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18862103260005Boston: Little Brown and Co 1886. 8th. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed. Autographed copy of the America's most popular book of quotations Signed and inscribed on the first free end page "John Glenn with cordial regards of John Bartlett." 2 volume set. Bound in handsome 3/4 brown cloth over marbled boards. Very good binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. 904 p. From the library of John Glenn 1858-1950 of the prominent Baltimore family. Glenn was director of the Russell Sage Foundation a noted philanthropist and Johns Hopkins trustee. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is still in print in its seventeenth edition. Little, Brown, and Co 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
1868006260Boston: Little Brown and Company 1868 778 pages. Number 38 of 100 large paper copies. In the publisher's green cloth binding with leather spine label. The binding is lightly rubbed along the edges. Size: 8vo. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
185213987Washington: Printed By A. Boyd Hamilton. Very Good. 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Rebound in blue cloth leather label on the spine. Contents include the Boundary Survey Commission and mapping of the headwaters of the Gila. There are six folding maps bound in at the rear including the extract of Disturnell's Treaty Map in the Vicinity of the Rio Grande and Southern Boundary of New Mexico. Maps are all nearly fine with a few minor extra corner creases. Text exhibits some various degrees of foxing throughout but it is largely quite minor. There is a very thin damp stain to the extreme upper page edges intruding into the margin at most 1/8". The covers have some sunning to the spine but very good and very tight. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 515 pages . Printed By A. Boyd Hamilton hardcover
1838BOOKS348028Utica NY: A. B. Grosh and O. Hutchinson Publishers. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1838. . 1/2 Leather. 4to. iv 412 pp. rubbed edges frayed page foxing soiling . A. B. Grosh and O. Hutchinson, Publishers hardcover
1845239308Verlag von Carl B. Lorck Leipzig 1845. Hardcover Pappe mit Leinenrücken und -ecken als Schnürumschlagmappe ohne Schutzumschlag Zustand: keine Eintragungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten bestoßen. Der obere Umschlag ist knickspurig mit Einrissen der seitliche und untere fehlen ebenso fehlen die Schnürbänder. Das Cover ist fleckig Insgesamt ist die Mappe noch annehmbar. Die Stahlstiche sind geschützt durch Seidenpapier am Rand fleckig. Verlag von Carl B. Lorck, Leipzig, hardcover
183550918London: Geo. Virtue 1835-39. 4to. 78 engraved views some light spots browning to the very edges of the leaves. Contemporary half calf marbled sides extremities with some wear. The volume contains 37 views of Scotland and 41 of the US. Of the latter there are a number of different views of Niagara Falls as well as Harper's Ferry Albany Boston and the Brooklyn Ferry among others. London: Geo. Virtue unknown
1877005878A. S. Barnes & Co. 1877. Fifth Edition Revised and Corrected. . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1/4 leather spine with pressed cloth boards. Binding tight though front hinge is loosened on inside. Leather at spine ends worn and nicked. Gilt titling. Previous owner names and date Sep. 12 1881 on inside flyleaf. Contains 13 appendices and 6 tables. <br/> <br/> A. S. Barnes & Co. hardcover
1877000772A S Barnes 1877. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Scarce book in very good condition for age. mSolid and clean. Boards have some wear. <br/> <br/> A S Barnes hardcover
189457846Boston: B. B. Russell Co 1894. 8vo pp. 3 6-319 1; printed self-wrappers rear wrapper wanting; spine largely perished; stitching sound. Title page inscribed "with love and best wishes of the author." Originally published by J. Howard Brown Co. circa 1882 with the subtitle A story of the blighting curse of polygamy. "The practice of plural marriage commonly known as polygamy stirred intense controversy in postbellum America until 1890 when the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints first officially abolished the practice. Elder Northfield's Home published by A. Jennie Bartlett in 1882 is both a staunchly antipolygamy novel and a call for the sentimental repatriation of polygamy's victims. Her book traces the fate of a virtuous and educated English immigrant woman Marion Wescott who marries a Mormon elder Henry Northfield. Shocked when her husband violates his promise not to take a second wife Marion attempts to flee during the night toddler son in her arms and pulling her worldly possessions in his toy wagon. She returns to her husband however and the balance of the novel traces the effects of polygamy on Marion Henry and their children; their eventual rejection of plural marriage; and their return to a normal and healthy family structure." University of Nebraska Press Wright III 5347. <br/><br/> B. B. Russell Co unknown books
1882016332New York: J. Howard Brown 1882. Book. NVG. Original Cloth. First Edition. Book has slightly bumped and worn corners modest cover wear. Spine lettering and decorations are nearly complete. Scarce anti-polygamy novel. J. Howard Brown Paperback
189457846Boston: B. B. Russell Co 1894. 8vo pp. 3 6-319 1; printed self-wrappers rear wrapper wanting; spine largely perished; stitching sound. Title page inscribed "with love and best wishes of the author." Originally published by J. Howard Brown Co. circa 1882 with the subtitle A story of the blighting curse of polygamy. "The practice of plural marriage commonly known as polygamy stirred intense controversy in postbellum America until 1890 when the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints first officially abolished the practice. Elder Northfield's Home published by A. Jennie Bartlett in 1882 is both a staunchly antipolygamy novel and a call for the sentimental repatriation of polygamy's victims. Her book traces the fate of a virtuous and educated English immigrant woman Marion Wescott who marries a Mormon elder Henry Northfield. Shocked when her husband violates his promise not to take a second wife Marion attempts to flee during the night toddler son in her arms and pulling her worldly possessions in his toy wagon. She returns to her husband however and the balance of the novel traces the effects of polygamy on Marion Henry and their children; their eventual rejection of plural marriage; and their return to a normal and healthy family structure." University of Nebraska Press Wright III 5347. B. B. Russell Co unknown
1824012234Boston MA: Printed at the Office of the Howard Gazette 1824. Book. Very good condition. Disbound. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 48 pages of text. Disbound from a larger volume or removed from wrappers which are not present. Minimal soiling to first and last page with two small spots of staining to the final page. Caption title./ At head of title: "Eighteenth Congress Jan. 1824."/ A discussion of Daniel Webster's resolution "That provision ought to be made by law for defraying the expense incident to the appointment of an agent or Commissioner to Greece whenever the President shall deem it expedient to make such appointment." Includes Webster's speech on the Greek Revolution followed by comments of Representatives Joel R. Poinsett John Randolph George Cary Silas Wood Ichabod Bartlett Henry Clay and Timothy Fuller. Greek War of Independence 1821-1829. Printed at the Office of the Howard Gazette Paperback books
18657665New York: printed by A. Penfield 1865. Unfolded booklet 13 x 22.5 cm. 6 pages if folded. John B. Barlett's business was located at 69 Murray Street New York where he distributed the Squire's Patent Fruit Jar. "The GREAT SECRET in preserving fruit lies in thoroughly expelling the oxygen and safely sealing therefrom". The Squire's Jars used a combination rubber band and cork to achieve this. The cover illustration depicts a young woman in the process of canning with a steaming pot on the stove in the background and shelves of finished product in the background implying the efficiency of this method which she is employing. Discoloration of one edge of the leaf effecting the illustration; otherwise very good. OCLC locates one copy in an unnamed collection of culinary ephemera; otherwise not located. [printed by] A. Penfield unknown books
18656273New York: printed by A. Penfield 1865. Unfolded booklet 13 x 22.5 cm. 6 pages when folded. John B. Barlett's business was located at 69 Murray Street New York where he distributed the Squire's Patent Fruit Jar. "The GREAT SECRET in preserving fruit lies in thoroughly expelling the oxygen and safely sealing therefrom". The Squire's Jars used a combination rubber band and cork to achieve this. The cover illustration depicts a young woman in the process of canning with a steaming pot on the stove in the background and shelves of finished product in the background implying the efficiency of this method which she is employing. Discoloration of one edge of the leaf effecting the illustration; otherwise very good. OCLC locates one copy in an unnamed collection of culinary ephemera; otherwise not located. [printed by] A. Penfield unknown books
18657665New York: printed by A. Penfield 1865. Unfolded booklet 13 x 22.5 cm. 6 pages if folded. John B. Barlett’s business was located at 69 Murray Street New York where he distributed the Squire’s Patent Fruit Jar. “The GREAT SECRET in preserving fruit lies in thoroughly expelling the oxygen and safely sealing therefrom". The Squire’s Jars used a combination rubber band and cork to achieve this. The cover illustration depicts a young woman in the process of canning with a steaming pot on the stove in the background and shelves of finished product in the background implying the efficiency of this method which she is employing. Discoloration of one edge of the leaf effecting the illustration; otherwise very good. OCLC locates one copy in an unnamed collection of culinary ephemera; otherwise not located. [printed by] A. Penfield unknown
187029Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1870. First Edition. Three-Quarter Leathe. House of representatives 41st Congress Mis. Document no. 152. Owner's name & notes on the fep. One signature is slightly proud of the rest although still tight. 955pp.; 6x9 . Government Printing Office unknown
18781203210055Washington 1878. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 4to. 49 leaves in various foliations: 31 plates. Spine and corners bound in contemporary leather with cloth boards. Scuffing to leather front board. Clean unmarked pages. Riling 1024. Washington hardcover
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
