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1839253974New York NY: Wiley and Putnam 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. First edition 1839. Octavo brown tooled cloth. vi 231pp. 8 sets of fold out diagrams in rear. The principle phenomena mathematics and instruments of the optical sciences. Boards evenly rubbed. Superficial water stain to bottom of endpapers title page and single page preface. And small reinforced tear at edge of title page; else text and binding are in very good condition. "Lowell City School Library By-Laws" bookplate on inside of front board shelf label on rear of title page lightly stamped 'discard'. Original paper shelf label on spine. Head and heel chipped and gilt lettering lightly rubbed. Else a good copy. The principle phenomena mathematics and instruments of the optical sciences. Bartlett was professor of natural and experimental philosophy at West Point Academny. He directed the construction and outfitting of the Academy's observatory which he used to produce his papers on optics and comets. Researching a partial solar eclipse in 1854 Bartlett became "the first in America to obtain quantitative results from astronomical photography". He was one of the original incorporators of the National Academy of Sciences. From "A Station Favorable to the Pursuit of Sciences: Primary Materials in the History of Mathematics at the U.S. Military Academy". Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis Minnesota. Wiley and Putnam hardcover
186446944London: Arthur Hall & Co 1864. Fifth edition Ex Library. Hardcover. f to vg. Quarto. iv 206 8pp. 25 plates with tissue guards 1 folding map. Gilt-embossed brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece and half-title engravings. Fascinating account by William Henry Bartlett 1809-1854 of his forty day journey in the late 1840's from Cairo to Petra. Bartlett was a British artist best known for his numerous steel engravings. Illustrated with twenty-six full-page including frontispiece and eighteen in-text steel engravings including two maps by Bartlett. Includes one b/w folding map of Arabia Petrae. Spine reinforced professionally with burgundy library tape with gilt lettering. Usual library markings library barcodelibrary sticker on spine library bookplate and donation plate on inside front cover library pocket and index card on inside back cover. Library stamp on bottom edge. Starting at half-title. Binding with light wear along edges and rubbed. Some foxing of frontispiece and plates. Binding in fair to good- interior in good- to good condition. Arthur Hall & Co hardcover
1893012354Boston: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 1893. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 43 pages map. American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions Paperback
1878SKU1029583Sidney S. Rider 1878-01-01. Softcover. Good. 0x0x0. Sidney S. Rider; Providence 1878. Trade paperback. This is NOT a Hardcover. Rhode Island Historical Tracts Number 3. Ex-Library. A Good newer spine binding sturdy and intact cut front cover corners small chip bottom rear cover corner bit of discoloration/foxing to covers small soiled spot bottom front cover some age toning to pages top text block edge a bit dusty crease top rear cover corner 1 inch tear to fore-edge page 91-94 State of Rhode Island Library embossed stamp on pages 71-75 else unmarked a good and clean copy in wraps. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 152pp. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. Sidney S. Rider paperback
186042127Columbus OH: Follett Foster & Co 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 456p octavo A good copy in black cloth and black leather spine. wearing along the edges <br/><br/> Follett, Foster & Co hardcover
1853026428London: Arthur Hall Virtue & Co. 1853. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 28 steel engravings with tissue guards and 31 woodcuts. Foxing to all engravings. Top edges gilt. Interior is clean and unmarked. 16 pages of ads at rear. Heavy wear to spine ends and edges. Fairly solid binding. . Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co. Hardcover
188435650Rivingtons 1884. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Ex-library copy. Hardcovers bumped and rubbed at spine ends and corners spine label. Usual library marks to endpapers etc. else interior good. A nice reading copy. . Ex-Library. 8vo. 331 pages Professional bookseller for twenty years. Orders shipped daily in cardboard bookfolds. Rivingtons hardcover
1899BOOKS24313London UK: Chapman & Hall. G/No Dustjacket. 1899. 2nd. Printing. Cloth. With 23 illustrations. . 8vo. 376 pp. Binding rubbed frayed with stains and browning of spine and edges; browned endpapers with foxing some cracking in several areas . Chapman & Hall hardcover
1862014336Providence RI: A. Crawford Greene State Printer 1862. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Black lettering on tan & red covers. 4to 643pp. Spine covering partly missing poorly tape repaired. Gift inscription at the top of the title page. Back cover loose held in place by tape. Text complete & fine - no foxing. <br/> <br/> A. Crawford Greene, State Printer hardcover
182326815Boston: Printed by Jonathan Howe 1823. Very Good. Boston: Printed by Jonathan Howe 1823. Second Edition. Octavo. 148; 16 pp. errata. Original sheep and tips over paper boards. Printed dedication to John Quincy Adams. Staining to boards worn at edges and extremities with brief exposure and shallow loss to crown. Binding is sound. Previous owner's stamp to front pastedown touch of spotting to interior but otherwise pages unmarked. Printed by Jonathan Howe unknown
187987657New York: Harper & Brothers 1879. Hardcover. Good. 22 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. Extensively illustrated with with maps full page plates and smaller in-text illustrations. Fold out "Map of Sinai the desert and the south country" in rear which has a small closed tear. Bound into decorative green cloth with gilt and black illustrations. A bit of fraying to spine and edges of cloth as well as rubbing to the back cover. Front & gutters starting. Harper & Brothers hardcover
183985948George Virtue London 1839. Hardcover. Used - Acceptable. London: George Virtue 1839. 116 pages. 2 engraved titlepages & 35 of 96 steel engraved plates. 11 x 8.5" half leather cloth boards gilt lettering lines edges. Bookplate H.M. Wood; 'Mariane Wood Bequeathed by her dear Father 1867'. Cover worn plates foxed incomplete lacking plates & text fair. George Virtue, London hardcover
1894372187London: Macmillan 1894. New and Revised Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in gilt-blocked cloth over beveled boards. Spine bands worn. Panel edges slightly dulled. Internally bright and clean; text remains clear without blemish. Two previous owner's bookplates. Physical description: 860 pages. Subjects: Shakespeare William 1564-1616; Concordances.Shakespeare William 1564-1616. London: Macmillan hardcover
1873402228London New York : S. French 1873. 1st edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth over bevelled boards. All edges gilt. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Boards stained. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 4 volumes in 1. Subjects; Tableaux vivants. London, New York : S. French hardcover
1842027989New Bedford MA 1842. 2 page autographed Bifolium to James R. Williams April 20 1842. New Bedford MA: 1842. Dr. Lyman Bartlett was one of the leading physicians of New Bedford. He studied in Paris and took a liberal position when some physicians disparaged homeopathy. His view while conventional felt that it's major points ought to be considered by medical science. This letter is written to his friend James R. Williams in Constantine Michigan on behalf of his brother Edwin 1812-1903 who wanted a loan to establish a sheep business in Wisconsin. Dr. Bartlett lists nine serious questions as to the feasibility of his brother's proposed idea. He is concerned for the good of his brother and clearly is willing to help him financially. In an interesting aside he speaks of the concerns of the whale men in Massachusetts who fear the rise of land oil will end their profession. He notes the rising sickness contemporary accounts speak of lung disease thought to be tuberculosis. Finally he notes the economic issue and hopes for a new tariff undefined. In 1852 he was among the Medical examiners at Harvard's Anatomical Museum. Folded addressed and stamped New Bedford MA April 21 with partial wax red seal. unknown
1896030343New York: Macmillan Co.; London Macmillan and Co 1896. 1910p. original green cloth the front panel mottled by a former stain thick quarto format. Macmillan Co.; London, Macmillan and Co unknown
189724869CTNew Haven CT: Tuttle Morehouse & Taylor 1897. Original green cloth covers w/ gilt title on front cover. Binding soiled and lighty rubbed w/ wear to corners and spine ends. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Inner hinges starting. Light scattered foxing. Illust. w/ b/w photos portraits and drawings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Hardcover
18974610045Concord New Hampshire: Ira C. Evans Printer 1897. Hardcover. Fair in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Exlibrary marks. Sound binding hinges repaired with tape joints reinforced with tape on outside. Clean tanned pages. Cloth over boards is heavily worn with label at lower spine. Dampstaining to lower edge of pages.j; Civil War military history. Ex-Library; 11.0" tall; 750 pages. Ira C. Evans, Printer hardcover
1885SKU1147247Little Brown and Company 1885. Hardcover. Good. Boston 1885; 3/4 leather boards with marbled cover; mild corner and edge wear; some staining to boards; 1" tear at backstrip; 12mo 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; no jacket; front hinge cracked; interior is clean and unmarked. 904 pages. Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
1856013415Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea 1856. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 4th edition revised. Brown blind stamped cloth. xxii 23-610 32 pp. ads. Spine tilted and sunned lightly worn at ends. Light wear to corners and rubbing to bards. Some foxing to interior. Bookplate of Edgar T. Peer. Blanchard and Lea hardcover
1853849N8London: Arthur Hall Virtue & Co. 1853. First edition. Cloth. Good. 10" by 7". William Henry Bartlett; C. Cousen; A. Willmore; W. Hughes; E Brandard; E. Challis. The picturesque landscapes of Sicily and its Grecian Norman and Saracenic buildings are captured beautifully captured in this first edition of William Henry Bartlett's work The varied architecture and picturesque landscapes of Sicily are captured beautifully captured in this first edition of William Henry Bartlett's work. With sixteen in-text wood engravings and thirty three plates of steel engravings collated but lacking the sixth plate The Castle of Aci. No author given. Author ascertained using JISC from a copy held at the University of St. Andrews In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally a little worn. Rubbed to the boards and the spine with a couple of tears in the cloth to the rear joint and one large tear in the cloth to the front joint. Bumped to the tail of the spine with a couple of closed tears whereas the cloth flaps to the head of the spine. Front and rear hinge starting. Internally generally firmly bound. The front endpaper and frontispiece are disbound but present and the gutter is visible between pages 112 and 113 128 and 129 and 144 to 145. Heavily foxed to the frontispiece and half title but pages are generally bright and clean otherwise with some moderate foxing to the plates and their surrounding pages. Good Arthur Hall, Virtue, & Co. hardcover
186561812London: Simpkin Marshall and Co. 1865. Hardcover. Very Good. xvi 222pp mp and 6 plates old waterstain down edge 1 plate Bound in red cloth some chipping to spine edges spine lettering faded.; Octavo . Simpkin Marshall and Co hardcover
1852006056UK: Arthur Hall Virtue & Co. 1852. Second edition 1852 22 plates of 23 frontispiece missing re-bound in slightly marked and soiled tan cloth with gilt lettering illustrated title page spotted with large stain across bottom half not obscuring the illustration gradually decreasing stains to map and first two plates some spotting to most of the others tissue guards browned and creased to some degree gilt edges are dusty text is generally good plus with some spotting and finger marks. Reprint. Hardcover. Good. Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co. Hardcover
186421050Providence: State of Rhode Island 1864. original cloth-backed boards. Rhode Island. 8vo. original cloth-backed boards. 287 pages. First edition Besterman 5391. Two page preface by Bartlett followed by the bibliography.The annotations accompanying a number of the entries make this a valuable reference tool. Chipped around edges yet still very well-preserved. State of Rhode Island unknown
1864103814Providence: State of Rhode Island 1864. original cloth-backed boards. Rhode Island. 8vo. original cloth-backed boards. 287 pages. First edition Besterman 5391. Two page preface by Bartlett followed by the bibliography.The annotations accompanying a number of the entries make this a valuable reference tool. Worn at tips with abrased places on covers. State of Rhode Island unknown
