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18162930Portland: A. & J. Shirley 1816. 99 pp. Good and bound in a scaleboard binding with some loss to the paper covering. The interior is foxed. A Maine pr-statehood imprint. Skillin 16-72. A. & J. Shirley unknown
189843252Belleville Ontario: Mika Publishing Company 18985. 8vo. 23cm xv471p. third facsimile printing of the original 1900 edition full brown book linen gilt spine and cover titles fine as new. fine. ~~ The history details the early French explorations settlement by and history until the 1890's. Extensive lists and family histories make this an important genealogical reference. Mika Publishing Company unknown
188032820416<p>32 albumen prints sizes vary; see list below of Yosemite and selected other scenes in the American West on light gray card mounts. All but four signed in the negative by Taber of San Francisco. Contemporary dark blue morocco measuring approx. 18 x 12 in. upper board stamped in gilt "AMERIKA" rebacked brass fittings lacking clasp. Silk patterned endpapers. Mounts foxed slight staining occasional foxing or fading to images. An outstanding album with beautiful rich prints.<br /><br />Giants of American West photography. This beautiful album contains many splendid views of the scenic wonders of Yosemite including splendid Watkins and Taber views. Subjects include the many magnificent falls the Mariposa Grove of sequoias and the great geological formations. At least two and likely many more of the views in this collection were taken by Carleton Watkins. Those for which attribution to Watkins has been confirmed are singled out below but this collection merits further investigation to identify Watkins photographs.<br /><br />Isaiah Taber was a dominant figure in Western photography after the Civil War. In 1864 he came to San Francisco founding his gallery in 1871. In the winter of 1875-76 Taber acquired Carleton Watkins's collection of Pacific Coast Views negatives and Yosemite Gallery in the aftermath of Watkins's bankruptcy. "Once he had acquired Watkins's gallery and negatives Taber began his bid for the exalted position of premier photographer of the west coast." Many of Watkins's prints were released with Taber's imprint. Over the next three decades Taber became the dominant figure in photography in the Far West. In 1906 the San Francisco earthquake ended his career destroying his premises and an estimated twenty tons of view negatives and eighty tons of portrait negatives. Please inquire for details.</p> hardcover
1816015467Boston and Worcester: Isaiah Thomas Jun. William Manning Printer 1816. Fourth edition 1816. Unitarian teachings in question and answer form followed by prayers for children and hymns. Blue wraps 34 pages woodcut inside front cover advertisements for other Thomas publications inside rear cover. Covers edgeworn and soiled with some separation along the lower half of the spine long closed tear across title page without loss of text other closed tears along the lower portion of the inner margin chip to one leaf affecting a few lines of text a few other smaller chips confined to margins age-toning and foxing to pages. . Fourth Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Isaiah Thomas, Jun. William Manning, Printer Hardcover
1810794581810. THOMAS Isaiah. The History of Printing in America. With a Biography of Printers and an Account of Newspapers. To which is Prefixed a Concise View of the Discovery and Progress of the Art in Other Parts of the World. Worcester: from the press of Isaiah Thomas Jun. Isaac Sturtevant printer 1810. 2 Vols. 8vo. 487;576pp. 5 engraved plates 2 folding. Period-styled calf-backed marbled boards gilt-ruled spines red morocco spine labels. Light scattered toning else very good. Grolier One Hundred Influential American Books Printed Before 1900 #29; Howes T-168; Lowndes IVp.2666 "An interesting and now scarce work". "Thomas who began life as a printer's apprentice fought at Lexington and Concord and settled finally in Worcester Mass. in 1778 where he became the country's leading printer putting out more than 400 titles before he retired in 1802 to devote himself to scholarship and first to this book. The source materials were obtained from voluminous correspondence and from his own personal library . Although a printed work it is always considered a primary source and is today the recognized authority on printing in the United States from 1640 to 1800. Much of the material which it contains can be found nowhere else" Grolier American 100. Philadelphia jurist and the author of Hail Columbia. unknown
1810129753Worcester MA: The Press of Isaiah Thomas Jun 1810. bound in mid-19th century calf gilt on spine. 8vo. bound in mid-19th century calf gilt on spine. vi 7-4871; 576 pages. 2 Volumes. First edition Howes T-168; Shaw and Shoemaker 21483; Bigmore and Wyman III:9. Dedication table of contents preface. Endnotes included in each volume. Appendix and index at end of second volume. Frontispiece illustration of Thomas. Five plates including two foldouts. This is the first published history of printing in the United States. The author was a noted printer newspaper publisher and a founder of the American Antiquarian Society. Rubbing to the bindings. Gutters of both volumes tender. Small waterstain to lower corner of frontispiece effecting the portrait in the bottom left corner of vol 1. Newspaper clipping glued onto page 37 of vol 2. Toning to the textblock throughout in both volumes. Beautiful exlibris bookplate of the Kennebec Natural History & Antiquarian Society in both volumes on the front pastedown. The Press of Isaiah Thomas, Jun unknown
1801800291801. THOMAS Isaiah. Isaiah Thomas's Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode-island Newhampshire & Vermont Almanack with an Ephemeris for the Year of Our Lord 1800. Worcester: Isaiah Thomas 1799. 24leaves. Sewn. Complete. Very good. Drake 3515. Evans 36413. ESTC W. Includes 7-page "Perpetual Calendar or Economical Almanack" and the important guide: "From Fishkill to the OHIO RIVER. Terminating at the mouth of the Muskingum River. unknown
1806239480Massachusetts: Isaiah Thomas 1806. First Edition. Softcover. Good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age in hard backed cloth wrappers. Physical description; unnumbered pages. Subjects; Almanack. 1806. Massachusetts. Connecticut. Rhode Island. New Hampshire. Vermont. Massachusetts: Isaiah Thomas paperback
187449617Albany NY: Joel Munsell Printer 1874. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. lxxxvii 423pp; viii 666pp 47pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece illustration. Near fine. Exceptionally tight and bright second edition of this 1810 classic -- published as Volume V and VI in the "Archaeologia Americana" series in the "Transactions and Collection of the American Antiquarian Society" -- founded in 1812 by colonial printer publisher and author Thomas 1749-1831 the society's first president. This superlative copy bears a choice inscription and signature on Volume I's front flyleaf: "14 vii 61 / For Frank S. Hanlin Jr. / in celebration of his first / visit to the American / Antiquarian Society. / Marcus A. McCorison." McCorison 1926-2013 was the famed long-time "Grand Acquisitor" of the AAS its librarian then director and finally president and in 1970 he edited the Imprint Society's well-received third edition of Thomas's celebrated history which he based on this 1874 second edition. Recipient Frank S. Hanlin 1924-82 was a well-known bibliographer and University of Iowa special collections director. Almost all copies of the second edition found are well-worn ex-library copies -- not so here as this fresh and unusual association copy attests. Joel Munsell, Printer hardcover
1810140948330Worcester MA: From the press of Isaiah Thomas Jun 1810. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. In two volumes. vi 7 - 487; iv 5 - 576 pp. Complete with eight plates including three portraits of the author and two foldout plates. Bound in contemporary mottled calf gilt floral stamping to spines and ruled borders to boards gilt dentelles top edge gilt marbled endpapers. Near Fine skillfully recased with repairs to joints and renewed morocco title labels; binding square and strong. Marbled endpapers preserved with bookplate of Senator Charles B. Farwell 1823 - 1903 to front pastedown of each volume. Contents lightly toned with scattered foxing and occasional smudges and faint stains. Professional edge repairs to three plates and at least one page. Howes T-168 Grolier American 29. <br /> <br /> <p>A very attractive first edition of an important reference work. The radical patriot Isaiah Thomas began his long printing career as a child of seven in 1756 eventually establishing himself in Worcester as the owner of a paper mill bindery and several presses. As the country's leading printer Thomas was well placed to conduct the survey of American printing presented in these volumes. They draw extensively from his own library and from his network of friends and acquaintances and contain material that can be found nowhere else. From the press of Isaiah Thomas, Jun unknown
187456036Albany: Joel Munsell. Very Good. 1874. Second Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. Contemporary cloth with spine labels. Lxxxvii 423; viii 666 47. Second edition with the author's corrections and additions. Spine ends frayed labels toned rubbed and chipped. Corners bumped cloth a bit bubbled. PO bookplates. Hinges starting. Partially unopened. Engraved frontis portraits. ; quarto . Joel Munsell hardcover
1810133261Worcester: Isaiah Thomas 1810. First edition of this work by the famed printer. Octavo bound in contemporary sheep morocco spine labels illustrated with five engraved plates four folding. Gift inscription of Thomas's grandson Benjamin Franklin Thomas on each of the front free endpapers as well as his signature on title page in first volume. Benjamin Franklin Thomas was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts and an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. In good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. Grolier American 29; Howes T 168; Sabin 95495; Streeter 7:4176. Isaiah Thomas was born in Boston and apprenticed to printer Zechariah Fowle with whom he formed a partnership in 1770. They published the Massachusetts Spy but after three months Thomas continued the publication alone. The royal governor ordered the attorney general to prosecute Thomas for his Whig views but the grand jury refused to indict him. In 1774 Thomas published the Royal American Magazine for a short time. Three days before the Battle of Concord in which he participated Thomas moved his presses from Boston to Worcester. Thomas continued publication of the Massachusetts Spy there until 1802 with gaps from 1776 to 1778 and from 1786 to 1788; published and sold books; and built a paper mill and bindery. In 1802 he transferred the business to his son. From 1775 to 1803 Thomas published the New England Almanac which his son continued until 1819. In 1786 he was the first printer in the United States to use music type and in 1791 he printed a folio edition of the Bible and of Isaac Watts’ Psalms and Hymns. He began a project on the history of printing in 1808 and he published it in two volumes in 1810. His grandson published a second edition in 1874. In 1812 Thomas founded what became the American Antiquarian Society and he donated 8000 volumes from his collection and one of the most valuable files of newspapers in the country to the Society. On his death he bequeathed his entire library and collection of early American newspapers to the American Antiquarian Society. Isaiah Thomas unknown
1815008469Walpole New Hampshire: Anson Whipple 1815. Book. Good. Full Calf. First Edition. Thick 8vo. Known as the "Walpole Bible" the first Holy Bible printed in the state of New Hampshire. The publisher Anson Whipple was the son-in-law of Isaiah Thomas the Revolutionary War printer publisher soldier and patriot who owned the press on which this Bible was printed. Good end papers and title page professionally restored hinge opened before final signature original calf binding well worn with label gone. pages toned. The printing took 5 years to complete with 8000 copies printed few of which still survive. A Bible that has seen much use in 200 years. Anson Whipple Hardcover
1801127782Boston MA: Thomas & Andrews Newbury St. 1801. Leather Bound. Very Good. 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. Thomas & Andrews Newbury St. Boston MA 1801. 452 510 403 68 pages. Contains Vols. I II and IV. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Vol. IV 1807 is 1st Editon. 1st Printing. All volumes have Very Good bindings hinges and text pages. Vol. II Title page missing bottom tip. Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Law/True Crime::Law Law/True Crime::Creating the Constitution RBR27 RBR27 Thomas & Andrews, Newbury St. hardcover
1890364050San Francisco: Taber Photo 1890. Near fine. A brown toned albumen silver print of one of one of Taber's most enigmatic views of San Francisco's always bustling Chinatown—an improbably empty alley with a ghostly image of a child at the intersection of two streets. <br /> <br /> Taber obviously retouched the negative to remove figures from the upper part of the alley leaving faint ghosts behind and indistinct details. The child appears to have been added to insert an element of drama to the scene. The business sign on the left side of the street was enhanced in the negative by someone who did not know how to write Chinese characters.<br /> <br /> 4-7/8 by 8 inches on a slightly larger modern thin paper mount. Captioned in the negative in a narrow strip along the bottom of the image. This image has brown tones with good contrast. Taber Photo unknown
1887364053San Francisco: I. W. Taber Pho. Photographer 1887. Fine. An unmounted imperial cabinet card-sized albumen silver print of five idols in a Chinatown temple. Most likely this is the temple at 9 Brooklyn Place off of Sacrament Street where the Lung Gong Association Longgang gongsuo; now the Lung Kong Tin Yee Association had its headquarters in the late 1880s. This image is dated 1887 in the negative an unusual feature of Taber photographs from this period. <br /> <br /> 9-3/8 by 7-1/4 inches. Captioned in the negative in a narrow strip along the bottom of the image. A fine image a bit faded around the edges but with excellent focus and contrast. Never mounted. I. W. Taber Pho. [Photographer] unknown
1890361997San Francisco: Taber Photo 1890. Near fine. Albumen photograph 4-7/8 by 8 inches of the exterior of Hang Fer Lo the leading Chinese restaurant in San Francisco before the earthquake. It operated on two floors above Columbo & Co. Cigars on Dupont Street between Sacrament and Clay Streets in Chinatown. The entrance is located under a small "restaurant" sign to the left of the image on the ground floor. A Chinese language sign is visible at the center of the third floor.<br /> <br /> The Colombo cigar factory was one of the larger Chinese-owned cigar-making operations in the city.<br /> <br /> This view is captioned in the image in a narrow strip along the bottom of the print. A fine example on a slightly larger modern cardstock mount. Taber Photo unknown
1880361999San Francisco: Taber Photo 1880. Near fine. An albumen photograph 4-13/16 by 7-15/16 inches of the exterior of a Chinese church in San Francisco. The building is two stories with a central entrance up a short flight of stone stairs. The second floor has a narrow balcony decorated with hanging plants and paper lanterns. <br /> <br /> This is one of several images by Isaiah Taber of this temple. This view is taken at a slight angle to the front of the building. The sign over the door identifies this as a temple to many Cantonese deities 列è–宫 transliterated as Leishenggong Lit Sing Gond Lie Sheng Gong etc meaning joss house.<br /> <br /> This view is captioned in the image in a narrow strip along the bottom of the print. This image is included in Taber's ca. 1889 catalog of the images available for purchase in his gallery. Nice image; mount trimmed. Taber Photo unknown
1880361996San Francisco: Taber Photo 1880. Very good. Albumen photograph 4-13/16 by 7-15/16 inches of the interior of a Chinese restaurant showing the entry hall opening out into the dining room which has tables and chairs but no people. <br /> <br /> This view is captioned in the image in a narrow strip along the bottom of the print. This image is listed in Taber's ca. 1889 catalog. The upper portion of the restaurant view is washed out as usual with this image not affecting any important details. The mount has been trimmed close to the image. The verso of the mount has glue residue perhaps due to removal from an album. Taber Photo unknown
1880364047San Francisco: Taber Photo 1880. Near fine. A very nice ninethenth century albumen street scene photograph of San Francisco's Chinatown. <br /> <br /> This photograph shows a sunlit Clay Street looking down hill possibly from just below Stockton Street. A Chinese man in a work apron is walking in the foreground facing the camera. Other men walk away from Taber's lens or cross the street as the Clay St. Hill Railroad cable car no. 2 reaches the intersection. Signs for two businesses are clearly visible on the right hand side. The tall vertical sign in the immediate foreground advertises Yuantang's 元堂 shop with medicinal herbs from various provinces of China. A sign farther back at the corner of the next street advertises Tai Ning Tong 太寧堂 another Chinese medicine shop.<br /> <br /> This is an albumen silver prints on thin photographic paper roughly 4-7/8 by 7-9-16 inches captioned in the negative in a narrow strip along the bottom of the image. This image is included in Taber's ca. 1889 catalog of images available in his gallery. This image has very good contrast with better detail than the previous version of this print I have had. This print is not mounted but it has small surface scars on the verso leaving the already-thin paper even thinner but intact in a few places. Taber Photo unknown
1890364055San Francisco: Taber Photo 1890. Near fine. An unmounted imperial cabinet card-sized albumen silver print of the exterior of the Hang Fer Lo restaurant and the Colombo cigar factory on Dupont Street between Sacramento and Clay Streets in San Francisco's Chinatown.<br /> <br /> Hang Fer Lo was the leading Chinese restaurant in the city before the earthquake. It operated on two floors above the cigar factory. This image probably dates from the 1890s it is not in Taber's 1889 catalog of images. A small area of the Colombo sign has been painted over adding the words "Bong Mon Cigar Factory." At the time there was some prejudice against Chinese-made cigars. In 1887 the Oroville Weekly Mercury August 5 issue ran an article criticizing a business owner in Chico California for selling Colombo brand cigars instead of "white labor cigars."<br /> <br /> The upper floors of the building belong to the Chinese restaurant and are adorned with paper lanterns plants and carved decorations. A sign reading "restaurant" is visible at the top center of the image.<br /> <br /> 7-1/2 by 9-1/2 inches. Captioned in the negative in a narrow strip along the bottom of the image. A near fine image with a bit of creasing. Never mounted. Taber Photo unknown
1890361995San Francisco: Taber Photo 1890. Ephemera. Very good. A medium format photograph possibly a gelatin silver print of an altar with a bearded god statue. The statue is decorated with peacock feathers placed on a carved wooden altar. Pots and urns of various sizes sit on the altar in front of the idol.<br /> <br /> 7-3/4 by 9-3/4 inches. The photograph is captioned in the image in a narrow strip along the bottom of the print. This image is not listed in Taber's ca. 1889 catalog of images. The image is sharp and has good gray tonal range. It is mounted on thin white cardstock possibly contemporary with the photograph but trimmed in recent times near the edge of the image. The mount and photograph are somewhat wavy. Taber Photo unknown
1890363814San Francisco: Taber Photo 1890. Near fine. Albumen photograph 4-7/8 by 8 inches of a large Chinese restaurant in San Francisco before the earthquake probably the restaurant at 824-826-828 Washington Street. The restaurant may have been called Chun Sun; a restaurant with that name operated at 826 Washington Street in 1892 according to a San Francisco Examiner newspaper notice about a small fire there 14 July. <br /> <br /> This view is captioned in the image in a narrow strip along the bottom of the print. This image is not included in Taber's ca. 1889 list of images available at his gallery and thus likely dates from the early 1890s. A fine example on a slightly larger modern cardstock mount. Taber Photo unknown
1880364054San Francisco: Taber Photo 1880. Near fine. An unmounted imperial cabinet card-sized albumen silver print of a large room in a Chinese restaurant empty of people. The room is decorated with carvings and hanging scroll paintings. <br /> <br /> This view may have been taken inside the restaurant at 824-826-828 Washington Street the only restaurant on Washington Street in the 1885 map of Chinatown published in San Francisco's municipal reports. In 1892 a restaurant called Chun Sun was located at 826 based on a report of a fire that ran in the July 14 San Francisco Examiner. Restaurants appear to have occupied that address during much of the 20th century continuing to the present day.<br /> <br /> 9-7/16 by 7-7/16 inches. Captioned in the negative in a narrow strip along the bottom of the image. A near fine image a bit faded at the edges but with good focus and contrast. Never mounted. Taber Photo unknown
189021383San Francisco 1890. Original black & white photograph of "Elisabeth Porter Gilbert Grannie" handwritten on verso printed on heavy cream cardstock 5" x 4" with bevelled edges; "Taber S.F" blindstamped in lower right corner. The Taber name and business address of 121 Post Street San Francisco stamped on verso. Lower left corner lightly bumped; list spotting. Elisabeth Porter Gilbert was borni in 1869 maiden name Elisabeth Porter Russel and died in 1949 in Carmel CA. She was married to Charles Ransom Gilbert. Ms. Gilbert is a striking young woman in the photograph so it most likely was taken circa 1890. unknown
