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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
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
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
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
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
18851678San Francisco: Taber Photo 1885. Boudoir cabinet card 20 cm x 12.5 albumen print on a gray mount 29 cm x 20 cm with the title at the foot of the image. Nice image of Cascade Falls The Cascades in Yosemite. I.W. Taber 1830-1912 who primarily photographed the West Coast and Northern California in particular. After assisting in a photographic studio in San Francisco from the mid-1860s until 1871 Taber opened his own business which quickly became one of the premier studios in the city. In addition to his own photographs Taber printed published and distributed the work of other photographers including Carleton Watkins. Taber acquired Watkins's negatives in 1881 as a result of Watkins's bankruptcy. He also sold photographic supplies and manufactured dry plates. Taber Photo unknown books
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
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
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
181443079Boston: Printed by John Eliot 1814. First edition. Original blue-gray paper-covered boards with paper label on spine. Spine and label well worn ends and joints chipped institutional stamp on title gift inscription on free front endpaper leaves untrimmed about good. 292 pp. 8vo. Signed with gift inscription to the American Antiquarian Society by Isaiah Thomas. "This valuable collection of important documents relating to the history of America" Sabin. Includes Schermerhorn: "Report to the Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians and others in North America. Report respecting the Indians inhabiting the Western Parts of the United States. Communicated by Mr. John F. Schermerhorn to the Secretary of the Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians and Others in North America." Sabin 45852. Sabin 77610. Printed by John Eliot hardcover 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.
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
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
18502068949München: J. J. Lentner 1850. IX, 369, 290 Seiten. Frakturdruck. 8° (22 x 14 cm). Halblederband der Zeit mit Buntpapierbezügen. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
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
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
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
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
