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181535518Boston: Printed and Published by E.B. Tileston 1815. 32pp. Stitched title page lightly foxed a few other scattered fox spots. Untrimmed. Very Good. <br/><br/> "Dr. Adams was acquitted of the murder of his wife who had been killed with an ax in her kitchen at Ellsworth Maine" McDade. "There was evidence that the house had been robbed and the defense indicated that the murderer was probably a thief. The defendant a physician as well as sheriff of the county did not testify in his own defense" Cohen. This second edition was also published in 1815 with "no apparent change from the first edition" Cohen. <br/> This pamphlet the only contemporary record of the Trial prints the names of the jurors noting that twenty-one veniremen had been peremptorily challenged summaries of the testimony the Charge of Judge Jackson to the Jury and the Jury's verdict -- Not Guilty-- after two hours' deliberation. Judge Jackson's charge favored Adams: he forcefully reminded the jurors that conviction required "a violent presumption of his guilt" and that the question was "not whether they were entirely satisfied of the innocence of the prisoner; but whether he was proved to be guilty." <br/>FIRST EDITION. McDade 4 recording only the first edition. Cohen 12272. Printed and Published by E.B. Tileston unknown books
1887299547London: Septimus Prowett 1887. hardcover. very good-. Engravings in outline by Henry Moses. Over 100 illustrations some double page Thick short 4to 3/4 brown morocco over marbled boards marbled endpapers ornately gilt spine covers rubbed. London: Septimus Prowett 1887. Binding is a bit bowed still a very good copy.<br/><br/> Septimus Prowett unknown books
1832001352Concord NH: Published by M. G. Atwood 1832. Second printing ; 2 1/2 x 4; pp. 16; brown illustrated wraps bound with a string; a bit of age-toning to lower half of front wraps; a few small nicks and cuts along spine; minor foxing to pages; illustrated with woodcuts; very good. An early children's book and number 3 in Atwood's natural history series it teaches children interesting facts about a variety of wild and domestic animals including elephant sheep lion dog monkey and others. Concord, NH: Published by M. G. Atwood paperback books
1844002544New York: By the author 1844. First Edition. Very good. Circular; 7 1/2 x 5; single sheet folded pp. 4; text to first page only; top edge unevenly trimmed as published ; a few small nicks to edges; several old fold lines; in about very good condition. Moses Yale Beach 1800 - 1868 was an inventor publisher early owner of the New York Sun originator of print syndication and founder of the Associated Press. He acquired the Sun in 1835 after marrying the original owner Benjamin Day's 1810 - 1899 sister and buying the former out. He invented print syndication in 1841 by publishing a two-page supplement to his newspaper and selling it to a number of other journals on the East Coast. Related to that Beach mailed the current circular to presumably proprietors of news agencies and newspapers requesting that they send him files of papers published at or near their stations and containing market commercial monetary general etc. information. He promised to reciprocate promptly not only with his own news but with pieces from various newspapers from his exchange lists. By the author unknown books
1855282232New York: The Sun 1855. hardcover. very good-. 83pp. 12mo modern brown cloth original front wrapper bound in front wrapper lightly soiled and lacking upper right corner margin small light dampstain to most upper right corner margins. New York: The Sun Office 1855.<br/><br/> Being an alphabetical arrangement of the names of the most prominent capitalists whose wealth is estimated at one hundred thousand dollars and upwards with the sums appended to each name and genealogical and biographical notices of the principal persons. Compiled by Moses Yale Beach the owner and publisher of the New York Sun newspaper. Beach also co-founded the Associated Press.<br/><br/> The Sun unknown books
1874877Wilmington N.C. 1874. Hardcover. Very good. Manuscript on paper 58 unnumbered pages written in an octavo ruled notebook the MS occupying the first half the second being blank. Contemporary American binding sheepskin over boards light wear to binding extremities hinges cracked but firm marbled edges. An attractive manuscript in very good antiquarian condition. ¶ AN AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT CATALOGUE OF PLANTS GROWING AROUND WILMINGTON N.C. being hand-written transcript of another manuscript of Moses Curtis's "Catalogue of Plants Growing Spontaneously Around Wilmington NC." On the first leaf is the note: "Copied by Dr. E. Foreman from a Mss manuscript presented to him by Mr. S.A. Story of Wilmington NC October 1874." Dr. Foreman's additions to the work appear at the end. <br/><br/>¶ Beautifully and articulately written by hand in ink bound in a full leather booklet. Moses A. Curtis 1808-1872 was a noted American botanist. Curtis was born in Stockbridge Massachusetts and educated at Williams College in Massachusetts. After graduating he became a tutor for the children of former Governor Edward Bishop Dudley in Wilmington North Carolina returning to Massachusetts in 1833 to study theology. He married Mary de Rosset in 1834 was ordained in 1835 and obtained a post to teach at the Episcopal school at Raleigh North Carolina. He became rector of the Protestant Episcopal Church at Hillsborough North Carolina in 1841 and in charge of a parish at Society Hill South Carolina in 1847 before returning to the Protestant Episcopal Church at Hillsborough in 1857. He died in Hillsborough North Carolina in 1872. <br/><br/>¶ As a botanist Curtis explored the southern Appalachian Mountains embarking on a major expedition in 1839. He maintained a herbarium of dried specimens and contributed specimens to John Torrey and Asa Gray. He collected lichens for Edward Tuckerman and corresponded with many other botanists including Miles Joseph Berkeley to whom he sent many specimens with descriptions and notes. Gray said of him that "No living botanist . is so well acquainted with the vegetation of the southern Allegheny Mountains ." and that he ".was among the first to retrace the steps and rediscover the plants found and published by the elder Michaux in the higher Alleghany Mountains. For the last twenty-five years of his life he studied and became an authority on mycology." <br/><br/>¶ A VERY CURIOUS AMERICAN BOTANICAL MANUSCRIPT IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. hardcover books
188143573Boston: Moses A. Dow 1881. First edition. Self wrappers. Good with small tears along fold and at edges two inch tear through all leaves at the fold and a few scattered stains. 16 pp. Illus. with b/w drawings. Folio. "The Waverly Magazine and Literary Repository was a weekly magazine for ladies containing music novels poetry book reviews etc. and ran from 1850 until 1909. Contents: Literary Repository; "Landingsford Grange" or "Whom Will He Marry" by Porte Wilson; Waverly Originals: "Exportation of Canned Goods"; "Animal Mind" Do animals commit suicide; "Ambition" I do not hesitate to ascribe to our modern education the restless ambitious spiteful and intolerant spirit of our people; "Beauty and Worth" poem W.J. Bailey; "Jean's Situation" by Caroline Wormwell; Editorial Chit Chat & Cleanings from the Press:; Gossip Topics; Children's Love Affairs; Sulky People; Fencing Women; Progress in China; Children's Questions; purity in Language; Self-Winding Clocks; A Nobleman's Privileges; Sheet Music: Come Rest in this Bosom. by C.C. McDonald. Moses A. Dow unknown books
188143572Boston: Moses A. Dow 1881. First edition. Self wrappers. About very good with small marginal tears along the edges and few scattered brown spots. 16 pp. Illus. with b/w drawings. Folio. "The Waverly Magazine and Literary Repository was a weekly magazine for ladies containing music novels poetry book reviews etc. and ran from 1850 until 1909. Contents: Literary Repository: "Mattie" or "Tenants of Mulberry Cottage" by A.B. on front; Waverly Originals:; "Doubting Heart" poem by Mary Wood; "Alone in a City Full"; The Answer poem by I. Edgar Jones; "The Burial" poem by T.; "Hearts and Faces"; "Queer Industries in New York"; "Our Children"; "Some Cuban Customs"; "Thoughts"; "Repentant" poem by C.S.C.; "Why Tarry so Long" poem Anna J. Grannis; "Eunice" by Christina; "Not like the Best" L.A. Fuller; Editorial Chit Chat & Cleanings from the Press; Discovery of a cliff town in New Mexico; English Rules for Roller-Skating; Facetious Idle-Talk; chit chat topics include gull's eggs slovenly breakfast tables licensed rudeness self-conceit chocolate losing caste and more; Sheet Music to High Flier Galop by W. Godfrey. Moses A. Dow unknown books
186929565Philadelphia: E.C. Markley & Son Printers 1869. 23 1 blank pp. Stitched in original printed purple wrappers light color fading. Near Fine.<br/><br/> A rare printed argument by Dropsie the prominent lawyer author philanthropist entrepreneur railroad promoter President of Gratz College and a leader of Philadelphia's Jewish community. Representing Philadelphia's Aldermen Dropsie appeals from a lower court decision enjoining the Aldermen from enforcing a new State law designed to prevent voting fraud. Dropsie argues "the necessity for some law to prevent the perpetration of frauds and protect the citizen in his right of suffrage." Existing law has not "restrained the commission of frauds in elections" in Philadelphia. <br/> The lower court had declared that the law's application exclusively to Philadelphia violated the State Constitution's requirement "that elections shall be free and equal." Dropsie explains the true meaning of the "free and equal" clause and argues that it does not prohibit the enactment. <br/>OCLC 58445647 3- U PA PA State Hebrew Union as of April 2019. E.C. Markley & Son, Printers unknown books
1852266899Boston 1852. unbound. Partial unsigned manuscript consisting of four pages 9.75 x 7.75 inches labeled "2" through "5" of a more extensive document all in the hand of Moses G. Farmer from 1852-1853 discussing the earliest trial-runs of the first ever Electric Fire Alarm System implemented in Boston. Though placed into service on April 28th 1852 Farmer's notes in diary form start on June 21st assessing the system while constantly citing ways to improve his new invention in very small part: ".Wednesday June 23 an alarm at 2:15.could not be easily read and caused a delay of 8 or 10 minutes.Saturday July 9th the circuit wheel of the key board needed repairs - the connector melted off by strong battery. July 10th Great Fire in Fort Hill. Alarm first came from Lower Boston plain. They tried to give it from Fort Hill & Persshar St. but both turned together turned too fast while ringing for So. Boston alarm came from Broad St. a delay in the time alarm of about 7 minutes.Friday Aug 6th Wanted! A Battery! Easy of manipulation. Constant & enduring in its operation. Powerful & certain in its effects & of small.cost! Sunday Aug 8th An alarm from D-7 at 12M. The operator did not understand it being the first one from that box & did not strike till the alarm came from I-4 at 12:15 P.M.Says he will recognize it next time. Oct 17th tried to raise an alarm from D-3 - S-3 4 & 5 but could not the lightning assertors were the cause of the difficulty.Friday Oct. 29th Put my newly invented battery on the South Boston signal circuit first time. Nov. 22nd Proceeded to try experiments on the velocity of sound for Captain C Wilkes.put my new battery on all signal circuit. Monday Dec. 20th Bad luck within two days at Three alarms. At one alarm the operator forgot to connect the South circuit. At Another the South end bells struck all sorts of ways on account of the key board running too fast. Atmospheric electricity probably had something to do with raising a false alarm at South End yesterday. Note: this is possibly the earliest recorded false alarm! Jan 11th 1853 Patent for my battery granted today. Sat. Jan. 15th 1853 Key board out of order. Made a substitute & had I repaired. Monday Jan. 17th Found wire broken at So. Williams St. did not intercept the circuit." This item has natural folds but is still in near fine condition.<br/><br/> American electrical engineer and inventor of the Electric Fire Alarm System and several forms of the Incandescent Electric Light. He also patented an early light bulb which was later bought by Thomas Edison. Though a true pioneer of many aspects of 19th century electrical invention he and his wife were Spiritualists and felt that their talents were God-given and that they shouldn't take credit for any of his inventions. As a result he failed to carry his ideas to commercial success.<br/><br/> unknown books
18298887Portland 1829. No Binding. Very Good. 50 ¾ x 40 ¼ inches. Steel engraving. Original wash color refreshed; expertly conserved re-mounted on new linen; a few cracks & marginal mends but fine for this kind. The very rare three copies cited in OCLC first edition of this excellent map of Maine by the state's first mapmaker. An exceptionally well-preserved example. Unlike many early American state maps that struggled to get completed Greenleaf's received a warm commendation from the state legislature even before it was published and the mapmaker was granted $1000 to aid him in finishing the map. Greenleaf later received $640 from the legislature for 40 copies of the map that were obtained for state use a remarkable $16 per copy. Perhaps the large number of copies sold for official rather than private use helps account for the map's present rarity. The map was originally intended to accompany an atlas and survey of the state that Greenleaf published the same year but very few complete sets of the three items are known to have survived. Greenleaf appears to have taken special care in the production of this map. Although published in Portland Maine Greenleaf employed as engravers for this work the estimable J. H. Young and F. Dankworth both of whom produced major works for the firms of S. A. Mitchell and others. This precisely detailed map which shows ten counties in different colors provides state county town and township boundary lines. The state's many rivers lakes ponds and even falls are shown as are roads and elevations. The map was re-published in 1844 by Greenleaf's son and namesake from the same plates but with emendations and several times thereafter. Greenleaf published two earlier maps of the state in 1815 and 1820 but the present work was by far his finest. Ristow W. American Maps and Mapmakers pp. 95-96; Catalogue Raisonne Important Maine Maps. Auction Catalogue for Thompson Collection Auction Robert E. Croul 2003 lot 119. unknown books
1816849971816. GREENLEAF Moses. A STATISTICAL VIEW OF THE DISTRICT OF MAINE; MORE ESPECIALLY WITH REFERENCE TO THE VALUE AND IMPORTANCE OF ITS INTERIOR. ADDRESSED TO THE CONSIDERATION OF THE LEGISLATORS OF MASSACHUSETTS. Boston: Cummings and Hilliard 1816. First edition. 154 pp. 8vo. quarter brown paper blue paper covered boards/ Spine and boards dampstained. Spine chipped; front joint starting. Interior has moderate foxing some dampstaining to pages at front and rear. Ink ownership and doodling contemporary to front flyleaf. Text incomplete missing p. 33-34 with a large chip missing at top corner of 35-36 partial loss of text. This is the first edition; it was republished in 1829 with an additional atlas volume. Maine's agriculture population natural resources boundaries etc. Moses Greenleaf's promotion of Maine as a separate entity from Massachusetts began with his "Map of the District of Maine" 1815. When Maine became a state in 1820 he published a revised map; this was followed by the later edition with atlas. Overall fair in a somewhat fragile binding. unknown books
1824WRCAM22365Cincinnati 1824. 160pp. Contemporary calf red leather label chipped. Some minor scuffing to extremities. Foxed. A good copy. Second edition after the first of the previous year. "Guest a revolutionary soldier came to Cincinnati in 1817 and gives some account of his residence there. His voyages were to the Georgia and the Carolina coasts" - Howes. During the Revolution Guest had served in the militia unit which captured the noted partisan Col. Lincoln as well as John Graves Simcoe in New Jersey in October 1779. Many of the poems relate to the Revolution e.g. Gen. Washington Col. Simcoe's expedition etc. The journal which records three distinct travels begins on page eighty-three and describes trips to Cuba and the Bahamas in the 1780s a trek from New Brunswick to Canada in 1796 and a trip from New Brunswick to Cincinnati in 1817. Felcone states that only some copies of the second edition include a plate. The copy at hand does not have such a plate and there is no evidence that one has been removed. HOWES G456. THOMSON 471. SABIN 29139. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 16357. FELCONE COLLECTION 744. hardcover books
182329699Cincinnati: Looker & Reynolds 1823. 160pp moderately foxed. Original sheep hinges starting rubbed. Good. <br/><br/> The first edition reprinted in 1824. The poems reflect Guest's Revolutionary War experiences. He had commanded the unit that captured John Graves Simcoe after his raid into New Jersey. "Guest gives a detailed account of the events surrounding Simcoe's capture in New Jersey in 1779." Felcone 743. Guest's journal begins on page 83 and includes travels to Cuba the Bahamas Haiti and Jamaica in the 1780s; from New Brunswick NJ to Canada in 1796; and from New Brunswick to Cincinnati in 1817. <br/>Felcone Collection 743. Howes G456. Not in Decker Eberstadt. Looker & Reynolds unknown books
183266774Cincinnati: Looker & Reynolds. Very Good. 1832. First Edition. Hardcover. Guest Moses. POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS; TO WHICH ARE ANNEXED EXTRACTS FROM A JOURNAL KEPT BY THE AUTHOR WHILE HE FOLLOWED THE SEA AND DURING A JOURNEY FROM NEW-BRUNSWICK IN NEW JERSEY TO MONTREAL AND QUEBEC. Cincinnati: Looker & Reynolds 1823. First Edition in contemporary calf professionally rebacked retaining the original leather spine label and almost seamlessly done. Old foxing but a nice fresh copy. Guest came to Cincinnati in 1817 and the journal here in pages 83-160 contains early reminiscences of that city and of his travels. The opening poem is an acrostic dedicated to George Washington. . Looker & Reynolds hardcover books
18326356Montreal: 14 December 1832. Very Good/A note of accounts between two brothers both powerful businessmen in the burgeoning city of Montreal. The document reads in part: "Alexander Hart in account current with Moses Hart. " The figures list balances payments compensations charges including for "1/3 burial wall" and totals. Moses Hart's autograph appears next to the total. The docket is in the hand of Alexander Hart. The Hart family was a major force in Montreal trade and commerce between the 18th and 19th centuries. 2 leaves 163 x 200 mm; first page blank. Docket on last page. Vertical fold. 14 December unknown books
18436354Montreal: July 3 1843. Very Good/The Montreal businessman landowner and libertine writes to George W. Warner "The shop formerly occupied by M. M. Poppin and next to the one leased to you in my house at Montreal corner of St. Paul and St. Peter street and which you continue to occupy altho' I wanted it for myself I have therefore to inform you that the price for thye occupation of the said shop till the first of May next will be fporty pounds currency payable four pounds per month." A larger-than-life figure in his day Hart dealt in land banking beer steamboat navigation as well as philosophy politics and law. . 1 leaf oblong 205 x 170 mm. Usual folds. July 3 unknown books
18326353Montreal: January 12 1832. Very Good/The Montreal businessman about to sell a parcel of land on St. Gabriel Street in Montreal writes "I Moses Hart of the Town of Three Rivers in the Province of Lower Canada merchant have made ordained constituted and appointed my Brother Alexander Hart Esquire of the City of Montreal as my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name." A larger-than-life figure in his day Hart dealt in land banking beer steamboat navigation as well as philosophy politics and law. . 1 leaf folio 184 x 305 mm. Paper seal present remains of red wax seal. Signed by Hart witnessed by H. K. Major and Ezekiel M. Hart. A bit toned usual folds else very good. January 12 unknown books
18801303024Paris/Leipzig: Verlag von Mme Syb. M. Hess Wittwe 1880. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 182 1 pages; VG; rebound in red cloth gilt lettering to spine; ex-library US Air Force to front pastedown; stamp on half-title page for a Professor in Berlin; with five folding plates plus the gravure frontispiece; mild age-toning to pages moderate to plates; text in German; scarce; shelved case 10. Moses Moshe Hess 1812-1875 was a French-Jewish philosopher and a founder of Labor Zionism. His socialist theories predicated on racial struggle led to conflict with Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. 1303024. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Verlag von Mme Syb. M. Hess Wittwe hardcover books
180655698Dover N.H.: Charles Peirce bookseller Portsmouth and Samuel Bragg Jr. Dover . Nov 1806. First edition 8vo pp. 8 431 1 4 ads; recent calf-backed cloth spine in 6 compartmjents red morocco label in 1; overall appearancve is fine. American Imprints 10569; Cohen 8395; not in Sabin. <br/><br/> Charles Peirce, bookseller, Portsmouth, and Samuel Bragg, Jr., Dover ... Nov hardcover books
180629719Dover N.H. 1806. 8 431 1 blank 4- Pierce's Catalogue of Law Books. Bound in original sheep some rubbing and chipping. Most leaves clean but about twenty pages have substantial blotches. Hence Good only.<br/>Cohen 8395. unknown books
187535239Richmond 1875. 8vo. 15 1 pp. Original self-wrappers soiled edges somewhat worn; splitting at the spine else a good unopened copy. First edition one of two 1875 printings priority unknown. The governor's address fills the first two pages with Hoge's oration following; the statue of Stonewall Jackson was erected on Monument Avenue in Richmond. <br/><br/> unknown books
18472518361847. unbound. 0.75 x 9.5 inches no place no date circa 1847 -- a narrow entry removed from a muster roll signed: "H.M. Judah - Captain & co. Commander." Docketed on verso: "Staff - 4th Infantry." Signed at the time when such notables who served with the 4th Infantry included U.S. Grant James Longstreet Philip Sheridan George Crook and Delaney Floyd-Jones. Very good condition.<br/><br/> Union Brigadier General and Indian fighter best remembered for his role in helping to thwart Morgan's Raid in 1863 and for leading a disastrous attack during the Battle of Rescara. Note: Henry Moses Judah was not Jewish. His father was a Parish Minister in an Episcopal Church of which Henry was a member of the congregation. He fought with bravery and distinction during the Mexican War but suffered heavily during the Indian campaigns and Civil War due to his raging alcoholism. He died at age 45 and is quite scarce in autographic material.<br/><br/> unknown books
1880275631Cambridge: Charles W. Sever 1880. hardcover. good. Many Illus. map. 95pp. 4pp. of local ads 4pp. of publisher's ads. Small 12mo original red cloth head of spine and edges of corners worn corners bumped cloth lightly soiled light dampstain to top margin of introduction page. Cambridge: Charles W. Sever 1880<br/><br/> Guidebook to Harvard University. Many of the illustrations are of Harvard University's buildings.<br/><br/> Charles W. Sever unknown books
1878882621878. KING Moses ed. KING'S HAND-BOOK OF BOSTON. Cambridge Ma: Moses King 1878. First edition. 6 294 pp. 22 pp. advertisements some on colored or gilt stock. 8vo. brown cloth stamped in gilt and black. Spine and corners somewhat shelfworn else bright; coated olive green endpapers. "Profusely illustrated." Tab-mounted double-page map in fine condition. Illustrations in b/w or monochrome. unknown books
