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18572205136Phillips Sampson & Co 1857. Small Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Boards heavily rubbed surface tear to title page obscuring text front and rear hinge starting pencil markings to rear paste-down endpaper. 1857 Small Hard Cover. 68 - 96 pp. CONTENTS: Causey building; Sand men; The gray garden; A contract; Instructions; Keeping tally; Rights defined; Calculation. Phillips, Sampson & Co hardcover books
18682205135Sheldon & Company 1868. Small Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ink note to front endpaper corners bumped. 1868 Small Hard Cover. 192 pp. "The main design in view in the discussions which are offered to the juvenile world under the title of The Rollo Philosophy relates rather to their effect upon the little reader's habits of thinking reasoning and observation than to the additions they may make to his stock of knowledge. CONTENTS: Lost in the snow; Flying; Valve Making; Experiments; Pressure; Ballooning; Philosophical discussion; Tasks; Burning; Gravitation; Air in motion; Air at rest. Sheldon & Company hardcover books
18672205836Sheldon & Co 1867. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. No jacket very faint discoloration to boards front board lightly bowed bookplate to front paste-down endpaper ink name and date to front endpaper. 1867 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 220 pp. "Jacob Abbott 1803-1879 was an American writer of children's books. He was a prolific author writing juvenile fiction brief histories biographies religious books for the general reader and a few works in popular science. His Rollo Books such as Rollo at Work 1837 and Rollo at Play 1837 are the best known of his writings having as their chief characters a representative boy and his associates. His other works include: The Teacher; or Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young 1833 Rollo on the Atlantic 1853 Rollo in Paris 1854 Rollo on the Rhine 1855 Georgie 1855 Rollo in Holland 1856 Rollo in Rome 1858 Rollo in Switzerland 1858 Rollo in the Woods and Peter the Great. Sheldon & Co hardcover books
1861UABBROL00LWBrown & Taggard 1861. Very Good. Abbott Jacob. Rollo in Holland. Boston: Brown & Taggard 1861. 215pp. Illustrated. 16mo. Embossed brown cloth with gilt lettered spine. Book condition: Very good with light bumping and subtly faded spine and a few small stains.Contemporary owner's inscription on front free endsheet. Page 107 has a small stain. Gutter weak at page 96. . Brown & Taggard hardcover books
1890147489Brooklyn NY: privately printed 1890. iii 5-38p. original wraps chipped with a three-inch closed tear; text unopened one of five hundred copies. A publication of the Historical printing club Brooklyn. privately printed unknown books
1829260824Northampton MA: T.W. Shepard printer 1829. 12p. pamphlet thread binding now missing but all pages present. "Are you ready to die and appear before God T.W. Shepard, printer unknown books
187829492New York: American Bible Society 1878. 8vo. 32 pp. <br><br>First edition: "A sermon preached by appointment before the American Bible Society in the Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church New York City May 5th 1878" wherein the Rev. Chamberlain discusses his experiences as a missionary in India.<br>Â Â Â Â This is the original first edition not a modern printing. Publisher's printed gray-green paper wrappers edges sunned and chipped back joint starting from head. Pages clean. American Bible Society unknown books
18582203405D. Lothrop & Co 1858. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. No jacket spine edges rubbed rear hinge starting. 1858 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 15 218 pp. "Abbott is most well known for the Rollo books. These didactic little books were vehicles to teach morality to youngsters. Of the several series that Rollo either starred in or was a secondary character the most popular and well known was the ten book Rollo's Tour of Europe Series. In these tales Rollo and Mr. George toured Europe learning more about character and morality than they learned about the individual lands that were visited. D. Lothrop & Co hardcover books
18632311937New York: Sheldon & Company 1863. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Small stain on front board light general wear. 1863 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 252 pp. 10 pages of publisher ads follow text. Engraved frontispiece title page and plates. "The Florence Stories is a six volume series written by Jacob Abbott. As with many of Abbott's series this is a travelogue series and the title character with companions travels to various sites. The destinations are not as important however as the simplistic lessons of morality and character that are learned by the traveling youngsters. Florence her brother John her cousin Grimkie and her mother Mrs. Morelle Mr. Morelle was away on business had adventures stretching from their home in the Hudson River area of New York to Scotland the English Channel Rome Paris etc."--Jacob Abbot .com Sheldon & Company hardcover books
187216203New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good. 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. no dust jacket solid book moderate wear at extremities minor spotting to covers slight fraying to cloth at top front corner ffep torn out but with no apparent weakening to binding; gilt lettering/decorations on front cover and spine still bright and attractive. Science for the Young Series engravings Discussion of the fundamentals of geology "prepared with special reference to the young and written to a considerable extent in a narrative form" to provide "some substantial and thorough instruction in respect to the fundamental principles of the sciences treated of in the several volumes." The six-page section of advertisements in the rear of the book includes a listing for the two previous titles in the "Science for the Young" series "Heat" and "Light" both issued in 1871; a subsequent 1873 volume dealt with "Force" and was apparently the final entry in the series. . Harper & Brothers hardcover books
185822915Boston: D. Lothrop & Co 1858. Later printing. Green cloth with red & gilt decorations at spine & upper board. VG spine ends frayed/bpt/period pos at ffep/corner wear. 220 4 pp adverts at rear. Illustrated. 12mo. 18.5cm x 12.5cm. <br/><br/> D. Lothrop & Co hardcover books
1876AB1001New York:: Harper & Brothers 1876. 1876. Small 8vo. 347 1 4 pp. Original red blind-stamped cloth with gilt spine; spine ends worn. Very good. Abbott was born in Maine and went to Bowdoin College. He was prolific as a writer making numerous books of juvenile fiction brief histories biographies and religious books for the general reader. King Richard II 1367-1400 was also deposed from the throne in 1399. His demise was at the whim of Henry IV who offered him a chance to live at first but earlier supporters of Richard tried to place him back on the throne and thus to remove that threat Henry saw that he died in prison. Harper & Brothers, 1876. hardcover books
185044130New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1850. Red cloth stamped in gilt to the spine. Average wear; p.o. name to ffep; small Ives & Streeter bookseller label to fpd; minor occasional foxing. Good. 2 vi 7 - 202 6 adverts 4 blank pp. B/w frontispiece and intratextual engravings. 8vo. 6-7/8" x 4-5/8" <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover books
1900001028London: Chatto & Windus 1900. 11th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Larwood Jacob. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. x 536 pp. With 100 illustrations in facsmile. 19 plates. Definitive study of curious and fascinating topic. Spine sunned somewhat. Some wear to cloth. Frontis plate starting at hinge but still attached. Generally clean and tight. A very good copy. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
185532402NY: Harper 1855. Two vols. 12mo pp. 191 192. Illustrated with frontis and small drawings. Red cloth. Frontis missing from the Maine volume. Ex library with spine labels bookplates and pockets. Covers worn interiors VG. Two instructive books for children. Harper unknown books
1858405.2Boston: DeWolfe Fiske & Co 1858. Later printing. Green cloth with black & gilt decorations at spine & upper board. VG some edgewear & shelfwear/po bookplate & signature at front pastedown & ffep. 219 pp. Illustrated. 12mo. 18cm x 12.5cm. <br/><br/> DeWolfe, Fiske & Co hardcover books
190016423Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth 1900. unbound. very good. 34 pags. Slim 8vo stitched modern wrappers. Leipzig 1900. Ex-lib stamp still a very good copy.<br/><br/> The noted German pathologist's essay on the reaction of the body's immune system to inflammation. Inaugural lecture at Leipzig.<br/><br/> Johann Ambrosius Barth unknown books
187012467New York: Steam Printing House 1870. pamphlet. very good. Interesting illustrations throughout the text. 29 page. Thin 8vo original printed wrappers; a bit chipped. New York: Steam Printing House 1870. Very good.<br/><br/> Steam Printing House unknown books
186046735New York: Sheldon & Company. Very Good. 1860. Hardcover. NY: Sheldon & Co. 1860. 252 pages hardbound. First edition. A good copy in a sound edgeworn maroon cloth binding. . Sheldon & Company hardcover books
186346736New York: Sheldon & Company. Very Good. 1863. Hardcover. NY: Sheldon & Co. 1863. 252 pages hardbound. A good copy in a sound lightly edgeworn cloth binding. . Sheldon & Company hardcover books
189037677New York ; Rostock Ger: J. A. Hill & Company; E. Volckmann & Co. Very Good. 1890. Hardcover. Good. No dust jacket. ; Xx 21-544 p. Front. illus. ports. 23 cm. . J. A. Hill & Company; E. Volckmann & Co hardcover books
187322929New York: Harper & Brothers 1873. Early printing. Green cloth with black & gilt decorations at spine & upper board. VG ex-library copy/bookplate from the Unitarian Sunday School/sticker remnant at spine/shelfwear. Square & tight. 305 6 pp adverts at rear. Illustrated. 12mo. <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1900002635no place: Not published 1900. Book. Near fine condition. Unbound. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Jacob Harold Gallinger 1837-1918. Born in Cornwall Ontario Canada. Republican. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives during 1872-73 and 1891. Delegate to NH state constitutional convention in 1876. Member of NH state senate from 1878-80 4th District 1878-79 10th District 1879-80. U.S. Representative from NH 2nd District during 1885-89. U.S. Senator from NH from 1891-1918 died in office. Delegate to Republican National Convention from NH in 1900 1904 and 1908. 3.5 inch wide and 2.5 inch tall card boldly inscribed "J. H. Gallagher New Hampshire U. S. Senate May 5 1900." An attractive example of this signature. Not published Paperback books
1855SS11188Mainz:: Victor v. Sabern 1855. 1855. Second edition. 8vo. vi 507 1 pp. Endleaves foxed else text clean. Half leather over marbled paper-backed boards gilt-stamped spine; extremities rubbed. Rubber stamp. Very good. "Jacob Moleschott . . . physiologist and philosopher noted for his belief in the material basis of emotion and thought. His most important work Kreislauf des Lebens 1852; "The Circuit of Life" added considerable impetus to 19th-century materialism by demanding "scientific answers to scientific questions." Britannica Victor v. Sabern, 1855. hardcover books
189956109NY: Century Co 1899. Vol. LVII No. 4. 8vo. printed pictorial wraps. Very Good minor wear & small chip spine; contents clean & tight. <br/><br/> Century Co paperback books
