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185097158Victor Lecou Libraire 1850 Victor Lecou, Nouvelle Collection des Moralistes Anciens, demi-chagrin bleu nuit, environ 14x9cm, 1850, 247 p., un ex-libris sur le premier contreplat, bon état.
181459132Worcester: William Manning 1814. First Edition. Octavo 23cm. Blue paper wrappers stab-sewn; 12pp. Spine perished losses to corners of covers minor browning and foxing but complete: Very Good. This copy bound without the laws of the society called for on the title page. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 32920. SABIN 1052. William Manning unknown
1830839521830. ROGERS Isaiah. A Description of Tremont House with Architectural Illustrations. Boston: Gray and Bowen 1830. 36pp. Frontis. 31 plates some colored. Later three-quarter red leather and marbled boards with gilt spine titling. Frontis. torn and repaired at gutter else fine. Tremont House was a hotel in Boston designed by Isaiah Rogers 1800-1869 and built in 1829. It was the first hotel with indoor plumbing and running water. With the bookplate of William S. Reese on front pastedown. unknown
189069919Chicago:: The Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1890. First edition. publisher's gilt embossed leather a.e.g. Two short marginal tears; text otherwise fine. The corners and extremities of the binding are rubbed and worn and the front joint is splitting and has been reinforced with adhesive. . Folio. Illustrated nine portraits. The Goodspeed Publishing Co., hardcover
1876054986Viyana - Vienna Wien: Adolf Holshausen Matbaasi / Amerikan Kitab-i Mukaddes Sirketi = Adolf Holzhausen Printing House on behalf of the American Bible Society 1876. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original cloth bdg. with gilt lettering in a very calligraphic style on the front board embossed decoratively. Demy 8vo. 22 x 14 cm. In Ottoman script Old Turkish with Arabic letters. 107 p. Slightly fading on cloth and sporadically foxing on endpapers otherwise a fine copy. Extremely rare first and only edition of this early Wien imprint of the "Book of Isaiah" translated into Ottoman script. It is the earliest example of three imprints in Adolf Holzhausen Printing House of Wien in the Ottoman Turkish language according to the Özege catalogue. Adolf Holzhausen 1868-1931 was an Austrian publisher and bookseller. He was the son of Adolf Holzhausen the Elder 1827-1892 the head of the Viennese court and the university's book printing company. He was trained in the family business his father had owned the Manzsche book printing company since 1858. Holzhausen learned the typesetting of oriental scripts and also provided the company with oriental letters. He later founded the university book printing company and his own publishing house which mainly published art books and historical works. After the First World War he was promoted to the head of the Military Geography Institute. Also he suggested that Austrian educational book publishers worked together. Özege 18043.; TBTK 10281.; Only one copy in OCLC in Bogaziçi University Library of Turkey: 949512980. <br/> <br/> Adolf Holshausen Matbaasi / Amerikan Kitab-i Mukaddes Sirketi [= Adolf Holzhausen Printing House on behalf of the American Bible hardcover
1806162750Worcester Massachusetts: Isaiah Thomas 1806. pp. 1-48 not paginated several woodcut illustrations self wrappers untrimmed sewn. First edition. Shaw and Shoemaker 10621. Mild foxing and dust soiling to first leaf small damp stain on last leaf a very good copy. #162750 Isaiah Thomas unknown books
1814797Worcester Mass.: Printed by William Manning 1814. 8vo. 210 x 125 mm. 8 ¼ x 5 inches. 12 8 pp. Removed from pamphlet volume. Remnants of leather spine final leaf partially loose to text block; title-page discolored some foxing and light staining throughout. Established October 24 1812 by Isaiah Thomas this is the second annual report which includes revised by-laws that governed the Society. The first twelve pages written by Thomas outline in five sections the mission and goals of AAS. He begins by discussion what should be collected. He views the product of the printing press to include books pamphlets newspapers broadsides and discuss how different an American library will be when compared to the great institutions of England and Europe. He suggests that membership should be from all the principal towns and cities in the United States. These representatives should collect local history with the goals of presenting collections from all over the country to the Society. Be more organized as an institution and have regular meetings so new collections and ideas can be reported to all the members. Finally to include into membership "gentlemen who reside in various parts of Europe the Eastindies and China." He concludes with reiteration of the goals of the society: "Our principal objects are to COLLECT and PRESERVE - that which commands our attention . . ." The final eight pages record changes to the governing body and the by-laws. Printed by William Manning unknown
1814797Worcester Mass.: Printed by William Manning 1814. 8vo. 210 x 125 mm. 8 ¼ x 5 inches. 12 8 pp. Removed from pamphlet volume. Remnants of leather spine final leaf partially loose to text block; title-page discolored some foxing and light staining throughout. Established October 24 1812 by Isaiah Thomas this is the second annual report which includes  revised by-laws that governed the Society. The first twelve pages written by Thomas outline in five sections the mission and goals of AAS. He begins by discussion what should be collected. He views the product of the printing press to include books pamphlets newspapers broadsides and discuss how different an American library will be when compared to the great institutions of England and Europe. He suggests that membership should be from all the principal towns and cities in the United States. These representatives should collect local history with the goals of presenting collections from all over the country to the Society. Be more organized as an institution and have regular meetings so new collections and ideas can be reported to all the members. Finally to include into membership "gentlemen who reside in various parts of Europe the Eastindies and China." He concludes with reiteration of the goals of the society: "Our principal objects are to COLLECT and PRESERVE - that which commands our attention . . ." The final eight pages record changes to the governing body and the by-laws. Printed by William Manning unknown books
18461353591Washington: Wm. Q. Force 1846. Reprint of 1691 publication. Softcover. Octavo 59 pages; VG; Perfect-bound pamphlet with light brown wrappers; Covers have light wear to corners and moderate age-toning overall; Textblock has light age-toning to speckled edges and moderate foxing interiorly throughout; A 19th-century reprint of a 1773 Boston printing of Andros' pamphlet initially issued in 1691; Part of "Force's Collection of Historical Tracts" Vol. IV. No. 9 published in 1846. RWO. 1353591. Special Collections. [Wm. Q. Force] unknown
185062042Wien: Carl Gerold 1850. 8vo. 226 pp. Contemporary quarter sheep over marbled boards. Ex-institutional library of Bibliothek der Musse Riga with usual markings. Rubbing to spine and board edges. Internally clean. Bookplate to the front pastedown of Manoug Parikian British concert violinist and professor at the Royal Academy of Music London. Loosely inserted are three TLS by Isaiah Berlin dated 1972-73 on 'Headington House Oxford' letterhead in which he thanks Parikian for the loan of the book and then apologises for not returning it in a timely manner as the book had become buried somewhere in his library. The author Wilhelm von Lenz was born in Riga and studied with Liszt and Chopin in Paris. He is best known for his research on Beethoven. The final chapter in this book deals with Beethoven's violin concerto as performed in St. Petersburg by Vieuxtemps. Text in German. . Good. 1/4 Sheep. 1850. Carl Gerold 1850 unknown
180228803Worcester. Printed by Isaiah Thomas Jun. May - 1802 1802. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 17.5cm first edition thus viii13-1542p. publisher's ads. original boards rebacked in quarter brown crushed morocco blind ruled raised bands crimson morocco label gilt titles contemporary book plate a fine copy rare. cgc. Worcester. Printed by Isaiah Thomas, Jun. May - 1802 hardcover
185720123Good. 1857. Hardcover. A gift inscription on the first leaf of this notebook indicates it was given by Isaiah Winslow Ayer to his wife Jane Morton Ayer in October 1857 in Boston Mass. Isaiah Ayer was an Allopathic physician a Harvard grad and within three years would be thrust into the Army's attempt to thwart a northern insurrection. After the war Ayer wrote a book about his experiences: "The Great North-western Conspiracy." This book interesting Notebook contains engravings and illustrations taken from Graham's Magazine Sartain's Magazine Peterson's Magazine etc.on every other page. There are a couple of color illustrations as well. There is a blank leaf between each illustration for the owner to write on. Jan Ayer recorded several poems and hymns in this book in ink; two are dedicated to children that she lost when they were still young: Florence and Clarence. Ayer moved to Chicago and then Grand Rapids MI after the war. It is bound in full black leather all edges are gilt and there are gilt spine and cover decorations; raised spine bands and spine title in gilt: The Liesure Hour. Most pages are free of foxing there is some marginal smudging to som pages; many of the tissues protecting the illustrations are torn. The outer front joint is split but the inner binding is holding the front cover; it would benefit from rebacking. It could be handled as is if done very carefully. There is wear to the extremities but the covers and the spines are intact. Please inquire if you would like more information. ; Engravings; 8vo 8"- 9" tall; Unpaginated pages . hardcover
1882005731Dayton OH: W. J. Shuey 1882. Book. Good. Hardcover. Rare title. No DJ. Boards have edge wear scratches some discoloration moderately rubbed corners slightly chipped rubbed spine slightly soiled. Hinges very slightly cracked. Owner's name on flyleaf. Some dirt on edge. A few bent page corners. No writing in text. W. J. Shuey Hardcover
187667741Ṿarsha Poland: Bi-defus ha-aḥim bene Shmuʼel Argelbrand 1876. Folio 1 p.l. 139 ff. 20 ff. 1 ff i.e. paginated 140; 1 ff. 47 ff. 1 ff.; title page in Hebrew and Cryllic text in Hebrew and German; old paneled mottled calf backed in ugly gray cloth endpapers renewed; text block looking okay but the binding is an eyesore. OCLC locates 5 copies in the U.S.: Jewish Theological Seminary and the Yivo Institute both in New York; Hebrew Union College in Ohio Brandeis and UCLA; plus 2 copies in Europe. Bi-defus ha-aḥim bene Shmuʼel Argelbrand unknown
1875273943Philadelphia: Published by the Author for the Subscribers 1875. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. Signed by General Guss. Civil War historian James I. "Bud" Robertson in the Nevins bibiliography considers this "a useful reservoir of personal narratives for the campaigns along the Atlantic coast" Nevins I 149. The Regiment was commanded by Gen. Henry R. Guss and this copy is Signed by Gen. Guss "with his compliments". In publisher's brown gilt decorated cloth with portrait frontispiece of Henry R. Guss illustrated with portraits plates and maps. Quite an attractive bright copy from the personal library of Bud Robertson with his bookplate on the front endpaper. Nevins I 149. Very Good binding. Published by the Author for the Subscribers unknown books
1852161960British Medico-Botanic Establishment 1852. Hardcover. Very Good. Botanic Guide to Health and the Natural Pathology of Disease. Twenty-firth edition. xxiv 384pp. frontispiece portrait. A good copy in original gilt lettered dark green cloth. Slight wear to the corner tips and rear joint and several gatherings just a little proud in the binding. 8vo. published at the British Medico-Botanic Establishment 47 Duke Street Lincoln's Inn Fields. 1852. <br/> <br/> British Medico-Botanic Establishment hardcover
1851161959W B Ford 1851. Hardcover. Very Good. Medical Botany: a Course of Lectures delivered at Sussex Hall during 1850. First edition. xi 3 223 1p. portrait frontispiece and several text illustrations. A very good clean copy in original blind stamped and gilt lettered brown cloth cloth. Very slight wear to the head of the spine and corner tips. Contemporary name of Thos: Jones on the end-paper the date 1852 at the head of the title-page and a few contemporary manuscript notes to the text. 8vo. W.B. Ford. 1851. <br/> <br/> W B Ford hardcover
1875154538Self published Philadelphia 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition. Illustrator: . 609 pages. Heavy wear to the blue cover edges and spine; detached and the spine is very worn. Repaired front hinge. The pages are yellowed with age. Inscribed and signed "with compliments of the author" inside. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military; Inventory No: 154538. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Self published hardcover
1803241332Worcester: Author 1803. Paper Back. Poor. 12mo in printed sewn wraps 4899 vignettes on the cover and page 2 and at the top of 11 additional pages. Heavily chipped along all three edges a large chip from the bottom of the cover partially disbound although a previous collector has sewn the almanack to a piece of card stock. Author unknown
1802241331Worcester: Author 1802. Paper Back. Fair. 12mo in printed wraps 48pp vignettes on the cover and page 2 and at the top of 11 other leaves. Moderately toned shallow chipping along the bottom and foredges scattered light foxing a darker spot on the cover at the title large chip from the bottom edge of the cover. The original stitching is intact but a previous collector has sewn the book onto a piece of card stock. Author unknown
180231629Worcester MA: Isaiah Thomas. Jun 1802. Very Good-. Worcester MA: Isaiah Thomas Jun. 1802. First American Edition. 12mo; full contemporary calf gilt-ruled spine; viii13-1542pp. collated complete despite error in pagination with final leaf of publisher's ads bound in rear. Leather scuffed at margins front joint starting to crack spine gilt dulled endpapers rather ragged and significantly filled with the ownership notes of a William Hirst who purchased the book on November 19th 1815. Overall a Good to Very Good copy. <br /> <br /> Scathing evaluation of the Prophet Mohammad first published in London in 1799. This copy though free of markings in the text has contemporary owner William Hirst's opinion recorded on the front flyleaf: "Some very Remarkable things contained in this Book.but many foolish things contained As is in my judgment tho upon the whole worth a reading. So gather the wheat and let the chaff go."<br /> <br /> SHAW & SHOEMAKER 2535. Isaiah Thomas. Jun unknown
181843724Northampton MA: Thomas W. Shepard & Co. 1818. First edition. Disbound. Removed from a larger volume else very good moderately foxed throughout with presentation inscription inked on title. 24 pp. 8vo. Provenance: Isaiah Thomas with inscription reading "Presented by Isaiah Thomas. Amer. Imprints 44498. Sabin 37162n. Gilmore: .Imprints Northampton 263. Thomas W. Shepard & Co. unknown books
188745785ABParisiis:, Verlag: Lethielleux;, 1887. 622 S. OHldr. Lederrücken etwas verblasst. Stempel auf Vorsatz. Lateinischer Text. = Cursus scripturae sacrae. Commentariorum in V. T. Pars III. in Libros Propheticos I. Isaias Propheta.
189170006Dayton Ohio: Lorenz & Co. Good. 1891. Hardcover. 176 pages red cloth covers with black printing. The covers are soiled with rubbed and frayed spine ends and cover corners. The last few pages show some light dampstaining at the bottom corner. Otherwise the contents are bright and complete. Good for reading or reference. . Lorenz & Co. hardcover books
187841398Padoue: F. Sacchetto 1878. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. 1/300. Quarto 9 x 6 1/2". XV 1 135 1pp. Modern blue cloth. <br /> <br /> Samuel David Luzzatto 1800-1865 was an Italian Rabbi poet grammarian scholar of Hebrew letters and a member of the Wissenschaft des Judentums movement. He is also known by his Hebrew acronym Shadal. During his literary career of more than fifty years Luzzatto wrote a great number of works and scholarly correspondences in Hebrew Italian German and French. Besides he contributed to most of the Hebrew and Jewish periodicals of his time. His correspondence with his contemporaries is both voluminous and instructive; there being hardly any subject in connection with Judaism on which he did not write. <br /> <br /> Published by his son Isaiah thirteen years after his death this work is an index of his correspondence preceded by a foreword and followed by previously unpublished correspondence.<br /> <br /> One of 300 unnumbered copies.<br /> <br /> Sporadic foxing throughout. Pages evenly age-toned. Text in French. Binding in very good interior in good to good condition. Isaia Luzzatto 1836-1898 was Samuel David Luzzatto's younger son. A lawyer active in his hometown he collected his father's works to which he devoted several introductory publications. In a letter to the Italian Jewish periodical "L'Educatore Israelita" vol. XIX/1871: 22 Isaiah Luzzatto announced his intention to gather his father's massive correspondence including all personal letters and asked the readers to send him all available copies in their possession. A selection of these letters were published in this copy of "Index raisonné des livres de correspondance de feu Samuel David Luzzatto. F. Sacchetto hardcover