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1833262<p>Lansing Alfred A. Alexander Anderson Jacob Maas Milton F. Harrison <i>Galaxy of Comicalities</i> Philadelphia: Printed by Lesher & Shelly No. 303 Callowhill St. at $1.25 per annum in advance 1833. Twelve Issues: Volume 1: Nos. 1 – 12. These are twelve issues of only forty printed between October 2 1833 and July 5 1834. Galaxy of Comicalities is said to be the first illustrated comic periodical printed in America. Issue 11 December 11 1833 contains a review of <i>Sketches and Eccentricities of Colonel David Crockett of East </i>sic<i> Tennessee</i>. Crockett 1786 – 1836 a consummate self-promoter was the subject of numerous books. <i>Life and Adventures of Colonel David Crockett of West Tennessee</i> a spurious biography not authorized by Crockett was published in 1833 and reprinted later in the same year under the more accurate title of <i>Sketches and Eccentricities of Colonel David Crockett of West Tennessee</i>. <i>Galaxy of Comicalities</i> was a racist publication characteristic of humor during the Andrew Jackson administration. Mocking people of color during their "days off" writing in racial dialect and making sexist jokes about women this short-lived publication was intended for a semi-literate reader or listener sympathetic to the publishers' racist views. The editorial standard is as execrable as the spelling and views expressed. Illustrated with woodcuts of a similarly pejorative nature. </p><p>Condition of this rare worn and dis-bound surviving set: Issue 1 old repairs to page edges tear repair to page 1 slight text loss on p. 2; issue 2 repair to worn margins; issue 3 old tear repair to title-page margin repairs with text loss repair patch with text from another source p. 10; issue 4 margin repairs significant text loss; issue 5 good condition no repairs; issue 6 good condition no repairs; issue 7 text loss of a few words to three lines of one page; issue 8 good condition; issue 9 good condition; issue 10 margin repairs loss of few words on one page; issue 11 margin repairs text loss of a few letters on one page; issue 12 old tear repair. All twelve copies have browned with some spotting to the laid paper.</p>Housed in a folder with the ownership tag of Richard S. Wormser. Mr. Wormser a former president of the International League of Antiquarian Book Sellers and the Antiquarian Book Sellers Association of America was a member of the Grolier Club the American Antiquarian Society of Worcester Mass. the Club of Odd Volumes of Boston and the Old Book Table of New York. Lesher & Shelly, No. 303 Callowhill St. books
1859WRCLIT54236Paris: Adolphe Delahays 1859. 4xxxix4541pp. Handsomely bound in quarter black morocco and marbled boards spine decorated in gilt. Extreme lower fore-tips of title and half- title show a small tea-like stain occasional light foxing but a very good copy. First edition. A collection of six pieces each accompanied by an able introduction and annotations by Lacroix the whole preceded by an essay on "L'Ancien Théatre en France." VICAIRE I:672. BRUNET IV:1147. Adolphe Delahays hardcover books
189944062Cleburne TX: A.H. Yeager publisher T. L. Saunders printer 1899. 12mo.; 129pp. Original printed gray wrappers some wear to spine; text paper somewhat browned but a very good copy. First edition. Autobiographical story of a Confederate soldier from Washington County Tennessee; Civil War experiences include his capture at Kennesaw Mountain in June 1864 his incarceration as a prisoner of war at Camp Douglas Illinois his journey home and after reflecting on his childhood in east Tennessee how he came to join an infantry company as the war began. Yeager 1842-1940 served with the 29th Tennessee Infantry Confederate until his capture; though not included in this autobiography his post-Civil War years were spent first as a lawyer in Tennessee then as a newspaperman and farmer in Johnson County Texas. Rare. OCLC locates ten copies but only one in Tennessee Knox County Public. Not in Nevins Eicher or Broadfoot. Not in Sam Smith's TENNESSEE HISTORY: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. <br/><br/> A.H. Yeager, publisher (T. L. Saunders, printer) unknown 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
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
181428139Elizabeth-Town: Printed for the Author by R. and P. Canfield 1814. 12mo. 2 404 pp. Bound in original sheep with gilt-lettered title on red morocco spine label. Text foxed pages 375-382 bound out of order but present. Good.<br/><br/> Joe Felcone's long note on this title explains how "Barclay's 'little troubles' as he called them began to develop into a major crisis." Barclay had a weakness for the ladies and was charged with having attempted to seduce several of them; as well as lying horse stealing baptizing a horse and "of inhumanely beating his 'negro wench' Chloe." Though exonerated he was nevertheless "admonished and his pastoral connection was dissolved." Kerr who was a member of Barclay's congregation appealed and though rebuffed continued to press his case so persistently "that he was barred from attending church." He wrote this book in order to vindicate his position. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Felcone 820. Cohen 11959. AI 31861 2. Sabin 37628. Printed for the Author, by R. and P. Canfield unknown books
18192518New York Nov. 18 1941. JACOB KALICH. COMMEMORATION TO JACOB KALICH. FOR FIFTY YEARS OF PROGRESS AS A PLAYWRITE DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER IN THE YEDDISH THEATRE. SIGNED BY KALICH and his ardent admirers. Over thirty signatures of those in the Yiddish Theatre.Watercolor pen and ink gouache. On vellum. 23 x 15.<br /> Right side: Tillie Rabmovitzty Ben Pepper Dolly Pepper O Salzman Michael Field David Dubin All the best Luba S.C. Cantor Edmond Bayends Blanche d. Ross Rose Dubrow Wm. H. Silverblatt May Glaubeman Jean Joan Grunfield Alias Yor II Sara Libromshow. Center: Hoseph Buloff Jeanne Greene Betty Sims Marvin Lowenthanl Zesnile John Jerome Veltin Miriam Kressyn Minnis Salzman Louis Golding Max Kozyk I. Grazabeman David Dubin Alexander Salzman Yetta Zweilig Clara Picon. <br />Left Side: Joseph Kalich Joseph Rumchinsky composer and writer Non Einhorn Molly Picon Seymour Rechzeit husband of M. Kressyn Abe Eller Slyvia Reger Kline Fred Berns Lucy and Michael German Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Gatevi Jacob A. Zanger R. Gurkin Frieda Rumshinsky/Victor Sims Nelson Picon Aaron Hoffman Ernie Norma's husband Welcome stranger Adelstein. books
187322402<p>Jacob da Silva Solis-Cohen served in the Civil War and went on to become a pioneer in the field of head and neck diseases and surgery.</p> <b>JUDAICA. JACOB DA SILVA SOLIS-COHEN.</b>Partially Printed Document Signed Death Certificate for H. M. Richards ca. October 10 1873 Philadelphia Pa. 1 p. 8¼ x 10½ in.<p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Transcript</b></p><p><i>Return of a Death</i></p><p><i>In the City of Philadelphia.</i></p><p><i>Physician's Certificate.</i></p><p><i>1. Name of Deceased H. M. Richards</i></p><p><i>2. Colour white</i></p><p><i>3. Sex male</i></p><p><i>4. Age thirty six</i></p><p><i>5. Married or Single married</i></p><p><i>6. Date of Death October 10th 1873</i></p><p><i>7. Cause of Death Consumption</i></p><p> <i>J. Solis Cohen M.D.</i></p><p> Residence <i>1327 Green St.</i></p><p><i>Undertaker's Certificate in Relation to Deceased.</i></p><p>remainder left blank</p><p><b>Jacob da Silva Solis-Cohen</b> 1838-1927 was born in New York City of Spanish and Portuguese Jewish ancestry. In 1840 his family moved to Philadelphia. There he attended Jefferson Medical College and the University of Pennsylvania from which he received his medical degree in 1860. During the Civil War he served as assistant surgeon with the 26th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry and served in Hooker's Brigade defending Washington D.C. He later transferred to the Navy serving under Admiral DuPont in the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron as Acting Assistant Surgeon in the Navy. After the war he became a pioneer in throat diseases and the founder of laryngology. Through his efforts Solis-Cohen professionalized a field earlier perceived as quackery and his education became a model for the training of head and neck surgeons. In 1866 he was the first in the United States to provide regular lectures on laryngology at the Philadelphia School of Anatomy. In 1875 he married Miriam Binswanger with whom he had eight daughters and three sons. He was a founder of the Philadelphia Polyclinic which would become the Graduate Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania and was its first professor of throat and chest diseases. Solis-Cohen also helped found the American Laryngologic Association and served as its president from 1880 to 1882. In 1892 he was the first surgeon in the United States to perform a complete laryngectomy successfully.</p><p><b>Henry M. Richards</b>1837-1873 was born in Mobile Alabama. In 1861 he was a clerk for a line of mail steamers. By his death he was the captain of a ship. He was buried in Mobile.</p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>Fine</p> books
1878127931.1Columbus OH: Jacob H. Studer & Co 1878. Hardbound. Overall VG-. Some wear to cloth including some ripping at top of spine. Ex-library with bookplate perforated and ink stamps on title page and ink stamp on bottom page edges. Some tissue guards folded. Plate 3 is missing a corner only affects margin not image. A set of pages near the end is folded at the corner with the crease most extreme on p 167 Plates are clean and intact. Red library buckram. 182 pp with 119 interleaved tissue-guarded color lithographed plates preceded before the title page by an extensive index of 8pp. Gilt page edges. It seems as if this first printing from 1878 has the superior presentation of color plates compared to the later editions. Jacob H. Studer & Co hardcover books
1878127931Columbus OH: Jacob H. Studer & Co 1878. Hardbound. Overall VG with the notable and large exception of the circular ink ownership stamp on every single color plate. Ink stamp to top and bottom of text block. Sold as a reference copy only not as a collectible book. Sturdy black library buckram. 182 pp with 119 interleaved tissue-guarded color lithographed plates preceded before the title page by an extensive index of 8pp. "Ornithology; Or the Science of Birds" was also published by Studer in 1878. It seems as if these two volumes were intended to form a set based on what I see in other entries and descriptions but this is definitely the better-known half. It also seems as if this first printing from 1878 has the superior presentation of color plates compared to the later editions. Jacob H. Studer & Co hardcover books
1878125400Columbus OH: Jacob H. Studer & Co 1878. Hardbound. Overall VG with the notable and large exception of the blindstamps on every single color plate. Ink stamp to top and bottom of text block. Sold as a reference copy only not as a collectible book. Overall the blindstamps are quite well hidden in the background and not noticable upon the initial viewing of the plates. Most have to be examined in detail before even seeing these blindstamps. Sturdy black library buckram. 182 pp with 119 interleaved tissue-guarded color lithographed plates followed by an extensive index of 8pp. This is followed then by the second book listed above described as follows: Title-page blank verso 2 pp. Contents 2 pp. Index of Illustrations 41 full-page color plates interleaved within 156 pp. of text. The second book was also published by Studer in 1878. It seems as if these two volumes were intended to form a set based on what I see in other entries and descriptions. It also seems as if this first printing from 1878 has the superior presentation of color plates compared to the later editions. Get this one as a superb reference set. Jacob H. Studer & Co hardcover books
1821000049London: Printed for R P Moore 1821 2 volumes:xxviii1313pp; 395pp with leaf of errata. Octavo 8" x 5" rebound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards and gilt lettering to spine. Whyld Ravillous 1821:4 1st edition.<br><br> Jacob Henry Sarratt was a London schoolmaster who learned his chess from Verdoni and established himself as Professor of Chess. He was the leading English chess master from the late 18th century to the early 19th century. He was a frequenter of the London Chess Club which met at Toms Coffee House in Cornhill. His fee was a guinea a lesson. Under his influence stalemate was accepted as a draw. He was the first great English author on chess. His reputation was high and a revelation to English players. His works were of a pioneering character as to chess and the English language. His first excellent books were <i>A treatise on the Game of Chess</i> Vol 1 and Vol 2 1808. There is a prefix listing books on chess from Damiano onwards and some friendly criticism of Philidor. Vol 1 contains Different Methods of Opening the Games then follows 75 Critical Variations. Vol 2 is Teaching the Player who does not have the move how to frustrate his adversarys attack. Then there are instructions how to checkmate and a section on endings with pawns only. His next book introduced in translation the works of Damiano Lopez and Salvio. Published in London in 1813 it deals with those old authors extensively. His next book was Vol 1 Gianutio Vol 2 Selenus with a preface giving some details of the authors. In 1821 was published <i>A New Treatise on the Game of Chess</i>. It is a more exhaustive work than the 1808 publication. He was assisted in this work by his pupil W Lewis. Sarratt died in 1821. His widow then went to Paris and taught chess. In 1844 following an article in <i>Le Palamede</i> describing her as aged 85 and destitute an appeal was launched which enabled her to live in comfort for the rest of her life.<br><br> <b>Condition:</b><br><br> Former library copy from the Brooklyn Public Library with perforated stamp to title and some stamps through out. A very attractively rebound in very good condition. . First Edition. Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good. Illus. by Www.bookcollectorshop.com. Octavo. Printed for R P Moore hardcover books
18269514Philadelphia PA 1826. Near Fine. Bright and clean. Handcolored plate. <br/><br/>A late American atlas displaying stars only to 4th magnitude. Position of Herculis is erroneous. unknown books
1858008493Boston: Phillips Sampson & Company 1858. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"Dr. Coolidge with Dr. Bigelows regards-". 75 pages original brown cloth boards with embossed borders lettered in gilt front cover Very Good stains both covers light wear at spine ends. Bookplate of Edward Delos Churchill front paste down.With excellent medical provenance from the collection of Edward Delos Churchill 1895-1972 a pioneering American thoracic surgeon best remembered for describing the Churchill-Cope reflex. ASSOCIATION COPY both Jacob Bigelow and Dr. Algernon Coolidge 1830-1912 were Harvard graduates Boston doctors and fellow members of the prestigious Boston Society for Medical Improvement. Other members during this time were Oliver Wendell Holmes Charles Elliot Ware Henry Jacob Bigelow and J.B.S. Jackson. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Embossed Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Association Copy. Phillips, Sampson & Company Hardcover books
1857280840New York: Harper and Brothers 1857. Half Leather. Very Good binding. In quarter morocco marbled boards with raised bands and titling to the spine; the Volume number "2" is stamped on the spine. Consisting of four books bound together as one each book containing 160 pages. Separately paginated with separate title pages. 1 Aunt Margaret; or How John True Kept His Resolutions; 2 Vernon; or Conversations About Old Times in England; 3 Carl and Jocko; or The Adventures of the Little Italian Boy and his Monkey; and 4 Lapstone; or The Sailor Turned Shoemaker. Very Good binding. Harper and Brothers unknown books
1865242829New York: Hurd and Houghton 1865. hardcover. very good. Herrick H.W. Frontis. plus two engravings. 192pp. 16mo blue cloth decorative spine; corners bumped head of spine chipped ownership inscription front free endpaper. New York: Hurd and Houghton 1865. A very good copy. Scarce.<br/><br/> The Mary Gay Series. III: Work for Summer<br/><br/> Hurd and Houghton unknown books
18546319New York: Clark Austin & Smith 1854. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. Jacob Abbott's "Lucy" books in 6 volumes. The 1854 revised edition following the 1841-42 1st editions. All volumes solid and VG in their patterned red cloth with bright decorative gilt-lettering and design at the spines. Very light foxing intermittently thru the text several hinges fragile but still sturdy. 16 mos 1080 pgs. all told. The set consists of: "Cousin Lucy's Conversations" "Stories Told to Rollo's Cousin Lucy" "Cousin Lucy at Study" "Cousin Lucy Among the Mountains" "Cousin Lucy at Play" and "Cousin Lucy on the Sea-Shore" <br/><br/> Clark, Austin & Smith hardcover books
1826199927London. : James Ridgway. 1826. Contemporary quarter bound tan over blue boards paper spine label. . Good front hinge split but board still attached spine worn very little foxing contents very good. 8vo. 23.5x14.5 cm. . weight: 0.9 lb. James Ridgway. hardcover books
183127979London: John Murray 1831. First edition 2 vols. 8vo pp. xvi 380; xi 1 415 1; later full speckled calf by Riviere red and green morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines marbled edges and endpapers; 19th century bookplate; slightest rubbing else near fine. William Jacob 1762-1851 was appointed to the comptrollership of corn returns in 1822. "On the suggestion of Huskisson Jacob undertook an inquiry into the production and consumption of the precious metals. This work shows great research but is defective which may be attributed partly for the more recent periods to the insufficient historical information available then" Palgrave II 471. Goldsmiths' 26788; Kress C.2842. <br/><br/> John Murray unknown books
18111303022London: Printed for J. Johnson and Co 1811. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto xiii 1 blank 2 407 1 36 7 1; VG; bound in 3/4 contemporary brown leather marbled boards; paneled spine with black label and gilt lettering; with 13 folding plates; EM consignment; shelved case 9. 1303022. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Printed for J. Johnson and Co hardcover books
187421937Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles 1874. Edition limited to 750 copies 10 volumes in 4 small 8vo bound by Ritter in 3/4 citron morocco over marbled boards and endpapers black morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines t.e.g.; 10 engraved plates by Garnier; very minor wear but generally a fine and sound set. <br/><br/> Librairie des Bibliophiles hardcover 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
186715458Paris: Veuve Jules Renouard 1867. Folio 35 cm 13.75". Add. engr. t.-p. 2 81 1 pp.; 22 plts. <br><br>Only the Bibliotheque Nationale copy is traced via any major database. Edited and contributed to by the prolific French author Paul Lacroix best known as "Bibliophile Jacob" this lovely collection of short stories poems and meditations by Lacroix Balzac Émile Délerot Charles Nodier et al. is illustrated with 22 large steel engravings done by J.C. Armytage W. Greatbach J.B. Allen J.T. Willmore F. Joubert and others after designs by artists including Turner Webster etc. Contemporary quarter morocco over paper-covered sides spine with gilt-stamped title; binding lightly rubbed over sides and extremities. Front pastedown with small armorial bookplate. Front free endpaper and first few leaves separated. Occasional faint pencilled vocabulary annotations in English. Scattered light spots of foxing with most plates clean and untouched a few showing some spotting in margins. Veuve Jules Renouard unknown books
1858303557Paris Aldolphe Delahys 1858. 1858. First edition thus. 8vo. Small 8vo. French text. P.L. Jacob editor. 15 page introduction by Jacob. Foreword by Augustin Asselin. Contemporary 1/2 gilt stamped maroon morocco over marbled boards t.e.g. minor rubbing; marbled endpapers. Very good. 288 pages. Hardcover. Very Good. Paris, Aldolphe Delahys, 1858. hardcover books
