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1903M11146Stockholm:: P.A. Norstedt & Soner 1903. 1903. 4to. xii 430 1 pp. Color frontis. plates small text illustrations. Original printed wrappers; faint marginal water-stains. Ex-library bookplate with embossed stamp on title spine call number painted over. Very good. Ownership signature of noted anatomist biologist and historian Olof Larsell 1886-1964 who provided the English translation of the autobiography of Jons Jacob Berzelius 1779-1848. An account of Berzelius' earlier travels 1812 to London and 1818-19 to England France Switzerland and Germany. P.A. Norstedt & Soner, (1903). unknown books
1941137909New York: Jacob Reder 1941. Softcover. G tissue dj has tears and some tanning or soiling; pages are generally clear but are beginning to tan at edges. Green paper wraps tissue dust jacket 133 pp. 64 BW plates. Title on tp: "The Portraits of the Brignole-Sale Family in the Palazzo Rosso in Genoa by Sir Anthony Van Dyck In commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of the death of Sir Anthony Van Dyck December 9 1941 Samuel Hofmann From Zurich Pupil of Rubens A First Preface to a Rediscovered European Art." Whew! Jacob Reder unknown books
197487700New York: Avon 1974. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First edition. Avon Books 19448. A fine copy. #87700 Avon unknown books
1986173639Chicago IL and Newport Beach CA: Museum of Contemporary Art and Newport Harbor Art Museum 1986. First edition. Oblong softcover. 71 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran February 14 through April 13 1986 at the Museum of Contemporary Art and then May 2 through June 30 1986 at the Newport Harbor Art Museum. Essays by Edward F. Fry and Donald P. Kuspit and with contributions by I. Michael Danoff Mary Jane Jacob and Paul Schimmel. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. A fine copy in French style wrappers. Museum of Contemporary Art and Newport Harbor Art Museum 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
194667BOSTON BROWN 1850. BOSTON, BROWN, 1850 unknown 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
35181Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Boston Taggard and Thompson 1863. Original cloth a bit worn good condition. . Other hardcover books
194668BOSTON BROWN 1858. BOSTON, BROWN, 1858 unknown 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
194669BOSTON BROWN 1858. BOSTON, BROWN, 1858 unknown books
194670BOSTON BROWN 1858. BOSTON, BROWN, 1858 unknown 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
185415482.1Boston: W. J. Reynolds & Co 1854. 1st editions cf. Weber 17 - 21. Publisher's purple cloth with boards stamped in blind & gilt spine lettering. Yellow eps. An overall VG set spines sunned/volumes cocked a bit/period pos to ffeps. 5 volumes of eventual 10 published. Illustrated with a wood engravings. 8vo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/>'Rollo's Tour in Europe' Series 1 - 5. "The Rollo books! . no better books for boys were ever written ." A. Edward Newton "The Books of My Boyhood" THIS BOOK-COLLECTING GAME. W. J. Reynolds & Co hardcover books
185318295Boston: W. J. Reynolds 1853. First Editions. Illustrated. 5 vols. Sm 8vo. Original maroon cloth covers heavily embossed in blind spines gilt titled spines a bit spotted and sunned occasional light foxing overall near fine and attractive with contemporary ownership signatures of James Rindge Stanwood of Portsmouth NH. First Editions. Illustrated. 5 vols. Sm 8vo. Rollo in Europe--First Editions. Jacob Abbott 1803-79 an American congregational minister and educator wrote the famous Rollo series of books Rollo at Work Rollo at Play etc. to teach his young readers specific moral values and concepts. In these travel books following the picturesque and educational experiences of Rollo and his uncle in narrative form the young reader is taken along as though he were an accompanying guest a lively format which helped to account for the books' immense popularity. The character of Rollo was modelled on Abbot's son Lyman who himself became a distinguished minister and editor. Bingham and Scholt pp. 172-3 W. J. Reynolds unknown books
34509Patavii ac Bassani: Ex Typographia Remondini n. d. 1st edition thus ca late 1740s. Period full vellum binding. Imperfect copy lacking 2 leaves of preliminary matter 2 & 3; primary text complete. Lacks free eps. Period pos to rear paste-down. Binding - VG. 28 232 pp. T.p. printer's device. Head- tailpieces. Decorative initial capital letters. 16mo: 6 8 A - O8 P4. 4-1/2" x 3-1/4" <br/><br/> Ex Typographia Remondini hardcover books
37Printed by Furman and Loudon Opposite the City-Hall New York: 1801. Near Fine. Printed by Furman and Loudon Opposite the City-Hall New York: 1801.First edition. Copies of this imprint are found at the Library of Congress and at the New York Historical Society. 22 pages 6 7/8 in x 3 7/8 in; quarto; A1-4; B1-4; C1-3. Published by the order of the Common Council Robert Benson Clerk. Printers mark of a phoenix rising from flames with the printers motto Protection on the title page. This copy lacks the final blank with the printers advertisements on the verso. Shaw and Shoemaker 1023.Furman and Loudon were located at the corner of Broad and Wall Streets in New York City in 1800 opposite the City Hall. Small repair of paper loss to title-page without any loss of text. This copy is sewn into a plain wrapper and trimmed.This rare title is remarkable for the progressive compassion articulated in the provisions of governance and in the vision of its authors for the self-help solutions articulated for the paupers cared for by this early public assistance institution.Jacob de la Montagnie was a judge and held various elected positions as an elected representative of the people of New York. Notably in 1804 he served on the committee overseeing the funeral arrangements for Alexander Hamilton and for the hiring of Col. John Trumbull to paint a full-length portrait of Hamilton as a general for the sum of five-hundred dollars. Richard Harrison was one of the first three lawyers and the only lawyer from New York admitted to practice before the Supreme Court the first day it opened in New York in February 1790. Printed by Furman and Loudon, Opposite the City-Hall, [New York]: 1801. books
1947192843Ithaca: Thrift Press 1947. 47p. mildly worn wraps. Music and lyrics for Russian folk songs with English translations at the end. Thrift Press unknown books