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1816R1877London: J. J. Stockdale 1816. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good . London: J. J. Stockdale 1816. Second edition. Very Good . Just in wonderful condition for a book that is 200 years old. Leather bound with gilt lettering on ribbed spine. Marble edges. About 2 inch split from top spine and 1 inch from lower spine. Book plate and po signatures tanning of pages. Binding is tight and secure. For its age in wonderful condition just a beautiful book to add to your collection. <br/><br/> J. J. Stockdale hardcover
1812112318London: J. J. Stockdale. Good with no dust jacket. 1812. 2nd Edition Corrected and Enlarged . Hardcover. Quarter-bound in the orginal contemporary binding with a beige cloth spine and paper covered boards. No Titling to the spine or boards. Probably had a paper label - now missing. All covers are a little marked/grubby and there is a 2" narrow split in the top inner edge to the cloth of the spine - but all hinges tight and sound - it's just the cloth that has split. The corners edges and head/tail of the spine are bumped with a little scraping to the corners but generally sound tight and complete. Plain Endpapers with traces of a bookplate having been removed from the front pastedown. No Inscriptions but a brown mark O.25 cm at it's widest by 2.00 cm long affecting the blank edge and fore edge of the last 20pp and the Index - possibly old dried-brown ink Most pages uncut. Rough edged pages with some light foxing spots. Internally a few pages browned some foxing creasing and light thumbing but generally the text is white and very clean. 476 pp 11 pp Index. Overall considering the book is 200 years old this is a Very Clean Tight and Bright copy. "Aristotle's Rhetoric and Poetics are an alternative to Plato. Aristotle's rhetoric tries to strike a middle position. Aristotle says rhetoric and poetry are a technique the Rhetoric is a handbook. Aristotle says the speaker needs to appeal to appropriate information for the particular setting. Much like a lawyer's argument not just relying on facts need to appeal to people's emotions. Aristotle does understand that rhetoric can be used in a harmful way. Aristotle lays out three features in rhetoric: 1. Ethos= character of the speaker also charisma speaker earns the audience's trust use of body language. 2. Pathos= condition of the hearer. 3. Logos= essential bearing on political persuasion truth. Plato's concern by definition therefore excludes speech because it deals with emotion. These three conditions must be in play for a speech to be successful. The rhetoric contains a detailed analysis of the different human emotions and how to elicit them in a speech. Aristotle knows the speaker must be a good student of human nature to tap into human emotions." Michael A Neulander ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall . J. J. Stockdale hardcover
1844072609London England: John Henry Parker. Hardback. First Edition. Foxing to end inside covers. Old newspaper clipping to inside cover. Label to inside cover. Slight wear to top and bottom edge of spine and corners. Sunned spine to cloth. Black cloth with gilt lettering. The old translation of Mr. Williams collated throoughout with the original and in consequence almost entirely re-written: the references and quotations verified and correct. To which is added. besides Mr. William's Preface and other editorial matter which is all retained 1 - An Introduction containing some account as well of the present and former editions as of the author himself and the memorable controversies to which this work gave rise. 11 - A considerbale body of further notes. 111 - An epitome of the whole volume. 374 pp. Hand cut pages. We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts Theology History Politics Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc. . Very Good. Cloth. First Thus. 1844. John Henry Parker hardcover
1891241149London: Smith Elder & Co 1891. First edition with half-titles. 3 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Very good some toning to text. First edition with half-titles. 3 vols. 8vo. "Thriller with Wilkie Collins machinery: the German Totenschalle morgue-bell that rings proving the girl in a stupor is not dead ." Wolff. Wolff 2101 Smith, Elder, & Co unknown
189843015London Harrison and Sons 1898. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" Year 1897 Volume 190 - Series A. - Pp. 205-300 textillustr. Clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of an importent paper announcing the first formulation of the complete Lorentz-transformation and with the first prediction of time dilation. "It seems churlish however to deny that Larmor had gained an importent if limited insight into time dilation two years before Lorentz's striking similar and independent insight of 1899."Harvey R. brown in "Physical relativity" p. 61. - The paper also presents the "Larmor formula".It's notable that Larmor was the first who recognized that some sort of time dilation is a consequence of the Loretz transformation as well because individual electrons describe corresponding parts of their orbits in times shorter for the rest system in the ratio 1/y.Parallel to the development of Lorentz ether theory Larmor published the complete Lorentz transformations in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in 1897 in the paper offered some two years before Hendrik Lorentz 1899 1904 and eight years before Albert Einstein 1905. Larmor predicted the phenomenon of time dilation at least for orbiting electrons and verified that the FitzGerald-Lorentz contraction length contraction should occur for bodies whose atoms were held together by electromagnetic forces. In his book Aether and Matter 1900 he again presented the Lorentz transformations time dilation and length contraction treating these as dynamic rather than kinematic effects. Larmor opposed Albert Einstein's theory of relativity though he supported it for a short time. Larmor rejected both the curvature of space and the special theory of relativity to the extent that he claimed that an absolute time was essential to astronomy.Larmor held that matter consisted of particles moving in the aether. Larmor believed the source of electric charge was a "particle" which as early as 1894 he was referring to as the electron. Thus in what was apparently the first specific prediction of time dilation he wrote ". individual electrons describe corresponding parts of their orbits in times shorter for the rest system in the ratio 1 - v2/c21/2" in the paper offered. </em> unknown
1824052692Edinburgh Dundee : Waugh and Innes 1824. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 12mo. FIRST EDITION. EDINBURGH : 1824. Dundee printed . Hardback. Original printers boards; light grey paper-covered with original printed paper label; RUSSELL ON THE COVENANTS. Edges untrimmed as issued. Spine not faded. Minor wear and a few minor marks small nick to foot. VERY GOOD; in tight bright clean condition. Neat owner name contemporary; no internal markings. xii 432 pages. Nice copy. VERY SCARCE. Only 3 copies held in the UK : British Library and National Library of Scotland and Glasgow. Rosley Books for Antiquarian books Literature Theology and History. Rev. David Russell Minster of The Gospel in Dundee <br/> <br/> Waugh and Innes hardcover
18481758London: John W. Parker 1848. Fourth Edition with Additions. Hardcover. Fair. Green cloth over boards title and decorations stamped in blind and gilt onto boards and spine 12mo 6-3/4 inches tall pp. xi xii blank 480 4 ads colored endpapers engraved frontis charts line drawings and engraved illustrations throughout. Volume with both boards worn toned at edges and completely off - but present back strip is chipped toned and laid directly down onto spine pencil scribble to ffep p.o. neat signature at top of title page text block is worn at edges but clean tight and complete. Uncommon single volume 4th edition with only 8 copies located in OCLC. A very useable copy even with both covers off. John W. Parker hardcover
18443037038London, J. Hatchard and Son 1844. XI, 345 Seiten, 8° (20 x 12 cm), Hardcover, gebunden, goldgeprägter Leineneinband der Zeit.
186637345Philadelphia: Peter F. Cunningham 1866. 1st edition. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & board's stamped in blind. Pale yellow eps. Slight lean with average wear to binding. PO stamp to front paste-down. Lacks ffep. Occasional pencil mark/annotation. Withal a VG copy. viii 9 - 144 pp. Typographical decorations. 12mo signed in 6s. 6-1/16" x 3-7/8" <br/><br/>Scarce childrens' book on the subject with OCLC recording just one institutional holding Boston College. Peter F. Cunningham hardcover books
188523751David Douglas 1885. 1st edition. Good/No Jacket. Publisher's navy cloth gilt titles An exceptionally well preserved set. David Douglas hardcover
1870104849London: Longmans Green Reader and Dyer 1870. 1st Edition . No Binding. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Exceptionally scarce pamphlet arguing for a variety of changes to improve the university. Brown tape to spine vertical fold some foxing to last pages and generally toned. 8vo 32pp. <br/> <br/> Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer unknown
186629137Cincinnati: Published by the Author 1866. Hardcover. First Edition. 4.75 x 7.5in. 82pp. Publisher's original printed wraps. Self published by the variously infamous Dr. Tumblety this pamphlet is a screed against his brief imprisonment for taking part in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln which turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. Years later Chief Inspector John George Littlechild of Scotland Yard believed Tumblety to be Jack the Ripper. In a letter to journalist George R. Sims he writes that "amongst the suspects and to my mind a very likely one was a Dr. T. He was an American quack named Tumblety and was at one time a frequent visitor to London and on those occasions constantly brought under the notice of police there being a large dossier concerning him at Scotland Yard. he was not known as a sadist but his feelings toward women were remarkable and bitter in the extreme a fact on record. Tumblety was arrested at the time of the murders in connection with unnatural offences and charged at Marlborough Street remanded on bail jumped his bail and got away to Boulogne. He shortly left and was never heard from again. It was believed he committed suicide but certain it is that from this time the "Ripper" murders came to an end." VERY GOOD. Shows a section of discoloration of the front cover three small chips from the covers marginal wear along the edges and corners otherwise given its fragility is in excellent condition with the binding secure the text clean and completely unmarked and the wraps bright and distinct. As pictured. Published by the Author hardcover
1845New York 8ALFRED MALHERBE 1804-1865. - The Woodpecker Man.<br /><br />A fine original portrait of Alfred Malherbe titled and dated 1845.<br /><br />Alfred Malherbe was a French lawyer and judicial officer with a passion for natural history and a particular fondness for birds which he collected from all over Europe. He was the president of his local natural history society in the Lorraine region of NE France and director of the museum in Metz for the last twenty years of his life.<br /><br />In the 1840s and 1850s Malherbe published a number of books on Algerian and Sicilian birds and contributed articles to ornithological journals including papers on newly discovered species in the Picidae family. <br /><br />His magnum opus - on woodpeckers - was published in four volumes between 1861 and 1863. The two text volumes outline the physical characteristics and classification history for more than 200 species of the Picidae family half of which were discovered by Malherbe or first described in his detailed publication. The plate volumes feature more than 120 vibrant hand-painted lithographs produced by C Delahaye A Mesnel and P Oudart under specific directions from Malherbe.<br /><br />It remains the most comprehensive series ever published on woodpeckers and 120 copies of the first edition were produced. The last set to appear at auction was sold for £24000 in 2018. The original drawings for the work sold at auction for £56000 in 1998. <br /><br />The image is certainly of Malherbe and he also appears in a family group portrait which was painted in 1852 and sold at auction in 2010. The title does not conform to the signature of Malherbe as recorded on a label to one of his exhibits in the Metz Museum so this is a contemporary portrait rather than a self-portrait. <br /><br />Dimensions: 215mm x 170mm. Traces of edge mounting on the reverse.
187988956New York: Fords Howard & Hulbert 1879. First Edition. Octavo 17.5cm; terracotta cloth-covered boards with titling and illustrations stamped in gilt and brown on spine and front cover and titling and illustrations blind stamped to rear cover; brown topstain; 361pp. Pencilled ownership to front endpaper. Modest shelf-wear and -soil rubbing and tiny tears to cloth of spine ends and board edges and crack to upper rear hinge; Good. Southern novel prequel to Bricks Without Straw 1880. 88956. Fords, Howard, & Hulbert unknown
1879057546New York: Fords Howard & Hulbert. Very Good. 1879. Hardcover. Hardcover no jacket brown cloth with black-stamped title and decoration on front cover gold-stamped spine-title three pages of Press Notices followed by one page of "New Books" 361 pages 4 pages of ads great copy of this vintage treasure the spine-ends of the cloth show mild wear as do the corners the former owner's name with a date of Aug 14 1888 is present on the blank front end-paper pages 123-131 have a short corner-crease to the bottom along with just a few small spots of foxing on page 131 the binding is clean and tight as are the contents . Fords, Howard, & Hulbert hardcover
1880014896Fords Howard & Hulbert. Bright red cloth with black blind stamped design and titles to front and spine. Pages of reviews in the front and ads in the rear. Blind stamp clear title to rear. Corners bumped. Spine slightly sunned. Small prior bookstore tag tipped in on the ffep. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1880. Fords, Howard & Hulbert hardcover
1880002805New York NY: Fords Howard & Hulbert 1880. Decorative Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 7" X 5." 361 pages. Brown boards with black designs and lettering. Spine ends and corners bumped and chipped. Spine faded. Some soiling. FFEP is torn near the hinge. Binding shaken. Bottom edge is worn. <br/> <br/> Fords, Howard, & Hulbert hardcover
18802977<p>New York: Fords Howard & Hulbert 1880. A FOOL'S ERRAND- by One of the Fools Albion W. Tourgee- Fords Howard and Hulbert-NY- 1880-c1879 1st Edition- Hardcover:-12mo- VG/ no dj- original publishers brick red cloth with black design and title on cover and gilt title on spine-minimal rubbing on head and foot of spine-391pp 4pp ads for books- ffep missing-otherwise a nice bright copy- brown coated endpapers-textblock is square and tight-ex-library from the The Mississquoi Museum Stanbridge-East Quebec.-SEE PHOTOS- ." the author is Albion Winegar Tourgee who was "an Ohion served in the Union army and in 1865 moved his family to Noth Carolina were he was a carpetbagging lawyer. " "The book is mostly based on actual incidents that occurred during the reconstruction period in the South-This book was admired by the public and the critics. The fool's errand was the. Attempt to rebuild the South after the Civil War in the image of the North. Tourgee discusses such groups as the new Klu Klux Klan in the passages of social history interwoven with the story of a Union soldier who moves to a Southern plantation . the South Klu Klux Klan the South Civil War reconstruction novel plantation life the Union Confederacy". Fiction-history-Americana-South-slavery-reconstruction-Civil War 2977 . 1st Edition. Illustrated Cloth. VG/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.</p> Fords, Howard & Hulbert hardcover
1806AQ30171London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1806. 16pp. Uncut. Stitched as issued. Old central horizontal fold. An Anglican liturgy of services to be held on 26th February 1806 a day of national fasting and humiliation ordered for divine assistance to strengthen the resolve of the British Army and Royal Navy during the continuing hostilities of the War of the Third Coalition. . 8vo. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan unknown
186972578Printed For Private Circulation 1869. Thread binding of two signatures no covers. Very slight crease down centre outer pages lightly rubbed else cleand and tidy. Very Good. 12mo. Printed For Private Circulation unknown
189885250Paris: Charles Carrington 1898. Paperback Octavo. Paperback. Good. wraps 209 pp wraps torn and worn with an engraved portrait by Thevenin<br /> <br /> Standard shipping no tracking / Priority with tracking / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Charles Carrington paperback
189856275NY: Appleton 1898. First Edition thus. 8vo pp. 294 adv. Bound in yellow cloth stamped in black and silver untrimmed ex-library copy a very good copy. First issued in France in 1827. Howes M786. Clark I:279. More fought on the side of the American army during the Revolution as an aide-de- camp to Lafayette. His memoirs include accounts of major events in the war as well as his post- Revolutionary travels in Europe and the French Revolution. Appleton unknown books
189919397Kalamazoo MI: The Ladies of the First Presbyterian Church Kalamazoo Mich. 1899. First edition. softcover . Poor. Thin smallish octavo a bit smaller than standard size. Green checkerboard cloth spine over thick covers.Looks to be a home repair rather than original Heavily worn on edges and corners of covers. Covers printed on the inside. Still stringbound but very loose. Separation in pages between p. 72 and 73. Some recipes have notes or changes in pencil. Edges and corners of pages show wear as well. A scarce late 19th c. Michigan charity cookbook in worn condition but complete and with original covers. includes the names of the women who shared recipes under their individual contributions. <br/><br/> The Ladies of the First Presbyterian Church, Kalamazoo, Mich. paperback
189035745Colonnade Hotel Philadelphia PA: December 23rd 1890. 1890. Good. - Letter penned in black ink & filling both sides of an 8-1/2 inch high by 5-1/8 inch wide sheet of lined Colonnade Hotel letterhead. Signed "Francis Wilson". The top edge of the letterhead is darkened chipped & creased and the bottom right corner is lightly creased. There are several tiny pinholes to the left edge. Folded twice for mailing. Good. <p>A humorous letter full of personality penned by Wilson to Edgar Allen Poe Newcomb who was then working in his father's architectural firm Levi Newcomb & Son in Boston. Wilson appears to address his correspondent as "Mr. Newcomb Planner" and writes: "We are ready for the window plan when you are but don't let that interfere with your work or your digestion. I send you something bracing with which to drink my health. I send it direct to N. Scituate a town in Massachusetts -- as it is designed to be used there only." He then refers to a "Song" possibly "Two Maidens" by Newcomb who was also a poet and composer. The song was published in the year of this letter 1890.<p>Francis Wilson 1854-1935 was an American stage actor born in Philadelphia who was the founding president of Actors Equity 1913-1920. After several years playing in comedy and comic opera and making a great success in "Erminie" 1886 Wilson made his first appearance as a star in "The Oolah". He formed his own theatre company in 1899. He was also an author writing several plays a memoir of Joseph Jefferson an autobiography and "John Wilkes Booth Fact and Fiction of Lincoln's Assassination" 1929 which he wrote with information from his close friend Edwin Booth. Colonnade Hotel, Philadelphia, PA: December 23rd, 1890. unknown
1898green164627Methuen & Co. Very Good. pgs:232. 1898 2nd ed with map cleaned and refurbished by bookbinder toning to endpapers & edges no markings binding tight a good copy of this scarce item Professional booksellers since 1981 . 1898. Hardcover. Methuen & Co hardcover
