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37867Warsaw: NP n.d. Softcover. g. Octavo. 4 page folded pamphlet. Orange label with black text tipped on the cover titled "Objasnienie" Explanation. The publication offers an explanation of Genesis 49:1 in which Jacob offers his sons a prediction of the end. Basing himself on the 15th century biblical commentator Isaac Abarbanel R. Abraham Kupfersztoch's father took each letter from the verse and produced a prophecy about a world war in which the Russians English Serbians French Italians and Romanians fight against Germany and Turkey. Germany would invade and defeat Russia Poland would gain its independence and the Jews would return to Israel. This process was done in a similar fashion to modern day biblical interpretations known as the "Bible Code". This brand of apocalyptic prophecy was influenced by Abarbanel who read Daniel as predicting an apocalyptic war between Christians and Muslims. Kupfersztoch's prediction was made in 1905 and it appeared to be on its way to fulfillment with the beginning of World War I. His empathy for Polish nationalists is quite striking as it goes against the common view of Polish-Jewish relations as being uniformly negative. Text in Hebrew and Polish. Some marking in pen and underlying in crayon. Overall in good condition. Abraham Isaac Kupfersztoch aka Kupperstock Poland - 1940 Berlin the author was an eccentric Hassidic Rabbi originally from Warsaw. He aided Germany during World War I by providing secret plans of the layout of Russian defenses. His reasons for doing this were based both an personal animus he harbored towards the Russians for executing some of his students years earlier and also likely in connection with this prophecy. As a consequence of his actions during the war he was granted German citizenship. He lived in Berlin and operated a Yeshiva there up through the Nazi period. He was even given financial support from the government and amazingly was one of an extremely rare class of Jewish citizens to have actually been given protection from anti-Semitic actions and persecution during the period. An extraordinary story reports that his yeshiva was in fact guarded from violence during the infamous Kristallnacht by a squad of SS members. Upon his death of natural causes in 1940 his students were subsequently no longer shielded from the Holocaust and were sent to concentration camps. NP unknown
1707345323Rotterdam: Chez Reiner Leers 1707. 22 938; 64 48 4pp. Folio. Bound in full contemporary polished calf. edges red. Bookplates of "Bibliothèque de Mr. Lapaigne Barris" and Adele Bloch. Handsome copy. 22 938; 64 48 4pp. Folio. Chez Reiner Leers unknown
31583Tel-Aviv. Hardcover. g. Large 8vo. 396 leaves. Silver plated cover with embossed lettering and clasp. Purple edges. English and Hebrew title-pages with gold and blue images of Mount Sinai pasted on. Hebrew and English Old Testament in double columns. Covers oxidized. Slight creasing to some interior leaves. Overall in good condition. hardcover
1922369804London: William Heinemann 1922. First Edition. Portrait. xii 186 2pp. 8vo. Black cloth paper printed label. Fine in fine printed blue dustjacket. First Edition. Portrait. xii 186 2pp. 8vo. William Heinemann unknown
16-4963Circa late 17th- early 18th Century. Mezzotint. 25.5 x 17.6 cm. Lettered in black ink lower left: NVHaeften pinxit lower left .; lower right: J. Sarrabat fecit et excudit. Rare. Tear and small loss at the lower ring of the chain. Circa late 17th- early 18th Century. unknown
16-4895Circa late 17th- early 18th Century. Mezzotint.19 x 10.2 cm. Titled and initialed lower right: J. Sarrabat fecit et excudit. Rare. Circa late 17th- early 18th Century. unknown
16-4861Circa late 17th- early 18th Century. Mezzotint.19.1 x 14.5 cm. Lettered in black ink lower left: Herluyson; center.; lower right: J. Sarrabat fecit et excudit. Rare. Circa late 17th- early 18th Century. unknown
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
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
1950003184NY: Knopf 1950. Housed in bright dustwrapper that shows very slight darkening to edges of back panel and the slightest hint of edgewear. Previous owner's neat name and date on ffep. Overall a tight bright copy of the first edition of the Nobel Prize Winning Author's first book. Exceedingly scarce in this protected condition. Laid in is a 3 1/2" X 5" slip of paper signed by Mr. Singer. . Author-Signed Slip of Paper. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Knopf Hardcover
196618469New York: Harper & Row 1966. Near fine in very good plus slipcase. Specially bound signed limited first edition of Singer's stories for children with Sendak's exceptional illustrations. 8.75'' x 6''. Original cream cloth with pictorial paste-on. In original brown marbled slipcase. Illustrated with frontispiece and 16 tipped-in illustrations. Translated from the Yiddish by Singer and Elizabeth Shub. 90 pages. Limited edition of 500 copies printed on Andora paper specially bound and numbered signed by the author and the artist. This copy no. 141. Signed at colophon by Singer and Sendak. Light soil and wear to spine. Light scuffing and sun to slipcase. Harper & Row unknown
188257978Boston:: S. E. Cassino 1882. publisher's gilt-lettered cloth t.e.g. Old bookplate on each pastedown; some light rubbing to cloth at extremities; otherwise very nice. Folio. With fifty colored plates from original drawings by Isaac Sprague. Text by George L. Goodale. S. E. Cassino, hardcover
1853M8797US: War Department 1853. Very Good. Notes: http://www.murrayhudson.com/Wall%20Maps%20Pre%201900.htm<br><br>The northern railroad expedition was led by Governor Stevens of Washington Territory. The Expeditions of 1853 1854 and 1855 by Secretary of the War Jefferson Davis was to find the best route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean Size : 1540x595 mm 60.63x23.43 Inches Coloring: Black & White Category: Maps United States West; War Department unknown
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
1873008783London: Macmillan and Co. 1873 476 508 pages. The pages are uncut and mostly unopened. In the original green cloth bindings. A previous owner's inscriptions are on the front free endpapers of each volume. The same owner also made notes on the first two pages of the Preface otherwise the pages are clean. Spine ends lightly worn and top page edges spotted. A scarce first edition of this classic work by a leading Victorian author of works on mathematics. First Edition. Green Cloth. Very Good. Macmillan and Co. hardcover
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
178726099<p><strong>1787 PHILADELPHIA 1st ed Psalms of David & Hymns Isaac Watts American Bible</strong></p><p>A beautifully-bound example of Isaac Watts' translation and edits of the Psalms of David. This book features multiple versions of each Psalm in various meters – long meter short meter and common meter. Even though no music is printed in this edition many of the chapters indicate to be sung with 'the common tune.'</p><p>This 1787 edition was an early American printing published in Philadelphia. </p><p>Item number: #26099</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>WATTS Isaac</p><p><strong><em>Psalms carefully suited to the Christian worship in the United States of America. : Being an improvement of the old versions of the Psalms of David. : Allowed by the Reverend Synod of New-York and Philadelphia to be used in churches and private families.</em></strong></p><p>Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Bailey at Yorick's Head in Market Street. MDCCLXXXVII. 1787. Same year as US CONSTITUTION!</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->ix 2 12-307</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->References: Evans 20229 </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Provenance: Handwritten </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif--><em>A. Boyd</em></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif--><em>John Boyd 1789</em></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~6.75in X 4.25in 17cm x 10.5cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>26099</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Francis Bailey, at Yorick's Head, in Market Street. hardcover
1764245484T. Longman / J. Buckland 1764. Hardcover -- Full-Leather -- Good -- 2" area of discoloration to front cover and small 1/2" gouge to back cover. Light foxing and wear at tips to boards. Otherwise book is tight and structurally sound. 381 pages plus index. The 1764 - Twenty-Fifth Edition. The Psalms of David -- Imitated in the Language of the New Testament and Applied to the Christian State and Worship with Preface and Notes. Hard Cover. Good. T. Longman / J. Buckland Hardcover
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
1914023111Philadelphia: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology 1914. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Original cloth gray boards with red cloth spines paper title labels on covers minor wear light fade to spines inner hinges repaired #165 of 250 copies label on the flyleaf stating to recipient that contents are confidential housed in a slipcase. This set was presented to George Harrison by the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology Philadelphia. Vol. 1 341 pages large folding map attached to the fly-leaf is a typed letter dated 1915 to Harrison from and signed by signed George Bird Grinnell in which he thanks Harrison for letting him read the book and is returning it. Grinnell remarks how he enjoyed to book especially the time on the prairie and trading with hostile Indians. Vol. II 191 pages frontis illustrations Mintz 501 Graff 4724 "Includes an overland narrative in 1849." Howes W598 "Largely devoted to the opening and development of the far West from 1849 to 1860 in which Wistar played a conspicuous part before achieving fame and fortune in Pennsylvania." . The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology Hardcover
1893elala1542New York London & Toronto: Funk & Wagnalls Company 1893-95. 1893. 2 Volumes. 4to. pp. xix 1 1060; 1 p.l. 1061-2318. 14 plates 1 double-page 10 colour & numerous text illus. text in triple columns. contemporary blind & gilt-stamped leather joints & extremities rubbed joints starting to crack spines faded 1 plate with long tear no loss. First Edition. The general editor believed strongly in accurate phonetics and simplified spellings whenever possible. Definitions were ordered according to current rather than historical usage and etymologies were placed at the end of definitions rather than at the beginning. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New York, London & Toronto: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1893-95. Hardcover
1730044428London: I. Ware 1730. Undated 1730s. Includes 48 engraved plates numbered 1 to 53 including 6 folding plates 5 of which have two plate numbers preceded by 8 engraved pages title page and table of contents. Full brown leather rebacked in tan leather with red spine label slightly raised spine bands with decorated compartments about 9.75 inches tall. Covers show expected wear text block sound original endpapers have been retained showing the name John Bagnall written many times with various dates beginning in 1733 all plates present and complete some age-toned with occasional spotting and foxing some folding plate with extra creasing generally good overall. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. I. Ware Hardcover
1979325488New York: Crown Publishers 1979. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner name inked on FEP. Small closed tear on top front gutter.; Title page signed by Isaac Asimov.; Signed by Author. Crown Publishers hardcover
182044636London: T. Dolby 299 Strand and 34 Wardour Street Soho 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 occasional 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." The King a bloated and whiskered infant sleeps in a cradle rocked by Sidmouth right a lean old woman wearing a cap and bag-wig who sits in a rocking-chair his clyster-pipe cf. British Museum Satires No. 9849 on the ground. The cradle is surmounted by a pagoda with bells and ornamented by two large crocodiles representing the Chinese dragons of the Pavilion cf. British Museum Satires No. 12749. On it are also a sun with a fool's cap in its disk between crescent moons. Round the cradle lie toys: soldiers mounted lancers &c. on wheels a cannon a sceptre a crown with a toy windmill stuck in it. With these are papers: 'Divorce'; 'Protocal' sic; 'Send her to Hell'. The infant holds a coral and bells and a corkscrew. Castlereagh sits over the fire warming a napkin. Canning see British Museum Satires No. 13737 walks off to the left disgustedly carrying the pan of a commode decorated with a crown and 'G.R.' On the chimneypiece are pap-boat bottle of 'Dolby's Carminative &c'. Dolby was a radical bookseller 'Dalby's carminative' a well-known remedy for infants. A large 'Green Bag' hangs on the wall. In a doorway behind Sidmouth inscribed 'French Dolls' stand two young women in evening dress stiff and impassive."--British Museum online catalogue. OCLC locates Harvard and Yale only. T. Dolby, 299, Strand, and 34, Wardour Street, Soho unknown
