Gifford, William (1756-1826)Antiquariat.de
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185046861The London Printing and Publishing Company, um 1850. Bild ca. 11,5 x 9 cm, Blatt ca. 26,5 x 17 cm. 1 Blatt, verso weiß.
185445549NY:: Leonard Scott & Co. Very Good. 1854. Hardcover. American Edition. Quarto half-bound in light brown calf leather marbled boards gilt lettering and raised bands along spine marbled endpapers double columned. Moderate shelf wear occasional moderate foxing throughout text block else very good. Binding is solid. ; 338 pages . Leonard Scott & Co., hardcover
185345547NY:: Leonard Scott & Co. Very Good. 1853. Hardcover. American Edition. Quarto half-bound in light brown calf leather marbled boards gilt lettering and raised bands along spine marbled endpapers double columned. Previous owner's name and date 1854 in pencil on front free endpaper moderate shelf wear occasional moderate foxing throughout text block else very good. Binding is solid. ; 330 pages . Leonard Scott & Co., hardcover
185445550NY:: Leonard Scott & Co. Very Good. 1854. Hardcover. American Edition. Quarto half-bound in light brown calf leather marbled boards gilt lettering and raised bands along spine marbled endpapers double columned. Moderate shelf wear occasional moderate foxing throughout text block else very good. Binding is solid. ; 330 pages . Leonard Scott & Co., hardcover
188440430Cincinnati: Masonic Review. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1884. Coth. 12mo; 143 pages; Webb's Freemason's Monitor. With Burial Service.Edited by Henry D. Moore. 143 pages. 8vo publisher's cloth decorated in blind; front free endpaper torn generally clean and sound otherwise. Lengthy inscription on front free endaper of which the bottom portion has been removed. . Masonic Review unknown
1825230481825. EnvironmentalismAgriculture Archive of six manuscripts and printed works concerning water rights water supply and environmental regulation in the United States and Britain during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The materials chronicle the evolving legal protections governing access to water resources including industrial use agricultural supply municipal control of waterways and emerging concerns regarding river pollution. Together the documents trace a historical arc from early industrial petitions for water-powered manufacturing and property-based water rights disputes to later government and professional studies addressing irrigation law water infrastructure and environmental contamination. The archive contains six items three manuscripts and three printed works:<br /> <br /> 1 Manuscript Petition. Lancaster Pennsylvania. 1825 petition submitted to the Honorable Mayor and Common Council of the City of Lancaster requesting authorization to use water from the town run for manufacturing purposes. The petitioner proposes constructing a machine for manufacturing cards used in carding cotton and requests permission to convey water through wooden pipes from the municipal run to power the operation. The petition references specific lots and locations within Lancaster and includes statements assuring that the diversion would not interfere with existing water flow or neighboring property. Approximately 8 x 9.75 inches.<br /> <br /> 2 Autograph Letter Signed. Philadelphia February 25 1861. Letter addressed to J. E. Thompson concerning a dispute involving water use along the Wissahickon Creek. The writer discusses complaints relating to the removal of sand and alteration of water flow affecting neighboring property references a dam causing land inundation and ultimately states a willingness to relinquish certain rights so the dam may be removed noting that steam power is sufficient for his manufacturing purposes.<br /> <br /> 3 Charles C. Brown. River Pollution in the United States. Reprinted from the Journal of the American Society of Engineers October 1890. Early engineering study discussing sources of river contamination and methods of measuring and preventing industrial pollution of American waterways.<br /> <br /> 4 Certified Court Record Suffolk England 1833. Court of Common Pleas water rights dispute concerning property and access to a well in the parishes of Stowmarket and Needham Market Suffolk. The case lists William Ransom as plaintiff and Thomas Wells and Susan Wells as defendants relating to the liberty of drawing water and access rights. The record references the reign of King George IV and was officially certified July 16 1833 by Charles Roberts Assistant Keeper of Records of the Public Record Office.<br /> <br /> 5 R. H. Hess. Arid-Land Water Rights in the United States. Reprinted from the Columbia Law Review June 1916. Scholarly legal analysis examining riparian rights and the doctrine of prior appropriation in the American West and the legal development of irrigation water allocation.<br /> <br /> 6 United States Department of Agriculture. Farmstead Water Supply. Farmers' Bulletin No. 1448. Washington D.C. issued August 1925 and slightly revised June 1933. Government agricultural engineering bulletin describing sanitary well construction water storage and safe water supply systems for American farms.<br /> <br /> Manuscript documents show typical folds from original filing and storage with moderate toning and minor edge wear; handwriting remains clear and legible throughout. Printed pamphlets show light toning occasional edge wear and scattered minor staining consistent with use and inexpensive publication formats. Overall condition good to very good. This archive offers a compact documentary survey of water governance and environmental awareness across more than a century linking early industrial petitions and property disputes with the later emergence of legal scholarship and engineering studies addressing irrigation policy rural infrastructure and river pollution in the modern United States. unknown
185173156London John Murray 1851-1852. Two volumes bound in one. 8vo. 6550pp.; 5600pp.; unknown
184172537London John Murray 1841-. Two volumes bound in one. 8vo. 6556pp.; 6539pp.; unknown
184873160London John Murray 1848-1849. Two volumes bound in one. 8vo. 6618pp.; 5630pp. unknown
184573158London John Murray 1845-1846. Two volumes bound in one. 8vo. 4616pp.; 5586pp. unknown
184373159London John Murray 1843. Two volumes bound in one. 8vo. 4604pp.; 5601pp. unknown
185973157London John Murray 1859. Two volumes bound in one. 8vo. 5570pp.; 6562pp.; unknown
183420852H80310NY: Theodore Foster. Wear AND CHIPPING to leather spine. Jan Feb March and April issues bound in hardcover half-leather. . Acceptable. Half-Leather. American Edition. 1834. Theodore Foster hardcover
184736797Charleston: Burges & James 1847. Hardcover. Poor. Thick octavo. Two volumes. v index 1 page blank 524 pages; 536 pages v index 1 page blank 1. Ex-library copy with perforated stamp from "The University of The South Library" on the title page. Faded purple stamp page 101. Binding is in poor condition. Front cover is missing. Spine is dry cracked and chipped. Toning and light scattered foxing to the contents. <br /> <br /> Contents include articles on Adam Smith's Wealth of the Nations; Labor The Wilmot Provisio; China and the Chinese Life of Zachary Taylor; Carolina Sports; Slavery in the United States; Fanny Kemble and more. Poor to fair condition. Burges & James hardcover
189944437London: Elliott Stock 1899. fair. 183 footnotes boards worn and soiled spine faded some endpaper discoloration. Dedicated to Frank Harris of the Saturday Review. Elliott Stock hardcover
1828302753London Charles and Henry Baldwyn 1820-1828. 1828. 8vo. Title page vignettes. Contemporary 3/4 tan calf over marbled boards red and dark green spine labels minor rubbing. An attractive set. 16 volumes. Bookplates of F. Barham Zincke of Wherstead. Volumes 15 16 are edited by Henry Southern and Nicholas Harris Nicolas published by Baldwin Cradock and Joy; and Payne and Foss. Printed by Thomas Davison. Volumes 1-14 printed by D.S. Maurice. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1820-1828. hardcover
182426453London: John Murray 1824. half leather marbled boards endpapers and edges marbled also some wear to covers occasional foxing in text but still quite readable 542pp two issues continuously paginated. Reviews include: Travels in Brazil Captivity among Indians of North America; Character of the Russians; Origins and progress of rail and tram roads etc; much on the Church of Ireland in 1823. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Murray Hardcover
183730689Boston: Otis Broaders & Co 1837. Leather bound. Good. Octavo. 1 iv 560 pages. Brown leather with black title label on the spine. Light rubs to leather joints. Light to moderate foxing to contents. Damp-stains to front and rear end sheets. Contents include Drake's Indian History; America Forest Trees; Poussin on American Rail Roads; and more. Otis, Broaders, & Co unknown
1854ZB705442Edinburgh etc.: W. P. Kennedy etc. 1854-1855 passim. all complete volumes library hand stamps and markings almost matching later boards one volume has different marbling with black leather spines and tips rubbed at extremities and along joints general light age toning a good group. - 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. Edinburgh (etc.): W. P. Kennedy (etc.) hardcover
1836041575New York: The New York Mirror Co 1836 1837 1836. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Full Page Plates. 52 Issues Complete In Publisher's Binding Marbled Boards With Leather Spine Gilt. Full Page Plates And Musical Melodies In Some Issueswear Paper And Leather Worn At Edges Of Boards But Binding Solid Contents Clean Except For Light Foxing At Edges Of The Full Page Plates. P. 119/120 Has Upper Corner Torn Away Removing About 1/2 Of Text. Long Closed Tear Pp 303/304. Pp 215/216 Excised.Includes The First Appearance In America Of An Up-And-Coming Young British Writer Charles Dickens Writing As " Boz" Or As "Excerpts From Dickens": "The Fashionable Dancing Academy" P. 122; "Miss Evans And The Eagle" P. 134; "The Bloomsbury Christening" Pp. 146-47; "The Steam Excursion" Pp. 162-63; "Meditations In Monmouth Street" Pp. 177-178; "The Great Winglebury Duel" Pp. 186-87; "A Christmas Dinner" Pp. 202-203; "Excerpt From 'Pickwick;" P. 294; "Minns And His Cousin" Pp. 305-306; "Our Next Door Neighbors" Pp. 314-315; "The Parlour Orator" Pp. 322-323. P. 328 Has Short Review Of Mary Shelley's "Falkner" "By The Author Of Frankenstein. This Work Exhibits A Greater Range Of Her Powers Than The Book By Which Mrs. Shelley Is Best Known But It Must Not Be Denied That It Lacks All That Strange And Terrible Interest Which Give Its Particular Character To Frankenstein. <br/> <br/> The New York Mirror Co 1836 1837 hardcover
