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195036261New York: Reichner 1950. In spite of its limitations this is still the best annotated bibliographical catalogue of Newton's writings. Reichner unknown books
1984S11195Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press 1984. 1984. Volume I only. Large 8vo. xix 627 pp. 3 plates figures bibliography index. Navy blue cloth gilt-stamped spine dust-jacket. Fine in near fine jacket. ISBN: 0521252482 Cambridge University Press, (1984). hardcover books
1783D3097London: Printed by assignment from the executors of G. Pearch for J. Dodsley 1783. Hardcover. Very Good. Four volumes 8vo 175 x 110mm. vol. I: xi 1 329 3; vol. II: 4 316 4; vol. III: 4 326. 4; vol. IV: 4 322 4 including ads. Each volume with an engraved title vignette depicting musicians and with opening vignettes depicting in vols. I: Abelard as hooded monk at sea; II: A shepherd and his flock; III: Mary Queen of Scots; and IV: a valetudinarian sickly person; all by Isaac Taylor. Contemporary calf labeled Pearch's poems to spine light occasional toning otherwise clean and good sound copies. Compiled by George Pearch who intended to enhance Robert Dodsley's earlier work A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes London: 1758. First published in 1748. The book reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. It contained many classic works from important dramatists and poets including Samuel Johnson 1709-1784 Hester Lynch Thrale 1741-1821 Richard Savage c.1697-1743 Dr. William Dodd 1729-1777 Oliver Goldsmith 1730-1774 William Collins 1721-1759 and Thomas Gray 1716-1771. Half-titles all present which read: A Collection of Poems Intended as a Supplement to Mr. Dodsley's Collection. A New Edition with Notes. This edition has a new foreword dated 1782. Important compilation of poems from several significant 18th-century contributors skilled in stage and verse. <br/><br/> Printed by assignment from the executors of G. Pearch, for J. Dodsley hardcover books
1979162892NY LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB 1979 1979. ORIGINAL GRAY CLOTH; PUBLISHER'S GRAY BOARD SLIPCASE; #47 OF 2000 SIGNED BY SINGER AND SOYER; ILLUSTRATED WITH WATER COLORS BY RAPHAEL SOYER LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB FINE FRESH COPY. Signed by Authors. Hardcover. NY, LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB, 1979 hardcover books
196612050New York: Farrar Straus And Giroux 1966. First Edition. 307 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth spine with off-white paper over boards. Spine faded else a very good copy. First Edition. 307 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed. Inscribed on front free endpaper"To my good friends the highly talented sisters each in her own field Marchette and Joy Chute-with my very best wishes Isaac Bashevis Singer May 4 1966"<br/>The Chute girls were both noted writers.<br/><br/>Singer was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. Farrar, Straus And Giroux unknown books
19794553New York: Limited Editions Club 1979 Introduction by Harry T. Moore. Numerous color plates from watercolors and black & white pencil studies. SIGNED by the illustrator Raphael Soyer and by the author Isaac Bashevis Singer. Number 1476 of 2000 copies. Cloth-backed boards. Spine slightly faded else a very fine copy with slipcase. Illus. by Soyer Raphael. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1984302099New York: Limited Editions Club 1984. No. 690 of 1500 copies signed by the author and artist. With Color Lithographs by Larry Rivers. 220 pp. with errata. 1 vols. Small folio. Quarter black morocco and Irish linen by Gray Parrot. Slipcase. Fine. Rivers Larry. No. 690 of 1500 copies signed by the author and artist. With Color Lithographs by Larry Rivers. 220 pp. with errata. 1 vols. Small folio. Limited Editions Club unknown books
197472333NY:: Farrar Straus and Giroux. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0374384207 . Translated by Elizabeth Shub. Stated first printing. SIGNED by the illustrator. Very good in a very good minor edge wear at the spine ends and corners dust jacket. . Farrar, Straus and Giroux, hardcover books
195021317New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1950. First English Language Edition. Octavo 21.5cm.; original two-toned cloth in decorative dust jacket by George Salter grey topstain; 106112pp. Shallow chips and closed tears to jacket extremities none affecting text; spine and rear panel a shade darkened else Very Good. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1900749Boston & Laramie: Isaac Van Horn & Co 1900. Very good. 146pp. Large quarto. Original tan cloth cover stamped in gilt. Light wear corners a bit bumped first signature loosening. Minor soiling to text but generally quite clean internally. A wonderful and elaborate promotional work for Laramie Wyoming courtesy of the Van Horn-Miller Co-operative Trust. Extensively illustrated with half-tones the book extols the virtue of Laramie and the surrounding area depicting city streets mining operations ranches prominent citizens timber lands and much more. Also includes a map of the railroad lines in the area. Despite this lavish production -- or perhaps because of it -- Van Horn declared bankruptcy in 1913 with liabilities in excess of $750000. Isaac Van Horn & Co unknown books
176755081London: Printed for T. Longman C. and R. Ware 1767. The Twenty-Eighth edition. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary crimson morocco. With 'Sarah Platt 1768" stamped in gilt on upper cover and surrounding gilt border. The Twenty-Eighth edition. 1 vols. 12mo. Printed for T. Longman, C. and R. Ware unknown books
1746WRCAM45514Boston: Rogers & Fowle 1746. xxii27403pp. plus extra titlepage. Lacking the portrait frontispiece. Quarto. Contemporary calf. Binding heavily worn. Modern bookplates on front pastedown ink stamp on titlepage. First five leaves stitched into volume in incorrect order some wear to those leaves. Minor scattered foxing else. About good. Seventh edition. "Formerly publish'd in two volumes and now reduced into one." Sermons by Isaac Watts paired with appropriate hymns. Interesting for its contemporary condition. EVANS 5880. ESTC W2983. Rogers & Fowle unknown books
1842005259London: James Burns 1842. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. x 286 pages of text. Green leather spine and corners with bright gilt spine lettering and decoration; marbled paper-covered boards. Minor rubbing to extremities. Engraved title page in black and red with several in-text black & white illustrations. James Burns Hardcover books
1822005211Philadelphia PA: Carey & Lea 1822. Book. Very good- condition. Unbound. First Edition. 22.25" width x 17.5" height printed sheet with images of North America and South America side by side totalling 15.25" x 8.75" of hand-colored maps centered at top of sheet five color. Excellent condition with minimal browing to center fold which is offsetting from original glue from reverse hinge. Dark spot of staining at top edge of margin near title of map. Small tear to bottom fold. Minor browning to margins of sheet easily framed out. An attractive image suitable for office/library display or gift. Includes an extra sheet of letterpress to accomodate the large image size. Shows Lake of the Woods northwest of Lake Superior all the way east to Newfoundland; Indian territory is marked as such. Originally bound in an atlas titled "A Complete Historical Chronological and Geographical Atlas Being A Guide to the History of North and South America and the West Indies: Exhibiting an Accurate Account of the Discovery Settlement and Progress of their Various Kingdoms States Provinces &c. Together with Wars Celebrated Battles and Remarkable Events to the Year 1822. According to the Plan of LeSage's Atlas and Intended as a Companion to Lavoisne's Improvement of that Celebrated Work." Americana. Carey & Lea Paperback books
1822005210Philadelphia PA: Carey & Lea 1822. Book. Very good condition. Unbound. First Edition. 22.25" width x 17.5" height printed sheet with 14.25" x 9.75" hand-colored map near center of sheet five color. Excellent condition with minor browing to center fold which is offsetting from original glue from reverse hinge. Minor browning to margins of sheet easily framed out. An attractive image suitable for office/library display or gift. Includes an extra sheet of letterpress to accomodate the large image size. Shows Lake of the Woods northwest of Lake Superior all the way east to Newfoundland; Indian territory is marked as such. Originally bound in an atlas titled "A Complete Historical Chronological and Geographical Atlas Being A Guide to the History of North and South America and the West Indies: Exhibiting an Accurate Account of the Discovery Settlement and Progress of their Various Kingdoms States Provinces &c. Together with Wars Celebrated Battles and Remarkable Events to the Year 1822. According to the Plan of LeSage's Atlas and Intended as a Companion to Lavoisne's Improvement of that Celebrated Work." Americana. Carey & Lea Paperback books
1966006377Houghton Mifflin 1966. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in a near fine price clipped jacket.Title Page and Copyright 1966.First Printing stated.Plum boards in an Excellent Jacket.Usually found well worn. Terrific Copy . Movie that Starred a very young Raquel Welch with Donald Pleasence. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover books
19849025748New York: Limited Editions Club 1984. Hardcover. Fine. Larry Rivers. In publisher's original quarter bound blue goatskin with natural Irish linen covered boards. Spine stamped in gilt. Grey paper slipcase with spine stamped in gilt has small split on spine edge. Designd by Ben Shiff. Text printed by The Anthoensen Press. Color lithographs printed by the Water Street Press. Signed by Isaac Singer and Larry Rivers. One of 1500 numbered copies. LEC monthly newsletter laid in. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover books
181556657Providence: published by Isaac Bailey near the Turk's Head H. Mann & Co. printers 1815. First edition 12mo pp. iv 1 5-257 1; contemporary and likely original full calf red morocco label on spine; lightly rubbed the text a bit foxed else generally very good and sound. Bailey was a Providence author and publisher and was the first husband of Jane Angell grand-daughter of James Angell. The book is concerned almost wholly with the War of 1812 and presents memoirs of officers often not included in other compilations. Biographies of Thomas Truxton Edward Preble Alexander Murray John Rodgers Isaac Hull Stephen Decatur Jacob Jones James Lawrence William Bainbridge John Barry Nicholas Biddle David Porter Charles Morris William Henry Allen Oliver Hazard Perry William Burrows John Cushing Alywin and Thomas MacDonough. American Imprints 33904; Sabin 2732. <br/><br/> published by Isaac Bailey, near the Turk's Head, H. Mann & Co., printers unknown books
184553859Boston: S. P. Andrews 1845. Stereotype broadside 7.5" x 10"; printed on blue paper chart of shorthand forms transcription of Psalm 100 and a brief overview of the Pitman system meant to introduce readers to it and to advertise shorthand publications. Light creases from previous folds near fine. An early advertisement for what was to become one of the most popular English shorthands in history. <br/><br/> S. P. Andrews unknown books
198471828Garden City:: Doubleday. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0385195419 . A collection of mysteries. Stated first printing. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Near fine in a near fine light edge wear at the spine ends and corners age toning about the rear panel and flap edges dust jacket.; 212 pages . Doubleday, hardcover books
1985126388Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1985. Octavo cloth-backed boards. First trade edition. Signed by Asimov on the title page. Robots re-negotiate the laws of robotics and set humankind on the road to galactic empire. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-52. Lower front corners gently bumped remainder spray along bottom edge a near fine copy in fine dust jacket. #126388 Doubleday & Company unknown books
1825005755Philadelphia PA: Carey & Lea 1825. Book. Very good condition. Unbound. Early edition. Excised from full sheet of text with image remaining. 11.25" height x 8.5" width hand-colored map four color with minimal fading to color. Excellent condition with crease at center as issued. An attractive image suitable for framing or gift presentation. Originally bound in an atlas titled "A Complete Historical Chronological and Geographical Atlas Being A Guide to the History of North and South America and the West Indies: Exhibiting an Accurate Account of the Discovery Settlement and Progress of their Various Kingdoms States Provinces &c." No date listed circa 1825. Americana. Carey & Lea Paperback books
1822005215Philadelphia PA: Carey & Lea 1822. Book. Very good condition. Unbound. First Edition. 22.25" width x 17.5" height printed sheet showing regions of South America hand-colored; image size measures 9" x 13" centered at top of sheet six color. Excellent condition with minimal browing to center fold which is offsetting from original glue from reverse hinge. Small tear to bottom fold. Minor browning to margins of sheet easily framed out. An attractive image suitable for office/library display or gift. Originally bound in an atlas titled "A Complete Historical Chronological and Geographical Atlas Being A Guide to the History of North and South America and the West Indies: Exhibiting an Accurate Account of the Discovery Settlement and Progress of their Various Kingdoms States Provinces &c. Together with Wars Celebrated Battles and Remarkable Events to the Year 1822. According to the Plan of LeSage's Atlas and Intended as a Companion to Lavoisne's Improvement of that Celebrated Work." Americana. Carey & Lea Paperback books
183425246Baltimore: Sands & Neilson 1834. 30 1 1 blank pp. Stitched untrimmed and partly uncut. Last two leaves foxed. Else Very Good with the ink ownership signature of 'Hon. Nathaniel Silsbee' a Massachusetts Whig who when this pamphlet was printed was a United States Senator.<br/><br/> A rare pamphlet criticizing McKim a Baltimore Jacksonian Congressman for rejecting his constituents' instructions that he oppose Jackson's removal of the federal deposits from the Bank of the United States. McKim refused on the ground that about half the names of the alleged constituents did not appear on the rolls of qualified voters. <br/> R.D. Milholland Matthew Kelly George Thomae Aaron Clapp and Alexan. Kirkland representatives of each of the five wards in McKim's district angrily rebut McKim's assertion. They present a 20-page "List of Signers to the instructions to the Hon. Isaac McKim whose names are found on the poll-books of the first five wards of the city of Baltimore"; a List of Signers to the Instructions whose names were rejected by McKim although they were in fact legal and qualified voters; and another list of 205 names voters who would have signed the instructions but had been unable to do so in timely fashion.<br/> OCLC records copies of this pamphlet only at the Boston Athenaeum and Temple University. American Imprints adds the Boston Public Library and the Peabody Institute in Baltimore. <br/>AI 22849 2. OCLC 66290907 2 as of April 2020. Not in Sabin Eberstadt Decker. Sands & Neilson unknown books
1997253134New York: Simon & Schuster 1997. paperback. near fine. Profusely illustrated in color. 3 volumes tall slim folio stiff pictorial wrappers housed in a pictorial board portfolio. New York: Simon & Schuster 1997. First Editions. Fine volumes in a near fine portfolio.<br/><br/> Boldly inscribed and dated by Mizrahi on the inside front cover.<br/><br/> Simon & Schuster unknown books