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187038506New York: Office of "The Jewish Messenger 1870. First edition. Hardcover. Fair-Good. Small octavo. 162pp. Original green buckram with gold lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. "This little book is published in deference to a suggestion often made to the editors that a collection of sketches from Jewish life recounting the peculiar traditions customs and modes of thought of the Hebrews would be acceptable to the public." From the Preface. Binding rubbed along edges. Head and tail of spine partly chipped. Front hinge and book block starting. Moderate age-toning and sporadic foxing throughout. Binding in overall fair interior in fair to good condition. Office of "The Jewish Messenger hardcover
184028866Providence: Knowles and Vose 1840. 32pp light to moderate foxing. Stitched in original printed wrappers rear wrapper detached. Good. <br/><br/> This pamphlet was printed in several places during 1836 and reprinted for Harrison's successful 1840 campaign. It emphasizes Harrison's distinguished military career and his service as Senator and as Governor of Indiana. The rear wrap has "Col. Richard M. Johnson's opinion of General Harrison." <br/>Miles 124. Howes J20. Knowles and Vose unknown books
184061194Philadelphia PA: W. Marshall & Co 1840. Second edition. 24mo. 218 pp. Typical laudatory campaign biography. Sabin 30586 for the first edition; cf. Sabin 35422 for the fourth and fifth editions. American Imprints 40-3526. Thoroughly foxed gift inscription a good copy. Original gilt-stamped decorated black cloth rubbed spine ends frayed. #8154. <br/><br/> W. Marshall & Co hardcover books
184028866Providence: Knowles and Vose 1840. 32pp light to moderate foxing. Stitched in original printed wrappers rear wrapper detached. Good. <br /> <br /> This pamphlet was printed in several places during 1836 and reprinted for Harrison's successful 1840 campaign. It emphasizes Harrison's distinguished military career and his service as Senator and as Governor of Indiana. The rear wrap has "Col. Richard M. Johnson's opinion of General Harrison." <br /> Miles 124. Howes J20. Knowles and Vose unknown
18632311724Boston: A. Williams & Co 1863. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition Wright II-1467. Rebacked with new endpapers. Some pages lightly soiled corners exposed. 1863 Hard Cover. 324 pp. Historical novel about the first two years of the American Civil War. A. Williams & Co hardcover
1854013181Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea 1854 Book. Illus. by 243 Black and White Illustrations. Very Good. Full Leather on Boards. New Edition. 6 x 9 1/2 Inches. Handsome light brown leather volume with four raised bands and gilt decoration on spine. Minor scuffing at edges and corners. Originally published by W. Lawrence in 1833 this New Edition was edited by Dr. Isaac Hays. This book belonged to Dr. Charles E. Hatheway of Saint John NB. whose name is in the front with a date of March 1855. This book is large and heavy and will require extra postage. 948 pp. plus 32-page catalogue of the publisher's science and medical books. Blanchard and Lea hardcover
184218799Libanon Lebanon PA: Jos. Hartman 1842. First edition. Hardcover. f to g. 12mo. XII 184pp. Contemporary 3/4 calf over paper covered boards. Engraved frontispiece depicting a horse and its groom. First edition of this rare veterinary medicine book written in German and published in Lebanon Pennsylvania. Binding rubbed along edges. Moderate to heavy foxing throughout. Text in German gothic script. Binding in overall fair interior in good- to good condition. Jos. Hartman hardcover
1875383010Philadelphia: Methodist Episcopal Book and Publishing House 1875. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Octavo. 278pp. frontispiece and wood-engraved plates. In the original publisher's decorated cloth. Ex-library with spine labels bookplate one small number stamp and rear pocket. Lacks a rear fly leaf moderate stain at the lower right corner of the front board and foredge of the text block a good or better copy. An early account of hunting and fishing in California illustrated with many wood-engraved plates. Methodist Episcopal Book and Publishing House hardcover
183824620New York 1838. xxiv xxxiii-280 2 pp as issued 2 folding charts one with large pieces missing. Original blindstamped brown cloth boards detached textblock loosening. Rubberstamps on front pastedown and endpaper. Scattered foxing. A candidate for rebinding else Good. <br/><br/> This is Volume I of the first edition. The advertisement after the Introduction states that the second volume will appear "about the close of the year."<br/>Singerman 0655. unknown books
190017236Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1900. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 19cm; gray pictorial cloth with titles stamped in black on spine and decorative panel in black and orange on front panel; 244pp. Hint of a lean with some soiling and staining to spine right edge of rear panel and upper edge of textblock; light general edgewear and lacking the rear endpaper; Very Good. The second of Friedman's three works of long fiction a sentimental tale of local-color about a Chicago tenement's inhabitants. Discussed by Rideout though not cited among his list of radical novels and quite uncommon. RIDEOUT p.14. Houghton, Mifflin and Company unknown books
1889017966The Troy Press Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1889. Hardcover. Hardcover; Hardcovers: Volume I only. Maroon cloth binding is rubbed worn and faded. Spine and board edge has sun darkened to brown. Previous owners name on first free endpaper. Large map in pocket on first paste-down has tears at folds but all of it is present. Endpapers and text pages are oxidized. Hinges are still intact. Reports on the fluctuations of the railroad business for the year ending September 1888. Transmitted to the Legislature January 14 1889.; 8VO; 1209 pages . The Troy Press Company hardcover
1853205739Hartford: F. A. Brown 1853. Hardcover. Minor wear to the crown of the spine and a few spots of foxing throughout. 8vo. Original blue cloth. <br/><br/> F. A. Brown hardcover books
180889674Paris: L'Imprimerie de J. B. Sajou 1808. Paperback. Good. 44p. Old plain wrapper. 22cm. Wrapper split and worn along fold. Some foxing and browning French text. Printed on verso of title-leaf: Extrait duMagasin Encyclopedique Journal pour lequel on s'abonne chez Tourneisen fils libraire rue de Seine n.o 12 <br/><br/> L'Imprimerie de J. B. Sajou paperback books
1884033515New York: The Limited Editions Club 1884. Quarter Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to. Larry Rivers. 220 pages. Number 759 of a limited edition signed by the author Isaac Bashevis Singer and the illustrator Larry Rivers. Quarter bound in Nigerian Goatskin & Irish Linen at the shop of Gray Parrot Easthampton Massachusetts. The lower outside corner of the top cover is very lightly bumped not affecting any of the contents. Volume is otherwise Fine. Housed in original slipcase that shows smudging and discoloration about the size of a hand on one side as well as a couple small marks on fore edge. Lacking publisher's newsletter. <br/> <br/> The Limited Editions Club hardcover
1861011564Washington D. C.: A. O. P. Nicholson. Very Good. 1861. Map. Map No. 1 St. Paul to Riviere Des Lacs disbound from the map volume XI of the Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean from 1853-1854 surveys. Light browning small fold corner tears and two small archival repairs. Showing the survey routes from the Mississippi to north of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers. Wagner-Camp 266c. ; 25" x 37 1/2" . A. O. P. Nicholson unknown books
1842751London: Henry G. Bohn 1842. Full leather. Very good. 16mo 6.4 in 16.3 cm. 2 blanks i-viii 1-280 2 blanks pp. Eighth edition. Notes at end. <br/><br/>Best known work of Isaac Taylor 1787-1865. Originally published anonymously in 1829 Natural History of Enthusiasm detailed the dangers of false piety with chapter titles such as Enthusiastic Perversions of the Doctrine of Divine Influence Enthusiasm the Source of Heresy and Enthusiasm of Philanthropy. <br/><br/>NCBEL 1604. Finely bound in sheep with elaborately gilt-decorated compartments raised bands and gilt-lettered black leather label to spine; gilt borders and turn-ins to panels. All edges and endpapers marbled. Armorial bookplates of Henry Tongood and Lucien d' Ursin gracefully inscribed; front fly-leaf with small graceful name and penciled summary in Italian. Front joint with small chip and starting panels lightly scuffed corners rubbed preliminary and terminal blanks faintly foxed pages lightly age toned. Henry G. Bohn unknown books
1821278075London. : Harris and Son. 1821. 1st Edition. Quarter red leather over printed boards no spine title. . Very good covers soiled corners and edges worncomplete with the map and all illustrations. 12mo. 16.7x10.2 cm. . weight: 0.4 lb. Folding map frontis engraved title 84 illustrations on 28 engraved plates. Harris and Son. hardcover books
185128914New York: William Gowans. Fine with no dust jacket. 1851. 2nd American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo; 176 pages; Inscription on inside front cover and name and location on front free endpaper. Bound by Bradley's of Boston. . William Gowans hardcover
186924614Albany N.Y.: John D. Parsons Jr. Law Publisher 1869. viii 292 pages; with useful index at back. Chapter contents include the election of supervisors the board of town auditors board of county canvassers powers & duties of supervisors examination of witnesses taxes & assessments support of the poor and insane relation to roads and bridges duties in relation to common schools taxes on dogs the state militia fees of town & county officers actions and proceedings by and against duties of the clerk of the board rules of order and an appendix of forms. Front endpaper with the presentation notice "Henry D. Remsen Esq. with the compliments James B. Pearsall Member Assembly 1870" - Pearsall was assembly member for the Queens District at the time. The volume approx. 6" x 9 1/4" size bound in the original full leather binding with contrasting spine labels with gilt titles. Some rubbing & scarring to leather spine ends chipped a little; endpapers spotty; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Leather. Good. John D. Parsons, Jr. Law Publisher books
1806WRCLIT84403Exeter NH: Printed by Ranlet & Norris . sold also by Thomas & Andrews David West & John West Boston 1806. x112-2871pp. 12mo. Contemporary sheep spine ruled in gilt gilt spine label.1810 ownership signatures of Benjamin Lincoln Lear and his original purchase price in ink a few creased corners otherwise an unusually nice copy. Denoted the "Third American Edition" of the work first published in the UK in 1725. More properly it just might be termed the third Exeter edition following those of 1793 and 1801. On the verso of the title appears a typographic frame made up of ornaments and the legend "The Property Of." In this copy the original owner has inserted a small label with his name in ink manuscript. His larger printed bookplate appears on the pastedown. There is another variant imprint encountered on this printing that includes Newburyport distributors. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 11817. OCLC: 950914916. Printed by Ranlet & Norris ... sold also by Thomas & Andrews, David West, & John West, Boston unknown books
18034828Keene NH: John Prentiss 1803. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good. No DJ as Issued. Light shelf/edge wear light rubbing corners gently bumped moisture stain involving endpages not textblock thumb-sized chip at fore-edge of ffep and title page does involve three lines of text near bottom a few closed tears at fore edge even toning to leaves sporadic foxing throughout owner mark at rfep else tight and clean. Full brown leather boards gilt decorative elements. 12mo. 214pp. Index. <br/><br/>Published by the founder of The New Hampshire Sentinel 1799. Printed in two columns with boarders. Shaw & Shoemaker 3808 Unclear if this predated the 1803 Thomas & Andrews Boston imprint. Noted flaws notwithstanding a very presentable copy of this scarce imprint. John Prentiss hardcover books
18142231756Philadelphia PA: W.W. Woodward 1814. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 652 pages. Hardcover without jacket. Red leather covers with gold gilt decorations to covers and spine including name of presumed original owner across front cover "Ann Mary Haven". Gilt edges of text block marbled end papers. Mild scuffing age wear to edges of covers. Two volumes in one Psalms and Hymns separately paginated. Small book Height 4.3in by 2.75in width 1.5in thick. Record # 2231756 W.W. Woodward hardcover
1812A49568Albany NY: E. and E. Hosford. Very Good-. 1812. Hardcover. Two Volumes in One - The Psalms of David 1812 along with Hymns and Spiritual Songs in Three Books 1813 . This is a small format book approx. 4" x 2.5" x 1". Full leather binding. This book is in Very Good- condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The leather covers have edge wear rubbing bumping and small edge nicks / tears. There are gilt decorations to the outside edges of both front and rear covers and gilt lettering and rules to the spine. The text pages are generally clean though there are spots of foxing throughout and some beginning general toning. The front endpaper has a previous owner's inked name Charlotte Willard and a light / faded sketch of a fish. "Isaac Watts 17 July 1674 25 November 1748 was an English Congregational minister hymn writer theologian and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some 750 hymns. His works include "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" "Joy to the World" and "Our God Our Help in Ages Past". He is recognised as the "Godfather of English Hymnody"; many of his hymns remain in use today and have been translated into numerous languages. " from Wikipedia ""Barlow was invited by 'the General Association of Connecticut to revise Dr. Isaac Watts's version of the Psalms in order to remove the allusions to Great Britain and the kind and so to make them more adaptable to singing in the United States.' "--BAL 860. Barlow's revision was first published at Hartford in 1785 with the following title: Doctor Watts's imitation of the Psalms of David / corrected and enlarged by Joel Barlow ; to which is added a collection of hymns ; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general." from The Beineke Rare Book Cataloguing Manual . E. and E. Hosford hardcover
188928710Cincinnati: American Israelite 1889. First edition. Hardcover. g. 8vo. 129 1pp. Original purple pebble cloth with gold lettering on front cover. All edges red. Floral decorative endpapers. Rabbi Isaac M. Wise a leader of 19th century American Reform Jewry wrote this work of Jewish apologetics in response to Christian missionaries in Cincinnati who placed a Jewish convert to Christianity in the official position of missionary to the Jews. Unlike traditional Jewish anti-Christian polemics which took as their starting point the superiority of Judaism over Christianity Wise wrote from an ecumenical perspective. Some age wear on binding with spine sunned and slight abrasion on lower spine. Minor rubbing and discoloration along edges. Slight age-toning along paper margin. Binding in overall good- to good interior in good to very good condition. American Israelite hardcover
188032140Cincinnati: Bloch & Co 1880. First edition. Hardcover. g. Octavo. 6 386 pp. Original maroon cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine and blind stamped design on rear cover. Gilt floral design on spine. All edges gilt. Colored endpapers. Remarkable history of Second Temple era Judaism from 536 B.C.E to 70 C. E. Head and tail of spine slightly frayed. Lower corners slightly bumped not affecting pages throughout. Ex-Library copy with library pocket on free front endpaper and stamp on title page and at bottom of last page. Binding in overall good interior in very good condition. Bloch & Co hardcover
