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18858890New York: Robert Macoy Publisher 1885. First edition. 8vo 3 219pp plus 10 illustrated ads at rear. Ownership signature and stamp of Edwin A. Quick to front pastedown. Publisher's purple cloth stamped in black blind and gilt. Spine and top edge heavily sunned clean internally and very good. <br /> <br /> Uncommon 19th century Masonic directory with an interesting provenance. This copy owned by prominent architect from Yonkers Edwin A. Quick 1841-1913 who designed the Colgate Library Yonkers Public Library and City Hall Messiah Baptist Church among many others. He is listed in the directory on pg 211. Robert Macoy, Publisher unknown
183613411Albany: Hoffman & White 1836. First Edition Early Issue. Original wraps. Very good. First edition of A Sketch of the Life and Public Services of William H. Harrison published in Albany in 1836. Octavo 32pp. Original green printed wrappers pamphlet bound with string. A touch of wear to corners occasional toning. A very good copy of a campaign pamphlet printed during Harrison's first and unsuccessful run for president. This Albany imprint is not listed in Howes or Sabin but similar copies are listed. Sabin 30594 Howes J20. Attributed to Isaac R. Jackson by Howes. Hoffman & White unknown
184013399Columbus: I.N. Whiting 1840. First Edition Early Issue. Hardcover. Very good. A Sketch of the Life and Public Services of William Henry Harrison published in 1840. Includes a fold-out portrait of Harrison. Octavo 50pp. Marbled paper boards with green cloth spine. Original green printed wrappers solid text block light wear to spine ends corners and inner hinges. A touch of foxing to edges of leaves. Fold-out portrait of Harrison dated 1861 affixed to front free endpaper. Sabin 81524 Howes J20 Thomson 152 A unique example of a popular presidential campaign pamphlet. I.N. Whiting hardcover
1889GM18216New York: The Knickerbocker Press 1889. Full blue leather gilt spine title gilt cover ownership top edges darkened floral endpapers/pastedown & tissued frontis portrait; A good solid copy with modest wear to extremities; 145 pages. Size: 5.75"x8.25". Hardcover. The Knickerbocker Press Hardcover
189641088Charleston S.C. 1896. Broadside 5-1/2" x 8-1/2". This small broadside is printed in a pleasant font and signed in type by Isaac S. Cohen. Minor wear large chip of top right corner of blank margin no text loss. Good.<br /> <br /> Isaac S. Cohen 1871-1915 was a Jewish businessman in Charleston. He worked for First National Bank after high school then worked as a cashier and later president for twenty years of Charleston Savings Bank. He was the son of Louis Cohen 1833-1914 a Polish Jew who came to Charleston in 1850 and became a successful tailor and later the owner of a large and well-known clothing store in Florence. "Charleston Banker Died In Asheville" Columbia Record June 23 1915 page 8; Find A Grave website accessed July 2025.<br /> Joseph Marks 1858-1935 was the president of M. Marks & Sons for many years a business started by his father Moses Marks 1833-1911 a Russian Jew who came to the United States in 1850 settled in Charleston and became a successful merchant. Moses opened the large and very successful M. Marks & Sons in 1891 as a dry goods emporium and clothing business. The business ran until about 1930. Moses Marks' obituary says the business was "probably the first 5 and 10 cents store in the United States." "M. Marks & Sons" The Jewish Merchant Project website accessed July 2025; "Moses Marks" The State Newspaper April 22 1911 page 9.<br /> Mitchell & Smith was a law firm in Charleston active from about 1877-1919. unknown
184847660Krotoschin Krotoszyn: B. L. Monasch & Sohn 1848. First German edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Octavo. viii 315 1 558 392pp. Bound in modern brown half-cloth over decorative paper-covered boards with gilt lettering and decorative ruling on spine. Light brown endpapers. The author Isaac Aboab lived in Toledo at the end of the 14th century. His Hebrew work Menorath HaMe'or "The Candelabrum of Light" is a classic ethical work. It became immensely popular among the Jews in the Middle Ages with more than seventy editions printed. Originally written in Hebrew it was translated into Spanish Ladino Yiddish and German with the 1st edition printed in Constantinople in 1514. <br /> <br /> "Developing the image of the seven-branched candlestick cf. Num. 4:9 Isaac divides his work into seven nerot "lamps". These in turn are subdivided into main divisions parts and chapters. Using the three parts of Psalms 34:15 as general headings he assigns the seven lamps to them in the following manner: a "Depart from evil" 1 guard against envy lust ambition; 2 be wary of sins attendant upon speech. b "Do good" 3 observance of mitzvot such as circumcision rearing of children prayer festivals honoring parents founding a family charity justice; 4 study of Torah; 5 repentance. c "Seek peace and pursue it" 6 peace and love for fellowman; and 7 humility. Into this rather loose framework lsaac fitted a wealth of aggadic material culled from the Talmud and the vast midrashic literature. His use of passages from aggadic works now lost and the variants in the talmudic and midrashic texts he cites make the Menorat ha-Ma'or of great importance for establishing the text of the Talmud used in the Spanish-North African academies as distinct from that of the Franco-German school. Isaac is selective in using esoteric texts and he fights shy of statements that may provoke doubt and heresy." -see:encyclopedia dot com. <br /> <br /> The translation by R. J. Fürstenthal was completed by Benzion Behrend. Block somewhat browned with sporadic light foxing. Water stain at lower foredge and bottom visible for about fifty pages. Binding in overall very good interior in good condition. B. L. Monasch & Sohn hardcover
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
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 paperback
1884111596Concord NH: Parsons B. Cogswell State Printer 1884 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Three volumes of town papers published by authority of the Legislature of New Hampshire. Volume XI covers "A" to "F" inclusive "with an appendix embracing copies in Fac Simile of the First Constitution of this State as adopted January 5 1776; the Proclamation sent out to the people declaring the said Constitution to be in force; and a Constitution framed in June 1779 which was rejected by the people. Also other interesting and valuable documents." Published in 1882. Volume XII covers Gilmanton to New Ipswich with an appendix "Embracing some Documents relative to Towns which have been returned to the State archives since the publication of Volume XI" published in 1883; and Volume XIII completes this set covering New London to Wolfeborough with an appendix "Embracing some Documents interesting and valuable not heretofore published including the Census of New Hampshire of 1790 in detail"; published in 1884. Minor wear/marks with more moderate corner wear on Volume XI. Parsons B. Cogswell, State Printer hardcover
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
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
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
183326860London: Whittaker Treacher and Co. 1833. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Small Octavo. Pp. viii 434. Maroon leather binding triple gilt frame and blind-tooled border gilt panelled spine with gilt spine lettering. School prize book with gilt-stamped Arms of the University of Glasgow to both upper and lower covers marbled endpapers all edges marbled bound by Carss Glasgow with small binder's ticket to verso of front free endpaper. Engraved prize bookplate to front pastedown. invisibly rebacked with original spine strip laiddown. Very good clean square copy. Whittaker, Treacher, and Co. Hardcover
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
182948262London: R. Brown 1829. Hardcover. Very good. Original gray paper covered boards with printed paper label on spine. 12mo. Engraved portrait with tissue guard xxiv 621 pp. Ex-library with bookplate and handstamp on the front pastedown. The title page indicates this was printed by subscription with the introductory matter listing 84 individuals as subscribers. The Muggletonians were a sect founded by Lodowicke Muggleton and by Muggleton's cousin John Reeve in the mid-17th century. Both founders were subsequently imprisioned for blasphemy in 1653. Nevertheless their doctrines attracted a number of followers and the sect did not disappear until the mid-19th century. A clean bright unsophisticated copy. R. Brown hardcover
18137230Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard 1813. 1st ed. 1813. 8vo. 533 pp. 1 page ads. Illustrated with several text figs. Contemporary full calf with gilt stamped black leather spinal label. Period library plate front pastedown. Spinal label lightly chipped typical leather wear front hinge cracked but tight text lightly foxed very good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1813. 1st ed. hardcover
1834360283City of Washington: Printed by Francis Preston Blair 1834. Unbound. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 32pp. Disbound light foxing very good. Speech delivered In the Senate of the United States March 3 & 4 1834. Scarce. OCLC locates only two copies. Printed by Francis Preston Blair unknown
18536919St. Paul: Joseph R. Brown Territorial Printer 1853. Hardcover. Very Good. The first compilation of Minnesota Territory statutes. Contents: 98 pages of Collated Statutes with indices and 96 pages of the Decisions of the Supreme Court July term 1851 reported by William Hollinshead and July term 1852 reported by Isaac Atwater with index. Ex-library in maroon buckram binding. A clean umarked copy. <br/><br/> Joseph R. Brown, Territorial Printer hardcover
18536918St. Paul: Joseph R. Brown Territorial Printer 1853. Hardcover. Very Good. The first compilation of Minnesota Territory statutes. Contents: 98 pages of Collated Statutes with indices and 96 pages of the Decisions of the Supreme Court July term 1851 reported by William Hollinshead and July term 1852 reported by Isaac Atwater with index. Ex-library in maroon buckram binding. A clean umarked copy. <br/><br/> Joseph R. Brown, Territorial Printer hardcover
1880780481A. C. Armstrong and Son January 1880. Hardcover. Good - Cash/No Jacket. 6 Volume Set. George olive green hardcover with black contrasting back fill ink on decorate stamping on front cover and spine with gold gild lettering and image of a man on the bottom right corner. Gild is intact on all volumes and looks amazing. Top text block on all 6 volumes is darker than other sides of text block. Corners and edge show wear but no hardboards exposed. Corners are bumped. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book. A. C. Armstrong and Son hardcover
181229439Warren RI: John F. Phillips 1812. Very Good. Warren RI: John F. Phillips 1812. First Edition. Octavo; removed and bound with modern stitching; 18pp. Brief contemporary ink notes at head of title page faint damp spots and foxing to textblock else Very Good and sound. <br /> <br /> Rare Rhode Island sermon delivered during the War of 1812: "Although our general Government have unsheathed the sword--although American blood is flowing and valuable lives have been already lost yet we and our fellow-citizens in this and some of the neighbouring States have hitherto been graciously preserved" p. 11. <br /> <br /> SABIN 40809. John F. Phillips unknown
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
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
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
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
