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190219389: Scull 1902. 8vo pp. 434. Five color plates 32 full-page half-tones and more than 150 other illustrations. Hinges tender. donor's presentation on inside of flyleaf owner's name and address is pencil on front pastedown. VG. Descriptions and stories about animals birds and fish arranged by families. Intended for children. Scull unknown books
184758914New Orleans LA: J. Jaehne for the State of Louisiana 1847. Broadside document 16 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches. In part: "P.S. Hoes . to take acknowledgement and proof of deeds depositions conveyances mortgages sales transfers and assignments of any property etc. . and to authenticate and attest the signature & official capacity and acts of the public officers holding a commission or acting under the authority of the State of New York for and on behalf of the State of Louisiana." Folded but very good. Official form illustrated at the head with the seals of Louisiana and the United States. #5538. <br/><br/> J. Jaehne [for the State of Louisiana] unknown books
184958915New Orleans LA: J. Jaehne Stationer for the State of Louisiana 1849. Document. Broadside document 9 7/8 x 8 inches. In part: "George Y Bright . is and was at the time of his signing the same 2d Justice of the Peace in and for the Parish of Orleans State of Louisiana that all his official acts as that are entitled to full faith and credit." Folded but very good. Official form on blue paper illustrated at the head with the state seal. #5528. <br/><br/> J. Jaehne, Stationer [for the State of Louisiana] unknown books
198531732Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1985. Octavo boards. First edition. Collects thirteen stories. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #31732 Doubleday & Company unknown books
1869253250Boston: Gould and Lincoln 1869. First. hardcover. very good-. and its First Church. Map of Battle of Bennington. 408pp. 8vo original brown cloth spine and top of front cover faded from sun exposure foxing to endpapers and first few and last few pages including map. Boston: Gould and Lincoln 1869. First Edition<br/><br/> Presentation copy from the author to William M. Evarts. William Evarts was United States Secretary of State United States Attorney General and United States Senator from New York. Isaac Jennings was pastor of the First Congregation Church of Bennington which was organized in 1762. The church was the first Protestant church in Vermont.<br/><br/> Gould and Lincoln unknown books
194728390Gambier OH: Kenyon College 1947. 1st edition. Near fine in wraps. Also Anthony Hecht Paul Goodman Josephine Miles Eric Bentley etc. Gambier, OH: Kenyon College, paperback books
1999152367Encino CA: Cunningham Productions 1999. Draft script for the 2001 film here under the working title "Jason-X."<br/><br/>The tenth installment in the "Friday the 13th" franchise preceded by "Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday" 1993 directed by Adam Marcus and starring John D. LeMay and Kari Keegan and followed by the crossover film with the "Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise "Freddy vs. Jason" 2003 directed by Ronny Yu and starring Monica Keena and Kelly Rowland.<br/><br/>Jason Voorhees captured by the US government and held at the Crystal Lake Research facility is frozen in a cryogenic pod after an escape attempt. Centuries later during an expedition on the uninhabitable Earth the frozen body is discovered and brought back to the spaceship to be thawed and upgraded. Heavily influenced by Ridley Scott's "Alien" 1979 laden with self-aware humor and featuring a memorable cameo from director David Cronenburg.<br/><br/>Self wrappers integral with title page dated December 23 1999 with credits for screenwriter Todd Farmer. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages with light wear and soiling on first and last page else Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Cunningham Productions unknown books
178938715London: Bentley 1789. First Edition. 8vo pp. 480 plus index 192. Contains volume 1 and part of volume 2 the latter dated 1790. A collection of short prose essays poems etc. Three-quarter leather. Cover much worn especially at spine o/w VG. Lacks the plates. Includes verse narratives comment on manners and customs satirical articles on clubs and social gatherings excerpts from other publications of biography conduct history epigrams short fiction a monthly diary of current events and correspondence. With numbered essays: The Actor and The Physio-magnetic mirror. Bentley unknown books
1749286557Amstelodami: Apud Petrum Justice 1749. Nova Editio. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Jacob Vaniere's Praedium Rusticum. A Jesuit priest Vaniere was best known for this poetic work sixteen books written in the style of Virgil's Georgics. Complete with portrait frontispiece engraved half title and 16 additional plates. Collates complete; 6 x 320 6 pp. Minor loss to the extremities of the spine and the bottom of the front joint. Full calf with gilt decoration and a leather label on the spine. All edges speckled red. Very Good. Very Good binding. Apud Petrum Justice unknown books
184036557Philadelphia: Marshall Williams & Butler 1840. 12mo 15.5 cm; 6". 14 5 vix `5222 pp. complete despite odd pagination. <br><br>Fifth edition of this campaign biography a => greatly expanded version of Jackson's The life of Major-General William Henry Harrison: comprising a brief account of his important civil and military services and an accurate description of the council at Vincennes with Tecumseh as well as the victories of Tippecanoe Fort Meigs and the Thames that had appeared earlier in 1840 prior to Harrison's candidacy.<br>Â Â Â Â => Needless to say the emphasis is on his military career with much about native Americans.<br>Â Â Â Â The text is unillustrated but the front cover has a => central medallion bust of Harrison in gold.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Author's presentation copy "Joseph Barclay Esq. from the author" in ink on the first blank page after the front free endpaper. In an appropriately contemporary style hand.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Publisher's brown textured cloth front and rear boards stamped with blind corner devices and front board with a large bust of Harrison in gold in a circle and with his rank and name in gilt below. Cloth not in Krupp but closely related to her Wav1. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Sabin 35422. On binding cloth see: Krupp Bookcloth in England and America 182350. Publisher's textured purplish-brown cloth covers embossed with border rules and foliate corner pieces to frame the gilt image of "General Harrison" as above. A very good copy light sun-fading to spine; the usual foxing. Marshall, Williams & Butler hardcover books
18401884Philadelphia: C. Sherman & Co. Printers 1840. 8vo. 60 pp. <br><br>Jackson wrote this biography of Harrison to support his candidacy for the presidency in 1840. This edition should not be confused with the common duodecimo done in Philadelphia in the same year. Good. Removed from a nonce volume; without wrappers. Scattered foxing waterstaining in the outer margins and a little shallow chipping. [C. Sherman & Co., Printers] unknown books
184061194Philadelphia PA: W. Marshall & Co 1840. Second edition. 24mo. 218 pp. Typical laudatory campaign biography. Sabin 30586 for the first edition; cf. Sabin 35422 for the fourth and fifth editions. American Imprints 40-3526. Thoroughly foxed gift inscription a good copy. Original gilt-stamped decorated black cloth rubbed spine ends frayed. #8154. <br/><br/> W. Marshall & Co hardcover books
1836WRCAM5959New York 1836. 32pp. Modern cloth original printed wrappers bound in. Foxed. Very good. Howes attributes authorship to Jackson. HOWES J20. hardcover books
1836WRCAM49081Lexington Ky 1836. 39pp. 20th-century three-quarter speckled calf and cloth gilt spine leather label by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown light foxing to text approximately two-thirds of last leaf restored not affecting any text. Very good. Howes attributes authorship to Jackson and indicates this Lexington imprint as somewhat later than the New York edition from the same year. Harrison had long thought of running for President and this is his first campaign biography covering all the military highlights of his career in the Old Northwest. HOWES J20. hardcover books
184028866Providence: Knowles and Vose 1840. 32pp light to moderate foxing. Stitched in original printed wrappers rear wrapper detached. Good. <br/><br/> This pamphlet was printed in several places during 1836 and reprinted for Harrison's successful 1840 campaign. It emphasizes Harrison's distinguished military career and his service as Senator and as Governor of Indiana. The rear wrap has "Col. Richard M. Johnson's opinion of General Harrison." <br/>Miles 124. Howes J20. Knowles and Vose unknown books
183928870New York: Office of the New York Express 1839. 32pp disbound uncut. Lacking the original printed wrappers else Very Good. <br/><br/> This standard campaign biography was printed in numerous places in 1836 1839 and 1840. It emphasizes Harrison's distinguished military career and his service as Senator and as Governor of Indiana. <br/>Howes J20. Miles 123. AI 56535 5. Office of the New York Express unknown books
1840WRCAM50993Philadelphia: W. Marshall & Co. 1840. 218pp. 12mo. Original brown cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Extremities worn. Contemporary ownership stamp on flyleaves. Moderate foxing. Good. Second edition published a year after the first. An updated version of Jackson's biography of Harrison used as campaign literature for his 1840 bid for president. With emphasis on his military career and achievements. SABIN 35422 ref. FIELD 768 ref. W. Marshall & Co. hardcover books
18961279090Sandbornton N.H. 1896. First Edition First Printing. 12mo. 253 pp. G; leather-bound spine and boards with gilded lettering and illustration to spine; bumping chipping and fraying to head and tail of spine as well as corners and along the edges of both boards; shelfwear minor rubbing to front and back boards; fading to marbled text block with some ink staining; age toning and staining throughout; some fading to text but still legible; shelved Front Case. 1279090. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. unknown books
1958163383Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum 1958. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran December 13 1958 through January 20 1959 at the Stedelijk Museum and then traveled for additional dates. Text by Ch Weintinck in Dutch. Includes color and black and white illustrations. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Stedelijk Museum unknown books
1939251185Melbourne: Horticultral Press 1939. 47p. stapled wraps wraps soiled and dampstained staples rusted else good condition. Horticultral Press unknown books
198837530NY: Hirschl and Adler Modern 1988. Paperback. Very good. 16pp. Edges sunned else very good in publisher's French fold wraps. <br/><br/>exc w Hirschl and Adler Modern paperback books
1885132939NY: Isaac Walker 1885. Hardcover. Fair binding is broken. ex-library with blind stamp and ink stamps on title page and in back. first few pages are loose. full page plates are stamped. Violet cloth. In library slipcase. 211 pp. bw illustrations. Treatise and advice on men's fashion and taste in clothing. Isaac Walker hardcover books
198110334Garden City NY: Doubleday & Co 1981. Cloth. Collectible; Fine. The 1981 signed/limited. #367 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY ISAAC SINGER AT THE LIMITATION AND INCLUDING A LAID-IN CORRESPONDING COLOR PRINT SIGNED BY RAPHAEL SOYER. Clean and Near Fine in its wine-red cloth and including a bright Near Fine example of the publisher's printed slipcase. Octavo 259 pgs. Signed by Authors. <br/><br/> Doubleday & 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
1839280988Philadelphia: J. G. Auner 1839. Second Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. There is worming to the top of the first half of the textblock not affecting text except for a small bit of titling. In speckled calf binding with morocco label. Very Good binding. J. G. Auner unknown books