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1822005216Philadelphia PA: Carey & Lea 1822. Book. Very good- condition. Unbound. First Edition. 22.25" width x 17.5" height printed sheet with hand-colored image measuring 9.25" x 15" centered at middle of sheet three color. Nice condition with minimal browing to center fold which is offsetting from original glue from reverse hinge. Small tear to bottom fold with browning from early tape repair. Minor browning to margins of sheet easily framed out. 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
1822005214Philadelphia PA: Carey & Lea 1822. Book. Very good condition. Unbound. First Edition. 22.25" width x 17.5" height printed sheet with 9.75" x 11.75" hand-colored map centered at top of sheet four color. Nice condition with browing to center fold which is offsetting from original glue from reverse hinge. Minor browning to margins of sheet easily framed out. 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
184620596<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 London. Printed in oil by George Baxter.</p><p> Plate 6. </p><p>This plate shows a circular Earth orbit about the Sun and a distant fixed star. The engraved text reads "This diagram will show that if the Earth revolves round the Sun as the Solar System states then it will necessarily follow that the Earth will differ in its position with the Sun and any given ï¬xed star on its equator every day throughout the whole year. Now consider is it so If it is not so then it will make much in favour of the Ho1y Scriptures that the Sun revolves round the Earth. Isaac Frost"</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 image 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. 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, engraved by Clubbr books
18632311724Boston: A. Williams & Co 1863. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. Rebacked with new endpapers. Some pages lightly soiled light general wear. 1863 Hard Cover. 324 pp. Historical fiction about American Civil War. A. Williams & Co hardcover books
1858WRCAM32076Washington D.C.: Congressional Globe Office 1858. 7pp. Self-wrappers. Minor edge wear light fold lines minute foxing. Very good. An address by Washington territorial governor Isaac I. Stevens delivered in Congress on May 25 1858 on the subject of proposed Pacific railroad routes. Stevens not only supported the extension of the rail line but proposed there be at least three west coast termini. At the time Stevens was working fervently to promote Washington's territorial interests publishing his well-known CIRCULAR LETTER TO EMIGRANTS DESIROUS OF LOCATING IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY. the same year. Scarce. OCLC locates only seven copies. SABIN 91525. OCLC 44638780. Congressional Globe Office unknown books
1814026003Worcester MA: Printed By Isaac Sturtevant for Remark Dunnell 1814. 16mo. 192 pages. Sharon Block writing in the Journal of American History notes that this is one of the books that terrified and incensed the populace who read about the vicious rapes by the redcoats p. 116ff. While courts of law kept the intimate details from the wider public newspapers books almanacs and a host of printed material were less restrained though leaving little to the imagination to whom the subject of rape was of prurient interest. After describing the various outrages the address says: How long will you permit this report and appeal from Col. Richard E. Parker Westmoreland County Virginia Bound in full contemporary sheep flat spine ruled in gilt red morocco spine label gilt pages toned light wear to binding. A very good copy. Printed By Isaac Sturtevant for Remark Dunnell unknown books
185014395Albany: Joel Munsell 1850. First edition 8vo pp. x 431; engraved frontis portrait 4 lithograph maps; spine ends a little chipped some spotting of prelims else very good in orig. blindstamped brown cloth gilt-lettering on spine. Lamb was attached to Montgomery's detachment during Arnold's attack of Quebec served under Arnold after Montgomery's death and played an active role throughout the Revolutionary years. Howes L-165; Sabin 39521: "Narrates the proceedings of the Sons of Liberty prior to and during the Revolutionary War. Some copies were printed on fine paper." <br/><br/> Joel Munsell hardcover books
1803177930À la Haye: Chez I. van Cleef 1803. Second. Softcover. VG staining to off-white wraps age toning to page edges. Pages are otherwise very clean for age. Off-white wraps with black lettering and design bw frontispiece 214 pp. Text in French. The Children's Garden or Family Bouquets and compliments: Suitable for expressing the love and respect of children towards their parents in different circumstances such as holidays birthdays first days of the year etc. Followed by some models of letters suitable for this age. Foot of p. 214: From the printing press of J.J. Stuerman. A very rare book. This is the second edition revised and augmented. Bw frontispiece is titled; "A few flowers and a lot of love are our homage of this day Chez I. van Cleef unknown books
187052102New York: W.J. Widdleton 1870. 4 vols. 8vo. Bound in contemporary three quarter calf and marbled boards marbled edges. Lightly rubbed VG. 4 vols. 8vo. Dedicated to Francis Douce. These are anecdotal short essays on a variety of subjects that were immensely popular in their time. Roth Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica B2055; CBEL III 1278 for first edition W.J. Widdleton unknown books
184918187Wheeling Va: Wolff 1849. First edition. 5991pp. Original full 12 mo calf. Norona and Shettler 394 locates 9 copies. A scarce and interesting work. Wolff unknown books
184620591<p><b>Original Muggletonian Celestial Astronomical Baxter print</b></p><p><b><i>System According to the Holy Scriptures</i></b></p><p>Drawn by Isaac Frost Engraved by Clubb & Son London. Printed in oil by George Baxter.</p><p>Plate 10. This is a particularly dramatic and hauntingly beautiful print showing the Earth suspended in the firmament day on the top and night on the bottom. The colors on this image are among the best that Baxter produced.</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 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. 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. Overall size of sheet is approximately 10 x 12 1/2 inches with the slightest of browning at the very edge of the margins 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 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
1869253250Boston: Gould and Lincoln 1869. First. hardcover. very good-. and its First Church. Map of Battle of Bennington. 408pp. 8vo original brown cloth spine and top of front cover faded from sun exposure foxing to endpapers and first few and last few pages including map. Boston: Gould and Lincoln 1869. First Edition<br/><br/> Presentation copy from the author to William M. Evarts. William Evarts was United States Secretary of State United States Attorney General and United States Senator from New York. Isaac Jennings was pastor of the First Congregation Church of Bennington which was organized in 1762. The church was the first Protestant church in Vermont.<br/><br/> Gould and Lincoln unknown books
185751311Albany: Joel Munsell 78 State Street 1857. Second edition. Frontispiece. portrait. 4 Lithographic maps. x 431 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary. three quarter green calf and marbled boards. Boards off. Second edition. Frontispiece. portrait. 4 Lithographic maps. x 431 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Lamb was born in New York in Jan. 1735 before the Revolution he was a wine merchant after being an optician like his father. He was attached to General Montgomery's detachment during Arnold's attack of Quebec and served under Arnold after Montgomery was killed. Howes L 165; Sabin 39521 Joel Munsell, 78 State Street unknown books
1829480Portland: Shirley and Hyde 1829. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. First edition of Conversations On The Animal Economy by Doctor Isaac Ray. Twelvemo xi 13-242pp. Contemporary binding marbled covers beige cloth spine gilt title over black. Modern end papers. Clean pages light foxing on title page. An excellent job rebinding this book in an attractive modern presentation. Dr. Isaac Ray was an American psychiatrist known as one of the founders of modern forensic psychiatry. He was best known for "A Treatise on the Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity" which he published in 1838. Shirley and Hyde hardcover books
1861011560Washington D. C.: A. O. P. Nicholson. Very Good. 1861. Map. Map No. 3 Rocky Mountains to Puget Sound disbound from the map volume XI of the Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Light browning and very small tears at corner folds. From the surveys of 1853-54 with the routes of the surveys and Washington area shown in great detail with wonderful regional descriptions like "mountains and table lands destitute of timber." Inset of Yak-e-mah River and Snoqualmie Pass. Wagner-Camp 266c. ; 25" x 37" . A. O. P. Nicholson unknown books
185339580New York: Horace H. Moore 1853. First edition. Brown cloth stamped in blind and gilt gilt medallion. A very good copy spine sunned to medium brown minor wear at tips. xi 295 pp. p. 14 misnumbered 4. Sm. 8vo. Inscribed on the free front endpaper by the author. Exploration of Chile and Argentina in journal form. Isaac G. Strain 1821-1857 was a explorer and naval officer who as a midshipman served in the West Indies and off the Brazilian coast. In 1843 he organized an expedition to the interior of Brazil with funding from the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia was later assigned to patrol the waters off the west coast of Mexico during the Mexican War and still seeking further explorations finally received permission to go ashore in Valparaiso where he proceeded across the continent to Buenos Aires recording in this work his observations of the nearly year-long journey. He later served on the Mexican Boundary Commission and led a harrowing exploration of the Isthmus of Darien in search of a canal route. See DAB XVIII p.122. Only one copy seen at auction in over half a century at Sotheby's Alberto Dodero sale in 1961. Provenance: Inscribed by the author to Edward B. Everett most likely the son of Edward Everett president of Harvard. Sabin 92669. Palau 322846. Smith: American Travelers Abroad S204. Naylor 118. Horace H. Moore hardcover books
1817D3287York: Thomas Wilson and Sons 1817. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes complete. Full contemporary red morocco lavish gilt-stamped border ornament and lettering all edges gilt. With 7 engraved portraits and a folding plate. Some light scuffing along joints and edges of boards; spines a bit darkened. A nice set. <br/><br/> Thomas Wilson and Sons hardcover books
186045328London: Nattali and Bond 1860. Two volumes. 4to.; 14 ccxii 4 129; 131-436 3 pp. Illustrated plates. With original memoirs and notes by Sir Harris Nicolas. Original gilt-stamped green cloth 3 inch split in cloth along rear joint of volume one with short tear into spine. Still a solid very good copy. Second Nicolas edition. With Peter Oliver's ownership signature on the front endpaper. Coigney 78. <br/><br/> Nattali and Bond hardcover books
1825005755Philadelphia PA: Carey & Lea 1825. Book. Very good condition. Unbound. Early edition. Excised from full sheet of text with image remaining. 11.25" height x 8.5" width hand-colored map four color with minimal fading to color. Excellent condition with crease at center as issued. An attractive image suitable for framing or gift presentation. 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." No date listed circa 1825. Americana. Carey & Lea Paperback books
1822005215Philadelphia PA: Carey & Lea 1822. Book. Very good condition. Unbound. First Edition. 22.25" width x 17.5" height printed sheet showing regions of South America hand-colored; image size measures 9" x 13" centered at top of sheet six color. Excellent condition with minimal browing to center fold which is offsetting from original glue from reverse hinge. Small tear to bottom fold. Minor browning to margins of sheet easily framed out. 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
183425246Baltimore: Sands & Neilson 1834. 30 1 1 blank pp. Stitched untrimmed and partly uncut. Last two leaves foxed. Else Very Good with the ink ownership signature of 'Hon. Nathaniel Silsbee' a Massachusetts Whig who when this pamphlet was printed was a United States Senator.<br/><br/> A rare pamphlet criticizing McKim a Baltimore Jacksonian Congressman for rejecting his constituents' instructions that he oppose Jackson's removal of the federal deposits from the Bank of the United States. McKim refused on the ground that about half the names of the alleged constituents did not appear on the rolls of qualified voters. <br/> R.D. Milholland Matthew Kelly George Thomae Aaron Clapp and Alexan. Kirkland representatives of each of the five wards in McKim's district angrily rebut McKim's assertion. They present a 20-page "List of Signers to the instructions to the Hon. Isaac McKim whose names are found on the poll-books of the first five wards of the city of Baltimore"; a List of Signers to the Instructions whose names were rejected by McKim although they were in fact legal and qualified voters; and another list of 205 names voters who would have signed the instructions but had been unable to do so in timely fashion.<br/> OCLC records copies of this pamphlet only at the Boston Athenaeum and Temple University. American Imprints adds the Boston Public Library and the Peabody Institute in Baltimore. <br/>AI 22849 2. OCLC 66290907 2 as of April 2020. Not in Sabin Eberstadt Decker. Sands & Neilson unknown books
1883106485<p>4to original decorated blue cloth top cover with elaborate floral design stamped on it illustrated spine with gilt title gilt page edges 154 pp. Binding a little loose edge and corner wear piece missing from lower spine hinges a little weak even toning and aging; otherwise in good shape. Plates are bright and clean. This work contains 14 beautiful chromolithograph plates of flowers. According to Bennett American Color Plate Books page 100 Sprague produced a lot of floral plates and this work is representative. Bennett adds that Sprague's work is "uniformly fine" and everything he did should be of interest to the collector. Rev. A. B. Hervey wrote the text for this book with extracts from Longfellow Bryant Lowell Emerson and others. </p> S.E. Cassino, books
181556657Providence: published by Isaac Bailey near the Turk's Head H. Mann & Co. printers 1815. First edition 12mo pp. iv 1 5-257 1; contemporary and likely original full calf red morocco label on spine; lightly rubbed the text a bit foxed else generally very good and sound. Bailey was a Providence author and publisher and was the first husband of Jane Angell grand-daughter of James Angell. The book is concerned almost wholly with the War of 1812 and presents memoirs of officers often not included in other compilations. Biographies of Thomas Truxton Edward Preble Alexander Murray John Rodgers Isaac Hull Stephen Decatur Jacob Jones James Lawrence William Bainbridge John Barry Nicholas Biddle David Porter Charles Morris William Henry Allen Oliver Hazard Perry William Burrows John Cushing Alywin and Thomas MacDonough. American Imprints 33904; Sabin 2732. <br/><br/> published by Isaac Bailey, near the Turk's Head, H. Mann & Co., printers unknown books
184553859Boston: S. P. Andrews 1845. Stereotype broadside 7.5" x 10"; printed on blue paper chart of shorthand forms transcription of Psalm 100 and a brief overview of the Pitman system meant to introduce readers to it and to advertise shorthand publications. Light creases from previous folds near fine. An early advertisement for what was to become one of the most popular English shorthands in history. <br/><br/> S. P. Andrews unknown books
1822005211Philadelphia PA: Carey & Lea 1822. Book. Very good- condition. Unbound. First Edition. 22.25" width x 17.5" height printed sheet with images of North America and South America side by side totalling 15.25" x 8.75" of hand-colored maps centered at top of sheet five color. Excellent condition with minimal browing to center fold which is offsetting from original glue from reverse hinge. Dark spot of staining at top edge of margin near title of map. Small tear to bottom fold. Minor browning to margins of sheet easily framed out. An attractive image suitable for office/library display or gift. Includes an extra sheet of letterpress to accomodate the large image size. Shows Lake of the Woods northwest of Lake Superior all the way east to Newfoundland; Indian territory is marked as such. 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