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185121515London: James Watson 1851. Hardcover. Good. Second thousand. 100 pp in publisher's purple cloth with blind-stamped decoration. Significant chipping to the spine cloth small water stain on front board paper cracked over front hinge but hinge secure. Foxing to title page only otherwise interally clean binding tight. "George Jacob Holyoake was mainly self-educated and a vigorous campaigner for secularism and freethought during the 19th century. He wrote 160 books and pamphlets and edited several magazines including The Movement and The Reasoner. Holyoake was the last person in England to be imprisoned on a charge of atheism for saying at a public lecture in Cheltenham in 1842 at a time of economic hardship: "If I could have my way I would place the deity on half pay as the Government of this country did its subaltern officers" Humanists UK. James Watson hardcover books
196517812NY:: Taplinger Publishing Co. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. Foreword by B. J. Chute. First edition. Brief gift inscription on front free endpaper else good in a good edge worn chipped at the spine ends faded along the spine three inch closed edge tear on front panel dust jacket.; 118 pages . Taplinger Publishing Co., hardcover books
1963S8610No place:: Journal of Molecular Biology 1963. 1963. 8vo. 23-42 pp. Figs. tables. Self-wraps. Ownership signature of Norman Horowitz. Fine. RARE. Jacob was one of the most important geneticists of the 20th century. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Andre Lwoff and Jacques Monod for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis. Journal of Molecular Biology, 1963. paperback books
2010404778New York: Rubin Museum of Art 2010. A near-fine copy unmarked and with some modest handling wear to jacket. 4to. 135 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Rubin Museum of Art 5 November 2010 to 11 April 2011. <br/><br/> Rubin Museum of Art hardcover books
1988017030Cambridge MA: Cambridge University Press 1988. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto 4to. 240 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear; almost new condition. The unclipped dustjacket has minimal wear to the edges; protected in archival mylar. Contains approximately 200 illustrations. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. Cambridge University Press Hardcover books
181431641Elizabethtown: Printed for the Author by R. and P. Canfield 1814. Hardcover. Very good. v 404pp. Contemporary full sheep. Later bookplate on front pastedown contemporary ink name on front free endpaper scattered foxing throughout a good copy. <br/><br/>Sabin 37628 Printed for the Author by R. and P. Canfield hardcover books
1987141527São Paulo Brasil: SESC 1987. Hardcover. VG; museum ex-lib. with plate inside front cover slight corner bumps and very faint sunning to some page edges. Tigh and clean. Glossy white boards with black lettering. 265 pp. with color images throughout. Printing of 3000 copies. Text in Portuguese. With brief essays about Brazilian art on The Main Question of Our Art How to Classify Our Art Art of the 20th Century Divided Art and Creation Some Criteria Realism Somewhat Beyond followed by the images. SESC hardcover books
0424<br/><br/>Kunkel Jacob 1846-1882. The Flirt Polka Characteristique. To Miss Mary A. R. Thomson. Cincinnati: J. J. Dobmeyer & Co. 1867. PN: 189_7. Hand-colored lithographic cover with 3-8pp. music 1p. ads. Lithography by Will P. Nobel del Bising & Gerlach shows an exaggeratedly costumed young woman coyly tilting her head fanning herself while a young young man gazes at her. Light foxing. Reference: Levy has a copy with 3-6pp. music. GLIMG #6. unknown books
193711735New York: Alexander Publishing Co 1937. First edition. Cloth. Fine/poor. 8vo. 664 pp. Beautiful fine clothbound copy. Original dustwrapper is present but with huge chips and loss of paper. This copy INSCRIBED by Hurwitz and dated in 1939. <br/><br/> Alexander Publishing Co hardcover books
1866RLARHIS00CCWPicadilly 1866. Very Good. Larwood Jacob. The History of Sign Boards From the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Hotten John Camden. London: Picadilly 1866. 536pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 12mo. Book condition: Very good with rubbed and bumped edges sporadic light foxing and former owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Contains a history of business signs with accompanying illustrations. Frontispiece handcolored. Picadilly hardcover books
182828327Concord: N.H. Journal Office 1828. 40pp. Untrimmed tanned with some browning at edges scattered foxing partly loosened two pages a bit creased. At head of title: "Honest Men Inquirers after Truth are requested to read these pages." About Good.<br/><br/> Moore editor and publisher of The New Hampshire Journal was a founder of that State's historical society and a devoted supporter of President J.Q. Adams. This pamphlet bitterly attacks his challenger Andrew Jackson. Moore illustrates his distaste for Jackson with a "Blood & Carnage Ticket" led by Jackson and reciting his qualifications: killing Charles Dickinson in a duel supporting the "infamous" Aaron Burr attempting to "assassinate" Thomas Hart Benton "murder" of the six militia men and "tyranny in the Floridas." <br/>AI 34182 12. Not in Wise & Cronin Miles. N.H. Journal Office unknown books
199084967NY:: Garland Publishing. Very Good. 1990. Hardcover. 0824081757 . First edition. Very good in burgundy cloth. No dust jacket as issued. ; 288 pages . Garland Publishing, hardcover books
199084969NY:: Garland Publishing. Very Good. 1990. Hardcover. 0824081803 . First edition. Very good in burgundy cloth. No dust jacket as issued. ; 290 pages . Garland Publishing, hardcover books
199084968NY:: Garland Publishing. Very Good. 1990. Hardcover. 0824081838 . First edition. Very good in burgundy cloth. No dust jacket as issued. ; 352 pages . Garland Publishing, hardcover books
181736738New York 1817. Printed in typescript completed in manuscript "To the Treasurer of the City of New-York" instructing payment of Fifteen hundred dollars"By order of Common Council." Signed as well by the Comptroller G.N. Bleecker and Clerk. Text surrounded by decorative border. A colorless indented 'X' mark is present evidently to indicate payment resulting in barely noticeable perforation. An attractive and early New York City document. Very Good.<br/><br/> On the otherwise blank verso Anderson's name is signed in ink. unknown books
1994249773Jerusalem: Israel Museum 1994. paperback. very good. Extensively illustrated. xiii 275pp. 4to stiff pictorial wrappers; rear cover slightly scuffed. Jerusalem: The Israel Museum 1994. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Israel Museum unknown books
197626553New York: Vantage Press 1976. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm; black cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 110pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket unclipped priced $4.95 with scattered foxing to extremities and a faint semi-circular scratch to rear panel. The Trinidadian author's first book presenting the essentials of successful professional salesmanship. "The book is aimed at the individual salesman who is ambitious to succeed at his work. But it also considers salesmanship in a broader context - one that demonstrates the need for salesmanship in a mixed economy." Scarce; we find no copies in the trade June 2015 with OCLC showing 2 copies only of these just one in the US St. Johns University. Vantage Press unknown books
1903103097<p>Print folio 11" x 15" chromolithograph color plate LXXXIV archivally matted attached at the top with archive tape. Slight aging; otherwise bright and clean and very attractive. Published in several editions the plates are extremely attractive. Studer 1840-1904 was born in New York City and would become a printer and lithographer. He was also an ornithologist and seems to have been active in this field in the Columbus Ohio area after the Civil War. However it is believed that the plates were based on drawings by Theodore Jasper. The plates while very attractive are believed to be designed to help with identification. This plate LXXXIV which features the Brown Crane shows it in a natural setting. May require extra postage. cornell online library website.</p> The Natural Science Association of America, books
1903103094<p> Print folio 11" x 15" chromolithograph color plate III archivally matted attached at the top with archive tape. Slight aging; otherwise bright and clean and very attractive. Published in several editions the plates are extremely attractive. Studer 1840-1904 was born in New York City and would become a printer and lithographer. He was also an ornithologist and seems to have been active in this field in the Columbus Ohio area after the Civil War. However it is believed that the plates were based on drawings by Theodore Jasper. The plates while very attractive are believed to be designed to help with identification. This plate III which features the White Crane shows it in a natural setting. May require extra postage. cornell online library website. </p> The Natural Science Association of America, books
1903103098Print folio 11" x 15" chromolithograph color plate XLIV archivally matted attached at the top with archive tape. Slight aging; otherwise bright and clean and very attractive. Published in several editions the plates are extremely attractive. Studer 1840-1904 was born in New York City and would become a printer and lithographer. He was also an ornithologist and seems to have been active in this field in the Columbus Ohio area after the Civil War. However it is believed that the plates were based on drawings by Theodore Jasper. The plates while very attractive are believed to be designed to help with identification. This plate XLIV which features the Wood Ibis shows it in a natural setting. May require extra postage. The Natural Science Association of America, books
199748739Rotterdam/ Brookfield: A.A. Balkema 1997. Hardcover. Very good. x 497pp index. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. <br/><br/> A.A. Balkema hardcover books
194335824London: Joseph Williams Limited PN W. 490 1943. Quarto. Wrappers. 64 pp. With publisher's catalog of Jacob's works to verso of lower wrapper dated "7/43."<br/><br/>With a signed autograph inscription by the composer to title to "B. Hnicki" in pencil dated May 1944.<br/><br/>Wrappers slightly worn and soiled. Occasional minor signs of wear and light foxing. First Edition likely first issue.<br/><br/>Gordon Jacob studied with Vaughan Williams Stanford and Howells at the Royal College of Music. He became one of the leading composers in Britain and provided music for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. His music was firmly rooted in the English style of the early 20th century. Jacob was also a noted educator writing several important textbooks and teaching the next generation of composers including Malcolm Arnold and Imogen Holst. <br/><br/>Jacob's Suite in F was first heard in a broadcast performance by the BBC Empire Orchestra on 29 August 1939 conducted by Eric Fogg. Joseph Williams Limited [PN W. 490] unknown books
1878182793Paris: Firmin Didot et cie 1878. Hardcover. VG- overall bumping and wear to boards front end page is loose with previous owner's name on rear. Pages are otherwise clean and clear. Red leather boards with gilt lettering and elaborate gilt tooling; all edge gilt; burgundy and gilt decorative end pages; color illustrated frontispiece with tissue guard; xiii pp 560 pages 36 plates 16 in color including frontispiece. Text French. " Book illustrated with 16 chromolithographs and 250 wood engravings including 20 printed out of text after Watteau Vanloo Largillière Doucher Lancret Greuze Chardin Desportes Oudry Vernet La Tour Les Saint-Aubin Gravelot Cochin Eisen Moreau Marillier Debucourt Etc."- Translated from title page. Includes alphabetical list of painters sculptors architects draftsmen engravers ornamentalists etc. whose works are reproduced in the volume with references to pages or they appear and chronological note on each artist. Firmin Didot et cie hardcover books
1878182794Paris: Firmin Didot et cie 1878. Hardcover. VG- overall bumping and wear to boards soiling to rear of title page and following page. Tissue guard is torn and stuck to color illustration between pages 300-301. Pages are otherwise clean and clear. Bound in half red leather and marble illustrated boards; five raised bands on spine with extensive gilt tooling and gilt lettering; burgundy decorative end pages; color illustrated frontispiece with tissue guard; xiii pp 560 pages 36 plates 16 in color including frontispiece. Text French. " Book illustrated with 16 chromolithographs and 250 wood engravings including 20 printed out of text after Watteau Vanloo Largillière Doucher Lancret Greuze Chardin Desportes Oudry Vernet La Tour Les Saint-Aubin Gravelot Cochin Eisen Moreau Marillier Debucourt Etc."- Translated from title page. Includes alphabetical list of painters sculptors architects draftsmen engravers ornamentalists etc. whose works are reproduced in the volume with references to pages or they appear and chronological note on each artist. Firmin Didot et cie hardcover books
181422731Elizabeth-Town N.J.: Pr. for the author by R. and P. Canfield 1814. 12mo. 404 pp. <br><br>The Rev. Barclay a Presbyterian minister seems to have been involved with a lot of charges of immorality against him and he seems to have sued people for slander when found not guilty in ecclesiastical courts. For a very full account of Barclay and his trials see Felcone New Jersey Books 1801-1860 820. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 31861; Sabin 37628. Publisher's sheep dark lightly stained on covers and leather abraded. A foxes and stained copy. Ex-library: call number on spine bookplate pencilled notations rubber-stamp pressure stamp charge pocket. Pr. for the author, by R. and P. Canfield hardcover books
