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1848026094Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard 1848. First Edition. Large Octavo. xii 25-635 pages index 36pp. publisher's ads at rear. Illustrated in black and white with 2 hand colored plates. This work introduced American students to the details of physics and meteorological science which was advanced in France and Germany but as this volume was published America science and especially astronomy was making extraordinary advances both in the development of telescopes as well as photographing the planetary system. An important early 19th century work. Bound in publisher's brown embossed cloth spine lettering gilt a very handsome copy without foxing but with toning to title page just a few very minor bumps. Lea & Blanchard unknown 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
189816650St. Paul. Mn.: Collins 1898. First Edition. 2496pp. Illus 25 plates and 4 maps Orig. 4to cloth. First edition. Memoirs of explorations in the Basin of the Mississippi Vol. 1 One of 300 numbered copies. Howes B823. Chapters on Elliott Village Site Griffing Village Site Earliest explorers Relation of Coronado etc. Collins hardcover books
189227371Newark NY: by the Author 1892. First Edition. Octavo. Brown cloth boards blocked in gilt and black on spine and front cover; 414 2pp. Slight external wear including a small gouge to cloth on spine else a tight well-preserved volume easily Very Good. A social reform tract by the middling-prominent linguist and newspaper editor of Newark New York. Wilson 1821-1914 was according to his entry in The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography 1918 the editor and publisher of the Newark Courier from 1871 to 1906 and was reputed "one of the best general linguists in this country." He was the author of numerous volumes on grammar and linguistic reform including Errors in Grammar 1858 and Phrasis 1864; after the Civil War his attention appears to have fixed on social and moral topics culminating in a series of reform tracts of which the present title is the first. In it Wilson condemns "practices of modern social life that in the opinion of the author are wrong.he denounces war cruelty to animals capital punishment private ownership of land taking payment for the use of money disposing of property by will etc. with equal emphasis" from a contemporary review in Popular Science Apr 1892. An uncommon volume; OCLC gives six locations three in New York. by the Author unknown 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
18657419Gottingen: Dieterichschen 1865. First edition 8vo viii & 219pp. publisher's quarter black morocco over marbled boards pages browning; else fine. Comprehensive index to all four volumes of Grimm's groundbreaking Deutsch Grammatik. From the library of George Stephens. <br/><br/> Dieterichschen hardcover books
187333436Ottawa: Robertson 1873. First Edition. 30pp. dbd. Peel 650. Shantz was sent out to inspect land of the Russion Mennonites who subsequently settled in southern Manitoba. Peel 649 is the English version. Published by the Department of Agriculture Robertson unknown books
1873WRCAM35566Ottawa: Imprimé par Robertson Roger & Cie. 1873. 302pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine chipped. Overall very good. First French edition. In 1872 Shantz visited Manitoba with an eye toward the establishment of a Russian Mennonite settlement there. He was impressed with what he saw describing the suitability of the lands in this pamphlet. This work led to the first Mennonite settlement in the West. SABIN 79770. PEEL 376 English ed. Imprimé par Robertson, Roger & Cie. unknown books
1893123915Baltimore Maryland: Maryland Book Concern 1893. Hardcover. Good Some wear to cloth at extremities; Boards pulling away from binding but still attached. Dark burgundy cloth over boards with black and gilt titling and decoration; 468 pp.; 32 bw figures. A collection of writings about the city of Baltimore including notes about the city in the forties the Wharton-Ketchum Case Baltimore's press theatre the harbor public buildings and much more. Maryland Book Concern hardcover books
1866239719Charleston: Joseph Walker Agt. Stationer and Printer 129 Meeting-st 1866. First edition. 144 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Printed wrappers. Lightly worn chipped at extremities. Very good. First edition. 144 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. A resident of Charleston from 1796 onward he became editor of the Southern Patriot and later its publisher. A Sephardic Jew both he and his brother Isaac were influential among the Reformed Society of Israelites in Charleston.<br/> <br/>The present work published just after the Civil War is a series of articles on Charleston's commerce education system press railroads charitable and medical organizations etc. An Appendix provides material concerning the outset of the Civil War at Forts Moultrie and Sumter as well as Fort Wagner and other Charleston-area sites. Howes C131; Singerman 1930 Joseph Walker, Agt., Stationer and Printer, 129 Meeting-st unknown books
186635454Charleston: Joseph Walker 1866. 144pp old rubberstamp on blank portion of title page. Bottom blank tear to title page expertly reinforced. Bound in modern grey wrappers. Good. <br/><br/> A Sephardic Jew Cardozo was born in 1786 in Savannah. Self-educated he was an outstanding economist editor of the Southern Patriot in Charleston and later its publisher. He published 'Notes on Political Economy' and 'The Economic Mind in American History'. An advocate of free trade he wrote many papers on the subject. See Brody 'Jewish Heroes and Heroines in America from Colonial Times to 1900: A Judaica Collection Exhibit' FL Atlantic U. Libraries. "Jacob Cardozo's forays into econometric analysis were outstanding by the standards of his day." Eugene Genovese 'Journal of the Historical Society' Volume I Number 2 March 2000. "This book is VERY SCARCE" Eberstadt quoting from Bradford. <br/> "Cardozo was a resident of Charleston from 1796 onward and editor of the Southern Patriot from 1817" Id. The book is a series of articles on Charleston's agriculture commerce education and free school system chamber of commerce insurance companies fire department the press bench and bar hotels banks libraries railroads charitable and medical organizations cemeteries. An Appendix provides material on the beginning of the Civil War at Forts Moultrie and Sumter as well as the action at Fort Wagner and other Charleston-area sites. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Howes C131. Singerman 1930. 115 Eberstadt 906. III Turnbull 409. Joseph Walker unknown books
186335178San Francisco: Bell & Lampman 1863. 111pp. Disbound with a bit of loosening last leaf detached. Good. <br/><br/> Bishop Colenso's work is an amalgam of "blunders of the grossest description" but is nevertheless "important and dangerous" for its "attack upon the veracity of the Bible" particularly because the source of the assault is "a high dignitary in the Christian Church." <br/> Thus the Hebrew Wood Chopper defends the Pentateuch against Bishop Colenso's calumnies. He uses the remarkable sudden and unpredicted growth of California in the preceding fifteen years to refute Colenso's attack on the Pentateuch for implausible chronology. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Singerman 1802. Cowan 618. Not in Stern CA Jewish History. Bell & Lampman unknown 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
1825227004New York: Published by Gould and Banks 1825. First editions. Volumes One & Three. viii 583; viii 596 pp. 8vo. Lawyer's cloth. Very good foxing. First editions. Volumes One & Three. viii 583; viii 596 pp. 8vo. Published by Gould and Banks unknown books
1897125871New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1897. Hardbound. VG. green patterned paper-covere boards with color illustration light red letters and boy pushing wheel-barrow green cloth spine with art deco gilt lettering. Color frontispiece few full-page bw plates one loose. A very nice copy of a book seldom found except as a tattered remnant. Thomas Y. Crowell 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
187069158New York: Sheldon & Company. Very Good-. 1870. Hardcover. 226 pages brown cloth covers with black and gilt stamping.The spine is sunned and the covers slightly soiled. The contents are bright and complete. Near Very Good. . Sheldon & Company hardcover books
1839306147Boston: Weeks Jordan and Company 1839. First Edition. Frontispiece and 4 plates. 180 pp. 12mo. Original brown ribbed cloth gilt stamped on upper cover. A brilliant copy with a modicum of foxing. Bookplate of Blairhame. Stamp of Charles C. Chase of Hopkinton N.H. and label of bequest to him in 1840. In brown cloth dropbox and leather label. First Edition. Frontispiece and 4 plates. 180 pp. 12mo. BRILLIANT COPY. The seventh Rollo book. Weeks, Jordan, and Company unknown 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
185520386New York: Phillips Sampson & Co 1855. "A New Edition Revised by the Author." Circa mid-to-late 1850s. Vertically-ribbed brown cloth with boards stamped in blind & spine in gilt. VG foxing & browning to paper/contemporary pos to ffep & t.p. upper margin. 192 pp. Illustrated with wood cuts. 12mo in 6s. 4" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/> Phillips Sampson & Co hardcover books
1885012040Boston: DeWolfe Fiske and Company 1885. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good-. A solid uniform set of the DeWolfe Fiske reprint c1885-1890 of juvenile novels written by Abbott and originally published as follows: On the Atlantic 1853 In Paris 1854 In Switzerland 1854 In London 1855 On the Rhine 1855 In Scotland 1856 In Geneva 1857 In Holland 1857 In Naples 1858 and In Rome 1858. This set is dark green cloth stamped in black and gilt and is the same as Lothrop's later cover and the one on the later Baker and Taylor books. A uiniformly aged set - spines slightly cocked with some edgewear mostly at spine head. Some covers rubbed a tad more than others. Internals toned but again uniformly so. No names inscriptions or bookplates as is usually seen. Uncommon as a complete uniform run. DeWolfe, Fiske and Company hardcover 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
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
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
