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184832879from the added title-page in English: Philadelphia: Printed by G. Sherman for the editor 1848. 8vo. viii 242 2243 1 pp. <br><br>This Siddur in Hebrew and English was => the first Ashkenazic prayer book edited and printed in America. Its editor Isaac Leeser 180668 was a towering figure in American Jewry in the 19th century: writer educator and hazan of the Mikveh Israel congregation in Philadelphia.<br>Â Â Â Â The English-language title-page reads "The book of daily prayers for every day in the year. According to the custom of the German and Polish Jews." The text is presented with the original Hebrew and English translation on opposite pages.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: 19th-century ownership stamp of "Mme. Bernheim 603 Magazine St. New-Orleans. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Rosenbach Jewish 636; Singerman Judaica Americana 1024; Goldman 37. Contemporary full plain treed calf with a black leather spine label; expectable wear to spine from use. Scattered light foxing. A good copy with a provenance worthy of research. Printed by G. Sherman, for the editor hardcover books
1886D7497Pennsylvania 1886. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary quarter sheep marbled paper over boards; 112 x 176 mm; with 123 numbered and lined leaves mostly filled. Rather early American railroad treatise by Isaac Dox chief engineer in the building of a rail line from Delano to Hazelton Pennsylvania 1886-1887. Covers all aspects of railroad construction and the working of railroads accomplished in a small precise hand with frequent illustrations and diagrams done in pen and ink. Spine chipped and scuffed; edges of boards scuffed. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1740012680Lausanne & Geneve.: Marci-Michaelis Bousquet & Sociorum 1740. All edges stained red. Spine labelled near top. Half-title page present. Portrait frontispiece. Title-page with vignette printed in red and black. Errata page at end of text. Engraved head and tail pieces. Illuminated first letters of sections. Front free endpaper has missing piece at top corner. Endpaper are browned. Very faint suggestion of erasure at top of title-page. Wide margins and clean text throughout. Old water-staining to bottom of first 30 pages See photo. Twelve fold-out plates all intact and clean. This treatise on optics was first published in English in 1704 the first Latin edition published in 1706. Sir Isaac Newton 1643-1727 was an English physicist mathematician astronomer alchemist philosopher and theologian. He is most well-known for his "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" published in 1687 laying the ground work for most classical mechanics. He built the first practical reflecting telescope and he developed a theory of color based on the observation that a prism decomposes white light into many colors that form the visible light spectrum. He expanded on these theories in "Opticks". We find 20 libraries worldwide holding the book. ABPC shows a total of 7 copies sold at auction in the past 32 years. ii half-title blank frontispiece and title-page xxxii 1-363 errata 12 folding plates ii. Collated complete 10 May 2011. See "Printing And The Mind Of Man" 172. New Edition. Full Vellum. Moderate General Soiling. Quarto. Marci-Michaelis Bousquet & Sociorum Hardcover books
54639Folio. One page approximately 125 words; docketed on verso. Parker a native of Ohio opened a law office in St. Joseph Missouri on the eve of the Civil War served as city attorney there during the war and as a judge for the first time there 1868-1870. After a brief career in congress 1871-1875 President Grant appointed him judge of the western district of Arkansas where he served until his death bringing law and order to the Indian territory while passing 162 death sentences for various crimes earning his reputation as "The Hanging Judge" see DAB. Parker autographs are scarce in trade. Very good. 747. <br/><br/> unknown books
1820220481London 1820. A meticulous rendering of an old woman seated smoking among her pets and surrounded by a circular frieze of 30 heads of highly diverse individuals plus a full-length Cupid: young lovers soldier miser judge mortician farmer sailor squire singing lady scold dandy toper etc. as well as several attractive young women. There is also a "temple of love" and a lovers' maze. In the corners are elaborate curtains a decorated confection decanters of spirits and a display of fruits. Across the top is the legend lightly sketched in pencil CAFE BURNS CHARACTERS. 1 vols. Image 7 x 7-3/4 inches matted and framed to 11-3/4 x 12-1/2 inches overall. Some light soiling mostly marginal otherwise fine and attractive. A meticulous rendering of an old woman seated smoking among her pets and surrounded by a circular frieze of 30 heads of highly diverse individuals plus a full-length Cupid: young lovers soldier miser judge mortician farmer sailor squire singing lady scold dandy toper etc. as well as several attractive young women. There is also a "temple of love" and a lovers' maze. In the corners are elaborate curtains a decorated confection decanters of spirits and a display of fruits. Across the top is the legend lightly sketched in pencil CAFE BURNS CHARACTERS. 1 vols. Image 7 x 7-3/4 inches matted and framed to 11-3/4 x 12-1/2 inches overall. A Superb Social Satire by Robert Cruikshank Ca. 1820. Isaac Robert Cruikshank son of Isaac and elder brother of the more famous George was a caricaturist illustrator and particularly apropos of the picture offered here portrait miniaturist. His first caricatures appeared around 1810 and were often produced in conjunction with his brother Geroge with whom he shared a studio. Notes Bryant and Heneage "Of his Robert's social satires those he made of the dandies and the fashion for 'hobby horses' in the early 1820s are among the most attractive." We are pleased to be able to offer a fine example of this genre. Bryant & Heneage Dictionary of British Cartoonists and Caricaturists p. 52 unknown books
1747RW1580London:: Printed by W. Innys T. Longman and T. Shewell C. Hitch and M. Senex 1747. 1747. 2 volumes. 4to. 4 lxxv 1 475 1; ii 389 33 pp. Original full calf raised bands calf gilt-stamped red & brown spine labels; joints cracked. Small rubberstamp on title. Very good. NICE CLEAN COPY. Sixth edition "greatly improved by the author" of 'sGravedande's extensive experimentation and instruction in Newtonian physics. The experiments range from basic physics to hydraulics optics electricity and astronomy. The entire work is profusely illustrated with folding engraved plates detailing among many other experiments and apparatuses a steam-powered Hero's Engine plate 78 a static electricity generator plate 79 the first magic lantern slide projector plate 109 the prismatic effect of a rainbow plate 120 and the known solar system plate 122. 'sGravesande "is the author of Elements de physique demonstres mathematiquement. . . ou introduction a la philosophie Newtonienne which was translated from the Latin and published at Leyden in 1746. In the second volume he gives a description of an electrical machine constructed on the plan of that of Hauksbee. It consisted merely of a crystal globe which was mounted upon a copper stand and against which was pressed the hand of the operator while it was made to revolve rapidly by means of a large wheel." Mottelay. / Willem Jacob 'sGravesande was a Dutch philosopher and mathematician. Born in 's-Hertogenbosch he studied law in Leiden and wrote a thesis on suicide. In 1715 he visited London and King George I. He became a member of the Royal Society. In 1717 he became professor in physics and astronomy in Leiden and introduced the works of his friend Newton in the Netherlands. He was ardently opposed to fatalists like Hobbes and Spinoza. In 1724 Peter the Great offered him a job in Saint Petersburg but 'sGravesande did not accept. His best remembered work is Physices elementa mathematica experimentis confirmata sive introductio ad philosophiam Newtonianam or Mathematical Elements of Natural Philosophy Confirm'd by Experiments Leiden 1720 in which he laid the foundations for teaching Newtonian physics. / 'sGravesande's chief original contribution to physics involved an experiment in which brass balls are dropped with varying velocity onto a soft clay surface. This demonstrated that a ball with twice the velocity of another would leave an indentation four times as deep that three times the velocity yielded nine times the depth and so on. He shared these results with Emilie du Châtelet who subsequently corrected Newton's formula E = mv to E = mv2. / 'sGravesande was also the owner of the oldest known magic lantern which was built around 1720 by Jan van Musschenbroek and is currently housed at the Museum Booerhave in Leiden. / "From the outset of his teaching both physics and astronomy 'sGravesande modeled his lectures on the example of Newton in the Principia and Opticks although in later years they incorporated other influences especially that of Boerhaave. Moreover he adopted from Keill and Desaguliers the notion of demonstrating to his classes the experimental proof of scientific principles accumulating an ever larger collection of apparatus as may be seen from successive editions of his Physics elementa mathematica experimentis confirmata. Sive introductio ad philosophiam Newtonianam Leiden 1720 1721. The scientific reputation of 'sGravesande is enshrined in this book which he constantly corrected and amplified in later editions. An 'official' English translation prepared by Desaguliers to whom copies of the Latin original were sent in haste was also issued in 1720 and 1721 and it passed through six editions. The booksellers Mears and Woodward printed a rival version under the name of John Keill. French translations appeared only in 1746 and 1747 but a critical review by L. B. Castel was published in the Memoires de Trevoux in May and October 1721. The book was at once welcomed by British and a number of German scholars." – DSB V p. 510. References: Babson 70; Mottelay p. 181. Printed by W. Innys, T. Longman and T. Shewell, C. Hitch, and M. Senex, 1747. hardcover books
193710220London: Chatto & Windus 1937. First edition. Keynes B15. Reilly p. 279. The Collected Works was issued in an edition of 500 copies with 900 sets of sheets stored at the publisher's bindery; only 403 copies had been sold by March 1938 & the remaining unbound sheets were destroyed in April 1941 when Chatto & Windus' warehouse was bombed during the Blitz. The Collected Works became exceedingly scarce and today it is impossible to obtain. - Cohen Journey to the Trenches N. Y. 1975. Killed during a night patrol near Arras in 1918 Rosenberg was one of the most promising poets & painters to die in the Great War. His war poems such as Louse Hunting Dead Man's Dump & Break of Day in the Trenches rival the best poems of Owen Graves & Sassoon. Dust jacket lightly foxed and worn and a bit dust-soiled but a very good copy of a rare book. 8vo frontispiece illustrated original russet cloth dust jacket. Dust jacket lightly foxed and worn and a bit dust-soiled but a very good copy of a rare book. Chatto & Windus unknown books
1811180405005London: Printed for J. Johnston 1811. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. xi 1 Reference to Plates 180 pp. With five color plates including fold-out frontispiece by George Cruikshank"The Journey to the Moon or Munchausen on Mahomet's Ass." Period half speckled calf and marbled boards gilt decorated spine with red morocco label lettered in gilt. Very Good worn along edges front hinge a little free three bookplates at front faint foxing to prelims. Second to last plate printed off center.<p>A satirical novel directed at Sir William Curtis and a continuation of the adventures of Baron von Munchausen with all its rare color plates present two of which were illustrated by English caricaturist and illustrator George Cruikshank and the others at least partially by his father Issac. Harry Elkins Widener Collection p. 20. Printed for J. Johnston hardcover books
1950155200Garden 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 fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to upper right corner tip and two small closed tears 6 mm at the bottom edge of the front panel and 8 mm at lower spine end. #155200 Doubleday & Company unknown books
1929140938224New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1929. First American Edition. Near Fine/About Very Good. First American Edition. x 213 1 pp. Orange cloth with black lettering red topstain. Near Fine with toned pages dust-soiled edges vintage bookseller's ticket to rear paste down. In About Very Good unclipped $2.50 dust jacket chipped and rubbed at edges three pinhole-sized chips to front gutter rub spot to front panel creased scrape to back panel two small strips of archival mending tissue to verso. Quite rare in jacket. A collection of largely-autobiographical short stories about the author's experiences in the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-1921. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
0147<br/><br/>Benserade Isaac de. Les OEuvres de Monsieur de Bensserade. Paris: chez Charles de Sercy 1697. 56 424 4; 10 427pp. an engraved title-page in each volume. Two vols. sm. 8vo contemporary mottled calf spines gilt one upper joint a bit cracked. First edition. Benserade 1613-1691 had a long career as a court poet. In particular he provided many of the librettos for Lully's celebrated ballets and these text occupy the whole of the second volume here. His single most famous poem is his "Sonnet sur Job" 1651 which came into rivalry with Voiture's "Urania" and divided the court wits into two parties the Jobelins and the Uranists. <br/> <br/>Added t.p. engraved and illustrated. Title-vignette : printer's device./ The first volume 1. ptie contains miscellaneous verse including "Rondeaux choisis tirez des Metamorphoses d'Ovide" ; the second volume 2. ptie consists of "Les vers des balets dansez par Sa Majeste."/ "Discours sommaire de monsieur L.T. i.e. l'abbé Paul Tallemant Touchant la vie de monsieur de Bensserade" : v. 1 p 6-23./ "<br/> <br/>Wanting one rear flyleaf but a nice set. Tchemerzine II 147-8; Beaumont p. 52 the Dutch contrefacon of 1698; not in Magriel Niles/Leslie or Derra de Moroda. unknown books
1732285967Leyden: Verbeek 1732. Third. hardcover. very good. Title page in red & black with engraved vignette; illustrated with 13 folding copperplates. 344 pages short 4to bound in 19th century leather-backed marbled boards lightly edge-rubbed; new end-leaves. Lugduni Batavorum: Joh. et Herm. Verbeek 1732.<br/><br/> Third Latin edition of his professorial lectures on mathematics mostly on algebra and analytic geometry given at Cambridge during 1673-83. Some of this material was incorporated into the Principia. Babson no. 204. Lowndes 1674. Some browning to the pages and light staining in top gutter but a very good copy.<br/><br/> Verbeek unknown books
1740D4441Paris: Chez de Bure l'aine 1740. First Edition in French. Hardcover. Very Good. xxx 2 148 2 pp. With diagrams in the text. 4to 9¾ x 7½ period paneled calf spine tooled in gilt raised bands morocco label. First French Edition of Newton's important work the most extensive description of the mathematical method he used in his "Principia" the method of infinitesimals which was already written about 1671 but not published until 1736 with the title "Method of Fluxions and Infinite Series." Extensive notes in French on the title-page in a contemporary hand along with 3 wax seals which affect the top of the first three letters of METHODE. Additional ink notes some crossed out in margins of the first two pages of the preface. Two ink ownership signatures on front flyleaf. Spine scuffed label chipped rubbing to cover edges; pp. xix-xx of preface partially detached with edge wear as also final errata leaf; else very good. <br/><br/> Chez de Bure l'aine hardcover books
1937140940389London: Chatto and Windus 1937. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's red cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with small stain to cloth at rear. Previous owner name penciled on front free endpaper pages toned. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket which is toned soiled and lightly edge-worn. A lovely copy of this scarce book issued in a run of 500 copies with 900 unbound sheets to be stored for later use. Just over 400 copies were sold in total by 1941 when the remainder were destroyed when the publisher's warehouse was bombed during the Blitz. Chatto and Windus unknown books
1931157128London: George Harrap 1931. Limited. hardcover. fine. Rackham Arthur. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 12 full-page color plates and 25 b/w drawings in the text; pictorial endpapers and illus. title page. 224pp. 4to original gilt-lettered vellum; uncut edges t.e.g. London: George Harrap 1931. A fine copy.<br/><br/> Limited edition. Number 335 of 775 copies signed by Rackham on the limitation page. Latimore & Haskell p. 66.<br/><br/> George Harrap unknown books
186782502Philadelphia: Sherman & Co 1867. First edition of one of the 'major builders of American Judaism' Isaac Leeser's Discourses on the Jewish Religion. Volume I only of the original ten volumes. Octavo original cloth gilt titles to the spine rubbing and wear to the extremities early ownership inscription on the front free endpaper. In good condition. A rare and unrestored example of early American Judaica. American Jewish lay minister author translator and publisher Issac Leeser's "contributions to every area of Jewish culture and religion made him a major builder of American Judaism." In addition to his influence on the Jewish pulpit in the United States Leeser became the first American Jewish publisher and produced the first Jewish translation of the bible into English. "The translation of the Bible was Leeser's great literary achievement and represented many years of patient labor and devotion to a task which he considered sacred.until the new Jewish Publication Society version was issued in 1917 it was the only source from which many Jews not conversant with Hebrew derived their knowledge of the Bible in accordance with Jewish tradition" Waxman 1090. Sherman & Co hardcover books
186321810<p>Special order of the colonel commanding the African Brigade authorizing new recruiting efforts in Louisiana for Bryant's 1st Mississippi Regt. of African Descent. "<i>Major J. E. Bryant of the 1st Reg Miss. Infantry of African descent is hereby ordered to proceed to Grand Gulf Haines' Bluff or any other locality in front where he may deem it prudent to recruit for his Regiment…</i>". Shepard allows eight white soldiers from Sherman's Corps to be enlisted as Lieutenants.</p> <b>ISAAC SHEPHARD.</b>Autograph Manuscript Signed. Milliken's Bend Louisiana May 25 1863. 1 p.<p><b>Complete Transcript</b></p><p> <i> HeadQuarters African Brigade</i></p><p><i> Milliken's Bend La. May 25 1863.</i></p><p><i>Special Order</i></p><p><i> I. and all officers are requested to furnish him proper facilities for feeding and transporting recruits. </i></p><p><i> II 2d Lt. Geo. White of the same Regiment is ordered on the same duty to act under Maj. Bryant's dictation.</i></p><p><i>III. Maj. Bryant is hereby authorized to enlist eight soldiers from Maj. Gen. Sherman's Corps as Lieutenants; and any person not exceeding that number whom he may give written authority to shall be recommended to the Adjutant General of the Army for appointment.</i></p><p><i>Isaac I. Shepard. / Colonel Cdng African Brigade.</i></p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>Born in Natick Massachusetts <b>Isaac Shepard</b> was a well-known abolitionist in the years preceding the Civil War. At the time he wrote this letter Shepard was colonel of the 51st USCT but he was soon promoted to brigadier general for his untiring efforts in recruiting arming and equipping numerous black regiments consisting of runaway slaves and contrabands. <br /></p><p><b>Julian Bryant</b> d. 1865 nephew of William Cullen Bryant enlisted in the 33rd Illinois Regiment served in the Missouri-Arkansas theater then in Sherman's Corps in the Vicksburg campaign. He was promoted to major of the newly organized 1st Mississippi Infantry African Descent in time to fight at Milliken's Bend on June 7 1863 which Gen. Ulysses Grant called "the first important engagement in which colored troops were under fire." Bryant participated in the campaign to allow colored units equal responsibilities including combat with regular white units. He achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel in command of the 51st U.S. Colored Troops in March 1864. In September he was named colonel of the 46th U.S. Colored Troops. On May 14 1865 shortly after being reassigned to Brazos Santiago Texas Bryant drowned while swimming in the Gulf of Mexico.</p> books
1776WRCAM37914Worcester: Printed and sold by W. Stearns and D. Bigelow 1776. 24pp. 12mo. Printed self-wrappers stitched. Lower half and upper outer corner of title-leaf lacking with text supplied in manuscript. Second and third leaves torn from fore-edge to spine repaired; upper outer corner of second leaf lacking with text supplied in manuscript. Eleventh leaf over-trimmed at fore-edge affecting some text. Several additional leaves chipped and torn at margins with repair. Rubbed and worn. A fair copy. Revolutionary-era almanac by Isaac Warren featuring a map of the forts at New York. Also included are lists of roads pieces of verse an account of Peter the Great and the "Celebrated Speech of Galgacus.worthy of the attention of all officers and soldiers in the American Army" p.17. The North AMERICAN IMPRINTS Project notes that while Evans is correct in calling the almanac "essentially the same" as Samuel Stearns' NORTH-AMERICAN'S ALMANACK for the same year with regard to the prose matter and the map of the New york forts the calendar is entirely different from that of Stearns. DRAKE 3269. EVANS 15212. ESTC W25152. NEBENZAHL BATTLE PLANS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 98 variant. Printed and sold by W. Stearns and D. Bigelow unknown books
185657145New York 1856. 39 broadsides labels ads calling cards etc. all relating to the business ventures of Isaac S. Clough a prolific inventor and salesman who concentrated mostly on the invention of novel insect traps but who also sold ash sifters pastry boards spring boot jacks combined knife spoon and fork utensils match safes hand lanterns an "automaton dancer" composed of two "negro-dancers" and string and more. At least six different insect traps are represented including a Premium Clockwork Pillar & Cage Fly Trap and a Clock-Work Revolving Light House Fly & Mosquito Trap. The largest item is a broadsheet 9.25" x 12" with a "Clough's Reporter" newsletter on one side and a large engraved illustration for a Suspension Cage New Fly-Trap on the opposite side. In addition to his inventions Clough also worked as a manufacturer distributor and a door to door salesman. Many of the ads are pointed at wholesalers and two items are printed calling letters notifying a household of an imminent visit by Clough to sell them fire shovels for example. A number of items cite Clough's number of medals and diplomas earned with the number peaking at 19 and 33 respectively. Aside from this small change in accolades it is difficult to date most of the material. "Clough's Reporter" is dated 1860 one manuscript letter from the then governor of Massachusetts Alexander H. Rice congratulating Clough for his success in business dated 1856. The calling letter from the Iron Clad Can Co. is dated 1876. The majority of the material is likely printed between the late 1850s and the early 1870s. Also included are a few New York banknotes signed by Clough and a receipt on letterhead for a tombstone ordered by him for Cypress Hills Cemetary. We could find little on Clough's life beside the fact that he appears to have been based in Brooklyn NY. A few chips and holes in some items but most generally very good and an interesting group reflecting the world of late 19th century American industry. <br/><br/> hardcover books
18001005852 vols. 8vo modern half morocco & marbled boards spine ruled in gilt raised bands morocco lettering pieces new endpapers. Illustrated with 16 folding views plans and maps; xix 1 427; viii 376 pp. Minor aging and some darkening to a few pages and some foxing to one plate. Near fine condition. Weld an Irishman came to America in 1795 when he was nineteen. This work narrates his travels through the former colonies along the eastern seaboard and the Canadian provinces. Very popular at the time it was published Weld comments on the population and social habits and customs of the people he saw. According to Howes Weld seemed to prefer Canada to the States. Compared to the similar works of this period Weld seems to be fairly objective on most things. However whether or not his observation that Americans lose their teeth prematurely is accurate would be hard to substantiate. Contains several interesting views of Niagara Falls Mt. Vernon Bethlehem PA and a large map of the northern portion of the United States with inset of the southern States. John Stockdale hardcover books
1801D13028Haage: J. C. Leeuwestijn 1801. Hardcover. Very Good. Nineteenth-century half brown morocco and marbled paper gilt-stamped lettering in spine compartments 5 raised bands; 3 volumes 8vo 223x135mmwith folding engraved plates and maps; pp. xxxii 391 plus 5 plates and 1 map Washington D.C. see below; xv 1 425 plus 5 plates and 3 maps; xii 340 with 1 plate and 1 map this one larger than the others and hand-colored. Bindings a bit scuffed but tight and square. Library inkstamps on verso of title-pages and verso of plates sometimes multiple stamps per plate ink does not leak through; some browning and off-setting but generally text blocks are nice and clean. The map of Washington D.C. is early and rare unrecorded in Baynton-Williams Phillips and Verner. <br/><br/> J. C. Leeuwestijn hardcover books
1838532Lancaster County Pa 1838. Folio. 320 x 200 mm. 12 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches. 36pp. Contemporary decorative wallpaper cover with showing wear at edges and spine; large piece of decorative paper worn away on upper wrappers. Paper stock brown with age first two preliminary pages torn with loss of paper and text. Inside flyleaf in pencil "Samuel Weaver". Inside back cover is written the names of towns near Lancaster and arithmetic calculations. With faults a sound and legible manuscript account book. Isaac Weaver 1800-1866 probably of Isaac Weaver and Abigail Price kept accounts for his farm near Adamstown in Lancaster that showed dealings in cotton wool half-linen ticking and yarn. He also worked in the fields made hay cut fruit and baked bread etc. The ledger includes personal expenses for foodstuffs butter lard etc. The Weaver families occupied more than 400 acres much of which remained vested in the lineal family members well into the 20th century. Names of customers include John Shirk David Shirk and other members of the Shirk family relatives of Peter Shirk the first known resident preacher at Weaverland. Also mentioned among others are Samuel Martin Francis Weaver Henry Martin the Miller Christian Wenger John Showalter John Houder Mary High and Susanna Grub. The names indicate that this account book may refer to the settlement known as 'Weaverland' in Lancaster County Pennsylvania. A cemetery there contains "the mortal remains of the first white settlers of the beautiful vale known and remembered as 'Weber's Thal' 'Weaver's Dale' now Weaverland after the organization of the first Mennonite congregation by that name in 1730." One of the original settlers Henry Weber helped free 60000 acres of land from a $20000 mortgage belonging to distressed Mennonite settlers in Waterloo County Canada through the efforts of the German Land Company. Three years after subscribing for stock in the German Company his son Abraham Weber moved to Canada with his family in a Conestoga farm wagon. Their new home was made on Lot No. 15 which proved to include the location of future Berlin or Kitchener as it is now called. There are many connections between the Webers/Weavers and Ontario. unknown books
1951140941309New York: The Gnome Press Inc 1951. First Edition. First edition second issue binding with sheets bulking to 1.4". Publisher's dark navy cloth lettered in red. 255 pp. Very Good with two small stain droplets to top edge former owner's name written on front free endpaper contents toned with age in correct Very Good unclipped dust jacket with very little fading reinforced with clear tape on recto and verso at head foot and corners; creased flaps. The first novel in the trilogy. The Gnome Press Inc unknown books
1950140941465New York: Gnome Press 1950. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing of this science fiction classic. Bound in publisher's original red cloth stamped in black; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with light staining to cloth faint reading crease to backstrip. Former owner bookplate to front paste down. pages lightly toned. Gnome Press unknown books
1950140940806New York: Gnome Press 1950. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing of this science fiction classic. Bound in publisher's original red cloth stamped in black; lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with light mottling and light wear to cloth. Spine lightly creased. Pages toned and with several tiny stains to the textblock edge. Gnome Press unknown books
