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1967BL3996Wiesbaden:: Franz Steiner 1967. 1967. Signed. III: Aus dem Sozialmedizinischen erbe Rudolf Virchows Medizin als Wissenschaft vom Menschen. offprint Janus LII 3 1965 pp. 218-240. Leiden: Brill 1965. Inscribed by the author. Franz Steiner, 1967. unknown books
1950263146New York: National Executive Committee Workmen's Circle 1950. 422 pages hardcover light shelfwear. Text in Yiddish with additional English title "50 years of the Workmen's Circle in Jewish Life. National Executive Committee, Workmen's Circle unknown books
1950263147New York: National Executive Committee Workmen's Circle 1950. 422 pages hardcover light shelfwear smudges of soil to textblock edge. Text in Yiddish with additional English title "50 years of the Workmen's Circle in Jewish Life. National Executive Committee, Workmen's Circle unknown books
1957250588Tyler TX: the railroad 1957. Pamphlet. 98p. coated alkaline paperstock throughout plentifully illustrated with b&w period photos facsimiles and line maps softbound a pamphlet in 7.5x5.5 inch stapled color wraps. A very presentable booklet the one flaw we see is a faint ripple to first third of textblock no staining whatsoever a sound clean otherwise unmarked copy. Item "issued in lieu of the October 1957 edition of Cotton Belt News Volume XIII Number 8 the railroad unknown books
190829770New York: Privately printed 1908. First edition limited to 550 copies printed at the De Vinne Press this one of 500 on Old Stratford paper; 8vo pp. xiv 131; frontispiece portrait in sepia title-page printed in red and black and a few full-page facsimiles in the text; original gray paper-covered boards red leatherette label lettered in gilt on spine; the covers soiled and stained and extremities worn with spine ends chipped away and a half-inch scrape to spine label; still a good sturdy copy. First editions of this title are hard to come by in the trade--even in this condition; reprints and PODs abound online. <br/><br/> Privately printed hardcover books
191429768New York: Privately printed 1914. First edition limited to 550 copies printed at the De Vinne Press this one of 50 on Van Gelder paper; 8vo pp. xvii 1 136; frontispiece portrait in sepia title-page printed in red and black and a few full-page facsimiles in the text; a fine bright barely touched copy in original gray paper-covered boards red leatherette labels lettered in gilt on spine and original glassine jacket with a handful of nicks along edges. The Van Gelder copies especially in this condition are hard to come by in the trade where the Burt Franklin reprint of 1968 abounds. <br/><br/> Privately printed hardcover books
1866WN386103Cincinnati Ohio: Jno. F. Uhlhorn 1866. Library bookplate on front pastedown call number on title page and other indicia on postliminaries. Joints rubbed and some scalping of spine and tips. Reprinted from the Cumberland edition of 1826. Cloth reattached at edge on lower board. A refutation of Thomas Jefferson's accusation that Cresap was a murderer of Indians. Reprint. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. Jno. F. Uhlhorn Hardcover books
1826316088Cumberland MD: Printed for the Author by J.M. Buchanan 1826. First edition. 8vo. Contemporary half roan and marbled boards spine lettered in gilt. Covers scuffed and worn small semicircular portion of rear cover fire damaged with loss wear extending into final 25 pages at top margin touching a few letters text foxed and faintly dampstained some contemporary pen annotations 1839 ownership inscription on front free endpaper. First edition. 8vo. First edition of this defense of colonial frontiersman Captain Cresap 1742-1775 whom Jefferson echoing others blamed for the murder of the family of the Mingo war chief James Logan during Lord Dunmore's War. Cresap has since been exonerated and the Virginian Daniel Greathouse is now blamed for the massacre of Logan's family.<br/>"This biography of Cresap was written to refute Jefferson's account in NOTES ON VIRGINIA.The immediate occasion for this now rare book written by the revolutionary officer later clergyman who had married Cresap's widow was the reopening of old sores by Joseph Doddridge in his then recently published NOTES ON THE SETTLEMENT AND INDIAN WARS OF THE WESTERN PARTS OF VIRGINIA & PENNSYLVANIA FROM THE YEAR 1763 UNTIL THE YEAR 1783 INCLUSIVE of 1824. The defense is complete and the biography is of absorbing interest" Streeter. Streeter Sale 1335; Howes J32; Graff 2185; Sabin 35488; Siebert Sale 379 Printed for the Author, by J.M. Buchanan unknown books
188153922Cumberland Maryland: Book and Job Printing Establishment of J. J. Miller 1881. Third edition 8vo pp. 120; original brown cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover; spine a bit sunned else near fine. The Frank C. Deering copy with his leather bookplate on the front free endpaper. Bookplate removed from front pastedown but with a sheet bearing John J. Jacob's signature tipped in over it; laid in is an autograph manuscript poem by Jacob with 6 quatrains titled "The Lover to his Mistress on Her Birthday" signed "J.J.J."; also laid in is a one-page A.L.s. from Jacob's grand-daughter regarding her books and a photograph of him. "This biography of Cresap was written to refute Jefferson's account in Notes on Virginia of Cresap's tendency to murder Indians especially in the famous case of the Indian Logan and his defenseless family. The immediate occasion for this . book written by the revolutionary officer late clergyman who had married Cresap's widow was the reopening of old sores by Doddridge in his then recently published Notes of 1824. The defense is complete and the biography is of absorbing interest" Streeter III 1335 for the first edition of 1826. <br/><br/> Book and Job Printing Establishment of J. J. Miller hardcover books
1866156817Cincinnati OH: J.F. Uhlhorn steam job printer 1866. VG- wear to extremities of covers very small leather tear at base of spine. Ancient library stamps from the Long Island Historical Society on title-page at left-center. No other markings. 3.4 leather with marbled boards 5 raised band. 158 pp. followed by Boyer's pp. 1-23. This copy also contains the "Lieutenant Boyer's A JOURNAL OF WAYNE'S CAMPAIGN.AGAINST THE NORTHWESTERN INDIANS" which has a separate titlepage but continuous signatures. This copy lacks a frontispiece called for in other copies with no signs of removal. Written in 1826 by a contemporary of Cresap as a defense of Capt. Cresap contradicting the statements made by T. Jefferson in his "Notes" on the state of Virginia" regarding events in Dunmore's War. ADVERTISEMENT at the beginning feigns a printer's error fot he original edition no being printed or distributed prior to Jefferson's death in 1826. Very clean inside. Re-printed from the Cumberland ed. of 1826 with notes and appendix for W. Dodge by J.F. Uhlhorn steam job printer J.F. Uhlhorn, steam job printer hardcover books
1971266227New York: Arno Press 1971. hardcover. very good. 158pp. 23pp. 8vo rebound in full blue morocco. New York: Arno Press 1971. Very good<br/><br/> The last 23 pages is a separate work by Lt. Boyer A Journal of Wayne's Campaign.against the Northwestern Indians. Both works are facsimiles of the Cincinnati 1866 editions.<br/><br/> Arno Press unknown books
1826WRCAM36095Cumberland Md.: Printed for the Author by J.M. Buchanan 1826. 1231pp. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter roan and marbled boards spine gilt. Boards lightly rubbed and shelfworn. Early ownership signature on front free endpaper. Light tanning scattered foxing old light dampstain in lower third of final five leaves of text. About very good. In a burgundy half morocco and cloth slipcase spine gilt and folding cloth chemise. First edition of this biography of Captain Cresap defending him against charges that he slaughtered Indians before the beginning of the Revolutionary War. In particular Cresap became infamous in the case of the Indian Logan and the murder of his defenseless family in 1774. "This biography of Cresap was written to refute Jefferson's account in NOTES ON VIRGINIA.The immediate occasion for this now rare book written by the revolutionary officer later clergyman who had married Cresap's widow was the reopening of old sores by Joseph Doddridge in his then recently published NOTES ON THE SETTLEMENT AND INDIAN WARS OF THE WESTERN PARTS OF VIRGINIA & PENNSYLVANIA FROM THE YEAR 1763 UNTIL THE YEAR 1783 INCLUSIVE of 1824. The defense is complete and the biography is of absorbing interest" - Streeter. <br> <br> The Streeter copy was bought by Sessler for $650 in 1968. HOWES J32 "b." SABIN 35488. STREETER SALE 1335. FIELD 769. THOMSON 640. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 24967. DAB IV p.538 Cresap. Printed for the Author, by J.M. Buchanan hardcover books
1866WRCAM19054ACincinnati 1866. 15823pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Quarto. Later three-quarter morocco and cloth raised bands. Bookplate on rear pastedown. Very good plus. In a custom gray cloth slipcase. This is one of the copies containing the Lieutenant Boyer's A JOURNAL OF WAYNE'S CAMPAIGN.AGAINST THE NORTHWESTERN INDIANS which has a separate titlepage but continuous signatures. Written in 1826 by a contemporary of Cresap against aspersions published in Jefferson's NOTES ON THE STATE OF VIRGINIA regarding Dunmore's War. HOWES J32. hardcover books
182625234Cumberland Maryland: for the author by J.M. Buchanan 1826. First edition small 8vo pp. 123 1; contemporary roan-backed marbled boards rebacked old spine with gilt lettering direct neatly laid down; all edges yellow; light wear and rubbing to the binding but generally a good sound copy or better. With the bookplates of Frank Deering and Herbert R. Strauss. "This biography of Cresap was written to refute Jefferson's account in Notes on Virginia of Cresap's tendency to murder Indians especially in the famous case of the Indian Logan and his defenseless family. The immediate occasion for this now rare book written by the revolutionary officer late clergyman who had married Cresap's widow was the reopening of old sores by Doddridge in his then recently published Notes of 1824. The defense is complete and the biography is of absorbing interest" Streeter III 1335. American Imprints 24967; Howes J32; Field 769; Sabin 35488; Thomson 640. The Streeter copy brought $650; the Siebert copy $4500. <br/><br/> for the author, by J.M. Buchanan hardcover books
1962MMRM1135Brinklow:: Old Hickory Bookshop 1962. 1962. Reprint. 8vo. 4 366 pp. Blue gilt-stamped cloth. Rubberstamp of owner Russell C. Maulitz M.D. Near fine. PROVENANCE: Russell C. Maulitz M.D. Ph.D. completed his M.D. and Ph.D. in History of Medicine at Duke University. He has served on the editorial boards of three major journals in the fields of medical history and technology and society. He is author of four books monographs and translations and over fifty articles in the fields of medical history and medical informatics. Old Hickory Bookshop, 1962. hardcover books
184256772Providence: Benjamin F. Moore printer 1842. First edition 12mo pp. 9 6-171 1; original brown cloth stamped in gilt on the upper cover; spine ends cracked and chipped else very good and sound. Jacob Frieze 1789-1880 a Universalist minister from New England was an early missionary to North Carolina. After retiring from the ministry he became a Rhode Island political journalist reporting on and participating in the events culminating in the Dorr War 1842. American Imprints 1920; Bartlett p. 129; Parks 363 noting the second edition only. <br/><br/> Benjamin F. Moore, printer hardcover books
184255919Providence: Benjamin F. Moore printer 1842. First edition 12mo pp. 9 6-171 1; original green cloth-backed green paper-covered boards printed paper label on upper cover; ex-Newport Historical Society released with its pressure stamp on title page and last page of text; occasional spotting and foxing; all else very good. With the ownership signature on the title page of "B. Diman." Jacob Frieze 1789-1880 a Universalist minister from New England was an early missionary to North Carolina. After retiring from the ministry he became a Rhode Island political journalist reporting on and participating in the events culminating in the Dorr War 1842. American Imprints 1920; Bartlett p. 129; Parks 363 noting the second edition only. <br/><br/> Benjamin F. Moore, printer hardcover books
184257496Providence RI: Benjamin F. Moore 1842. First Edition. Small 8vo pp. 171. Appendix. Paper over boards. Name on e.p. Some moderate to heavy foxing throughout cover little worn at edges o/w a VG tight copy. A history of the Dorr Rebellion. Benjamin F. Moore unknown books
184237360Providence RI: Benjamin F. Moore 1842. First Edition. Small 8vo pp. 171. Appendix. Paper over boards. Donor's presentation on flyleaf. Some foxing throughout cover little worn at edges o/w a VG tight copy. Benjamin F. Moore unknown books
184255751Providence: Benjamin F. Moore printer no. 19 Market Street up stairs 1842. 12mo pp. 9 10-179 1; original green paper-covered boards stamped "R.I. Suffrage Question." in black on the upper cover green cloth shelf-back; edges rubbed; very good. <br/><br/> Benjamin F. Moore, printer, no. 19 Market Street, up stairs hardcover books
1960WN4211New York: Columbia University Press 1960. Original brownish red cloth with gilt titling. Author inscription on ffep in which inscribee has crossed out his details and did likewise on front pastedown. Top edge stained. Jacket chipped and a bit worn on edges and flap folds. This is biography of a conflicted scientist who has remained in the background of the Darwinian debate. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Columbia University Press Hardcover books
1960S13025New York:: Columbia University Press 1960. 1960. 8vo. x 266 pp. Frontis. index. Red gilt-stamped cloth dust-jacket; jacket rubbed. Very good. Columbia University Press, 1960. hardcover books
1796286289London 1796. First. hardcover. very good. Folding map. 196pp. full old calf leather spine labels. London 1796. First Edition.<br/><br/> The opening salvo in a long 18th century scholarly controversy over the existence of the Trojan War.<br/><br/> unknown books
1892130734London: Chatto & Windus 1892. hardcover. Color frontispiece and 100 black & white illustrations by J. Larwood. 536pp. thick 8vo original gilt- pictorial burgundy cloth; title and frontispiece lightly foxed inner hinge a bit weak small chip in margin of last page. London: Chatto and Windus 1892. Tenth Edition. Very good.<br/><br/> Chatto & Windus unknown books
19657438Leiden: E.J. Brill 1965. Octavo x cm. 236 pages. Index. FIRST EDITION. The first volume of the five volume history of the Jews in Babylonia. Very near fine in publisher's blue cloth gilt-titled on the front board and spine. Inscribed by Neusner on the free front endpaper "For Professor and Mrs. R.B.Y. Scott With good wishes Jack - Suzanne - Samuel Neusner" E.J. Brill hardcover books
