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1817WRCAM37665Providence R.I.: Printed and sold by Hugh H. Brown 1817. 24pp. 12mo. Printed self-wrappers stitched. Additional stab holes in blank gutter. Ex- lib. with inkstamp of Newport Historical Society in upper margin of titlepage. Some wear else a very good copy untrimmed. Together with the calendar this volume of Bickerstaff's RHODE-ISLAND ALMANACK includes New England and federal court dates agricultural advice on managing "exhausted ground" and fruit tree decay and a variety of poems and anecdotes. With a full-page advertisement for "Valuable Family Medicines" from publisher Hugh H. Brown on the terminal leaf verso. DRAKE 13008. Printed and sold by Hugh H. Brown unknown books
1816WRCAM37664Providence R.I.: Printed and sold by Hugh H. Brown 1816. 24pp. 12mo. Printed self-wrappers stitched. Contemporary ink annotations in margins of a few pages of text. Some toning and a few small stains else a very good copy untrimmed. Together with the calendar this volume of Bickerstaff's RHODE-ISLAND ALMANACK includes New England and federal court dates an article on the origin of the term "Yankee" directions fo rmaking "good cheese" a humorous "cure for the dumb" and a variety of poems and anecdotes. With a full-page advertisement for "Valuable Family Medicines" from publisher Hugh H. Brown on the terminal leaf verso. DRAKE 13007. Printed and sold by Hugh H. Brown unknown books
1875000140New York: W. J. Widdleton 1875. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾. Book. 1874 ed. for Amenities 1875 for Curiosities all volumes bound in black cloth. Some soilage to boards some minor chips vol. 1 of Amenities has small tear upper spine right. Still atttractive 6 volume set. Interiors tight pages age toned clean with name of owner written neatly into title pages owner was famous American statesman of time 1876. Isaac Disraeli was belletrist of note and father of British PM. This work was a monument to bibliophilia and is considered a minor classic in own right without regard to son. Basically a collection of strange and fascinating trivia about literary figures and other miscellany. <br/><br/> W. J. Widdleton hardcover books
186532138London: Routledge 1865. Three volumes. Half calf extremities rubbed; very good otherwise. Feom the library of Ira Gershwin with posthumous bookplate. <br/><br/> Routledge unknown books
1830184462Hartford: P. B> Gleason and Co 1830. Hardcover. G Cover and spine have general wear fading corner/edge damage. Bookblock has age toning. Interior pages have age toning and foxing Previous owners signature on inside front cover dated 1835. Brown leather boards. black title block on spine with gilt lettering Spine has 5 glit bands and decoration. 580 pages. Hymns have special title-page. P. B> Gleason and Co hardcover books
186745277New York: Theatre Francais 1867. First edition. Illustrated paper wrappers. A good copy torn along the spine and wrapper edges small stain chip to front wrapper. Frontis 79 pp. 8vo. In Italian and English. Advertisement for Chickering & Son Pianos on front and rear wrappers. Theatre Francais unknown books
1898134597New York New York: The Dunlap Society 1898. 1st edition Limited to 260 copies with signature of Theodore L. De Vinne. Hardcover. Ex-library with typical markings. Cover and edges worn inner hinge split and holding by 1-inch section 1st four pages loose but present limitation page frontispiece t.p. and list of illustrations. Occasional pencil highlighting lines in margins. A thief removed 9 of the illustrations. An illustration of an advertisement appears to have been a fold-out missing the fold-out. Green library portfolio and slipcase red cloth spine with brown boards gilt spine titles. 117 pp. 12 black and white plates 10 missing. Very scarce. The Dunlap Society hardcover books
1829286757Philadelphia: J. Harding 1829. Disbound. Fair binding. Disbound. Rev. Isaac Barrow's The Doctrine of the Sacraments. Previous owner's name on the title page; foxing. Fair. Fair binding. J. Harding unknown books
18851353Lamoni IA: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 1885. 8pp. Single uncut sheet folded twice 45 cm x 35 cm Very good. Overall age toning and chipping to corners. Some splitting at folds. Short work on the essentialness of baptism by immersion. Printed by Herald House. This is the rarer Lamoni printing instead of Plano I can locate four institutional copies. Flake/Draper 7656. Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints unknown books
183619248New-York: D. Appleton & Co. 1836. Stated second edition the second printing of the American edition. Spine faded to tan; one corner bumped; some foxing throughout; a good sound copy. 8vo original embossed rose cloth gilt lettering i-vi 9-278 pages. A philosophical consideration of the state of life after death. The first was published in London by Pickering in the same year; the first American edition was also published by Appleton with this printing done at William W. Allen on Fulton St. The first Appleton printing seems to have been done by G. F. Hopkins & Son. Contemporary ink ownership signatures to the front endpapers and at the head of the title page. D. Appleton & Co., unknown books
18332262520James Loring 1833. Small Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Revised stereotype edition. Spine faded and dried with some loss from paper label boards rubbed pages foxed throughout loss from a couple pages along margin does not result in any loss of text. 1833 Small Hard Cover. xv 1 234 pp. 12mo. Leather spine with paper label paper over boards stamped with black titles and decorations. A collection of writings on the function of the mind the importance of knowledge and memory the value of observation reading conversation study education and instruction with mentions of the Socratic method of disputation meditation fixing the attention enlarging mental capacity improving memory formulating questions investigating cause and effect and the sciences. James Loring hardcover books
189328953London: Kegan Paul etc.; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1893. First regular edition 8vo pp. vi 2 228; frontispiece portrait 9 plates and decorative series title-page; original orange cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and spine covers scuffed and extremities worn with some fraying to spine ends title-page evenly discolored by tissue guard; a good sound copy. Part of the Books About Books series edited by Alfred W. Pollard. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
186353278Philadelphia: printed by Henry B. Ashmead 1863. 8vo pp. 16; original pink pictorial wrappers; small cracks on spine; very good. Nine short articles supporting the pro-Union North in the Civil War: Speech of a brave old patriot by Isaac Funk a long-time associate of Abraham Lincoln; A voice from the Army; The right doctrine; On foreign interference; For the croakers; The words of a patriot soldier by L.H. Rousseau; Cromwell on destructive conservatism; Counsel of a loyal Democrat; Pusillanimous peace; The question properly stated. Sabin 42564. <br/><br/> printed by Henry B. Ashmead unknown books
1875RDISCUR00CCWW.J. Widdleton 1875. Good. Disraeli Isaac. Curiosities of Literature 4 volume set. New York: W.J. Widdleton 1875. 446 468 466 472pp. Indexed. Small 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Good with chipped heads of spines and bumping and rubbing to edges.Light soiling. All four volumes are tightly bound and internally clean. Each volume has a contemporary bookseller's leabel and a presentation bookplate on its front pastedown. A collection of the writings of Isaac D'Israeli with a commentary on his life and work by his son British Prime Minister Benjamin D'Israeli. W.J. Widdleton hardcover books
1832WRCLIT26445Boston & New York: Crocker & Brewster/Jonathan Leavitt 1832. 340pp. Original muslin backed boards paper spine label. First American edition published in the same year as the British edition. Two ink names one early one dated 1914 typical foxing boards a bit marked and edgeworn otherwise a good copy. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 14922. Crocker & Brewster/Jonathan Leavitt hardcover books
1835158697London: Holdsworth & Ball 1835. hardcover. very good. 504pp. 8vo brown cloth- backed boards with leather spine label rubbed & edgeworn the interior is fine. London: Holdsworth and Ball 1835. Second edition. Very good.<br/><br/> Holdsworth & Ball unknown books
18961279090Sandbornton N.H. 1896. First Edition First Printing. 12mo. 253 pp. G; leather-bound spine and boards with gilded lettering and illustration to spine; bumping chipping and fraying to head and tail of spine as well as corners and along the edges of both boards; shelfwear minor rubbing to front and back boards; fading to marbled text block with some ink staining; age toning and staining throughout; some fading to text but still legible; shelved Front Case. 1279090. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. unknown books
181656540Providence: printed and sold by Hugh H. Brown near the south-east corner of the Market-House. 1816. 12mo pp. 24; text toned else very good with a few mathematical calculations in the margin of the title page. American Imprints 38797; Drake 13007. <br/><br/> printed and sold by Hugh H. Brown, near the south-east corner of the Market-House.. unknown books
186437372New York: Hurd & Houghton 1864. "A New Edition". Original publisher's tan half-leather bindings with marbled paper boards eps & edges. Gilt decorated spines. Average wear. Armorial bookplate of Henry T. Babcock. A VG set. 2 volumes: viii 9 - 419 3 blank; iv 5 - 453 5 blank pp. Index Vol II. Crown 8vo. 7-3/8" x 4-7/8" <br/><br/> Hurd & Houghton hardcover books
189228277Milwaukee Wisconsin 1892. 1st thus and 3rd edition overall. INSCRIBED by Duward on the blank front flyleaf. Original publisher's blue cloth with gilt stamped title lettering to front board. Red edge stain. VG mild soil & wear to boards. 84 pp. Pt. 1. The Departure; Pt. 2. The Gloomy Ocean Sea; Pt. 3. San Salvador. 8vo. 8" x 5-3/8" <br/><br/> hardcover books
1887011671Indianapolis IN: No publisher 1887. Book. Near fine condition. No Binding. Signed by Authors. First Edition. A small thick card measuring 4.5 inches by 2.5 inches signed in ink "Indianapolis Ind March 21 1887 Very Respectfully signed Issac P. Gray." Isaac Pusey Gray 1828-1895 was Governor of Indiana 1880-81 and 1885-89 and a Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. No publisher unknown books
190089162New York: Fleming H. Revell Company 1900. Hardcover. Good. frontis photos 1057p. Original illustrated boards backed in yellow cloth. 22 cm. Edges heavily rubbed. Other moderate cover wear. Front free endpaper has an old name stamp and an unrelated gift inscription "To . from Grandma in China Xmas 1929". Contents sound. No jacket. <br/><br/> Fleming H. Revell Company hardcover books
1883WRCLIT81596Philadelphia: Printed for the Author by J.B. Lippincott & Co. 1883. 23pp. Octavo. printed wrapper sewn into later plain wrapper. Small deaccession stamps in corner of upper wrapper title and upper wrapper neatly detached from sewing; just a good copy. First edition of this somewhat idiosyncratic out of genre work by the prominent Philadelphia architect known for his devotion to many of the most excessive aspects of Victorian style. Rare: OCLC locates only three copies in the BL and at Yale and Univ. of Kentucky. OCLC: 560840805 & 12609381 Printed for the Author by J.B. Lippincott & Co. unknown books
1839280988Philadelphia: J. G. Auner 1839. Second Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. There is worming to the top of the first half of the textblock not affecting text except for a small bit of titling. In speckled calf binding with morocco label. Very Good binding. J. G. Auner unknown books
183928870New York: Office of the New York Express 1839. 32pp disbound uncut. Lacking the original printed wrappers else Very Good. <br/><br/> This standard campaign biography was printed in numerous places in 1836 1839 and 1840. It emphasizes Harrison's distinguished military career and his service as Senator and as Governor of Indiana. <br/>Howes J20. Miles 123. AI 56535 5. Office of the New York Express unknown books