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186449315London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co 1864. 8vo pp. xxxii 578 2 ads; 2 folding maps one in color; original maroon cloth gilt title direct on spine; hinges cracked map with a three inch tear repaired with tape signatures on half title large bookplate of C. Frushard Waddington. <br/><br/> Macmillan and Co hardcover books
187341665London: Macmillan and Co 1873. Third edition revised and compressed small 8vo pp. xii 375 1 80; 2 folding map plates one in color additional text maps; original red cloth some soiling and damp-staining gilt-lettered spine black glazed endpapers; spine ends chipped general wear to extremities else a good copy. Contemporary bookseller's ticket mounted to front pastedown; 80 pp. of publisher's advertisements dated December 1872 bound in rear. <br/><br/> Macmillan and Co hardcover books
188841698London: Macmillan 1888. 12mo pp.xii 375 1; folding ethnographic map of the British Isles printed in color folding sketch map of Normandy; a very good copy in original red cloth. First published in 1863 and a new edition appeared in 1873 of which this is a reprint. <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover books
184254598Libanon PA: Jos. Hartman 1842. 12mo pp. xii 184; woodcut frontispiece; half calf over blue paper boards boards scuffed and bumped text foxed good and sound. With the ownership stamps of John B. Schmeyer on flyleaf. A manual of horse care. OCLC finds none in the US 2 in Germany. <br/><br/> Jos. Hartman hardcover books
184241928Libanon i.e. Lebanon PA: Gedruckt bey Jos. Hartman 1842. 1st edition American Imprints 42-2898. Period brown half sheep binding with blue paper wrapped boards. General wear to binding with leather tips mostly worn away. Lacks ffep. Period poi dated 1854 to preliminary blank. Usual browning & foxing to paper. A Good copy of this uncommon veterinary handbook to horse care and horseshoeing by a farrier in Lancaster County. xii 184 pp. Text in German fraktur. Full-page wood engraving of man leading a horse on recto of leaf preceding the title page i.e. image doesn't face title page. 12mo signed in 6s. 7" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/> Gedruckt bey Jos. Hartman hardcover books
1898115515Williamstown Mass.: Herbert H. Lehman 1898. Octavo original green cloth. First edition. Collects twelve unsigned stories. The book was printed by James B. Lyon in Albany N. Y. Wright III 3269. Contemporary gift inscription dated 5 June 1898 on front free endpaper. A very good copy. #115515 [Herbert H. Lehman] unknown books
1882002948Boston: S. E. Cassino. Armstrong & Co. lithographer 1882. Full Morocco. Very Good Plus. iv 210 pp including index. 50 colored plates measuring 32 by 24 cm 12.5 by 9.5 inches. Boston artist Isaac Sprague 1811-1895 was America's best known botanical painter of his day. Beginning as a carriage painter he found himself drawn to birds and flora. After working as an assistant to Audobon he collaborated with botanist Asa Gray for whom he furnished many illustrations. Full thick leather decorated with gilt borders and dentelles or turn ins. Five raised bands. Fabric endpapers. Front joint repaired in upper front. Some rubbing of the joints; otherwise leather is fresh and attractive. Plates are clean. A few tissue guards are missing. <br/><br/> S. E. Cassino. Armstrong & Co., lithographer unknown books
189241669Boston: Roberts Brothers 1892. Small 8vo pp. x 310; original maroon cloth gilt-lettered spine; light edge wear 1-inch tear to pp. 309-310 not affecting text; 2 contemporary bookplates one partly obscuring the other on front pastedown; a very good sound copy. <br/><br/> Roberts Brothers hardcover books
1887390Troy N.Y.: Nims and Knight 1887. Folio. 320 x 230 mm. 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches. 48 leaves of text and 10 full-page colored lithographic plates. Original publisher's decorated binding some minor scrapes to the boards; paper lightly toned by age and one plate with outer margin and corner with small tears; otherwise a very good copy. First edition. Beautifully rendered colored lithograph plates of the botanical work of Isaac Sprague the "most accurate of living botanical artist . . ." working in the late 19th century. The plates based on water color drawings were printed by Nims and Knight the noted Troy New York publisher who specialized among other subjects in illustrated books and botanical art. Sprague was the younger brother of Hosea Sprague the meteorologist and local historian of Hingham Massachusetts who at an early age was apprenticed to a carriage painter where his skills were quickly recognized. His ability to translate observed object into drawings caught the attention of James Audubon and in 1840 he accompanied him on his trip up the Missouri River to sketch quadrupeds. Upon is return he was introduced to Asa Gray and began a long collaboration of rendering botanical specimens into drawings for Gray's works. Gray was quoted as saying that Sprague "raised the level of botanical illustration in this country to that of the great European centers." John Galluzzo. Looking Back at South Shore History from Plymouth Rock to Quincy Granite. Charleston S. C. 2013. G. Edmund Gifford "The Massachusetts Audubon Letter"' 1975. Nims and Knight unknown books
18165960Frankfort Kentucky: 8 June 1816. The survey refers to acreage bound by "a post" "a black oak" "a Spanish oak" "two hickory bushes" and the creek. The lot is near modern Little River in Christian County in the Southwestern part of the state. Isaac Shelby was Kentucky's founding governor inaugurated the same day that the Commonwealth joined the United States. His term ended in 1796 but with the outbreak of the War of 1812 Shelby was brought out of retirement to serve a second term. By all accounts he was a brilliant governor. 1 leaf 327 x 400 mm. Seal of the Land Office of Kentucky. Lot warranted to Josiah Matthews described in manuscript with paraphs. Signed by the governor and by M.L. Hardin secretary. Partially divided along horizontal fold; chip on left edge; toned. 8 June unknown books
1852D14942Rochester: Charles H. McDonell 1852. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 256 pp. Original yellow wraps lettered in black. Very light wear only; an excellent copy. Communication with many famous spirits contained within these pages including George Washington Thomas Jefferson Voltaire Swedenborg. <br/><br/> Charles H. McDonell paperback books
1852WRCAM10989Rochester N.Y.: Charles H. McDonell Printer 1852. 256pp. Original printed wrappers. Some wear to wrappers. Occasional trace of foxing late minor dampstain. Still about fine. A superior copy of a scarce work. Converted to spiritualism in 1848 by teenaged Kate and Margaret Fox the author and his wife were early believers and did a good deal to further the movement. Spirits contacted here include Swedenborg Calhoun Washington Penn Voltaire and Jefferson with an introduction by Franklin. Post was a noted abolitionist and his wife was a supporter of women's rights; their circle of friends included William Lloyd Garrison Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass. "Post had a mind quick and vigorous in the perception and acceptance of new ideas and ready to acknowledge them regardless of consequences" - DAB. Charles H. McDonell, Printer unknown books
1889002426Toledo OH: Isaac D. Smead & Co. Printed by Henry O. Shepard & Co. Chicago 1889. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Inscribed by Snead under his frontis portrait possibly holographic and FFEP. 4to. 154 pp. With fourteen pages of chromolithographs some full page plates and many other illustrations of schools heating systems and the like. The primary thrust of this promotional book is the application of the heating system to schools but even those not particularly fascinated by the topic will find the illustrations pleasing and as a sales-oriented book this one stands out as especially elaborate for its day. The work also addresses other piquant topics such as "The Dry Closet System of Disposing of Excrement" "The Physiology of Respiration" etc. Much of the text is presented as a dialogue making this work a precursor of sorts for the modern day infomercial. Referred to in RomaineGuide to American Trade Catalogs p. 263. A few shallow blisters of cloth and some other light inconspicuous soiling of boards. Generally clean and tight. <br/><br/> Isaac D. Smead & Co. Printed by Henry O. Shepard & Co., Chicago hardcover books
1889WRCAM31715Toledo: Isaac D. Smead & Co. 1889. 2154pp. including sixteen chromolithographic plates and several other illustrations. Portrait. Original green cloth. Minute shelf wear. An occasional ink stamp of "Smead Willis & Co" on a text page or plate but not affecting the image else very clean internally. Near fine. A full consideration of the heating and ventilation system designed by Isaac D. Smead showing colored diagrams of the systems and illustrations of the various buildings in which the design had been implemented. The numerous chromolithographic plates printed in rich and varying color show Smead's designs in riveting detail. This copy contains sixteen chromolithographic plates - two more than we have seen in other copies. A nice intersection of technical expertise and American color plate book production. Scarce. ROMAINE p.363. Isaac D. Smead & Co. hardcover books
188330656New York: American Bible Society 1883. First separate edition 8vo pp. 24; original printed wrappers; slight flaking along the spine old vertical crease else very good. Reprinted from the 67th Report of the American Bible Society May 10 1883. Not in Smith American Travellers Abroad; 5 in OCLC 4 in New England and 1 in Turkey. <br/><br/> American Bible Society unknown books
1834243693Worcester: Dorr Howland and Co 1834. Third Edition Revised and Enlarged. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Interestingly this copy belonged to one Eli Wodell of Fall River. He served in the US Navy during the Civil War witnessing the sinking of the Alabama. After the war he married a young woman she was 31 he was 63 living with her at Quadrilateral the house he built in Fall River. His wife committed suicide by hanging under suspicious circumstances in 1875. Wodell was tried for murder and ultimately was acquitted in what was the most scandalous trial in Fall River history until a few years later the trial of Lizzie Borden came along! Eli wrote at length of his life in general and the death of his wife and his subsequent trial in particular in Genealogy of a Part of the Wodell Family.and a Condensed BIOGRAPHY of . Eli Wodell" published in 1880. He concludes his account with an epic poem he penned himself:~~"My wife is dead she hanged herself of course she gone to glory.~She tied the knot and hanged herself Lamentable the story.~And I was persecuted by "the people called Christian"~They raised a cry that murder foul had surely been committed~That ninety-nine of every hundred believed that I did it."~and~"One brazen hag with lying breath.~Declared I plunged my wife to death.~One drunken fellow who deals in ice~said he could prove I killed my wife."~~Great stuff.~Eli Wodell's copy of the "Town Officer or Laws of Massachusetts.". Very Good binding. Dorr, Howland and Co unknown books
186014804Charleston: Evans & Cogswell 1860. 23 1 pp. Disbound light spotting and some pages tanned. Good. <br/><br/> This 1860 Association Tract contrasts the New York Tribune's ugly distorted view of the South with the "cool-headed sensible unimpassioned" views of South Carolina's Senator Hammond. Tracing the intractable conflict between North and South to the country's birth the author asserts "It is a great mistake to assign the election of Lincoln as the CAUSE for a disruption of the Federal Government. It is but the occasion." Secession and a separate Southern slave-holding Confederacy are passionately urged. <br/> The last page unnumbered prints the 'Constitution of 1860 Association' whose purpose is "promoting resistance by the slaveholding States to the aggressions of the non-slaveholding States." This is one of two 1860 Charleston issues. <br/>III Turnbull 306 different imprint. Not in LCP. Evans & Cogswell unknown books
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
1889193261889. La Plume Lack'a Co. Pa.: Isaac F. Tillinghast. 1889. 32pp. Original printed wrappers light dustsoiling and wear. Black and white illustrations. Light scattered foxing. Good to Very Good. OCLC notes Tillinghast's Directory of the Seedsmen of the United States printed in 1889. This Manual evidently unrecorded reveals the author's "secrets of success" in building "a great seed and plant business" and how others may do it too. Topics included in this guide are 'growing plants under glass' using 'manure hot beds'; cheap green houses; growing cabbage successfully in the open ground; fertilizers tools and similar matters. Text illustrations abound. Not found on OCLC. Not in Romaine or Winterthur Eberstadt or Decker. unknown books
1811WRCAM45513Mill Hill near Trenton 1811. Two volumes. 453; 5033pp. Contemporary tree calf spines gilt leather labels. Small paper label affixed to spines; bookplates on front pastedowns ink stamp on titlepages. Light scattered foxing. A good solid set. Two volume set of religious discourses by Isaac Watts 1674-1748. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 24400. hardcover books
182853750Concord NH: New Hampshire Journal Office 1828. 8vo pp. 8; scalloped-shape loss in the fore-margin of the first leaf not affecting any letterpress; all else very good. Contains extracts from Isaac Hill's editorials published in his New Hampshire Patriot 1809-1824 being an attempt by the journal to illustrate the inconsistency and insincerity of Hill's political opinions of John Quincy Adams Henry Clay Samuel Bell Andrew Jackson and De Witt Clinton. The newspaper supported Adams in the presidential election. Ownership signature at the top of the first leaf of Henry B. Rust Esq. a member of the House of Representatives in New Hampshire. American Imprints 33546. <br/><br/> New Hampshire Journal Office unknown books
185136329Philadelphia: C. Sherman Printer 1851. Original front title wrapper stitched. 2 19 1 blank pp lacking the rear wrapper. Toned some shallow blank edge chipping and light wear. Good with some Hebrew printing in text. The caption title reads: 'An Address Delivered at the Schoolhouse of the Hebrew Education Society of Philadelphia at the First Opening of Their School on Sunday the 4th of Nissan 5611 April 6th 1851 by Isaac Leeser.'<br/><br/> "This address celebrated the opening of the day school launched by the Hebrew Education Society of Philadelphia the first of its kind in the city. 'It has always been to me a subject of profound astonishment and deep regret that there was not a single school all over the country until very lately where a Jewish child could obtain any information on his religion' Swann Catalog September 2019 Lot 120.<br/> "Leeser was the driving force behind the founding in 1846 of the Hebrew Education Society of Philadelphia chartered for 'the establishment of a school or schools within . Philadelphia in which are to be taught the elementary branches of education together with the sciences and modern and ancient languages always in combination with instruction in Hebrew language literature and religion.' In his address at its official opening delivered at the Society's schoolhouse on Sunday the 4th of Nissan 5611 April 6th 1851 Leeser expressed great hopes for the new Philadelphia Day School. 'We propose to combine elementary and afterwards scientific education with a gradual and progressive acquirement of Hebrew Hebrew literature and religion. It is not to be as in other schools a secondary matter whether the children learn Hebrew and religion or not but they are to acquire these even if nothing else can be imparted' p. 12." Sotheby catalog 2014 09239-20. <br/>Singerman 1195. Not in Goldman. OCLC 21968696 5- JTS U PA AJHS Hebrew Union College Princeton as of October 2019. C. Sherman, Printer unknown books
186924614Albany N.Y.: John D. Parsons Jr. Law Publisher 1869. viii 292 pages; with useful index at back. Chapter contents include the election of supervisors the board of town auditors board of county canvassers powers & duties of supervisors examination of witnesses taxes & assessments support of the poor and insane relation to roads and bridges duties in relation to common schools taxes on dogs the state militia fees of town & county officers actions and proceedings by and against duties of the clerk of the board rules of order and an appendix of forms. Front endpaper with the presentation notice "Henry D. Remsen Esq. with the compliments James B. Pearsall Member Assembly 1870" - Pearsall was assembly member for the Queens District at the time. The volume approx. 6" x 9 1/4" size bound in the original full leather binding with contrasting spine labels with gilt titles. Some rubbing & scarring to leather spine ends chipped a little; endpapers spotty; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Leather. Good. John D. Parsons, Jr. Law Publisher books
1809006608Cheapside London: T. Tegg November 1809. NA. Very Good. Framed. 38 by 47 cm. The hand-colored engraving itself measures 24 by 33 cm. Used in a theatrical promotion for a performance by Charles Kemble at the Theatre Royale in Covent Garden in 1809. This print is part six in a set. While George Cruikshank is credited with this print there was speculation that his father Isaac Cruikshank might have collaborated on it or done it in its entirety as the style is somewhat different -- looser or more abstract in its conception -- than the other prints in the set. Here Kemble in costume surrounded by Old Price Riot iconography gallops towards "The Road to Ruin" the title of a Holcroft play performed in 1809. Old prices and economy are scattered to the winds. The horse reins and saddle-cloth are covered with particulars of the affair; likewise Kemble's clothes. Actors are likened to vagrants strollers vagabonds prostitues. Contempt for the profession was shared for different reasons by both the high and low born and Kemble was seen as essentially not knowing his proper place. The print suggests that the theater and also the nation would only be returned to health when Kemble was chastened and put back in his place. <br/><br/> T. Tegg unknown books
18632311724Boston: A. Williams & Co 1863. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. Rebacked with new endpapers. Some pages lightly soiled light general wear. 1863 Hard Cover. 324 pp. Historical fiction about American Civil War. A. Williams & Co hardcover books