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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
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
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
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
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
189881240New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1898. First edition of this book of aphorisms created by American Episcopal clergyman and lyricist Phillips Brooks best known for writing the lyrics to the Christmas hymn "O Little Town of Bethlehem." Small octavo bound in full morocco gilt titles and tooling to the spine all edges gilt gilt ruled to the front and rear panels inner dentelles green marbled endpapers. In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities. Born in Boston Massachusetts Phillips Brooks served as the Rector of Boston's majestic Trinity Church as well as the Bishop of Massachusetts. He was particularly remembered for his dynamic sermons and for championing the liturgical movement particularly congregational singing at the liturgy for which he lyricized many hymns. E.P. Dutton & Company unknown books
181959962Paris: Chez Arthus Bertrand 1819. First edition in French first published in English London 1816. 8vo. 4 volumes: 4 lxxiv 309; 4 346; 4 432; 4 517 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait to volume one. This work contains a portion of the king's autobiography the original of which is now lost. Some controversy exists over who actually wrote the book and it is variously attributed to a number of authors; Clarke 1766-1834 the biographer of Lord Nelson was certainly involved in its publication. James 1633-1701 the second surviving son of Charles I served as James II King of England and Ireland and James VII King of Scotland 1685-1688 when he was deposed by the Glorious Revolution. Some foxing but a very good copy. Somewhat later French green calf spine faded uniformly to brown gilt ornaments and labels on spine marbled endpapers and edges. 7210. <br/><br/> Chez Arthus Bertrand unknown books
1794BL4614Elizabethtown New Jersey:: Printed and sold by Shepard Kollock 1794. 1794. 12mo. 295 5 pp. Original full calf gilt bands on spine red gilt-stamped leather spine label; rubbed corners showing. Very good copy in original binding. Evans 26976; Felcone New Jersey Books 90; Joseph Felcone New Jerseyana 2312. Printed and sold by Shepard Kollock, 1794. hardcover books
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
18681060Cincinnati OH: Hitchcock and Walden 1868. Hardbound. Near fine. 1/2 leather. 476 476 pp. 25 steel engravings. Each issue has Literature non-fiction articles prose a Children's Section a Family Section a Review of Contemporary Literature a Monthly Record and The Editors Table. Of the notable engravings found in this volume included are Burgdoerf after L. Rohbock; Attacking An Outpost after W.H. Beard N.A.; On The Magallawa after O.G. Hanks; The Riverside Path a Glimpse of The Catskills after W. Hart; The Deer Lope after W.H. Beard; The Writing Lesson by W. Wellstood; Mount Monadnock NH after R.W. Hubbard; Little Rosebud after L.G.G.L. Brown; The Spring Garland after W. Goodall Esq.; Cincinnati Weslyan Female College after B.B. Chamberlin; Wayside Hospitality after C.F. Blauvelt; At The Spring after J.M. Hart; The Village Spire after W. Hart; The Homestead by W. Whittredge. Hitchcock and Walden hardcover books
184312134Alexandria: Printed at the Sou: Churchman Office 1843. 56pp bound in later plain wrappers scattered fox. Good. Meade became Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Virginia in 1841. "Meade's character and leadership made him a power for good throughout not only the Episcopal Church but the entire state." DAB. Meade warns here that "those are most positive and intolerant who most implicitly take their faith from others instead of drawing it by careful study and humble prayer from the word of God. The Romanists who blindly take everything from the infallible oracle of their Church think it impossible they can be wrong and therefore disposed most violently to condemn others." FIRST EDITION. AI 43-3413 5. Haynes 12033. Printed at the Sou: Churchman Office unknown books
200022741Genova: Le Mani 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth lettered in gilt. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 445 pages. 32 x 25 cm. 401 illustrations mostly in color printed on quality glossy stock. A series of scholarly articles. Comprehensive Bibliography. Index of Names. Text in Italian. Le Mani hardcover books
193337685New York: William Abbatt 1933. 1st printing thus. Blue paper wrappers with black lettering printed to spine and cover. Sunning around spine and wrapper edges. Chipping along spine and wrapper edges. A VG copy. 3 -63 3 blank pp. Intratextual illustrations. 10-1/4" x 7-3/4" <br/><br/> William Abbatt unknown books
199989453Devon PA: William T. Cooke Publishing Inc 1999. cloth. 8vo. cloth. 400 pages. Prefatory remarks by Most Reverend Michael A. Saltarelli Bishop of Wilmington. Biographical sketches accompanied by photograph when available of every priest that served in Wilmington starting with Patrick Reilly who started in Wilmington in 1834. Scarce book. William T. Cooke Publishing, Inc unknown books
1929WRCAM39667Paris 1929. 2121pp. plus 4pp. of printed wrappers. Quarto. Original printed wrappers. Contemporary label for the Society for Promoting Christian Bookplate of John Lawson on front wrapper verso. Knowledge mounted on front wrapper largely removed. Institutional inkstamp on front wrapper. Wrappers lightly chipped torn at spine. Paper lightly toned and brittle. Good. A rare ethnological account and extensive lexicon of the Warau or Guarano Indians of the Orinoco Basin originally published in Volumes XX and XXI new series of the JOURNAL DE LA SOCIÉTÉ DES AMÉRICANISTES DE PARIS 1928-29. OCLC lists only nine copies. unknown books
