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1822005210Philadelphia PA: Carey & Lea 1822. Book. Very good condition. Unbound. First Edition. 22.25" width x 17.5" height printed sheet with 14.25" x 9.75" hand-colored map near center of sheet five color. Excellent condition with minor 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. 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
1804CAT0006861804. First Edition. Broadsheet. Good Condition. Patent broadsheet form filled out and dated 1804 torn at edges with loss to bottom margin chipping on one long edge short tear and a touch on the other a few pinholes touching letters but not obscuring sense. A sort of receipt for the transfer of manufacturing rights from Jack Johns of Hartford to Francis Bayless of Dighton for 20 dollars. Signed by Bayless Johns with spaces for the names and dollar amount.<br/><br/>The first US patent granted for a churning machine was this one issued to Isaac Baker in 1802. From 1802 to 1870 1047 patents were granted for churning. "Probably in no other department of invention has so much ingenuity been expended to so little purpose." Annual Report of the American Institute of the City of New York 1870<br/><br/>2 copies in OCLC one at AAS accompanied by 3 illustrations not present here one at the Historic Deerfield Library. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Engineering Industrial & Trades. Inventory No: CAT000686. unknown books
18086671New York: Printed for the Author by G. J. Hunt 1808. Full Calf. Very Good. 12mo. 90pp. including a 9pp. list of subscribers. Illus. with a woodcut headpiece and a hand-colored woodcut frontispiece. Modern calf gilt over boards. Occasional light water stains at various blank margins. Top blank margin of title with the cont. ownership signature of the lawyer James Woods who was one of the original subscribers. Austin #101; AMER. BIBLIOG. #14403. Printed for the Author by G. J. Hunt unknown books
1822005198Philadelphia PA: Carey & Lea 1822. Book. Very good condition. Unbound. First Edition. 22.25" width x 17.5" height printed sheet with 13" x 14" hand-colored map near center of sheet five color. Excellent condition except for slight browing to center fold which is offsetting from original glue from reverse hinge. Minor browning to margins of sheet easily framed out. Small tear at bottom edge entering text but not affecting image. 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
1809006608Cheapside London: T. Tegg November 1809. NA. Very Good. Framed. 38 by 47 cm. The hand-colored engraving itself measures 24 by 33 cm. Used in a theatrical promotion for a performance by Charles Kemble at the Theatre Royale in Covent Garden in 1809. This print is part six in a set. While George Cruikshank is credited with this print there was speculation that his father Isaac Cruikshank might have collaborated on it or done it in its entirety as the style is somewhat different -- looser or more abstract in its conception -- than the other prints in the set. Here Kemble in costume surrounded by Old Price Riot iconography gallops towards "The Road to Ruin" the title of a Holcroft play performed in 1809. Old prices and economy are scattered to the winds. The horse reins and saddle-cloth are covered with particulars of the affair; likewise Kemble's clothes. Actors are likened to vagrants strollers vagabonds prostitues. Contempt for the profession was shared for different reasons by both the high and low born and Kemble was seen as essentially not knowing his proper place. The print suggests that the theater and also the nation would only be returned to health when Kemble was chastened and put back in his place. <br/><br/> T. Tegg unknown books
1857011955New York: Harper & Brothers 1857. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 605 pages of text. Original brown hardcover cloth binding with minor to moderate rubbing to the extremities and minor shelfwear and soiling; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Contains two double-page hand-colored maps and 33 black & white illustrations. Minor browning to text. Previous owner's name on front endpaper "J. A. J. Kendig" as well as "I. M. Gates" and "An exchange compliments from Sue Halton Warner.". Harper & Brothers Hardcover books
1900749Boston & Laramie: Isaac Van Horn & Co 1900. Very good. 146pp. Large quarto. Original tan cloth cover stamped in gilt. Light wear corners a bit bumped first signature loosening. Minor soiling to text but generally quite clean internally. A wonderful and elaborate promotional work for Laramie Wyoming courtesy of the Van Horn-Miller Co-operative Trust. Extensively illustrated with half-tones the book extols the virtue of Laramie and the surrounding area depicting city streets mining operations ranches prominent citizens timber lands and much more. Also includes a map of the railroad lines in the area. Despite this lavish production -- or perhaps because of it -- Van Horn declared bankruptcy in 1913 with liabilities in excess of $750000. Isaac Van Horn & Co unknown books
1842005259London: James Burns 1842. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. x 286 pages of text. Green leather spine and corners with bright gilt spine lettering and decoration; marbled paper-covered boards. Minor rubbing to extremities. Engraved title page in black and red with several in-text black & white illustrations. James Burns Hardcover books
1887390Troy N.Y.: Nims and Knight 1887. Folio. 320 x 230 mm. 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches. 48 leaves of text and 10 full-page colored lithographic plates. Original publisher's decorated binding some minor scrapes to the boards; paper lightly toned by age and one plate with outer margin and corner with small tears; otherwise a very good copy. First edition. Beautifully rendered colored lithograph plates of the botanical work of Isaac Sprague the "most accurate of living botanical artist . . ." working in the late 19th century. The plates based on water color drawings were printed by Nims and Knight the noted Troy New York publisher who specialized among other subjects in illustrated books and botanical art. Sprague was the younger brother of Hosea Sprague the meteorologist and local historian of Hingham Massachusetts who at an early age was apprenticed to a carriage painter where his skills were quickly recognized. His ability to translate observed object into drawings caught the attention of James Audubon and in 1840 he accompanied him on his trip up the Missouri River to sketch quadrupeds. Upon is return he was introduced to Asa Gray and began a long collaboration of rendering botanical specimens into drawings for Gray's works. Gray was quoted as saying that Sprague "raised the level of botanical illustration in this country to that of the great European centers." John Galluzzo. Looking Back at South Shore History from Plymouth Rock to Quincy Granite. Charleston S. C. 2013. G. Edmund Gifford "The Massachusetts Audubon Letter"' 1975. Nims and Knight unknown books
189243803London: John C. Nimmo 1892. Edition limited to 525 copies of which this is no. 446 large 8vo pp. vii 1 136; hand-colored frontispiece 51 plates plain text illustrations throughout; original blue gilt-lettered cloth t.e.g.; edges and spine ends scuffed and rubbed; frontispiece detached but present else interior about fine. Gift inscription at head of title page "from the Editor" to Basil Lewis Dighton Esq. <br/><br/> John C. Nimmo hardcover books
1822005191Philadelphia PA: Carey & Lea 1822. Book. Very good condition. Unbound. First Edition. 22.25" width x 17.5" height printed sheet with 8.75" x 11.75" hand-colored map near center of sheet five color. Excellent condition except for slight browing to center fold which is offsetting from original glue from reverse hinge. Minor browning to margins of sheet easily framed out. Small tear entering text not affecting image or presentation. 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
1822005196Philadelphia PA: Carey & Lea 1822. Book. Very good condition. Unbound. First Edition. 22.25" width x 17.5" height printed sheet with 8.25" x 11.25" hand-colored map near center of sheet five color. Excellent condition except for slight 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
1822005201Philadelphia PA: Carey & Lea 1822. Book. Very good condition. Unbound. First Edition. 22.25" width x 17.5" height printed sheet with 9.25" x 12" hand-colored map near center of sheet five color. Excellent condition except for slight browing to center fold which is offsetting from original glue from reverse hinge. Minor browning to margins of sheet easily framed out. A few tiny spots of staining to text not affecting image. 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
183123859Columbia SC: Printed at the Times and Gazette Office 1831. 15 1 blank pp. Disbound partly untrimmed Top blank margin of title page torn away probably to remove an inscription; no text loss Scattered foxing. Good. <br/><br/> On the eve of the Nullification Crisis Hayne emphasizes the South's "oppression" the North's disregard of the national government's limited and enumerated powers and its actions which "deeply touch and threaten entirely to destroy the ends of our government." <br/>AI 7482 2. II Turnbull 234. OCLC locates three copies under several accession numbers as of December 2016 Case Western U. So. Car. NYHS. Printed at the Times and Gazette Office unknown books
18631007608vo modern calf spine and corners with marbled boards illustrated 354 2 pp. Library stamps including title slight aging; really nice copy in a fine modern binding. Heard was with general Sibley in his campaign against the Sioux. It appears he was stationed in Minnesota for 12 years and witnessed the removal of the Sioux from their ancient homelands to reservations along the Minnesota River. He spent considerable time collecting information from the Indians about what he referred to as massacres and outrages against the whites. This work reflects the output of those efforts. Sabin 31178 Howes H378a Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1889002426Toledo OH: Isaac D. Smead & Co. Printed by Henry O. Shepard & Co. Chicago 1889. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Inscribed by Snead under his frontis portrait possibly holographic and FFEP. 4to. 154 pp. With fourteen pages of chromolithographs some full page plates and many other illustrations of schools heating systems and the like. The primary thrust of this promotional book is the application of the heating system to schools but even those not particularly fascinated by the topic will find the illustrations pleasing and as a sales-oriented book this one stands out as especially elaborate for its day. The work also addresses other piquant topics such as "The Dry Closet System of Disposing of Excrement" "The Physiology of Respiration" etc. Much of the text is presented as a dialogue making this work a precursor of sorts for the modern day infomercial. Referred to in RomaineGuide to American Trade Catalogs p. 263. A few shallow blisters of cloth and some other light inconspicuous soiling of boards. Generally clean and tight. <br/><br/> Isaac D. Smead & Co. Printed by Henry O. Shepard & Co., Chicago hardcover books
1850261020Albany: Joel Munsell 1850. First. hardcover. good. Frontispiece 4 lithograph battle maps. x 431pp. tall 8vo rebound in brown cloth with a leather spine label. light foxing. Albany: Joel Munsell 1850. First Edition. Near fine.<br/><br/> Howes L-165. Internally a tight bright copy.<br/><br/> Joel Munsell unknown books
1829303513Portland Maine: Shirley and Eyre 1829. Illus. 428pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound in quarter calf and marbled boards. Signed on the ffep Abby Caroline ---the Seminary July 24 1838. Illus. 428pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Ray was an American psychiatrist one of the founders of forensic psychiatry. This is Ray's first book. Shirley and Eyre unknown books
186682401Cincinatti: Block and Co. Publishers and Printers 1866. First edition of one of the earliest Jewish American devotionals written by one of the most influential Reform rabbis in the history of the United States and published by the oldest Jewish printing house in the United States. With text in Hebrew English and German. Small octavo original publisher's cloth gilt titles and tooling to the spine all edges gilt. In good condition with some rubbing to the extremities. Early American Reform rabbi editor and author Isaac Mayer Wise was the author of over 20 novels religious and philosophical texts. Wise moved to Cincinatti in 1854 where he met and married Therese Bloch the sister of Edward H. Bloch the founder of the earliest Jewish Printing house in America Block Publishing. He is also credited with organizing the building of the Plum Street Temple which was later renamed the Isaac M. Wise Temple in his honor. During his lifetime Wise was regarded as the most prominent and influential Reform Jew of his time in the United States. Block and Co., Publishers and Printers hardcover books
184241928Libanon i.e. Lebanon PA: Gedruckt bey Jos. Hartman 1842. 1st edition American Imprints 42-2898. Period brown half sheep binding with blue paper wrapped boards. General wear to binding with leather tips mostly worn away. Lacks ffep. Period poi dated 1854 to preliminary blank. Usual browning & foxing to paper. A Good copy of this uncommon veterinary handbook to horse care and horseshoeing by a farrier in Lancaster County. xii 184 pp. Text in German fraktur. Full-page wood engraving of man leading a horse on recto of leaf preceding the title page i.e. image doesn't face title page. 12mo signed in 6s. 7" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/> Gedruckt bey Jos. Hartman hardcover books
1808011496London: Printed for Samuel Bagster 1808. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Seventh edition first Bagster edition. vi 7-512 2pp. Bound by Zeckendorf: polished full green calf double-rulled covers dentelles marbelized edndpapers aeg gilt to spine red leather labels. Spine faded to brown as is adjacent portion of rear cover. Some wear at spine ends. Internals fine. Printed for Samuel Bagster hardcover books
18939027380New York: Munsell 1893. 1st . Hardcover. Fine. Bound in half leather with brown pebbled leather boards spine stamped and ruled in gilt front cover stamped and ruled in gilt rear cover stamped in blind and ruled in gilt all edges gilt black endpapers elaborately printed in gilt. 120 illustrations most of them photographs. Moderate overall wear especially at cprners. Both inner hinges have been reinforced.Text block is tight. <br/><br/> Munsell hardcover books
1828WRCAM49598Concord N.H. 1828. 44pp. Original red printed wrappers bound into later three-quarter calf and cloth gilt. Front cover detached moderate edge wear corners worn. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown. Moderate dampstain to the titlepage and first several leaves. Good. A commemorative address celebrating Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans by Isaac Hill author of a biography of Jackson published by the same printers in the same year. Clearly intended as a Presidential campaign event the program includes short speeches in praise of Jackson from three other New Hampshire locals J.B. Thornton Nathan B. Felton and J.M. Harper. Scarce. SABIN 31829. hardcover books
18993118671899. in ink. 4 x 3-1/2 inches image. With Century magazine label on the back. in ink. 4 x 3-1/2 inches image. From an article entitled "Driven out of Tibet. An Attempt to pass from China through Tibet into China. unknown books
1842008594Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1842. Finely bound in period brown pebbled calf the back in floral decorative gilt the covers delicately tooled gilt floral decorations and the embossed gilt name Ellen C. Minturn gilt turn ins all edges gilt yellow end papers approx. 840 pages. Special title page between no. 718 and no. 719 notes this is the 8th American Edition from the eighteenth London edition with enlargements. Also t.p. date of 1842 it reads "A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors including a Great Number of Originals: intended to be an Index to Dr. Watts Psalms and Hymns by John Rippon D.D." A SCARCE edition in commerce and particularly so in lovely contemporary fine binding. Very Good Plus rubbing at edges prior owner name front end pagepen and title pagepencil toning at end pages and widely scattered throughout. . Later Edition. Pebbled Calf. Very Good Plus. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. J. B. Lippincott & Co. Hardcover books