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1929220145Shanghai: Commercial Press 1929. xii 147 pages very good hardcover in dj; originally printed in 1924 this is the fourth edition. The dustjacket in mildly wringled; small "Made in China" stamp near the top for importation to the US at the time. The price on the spine is given as "$2 Mex." Mexican silver pesos being a standard currency in China at the time. The Chinese-American translator was born and educated in Atlantic City New Jersey. Commercial Press unknown books
1934191332Shanghai: Commercial Press 1934. xiv 147 pages very good hardcover in like dj; originally printed in 1924 this edition noted as the "First impression after the Jauary 29th 1932 tragedy." The Chinese-American translator was born and educated in Atlantic City New Jersey. Commercial Press unknown books
194523961945. NEUMANN Reverend P.G. THE PRODIGAL. Detroit Michigan: Echoes of Heaven 1945. 8vo. printed wraps. First Edition. Signed presentation from Neumann on the title page: "To my dear friends Mr. and Mrs. W. Weigman whose untiring devotion to Jesus Christ has been the inspiration of many- P.G. Neumann. November 1945." This book is a collection of sermons given by Neumann over the religious Christian radio broadcast called "Echoes of Heaven" which featured the Reverend and his sermons a Gospel choir singers and musicians. A rare book. Very Good some toning around the spine and edge of covers. $125.00. <br/><br/> paperback books
1873113261London Oxford Cambridge: Rivingtons 1873. Octavo pp. i-v vi-viii 1 2-279 280: printer's imprint 96-page publisher's catalogue dated "August 1881" inserted at rear original decorated green cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold gray coated endpapers all edges untrimmed. First edition. "Collection of sixty-three fictional pieces all with some moral to be discerned in them though it's not always clear. Some are very short indeed including a number of animal fables while others are fully developed short stories. 'Bad Air and Water' lays the downfall of twin girls despite the generous gifts of a fairy godmother to a negligent mother who let them read . sensation novels! Some present parables. Another ruefully meditates on the unhappy fate of the man who invented the 'glossometre' which records and classifies a person's statements 'Observations on the weather 100; on the crops 50; to his own praise 100; to his neighbor's blame 200; faults found with others which are also his own 199.'. Nobody will keep it and it is turned out of every home as well as a pulpit. The collection presents a study in a cluster of related literary styles that are largely out of favor today but which have been historically important and which have shaped the work of such authors as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Franz Kafka." - Robert Eldridge. Allibone Supplement p. 816. Cloth rubbed and lightly worn at spine ends corner tips and along outer hinges a very good copy. #113261 Rivingtons unknown books
1968TB29605Barre Mass.: Barre Publishers 1968. Republication of 1968. Near fine in white paper covered boards with blind text embossing on the front board. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with a prior owner's name on the first free end page and with bumps to the upper fore corners of the boards. In a very near fine price clipped dust jacket with a tiny 1/8" closed tear at the lower fore edge of the front panel. 116 pages of text and illustrated with reproductions of the photographs of the last six men alive as of 1864 who were soldiers during the American Revolution. Originally published in 1864 by R. A. Moore in Hartford Conn. which when found is extremely uncommon. Barre Publishers hardcover books
18425061Detroit: Morgan Bates Printer 1842. xiv 1 blank 1 17-70 2 blanks pp as issued. Original printed wrappers bit of extremity chipping to the wraps stitched. Very Good.<br/><br/> This sermon was printed three times in Detroit during 1842 the year it was delivered. It was also reprinted in several other locales. McCoskry the first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan rebuts those "who deny the Apostolic succession." The second edition was printed very soon after the first in April 1842; the preface to this third edition is dated June 6 1842.<br/>MI Impr. Inv. 470 5. AI 42-3098 5 first edition. Not in Sabin or Greenly. Morgan Bates, Printer unknown books
198622742Torino: Cassa Di Risparmio Di Torino 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. salmon cloth lettered in black. Near fine in fine dust wrapper. 303 pages. 30.4 x 23.5 cm. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white printed on quality glossy stock. Commentaries are chapters by eight scholars. Bibliography. Text in Italian. Small dampstain lower front cover at backstrip. Cassa Di Risparmio Di Torino hardcover books
1773S13775London:: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly 1773. 1773. Sm. 8vo. xxxvii 3 136 pp. Engraved frontispiece. On page 121: "Inscribed to Mr. Betteroth". Original calf rebacked with handsome new spine and red morocco gilt-stamped spine label. Bookplate of Hastings Nathaniel Middleton. Some minor ink annotations to the title. Very good. Originally issued in 1729 under a slightly different title and then again reissued in 1739. This is the third edition. "Brown was an enthusiastic angler and in 1750 at the suggestion of Dr. Johnson brought out an edition of Walton and Cotton's "Compleat Angler". . . MOSES BROWNE 1704 – September 1787 was a pen-cutter from Clerkenwell London England who became a poet and eventually rose amongst the ranks of the Church of England. He made various contributions to the Gentleman's Magazine founded by Edward Cave at St. John's Gate in 1731 who awarded Browne several prizes for his contributions. Browne mixed with some distinguished literary figures of his time including befriending Samuel Johnson. Browne was appointed vicar of Olney Buckinghamshire in 1753. In 1764 Browne took on the post of Chaplain at Morden College in Blackheath London. He remained vicar of Olney at the same time as vicar of Sutton Lincolnshire until his death in 1787. See: John Bartlett Catalogue of Books on Angling: Including Ichthyology . . . 1882 page 15; DNB III pp. 52-3; Thomas Westwood Thomas Satchell Bibliotheca piscatoria a catalogue of books on angling. . . 1883 pp. 43-4. Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1773. unknown books
19232986Edinburgh and London: W. & R. Chambers Limited 1923. Hardcover. Very good-/No dust jacket. Edinburgh and London: W. & R. Chambers Limited 1923. 12 double-leaf b/w plates of 53 notarial signs. 291 pp. Hardcover. 4to. Purple cloth. Gilt lettering to spine and front board top edge gilt. Spine faded; head and heel lightly bumped and rubbed with minor tears; corners bumped and rubbed; extremities lightly rubbed and bumped; boards lightly discolored; edges untrimmed and foxed; former ownerÕs bookplate to front pastedown; binding split near rear gutter. Former genealogical library stamp to half-title page; Ôpresentation copyÕ embossed to title page; scattered light foxing to interior. Very good-/No dust jacket. W. & R. Chambers Limited hardcover books
184629011Boston: Dutton and Wentworth Printers 1846. Original printed salmon wrappers stitched 48pp. Occasional light spotting Very Good.<br/><br/> "The letters concern Rev. Adams' refusal to grant letters of recommendation from his church to the Payson church of which Rev. Fairchild was pastor because of accusations of immoral conduct against Fairchild" Cohen. The Payson church was thus deprived of "the fellowship of sister churches." Fairchild had allegedly seduced a young woman Rhoda Davidson of Edgecomb Maine while she was a domestic in his family. She had a child and nominated Fairchild as the father. Ecclesiastical trials ensued. Fairchild claimed that rival ministers one of whom was Reverend Adams had defamed him by calling him an habitual libertine and adulterer. Adams as Fairchild puts it "publicly said that there was more guilt resting on my head than on the head of any man who walks the streets of Boston or words to that effect." <br/> The Payson Church Committee examines the relevant documents and concludes "We clearly saw that no guilt had been proved against him and therefore felt bound to regard him as innocent wondering how any human creature could have a heart to add another grain to his load of suffering or inflict one fresh wound on his wife and children. We deem him one of the most injured and persecuted clergymen which the history of this country can furnish."<br/>Cohen 13687. AI 46-54 5. Dutton and Wentworth, Printers unknown books
1861009123St. Louis: George Knapp 1861. Wraps. Very good. Complete with 12 pages including the cover. See Sabin 2217. In nice shape with some light marginal toning Elliot preached this sermon on August 18 1862 shortly after eleven Southern states had seceded and while Missouri teetered between joining the Confederacy or remaining in the Union. Although Eliot was a moderate abolitionist and Union supporter he rarely if ever publicly announced his political opinions. Rather he preached generally about freedom religion and loyalty stressing community unity and encouraging his parishioners to refrain from quarreling an instead search for things upon which they had in common. He believed that the ever-increasing extreme political polarization over slavery was unhealthy for the community prevented any possibility of reaching a peaceful solution and could only spell disaster for the nation. However in this sermon Eliot makes clear that he is a Unionist and argues that citizens have a religious and patriotic duty to their nation that are one and the same. Although distressed by secession his optimism shines through: "But the time will come when the community of interest will again be acknowledged and we shall be yet again ONE NATION . . . and this great experiment of Republican Institutions now on trial will yet succeed." Eliot's efforts along with those of Nathaniel Lyon and Francis P. Blair tipped public sentiment in favor of the Union and the Missouri Ordinance of Secession proposed by Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson a southern sympathizer was never passed by a legally assembled quorum of state legislators. See Holt's William Greenleaf Eliot: Conservative Radical for more information. William Greenleaf Eliot was born in Massachusetts. After graduating from Harvard Divinity School in 1834 he moved to St. Louis where he founded the first Unitarian church west of the Mississippi the Church of the Messiah now the First Unitarian Church of St. Louis. Eliot was active in public life and instrumental in founding many civic institutions including the St. Louis Public Schools and the St. Louis Art Museum. A strong proponent of higher education he co-founded Washington University in 1853 which was initially named Eliot Seminary in his honor and he served as its chancellor from 1870-1887. He was the grandfather of the modernist poet T. S. Eliot. An important and rather scarce piece of Missouri's Civil War history. At time of listing no other examples are for sale in the trade and no auction records are found at ABPC or the Rare Book Hub. OCLC shows that the pamphlet is only held by nine libraries. <br/><br/> George Knapp paperback books
1859005221New York: John A. Gray 1859. Very Good wrappers with small chips corner crease at spine top edge. Stitched wrappers. 23 pgs. "Read by appointment before The Congregational Ministers' Meeting of New London County Ct." . Rev. Henry Cheever was the brother of famed abolitionist George Barrell Cheever. and while certainly an avowed abolitionist himself is perhaps best remembered for his documenting of his travels in the Hawaiian Islands. In this SCARCE tract he argues that the teachings of the Bible provide ample reason to withhold fellowship from churches and individuals who tolerate slavery. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo. John A. Gray Paperback books
185070047London: Chapman and Hall 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. In this novel Kingsley set out to expose the social injustice suffered by workers in the clothing trade and the trials and tribulations of agricultural laborers. It also gives an insight into the Chartist campaign with which Kingsley was involved in the 1840s. From the library of Scottish lawyer university administrator and bibliophile Dr. Alexander Bennett McGrigor of Cairnoch LLD 1827-1891 with his gilt-stamped leather bookplate to each front pastedown. Octavo two volumes. In three-quarter brown morocco over marbled paper bindings by Maclehose of Glasgow with gilt titles five raised bands and matching marbled endpapers. The original cloth has been laid down on blank leaves and bound in at the rear. The spines are a touch sun faded; otherwise very good and quite lovely. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
1868009701Saratoga Springs to Clinton New York 1868. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This two-page handbill measures 6" x 9.75" and is illustrated with an image of the Congress and Columbian Springs in Saratoga Springs New York. An addendum identifying the "Discounts for 1869" is attached to the reverse. The handbill is enclosed in its original envelope sent by the Reverend Charles F. Dowd from Saratoga Springs to Professor Edward North of Hamilton College in Clinton New York. The envelope is franked with a black two-cent Jackson stamp Scott #73 that has been canceled with a fancy "P" carved cork handstamp. Both the handbill and envelope are in nice shape. The alleged benefits of Saratoga Springs naturally-carbonated mineral water can be traced by to the Mohawk and Iroquois tribes that are said to have drank and bathed in the waters for its supposed healing and curative powers. <br /> Early settlers were convinced and over time incredible claims about their power exploded in early America. They were said to cure kidney and liver disease rheumatism diabetes scrofula cancer malaria and "weakness of women" in addition to numerous other conditions and diseases. By the mid-1850s Saratoga was the pre-eminent vacation destination for the uber-wealthy including the Vanderbilts Whitneys J.P. Morgan Diamond Jim Brady and Lillian Russell. Soon thereafter resort proprietors expanded their operations to include bottling their waters for shipment especially within New York state. <br /> <br /> <p>This circular was produced in the early days of Saratoga water shipping by the suppliers Hotchkiss Sons who promise to deliver bottled water from the Empire Congress and Columbian Springs "safely and securely packed in boxes suitable for shipment to any part of the world." <br /> <br /> <p>Reverend Dowd and his wife were co-principals of Temple Grove Ladies Seminary now Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs. Dowd however is most famous for inventing the system of U.S. time zones that was eventually adopted world-wide to improve railroad scheduling. <br /> <br /> <p>Professor North served as the Professor of Greek and ancient languages at Hamilton College for over 58 years. He also served as the president of the New York State Teacher's Association and on the board of trustees for the Clinton Grammar School. <br /> <br /> <p>For more information see "Saratoga Mineral Springs Legend & History" at Saratoga.com CDC's "History of Drinking Water Treatment" "The Man Who Made Time Workable" from the Jul/Aug 2017 issue of Yale Alumni Magazine and "A Memoir of Edward North" from the 14 Oct 1905 issue of the New York Times all available online. unknown books
1896133883London: John Murray 1896. Hardbound. Good- a very presentable reading copy see further description of condition. Perforation stamps through many if not all plates cardpocket on rear free endpaper. Bound in very faded greenish blue cloth with red & gilt Tomoe-ko mark on the front board. 346 pp. with two folding maps at rear as well as. This particular copy is exlibrary. There is a blind stamp on the title-page and there are perforation stamps through both the maps at the rear. The first map of the Alps has a tear and a split on minor consequence through one of the folds. The cover corners are sharp but the outer hinges are splitting and weak and there is some loss at the top left of the spine. This copy will never win a beauty contest but it is a complete copy of this rare book. John Murray hardcover books
1817007022London UK: John Murray. Very Good. 1817. Later Edition. Softcover. Seventh edition. Previous owner name or notation on title page. Missing wraps or cover original binding unknown. Text is clean and free of markings tape repair to last page.; Book; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . John Murray paperback books
17244129London. A. Bettsworth and W. Taylor. 1724. Full gilt ruled calfgilt ruled spine compartments with gilt -tooled embellishments. Raised bands. 16mo. 6th Edition. Illustrated with frontis and in text embellishments. Covers and spine worn front hinge starting else Very Good with clean crisp internals. A. Bettsworth and W. Taylor. hardcover books
185770049Cambridge: Macmillan and Co 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. With the Crimean War as its backdrop this novel called attention to the issues of sanitation and public health. From the library of Scottish lawyer university administrator and bibliophile Dr. Alexander Bennett McGrigor of Cairnoch LLD 1827-1891 with his gilt-stamped leather bookplate to each front pastedown. Octavo three volumes. In three-quarter brown morocco over marbled paper bindings by Maclehose of Glasgow with gilt titles five raised bands and matching marbled endpapers. The original cloth has been laid down on blank leaves and bound in at the rear. The spines are a touch sun faded; otherwise very good and quite lovely. Macmillan and Co hardcover books
1837009320Ship Burgundy to Middletown Connecticut 1837. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This two-page folded letter measures 16" x 10" unfolded. It bears a circular red New York "Ship" postmark dated August 16 and is in nice shape. The ship Burgundy regularly brought immigrants from Europe to the United States. On this voyage which began at Le Havre in April it transported 41 U.S. citizens and 79 immigrant farmers from Prussia and Bavaria to New York see the Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild On-Line where Ms. Gibbs reports in her letter to Dr. Jarvis that it was quarantined for three days: "Tho' there has been no sickness on board except measles - they are obliged to cleance the ship at Staten Island and then land strange passengers and our baggage cannot be taken out until the ship comes up unless we consent to it being examined by an inferior officer." Ms. Gibbs also informs the Reverend Jarvis that "I saw Mrs J and daughter a few days before I left Paris they were all well very much occupied in preparation for their return to America It was their intention to sail the 8th of this month.". No doubt Ms. Gibbs would have no idea that this information would be something that Jarvis simply did not want to hear as Sarah was returning to the United States to begin divorce proceedings. In 1810 Samuel Jarvis then a young minister recently graduated from Yale married Sarah McCurdy Hart one of the "seven graces" the most beautiful women in New England at the time. Although Jarvis became quite wealthy as one of the most prominent pastors in New England and the couple had five children together their marriage was miserable from the start. It eventually ended in one of the most notorious divorces of 18th century America and was chronicled in newspapers and pamphlets of the day. Samuel was a serious humorless and stubborn man while Sarah was high strung tempestuous and easily angered. Soon after the wedding they began to annoy anger and infuriate each other. Samuel was also physically abusive not only to Sarah but to at least one of his daughters. During the divorce proceedings which were initiated soon after Sarah returned from her mutually agreed upon exile in Europe it came to light that Jarvis had repeatedly punched her in the head seized and wrung her nose dragged her across floors held her captive in a small apartment forced her to remain silent at all times limited her food and attempted to commit her to an insane asylum. A remarkable and scarce first-hand account of the arrival of an immigrant ship in New York made even more compelling by its connection to the infamous Jarvis-Hart divorce. At the time of listing no similar accounts of an immigrant ship's arrival in New York are for sale in the trade. There are no records at the Rare Book Hub or OCLC of similar accounts being held by institutions or sold at auction. Collections of Jarvis papers are held by the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut and the New York Public Library. unknown books
1935028105Vienna: Jos. Schlesinger 1935. Octavo. 641 1 iii 3 pages 15 unnumbered leaves of plates. English and Hebrew on opposite pages. Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960. The follow of God has to knock on Heaven's Gates. In other words these are not merely verbal prayers but prayers of the heart. Is it possible Bob Dylan's early Jewish background influence his writing of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" Bound in brown cloth color pictorial pastedown within a gilt framed spine lettered and decorated in gilt color illustrations all edges gilt gift inscription "In remembrance of the engagement of Millie Hauser and Reuben Shimilove". A very nice copy. Jos. Schlesinger unknown books
1838008733London: John Murray 1838. Uncommon edition each volume has added title page engraved with vignette. Eight volumes bound in contemporary brown embossed cloth gilt lettering at spines decorative end papers. Near Fine several corners bumped prior owner initials in ink. . Later Edition. Embossed Cloth. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. John Murray Hardcover books
186670048London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Perhaps a review copy: a holographic note that reads "From the Publisher" appears on the half-title in the first volume. The story of Hereward a historical Anglo-Saxon figure who led resistance against the Normans from a base in Ely surrounded by fen land. It was Kingsley's last historical novel and was instrumental in elevating Hereward into an English folk hero. From the library of Scottish lawyer university administrator and bibliophile Dr. Alexander Bennett McGrigor of Cairnoch LLD 1827-1891 with his gilt-stamped leather bookplate to each front pastedown. Octavo two volumes. In three-quarter brown morocco over marbled paper bindings by Maclehose of Glasgow with gilt titles five raised bands and matching marbled endpapers. The original cloth has been laid down on blank leaves and bound in at the rear. The spines are a touch sun faded; otherwise very good and quite lovely. Macmillan and Co hardcover books
1988222Cristoforo di Predis <i>Il Codice Varia 124 della Biblioteca Reale di Torino. Miniato da Cristoforo de Predis Milano 1476 a cura di Alessandro Vitale-Brovarone</i>. Edito in Torino dalla Società Editrice Umberto Allemandi & C. Per L'Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino 1988. <i>Edizione fuori commercio</i>. The first volume is the text which explores in detail the essential aspects of the celebrated manuscript from the <i>Libreria Viscontea Sforzesca</i> in the Biblioteca Reale the <i>Storia di Gesù e Giudizio Universale</i> a richly illustrated <i>codice miniato </i>from the School of Lombardy in the fifteenth century: the manuscript itself the texts the language the iconography Guido Gentile the artist Cristoforo de Predis Riccardo Passoni as well as the criteria for translation and indexes of places names with a final glossary. The second volume is a complete full-page color reproduction of Codice Varia 124 with more than 300 pages. Housed in a hard pale blue folding box as issued matching the blue cloth bindings on both volumes. Almost as new in pristine very fine condition. Edito in Torino dalla Società Editrice Umberto Allemandi & C. Per L’Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino hardcover books
1803265202Newburyport: Edmund M. Blunt 1803. First American Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Shaw & Shoemaker 4350. One of several works by a leading figure of the 18th century English evangelical revival. Haweis was member of the Countess of Huntigdon's "Connexion" and at her death became a principle trustee. A First American Edition of his Evangelical Principles a collection of 14 sermons which was part of the standard training of ordinands in the "Connexion". Bound in contemporary sheep with a cracked morocco title label which has some minor loss. Very Good binding. Edmund M. Blunt unknown books
176553988London: Printed by W. Bowyer for A. Millar in the Strand 1765. Third Edition. Frontispiece in Volume I by Hoare of Ralph Allen on engraved t.p. 204; 331; 338 pp. 3 vols. 12mo. Polished contemporary calf gilt spine. Very good. Third Edition. Frontispiece in Volume I by Hoare of Ralph Allen on engraved t.p. 204; 331; 338 pp. 3 vols. 12mo. Printed by W. Bowyer, for A. Millar, in the Strand unknown books
