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1817657281817. With a Duplicate Colored Frontispiece Annotated by George Cruikshank Trial. Thistlewood Arthur 1770-1820 Defendant. Watson James Defendant. Preston Thomas Defendant. Hooper John Defendant. Cruikshank Isaac 1764-1811 Illustrator. Cruikshank George 1792-1878 Annotation. High Treason!! The Whole Proceedings on the Trial of Arthur Thistlewood Gent. James Watson The Elder Surgeon Thomas Preston Cordwainer And John Hooper Labourer: Upon an Indictment Found Against Them for High Treason. Fairburn's Edition. London: Printed by W. Marchant ; published by John Fairburn 1817. 23 parts comprising 360 numbered columns. Folding frontispiece two plates. Complete. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Original plain paper-covered publisher boards with contrasting spine untrimmed edges. Some soiling and staining moderate edgewear spine abraded and worn front board detached early owner signature L. Palmer and later owner bookplate of William Hartmann Woodin to front pastedown. Moderate toning to text minor oil stains and dampstains to a few leaves. Brief annotations in pencil to front pastedown and verso folding plates both entry references to Douglas's Works of George Cruikshank interior otherwise clean. Duplicate of folding frontispiece hand-colored and with an annotation by George Cruikshank laid in. It is lightly soiled lightly edgeworn and beginning to tear along fold lines later reference annotation to Douglas bibliography to top margin. Items housed in a quarter-morocco over cloth slipcase with raised bands and gilt title to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities. A unique copy of a rare title. $950. Only edition. Thistlewood Watson Preston and Hooper were leaders of the Spencians a group of English radicals who opposed private land ownership. They were indicted for treason when a mass audience at a Spencian rally at Spa Fields Islington England on 15 November and 2 December 1816 degenerated into a riotous mob. Watson was acquitted and the other three were released without trial. Fairburn's serialized account features a courtroom scene and portraits of the defendants by Isaac Cruikshank who is not credited. The colored duplicate frontispiece has an annotation by his son George Cruikshank reading: "Not any of it by me-GCK." This remark illustrates how the work of the two men were often. unknown books
1727026143London: J. Tonson 1727. First Edition. Quarto. 12 327 pages 18 leaves of tables one folding errata mounted to bottom of the second page of contents verso. This volume includes plate 18 which was done by Sir Isaac Newton near the end of his life Wallis 'Newton & Newtoniana' #357 while he was Master of the British Mint 1700-1727; During Newton's tenure at the mint he issued at least thirteen reports which like this one are all rare. Table 34 which is a fold-out of plate 18 is among his very last original works accomplished in his lifetime. While Newton is certainly best known for his scientific work in mathematics and physics a large part of his working life was his time as Master of the Mint; in fact his precise measurements enabled savings in the minting process. The previous system had not been uniform his keen measurements enabled an exact weight in determining the number of grains in an ounce of gold with precision had not been available previous to his work. The table is also known in Scottish bibliographies for the section on Scottish Weights and Measurements. Bound in full calf ruled in gilt earlier and fine rebacking decoratively stamped in gilt renewed endpapers all edges red wear to corners some toning. A very good copy. J. Tonson unknown books
1759236London: Henry Kent 1759. Seventh Edition. Full leather. Very good. The Complete Angler by Isaac Walton published in 1759 edited by Moses Brown. Twelvemo xxiv 216 217-221 221-340 8 Index. Bound in period brown calf gilt title and decorative work on spine. Gilt top edge with red toning to gilt. Cracking to front joints but stable and firm. Clean pages throughout. Ten plates by Moses Brown. Previous owner's markings and bookseller's markings on front endpaper. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper. Bound with A Person of Honour - North Roger A Discourse of Fish and Fish-Ponds. London E. Curll 1715. Second Edition. 6 94 2 4-ads. First published in 1653 by Richard Marriot in London. This copy was published in 1759 by Moses Brown who was the first person to offer a revised edition in over 100 years. In 1760 another revised edition was edited and published by John Hawkins likely at the behest of Dr. Samuel Johnson the famous literary critic. Henry Kent unknown books
184355333Providence: December 14 1843. Folio bifolium approx. 13¾" x 8¼" printed on the first page only; near fine. An anti-Dorrite text urging the election of the Law and Order ticket and the steps needed to be made to ensure a successful outcome. "The undersigned were appointed to correspond with active and influential friends of Law and Order in every town in the state; and to urge upon them the necessity of commencing immediately that efficient organization which cannot fail to secure for the good cause in which we are engaged another and yet more glorious triumph . Defeat would cover us with deep shame and it would bring upon us irretrievable disasters." OCLC locates the Brown University copy only. Not in American Imprints Bartlett or Sabin. DeSimone & Schofield 230 adding R.I. Historical. <br/><br/> December 14 unknown books
1950142710Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1950. Octavo cloth. First edition. The author's first book and first SF novel. In the far future "Earth is largely a radioactive wasteland populated by a few million inhabitants who are discriminated against by the rest of the galactic empire which has forgotten that Earth was humanity's original home." - Brians Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction 1895-1984 p. 122. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-51. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 237. In 333. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with wear and rubbing at edges mostly along top edge several small nicks and abrasions at upper edge of rear panel mild tanning to rear panel and orange lettering on spine panel mostly faded to white. #142710 Doubleday & Company unknown books
195081888Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1950. Octavo cloth. First edition. The author's first book and first sf novel. In the far future "Earth is largely a radioactive wasteland populated by a few million inhabitants who are discriminated against by the rest of the galactic empire which has forgotten that Earth was humanity's original home." Brians Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction 1895-1984 p. 122. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-51. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 237. In 333. Moderate dust soiling to top edge free endpapers show some offsetting a very good to near fine copy in very good or better dust jacket with some light rubbing to edges corners and folds light shelf wear to head of spine panel small closed tear with crease at upper right corner and touch of fading to spine panel lettering. #81888 Doubleday & Company unknown books
1955138654Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1955. Octavo cloth. First edition. Eternals police human history against disasters making history safe for mankind. "Time guardians rove through the centuries keeping all eras in harmony. The hero rebels preferring the uncertainties of infinity to the carefully controlled boredom of Eternity." - Pringle The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction second edition 1995 p. 120. ". a complex thoughtful story of time travel time paradoxes and time police considered by some critics to be his best work." - John Clute / Malcolm J. Edwards SFE online. Some age-darkening to endpapers mostly along gutter margins a nearly fine copy in very good dust jacket with internal tanning mostly to spine panel and along flap folds some shelf wear along top edge and several closed tears and associated creases along top edge of front panel. #138654 Doubleday & Company unknown books
1787WRCAM24484Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Bailey. 1787. 307pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf. Boards bowed one- inch tear along upper front hinge. Scattered foxing. Contemporary ownership name on titlepage. Else very good. The Psalms of David as imitated by Isaac Watts and revised by Joel Barlow for the use of American churches and families. This would seem to be the "large-type edition" described by Evans. An early Federal period printing of the Psalms. EVANS 20229. Printed by Francis Bailey... hardcover books
19671331506London: Cambridge University Press 1967-1971. First Edition first printing. Hardcover. 4 Quartos; VG/G Jackets; Green jacket spines with white and black lettering; 590 520 576 & 678 pages; Volume 1: 1664-1666; Volume 2: 1667-1669; Volume 3: 1670-1673; Volume 4; 1674-1684; Jackets on all volumes show wear and some tearing to the edges water damage to interior of jacket of volume four small chip on front of jacket of volume four all jackets have some toning now protected by mylar covers; Boards are straight with bumping at the corners; Previous owner's name inked on ffep of all volumes interiors slightly toned but free of other markings; Shelved above Lit Crit ; Note: Set is heavy please contact us for international or priority shipping. 1331506. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Cambridge University Press hardcover books
171624725London: / Printed for J. Roberts 1716. First Edition. Hardcover. Four volumes bound in one. 131pp with three pagination errors; xvi 4 156pp; 6 83pp publisher's advertisement; 60pp. Recent mottled half calf over marbled boards spine decorated and lettered in gold. Marbled edges. Head-pieces tail-pieces and initials in the second volume. All the titles except the first are first editions. Old dedication on the verso of the title page of volume one reads: "B. Judd to Rev. Francis Vinton." Toning to text blocks some scattered foxing and staining minor annotations on the last page of the first two volumes old repairs to two of the leaves of the first volume. In all a very good copy. Uncommon. ; Octavo. <br/><br/> / Printed for J. Roberts hardcover books
198862853NY:: Doubleday. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0385239157 . Text by William Schwenck Gilbert. Second printing. SIGNED by Isaac Asimov on the title page. Very good in a very good minor edge wear with a few small chips at the spine ends dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Hilary Knight.; 1056 pages . Doubleday, hardcover books
1966111863Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1966. Octavo cloth. First edition. 1966 Nebula nominee. Filmed in 1966 by Richard Fleischer with Stephen Boyd Raquel Welch and Donald Pleasance. This is a novelization of the screenplay by Harry Kleiner from the original story by Otto Klement and Jay Lewis Bixby. Anatomy of Wonder 1981 3-43. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with some light wear to spine ends and edges of front panel. #111863 Houghton Mifflin Company unknown books
1952150091Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1952. Octavo boards. First edition. ". an effective standalone blend of mystery and adventure on a world where unspecified disaster has been foretold by a highly specialist expert now lost to amnesia." - John Clute / Malcolm J. Edwards SFE online. "Minor early Asimov set against the interstellar background of the Trantorian Empire about to become the galactic empire of the 'Foundation' series. A complex adventure with an anti-racist theme." - Pringle The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction second edition 1995 p. 83. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with mild rubbing to upper spine end and corners and hint of dust soiling to rear panel. A very nice copy overall. #150091 Doubleday & Company unknown books
181930932London: Printed for the author 1819. 8vo. 7 x 4 1/4 inches. Hand coloured engraved frontispiece engraved by Hebner and Madox. Uncut. Contemporary paper-backed boards.<br/> <br/>A scarce work on the auricula.<br/> <br/>The author a Barnet Hertsfordshire now London nurseryman and florist originally published this work devoted to the auricula in 1815. Besides detailed descriptions on the flower's cultivation the work includes a list of varieties as well as much information on and recipes for composting. Bound in the rear are lists of subscribers of both the first and the present second edition which reads like a who's who of London nurseryman. Both editions are rare. Printed for the author unknown books
1678SS13405London:: J. Redmayne 1678. 1678. 2 parts bound as 1. Small 8vo. xvi 352 363-401 1 i.e. 391 pp. Title woodcut vignette figs. "Euclidis data" with separate title at p. 347. Contemporary full blind-stamped calf handsomely re-backed with matching calf. PROVENANCE: Inscribed at rear "R. Redding e Castro Windsor preb: . . . " Very good. Scarce. Third edition. Barrow was an English mathematician remembered for discovering the fundamental theorem of calculus. He was the first Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge. "The elementary portion of Euclid's Elements was part of Barrow's college syllabus but some time before 1652 he went on to read not only Euclidean commentaries by Tacquet Héigone and Oughtred but also more advanced Greek works by Archimedes and possibly Apollonius and Ptolemy. His first published work his epitomized Euclidis Elementorum libri XV probably written by early 1654 is designed as a quadrivium undergraduate text with emphasis on its deductive structure rather than on its geometrical content its sole concessions to contemporary mathematical idiom being its systematic use of Oughtred's symbolism and a list'ex P. Herigono' of numerical constants relating to inscribed polyhedra." :: DSB I p. 474. REFERENCES: Max Steck Bibliographia Euclideana IV 67; Wing 2nd ed. 1994 E3395. J. Redmayne, 1678. unknown books
1979132786Los Angeles: Golan-Globus Productions 1979. Three original draft title card maquettes hand lettered by Harold Adler for the 1979 film. Based on the 1960 novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer. The three sketches show different approaches to the title all distinct from the final lettering design used. <br/><br/>Harold Adler was a calligrapher who created hand lettered titles on over 100 films worked frequently with Alfred Hitchcock and was a favorite of legendary title sequence designers Saul Bass and Pablo Ferro. In addition to "The Magician of Lublin" his credits include "Comanche!" 1956 "The Man with the Golden Arm" 1955 "The Seven Year Itch" 1955 "Carmen Jones" 1954 "Psycho" 1960 "The Birds" 1963 "In the Heat of the Night" 1967 and "Finian's Rainbow" 1969. In 2012 an exhibition of Adler's work was organized by noted typographer and design historian Jill Bell at the American Advertising Federation Kansas City. <br/><br/>At the turn of the Twentieth century a Jewish stage magician and con man whose career has been ruined by womanizing gets one more shot at the big time by attempting to pull off a never before seen trick. <br/><br/>Two leaves. First leaf: 19 x 18 inches. About Near Fine with creasing to the edges. Two designs executed in black ink on white paper with a holograph notation to the side in blue pencil. Second leaf: 15.5 x 5.5 inches. Black ink on white paper. Near Fine with holograph annotations in blue pencil. Golan-Globus Productions unknown books
185221535Columbia S.C.: R.W. Gibbes State Printer 1852. 24pp stitched in original printed wrappers closed tear to front wrapper repaired on blank verso. Untrimmed and uncut generously margined. Short closed tear to title page repaired on blank verso. Very Good. <br/><br/> A rare early informative Report on prisons and South Carolina's criminal law. The Report recommends changes in the penal law; not Hayne assures from "sympathy with the spirit of indiscriminate and sweeping innovation which to some extent is the characteristic of the age and which absolutely runs riot in many of the States of this Confederacy." South Carolina has a low crime rate: "more than half of our population and the portion amongst whom from their position crime would naturally most abound are slaves who are kept in order without a resort to the Courts." But he fears an "alarming" rise in crime in Charleston. Urging greater efficiency "in detecting crime" he recommends employing prosecutors in each district and "physicians for post mortem examinations in murder cases." <br/> Hayne wants to streamline outmoded judicial procedures allow appeals "in cases not capital only on cause shown" to curtail the power of pardon with standards to guide issuance of pardons to curb the most wretched prison conditions particularly housing "the arrested debtor and the innocent witness" with "the convicted felon"; and to provide separate cells at night and employ prisoners in shoemaking and other useful tasks. An Appendix prints valuable data on the prison population of South Carolina. <br/>III Turnbull 143. Cohen 4567. Not in Harv. Law Cat. or Marke. OCLC 8348549 3- Harvard U Chi. U SC as of August 2020. R.W. Gibbes, State Printer unknown books
1911WRCAM53566Atlanta 1911. 285pp. including frontispiece and plates. Original grey cloth boards blind-stamped spine gilt. Front hinge cracked boards a bit soiled. Later ownership and gift inscriptions on front free endpaper several clippings and manuscript presentation card from the author's family laid in. Light tanning very good. "This narrative has been regarded by collectors as highly for its scarcity as for its content. It is well worth reading for its unvarnished description of soldier life and is of some special interest as a narrative by a Jewish immigrant who enlisted in a country Georgia regiment. Hermann served in the Cheat Mountain campaign in western Virginia at Fort McAllister near Savannah in Mississippi and in Hood's Tennessee campaign" - IN TALL COTTON. HOWES H436. IN TALL COTTON 89. NEVINS I p.103. DORNBUSCH II:239. hardcover books
1950212896New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1950. First edition in English. 611 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Crimson and black cloth. Fine in almost fine unclipped dust jacket with one closed tear else a fine copy of Singer's first book. First edition in English. 611 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1893SS8776Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press 1893. 1893. Three volumes. 8vo. xvi 924; xiii 762; 546 12 pp. Frontis. plates 2 folding diagrams index; uncut. Original black-stamped green cloth gilt-stamped spines; spine ends slightly rubbed minor white stain spots inner hinges cracking Vol. III a bit rubbed Vol. III. Very good. FIRST EDITION. A thorough and authoritative study of elasticity published posthumously. Cambridge University Press, 1893. hardcover books
1857716411857. Boston: Federhen & Company 1857. Boston: Federhen & Company 1857. An Accused Adulterer Defended by Richard Henry Dana Trial. Kalloch Isaac Smith 1831-1887 Defendant. Only Full Report of the Trial of Rev. I.S. Kalloch on Charge of Adultery: Complete History of the Affair Doings of the Church Kalloch's Pulpit Defence Arrest Arraignment Trial And Result. With Accurate Portraits of Kalloch and the Beautiful Lady in Black And the Lecture Room of the Lechmere. Boston: Federhen & Company 1857. 64 pp. Woodcut pictorial title page. Two woodcut text illustrations. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial self-wrappers bound into recent quarter calf over marbled boards. Moderate toning and dampstaining to text repairs to edges of first and final leaves. $750. Only edition. "Isaac Smith Kalloch accused of adultery in this prosecution was a Baptist clergyman and was supported by the trustees of his church throughout this affair. . The jury could not reach a verdict in the case which was tried in the Massachusetts Court of Common Pleas Criminal Session in Cambridge Massachusetts" Cohen. Kalloch was defended by the eminent lawyer and politician Richard Henry Dana Jr. 1815-1882. The trial resulted in a hung jury. Kalloch later moved to San Francisco and became that city's mayor in 1879. The Full Report includes the judge's charge but not the jury's final verdict. Kalloch was acquitted. He moved to San Francisco where he continued to generate controversy by skirting the bounds of decency. When he decided to run for mayor of San Francisco in 1879 he came under attack from the San Francisco Chronicle's editor-in-chief Charles de Young who was backing another candidate. DeYoung hoping to end Kalloch's campaign accused the minister of having an affair. Kalloch responded by claiming that De Young's mother ran a brothel. In response DeYoung ambushed Kalloch on a street and shot him twice. Kalloch survived the wounds. Due in part to the sympathy of voters he was elected the 18th Mayor of San Francisco. OCLC locates 7 copies in North American law libraries Brigham Young University Harvard LA County Social Law Library of Congress University of Cincinnati University of Minnesota. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13700. unknown books
1789218085Philadelphia: Printed for Thomas Dobson at the Stone House in Second Street 1789. First American edition stated sixteenth edition on title page. x 13-348 pp lacks blank preceding Introduction. 1 vols. 12mo. Modern full crushed brown levant. Bookplate. Title page somewhat soiled and reapirs at inner margin some minor dampstaining to text leaf G2 pp. 79-80 defective with loss of lower corner and several words of text; overall a good sound copy of a very scarce book. First American edition stated sixteenth edition on title page. x 13-348 pp lacks blank preceding Introduction. 1 vols. 12mo. The Straw Man Fallacy. First published in England in 1725 this is the first printing in America of Watts' first important work; it ultimately became extremely influential in universities and America well through the first half of the 19th century. As an interesting sidenote Watts in describing the particular sophism known as the 'straw man" was the first the use the word 'straw" in describing it. At p. 303 he writes: ".and when they have with a great deal of pomp attacked and confoundedthese images of straw of their own making they triumph over their adversary as if they had confounded his position."<br/><br/>A very scarce and important book. Evans 22246 Printed for Thomas Dobson, at the Stone House, in Second Street unknown books
1800WRCAM50821Paris 1800. Three volumes. 4viii5-321pp. plus six plates; 344pp. plus four plates; 4294pp. plus one plate and a large folding map. Half title in each volume. Contemporary marbled paper-covered boards gilt leather spine labels. Minor shelf wear some sunning to spines. Contemporary French bookplate on pastedown of first volume. Internally clean. Very good. The scarce first French translation of Weld's TRAVELS THROUGH THE STATES OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE PROVINCES OF UPPER AND LOWER CANADA DURING THE YEARS 1795 1796 AND 1797. The date on the titlepages is given as "8" referring to the eighth year of the new French Republic after the Revolution. Weld an Irishman arrived in Philadelphia in late 1795 at the age of nineteen. His observations during two years of travels through eastern North America and Canada told through a series of letters comprise one of the most popular narratives of the day. Story wrote that "his account of Canada letters 21-25 is a clear and sustained description of an area and a way of life that pleased him more than had the United States." The engraved plates are after sketches by the author. The map shows the east coast of America south through North Carolina and west through the Great Lakes region with an inset map of the Great Lakes area as well. TPL 710. HOWES W235. LANDE 890 ref. CLARK II:132 ref. GAGNON I:3701 ref. JCB II:4062 ref. SABIN 192541 ref. hardcover books
182044636London: T. Dolby 1820. Broadside approx. 42 x 27 cm; hand-colored engraving approx. 16 x 23 cm text in double column 12 verses lightly creased at edges small sections of left side chipped ocassional spots overall very good or better. A colorful satire depicting an infant version of a chubby King George IV shown in a cradle with the 'green bag' hanging on the wall in the background. The first verse reads "Hush! Great Babe! lie still and slumber Troops of Lancers guard thy bed Chinese gimcracks without number Nicely dangle o'er thy head." OCLC locates one at Harvard only. <br/><br/> T. Dolby unknown books
1868W61816New York: W.J.Widdleton 1868. Original 3/4 tan calf 5 raised bands enclosing red and black morocco labels and fleurons. Matching marbled boards edges and endpapers. Some general light wear to edges joints and tips. Owner label on each front pastedown. One volume "Literary Character" 4 volumes "Curiosities of Literature" 2 volumes "Amenities of Literature" and 2 of "Calamities and Quarrels of Authors". The series was edited by Isaac's son Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. First Edition. Three Quarter Leather. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. W.J.Widdleton Hardcover books
