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201226408N.p.: Zine of the Month 2012. Fine in illustrated wrapppers. First Edition. Octavo. Limited edition of 250 copies. Collaborative zine drawn by Barry McGee under his moniker Lydia Fong and a number of others. Printed on paper in various colors with photocopied pages bound in; covers screenprinted in 2 colors on yellow. Zine of the Month bookmark and Philadelphia nightclub flyer laid in. N.p.: Zine of the Month unknown books
176558444London: Other. Very Good. 1765. Hardcover. Rebound 24pp. marbled boards paper label to front cover Very Good. . Other hardcover books
1962139205N.p.: Lisa and David Company 1962. Two vintage black-and-white press photographs from the 1962 film. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso of one still studio and cropping annotations to the versos of both to the recto of one. <br/><br/>Based on Rubin's 1961 novel. David Dullea is a patient in a mental institute who comes to understand his place in life and love with the help of female patient Lisa Margolin who has dissociative identity disorder. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Pennsylvania. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus light creasing. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Lisa and David Company unknown books
1969USINDAY00NJFarrar Straus and Giroux 1969. Very Good. Singer Isaac Bashevis. Day of Pleasure : Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw. New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1969. 227pp. Illustrated. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Light rubbing to extremities. Farrar, Straus and Giroux paperback books
175458056Londini: impensis J. & R. Tonson & S. Draper 1754. 4to pp. 4 40; modern boards gilt lettering on spine; some toning of the text and the textblock trimmed to 23.5 x 18.5 cm; all else very good. This is the variant with the price 1 s. 6 d. on the title page. Painfully common but Browne's best known work a poem on the immortality of the soul. <br/><br/> impensis J. & R. Tonson & S. Draper hardcover books
175453447Londini London: J. & R. Tonson & S. Draper 1754. 4to. pp. 40; late twentieth-century quarter-bound leather over decorative-paper boards with a binder's ticket in the rear stating "Restored by B R Lhotka 1992". This variant has the price on the title page. A near fine book with the rear hinge starting and an archival tape repair to the front hinge. Hawkins Brown is cited as a friend of Samuel L. Johnson and was a poet MP and Barrister during his lifetime 1706-1760 Trinity College Chapel Memorials. His poem reads as a pseudo-philosophical exploration of the immortality of the human soul drawing on humanist beliefs about the universe as well as theology. <br/><br/> J. & R. Tonson & S. Draper hardcover books
1732D427Amsterdam: R. en J. Wetstein en W. Smith 1732. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes Elephant folio 445 x 296mm. 16 524pp. 4. Title-page in black and red with engraved vignettes. Text in Dutch and Latin parallel. Contemporary vellum with central medallion stamped in blind; occasional spotting and marginal dampstaining; vellum soiled and covers somewhat bowed corners bumped. A fine two volume set of the Metamorphoses illustrated with in-text copper-engravings by Bernard Picart Charles le Brun and several other artists. The translator of this edition Isaac Verburg was born in Leiden around the year 1684. He was Rector of the Latin schools in Amsterdam and author and translator of several books; he died in 1745 in Amsterdam. Rare copy of the popular Dutch translation of Ovids masterpiece in prose Metamorphoses with clean bright and large illustrations. <br/><br/> R. en J. Wetstein, en W. Smith hardcover books
1985BL4409Paris:: Les Belles Lettres 1985. 1985. At head of title: Science et Humanisme. 8vo. 191 1 pp. Frontis. figs. index. Printed wrappers. Very good. Latin and French translation facing text. Les Belles Lettres, 1985. unknown books
1722005279London: Printed for John Clark at the Bible and Crown in the Poultry near Cheapside et al 1722. Book. Good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xii 261 pages of text followed by ii contents and i publisher's advertisement. Modern leather binding circa 1960 with moderate rubbing to extremities. Gilt title author and date stamped on spine. Title page is slightly soiled with top corner lacking just touching the "H" of the title. Bottom corner chipped with no loss of text. Small ink notation on title and following page. Slight soiling scattered throughout text with several pages with tiny tears or minor creases. Measures 6-3/8" in height. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown; Dr. William Sargant. Uncommon in the first edition. Isaac Watts 1674-1748. Printed for John Clark, at the Bible and Crown in the Poultry, near Cheapside et al Hardcover books
19889603NY: Farrar Straus Giroux. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0374135630 . Various translators. First trade printing. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Farrar Straus Giroux hardcover books
1979173666New York: the author 1979. 160p. very good in wraps corners lightly shelfworn; short stories in Yiddish. the author unknown books
198169554Goshen CT: The Angler's & Shooter's Press 1981. cloth slipcase. Derrydale Press. small 4to. cloth slipcase. xii 266 1 pages 22 pages of plates. Limited to 1250 numbered copies. An annotated bibliography of the press with an essay "Eugene V. Connett III: a Brief Biography" by Stephen Ferguson "The Pain and Pleasure of Derrydale Collecting" by F. Phillips Williamson and numerous other essays by the authors. The Angler's & Shooter's Press unknown books
185554954Philadelphia: Merrihew and Thompson 1855. First separate edition "from the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences May 1855." 8vo pp. 4; color lithograph plate; removed from binding; very good. The lithograph is by T. Sinclair after J. Magee. "Read before the Academy of Natural Sciences May 22d 1855." <br/><br/> Merrihew and Thompson unknown books
1967263142New York: Ikuf 1967. 291 pages very good hardcover inscribed by the author. Text in Yiddish some black and white reproductions of works by Chagall. "The world of Marc Chagall. Ikuf unknown books
1236Philadelphia: Druck von H. B. Ashmead 1863. . 8vo printed buff wrappers front pictorial small loss to front bottom outer corner; bottom outer corners of text slightly dog-eared A collection of articles on northern sedition against the Union and foreign intervention culled from leading newspapers. There is also a signed declaration by the officers of 150th Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment scorning northern traitors who were trying to harm the efforts of the army. Funk is credited with the section "Rede eines braven alten Patrioten" and Rousseau with "Die Worte eines patriotischen Soldaten". Includes a quote from Oliver Cromwell and a call by a Democrat for both Republicans and Democrats to join together to defeat traitors to the Northern cause Philadelphia: Druck von H. B. Ashmead, 1863. unknown books
183682404Philadelphia: C. Sherman and Co 1836-1841. First editi<span class="match">on</span> <span class="match">of</span> "<span class="match">the</span> first anthology <span class="match">of</span> <span class="match">Jewish</span> serm<span class="match">on</span>s in America" which "marked <span class="match">the</span> coming <span class="match">of</span> age <span class="match">of</span> <span class="match">the </span>American synagogue and ministry"Goldman. Association copy linking <span class="match">the</span> two most prominent and influential figures in <span class="match">Jewish</span> America and England <span class="match">of</span> this era Issac Leeser and Moses Montefiore. American Jewish lay minister author translator and publisher Issac Leeser revolutionized <span class="match">the</span> format of the early American <span class="match">Jewish</span> sermon by preaching in English helping to establish regular serm<span class="match">on</span>s as a central part <span class="match">of</span> the American rabbi's work. Aspiring to make his influence international <span class="match">Leeser</span> corresp<span class="match">on</span>ded regularly with <span class="match">Jewish</span> leaders in England most notably philanthropist and activist Sir Moses M<span class="match">on</span>tefiore who played a pivotal role in the development of Proto-Zionism. Goldman 687; Rosenbach 413 479 476; Singerman 0632 0748. Octavo four volumes bound in two original cloth paper spine labels from the library of Moses Montefiore with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. In good condition with some dampstaining and moderate toning to Volume I. Bound with Leeser's The Claims of the Jews to an Equality of Rights as issued. A rare and desirable piece of American Jewish history. 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. C. Sherman and Co hardcover books
1732JC14387London: R. Ford 1732. Second edition. Hardcover. Good. Small 8vo. 299 pp. Contemporary brown leather cambridge style binding rebacked with plain black leather. A serviceabe copy. Bookplate pasted inside front board reads: E Bibliotheca. Reverendi Doctissimique viri Edward Waple S. T. B. Ecclesiae S. Sepulchri London. Vicarii. MDCCXII. <br/><br/> R. Ford hardcover books
1866107732Philadelphia: Sherman & Co 1866-68. First editions of one of the 'major builders of American Judaism' Isaac Leeser's Discourses on the Jewish Religion. Octavo 10 volumes bound in full leather gilt titles to the spine raised bands. In near fine condition. Complete sets are of the utmost rarity. 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
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
539598vo. 4 pages approximately 450 words. Fighting with the 34th New York Infantry White asks "don't you think it is all for the nigers sic I think it is and I am played out fiting sic for the damn nigers . unless we get McClellan back we shall lose our glorious union." Folded with mailing envelope. <br/><br/> unknown books
1732JC14388London: E. Matthews 1732. Hardcover. Very Good . 12 mo. 191 pp. Modern half leather and marbled paper over boards. Early armorial bookplate pasted in. The second edition corrected and enlarged. Early editions are scarce on the market. <br/><br/> E. Matthews hardcover books
1810WRCAM21261Washington 1810. 8pp. Modern cloth leather label. Very good. Briggs herein petitions the U.S. government for compensation for the hardships and expenses he undertook while fulfilling an appointment to survey a route from Washington to New Orleans through Tennessee. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 21655. hardcover books
179423985London: Printed for C. and J. Kearsley Fleet Street 1794. First Edition with half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half calf front joint weak else a very nice copy. Bookplate of John Humphrey Austen. First Edition with half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. The author states that the Revolution was on its way for many years and there should be no surprise that it came when it did. Roth Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica B20; CBEL III 1278 Printed for C. and J. Kearsley, Fleet Street unknown books
18993118671899. in ink. 4 x 3-1/2 inches image. With Century magazine label on the back. in ink. 4 x 3-1/2 inches image. From an article entitled "Driven out of Tibet. An Attempt to pass from China through Tibet into China. unknown 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
