost entirely detached at front hinge. Lacks 4 plates or maps numbers XLIII LIX LXII and LXIII. Old ownership stamp Marie Steiger Zamoyska and a smaller hard to deciper circular stamp. German text. Pococke did put a nose on his illustration of the Sphinx in the Egyptian volume and had some other inaccuracies. Despite such errors this is generally regarded as one of the best early accounts of travel in the Middle East. This is not the finest of copies but it is an inexpensive and serviceable copy of the 1755 German edition of the Pococke's volume on travel in Ottoman-controlled 18th century Greece including Thrace and elsewhere in Europe. hardcover