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186055898Boston: Little Brown 1860. Third edition greatly improved and enlarged a reprint of the second edition. 8vo pp. 524. Bound in drab cloth previous owner's name on end paper some marginal water staining a good copy. See Kennedy 11397; Sabin 3738; Vancil p. 10. Mencken calls "the first attempt at a comprehensive dictionary of Americanisms." Little, Brown unknown books
18599019247Boston: Little Brown 1859. Hardcover. Very good. Second edition greatly improved and enlaeged bound in the publisher's original brown cloth over boards spine stamped in gilt. Shelfwear to cloth at extremities particularly at the head & heel. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown and presentation in ink on ffep. <br/><br/> Little, Brown hardcover books
1859035032Boston: Little Brown and Company; London Trübner and Company 1859. 2d edition greatly improved and enlarged. xxxii 524p. red buckram ex libris. Little Brown and Company; London, Trübner and Company unknown books
187728850Boston: Little Brown and Co 1877. Last and best edition 8vo pp. xlvi 2 813; spine faded else fine in original purple cloth. This copy inscribed to "George W. Danielson Esq. with the compliments of John R. Bartlett December 12 1877." Danielson was the editor of the Providence Journal. Includes the prefaces to the first and second editions. This is greatly enlarged over the 3rd edition of 1860 with the lexicon approximately one-third again as large. Vancil p. 21. <br/><br/> Little, Brown, and Co hardcover books
186044533Boston: Little Brown and Company 1860. Third actually a reprint of the second edition "greatly improved and enlarged" 8vo pp. xxxii 524; 20th-century brown cloth gilt-lettered spine; about fine. Warren N. and Suzanne B. Cordell bookplate on front pastedown. First published in New York in 1848 it remains a classic study of American English. The last edition was published in 1877 and it is still useful and entertaining today. Kennedy 11397; Vancil p. 21. <br/><br/> Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
184844581New York: Bartlett and Welford 1848. First edition 8vo pp. xxvii 1 412; original brown blind-stamped cloth gilt spine; a few cracks to spine; hinges reinforced preliminaries foxed else very good and sound. Late 19th-century bookplate on front pastedown contemporary ownership signature on title page. This popular and influential work went through four editions the last in 1878 and was translated into Dutch and German. After Pickering's Vocabulary of Words Peculiar to The United States 1815 which treated a mere 500 words no significant work on Americanisms appeared until this work of Bartlett which Mencken calls "the first attempt at a comprehensive dictionary of Americanisms." Kennedy 11380; Sabin 3738; Vancil p. 20. <br/><br/> Bartlett and Welford hardcover books
184844488New York: Bartlett & Welford 1848. First edition 8vo expanded to small folio xxvii 1 412; the whole interleaved in folio throughout; 20th-century quarter brown morocco over marbled boards; generally fine; judging from the soiling on the page edges this copy was interleaved at an early date much earlier than the relatively modern binding but there are no annotations on the interleaves. This popular and influential work went through four editions the last in 1878 and was translated into Dutch and German. After Pickering's Vocabulary of Words Peculiar to The United States 1815 which treated a mere 500 words no significant work on Americanisms appeared until this work of Bartlett which Mencken calls "the first attempt at a comprehensive dictionary of Americanisms." Kennedy 11380; Sabin 3738; Vancil p. 20. <br/><br/> Bartlett & Welford hardcover books
184944402New York: Bartlett and Welford. London: John Russell Smith 1849. First London issue the book appeared under the New York imprint only in 1848; lg. 8vo xxviii & 412pp. bookplate on front pastedown front hinge separated at joints cracked at joints chipped at extremities paper label on spine rubbed and partially perished with loss of half of lettering the 12 shilling price remains; otherwise clean and reasonably bright in original blue cloth. Uncommon edition. Vancil p. 20. <br/><br/> Bartlett and Welford. London: John Russell Smith hardcover books
195846603Cambridge MA: Harvard 1958. First Edition. 8vo pp. xxii 418. Bibliography. Cover little scuffed o/w a nice copy. Harvard unknown books
2008182619Dover DE: Biggs Museum of American Art 2008. Hardcover. VG/VG- book is almost as new - dust jacket shows very minimal wear at corners. Blue cloth boards with silver gilt lettering on cover black and blue illustrated dust jacket with white lettering 355 pp. color illustrations throughout. Illustrated catalogue of silver collection belonging to Col. Kenneth P. and Reginia I. Brown as presented by the Biggs Museum in Dover Delaware. Biggs Museum of American Art hardcover books
1840168289Leipzig: Thomas Crowell 1840. hardcover. Mit erlauterndem texte von N.P. Willis ins Deutsche ubertragen von Dr. Susemihl. Fine illustrations after Bartlett engraved on steel by Payne. 75 views on 48 plates 24 are full-page including the extra illustrated title protected with tissue. 169pp. Tall 8vo original green patterned cloth with gilt-stamped spine light edgewear; scattered foxing throughout. Leipzig: Theodor Thomas circa 1840. A very good copy of this uncommon book replete with images of New England cities and natural landmarks.<br/><br/> Thomas Crowell unknown books
189355809Concord N. H.: Republican Press Association. Very Good. 1893. Hardcover. "A Complete History of all kinds of sports at the College". Hinges starting green boards with gilt stamping show light wear previous owner signed else very good. . Republican Press Association hardcover books
198343262Binghamton NY: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies 1983. First Edition. 8vo pp. xii 412. Notes sources. Illustrated. Medieval texts and studies Vol. 23. Donor's card laid in. Dark blue cloth spine stamped in gilt. A nice copy. Essays by a variety of authors including John Chipman Gray Henry Wadsworth Longfellow George Santayana Ezra Pound Robert Fitzgerald and others. Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies unknown books
1978244004New York: Norton 1978. First. hardcover. very good/very good. Illus. 8vo brown cloth d.w. New York: Norton 1978.<br/><br/> Norton unknown books
191674560New York: Robert H. Dodd. Very Good. 1916. Pamphlet. Soft-bound in tan printed wrappers. The covers show some light foxing and soiling. The staple binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with illustrations. NUMBER 22 DECEMBER 1916.With Introductory Remarks on the Life and Works of George Cruikshank By Arthur Bartlett Maurice. . Robert H. Dodd unknown books
18442987391844. fine. A MOST UNUSUAL ITEM FORMERLY OWNED BY THE BARTLETT EXTENDED FAMILY. Original 1860's C-D-V of a painting of Josiah Bartlett with a full flawless signature executed in 1767 mounted below his image. Accompanied by an A.L.S. by the signers Grandson Ezra Bartlett who writes his nephew gifting him the above described autograph 8vo. 1 page personal letterhead Exeter New Hampshire September 15th 1884 to his nephew also Ezra in full: "As no autograph letter can be obtained I send you a picture of the gentleman with his signature written in July 1767 nine years before he signed The Declaration of Independence and while he was a member of the Provisional government. I also send not included a memorandum made in the company Day Book as a sample of his writing. His partner was my maternal grandfather Amos Gale". Accompanied by the original holograph envelope addressed to his nephew Ezra A. Bartlett M.D. All items are in fine condition.<br/><br/> American statesman and signatory of the Declaration of Independence. He was later Governor of New Hampshire and Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court<br/><br/> unknown books
185636198Cambridge MA: John Bartlett 1856. Second edition. Hardcover. Good/No dust jacket. with Complete Indices of Authors and Subjects. Cambridge MA: John Bartlett 1856. Second edition. 358 pp. Hardcover. 16mo size. Dark green cloth. Gilt stamped lettering to spine. Head and heel quite chipped and frayed. Corners moderately to heavily curled and split. Spine and perimeter of boards quite sunned. Boards lightly rubbed; drink ring stain to front board. Top edge dust soiled. Edges and pages toned in varying shades with minimal scattered foxing and staining. Bookplate to front paste-down. Hinges slightly pulled. Still quite good. Text clean binding tight. Good/. John Bartlett hardcover books
20142309745New York: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard 2014. 1st Printing. 1st Printing. Near Fine. First printing. Top corner of front wrapper creased bottom corner of rear wrapper creased. 2014 Trade Paperback. 367 pp. "When the Norwegian ambassador to Thailand is found dead in a Bangkok brothel Inspector Harry Hole is dispatched from Oslo to help hush up the case. But once he arrives Harry discovers that this case is about much more than one random murder. There is something else something more pervasive scrabbling around behind the scenes. Or put another way for every cockroach you see in your hotel room there are hundreds behind the walls. Surrounded by round-the-clock traffic noise Harry wanders the streets of Bangkok lined with go-go bars temples opium dens and tourist traps trying to piece together the story of the ambassador's death even though no one asked him to and no one wants him to Vintage Crime/Black Lizard unknown books
1971404502New York: Adventures in Poetry 1971. A very good copy in a worn envelope the first six leaves with a 1/4-in. closed marginal tear. 4to. 89 unnumbered leaves loose as issued in printed manila envelope. FIRST EDITION OF BARTLETT'S FIRST PUBLISHED WORK a scarce mimeograph series of poems including diagrammatic illustrations. In 1987 Bartlett gave an interview discussing how 'Cleopatra' relates to her paintings. The poem is one of her early works written soon after she graduated from Yale in 1965 having settled in New York. This predates her first exhibition as a poet/artist held at Paula Cooper Gallery 2 March 1972 it included Larry Fagin publisher of the Adventures in Poetry series. <br/><br/> [Adventures in Poetry] unknown books
197122760New York: Adventures in Poetry 1971. First Edition. Very good. 4to. Manila envelope with printed text housing 89 loose leaves printed rectos only. Good to very good. Envelope torn at edges. First leaf shows scuffing from envelope's clasp; diagonal crease to last leaf. Toning to edges of all leaves. <br/><br/>Scarce book of prose poems by Bartlett about the life of Cleopatra. Cleopatra II From an edition of 300 copies of which OCLC finds twelve. An interesting unique edition from Fagin's imprint. (Adventures in Poetry) unknown books
1863011706Philadelphia: U. S. Navy 1863. Book. Very good condition. No Binding. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Four documents three of which are partly printed and the other is handwritten. 1. Navy Agent's Office.certify that the Schr Armenia Bartlett of Philadelphia is laden with a Cargo of Provisions.All Revenue and other Government Offices are hereby respectfully requested.to allow her to pass unmolested. Signed by Theo. C. Uhler Chief Clerk for Navy Agent. 2. Manuscript List of Stores.lists quantity.beef port bread flour potatoes sugar onions butter lard molasses vinegar salt apples whiskey etc. signed A. S. Crawford 500 Nth Front St.; on the reverse is a handwritten note "This is to certify.has been loded under my inspection and that the within is a true and full invoice.signed H. A. Zug Inspector. 3. Large 14 x 8.25 inches Manifest showing total burthen of 281 tons providing a detailed listing of the supplies and a statement of the number of passengers. Signed by A. M. Waldenshard or similar name and Joseph Bartlett master. 4. Crew List 16 x 18 inches listing Captain Jos Bartlett crew S. Smith L. Milton Jn Zazez I. Smith S. Miller J. Adams John Savez and passenger John Fitch. Signed by Bartlett A. M Waldenshard and countersigned by another. This document is torn at center fold about half of the height. Printed on one side with the manifest side engraved with an eagle decoration. U. S. Navy unknown books
196977630Cleveland:: World Publishing Company. Fine. 1969. Hardcover. B0006BVUZM . First printing library binding - NOT ex-library. Fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket. . World Publishing Company, hardcover books
19543834Los Angeles CA: UCLA Art Galleries 1954. Softcover. G Label and few marks from previous gallery owner. Black & illustrated stapled wraps. 48 pp. 5 color plates 23 bw plates. Title on cover: Sheeler Retrospective Exhibition. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition featuring works by American artist Charles Sheeler 1883-1965. With a foreword by William Carlos Williams; Essays by Bartlett Hayes and Frederick S. Wight. Lists 43 oils five miniatures 5 conte crayon drawings and 29 photographs. Scarce. LA: University of California Art Galleries Oct. 1954. UCLA Art Galleries unknown books
1968110637Washington DC: National Collection of Fine Arts 1968. Softcover. VG-. May have usual library markings. Light wear to extremities. Red and blue illustrated wraps. 156 pp. 4 color 157 bw plates. Catalogue of an exhibition held October 10 to November 24 1968 and then at two other locations. Includes essays by various authors. Lists exhibitions bibliography. National Collection of Fine Arts unknown books
1968169663Washington D.C.: The National Collection of Fine Arts by The Smithsonian Institution Press 1968. First edition. Oblong softcover. 156 pages. Published in conjunction with an exhibition that ran October 10 through November 24 1968 Essays by Martin Friedman Bartlett Hayes and Charles Millard. Includes numerous black and white and some color illustrations. A clean near fine copy in wrappers with no fading to the spine but with some very minor rubbing and wear. A solid look at this important American artist and photographer. The National Collection of Fine Arts by The Smithsonian Institution Press unknown books