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197919011New York: Limited Editions Club 1979. Hardcover. Orig. quarter sheepskin and brown linen boards. Fine in fine matching brown slipcase. Gross Chaim. 160 pages 32 x 26 cm. Illustrated with 11 full-page water colors by Chaim Gross. Introduction by Franklin H. Littell printed by A. Colish composed in 18 point Goudy Bible type and the chapter initials were also used by Bruce Rogers set in the World Bible. Limited edition copy 1267 of 2000 signed by Gros and H. Littell. NEWMAN & WICHE 512. Very fresh bright copy with LEC Montly Letter laid-in. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1909001183Worcester Massachusetts: American Antiquarian Society 1909. Two volumes. White paper labels. TEG. Indexed. Corners bumped and bookplates on both front pastedowns.Volumes IX and X of the Transactions of the American Antiquarian Society. First Edition. Brown Cloth. Light Wear./No Jacket. Octavo. American Antiquarian Society Hardcover books
1970292151New York: Weathervane 1970. hardcover. very good. With a Biography of Printers and an Account of Newspapers. Edited by Marcus A. McCorison from the Second Edition. Frontis. 650pp. 8vo boards d.w. N.Y.: Weathervane 1970.<br/><br/> Weathervane unknown books
1970WRCLIT75441Barre: Imprint Society 1970. Large thick octavo. Cloth. Portrait. Fine in lightly rubbed slipcase. Edited with a preface by Marcus McCorison. Based on the text of the 1874 second edition. One of 1950 copies with a leaf from the first edition tipped in. As usual with the remaindered copies this copy is neither signed by Marcus nor numbered. Imprint Society hardcover books
19709013897Barre Massachusetts: Imprint Society 1970. Hardcover. Fine condition in a fine slipcase. One of 1950 copies this one unnumbered. Frontispiece portrait of Isaiah Thomas a copperplate stipple engraved for the Freemason's Magazine of November 1811 By W. R. Jones of Philadelphia was pulled from the original plate now in the American Antiquarian Society. An original leaf from the 1810 edition printed by Thomas in Worcester is included in the Imprint edition. A facsimile reprint of the title page is pasted onto the front of the paper covered slipcase. <br/><br/> Imprint Society hardcover books
197526142New York: Weathervane Books n.d. 1975. 8vo pp. xxi 1 650; portrait frontispiece; fine. Reprinted from the Barre Imprint Society edition limited to 950 copies which was printed in 1970. Indispensable and still useful history of the early American printers. <br/><br/> Weathervane Books, n.d. unknown books
197031383Barre MA: Imprint Society 1970. Edition ltd. to 1950 copies tck. 8vo pp. 650 portrait frontis title-p. in red blue & black orig. leaf of Thomas' History of Printing in America 1810 tipped-in; fine copy in orig. blue cloth gilt publisher's slipcase with paper label bookplate of Jake Chernofsky on front pastedown. Revised text of Thomas' second edition with notes. <br/><br/> Imprint Society hardcover books
1970Embry 162446Imprint Society Barre. 1970. First edition thus. Fine in near fine faintly soiled publisher's slipcase with one corner slightly bumped. Blue cloth no dust jacket. Number 128 of 1950 copies with a leaf from the first edition1810 tipped in. Imprint Society, Barre. 1970. First edition thus. hardcover books
1975Embry 144030Weathervane Circa 1975. Reprint. Fine in fine faintly toned dust jacket in mylar cover. Weathervane, Circa 1975. Reprint. unknown books
1810WRCAM55296Worcester: From the press of Isaiah Thomas Jun. Isaac Sturtevant printer 1810. Two volumes. Five engraved plates two folding. Expertly bound to style in period calf spines gilt with red morocco labels. Very good. Provenance: Timothy Bigelow presentation inscription by the author. "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 no where else" - GROLIER AMERICAN HUNDRED. "An interesting and now scarce work" - Lowndes. <br> <br> This copy bears a presentation inscription to founding American Antiquarian Society member Timothy Bigelow who apprenticed to Thomas for two years but ended up becoming a lawyer and politician. HOWES T168 "aa." SHAW & SHOEMAKER 21483. STREETER SALE 4176. GROLIER AMERICAN 100 29. PILLING PROOF-SHEETS 3850. BIGMORE & WYMAN III:9. LOWNDES IV p.2666. From the press of Isaiah Thomas, Jun., Isaac Sturtevant, printer unknown books
197055093Barre MA: Imprint Society 1970. Second edn. 8vo pp. xxi 650. Index. Edited by Marcus A. McCorison. Signed by the editor on the colophon. Original leaf from the first edition Worcester 1810 tipped in. Blue cloth stamped in gilt in a box with facsimile of first edition title. Fine. Colophon reads: "Nineteen hundred and fifty copies of this book have been printed from type by The Stinehour Press in Lunenburg Vermont. Roderick D. Stinehour designed the book using Monotpe Bembo and Centaur types. The frontispiece portrait of Isaiah Thomas a copperplate stipple engraved for the "Freemason's Magazine" of Novermber 1811 by W. R. Jones of Philadelphia was pulled from the original plate ow in the American Antiquarian Society. The title page eagle was drawn specially for this book and is based on elements of two type ornaments from the Binny & Ronaldson type foundry in Philadelphia whose types Thomas used in printing this work in 1810. An original leaf from that edition printed by Thomas in Worcester is included in this Imprint edition. The text paper is Imprint made by Monadnock Paper Company. The book was bund by New Hampshire Bindery in Concord New Hampshire. This is copy number 903 Numbered and signed by McCorison. Imprint Society unknown books
1970m3067Barre MA: Imprint Society 1970. Of an Edition of 1950 Copies Printed at The Stinehour Press this is No. 806. It is signed by the editor and includes an original leaf from the 1810 first edition of Thomas’s work. Octavo cloth xxi 650 pp. Near-Fine in slip case. Imprint Society, 1970. hardcover books
1972037705New York Tokyo: Weatherhill 1972. 1st English Edition. Translated from the Japanese by Richard L. Gage. xi 193p. dj. Weatherhill unknown books
1994704199NY: Farrar Straus Giroux. 1994. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Farrar Straus Giroux paperback books
1993039109New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1993. xvi 143 1p. b/w front. dj. Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown books
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
1788018492Worcester MA: Printed by Isaiah Thomas 1788. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. iv 389 pages including an index. Hardcover: rebacked in brown buchram with gilt lettering and design with original full leather boards retained. New endpapers; the front endpapers have ink notations from 1980. The title page and a few pages are browned in the margins there is minor foxing scattered throughout the text and a few pages near the end of the text are lightly stained in the margin. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. Printed by Isaiah Thomas Hardcover books
178827177Printed at Worcester Mass.: Isaiah Thomas 1788. First edition. Full calf. Boards quite tender though holding worn circular stain to front board chips to rear board leather separating spine label lacking head and tail bands chipped dampstain to free front endpaper scattered foxing and toning small worm hole to rear pastedown impressions quite strong with only the odd crease. A good copy. 8 5-389 pp. 5. 8vo 21 cm. p. 231 mis-numbered 431. Lacking only the final rear blank. The first true compilation of the complete laws of Massachusetts published the same year as the ratification of the Constitution. Called the "Baskerville of America" by Ben Franklin Isaiah Thomas 1749-1831 founder of the American Antiquarian Society was an anti-British radical and leading publisher as well as the author of History of Printing in America with a Biography of Printers and an Account of Newspapers 1810. Signed by C. H. Witt. Evans 21245. Sabin 45932. ESTCW6813. Barlow 1592. Rich 348. Isaiah Thomas hardcover books
1931UBOWPIO00hmrAmerican Geographical Society 1931. Good. Bowman Isaiah. The Pioneer Frince. American Geographical Society Special Publication No. 13. New York: American Geographical Society 1931. 361pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Gray cloth. Book condition: Good. Stained with browned edges. Hinges cracked but holding. American Geographical Society hardcover books
19319007757New York: American Geographical Society 1931. 1st. Hardcover. Fine Condition. American Geographical Society Special Publication No.13 edited by G. M. Wrigley. Authoritative with many maps charts and photographs. Signature of previous owner on cover endpaper. <br/><br/> American Geographical Society hardcover books
193159025New York: American Geographical Society 1931. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis photos index ix 361p. Cloth soil. 26cm. Name on endpaper. No Jacket. Typed Note signed by Bowman mounted on endpaper presenting this book. <br/><br/> American Geographical Society hardcover books
193119391New York: American Geographical Society 1931. hardcover. very good. Profusely illustrated. ix 361pp. tall 8vo cloth; New York: American Geographical Society 1931. A very good copy.<br/><br/> American Geographical Society Special Pub. No. 13.<br/><br/> American Geographical Society unknown books
1998029269New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1998. 2d Printing. Edited by Henry Hardy and Roger Hausheer. xxxvi 667p. dj. Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown books
WELLER9780691156200New. New book. unknown books
19999019577New Jersey: Princeton University 1999. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Bound in the publisher's original green cloth over boards spine stamped in gilt. <br/><br/> Princeton University hardcover books
