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18732097075Lausanne: Siméon Genton 1873. XVI, 237 Seiten. Mit Liednoten. 8° (17,5 x 11 cm). Purpurfarbener Samteinband mit Goldschnitt, metallenem Titelschild auf dem Rücken und silbervergoldeten Deckelrahmen, Deckelinitialen (L.R.) und Schließe sowie Moiréepapier-Vorsätzen. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
1856100478<p>Lebanon Ohio: Printed at the Western Star Office 1856. 1856. Fair. - Octavo 10 inches high by 6-3/4 inches wide. Softcover bound in printed tan wraps titled within a decorative ruled frame in black on the front cover. The covers are stained and heavily chipped with pieces out from corners of the front cover. The rear cover is partially detached and the spine has perished. 61 pages with the text printed in 2 columns. The book is folded vertically down the center and the edges of the pages are darkened. The corners of several pages are creased and a few are slightly chipped. Good.</p><p>First edition.</p><p>The 1855-56 trial for heresy of one of its most popular pastors the Rev. Simeon Brown was the most memorable event in the history of the First Presbyterian Church of Lebanon's history. Held at the Church in front of the Miami Presbytery Rev. Brown was charged with unsoundness of faith for denying the doctrine of limited atonement. His beliefs which were cited in the charges included those that "Christ gave his life for the world and it is absurd to limit the word world to the elect." The Presbytery found him guilty and Rev. Brown subsequently wrote in his defense that "I maintained that our Lord Jesus Christ is a Savior provided for and sincerely offered in the Gospel to all who hear it but the Presbytery held that He is provided for the elect only." Found guilty of this one charge the sympathy of the public was chiefly with him and the members of his church were mostly on his side. Rev. Brown chose to separate from the Presbyterian Church and the trial led to the formation of the Lebanon Congregational Church.</p> Lebanon, Ohio: Printed at the Western Star Office, 1856. paperback
1822541200New-Haven: Printed and Published by N. Whiting 1822. Hardcover. Good. 24mo. vi 144pp. Frontispiece portrait of Lady Jane Grey engraved by Simeon Jocelyn a leading abolitionist who was part of an unsuccessful effort to charter a Negro College in New Haven. In the original mottled calf with gilt-stamped black leather spine label. Pencil owner name on front flyleaf. The binding is rubbed with light wear at the corners front free endpaper is torn at the fore-edge lacking back free endpaper the back flyleaf present good or better overall. A nice copy of this anthology “designed for the use of females in general and particularly recommended for the use of ladies’ schools.â€. Printed and Published by N. Whiting hardcover
182933863Hanley: Privately Printed 1829. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. 237pp index. a very nice copy rebound in cream boards with green cloth spine new endpapers. <br/><br/> Privately Printed hardcover
181949177Hartford n.d. but 1819. First Edition. Octavo 23.5cm.; self-wrappers; 16pp. Spine perished and rear leaf separated but present quite dark tide mark chipping to extremities. Good only. Attributed to old-guard Connecticut Federalist Simeon Baldwin 1761-1851 whose fortunes had taken a turn the previous year when after a decade as judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors the position was taken from him by the opposition government. SABIN 17539; SHAW & SHOEMAKER 47751. unknown
180413181New Haven: Sidney's Press for the author 1804. First Edition. Softcover. Good. Octavo 46pp. MIldly ex-library with a few markings. Removed wanting original wraps and side-stitching; still sound. Good only with the contents clean. An essay on education by a conservative New Havenite concerned about the moral foundations of the next generation. In the case of his own family he did not have much to worry about. Jocelin's son also named Simeon became famous spelling his surname Jocelyn as the first Pastor of the Temple Street Church in New Haven an African-American congregation and was one of the early Abolitionists. He was a co-founder of the Amistad Committee which helped manage the daily expenses and practicalities of the crew of the Amistad during their court case. He also worked as a conductor on the Underground Railroad and helped design a racially integrated neighborhood in New Haven. Sidney's Press [for the author] unknown
180559752Waitsfield Vermont 1805. Narrow tall folio approx. 15½" x 6¾" 112 pp. in ink five separately sewn signatures; a few pages loose some pages darkened or chipped at edges; some entries faint. This account book is the record of the practice of either Stephen Pierce or Simeon Stoddard practicing in Waitsfield Vermont between 1795 and 1806. These were the second and third physicians to have settled and practiced in Waitsfield. Most likely it is the record of Pierce who is supposed to have settled in Waitsfield in 1795. The first physician in Waitsfield Moses Heaton remained there only between 1793 and 1796. Depending on the source Pierce was the third physician to practice in Waitsfield and/or the first to practice in Moretown a settlement to the northeast of Waitsfield. He farmed as well as doctored and his farm lay mostly in Moretown his office in Waitsfield. He was a respected and successful physician who served the community in other capacities: as selectman representative delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1814 and Assistant Judge of the County Court. One source claims that he succeeded Judge Kinne December 1 1814 and served one year and that he was a justice of the peace in Waitsfield. He died either in 1854 after living in Waterbury and Berlin Vermont or he died in Barnard in 1864. See: History of the Town of Waitsfield Vermont 1782-1908 by Matt Bushnell Jones Boston 1909 p. 182. Simeon Stoddard on the other hand was born December 12 1761 either in Saybrook Connecticut or in Waitsfield. On August 19 1784 he married Abiah Thompson who had been born in 1763 in Waitsfield. Some sources state that he moved to Waitsfield from Saybrook in 1794. He served the southwestern area of Waitsfield and died in 1841. This account book records each date of visit the householder's name the relationship of patient to householder the medicine prescribed and its price and the cost of the doctor's visit. The doctor whether it be Stoddard or Pierce treated thirty to forty patients each month and as many as fifty-six in December of 1801. He charged as little as 4 pence and as much as 42 shillings 10 pence for his services. As a comparison the tax on an acre of land in Waitsfield was 2 pence an acre. The poll tax list of 1795 showed fifty voters so the doctor seems to have treated the members of nearly every family. The diseases treated are not stated in the entries made but he seems to have prescribed antimonium tartaricum in many instances and also digitalis. Waitsfield was founded by Col. Benjamin Wait or Waite and others who were granted a charter on February 25 1782. Wait had served under Gen. Jeffery Amherst in the French and Indian Wars and had fought in the Revolutionary War. Both Waitsfield and Moretown are now somewhat renowned as the areas around Mad River a popular ski resort. Mad River has been remarkable from the settling of the area as the source of numerous sudden destructive and deadly floods. The Green Mountains the northern extent of the Appalachians rise just to the west of the town. The doctor records having treated members of the Wait family including Benjamin's wife Martha d. April 3 1804 Ezra Thomas and Gilbert. The family names of the community are listed making this a good source for early settlement history and genealogical research. Among the householders who required the doctor's services are Smolly Skinner Taylor Spalding Hitchcock Parkhurst Carpenter the family had a tannery and potash works Heaton Burdick Johnson Rider Fuller Symonds McNight Chamberlain Atherton Lyon Butterfield Barnave Osgood Foster Hobson Robinson Brun Latimer and Sherman. Many of the names appear often. unknown
18044307506Sydney: Government House 1804. Folded and a little aged yet very good condition. Vellum sheet measuring 330 x 230 mm. with manuscript notations to both faces including a site-sketch with measurements. <p><p>Early Sydney lease signed by Governor Philip Gidley King for an allotment in the centre of Sydney Town with a sketch of the site executed and signed by colonial surveyor George William Evans. Simeon Lord emancipee and to become a prominent mercantile figure in the Colony was apparently keen to acquire this allotment for he paid the considerable sum of £325 for the remainder of the lease in 1807. The location of the lease in the immediate vicinity of the Dry Store on Spring Row later Castlereagh Street was ideal for a merchant. Earlier he had constructed his private residence in close proximity to the Dry Store allowing officers of merchant vessels docked in the harbour to stay in his house while remaining close to valuable cargo and merchandise held in the Dry Store.</p> <p>King was a pivotal figure in the early history of Australian settlement. His skill as a naval officer attracted the respect of Captain Arthur Phillip who selected him as second lieutenant of the First Fleet convict transport Sirius. Prior to assuming the position of Governor in 1800 King served in Sydney and Norfolk Island and was widely respected for his skilled leadership through the difficult early years of settlement.</p> <p>Governor King awarded the seven year lease to Thomas Randall in May 1804 for a ground rent of 10 shillings per year. The subsequent early history of the site is recorded in two manuscript notes detailing further sale contracts to the reverse of this lease. It was first sold on to Edward Wells who then on-sold the lease to Sydney merchant Simeon Lord the prominent colonial entrepreneur who rose from humble beginnings Lord was transported to New South Wales in 1791. He began his trading career selling rum outside the monopoly controlled by the officers of the New South Wales Corps and later invested in land shipping and manufacturing throughout the colony.</p> <p>This lease is noteworthy for the inclusion of the site sketch by George Evans the colony's surveyor from 1803 but also a notable early colonial artist and inland explorer. The grant is fully signed 'Philip Gidley King' and the sketch is likewise signed 'G.W. Evans acting surveyor'. Examples of Gidley King's signature are uncommon on the market and this grant is not listed in the standard reference Land Grants 1788-1809 edited by R.J. Ryan.</p> </p> . Government House unknown
1836WRCAM54065Lexington Ky 1836. 23pp. Dbd. Chipping to fore-edge of first leaf toned and somewhat brittle overall. Good. A rare address on George Washington and the American character delivered in Lexington in 1836. OCLC records only three copies at the Huntington Library the Filson Historical Society and the University of Kentucky. OCLC 34706895. unknown books
1894808P31London: Richard Bentley and Son 1894. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A nice set of this personal biography on the life of Napoleon this being the second edition of the English translation by Arthur Levy. The second edition of this uncommon work published in the same year as the first edition.Complete in two volumes.Here translated into English by Arthur Levy originally written in French by Stephen Louis Simeon.An extensive two volume biography looking deeply into the personal life and career of the tyrannical Napoleon Bonaparte from his birth and family life up to his exile and death.Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume. One page of adverts to the rear of Volume I. Volume I bound without the half-title. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally smart. Spines are a little faded. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Some light marks to the boards and spines. Small tide mark to the head of the spine of Volume II. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few light spots. Volume I bound without the half-title. Stamp of John N. Bullen to various pages throughout each volume. Tissue guard to the frontispiece of Volume II is detached but present. Tide mark to the head of the frontispieces. Very Good Richard Bentley and Son hardcover
1895282089New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1895. Second Edition. Three Quarters Leather. Near Fine binding. First published as Napoleon Intime in 1893 the English edition was issued in London the following year. This "Second Edition" in English is handsomely bound in three-quarter crimson morocco over marbled boards with matching endpapers; top edges gilt; raised bands with Napoleonic devices and lettering stamped in gilt. Each volume with engraved portrait frontispiece. The book was panned in The Spectator in 1894 as a "whitewash" cf. The Spectator Archive 28 April 1894 p. 36. Near Fine binding. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
1841011935NY: M. W. Dodd 1841. 1st Edition or early edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Mid-19thC American edition of this religious treatiseby Simeon Ashe first printed in London in 1853. Original binding blind-ruled brown cloth spine decorated in gilt. 8vo 256 pages foxed throughout but solidly bound. A very good unsophisticated copy distinctive as this is an early printing - 1840s - of printer Dodd which thrived and survived through the 20thC as Dodd Mead. M. W. Dodd hardcover books
1886216293New Haven: Tuttle Morehouse & Taylor Press 1886. Disbound. Fair binding. Rear cover missing. Scant markings. ; NOT Ex-Library. Fair binding. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Press unknown books
188328449New Haven CT 1883. Ephemera. Single page on folded letterhead of the Law Department of Yale College. Dated April 25 1883. Baldwin was a jurist law professor at Yale co-founder and president of the American Bar Association and Governor of Connecticut. The letter reads: "Dear Mr. DeLancey I think you will see the Hartford & Harlem road begun within a year. It is being fought by the old Parallel scheme promoted by the New York New Haven & Harlem road; but we have nevertheless obtained most of the legislation needed. I take pleasure in sending you a copy of my historical paper recently printed. Yours sincerely Simeon E. Baldwin." Signature and date presumably from a different hand short annotation in pencil and small stain on the verso. Very good.; Letters. unknown
1893ZB465024New Haven: Hogson & Robinson printer 1893. 28 pp. reprinted from Yale Review; text toned paper wrappers fragmentary good only. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. New Haven: Hogson & Robinson, printer, unknown
187539051Paris: A la Librairie des Bibliophiles et Chez Rapilly 1875. Two of Bocher's outstanding catalogues raisonnés bound in one volume: the catalogue raisonné of prints after Baudouin and the catalogue raisonné of prints after Chardin. Also included are extensive catalogues of the paintings of each artist. Both limited to 475 numbered copies: the Baudouin catalogue is one of only 25 copies beautifully printed on fine Whatman wove paper; the Chardin catalogue is one of 450 beautifully printed on fine Dutch laid paper. Folio quarter morocco over marbled boards. Uncut. Light wear to extremities else fine. <br/><br/> A la Librairie des Bibliophiles et Chez Rapilly hardcover
1883024167Woodsville N.H.: Enterprise Printing House 1883. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. original pink wrappers with a swatch of old tape to top edge of FC all else near Fine. Quite an unusual NH town history format. This color variant is one of 5 I have seen in the past 30 yeas of collecting; Brown Red Yellow Lavender and this Pink. <br/> <br/> Enterprise Printing House paperback
1883024672Woodsville N.H.: Enterprise Printing House 1883. No Binding. Near Fine. VG in the original brown wrappers with a small corner chip end of spine. Quite an unusual NH town history format. This color variant is one of 5 I have seen in the past 30 yeas of collecting; Pink Red Yellow and this Brown. We currently have 5 in varying conditions mostly NF to AF. <br/> <br/> Enterprise Printing House unknown
1883022785Woodsville N.H.: Enterprise Printing House 1883. No Binding. Near Fine. About VG in the orignal light Lavender wrappers. Quite an unusual NH town history format and very scarce. 108 pages with 4 pages of ads in the rear. LHS stamp on top of rear cover. Minor wear and a small tear to the front cover spine is quite nice. NOTE: This variant is one of 5 colors I have seen in the past 30 yeas of collecting; Brown Red Yellow Pink and this Lavender. We currently have a few others in varying conditions and colors. <br/> <br/> Enterprise Printing House unknown
1883019757Woodsville N.H.: Enterprise Printing House 1883. No Binding. Near Fine. About F- in the orignal pink wrappers. Quite an unusual NH town history format and very scarce in this condition. This variant is one of 4 colors I have seen in the past 20 yeas of collecting; Brown Red Yellow and this Pink. We currently have 3 in varying conditions. Very small/light water spot on the FC else about Fine. <br/> <br/> Enterprise Printing House unknown
1883020093Woodsville N.H.: Enterprise Printing House 1883. No Binding. Near Fine. NF in the original brown wrappers with a small split at the spine & FC meeting edge. Quite an unusual NH town history format. This variant is one of 4 colors I have seen in the past 20 yeas of collecting; Brown Red Yellow and this Pink. We currently have 3 in varying conditions. <br/> <br/> Enterprise Printing House unknown
185138659Boston MA: Charles C. Little and James Brown 1851. Hardcover. Very Good. The main objective of the formulae is to enable the engineer to mark out the curves of a railroad with the greatest degree of precision and convenience and to locate them in situations the most desirable. 188 pages with formulae and diagrams. Bound in very dark green boards. An ex-library copy with two book plates on front end papers blind stamp on title page very faint library stamp on bottom and rear hinge repaired. A solid very good copy. <br/> <br/> Charles C. Little and James Brown hardcover
185138967Boston MA: Charles C. Little and James Brown 1851. First edition . Hardcover. Very Good. The main objective of the formulae is to enable the engineer to mark out the curves of a railroad with the greatest degree of precision and convenience and to locate them in situations the most desirable. 188 pages with formulae and diagrams. Bound in very dark green boards. Spine ends professionally repaired. Covers slightly rubbed. Neat name on preliminary page. A very good solid copy. <br/> <br/> Charles C. Little and James Brown hardcover
185138966Boston MA: Charles C. Little and James Brown 1851. Hardcover. Very Good. The main objective of the formulae is to enable the engineer to mark out the curves of a railroad with the greatest degree of precision and convenience and to locate them in situations the most desirable. 188 pages with formulae and diagrams. Bound in very dark green cloth. Several contemporary previous owners' names written on the front free endpaper. Wear to the cloth along the spine ends and corners. An about very good copy. <br/> <br/> Charles C. Little and James Brown hardcover
1851SRDSyBOR11Boston: Charles C.Little And James Brown 1851. 1851. 8vo. pp. x 1 leaferrata 188. 29 text diagrams. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth covers bit scuffed. First Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Boston: Charles C.Little And James Brown, 1851. Hardcover