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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
46452San Francisco: Taber Photo n. d. Ca late 1880s. Card mount with slightly rounded corners. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Sligh yellowing to image and a slight bow to the card. Faint vertical crinkle to the left side. Very Good. Taber imprint in photograph bottom band; verso with large Taber imprint including woodcut of his building 8 Montgomery Street. Photograph: 4-7/8" x 8". Card: 5-5/16" x 8-3/8" <br/><br/>This an image of the original Palace Hotel which "was built by San Francisco banker and entrepreneur William Chapman Ralston who heavily depended on his shaky banking empire to help finance the $5 million project. Although Ralston's Bank of California collapsed in late August 1875 and Ralston himself drowned in San Francisco Bay on the same day that he lost control of the institution it did not interfere with the opening of the Palace Hotel two months later on October 2 1875. Ralston's business partner in the project was U.S. Senator William Sharon who had helped cause the collapse of the bank when he dumped his stock in the Comstock Lode. Sharon ended up in control of the hotel as well as both the bank and Ralston's debts both of which he paid off at just pennies on the dollar. With 755 guest rooms the original Palace Hotel also known colloquially as the "Bonanza Inn" was at the time of its construction the largest hotel in the Western United States. At 120 feet in height the hotel was San Francisco's tallest building for over a decade. The skylighted open center of the building featured a Grand Court overlooked by seven stories of white columned balconies which served as an elegant carriage entrance. Shortly after 1900 this area was converted into a lounge called the "Palm Court". The bartender William "Cocktail" Boothby was a fixture at the hotel for some years. The hotel featured large redwood-paneled hydraulic elevators which were known as "rising rooms". Each guest room or suite was equipped with a private bathroom as well as an electric call button to summon a member of the hotel's staff. All guest rooms could be joined together to create suites or to make up large apartments for long-term residents and the parlor of each guest room featured a large bay window overlooking the street below." Wiki This grand dame of San Francisco would not survive the 1906 quake succumbing to the fires that ravaged so much of the city. Taber, Photo unknown books
46968San Francisco: Taber Photo n. d. Ca late 1880s. Mount now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A bit of waviness to mount. Slight yellowing at left edge of Mission image. Very Good. Taber imprint in Mission photograph bottom band; verso with Adobe image uncaptioned and top of a cropped second photograph tops of palm trees showing. Mission Photograph: 5" x 8". Mount: 5-11/16" x 8-1/4" <br/><br/>The San Jaun Capistrano mission "was founded in 1776 by Spanish Catholics of the Franciscan Order. Named for Giovanni de Capistrano a 15th-century theologian and 'warrior priest' who resided in the Abruzzo region of Italy San Juan Capistrano has the distinction of being home to the oldest building in California still in use a chapel built in 1782. Known alternately as 'Serra's Chapel' and 'Father Serra's Church' it is the only extant structure where it has been documented that Junipero Serra celebrated Mass. One of the best known missions in Alta California and one of the few missions to have actually been founded twice—others being Mission San Gabriel Arcángel and Mission La Purísima Concepción." Wiki A curious gathering of these 3 images obviously not a commercial mount with the 3rd image Palm Trees having been cropped with loss. The first time we've ever seen such a format. Taber, Photo unknown books
45097San Francisco: Taber 8 Montgomery Street n. d. Ca 1880s. Card with slightly rounded corners edge gilded. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A bright Nr Fine example. Card with gilt stamped Taber imprint under photograph; verso with elaborate Taber advertisement printed in lavender ink. Albumen photograph of a young lad in a casual pose. Photograph: 5-3/8" x 3-15/16". Card: 6-1/2" x 4-3/16" <br/><br/>A very nice Taber cabinet card photograph which with the verso's advertisement essentially doubles as a trade card. Taber, 8 Montgomery Street unknown books
45100San Francisco: Taber 8 Montgomery Street n. d. Ca 1880s. Card with slightly rounded corners edge gilded. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A bright Nr Fine example. Card with gilt stamped Taber imprint under photograph; verso with elaborate Taber advertisement printed in lavender ink. Albumen photograph portrait of a young lad from the shoulders up. Photograph: 5-3/8" x 3-15/16". Card: 6-1/2" x 4-3/16" <br/><br/>A very nice Taber cabinet card photograph which with the verso's advertisement essentially doubles as a trade card. Taber, 8 Montgomery Street unknown books
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
022242Worcester MA; 1801: Isaiah Thomas. Octavo. No pagination. 42pp. pictorial head pieces for each month contains historical sketches of earthquakes information for farmers and agriculture recipes for making blackberry jelly how to remove ink from linen poetry Officers of the Federal Government a large listing of roads to the principal towns on the continent from Boston with the names of innkeepers and more. all bound in 3/4 red morocco over marbled paper covered boards slightly raised bands spine lettering gilt previous owner's bookplate and contemporary owner's name on title page. A very nice clean copy. Isaiah Thomas unknown books
1979299303New York: Viking 1979. hardcover. very good. Edited and with a Bibliography by Henry Hardy Introduction by Roger Hausheer. liii 394 pages 8vo cloth-backed boards. New York: Viking Press 1979. A very good copy lacking the dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Viking unknown books
20012279367Princeton 2001. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Good. 2nd printing. Light edge wear. 2001 Trade Paperback. In this outstanding collection of essays Isaiah Berlin one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century discusses the importance in the history of thought of dissenters whose ideas still challenge conventional wisdom--among them Machiavelli Vico Montesquieu Herzen and Sorel. With his unusual powers of imaginative re-creation Berlin brings to life original minds that swam against the current of their times. Princeton paperback books
166625hardcover. thick 8vo cloth; corners slightly bumped otherwise very good. Belleville: Mika Publishing 1975.<br/><br/> unknown books
19363865Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press 1936. First edition 8vo 4 vi & 185pp. fine in orig. green paper-covered boards paper label on spine; printed presentation card from the author laid in. The texts of 13 speeches by the president of Johns Hopkins. <br/><br/> The Johns Hopkins Press hardcover books
