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17697756Boston 1769. Partly printed document signed in the text by John Hancock - Ship's paper in English for the ship called "Thames" and dated January 2 1769. Signature is bold and clear. A fine example printed on laid paper 9" x 4 1/2." <br/><br/> unknown books
184958811Cincinnati OH: Various publishers 1849. First editions. 1 "An Address on the Bonds of Professional Union Delivered before the Medical Association of Adams Brown and Clermont Counties O. at Batavia October 30 1847." Cincinnati: Atlas Job Room Print 1847. 27 pp. OCLC locates three copies National Library of Medicine Cincinnati History Library Countway; 2 "Valedictory Address on the Sources and Benefits of Professional Earnestness Delivered March 3 1849 to the Graduates of the Medical College of Ohio." Cincinnati: Printed at the office of the "Western Lancet" 1849. 15 pp.; 3 On the Formation of Professional Character: An Introductory Lecture Delivered Nov. 4th 1844." Cincinnati: Printed by R.P. Donogh 1844. 15 pp. American Imprints 44-2945; 4 "An Introductory Address Delivered to the Students of the Medical College of Ohio November 3 1847." Cincinnati: Collins & Van Wagner Printers 1847. 16 pp. OCLC locates five copies Rochester Medical Clendening Medical National Library of Medicine Cincinnati History Library Cincinnati Public; 5 "An Introductory Lecture on the Reciprocal Obligations of the Medical Profession and Society Delivered November 2 1846." Cincinnati: Printed by Looker & Co. 1846. 28 pp. American Imprints 46-3181. OCLC locates 8 copies; 6 "Clinical Lecture on Cholera" caption title. Cincinnati 1849. 8 pp. OCLC locates two copies Chicago Cincinnati History Library; 7 Manuscript copy of the address delivered by Dr. John C. Warren at an October 23 1849 meeting of the Boston area members of the American Medical Association occasioned by the death of Dr. Harrison. 4to. 5 pp. approximately 750 words. Harrison fell victim to the cholera epidemic that was discussed in the final pamphlet in this volume. Some foxing but a lovely presentation of a career's work from a son to his mother. Presentation binding of contemporary black morocco gilt boards framed with quadruple thin gilt rules floral ornaments at each corner spine with gilt rules on raised bands marbled endpapers all edges gilt. #5997. Harrison 1796-1849 a native of Louisville Kentucky studied medicine there and at the University of Pennsylvania returning home to begin his practice at the newly founded Louisville Hospital in 1820. He was appointed to his position at the Medical College of Ohio in 1841 edited the medical periodical "Western Lancet" and served as vice-president of the American Medical Association. For a longer biographical sketch see Kelly and Burrage "American Medical biographies" 1920 pp. 497-498. Dr. Warren's address reads in part: "This gentleman was one of the ablest practitioners in the United States. In the West he was considered as without a superior . while warm & decided in discussion he was not dogmatical and gave an agreeable influence to all he said by the openness and amenity of the manner in which he said it . the respect for him of the profession and community is derived from the noble manner in which he contended against the fatal epidemic of cholera . he continued to expose himself to the disease till he was destroyed by it." Also laid in is a 1961 letter of presentation from one Harrison descendant to another. <br/><br/> Various publishers hardcover books
181864900Windsor VT: Vermont Republican & Yeoman 1818. Monroe's second State of the Union address. Printed broadside 20 x 12 inches the title printed above the first column of the message's text with no other news or advertisements. A rare printing in fine original state from the American provincial press of Monroe's second annual address delivered before Congress on November 17 1818 one of much more than ordinary interest. The first three columns are devoted almost in their entirety and in great detail to conflict with Spain in Spanish Florida where "Adventurers from every country fugitives from justice and absconded slaves have found an asylum." In addition to discussing the threats to American citizens posed by the Seminole Indians encouraged by Spain Monroe defends American action in the taking of Amelia Island off the coast of northeastern Florida which the pirate Louis Aury had seized on behalf of the Republic of Mexico. Another full column is given to the American position vis-a-vis Spain and the Latin American Wars of Independence. A half-column is devoted to affairs with Indian tribes in Michigan and Illinois Territories in Ohio and further west: "With a view to the security of our inland frontiers it has been thought expedient to establish strong posts at the mouth of the Yellowstone River and at the Mandan village on the Missouri and the mouth of St. Peters on the Mississippi." Monroe goes on to articulate the fundamentals of future American Indian policy. "Experience has clearly demonstrated that independent savage communities cannot long exist within the limits of a civilized population . to civilize them and even to prevent their extinction it seems to be indispensable that their independence as communities should cease and that the control of the United States over them should be complete and undisputed." This extra dates from the first year of publication of the "Vermont Republican & Yeoman" 1818-1829. We could find no listing for this separate broadside but it appears that the American Antiquarian Society has a copy. This printing is not in Servies but cf. Vol. I 953 for a separate communication on the Seminole War sent to Congress on March 25 1818. Neither American Imprints nor OCLC record this broadside; OCLC does locate several pamphlet printings and one copy Library of Virginia of a broadside printing from the National Intelligencer in Washington. Paper flaw resulting in a small hole touching several letters in one column else fine. Untrimmed broadside as issued. 11138. <br/><br/> Vermont Republican & Yeoman unknown books
1898265060London: Lawrence and Bullen Ltd. 16 Henrietta Street Covent Garden 1898. First edition. 40 full-page photogravures and other illustrations throughout. Original parts issue each with 2 photogravure plates numerous advertising inserts. 2 vols. 4to. Original pictorial wrappers with design by E. Caldwell. Largely unopened. In two half red morocco boxes. First edition. 40 full-page photogravures and other illustrations throughout. Original parts issue each with 2 photogravure plates numerous advertising inserts. 2 vols. 4to. IN PARTS. From Aardvark to Zebra a very beautifully produced and useful reference here in its rarest state. Includes Angling Big Game Coursing Dogs Football Golf Hunting Shooting Wrestling etc.<br/><br/>Articles by Lydekker Aflalo Millais F.C Selous H.A. Bryden Prince Demidoff J.E. Harting Warburton Pike and many others including Theodore Roosevelt who wrote the articles on the American Bison Caribou Opossum and Raccoon Peccary Prairie Chicken Pronghorn Puma Turkey Wapiti and Wolf Coursing.<br/><br/>SUPERB CONDITION. Phillips p. 113; Petit catalogue 755 parts issue in wrappers Lawrence and Bullen Ltd. 16 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden unknown books
195613695JUniversal City: Universal Pictures 1956. Key book still from This Island Earth featuring make-up effects artist Bud Westmore. Universal 1955 Vintage 8 by 10 inch black and white key book still from the film on linen with verso snipe "Monster Maker - Make-up wizard Bud Westmore puts finishing touches on his newest creation the Mutant…†Fine condition. Universal Pictures unknown books
16759Women's Education Movement. Pamphlet/ Volume 14 of 17: Acts for the State of Massachusetts January 12th Session 1804 Incorporation of Bradford Academy Containing the original incorporation of Bradford Academy. Bradford opened as the first coeducational institution in Massachusetts but due to overwhelming interest from parents of girls with no other option for education Bradford soon transitioned to become the first all-female academy in Massachusetts and among the first in the United States in 1836. Only three examples of these early Incorporation Acts could not be found among Institutional Collections according to OCLC Worldcat. <br/><br/>Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. But this document predates Seneca Falls by 40 years and Bradford was among the very first institutions to educate women in the United States. unknown books
193663077New York 1936. 4to. 2 letters three pages total approximately 400 words in part: "Until St. Nicholas can give up more space we have to keep to the limit . just say what you feel about a book on the whole & why you especially like it . your literary scrap book sounds splendid and you certainly have a fine collection to start with! . I'm so glad you like the St. Nicholas column. We want it to interest readers of about your age." Bianco autograph material is uncommon on the market; we have been unable to find any at auction ABPC 1976-2016 or RareBookHub. Very good. Folded for mailing. 9826. <br/><br/> unknown books
1836665381836. Concord NH 1836. Concord NH 1836. "Oh! Lust Accursed Lust! 'Twas This for Which I Did the Deed" Broadside. Murder. Private Individual at the Bar. Abr'm Prescott's Confession of the Murder of Mrs. Sally Cochran of Pembroke N.H.--June 23 1833. Concord NH.: S.n. 1836. 17" x 11-1/2" broadside. Two-columns of verse in twenty stanzas within woodcut ornamental border text headed by large woodcut vignette of a coffin. Light browning and a few minor stains faint horizontal and vertical fold line chipping to edges section lacking from bottom margin just touching bottom right corner of border a few tears along fold lines with no loss to text later repairs to verso. $2500. Abraham Prescott was found guilty of the murder of Sally Cochran in two separate trials held in Concord in September 1834 and September 1835. Despite a well-crafted insanity defense he was sentenced to be hanged on December 23 1835 in Hopkinton New Hampshire. The execution was postponed to January 6 1836. The verse account in this broadside presents the murder as a crime of passion: "Oh! lust accursed lust! 'twas this for which I did the deed; Forfeiting heaven and life and bliss Forfeiting all I need." See McDade The Annals of Murder 769. OCLC locates 7 copies American Antiquarian Society Brown Dartmouth Harvard Peabody Essex Museum University of Michigan Yale. unknown books
199622106ESanta Monica CA: Lightstorm Entertainment 1996. First Edition. Group of three important pieces used in the creation of the classic fim. Original 153 page shooting script for the Oscar winning film Titanic. Bradbound. About fine copy with a trace of handling to the printed studio covers. With a 70 page one-line shooting schedule for Titanic dated June 28 1996 also bradbound in plain blue cardstock covers and in similar condition. Plus another full 153 page script which is a copy of the heavily annotated script used by the film script supervisor which was made at the end of principal photography for use by the editorial team in editing the movie. Fine in printed studio weappers. The film was directed written co-produced and co-edited by James Cameron starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. The film garnered fourteen Academy Awards nominations tying the record set in 1950 by Joseph L. Mankiewicz's All About Eve and won eleven including the Best Picture and Best Director. It also picked up the awards for Best Cinematography Best Costume Design Best Visual Effects Best Sound Gary Rydstrom Tom Johnson Gary Summers Mark Ulano Best Sound Effects Editing Best Original Dramatic Score Best Film Editing Best Original Song and Best Art Direction. Kate Winslet Gloria Stuart and the make-up artists were the only three nominees that did not win. Lightstorm Entertainment unknown books
191030781<p>N.p. 1910 Large manuscript map measuring 40 x 103 ¾ inches pen and ink with pencil additions on drafting linen some minor soiling to edges else in very good clean condition.</p><p> Large scale manuscript map which delineates the territory from Skagway portions of British Columbia the Yukon and Klondike Country as far north as the Porcupine River. The map shows the rivers creeks settlements rail roads N.W.M.P. barracks timber berths and reserves. </p> books
18479675n.p. 1847. 1 vols. Folio. Sewn into original brown wrappers worn. 1 vols. Folio. 215 ORIGINAL SPORTING DRAWINGS. The artist from internal evidence seems to be Rev. H.L. Bennet--clearly an ardent and well-connected sportsman as most of his sketches are portraits and caricatures of well-known hunting men and women of the day many of whom are identified. These include a portrait of Lord Jersey who Nimrod called "perhaps the most elegant rider for hounds the world has ever seen" and many others. The drawings are skilfully executed and are often amusing. A unique production of one of the golden ages of British sport.<br/><br/>Including : Examples of 2 pages 7 images: Mrs. Rowley's Groom on his Compact Mare Rush Esq Farthgghoc Col. Joddsch Lord Anson's steward M-- Wyatt. J.H. Jr T.T.D.<br/><br/>Another: 2 pages; Rev. G. Loyd T.T Darke Esq. 2 others<br/><br/>Another: 2 pages; Col. Goodell 4 others Mr. Drakes Grey's horse. unknown books
1559717111559. London 1559. London 1559. "The Booke That Teacheth" Great Britain. Justices of the Peace. Courts Leet and Baron. The Contentes of This Boke. Fyrst the Booke for a Iustice of Peace. The Boke that Teacheth to Kepe a Courte Baron Or a Lete. The Boke Teachynge to Kepe a Courte Hundred. The Boke Called Returna Brevium. The Boke Called Carta Feodi Conteynynge the Forme of Dedes Releasses Indentures Obligacions Acquitaunces Letters of Atturney Letters of Permutacion Testamentes And Other Thynges. And the Boke of the Ordinaunce to be Observed by the Offycers of the Kynges Escheker for Fees Takinge. London: In Fletestreete within Temple barre At the Signe of the Hande and Starre by Richard Tottil The XIII. Daye of Maye. Anno Domini 1559. 195 11 ff. Lacking Final two blank leaves. Octavo 5-1/4" x 3-1/2". Recent period-style calf blind rules to boards raised bands to spine endpapers renewed blank interleaves added in a few places. Moderate toning edges trimmed touching headlines in a few places worming with occasional minor loss to text repairs to corners of a few leaves. Faint stain and faint fragment of an annotation to final leaf early illegible owner signatures to title page. $2500. First printed in 1505 by Richard Pynson this is a handy anthology of treatises for justices of the peace sheriffs bailiffs. It includes the Carta Foedi and exchequer ordinance. It is sometime attributed erroneously to Sir Anthony Fitzherbert. OCLC locates 5 copies of this edition in North American law libraries Columbia Harvard LA County Library of Congress University of Minnesota. English Short-Title Catalogue S102175. Beale A Bibliography of Early English Law Books T154. unknown books
193735750Garden City N.Y.: Doubleday Doran 1937. First American edition one of 56 copies to secure copyright. 4 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original wrappers fine copy. First American edition one of 56 copies to secure copyright. 4 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. One of 56 Copies. Poet and diplomat James Elroy Flecker 1884-1915 burned bright and briefly. He joined the diplomatic service in 1908 trained for two years and was posted to Constantinople in 1910 "but in September a slight fever was diagnosed as tuberculosis and he returned to England to a sanatorium. He pronounced himself cured and . went back to Constantinople in March 1911 to be transferred in April to Beirut. Flecker was not a very efficient vice-consul" ODNB. His first formal collection of verse The Bridge of Fire was published in 1907 and The Golden Journey to Samarkand was published in 1913. He died in Switzerland aged thirty-one.<br/><br/>According to O'Brien An Essay on Flecker was "written in 1925 with the intention of publication in a periodical and did not appear in print until 1937 when it was first issued in a very limited edition of 30 copies by the Corvinus Press in London. The poet James Elroy Flecker had been a friend of Lawrence's in Beirut before the war. None of the three appearances of this essay have been in trade editions" O'Brien A199 Doubleday, Doran unknown books
1935302457London: Jonathan Cape 1935. First published edition no. 185 of 750 DELUXE COPIES. Illustrated. 672 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Quarter pigskin over brown buckram with crossed swords in gilt to front panel titled in gilt to backstrip Cockerel marbled endpapers top edge gilt others untrimmed. Foot of spine faintly rubbed professionally conserved. Very good copy lacking the plain paper wrapper. Bookplate of the bibliographical library of Lawrence scholar J.M. Wilson and his signature at head of limitation leaf. First published edition no. 185 of 750 DELUXE COPIES. Illustrated. 672 pp. 1 vols. 4to. J.M. Wilson's Copy. Lawrence's superb narrative of the Arab Revolt of 1916-1918. Invited by Sir Reginald Storrs to the British organized conference at Jiddah Lawrence impressed the Arab leaders and thereafter played his spectacular role as the revolt succeeded entering into the mythology of the twentieth century. His account is itself one of the legendary books of the 1920s rewritten after the first manuscript was lost obsessively revised privately printed in 1926 and only published in 1935 after Lawrence's death.<br/>A choice copy of the deluxe state of the Cape edition which includes facsimiles and color plates not present in the trade issue.<br/>With interesting provenance from the library of J.M. Wilson one of the great champions of Lawrence in the late twentieth century. O'Brien A041 Jonathan Cape unknown books
193727579Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran 1937. First American edition. 1 of 56 copies issued for copyright purposes. 8vo. 25pp. Original printed cream wrappers a little darkened at the edges. Very good. O'BRIEN A195. <br/><br/> Doubleday, Doran unknown books
186085724Chicago: Charles Leib 1860. Very Good. Four-page newspaper. A couple of small holes various brown spots and other bits of minor wear A campaign newspaper for Abraham Lincoln in the Presidential Campaign of 1860. We note a half-column story on the front page of this issue that accuses Senator Douglas of being a Roman Catholic -- a charge based partly on the fact that Mrs. Douglas was a Catholic as were their children -- probably an effective charge in largely Protestant mid-19th century America. Our brief research suggests that Douglas was not a Catholic or a formal member of any other organized religious group. The purpose of another half-column story on the front page was to make it clear that Lincoln had publicly condemned the actions of John Brown and did not object to Brown's execution. Charles Leib the editor was a political operative with a murky background who had previously edited a Democratic campaign newspaper on behalf of the Buchanan campaign in 1856. Leib served briefly as an Assistant Quartermaster in the Union Army before heading to new Mexico probably in 1863 and died there in 1865 at the age of 38. <br/><br/> Charles Leib unknown books
1927006395Paris: Librairie Lemercier 1927. Limited Edition. First Edition thus. Three Quarter Morocco. Wooden boards. Fine. No. 54 of 255 copies in limitation on velin pur fil Lafuma. Beautiful 3/4 morocco binding with unusual wood or wood veneer boards and matching wood veneer endpapers. And leather painted "onlay" illustration mounted onto spine! 4to. 28 by 22 cm. 208 pp. with 18 color plates and twelve vignettes and a second suite of all the illustrations in just outline form bound in at the end along with the spine to the wraps. The wrap cover serves as one of the three title pages. In its original title "Raharu" this is the novel that put Loti on the map in 1880 and it served as the inspiration for Leo Delibes' once popular opera "Lakmé" which premiered just three years later. Essentially Loti was the authorial counterpart to Gauguin in plunging whole into Tahitian society and his pen-name "Loti" followed from this novel. Without question one of Loti's greatest strengths as a writer was the color he brought to his descriptions and exotic subject matter and these pochoirs most definitely honor and capture that mastery. The bright plates and vignettes could be mistaken for actual painting and they are a feast to the eye. Apparently scarce with the only copy we could locate at the BNF -- no copies of this edition were found at all on OCLC or in commerce. Light rubbing of front joint. <br /><br /> Librairie Lemercier hardcover books
1927004618Paris: Librairie Lemercier 1927. Limited Edition. First Edition thus. Three Quarter Morocco. Marbled Boards. Near Fine. 1 of 12 copies to the limitation this being a presentation copy to Madame de Becque the wife of the illustrator. Beautiful 3/4 morocco binding by Saulnier. 4to. 28 by 22 cm. 208 pp. with 18 color plates and twelve vignettes and a second suite of all the illustrations in just outline form bound in at the end along with the spine to the wraps. The wrap cover serves as one of the three title pages. In its original title "Raharu" this is the novel that put Loti on the map in 1880 and it served as the inspiration for Leo Delibes' once popular opera "Lakmé" which premiered just three years later. Essentially Loti was the authorial counterpart to Gauguin in plunging whole into Tahitian society and his pen-name "Loti" followed from this novel. Without question one of Loti's greatest strengths as a writer was the color he brought to his descriptions and exotic subject matter and these pochoirs most definitely honor and capture that mastery. The bright plates and vignettes could be mistaken for actual painting and they are a feast to the eye. Apparently scarce with the only copy we could locate at the BNF -- no copies of this edition were found at all on OCLC or in commerce. A few tiny specks of discoloration on the spine and very light edgewear. Otherwise clean and pristine inside. <br /><br /> Librairie Lemercier hardcover books
168619026London: Printed for and sold by Stephen Bateman 1686. Second edition. Frontispiece & Illustrated with 44 sculptures. 1 vols. Folio. Contemporary quarter calf and boards rebacked later endpapers; corner of title page torn away first three leaves waterstained at lower edge. A good sound copy. Second edition. Frontispiece & Illustrated with 44 sculptures. 1 vols. Folio. Pettus was deputy governor of the royal mines for over thirty-five years. The first part is translated from the German of Erckern but the second part is Pettus' own contribution to the lexicography of metals - and wonderfully anecdotal and original it is as this from his entry on "DUNG":<br/>".among the Indians it was usual that when they intended Homage to their Superiors or welcome too their Friends they did evacuate their Dung into their Hand and so daub it on the Face of whom they intended to honour or pleasure and was ever accepted by them as the first and best of the Welcoming Ceremonies: for Agricola tells us of Mans-Dung made as sweet as Civit. But to return nearer home when I remained in London during the great Plague in 1666 Dr. Glisson famous in his time being my old Friend and Acquaintance perswaded me to take a piece of his constant Antidote which was only the Dung of one that had dyed of the Plague dryed and so kept in a foraminous Box for the best Antidotical Perfume; but I thank God I escaped without it."<br/>Engaging too are the delightful engravings which embellish the work. Wing P-1907 Printed for and sold by Stephen Bateman unknown books
1883S13230London:: Royal Society 1883-1899. 1883. 3 volumes. 4to. approx. 1000-1200 pages total pagination varies. Title-pages bound in numerous plates. Maroon cloth with "Physical Papers" gilt-stamped on each spine; minor kozo repairs. Ownership signatures in all three vols. of L.R. Wilberforce Professor of Physics London. Very good. WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM JOSEPH JOHN THOMSON 3 JOHN S. TOWNSEND 2 CHARLES THOMSON REES WILSON 3 & 12 PAPERS INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHORS. Remarkable collection of 36 physics papers written by mostly members of the Cavendish Laboratory including 12 papers which are inscribed to the owner Lionel Robert Wilberforce who also worked at the lab. Among the papers are two by J.J. Thomson winner of the 1906 Nobel Prize for Physics and Rutherford who won the 1908 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. One of his papers was a precursor to the first Marconi wireless telegraph and radio stations. Three papers are inscribed by 1927 Nobel Prize winner Charles Thomson Rees Wilson the inventor of the cloud chamber. CONTENTS: 1. Volume One: J.J. Thomson One Some Applications of Dynamical Principles to Physical Phenomena. 1885. Sir Joseph John Thomson 1856-1940 OM PRS was an English physicist and 1906 Nobel laureate in physics credited with the discovery and identification of the electron; and with the discovery of the first subatomic particle. // 2. Hugh Longbourne Callendar 1863-1930 On the Practical Measurement of Temperature: experiments made at the Cavendish Laboratory Cambridge. 1887. "Callendar made elaborate experiments on this subject at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge in which he compared the platinum resistance thermometer with Regnault's normal air thermometer and from which he deduced that the resistance of a properly made platinum wire can be related to the reading of the air thermometer by a parabolic formula that was accurate within 1 percent." :: DSB. // 3. Ernest Howard Griffiths 1851-1932 On the Determination of Some Boiling and Freezing Points by Means of the Platinum Thermometer. 1891. INSCRIBED by the author. See: L.B. Hunt "The Origin of the Platinum Resistance Thermometer" Platinum Metals Rev. 1980 24 3 104. // 4. Ernest Howard Griffiths; & Hugh Longbourne Callendar On the Determination of the Boiling-Point of Sulphur and on a method of standardizing platinum resistance thermometers by reference to it. Cavendish Laboratory. 1891. INSCRIBED by Griffiths "E.H.G." // 5. Ernest Howard Griffiths The Value of the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat deduced from some experiments performed with the view of establishing the relation between the electrical and mechanical units . . . 1893. Compliments of the author was once written on the copy but now erased. // 6. Ernest Howard Griffiths The Latent Heat of Evaporation of Water. 1895. "With the Author's Compliments." Griffiths. // 7. John Walton Capstick On the Ratio of the Specific Heats of the Parafins and their Monohalogen Derivatives. 1894. INSCRIBED "From J.N. Carpenter". John Walton Capstick 1858-1937 joined the Cavendish Laboratory and held a prominent role from 1891 to 1898 and in the administration of Trinity College from 1895 until 1910. // 8. John Walton Capstick On the Ratio of the Specific Heats of Some Compound Gases. 1895. // 9. Volume Two: John Henry Poynting On a Determination of the Mean Density of the Earth and the Gravitation Constant by Means of the Common Balance. 1892. With the Compliments of the Author. Poynting 1852-1914 British physicist In the late 1870s he worked in the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge under James Clerk Maxwell. Poynting won the University of Cambridge John Couch Adams Prize in 1893. // 10. Oliver J. Lodge Aberration Problems. A discussion concerning the motion of the ether near the Earth and concerning the connexion between ether and gross matter: with some new experiments. 1893. INSCRIBED "With the Author's Compliments." Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge FRS 1851–1940 British physicist "best known for his advocacy and elaboration of Maxwell's aether theory." // 11. W.C. Dampier Whetham On the Alleged Slipping at the Boundary of a Liquid in Motion. 1890. William Cecil Dampier Whetham 1867-1952 studied at Trinity College Cambridge and then began his research work at the Cavendish Laboratories in 1889. // 12. J.J. Thomson On the Determination of the Number of Electrostatic Units in the Electromagnetic Unit of Electricity. 1883. // 13. J.J. Thomson; & G.F.C. Searle A Determination of "v" the ratio of the electromagnetic unit of electricity to the electrostatic unit. 1890. // 14. R.T. Glazebrook 1854-1935; & T.C. Fitzpatrick On the Specific Resistance of Mercury. 1888. Sir Richard Tetley Glazebrook KCB KCVO FRS English physicist studied physics under James Clerk Maxwell and Lord Rayleigh at the new Cavendish Laboratory and in 1880 was appointed a demonstrator at the laboratory. In 1899 he became the first Director of the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington. // 15. R.T. Glazebrook; & S. Skinner On the Clark Cell as a Standard of Electromotive Force. 1892. // 16. W.C. Dampier Whetham On the Velocities of the Ions. 1895. INSCRIBED "L.R. Wilberforce Esqr. With the Author's Compliments". // 17. James Alfred Ewing 1855-1935 Experimental Researches in Magnetism. 1885. Sir James Alfred Ewing KCB FRS FRSE MInstitCE 18551935 Scottish physicist and engineer best known for his work on the magnetic properties of metals and his discovery of and coinage of the word hysteresis. // 18. James Alfred Ewing 1855-1935 Effects of Stress and Magnetisation on the Thermoelectric Quality of Iron. 1886. // 19. James Alfred Ewing 1855-1935; & G.C. Cowan Magnetic Qualities of Nickel. 1888. // 20. James Alfred Ewing 1855-1935 Magnetic Qualities of Nickel. Supplementary paper. 1888. // 21. James Alfred Ewing 1855-1935; & William Low On the Magnetisation of Iron and other Magnetic Metals in Very Strong Fields. 1889. // 22. Volume Three: S.W.J. Smith On the Nature of Electrocapillary Phenomena. 1899. // 23. Hon. R.J. Strutt On the Least Potential Difference Required to Produce Discharge Through Various Gases. 1900. Robert John Strutt 1875-1947 4th Baron Rayleigh FRS. // 24. Ernest Rutherford 1871-1937 A Magnetic Detector of Electrical Waves and Some of its Applications. 1897. Rutherford worked with J.J. Thomson at the Cavendish Laboratory and in 1908 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 'for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements and the chemistry of radioactive substances.' "The magnetic detector or Marconi magnetic detector sometimes called the "Maggie" was an early radio wave detector used in some of the first radio receivers to receive Morse code messages during the wireless telegraphy era around the turn of the 20th century. Developed in 1902 by radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi from a method invented in 1895 by New Zealand physicist Ernest Rutherford it was used in Marconi wireless stations until around 1912 when it was superseded by vacuum tubes.". Signed by Wilberforce. // 25. George Frederick Charles Searle 1864-1954 Problems in Electric Convection. 1896. Inscribed by the author. Searle FRS British physicist & teacher of Searle's bar fame was responsible for the practical laboratories at Cavendish where he worked under J.J. Thomson. // 26. John S. Townsend 1868-1957 Magnetization of Liquids. 1896. INSCRIBED: "L. R. Wilberforce Esq. With the Author's Compts." Sir John Sealy Edward Townsend Irish mathematical physicist. // 27. G.T. Walker On Boomerangs. 1897. Communicated by J.J. Thomson. Sir Gilbert Thomas Walker CSI FRS 1868–1958 nicknamed "Boomerang Walker" English physicist and statistician. "Walker studied mathematics and applied it to a variety of fields including aerodynamics electromagnetism and the analysis of time-series data before taking up a teaching position at Cambridge University." // 28. A.M. Worthington; & R.S. Cole Impact With a Liquid Surface Studied by the Aid of Instantaneous Photography. 1897. Well before the photo-work of Harold "Doc" Edgerton 1903-1990 working with a stroboscope. "Arthur Mason Worthington CB FRS 1852-1916 was an English physicist and educator. He is best known for his work on fluid mechanics especially the physics of splashes; for observing those he pioneered techniques of high speed photography." // 29. C.T. Heycock; & F.H. Neville. Complete Freezing-Point Curves of Binary Alloys Containing Silver or Copper Together with Another Metal. 1897. INSCRIBED "With the Compliments of the Authors." // 30. Prof. Osborne Reynolds; & W.H. Moorby. Bakerian Lecture. The Mechanical Equivalent of Heat. 1898. INSCRIBED "With Prof. Osborne Reynolds Compliments." // 31. Richard Threlfall; & Joseph Henry Draper Brearly Researches on the Electric Properties of Pure Substances. 1896. // 32. John S. Townsend 1868-1957 The Diffusion of Ions into Gases. 1899. INSCRIBED "With the Author's Compliments." see above. // 33. James Alfred Ewing 1855-1935; & Walter Rosenhain Bakerian Lecture. The Crystalline Structure of Metals. 1899. // 34. Charles Thomson Rees Wilson 1868-1959 Condensation of Water Vapour in the Presence of Dust-Free Air and Other Gases. 1897. INSCRIBED to "L. R. Wilberforce Esq. With the Author's Compliments." Wilson CH FRS was a Scottish physicist and meteorologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention of the cloud chamber. // 35. Charles Thomson Rees Wilson 1868-1959 On the Condensation Nuclei Produced in Gases by the Action of Rontgen Rays Uranium Rays Ultra-Violet Light and Other Agents. 1899. INSCRIBED to "With the Author's Compliments." This won him the Nobel Prize for physics in 1927. see below next item. // 36. Charles Thomson Rees Wilson 1868-1959 On the Comparative Efficiency as Condensation Nuclei of Positively and Negatively Charged Ions. INSCRIBED to "With the Author's Compliments." // PROVENANCE: Lionel Robert Wilberforce 1861-1944 graduated from Trinity College 1884 Professor of Physics London physicist best known for the Wilberforce pendulum. His history explains why this collection was kept: Wilberforce worked with J.J. Thomson at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge. He taught at University College Liverpool. See: DNB. Royal Society, 1883-1899. hardcover books
179635853New York 1796. Single page 9-1/2" x 15-3/4" entirely in manuscript. Headed with names of three cases pending in the New York District Court followed by Harison's letter to Rawle. Old folds with a pinhole at a fold intersection no text loss. Short fold split expertly repaired. Very Good.<br/><br/> Harison 1747-1829 was President Washington's appointee in 1789 as the first United States Attorney for the District of New York. He served until 1801 when Edward Livingston succeeded him. His correspondent William Rawle was Washington's appointee as U.S. Attorney for Pennsylvania. Rawle was founder and first president of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania president of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society and a highly respected writer on governmental matters.<br/> The Slave Trade Act of 1794 passed by the Third Congress and signed by President Washington was the first American regulation of the international slave trade. It prohibited Americans from trading in slaves to any foreign country. Harison had brought several cases under the Act as noted in this Letter: The United States vs. The Brigantine Active; and two by George Geer for himself and the USA vs. Elisha King. Harison explains "The above Suits were commenced upon the Act prohibiting American Citizens from carrying on the Slave Trade in foreign Countries." <br/> Harison's problem: "The principal witness is supposed to have been prevailed upon by undue Methods to quit this District is thought to be either in Philadelphia or Baltimore." If he's in Philadelphia "I will esteem it a Favor if you will take every regular Method of procuring his Testimony." If he's in Baltimore please "recommend the Business to the Attorney for the District of Maryland. The Public is in every Point of View interested in the Event." Diligent research has uncovered no additional information on these cases. unknown books
1992688811992. Slip Opinion. Signed by Justice Souter. Slip Opinion. Signed by Justice Souter. Slip Opinion of a Landmark Supreme Court Decision that Upheld Roe v. Wade Signed by Justice Souter Supreme Court of the United States. Souter David. Slip Opinion Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania et al Versus Casey Governor of Pennsylvania et al. Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1992. x 71 1 12 23 1 37 1 25 pp. Complete. Signature of Justice Souter to head of first page. With Souter David. 4" x 6" Color Photograph of Souter Image Size 3-1/4" x 2-1/2" Signed by Souter. Tiny mark to final page of opinion otherwise fine. Housed in a custom leather and cloth clamshell box. $2500. A landmark decision in the history of reproductive rights Planned Parenthood v. Casey challenged the constitutionality of several Pennsylvania state statutory provisions regarding abortion. Written by Justices Kennedy Souter and O'Connor the Court's plurality opinion stated by Souter reaffirmed the central holding of Roe v. Wade stating that "matters involving the most intimate and personal choices a person may make in a lifetime choices central to personal dignity and autonomy are central to the liberty protected by the Fourteenth Amendment." Bench opinions are issued by the U.S. Supreme Court immediately after the announcement of a decision. Slip opinions are issued afterwards. They are the first printings of a decision intended for wide dissemination and review often incorporating corrections. After that stage the revised slip opinions are added to the latest paperback volume of United States Reports. A year later that volume is printed in its final authoritative hardcover form. unknown books
1895019279New York NY: Harper and Brothers 1895. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First thus edition. Quarto 4to. Four volume set. Three quarter leather binding; spines with raised bands gilt tooling and theatre-themed decorations; marbled paper-covered boards. Top edge gilt; other edges untrimmed. The bindings have minimal shelfwear mainly confined to the leather corners which are a bit rubbed. Limited edition of 750 copies this one hand-numbered 548. Contains 131 photogravures by Edwin A. Abbey each with a captioned tissue-guard. The texts are clean and unmarked. First thus edition. Harper and Brothers Hardcover books
191761300New York: Published by Edward J. Clode Grosset & Dunlap Distributors 1917. Early fund-raising effort for the Red Cross. 16mo. 44 pp. Illustrated at the end with a plate from a photograph of the President marching in a parade holding the American Flag. In this address Wilson asks for a Declaration of War against Germany clearing the way for the country's official entry into World War I. Signed by President Wilson at the end of the text and tipped-in at the front a beautiful portrait photograph of him 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches. Very good. Orig. tan cloth printed in blue printed front panel of the dust jacket laid in. #8359. <br/><br/> Published by Edward J. Clode, Grosset & Dunlap, Distributors hardcover books
192639273Tashkent Uzbekistan: Women of the Central Asian Office of the Organizational Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1926. Quarto 30.5cm.; publisher's white pictorial staplebound wrappers printed in red blue purple and black; 30pp.; text illus. throughout including photographs and a 2-pp. comic strip printed in red blue and black. Some minor wear and dust-soil to wrapper extremities else a Very Good or better bright and unopened copy. Quite an attractive Communist women's liberation journal published in Tashkent in the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic promoting women's education and generously illustrated with political cartoons and comics. Women of the Central Asian Office of the Organizational Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Uni unknown books
