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1981TB29083Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company 1981. First Edition. Limited Edition Fine in maroon cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4 by 6 inches. Issued without a dust jacket; however the book is contained within a fine paper covered slip case with a printed paper label on one side of the slip case. One of only 500 limited edition copies printed. This copy is identified as number 104 and is signed by the author on the limitation page. 259 pages of text with black and white and colored drawings by Raphael Soyer. The laid-in signed and numbered plate by Soyer is missing from this copy. Doubleday & Company hardcover books
1979WRCLIT32446New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1979. Cloth. First edition. Translated by Joseph Singer Elizabeth Shub and others. Signed by the author. Remainder mark on top edge else about fine in a mildly rubbed jacket. Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover books
198223410New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux. 1982. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. One of 450 copies numbered and signed by Singer. This is the trade issue in blue cloth and gray slipcase not to be confused with the red 1000-copy issue done for the Book of the Month Club. Issued without printed dust jacket. Fine in lightly soiled slipcase with a mild sticker stain in one corner.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 610 pp . Farrar, Straus & Giroux hardcover books
197676614Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company Inc. Very Good. 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. This book is hard-bound in black cloth with gilt stamping to the upper cover and spine in a nice dust jacket with light edge-wear and light toning to the edges of the flaps. The covers show some light edge-wear and light rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with illustration in black & white and color. This book is signed by the author Isaac Bashevis Singer on the half title-page and signed/inscribed by Singer on the verso of the frontispiece illustration. - From the collection of Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu 1945-2019 of Columbus Ohio - known to many of his bookseller author and illustrator friends as "Tubby." He was persistent in the pursuit of autographed books by the writers and artists he admired including Gorey Sendak Heaney Byatt Morrison Updike and many more. Joseph Heller once wrote to Tubby in response to one more "please sign and return" request: "This is turning out to be a hell of a lot of work!" All signed books unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic. Many of the books are inscribed to both Cuthbert and his great friend of more than two decades Antonia Gale Moss.; Signed by Author . Doubleday & Company, Inc. hardcover books
1788WRCAM47820Boston: Edmund Freeman 1788. 19pp. Dbd. Light tanning and foxing. Very good. Harvard student sermon preached on the text of Job 14:2. "Published at the request of his class." Scarce. EVANS 21464. ESTC W29235. Edmund Freeman unknown books
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
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
1921263183Seattle: The Simplex Pub. Co 1921. 88p. slender booklet spine panel torn in two places; paper toned minor soil. Second edition posthumous; revised. Outlines the author's theory that the earth was once surrounded by rings the collapse of which caused catastrophic floods on earth including the Biblical flood. The creationist ideas of the Jehovah's Witnesses were heavily incluenced by Vail. Includes ads at the rear for Warren Edwin Brokaw's "The Equitist. The Simplex Pub. Co unknown books
179836696Windham CT: John Byrne 1798. 12mo. xxi 1 blank 23- 208pp Original sheep rubbed worn. Lacking the free endpapers. Light to moderate foxing. Good.<br/>Evans 34966. Trumbull 1585. John Byrne unknown 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
265523New York: Preble. hardcover. near fine. Miniature book 2 x 3 inches. Illustrated with wood-cuts. brown cloth stamped in gilt all edges gilt. New York: Preble n.d. ca. 1840.<br/><br/> First published in 1715 this was the ubiquitous children's book for 200 years serving as a standard textbook in schools.<br/><br/> Preble unknown books
1760JC14443London: Sixth Edition corrected 1760. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Contemporary calf worn. 222 pp. Repairs to dedication leaf and title. Four of six folding plates bound in at tear; two of these lacking portions of the plate. Textually complete; main text block is in nice shape. Sold as is. <br/><br/> Sixth Edition, corrected hardcover 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
CA06A-00017Shirley and Hyde. Collectible - Acceptable. Collectible - Acceptable. Portland ME: Shirley & Hyde 1829. 1st Edition. 242pp. 12mo. Original calf with leather spine label. Front joint beginning to split still a very clean attractive copy. Uncommon. Sadoff Catalog page 63. Weight: 7.0 ounces = 199 grams. Size: 7.2 x 4.6 x 0.6 inches = 18 x 11.5 x 1.5cm Inquire if you need further information. Gach Shirley and Hyde hardcover books
19821315833New York: Magico Magazines 1982. Limited Edition of 100. Hardcover. Octavo: VG/no-DJ hardcover: Blue spine with gilt text: Boards are strong and clean light shelfwear binding solid: Textblock exterior has some age toning pages clean and unmarked: Verso is hand numbered 87 out of a limited edition of 100 signed by Isaac Asimov: Unpaginated. 1315833. FP New Rockville Stock. Magico Magazines hardcover books
3379Portsmouth Va.: Printed at the Daily Transcript Office 1856. . 8vo yellow wrappers front printed Not in Haynes or Swem but now to be found in the Library of Virginia. A catalogue of God's misdeeds over the centuries ending with the 1855 outbreak of Yellow Fever in Norfolk and Portsmouth Virginia attributed to the infested ship "Ben Franklin". The Rev. Handy was responsible for distributing monies raised for the relief of the suffering cities Portsmouth [Va.]: Printed at the Daily Transcript Office, 1856. unknown books
197855474NY: Doubleday 1978. First Edition. 8vo pp. 177. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Singer and containing an extra color print signed by Raphael Soyer color end paper illustrations. A fine copy in some worn publisher's box. Doubleday unknown books
1962Z1673New York:: Dover 1962. 1962. Two vols. in one. Reprint of the two volume 1873 Macmillan edition. 8vo. xxxvi 476 2 508 pp. Index. Blue cloth gilt-stamped spine title dust-jacket; jacket rubbed else fine. Dirk Brouwer's copy. Brouwer was the recipient of the Bruce Medal in 1966. From the website: Born in the Netherlands Dirk Brouwer received his Ph.D. in 1927 under Willem de Sitter at the University of Leiden and then joined the faculty at Yale University where he worked in celestial mechanics with Ernest W. Brown. While still a student he determined the mass of Titan from its influence on other Saturnian moons. From 1941 to 1966 he served as director of the Yale University Observatory and editor of the Astronomical Journal. Brouwer developed general methods for finding orbits and computing errors and applied these methods to comets asteroids and planets. He was one of the first to use electronic computers for astronomical computations. He computed the orbits of the first artificial satellites and from them obtained increased knowledge of the figure of the earth. His book Methods of Celestial Mechanics taught a generation of celestial mechanicians. He also redetermined astronomical constants. Dover, (1962). hardcover books
003965Philadelphia: Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology 1937. Quarto. 527 pp. Fold-out map end of text. Dj faded. 8 b&w plates in text. Originally intended only for the author's kinsmen. 1937 edition issued with an eye to historical scholarship. In dust jacket. Philadelphia: Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 1937 unknown books
184254598Libanon PA: Jos. Hartman 1842. 12mo pp. xii 184; woodcut frontispiece; half calf over blue paper boards boards scuffed and bumped text foxed good and sound. With the ownership stamps of John B. Schmeyer on flyleaf. A manual of horse care. OCLC finds none in the US 2 in Germany. <br/><br/> Jos. Hartman hardcover books
1970S10566Cambridge MA:: MIT Press 1970. 1970. 8vo. viii 351 pp. Index. Metallic silver cloth white-stamped spine dust-jacket; front jacket torn spine ends chipped. Ownership signature. Near fine in good jacket. ISBN: 0262160358 MIT Press, (1970). hardcover books
1950BL3721New York AND Babson Park MASS:: Herbert Reichner AND Babson Institute 1950 AND 1955. 1950. 2 volumes. 8vo. xiv 228; xiii 91 pp. Illus. including folding plate frontis. index. Gilt-stamped pale red cloth. Burndy bookplates. Fine. Limited editions of 750 copies and 450 for second title printed by The Anthoensen Press. Herbert Reichner [AND] Babson Institute, 1950 [AND] 1955. hardcover books
182456812Providence: printed and sold by Brown & Danforth 1824. 12mo pp. 24; edges curled good or better. With 14 pages of manuscript notes bound in listing labor accounts and hours of work for employees: "Cato Brightman threshed 2½ days"; "Joseph Manchester worked five days Elery Gray half a day"; "killed the buff hound ox weighed 900"; "Nicholas Durfee 2 days"; "Joseph Borden with his man part of a day"; "Coggeshall began work at nine job for mulch"; other names mentioned include Philip Bennet William Lake John Albert Gideon Greenhill Joseph Currie Abner Coggeshall Henry Graves "an Indian worked one day at roofing" and "finished mowing English hay had an uncommon great crop." American Imprints 17815; Drake 13021. <br/><br/> printed and sold by Brown & Danforth unknown books
