WELD, Isaac [1774-1856]Biblio.com
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197238890PANTHER BOOKS 1972. 7. softcover. PANTHER BOOKS paperback
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1801elala1539The Hague: J.C.Leeuwestijn 1801-02. 1801. 3 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l. vii-xxxii 391; 2 p.l. xv 1 425; 2 p.l. vii-xii 340. with half-titles. 5 folding engraved maps & plans 1 partially coloured & 11 folding engraved plates by H.Roosing. 19th century half morocco rubbed library rubberstamps on verso of titles & plates periodic light browning & foxing. First Edition of the Dutch Translation by S. Van Hoek of one of the most popular American travel narratives. Weld came to North America with the hope of finding more cheerful prospects than those offered by war-torn Europe but after two years he left "without a sigh and without entertaining the slightest wish to revisit it." Story notes 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 plates are engraved after original sketches by the author. Clark II 132 10. Howes W-235 mentioned only. Sabin 192539. TPL 711. This edition not in Gagnon Lande or Vlach. Story p. 103. Winsor V p. 284 & VIII pp. 174 & 491. 1st Edition. The Hague: J.C.Leeuwestijn, 1801-02. unknown
196434628PANTHER BOOKS 08/1964. 1. softcover. Roboter-Foundation Maloftege! PANTHER BOOKS paperback
196654059LANCER BOOKS 1966. 1. softcover. Roboter-Foundation Elias Lije Baley & R. Daneel Olivaw Maloftege! LANCER BOOKS paperback
197149023PANTHER BOOKS 1971. 10. softcover. Roboter-Foundation PANTHER BOOKS paperback
197238890PANTHER BOOKS 1972. 7. softcover. PANTHER BOOKS paperback
197239550PANTHER BOOKS 1972. 4. softcover. Maloftege! PANTHER BOOKS paperback
198039869HEYNE WILHELM 1980. 11. softcover. HEYNE, WILHELM paperback
198139870HEYNE WILHELM 1981. 12.ND. softcover. Nova Titolbildo! HEYNE, WILHELM paperback
197939868HEYNE WILHELM 1979. 10. softcover. HEYNE, WILHELM paperback
179945232London: Printed for John Stockdale Piccadilly 1799. Hardcover. Good. Second edition. 8vo. Pp. xxiii 427 1 folding coloured map 3 folding plans 7 folding plates. Vol. 2 pp. xii 376 1 folding plan 4 folding plates. Bound in half leather over marbled boards. Gilt titles to the spine spine heavily rubbed and scuffed leather lifting at the hinges but boards still firmly attached. Well worn exterior but clean and bright interior would benefit from a good re-backing. The Irish topographer's first youthful work. He preferred Canada to the U.S. but left "without a sigh and without entertaining the slightest wish to revisit it." Well received it went through several editions and re-issues and was translated into French Italian German and Dutch. Howes W235; Cf TPL 708-9. Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly hardcover
17678972Graz, Widmannstädter, 1767. 8 Bll., 152 S. 2 gefalt. Kupfertafeln. Gr.-8°. Ldr. der Zeit mit reicher Rückenvergoldung und Rückenschild (etw. bestoßen und beschabt, Deckel leicht verzogen).
1784FF2537London:: Printed for J. F. and C. Rivington . . . 1784. 1784. 16mo. 80 x 140 mm. viii 317 23 pp. Original full crimson turkey morocco with massed gilt stamping on both covers and spine all edges gilt two clasps black leather spine label; head of spine a bit chipped at corner clasps missing the movable element pages trimmed closely with occasional loss but a very good copy with a lovely period binding. Bookplate of Oscar Ehrhardt Lancaster. Good. With a fore-edge painting of Richmond Bridge Surrey. Painted circa 1948-60 by Samuel E. Stevens. PROVENANCE: Pre-fore-edge: Mary Strand 1790 – Mary S. Partridge 1792; After fore-edge: Oscar Ehrhardt Lancaster 1887- Lancaster collected fore-edge paintings. Printed for J. F. and C. Rivington . . ., 1784. hardcover
1744L57-1626London 1744. Hardcover. Very Good. Speckled calf gilt-stamped lettering and ornament on spine. Both volumes a little rubbed along spine and edges of boards with small chips at head of spine and numbered stickers affixed to tail of spine. Some faint browning along edges of paste-down prelims and terminals -- but overall a nice clean text block. <br/><br/>Includes an interesting bookplate on the front paste-down engraved by Benjamin Levi for Isaac Mendes in London 1746 the earliest known bookplate made for a Jew. hardcover
1988014719Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1988. SIGNED by the author. All edged gilt. Covers and spine designed and lettered in gilt. Silk bookmark sewn-in. Copy of Collector's Noted laid-in. Introduction by James Gunn Full-page color illustrations by Michael Whelan. "The first thing to understand about "The Foundation Trilogy" is that it is not a trilogy. There isn't a novel in the book. It is a series of nine stories: five of the novelettes and four of them novellas. The World Science Fiction Convention of 1966 voted them 'the greatest all-time science-fiction series". From the introduction by James Gunn. First published as a series of short stories from 1942-1950; subsequently as three collections in 1951-1953. In 1966 it received a special Hugo Award as "Best All-time Series". No other series has ever received that honor. 510pp. Signed by Author. Collector's Edition. Full Gray Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Royal Octavo. The Easton Press hardcover books
2606006Easton Press 1988. signed. hardcover. as new. SIGNED collector's edition leather bound. As new still in shrinkwrap. Easton Press unknown
196243037Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1962. First edition. first printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. An anthology collecting nine prize-winning science fiction stories by Poul Anderson Eric Frank Russell Robert Bloch Walter M. Miller Daniel Keyes Arthur C. Clarke Murray Leinster Clifford D. Simak and Avram Davidson. Bookplate of George Earley on the front paste-down endpaper. George Earley was a science fiction fan from the 1930's and reviewer of sf books from the late 1940's onto the 1990's. Doubleday's $4.50 price on the dust jacket front flap. Near fine in near fine bright dust jacket with one tiny tear at the base of the spine panel. <br/> <br/> Doubleday & Company, Inc. hardcover
1742040691A La Haie The Hague: Pierre De Hondt 1742. 467 & 320 pages plus notice and catalogue at rear. Full contemporary vellum with raised spine bands and inked name on spine. Blind stamped outlines and decorative devices. Penciled notations on front paste down and smudges on front free end leaf. Leaves are a little darkened on edges. Scattered light creases and very light wear. Overall volume remains tight and attractive. . First Edition. Vellum. Good/No Dust Jacket. sm 4to. Pierre De Hondt hardcover
1827207512Philadelphia: Carey & Lea 1827. unbound. very good. Tanner Benjamin. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 16.75" x 21.5".<br/> <br/> Beautiful double-page map of the United States from East Coast to Midwest printed in 1827 made after John Melish's seminal map of the United States. Hand colored to show states and territories the map shows the states of Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Maryland Delaware Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Tennessee Kentucky Ohio Indiana Illinois and Missouri as well as Michigan Territory North West Territory and "Arkansa" Territory. The expansive northwest region previously labeled as "Missouri Territory" in earlier editions of this map has been updated to prominently feature the Black Hills. Significant changes were also made to the rivers and additional regarding Native American settlements in the region. The coloring also differs from earlier editions with the northwest region outlined in color liked Mexico and Canada instead of filled like the states and territories; regional delineations in Mexico and Canada were also left uncolored in this edition. Information on the map to surveys made by Lewis & Clark Pike and later Major Long. Topography is depicted pictorially. Cities towns rivers and Native American nations are labeled throughout. In very good condition. Margins cropped small chips to edges two archival repairs to lower margin. Minor toning along lower centerfold. <Br> <Br> The Philadelphia-based firm of Carey & Lea of Philadelphia was one of the most important publishers in the early 19th-century United States. Run by Henry Carey 1793-1879 and Isaac Lea 1792-1886 the company worked with both books and maps specializing particularly in political commentary. Their "Complete Historical Chronological and Geographical American Atlas" first published in 1822 not only contained some of the earliest maps of western states being admitted to the Union it also provided ample information on each states - providing an invaluable window into the nation's history.<br/> <br/> Carey & Lea unknown
1844517684Canterbury N.H. / New Lebanon N. Y.: Printed in the United Society 1844. Hardcover. Good. First edition under this title and first revised edition. Revised by Giles B. Avery. 24mo. 131pp. Leather and printed papercovered boards. Early pencil owner name "Rebecca J. Ryle" on front pastedown. Lacking the front fly and front blank but the text is complete. Binding rubbed and worn with a bit of loss at the crown and some loss to the paper covering at one corner of the lower board light interior scattered foxing sound but good only. <br /> <br /> One of 1000 copies printed. Variant issue in reddish-brown boards also seen in a slightly larger-sized issue in brownish-tan boards.<br /> Although the title page and cover bear the imprint "Printed in the United Society Canterbury N.H." the cover and secondary title leaf also state: "New Lebanon N.Y. 1844." Originally published in 1823 under the title A Juvenile Monitor. Printed in the United Society hardcover
1955052993New York: Noonday Press 1955. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Raskin Ellen dj. 239pp.; HB rubbed w/lt.wear&sun on edges; sun on spine;cleantight pgs. DJ brwn.w/white&blk.-pic.cover; rubbed w/wear on edges&corners; edges sunned; spine frayed. "Seventeenth-century Poland is the scene of this extraordinary novel of religious hysteria and violence." inscribed to author Conrad Richter and signed by Singer. <br/> <br/> Noonday Press hardcover
18050009106CINCINNATI OHIO OH to TRENTON NEW JERSEY NJ 1805. On offer is a unique and gorgeously written letter from an lawyer by the name of Isaac G. Barnetwho has recently relocated to Cincinnati Ohio from England. He is writing to a friend Garret D. Wall in Trenton New Jersey. Garret Wall was at the time just a practicing attorney in New Jersey however he would go on to serve a long illustrious life first as a clerk for the New Jersey Supreme Court then as the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey then being elected a New Jersey Senator from 1835 to 1841 and finishing his life as a high court judge. In language that is often elegant and very obviously from an educated man the Mr. Barnets writes of many topics such as his recent departure from Trenton New Jersey to Cincinnati his new professional life in Cincinnati his old practice in Westminster in London England and the ease at which he finds that people can pass the Bar exam in his new home and the consequences this seems to have had. He begins the letter as such: The most difficult part of a letter is said to be the beginning but I have found it the easiest in this instance having already begun without knowing how to continue the fact is I feel in but an indifferent mood this evening and you shall pay for it by being obliged to read what will neither be amusing enough to ____ a smile nor entertaining enough to please. This letter will give you no other pleasure than that which a sensible mind will always feel on hearing from an absent friend. He continues apologizing for events that seem to have just transpired recently his relocating to Cincinnati from Trenton New Jersey: I hope you are convinced before this that my abrupt departure from Trenton was not intentional that neither you nor Mr. Pemberton were selected as objects of neglect but that the _____ of my mind on the occasion will be a sufficient apology for any apparent neglect on my fact. He also speaks of the timeless trope that continues to this day the observation that: The sentiments of the people in general as in all other Democratic societies appear very much opposed to the lawyers. He writes that this is even more so in his new home where seemingly anyone can pass the Bar exam and become a lawyer: The facility of admission to the bar has introduced a norm of worthless and ignorant creatures into the profession who would sell an opinion for a grile of whiskey and require themselves for a pint. Things in Cincinnati are different than in Westminster Mr. Barnet opines. Yet he writes I have obtained more knowledge of the law since my short residence here than during all the rest of my studies - I have no other way to employ my time than in reading. He finishes the letter with the usual pleasantries asking Mr. Wall to remember me to the girls and to all my juvenile friends - I will conclude by giving you my sincere regards - Isaac G. Barnet. The letter is four pages long consisting of two unbound sheets of paper. The pages are in fair to good condition showing a good deal of discoloration and repaired rips and tears. The letters must be handled with care. The handwriting is done in black ink which is still in good shape showing little fading or smudging. The entirety of the letter can be read easily and legibly. Background: Garret Dorset Wall March 10 1783 November 22 1850 was a military officer and politician from New Jersey. Born in Middletown Township he completed preparatory studies studied law was licensed as an attorney in 1804 and as a counselor in 1807 and commenced practice in Burlington New Jersey. He served in the War of 1812 and commanded a volunteer regiment from Trenton. He was clerk of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1812 to 1817 and was Quartermaster General of New Jersey from 1815 to 1837. He was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1827 and was U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey in 1829; Wall was elected Governor of New Jersey in 1829 but declined to serve; he was then elected as a Jacksonian later a Democrat to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4 1835 to March 4 1841; he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection. While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on the Militia Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses and a member of the Committees on the Judiciary Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses and Military Affairs Twenty-fifth Congress. From 1848 until his death Wall was a judge of the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals of New Jersey from 1848 until his death in Burlington in 1850. He was buried in Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard in Burlington. Garret D. Wall was the father of James Walter Wall also a U.S. Senator from New Jersey. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Manuscript. unknown
173031377AB1730. The Fifth Edition. London Printed for Emanuel Matthews 1730. Small Octavo. 5 156 1 pages. Hardcover / Original early 18th century full-leather with armorial embossing to both boards. New spine-label. Ruth Corker's Library-stamp verso the titlepage. This used to be Ruth Corker's mother's book prior to her own and the name Mary Falkiner is written in ink on top of the Preface-page. Manuscript entry "Ruth Corker Her Book 1731" on halftitle with several entries informing on marriages and relationships within the Falkiner and Corker and Robinson - family added obviousy by a later relative Ruth Robinson who was married to Robert Robinson. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Armorial Bindings held in University of Toronto Libraries: Corker Ruth 1693 -1760 Mrs Ruth Corker of 41 St Stephen's Green Dublin was born Ruth Falkiner the only daughter of Richard Falkiner and Mary Mason of Dublin. She married Thomas Corker 1700-1772 merchant of Dublin. She died in 1760. Her name appears as one of the subscribers to Oldmixons The history of England during the reigns of King William and Queen Mary London 1735. Stamp Information of the Armorial Binding of Ruth Corker: Monogram: R R C Source: utoronto.ca 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 recognized as the "Godfather of English Hymnody"; many of his hymns remain in use today and have been translated into numerous languages. Wikipedia hardcover
176429779AB1764. Four Volumes complete set. London Printed for J. and R. Tonson J.Buckland H. Woodfall etc. 1764. Small Octavo 11 cm x 17 cm. Frontispiece 2 300 14 Frontispiece 3 336 13 Frontispiece 5 318 16 Frontispiece 7 320 12 pages. Hardcover / Oiginal 18th century full leather with original spinelabels and gilt lettering on spine. All four Volumes complete and in protective Mylar. Housed in a wonderful bespoke Solander-Box. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Daniel Conner Connerville / Manch House with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown of each Volume. Includes wonderful and bizarre articles of 18th-century literature: Earthquakes Pills against them / Education Proposals for reforming the education of Females / Wax-work in Germany / Wine-Brewers / Instructions to unmarried women / Women the happiness or misfortunes of mankind depend on them / Women have ill fancies in their dress / Machiavel author of a mischievous sect / Xerxes why he burst into tears / Mr.Walpole going to England with the Preliminaries of Peace / Witchcraft described and explained / Women natural to talk to themselves / Women More understanding than men in their own affairs / etc. The Tatler was a British literary and society journal begun by Richard Steele in 1709 and published for two years. It represented a new approach to journalism featuring cultivated essays on contemporary manners and established the pattern that would be copied in such British classics as Addison and Steele's Spectator Samuel Johnson's Rambler and Idler and Goldsmith's Citizen of the World. The Tatler would also influence essayists as late as Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt. Addison and Steele liquidated The Tatler in order to make a fresh start with the similar Spectator and the collected issues of Tatler are usually published in the same volume as the collected Spectator. Tatler was founded in 1709 by Richard Steele who used the nom de plume "Isaac Bickerstaff Esquire". This is the first known such consistently adopted journalistic persona which adapted to the first person as it were the 17th-century genre of "characters" as first established in English by Sir Thomas Overbury and then expanded by Lord Shaftesbury's Characteristicks 1711. Steele's conceit embodied in the title "Tatler" was to publish the news and gossip heard in various London coffeehouses in reality he mixed real gossip with invented stories of his own and so he declared in the opening paragraph to leave the subject of politics to the newspapers while presenting Whiggish views and correcting middle-class manners while instructing "these Gentlemen for the most part being Persons of strong Zeal and weak Intellects.what to think." To assure complete coverage of local gossip he pretended to place a reporter in each of the city's four most popular coffeehouses and the text of each issue was subdivided according to the names of these four: accounts of manners and mores were datelined from White's; literary notes from Will's; notes of antiquarian interest were dated from the Grecian Coffee House; and news items from St. James's Coffee House. The journal was originally published three times a week and Steele eventually brought in contributions from his literary friends Jonathan Swift and Joseph Addison though both of them pretended to be writing as Isaac Bickerstaff and authorship was revealed only when the papers were collected in a bound volume. The original Tatler was published for only two years from 12 April 1709 to 2 January 1711. A collected edition was published in 171011 with the title The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff Esq. In 1711 Steele and Addison decided to liquidate The Tatler and co-founded The Spectator magazine which used a different persona than Bickerstaff. Wikipedia hardcover
198150461GOLDMANN WILHELM 11/1981. 4. softcover. Roboter-Foundation GOLDMANN, WILHELM paperback
179829839AB1798. First Edition. Aberdeen Printed for Isaac Forsyth Bookseller Elgin 1798. Octavo 14 cm x 215 cm. Folded hand-coloured Frontispiece-Map by William Millar Frotispiece-Engraving of the "Elgin Cathedral" VIII 353 pages. Original Hardcover / Original 18th or early 19th century leather with original spinelabel. The large hand-coloured Map with a minor tear only. Corners slightly bumped. Spine slightly starting but overall in excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Interesting Provenance and signed manuscript dedication by the Cartographer and Mapmaker William Millar: From the library of Aberdeen Highlander Major Hugh Houstoun with a dedication: "April 27th 1798 - To Major Hugh Houstoun - from his Much obliged and Humble Servant William Millar". The fantastic Map in this publication was produced by William Millar who is identified inside the publication in the text of an Advertisement placed verso the titlepage and in which the Publisher Isaac Forsyth of Aberdeen gives thanks: ".For the very handsome manner in which the two first chapters were furnished by the Revd. Mr.Grant of Elgin and the other two by the Revd. Mr.Leslie of Darkland he offers this testimony of his grateful remembrance. Nor can he omit expressing his sense of obligation to Mr.William Millar Engineer of the Sutherland Coal Work for the Most accurate Map of the Province of Moray ever offered to public notice." The publication includes for example stories about the "First Inhabitants Celts Picts Scots Surnames in Moray Thanes Earls of Moray Family of Gordon Family of Grant Family of Shewglie Family of Innes Family of Brodie Family of Calder Family of Kilravock Family of Dunbars Family of Grangehill and Durn Family of Comyn of Altre Family of Fraser of Lovat Family of Mackintosh Family of Macpherson Family of Macdonalds of Glengary Family of Duff Earl of Fife Family of Gordonstown Family of Lethin Family of Findrassie Family of Murreffs of Duffus Population of Moray Antiquities of the Province with Roman Progress in Moray Vitrified Forts etc. etc. hardcover
