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1892005804London: John C. Nimmo 1892. First Limited Edition. Cloth. Very Good. No. 157 of 520 copies. 4to. 29 by 19 cm. vii 1 136 pp. 52 hand-colored plates. Spine extremities chipped. Other moderate wear to original cloth. Interior age toned but clean. A tight copy. <br/><br/> John C. Nimmo hardcover books
1833188London: John Harris 1833. Third edition. Third edition. 12mo. Roan red calf spine green cloth. 16 charming engraved illustrations. Corners bumped spine worn. Internally very good. <br/><br/> John Harris hardcover books
1822005212Philadelphia PA: Carey & Lea 1822. Book. Very good- condition. Unbound. First Edition. 22.25" width x 17.5" height printed sheet with 18" x 11.75" hand-colored map centered at top of sheet three color. Nice condition with browing to center fold which is offsetting from original glue from reverse hinge. The back of the hinge has been repaired with tape. Minor browning to margins of sheet easily framed out. Includes an extra sheet of letterpress to accomodate the large image size. An attractive image suitable for office/library display or gift. Includes an extra sheet of letterpress to accomodate the large image size. Originally bound in an atlas titled "A Complete Historical Chronological and Geographical Atlas Being A Guide to the History of North and South America and the West Indies: Exhibiting an Accurate Account of the Discovery Settlement and Progress of their Various Kingdoms States Provinces &c. Together with Wars Celebrated Battles and Remarkable Events to the Year 1822. According to the Plan of LeSage's Atlas and Intended as a Companion to Lavoisne's Improvement of that Celebrated Work." Americana. Carey & Lea Paperback books
184620592<p><b>Original Muggletonian Celestial Astronomical Baxter print</b></p><p><b>System According to the Holy Scriptures</b></p><p> Drawn by Isaac Frost Engraved by Clubb London. Printed in oil by George Baxter.</p><p>Plate 9. Shows the Earth suspended in the firmament showing longitude and latitude lines. Similar to Plate 10 which shows outlines of continents.</p><p>The Baxter oil print shown here was made in 1846 for the private use of the Muggletonians an English religious group that denied a sun-centered solar system. The Muggletonians derived their own view of the universe and these plates are among the rarest of all Baxter prints having been made for private use and never widely circulated. Part of a larger set total eleven prints made for Isaac Frost's <i>Two Systems of Astronomy</i> this print was never bound into a book but remained as a loose printed sheet. It is surmised that the others in this series were lost in the London Blitz when the Muggletonian archives were largely destroyed. The Baxter process a complex and costly printing process produced a spectacular image and the plates are strikingly beautiful. Each Muggletonian astronomical print measures about 7 3/4 x 10 5/8 inches with decent margins. Condition is very good with the slightest of marginal creasing not affecting image. The background color in this print is slightly mottled as seen in image. This is the result of the difficulty of the entire Baxter process and shows perhaps why it was an economically unfeasible process. Small pinhole in upper left corner. Baxter Muggletonian prints are scarce and were unknown to C. T. Courtney Lewis in the first edition of his work on George Baxter.</p><p>The plates we have for sale were printed for a work titled "Two Systems of Astronomy" and were most likely circulated only to members of the sect and not sold as a commercial publication due to the expensive Baxter colour process. These plates were produced to illustrate an alternative to the Newtonian beliefs of gravity and terrestrial and celestial motion and are important in the history of the relationship between religion and science. Our plates were never bound into a book but were separately published as single leaves.</p> George Baxter books
1853008612New York: Horace H. Moore. Good. 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Red boards with decorative blind embossing and gilt imprint. Sunning on spine with faded gilt and one small spot from label removal. Light soil with bumped spine ends and corners. Binding tight. Light foxing on edges endpapers and text pages throughout. Text free of markings. Account from a US Navy expedition to South America where Strain spent many months travelling inland. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 295 pp . Horace H. Moore hardcover books
1875S8774London:: Macmillan 1875. 1875. 8vo. viii 348 pp. First few leaves with minor worming. Original maroon half calf gilt spine raised bands maroon cloth boards. Early ownership rubber stamp of J. O'Kinealy. A FINE COPY. FIRST EDITION. Todhunter was one of the most influential figures in mathematical education in the 19th century. Macmillan, 1875. hardcover books
1824260210Providence 1824. pamphlet. good. 4 volumes. 12mo sewn page margins uncut all volumes are lightly soiled on self-wrappers with scattered light foxing to some pages and 3 of 4 have a few pages with contemporary ink annotations in margins the almanacs for the years 1827 and 1828 have a few pages that are lightly dampstained the almanac for 1828 has many pages creased in lower right corner margins. Providence: Various printers 1824-1827.<br/><br/> Drake 13021 13023 13025 13027.<br/><br/> unknown books
182319787Philadelphia: Carey & Lea 1823. Engraving with full period colour. Backed on linen. Split at fold expertly repaired. Occasional creases. Fascinating and informative map of Connecticut from one of the most innovative American atlases of the 19th century.<br/> <br/>Carey & Lea's atlas established a style that was widely admired especially in Europe: placing a fully coloured map as the centerpiece of the page and surrounding it with geographical and historical facts. The texts were well written and intriguing. The immense transformation of continental America: the vast migration settlement and industrialization really began at about this time not long after the War of 1812 when expansion and opportunity were American by-words. It was at this time that American atlases began to need semi-annual revisions because the country had changed so rapidly. In fact the Carey & Lea gazetteer style most reminiscent of Herman Moll really was too time consuming for the firms that published atlases of America as the century progressed. Carey & Lea unknown books
1822005193Philadelphia PA: Carey & Lea 1822. Book. Very good- condition. Unbound. First Edition. 22.25" width x 17.5" height printed sheet with 15.5" x 12.25" hand-colored map near center of sheet four color. Nice condition except for slight browing to center fold which is offsetting from original glue from reverse hinge and overall minor browing of paper. An attractive image suitable for office/library display or gift. Originally bound in an atlas titled "A Complete Historical Chronological and Geographical Atlas Being A Guide to the History of North and South America and the West Indies: Exhibiting an Accurate Account of the Discovery Settlement and Progress of their Various Kingdoms States Provinces &c. Together with Wars Celebrated Battles and Remarkable Events to the Year 1822. According to the Plan of LeSage's Atlas and Intended as a Companion to Lavoisne's Improvement of that Celebrated Work." Americana. Carey & Lea Paperback books
1830RCHASKE00KTLewis 1830. Very Good. Chapman Isaac A. Sketch of the History of Wyoming Pennsylvania to which is added an Appendix Containing a Statistical Account of the Valley and Adjacent Country. Signed by Chapman on Extra Document. Wilkesbarre PA: Lewis 1830. 1st edition. 209pp. 16mo. Signed by author. Book condition: Very good. The pages are browned and very lightly foxed. The map has some yellow spotting and was torn along the folds but has been repaired professionally. Contained in a pocket are a newspaper clipping a note about Lewis a document with Chapman signature on it and the scarce map of the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys by Geo. Jones. Lewis unknown books
1830218650Wilkesbarre Pa: Printed and Published by Sharp D. Lewis 1830. First edition. pp. 1 - 209 210 errata slip. 1 vols. 12mo. Original blue-green cloth faded and slightly stained printed yellow paper spine label; some light scattered foxing otherwise a very good sound copy. First edition. pp. 1 - 209 210 errata slip. 1 vols. 12mo. Howes: "The first history of this valley." Howes C 292 Printed and Published by Sharp D. Lewis unknown books
1849008152London: Edward Moxon 1849. Three volumes finely bound in contemporary polished calf black morocco labels and intricate gilt decorations back marbled end papers and edges the bookplates front paste downs of William Jones Loyd 1821-1885 a partner in the London branch of Jones Loyd & Co and who was High Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1861. Frontispieces with 2 engraved portraits and one tinted lithographic view. xlii 525 vii 606 viii 588 pp. Very Good Plus light rubbing and soiling to boards moderate toning at end pages and title pages interiors clean and bright. A handsome set. . Fourteenth Edition . Polished Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Edward Moxon Hardcover books
189164210London: Quaritch 1891. First edition. 8vo. 4 222 pp. Illustrated from bindings plates chapter head and tail-pieces historiated initial letters. Inscribed on the front endpaper "Elizabeth Gordon / from the compilers. / M. A. E. / C. I. E. / 13th Ap. 99." Charles Elton 1839-1900 a lawyer Queen's Counsel and antiquary and his wife Mary Augusta Elton whom he married in 1863 published the popular title "The Great Book-Collectors" in 1893; Elton a member of the Selden Society possessed a large library which "contained many rare books as well as fine specimens of sixteenth to eighteenth century binding . he was an enthusiastic collector and a good judge of all articles of vertu" DNB 1901 supplement. The recipient may be Elizabeth Anna Gordon 1851-1925 who visited Japan in the early 1890s published an account of her visit part of a world tour with her husband joined the newly formed British Japan Society in England upon her return and amassed a large collection of books which she donated to various Japanese institutions. Old tideline on several plates and pages at the rear one intruding into the image; otherwise very good. Original black pebbled cloth some wear to spine joints with one rather crude repair gilt spine title. 10621. <br/><br/> Quaritch hardcover books
184620598<p><b>Original Muggletonian Celestial Astronomical Baxter print</b></p><p><b><i>The Newtonian System</i></b></p><p>Drawn by Isaac Frost Engraved by Clubb & Son London. Printed in oil by George Baxter.</p><p>Plate 3 showing the orbit of the planets out to Jupiter as they revolve around the Sun. Distances between the sun and the planets is shown. Note the four Galilean moons of Jupiter at the far left. The colors on this plate are extremely subtle</p><p>The Baxter oil print shown here was made in 1846 for the private use of the Muggletonians an English religious group that denied a sun-centered solar system. The Muggletonians derived their own view of the universe and these plates are among the rarest of all Baxter prints having been made for private use and never widely circulated. Part of a larger set total eleven prints made for Isaac Frost's <i>Two Systems of Astronomy</i> this print was never bound into a book but remained as a loose printed sheet. It is surmised that the others in this series were lost in the London Blitz when the Muggletonian archives were largely destroyed. The Baxter process a complex and costly printing process produced a spectacular image and the plates are strikingly beautiful. This Muggletonian astronomical print measures about 7 5/8 x 10 7/8 inches with decent margins. Condition is very good with the slightest of marginal browning not affecting image. Baxter Muggletonian prints are scarce and were unknown to C. T. Courtney Lewis in the first edition of his work on George Baxter. This print is guaranteed original and is not a reproduction as sold elsewhere. This print was drawn by Isaac Frost engraved by Clubb & Son and printed by Baxter.</p><p>The plates we have for sale were printed for a work titled "Two Systems of Astronomy" and were most likely circulated only to members of the sect and not sold as a commercial publication due to the expensive Baxter colour process. These plates were produced to illustrate an alternative to the Newtonian beliefs of gravity and terrestrial and celestial motion and are important in the history of the relationship between religion and science. Our plates were never bound into a book but were separately published as single leaves.</p> George Baxter books
186748986New York: Hurd & Houghton 1867. First edition. Portrait frontispiece 9 illustrations several tail-pieces. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brick red cloth with a gilt-stamped bear's head on upper cover gilt spine. Some chipping to spine ends without loss endpapers discolored very light foxing to frontispiece and title mostly from tissue guard but still a very good copy. First edition. Portrait frontispiece 9 illustrations several tail-pieces. 1 vols. 8vo. Hurd & Houghton unknown books
18507647Albany: Joel Munsell 1850. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Full beige leather gilt-stamped lettering in black leather spine label; pp. x 431 plus engraved frontispiece portrait and 4 maps. First edition. Light scuffing along spine joints and edges of boards; spine tips reinforced with heavy tape extending about 1" onto boards; a few light pencil notations here and there. An excellent working copy with bright clean plates and text block. <br/><br/> Albany: Joel Munsell hardcover books
1846267879Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1846. First. hardcover. good. Cambridge Mass. on a secret expedition against Quebec under the command of Col. Benedict Arnold in September 1775. 40pp. 8vo contemporary 3/4 black morocco rebacked in new black cloth morocco and boards rubbed pages throughout are creased down the middle edges of corners worn. Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1846. First Edition<br/><br/> Howes S-291.<br/><br/> Historical Society of Pennsylvania unknown books
18165960Frankfort Kentucky: 8 June 1816. The survey refers to acreage bound by "a post" "a black oak" "a Spanish oak" "two hickory bushes" and the creek. The lot is near modern Little River in Christian County in the Southwestern part of the state. Isaac Shelby was Kentucky's founding governor inaugurated the same day that the Commonwealth joined the United States. His term ended in 1796 but with the outbreak of the War of 1812 Shelby was brought out of retirement to serve a second term. By all accounts he was a brilliant governor. 1 leaf 327 x 400 mm. Seal of the Land Office of Kentucky. Lot warranted to Josiah Matthews described in manuscript with paraphs. Signed by the governor and by M.L. Hardin secretary. Partially divided along horizontal fold; chip on left edge; toned. 8 June unknown books
1848TB31653New York: John Wiley 1848. Reprint of 1848. Very good in rebacked 1/2 red leather and it's original blind embossed red cloth covered boards with five gilt rules on the spine with no text to identify the title. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 5 inches with a Brooklyn New York address written on the front paste down and an early prior owner's name and date 1849 written in pencil on both the first and second free end pages and a penciled quotation written at the top of the fly title page. There are a few inconsequential marginal dampness stains with the body of the text block. Pasted to the bottom of page 53 is a short newspaper notice of a 3 pound 7 oz. Long Island trout having been caught with a penciled date of March 20 1851. Page 60 is missing the print for approximately 20% of the page a problem caused during the printing process which was not caught before binding. The contents are largely free of foxing and tanning. Part I is contained within pages 1 to 249 and is preceded by a lengthy bibliographic preface of lxxxiv 84 pages. Part II is contained in pages 31 to 210 which includes an index which is followed by six pages of ads from the publisher. Part II is preceded by a preface of xxix 29 pages. This is a reprint of the Wiley & Putnam first edition of 1847 with a new title page. Wood A Bibliography of The Complete Angler p76 John Wiley hardcover books
1808D11143London: Samuel Bagster 1808. Seventh edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Speckled calf; 8vo; pp. 4 engraved half-title p. title-p. i-vi 7-512 2 ads plus engraved frontispiece and 16 plates and with numerous illustrations in text. Front board detached. Some faint browning to prelims and terminals otherwise internally bright and clean. An excellent candidate for repair. <br/><br/> Samuel Bagster hardcover books
1811WRCAM45513Mill Hill near Trenton 1811. Two volumes. 453; 5033pp. Contemporary tree calf spines gilt leather labels. Small paper label affixed to spines; bookplates on front pastedowns ink stamp on titlepages. Light scattered foxing. A good solid set. Two volume set of religious discourses by Isaac Watts 1674-1748. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 24400. hardcover books
181448002Montpelier VT: Lucius Q. C. Bowles Walton & Goss printers 1814. 24mo 5½ x 3¼" pp. 296; bound with as issued Hymns and Spiritual Songs. by Isaac Watts Montpelier 1814 pp. 259 1; contemporary and likely original unadorned full sheep maroon morocco label rather darkened on spine. American Imprints 30893 and 33610 respectively even though the signatures but not the pagination are continuous. This copy with a Philbrick / Perkins family provenance with the names of 5 family members on the front flyleaf another on the front free endpaper and 2 others laid in with birth dates ranging from 1787 to 1819. <br/><br/> Lucius Q. C. Bowles, Walton & Goss, printers unknown books
184620594<p><b>Original Muggletonian Celestial Astronomical Baxter print</b></p><p><b><i>The Newtonian System</i></b></p><p>Plate 1. A brilliant image showing the Cartesian view of the universe. On the center is our solar system surrounded by contiguous additional solar systems.</p><p>Drawn by Isaac Frost Engraved by Clubb London. Printed in oil by George Baxter.</p><p>The Baxter oil print shown here was made in 1846 for the private use of the Muggletonians an English religious group that denied a sun-centered solar system. The Muggletonians derived their own view of the universe and these plates are among the rarest of all Baxter prints having been made for private use and never widely circulated. Part of a larger set total eleven prints made for Isaac Frost's <i>Two Systems of Astronomy</i> this print was never bound into a book but remained as a loose printed sheet. It is surmised that the others in this series were lost in the London Blitz when the Muggletonian archives were largely destroyed. The Baxter process a complex and costly printing process produced a spectacular image and the plates are strikingly beautiful. Each Muggletonian astronomical print measures about 7 3/4 x 10 5/8 inches with very decent margins. Condition is very good with the slightest of marginal browning not affecting image. Baxter Muggletonian prints are scarce and were unknown to C. T. Courtney Lewis in the first edition of his work on George Baxter.</p><p>The plates we have for sale were printed for a work titled "Two Systems of Astronomy" and were most likely circulated only to members of the sect and not sold as a commercial publication due to the expensive Baxter colour process. These plates were produced to illustrate an </p><p>alternative to the Newtonian beliefs of gravity and terrestrial and celestial motion and are </p><p>important in the history of the relationship between religion and science. Our plates were never bound into a book but were separately published as single leaves.</p> George Baxter, engraved by Clubb books
184620599Sysgtem According to the Hly Scriptures<br />by FROST ISAAC ILLS GEORGE BAXTER PRINTER <br />Original Muggletonian Celestial Astronomical Baxter print<br />Drawn by Isaac Frost Engraved by Clubb & Son London. Printed in oil by George Baxter.<br />Plate 10. This is a particularly dramatic and hauntingly beautiful print showing the Earth with the Sun at the top casting a shadow. The colors on this image are among the best that Baxter produced.<br />The Baxter oil print shown here was made in 1846 for the private use of the Muggletonians an English religious group that denied a sun-centered solar system. The Muggletonians derived their own view of the universe and these plates are among the rarest of all Baxter prints having been made for private use and never widely circulated. Part of a larger set total eleven prints made for Frost's "Two Systems of Astronomy" this print was never bound into a book but remained as a loose printed sheet. It is surmised that the others in this series were lost in the London Blitz when the Muggletonian archives were largely destroyed. The Baxter process a complex and costly printing process produced a spectacular image and the plates are strikingly beautiful. The image measures about 7 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches with decent margins. This print is in excellent brilliant condition with wide margins. Baxter Muggletonian prints are scarce and were unknown to C. T. Courtney Lewis in the first edition of his work on George Baxter.<br />The plates we have for sale were printed for a work titled "Two Systems of Astronomy" and were most likely circulated only to members of the sect and not sold as a commercial publication due to the expensive Baxter colour process. These plates were produced to illustrate an alternative to the Newtonian beliefs of gravity and terrestrial and celestial motion and are important in the history of the relationship between religion and science. Our plates were never bound into a book but were separately published as single leaves. George Baxter (printer) books
1875159245Philadelphia: Methodist Episcopal Book and Publishing House 1875. Hardcover. Good clean contents; general shelf wear with bumps to corners and head/tail of spine; age toning to spine but gilt still fresh; small tear to edge of frontis; tear to back free end paper. Orange cloth with gilt/black lettering and decoration. 278 pp. with bw frontis and 1 additional bw plate. The author's 9-month travels in California. San Francisco Yosemite The Sierras geysers the big trees Mendocino and more. Methodist Episcopal Book and Publishing House hardcover books