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180027125London: Printed for John Stockdale 1800. Third edition. Leather bound. Good. Two volume set. 427 375pp. Octavo 22 cm Nicely rebound in tan 3/4 quarter calf over the original marbled leather boards. Backstrip has red and black gilt stamped leather labels with gilt rules. Floral gilt stamped pattern to the rest of the backstrip. The front board of volume 1 is nearly detached and the front free endpaper map and title page are detached but present. Both volumes internally clean. Advertisements have been removed from both volumes. The large folding map 'Part of the United States of North America' measures 48 cm by 43 cm and is present at the front of volume one. Large map shows America as it was then known with the western edge being Detroit and Kentucky. The state lines are hand colored. A few short closed tears at the folds. Volume one also contains seven views two plans Washington and Quebec and a map of upper and lower Canada. Volume two contains five views four of these are about Niagara Falls. Nice early American travel narrative by this Irish writer and artist. Howes W235. Sabin 192541. Weld's Travels Through the States of North America and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada was an instant success. It went through several editions and was translated into several different languages. It is worth noting that Weld's work is more favorable towards Canada than it is towards the United States. Printed for John Stockdale unknown
1807BOOKS019742ILondon: John Stockdale. Very good set in 1/2 red leather. 1807. 4th ed. 1/2 leather. 8vo 427 376 pp. Illustrated with 15 folding plates including a large map of the United States and several others maps and views. Missing the view of the Lesser Falls of Niagara in volume 2. Some scattered foxing. Red leather spines with five raised bands and gilt lettering; marbled boards. Howes W-235 . John Stockdale hardcover
0260082147.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1286857244.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
212822Paris: Imprimerie De Munier. Leather. Good. FRENCH text. No date 1800. VOLUMES 1 & 3 ONLY. Pages are in good condition; yellowed with light foxing; very readable. Endpapers stained. Full brown leather with gilt titles and 7 gilt bands on the spines. Spines are rubbed and show light wear at the head/tail. Corners bumped. Bindings very tight. GOOD <br/> <br/> Imprimerie De Munier hardcover
180018518Paris:: Imprimerie de Munier 1800. First French edition. contemporary quarter sheep with paste-grain decorated paper sides. Some chipping to spine extremities; light wear. . 8vo. Large folding map plus 10 of 11 engraved plates. Howes W-235. Imprimerie de Munier, unknown
98186London John Stockdal 1807. 8° XIX 1 Faltkarte 427 S; VIII 376 S. Kunstldr. m. Rückenschild Stemp. a. Schmutztitel sonst tadell. Reprint of Economics Classics durch August M. Kelley New York 1970. nach der 4. Auflage von 1807.- Isaac Weld JP FGSD MRIA 1774–1856 was an Irish topographical writer explorer and artist. He was a member of the Royal Dublin Society. 010 London, John Stockdal, 1807 unknown
17991299131799. First Edition. WELD Isaac. Travels through the States of North America and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada During the Years 1795 1796 and 1797. London: John Stockdale 1799. Quarto contemporary full diced tan calf rebacked with original elaborately gilt-decorated spine laid down raised bands all edges marbled. $4800.First edition of this fascinating account of ""all the adventures incident to passing through an unsettled country"" with two maps one folding and hand-colored in outline plans of the cities of Washington and Quebec and 12 full-page copper-engraved plates of scenic views including ""The Horse-Shoe Fall of Niagara.""Weld arrived in America in 1795 at the age of 19 and ""accompanied by a faithful servant sometimes on horseback sometimes on foot or in a canoe he made his way often under the guidance of Indians through the vast forests and along the great rivers. He narrowly escaped shipwreck on Lake Erie and experienced all the adventures incident to passing through an unsettled country. While in the towns he mixed in the best society and had the privilege of meeting George Washington"" Cox. The journey took him through Virginia Pennsylvania and New York and then ""from Montreal to Quebec thence up to St. Lawrence and the lakes to Kingston Niagara and Detroit with comment on the country its settlement and administration. Weld an Irishman came to explore the possibilities of Canada and the United States as fields for Irish emigration"" Staton & Tremaine. Weld's travels are told through a series of 38 letters chronicling the two years he spent in North America and was one of the most popular narratives of the day. Translated into many languages Weld's account ""was regarded as the great authority of the period on American subjects"" Allibone III 2636. Includes examinations of taverns slave conditions tobacco cultivation and Indian tribes. ""In the first edition the view of the Hudson River is incorrectly designated on the plate itself and in the list of plates as 'View on or of the Patowmac River from Mount Vernon.' A number of copies have an erratum slip noting the error pasted at the foot of the list of plates or facing it"" Sabin 102541. This copy has no erratum slip suggesting it may be among the earliest copies preceding the discovery of the error. Without publisher's advertisements. A second edition in two volumes was also published in 1799. Sabin 102541. Howes W235. Cox II 176. Staton & Tremaine 708. Stevens 2808. Stiles 1921. Lowndes 2868. Rich 1799. In a royal armorial binding possibly from Carlton House the residence of George IV during the regency with a royal armorial bookplate.Mild dampstaining to top edge of frontispiece and title page text fairly clean with modest foxing to maps and plates one leaf with minor expert paper repair; handsome contemporary binding with light wear. hardcover
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ZZ90316-54Paper binding 24 x 16 cm. Front of paper binding loose. Rare book with image of the Gedachtenisbeker Goblet of Marcellus Emants. In good condition minor discoloration on the edges. Both works illustrated.Gedachtenisbeker ter ere van het 50-jarig jubileum van Marcellus Emants als rentmeester van het Burgerweeshuis en de Fundatie van Renswoude te De Haag. De prent is geplakt in een boekje met tekst over het gedenkstuk en een namenlijst van regenten en regentessen die gedurende het rentmeesterschap van Marcellus Emants aan het bestuur zijn geweest. unknown
2013x-1638231591www.bnpublishing.com 2013. Hardcover. New. 1042 pages. Spanish language. 6.00x2.13x9.00 inches. www.bnpublishing.com hardcover
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192440765New York: Platt & Minkus 1924. Reprint. Hardcover. g to vg-. Octavo. 242pp 263pp 327pp 367pp & 303pp. Original dark blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. A history of the Jewish oral law from the biblical period through R. Joseph Karo's writing of the Shulhan Arukh. R. Isaac Hirsch Weiss was a prominent 19th century Talmudic scholar who lived much of his life in Vienna. While Weiss rejected biblical criticism and believed that the Pentateuch was a unified work dating from the time of Moses he did see it as largely a product of human design and subject to historical analysis. He therefore came under criticism from many orthodox traditionalists. This work was first printed in Vienna from 1871-91. A Yiddish edition was printed in Vilna from 1904-10. Text in Hebrew. Bindings with some light bumping and rubbing to head & tail of spine and corners. Light smudging and scratches to front and back covers. Interior with age toning to pages. Vol.2 with 3" diagonal closed tears to pages 259-rear endpapers. Vol. 3 with with some creasing/folding to corners of front free endpapers. Vol. 4 with some small closed tears and chipping to right edges of pages 357-367. All book blocks tight. Bindings and interiors in overall good to very good- condition. Platt & Minkus hardcover
192435776New York: Platt & Minkus 1924. Reprint. Hardcover. g. Complete 5 volume set. Original black cloth with gold lettering on spine. A history of the Jewish oral law from the biblical period through R. Joseph Karo's writing of the Shulhan Arukh. R. Isaac Hirsch Weiss was a prominent 19th century Talmudic scholar who lived much of his life in Vienna. While Weiss rejected biblical criticism and believed that the Pentateuch was a unified work dating from the time of Moses he did see it as largely a product of human design and subject to historical analysis. He therefore came under criticism from many orthodox traditionalists. This work was first printed in Vienna from 1871-91. A Yiddish edition was printed in Vilna from 1904-10. Text in Hebrew. Several volumes have book plates and stamps from previous owners. Some rubbing to edges. Overall in good condition. Platt & Minkus hardcover
54965Platt & Minkus Mew York / Berlin 1924 Hb's. 5 vols. G. Platt & Minkus, Mew York / Berlin 1924 unknown
193354953Philadelphia: Evening Ledger / Sunday Public Ledger 1933. First printing. Softcover. Very good condition. Small Folio. 48pp. Original stiff tan wraps with modern design rendered in color lithography black and white lettering on cover. With aquamarine decorative framing along foredge of all leaves. Inside covers with three color advertisements.<br /> <br /> A musical and dramatic spectacle portraying the highlights of four thousand years of Jewish history presented at the Convention Hall in Philadelphia. An event conceived as a means of symbolizing and representing the ideals and history of the Jewish people. The production originally planned as the Jewish Day July 3 1933 at the "Century of Progress Exposition at Chicago." The supporting cast presumably recruited locally from city to city numbered many hundreds.<br /> <br /> At this and a subsequent performance the pageant was seen by more than 20000 people and won the unanimous praise of critics and public. On September 24 1933 it was presented in New York City and ran for twenty-one performances which were visited by more than 400000 people.<br /> <br /> Although "The Romance of a People" was produced for its artistic appeal the sponsor and the beneficiary of the enterprise is the American Palestine Campaign which is engaged in the effort to raise funds for the settlement of German Jewish refugees in Palestine. <br /> <br /> With contributions on Jewish History a synopsis of the pageant-drama "The Romance of a People" the musical background of the pageant the principals of cast an extensive list of the committee of sponsors with a message from President Franklin D. Roosevelt and a contribution by Louis Lipsky National Chairman of the American Palestine Campaign on Palestine Land of "Promise and Fulfillment."<br /> <br /> Illustrated with an artistic depiction of Moses sepia-toned photos of the principals of the cast a drawing of President Roosevelt and numerous illustrated advertisements including inside and back covers. Wraps with light wear crease at top foredge corner of cover. Evening Ledger / Sunday Public Ledger unknown
128405702X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1970016184New York: A.S.I. Publishers 1970. Tabloid. Good. Tabloid newspaper format. 24 pp. Illustrations throughout. Early issue of this newspaper devoted to astrology and New Age concepts. This issue contains several essays looking at psychology and astrology and the relationship between the two and how one can support the other as well as abnormal psychology and astrology etc. With a reprint of an essay by Isaac Asimov "The Stars in Their Courses." GOOD condition. Paper browned with moderate creasing chipping and tearing along the extremities. Minor soiling and a few larger creases at the corners. A.S.I. Publishers unknown
195332464Mexico: Editorial Enciclopedia Judaica Castellana 1953. Special Edition. Hardcover. g. 1/3000. 4to. 191pp. Original decorative cloth with copper plate on cover. Collection of stories and sayings from the Talmud and Midrash. Includes b/w illustrations in the style of the Israel Bezalel school. One of the pictures gives a rabbi the face of Theodor Herzl. Text in Spanish. Bound upside down and backwards. Head and tail of spine bumped. Interior leaves creased along the binding. Overall in good condition. Editorial Enciclopedia Judaica Castellana hardcover
2019x-1479893366New York Univ Pr 2019. Hardcover. New. 312 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. New York Univ Pr hardcover
2019x-1479891398New York Univ Pr 2019. Paperback. New. 312 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. New York Univ Pr paperback
2013x-0814708072New York Univ Pr 2013. Hardcover. New. 288 pages. 9.15x6.00x0.75 inches. New York Univ Pr hardcover
2013G0814708072I3N00New York University Press 2013. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. New York University Press hardcover
56015888-6New York University Press. Used - Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. New York University Press unknown
