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18661007628vo original dark brown pebbled and blindstamped cloth front cover decoratively lettered in gilt steel engraved frontispiece portrait of Lincoln 69 pp. Binding with some edge wear and chipping to spine missing about two inches of lower spine hinges a little weak but still firm ends and corners bumped a little soiling pencil signature of previous owner; else very good. George Bancroft who at one time was Secretary of the Navy deliverd this memorial address to both houses of Congress on February 12 1866. This pamphlet was also published in New York but that issue lacked the portrait. Sabin 3132 Government Printing Office hardcover
18372016DB1837. Bd. 2 v. 2 Bdn. Wien u. Leipzig C. Armbruster 1837. 8°. 6 140 2 S.; 4 166 2 S.; 4 159 S.; 313 6 S. 4 S. Anzeigen. Pappbd. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. Rückenschild. Vgl. Bautz I Sp. 10-11 für Abraham a Sancta Clara. Die Werkauswahl des volkstümlichen Predigers u. Schriftstellers Abraham a Sancta Clara 1644-1709 erschien in 13 Lieferungen bzw. 2 Bänden. Im 18. u. 20. Jahrh. erschienen mehrere gesammelte oder gesamte Werke. - Mit mehreren Anstreichungen u. Besitzereinträgen von alter Hand. Gebräunt u. stockfleckig. - Einband stärker berieben und bestossen. Gelenke angeplatzt. unknown
18755825BB1875. Bern J. Dalp'sche Buch- und Kunsthandlung K. Schmid 1875. 8°. 69 S. 10 S. Anzeigen. Mit 6 dv. 2 gef. Tafeln u. 5 Textillustr. in Holzstich nach Gustave Roux sowie 1 gef. chromolithogr. Karte 34 x 47 cm. Illustr. Orig.-Leinenband. Wäber S. 123; vgl. HBLS V 718 für Roth. - Einzige Ausgabe dieses Werks des Schweiz. Journalisten u. Schriftstellers Abraham Roth 1823-1880 dessen selbständige Publikationen hauptsächlich historisch-politische Themen u. geographische Gegenstände umfassen. Er war leidenschaftlicher Bergsteiger u. Mitbegründer des SAC. Die Tafeln nach dem Künstler Gustave Roux 1828-1885 zeigen Tägertschi Entlebuch Langnau Werthenstein Hünigen u. Diessbach; die Karte im Massstab 1:200'000 zeigt die Bahnlinie Bern-Luzern. - Leicht gebräunt. Einbandrücken mit altem Material restauriert. Vorsätze teilw. erneuert. unknown
186645134Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1866. Original pebbled dark brown cloth with oval gilt titled and decorated front cover. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Lincoln with tissue-guard engraved and printed at the Treasury Department . With Oration and Appendix 69 pages. Some modest corner rubbing else very good or better with bright and clean text. A nice copy. See photos. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Government Printing Office Hardcover
1831060032Idle Bradford : Printed and sold by John Vint 1831. Third Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Small Octavo. IDLE : 1831. Words to 316 hymns. Hardback. An attractive binding. Contemporary dark-red full calf-leather. Gilt lettered spine and gilt and blind decoration. Raised panels to front and rear covers; gilt and blind decoration to spine and covers. All edges marbled. Original marbled end-papers. No owner name or internal markings. Bright tight and clean. Minor wear and thumbing. VERY GOOD. 316 hymns plus Index. Sm.8vo. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. IDLE Bradford .: Printed and sold by John Vint. SCARCE <br/> <br/> Printed and sold by John Vint hardcover
1864369148New York 1864. 8pp. Oblong folio. Central fold with small fading else fine. 8pp. Oblong folio. Reads on left column in part: VICTORY! Glorious rsult Yesterday. Election of Lincoln and Johnson. Terrible Defeat of McClellan." Haedlines show a little editorializing even then. unknown
189912434n.p.: n.p. 1899. FIRST EDITION. Bound in half morocco and marbled boards; light creasing and soiling. Judd Stewart's copy with his bookplate. Very good. First edition of this inspirational address. Monaghan 1254. [n.p.] unknown
186512378Philadelphia: John E. Potter 1865. FIRST EDITION. With engraved frontispiece. Gray pebbled cloth decorated in gilt some light wear especially to corners some chipping to head and foot of spine. Aside from a few minor smudges to first couple of pages interior is very good. First edition. An in-depth biography of Lincoln with emphasis on his political career. It contains excerpts from a number of speeches and shorter messages. Interesting as to the contemporary ownership inscription. Monaghan 466. John E. Potter unknown
1865102320<p> Newspaper 16" x 23" uncut six columns of text 8 pp. Folded at center some tears and a little loss of text at center fold but not significant other chips tears and folds mostly at extremities normal aging and darkening uncut and center pages probably never read; good or better for a newspaper and still very presentable.</p><p>Dated April 21 1865 this paper covers events of the Lincoln assassination Most of the front page and part of the last page are dedicated to Lincoln's death. The Herald discusses the eminent capture of John Wilkes Booth and gives an updat on Secretary Seward"s condition. The paper also carries a story on the conspiracy to kill Lincoln and an arrest made in Baltimore. The Herald gives a clear picture of a nation in mourning and the large crowds that turned out for a final viewing of the late president. An important piece of American History. </p>
1810080096Philadelphia: Samuel F. Bradford and Murray Fairman and Co Circa 1810. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. Full brown leather binding. AI summary "Plates Vol. VI Ancient and Modern Atlas of Abraham Rees’s The Cyclopaedia 1819–1820 is a dedicated collection of copper-engraved maps focusing on geographic knowledge from the early 19th century. Featuring maps produced under cartographer Aaron Arrowsmith this volume provides a comprehensive visual record of both classical and contemporary world geography. The selection encompasses both ancient and modern geography with the modern maps drawn under the direction of Aaron Arrowsmith England’s leading cartographer of the period.Highlights include two world maps as well as detailed coverage of British Possessions in North America North America the United States and the West Indies."<br><br>CONDITION: Covers endpapers and front flyleaf are fully detached but present. Covers and spine have heavy rubbing and edge wear. Pages have light to mild foxing maps remain fully legible. Text block is square and sound. Full refund if not satisfied. Samuel F. Bradford and Murray, Fairman and Co hardcover
18370003681837. 1st American Edition . Hardcover. Good/None. This volume comprises 2 books in one. It is a first edition bound in good leather with gilt stamping and lettering. It would be excellent except the title label is loose. The boards are worn a little at the edges and corners as are the spine ends and there is a crack in the leather front hige at the top about 1" long. The hinges are however tight. Bright mable end papers with matching page edges. There is a book plate of Henry Tweedy m MD inside the cover.The pages are clean and bright. There is a two page color print at the end of book one. That text is 351 pages. The second text by Richard Carmichael Clinical Lectures on Venereal Disease is 219 pages. published in 1942.no markings. The book seems to have been bound as a presntation copy. a rare find. <br/> <br/> hardcover
186618079New York: D. Appleton and Company 1866. FIRST EDITION. With 3 full-page illustrations. Publisher’s cloth title within decorated border in gilt on front cover; there appears to be a bookplate removed from the paste-down otherwise interior excellent. The author’s presentation copy to Oliver Wendell Holmes with his inscription on the fly-leaf dated the first of January 1869. First edition. The illustrations include the frontispiece of Andreas Vesalius Rembrandt’s painting of Nicholas Tulp and his pupils entitled “Lesson in Anatomy†and an illustrations of Harvey’s demonstration of the circulation of the blood to Charles I. <br /> <br /> Coles 1813-1891 was a physician and poet from New Jersey who published a number of books of prose and poetry. The Medical Society of New Jersey founded in 1766 is the oldest professional society in America. D. Appleton and Company unknown
18451409712Philadelphia: Ed. Barrington and Geo. D. Haswell 1845. Hardcover. Octavo viii 420 pages. In Good plus condition. In full brown leather binding; spine with gilt titling on a black morocco label. Moderate wear and scuffing to boards with rubbing to all edges and exposed board at the fore corners. Splitting to rear joint with shallow chipping to head of spine. Text block shows age toning and foxing along edges with dust soiling and a dark stain on the top edge. Lightly age toned and moderately foxed throughout. Small ownership inscription on front pastedown. Interior otherwise clean. Shelved in Room F. 1409712. Special Collections - Upstairs. Ed. Barrington and Geo. D. Haswell hardcover
185511141855. TOMLINSON Abraham ed. The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers 1758-1775 With Numerous Illustrative Notes to Which Is Added a Supplement Containing Official Papers on the Skirmishes at Lexington and Concord. Poughkeepsie: Abraham Tomlinson 1855. 1st ed. Engraved frontis. 128pp. Wear to spine ends else very good in orig. decorated cloth. Howes T-289. Sabin 42860. The journals of Lemuel Lyons and S. Haws are annotated by Benson J. Lossing. unknown
1820357259London.: Longman Hurst Rees and Lorme. circa 1820. No covers sewn at spine. Very good light marginal toning and scattered foxing. 27x21.5x0.3 cm. The Rees Cyclopedia was issued serially from 1802-1820 in 39 volumes plus 7 atlas volumes. The Cyclopedia was not well received and the plates from the atlas are rather scarce. These are illustrations from the era of early steam power. weight: 0.2 lb. Longman, Hurst, Rees and Lorme. unknown
1858840T81London: Longman Brown Green Longmans and Roberts & John Murray 1858-1880. Leather. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. A very neat collection of seven volumes of work by Abraham Hayward. Five volumes of Biographical and Critical Essays Reprinted from Reviews with Additions and Corrections. Two volumes of Sketches of Eminent Statesmen and Writers with Other Essays. This work commemorates to a large extent personal friendships with such men as Dumas Cavour and Thiers whom he knew intimately. Written by Abraham Hayward an English man of letters who was one of the Athenaeum Club's most conspicuous and influential members. Bookplate to the front paste down of each volume showing that this collection once belonged to Sir William Eden 7th and 5th Baronet 1849-1915. Sir William was a British politician former colonel and local magistrate described as eccentric and often foul-tempered. He was also a talented watercolourist who exhibited regularly in London and Paris and a collector of Impressionist art. Rebound in brown half crushed Morocco and cream cloth boards. Marbled endpapers. Externally very smart. Light bumping to the extremities and the odd mark to the board. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with minor age toning to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown in each volume. Very Good Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts & John Murray hardcover
1815725L19London: Gale and Fenner 1815. Disbound. Near Fine. 8" by 5". None. A section from the nineteenth century publication 'The Pamphleteer' regarding American Encroachments of British Rights. Much of this chapter is taken from Nathaniel Atcheson's work 'American Encroachments on British Rights' published in 1808 which is an observation on the importance of the British North American Colonies and looks at the treaties with the United States. This copy is disbound. Lacking the title page as this is one section from this periodical. This work is part II concluded from the last number. This work explores shipping and trade at the turn of the nineteenth century and looks at the relationship of Britain and America following the War of Independence and the Confederation period. A very scarce work which provides an insight into the political state and relationship between Britain its old colonies and the newly formed United States of America. Disbound. Externally very smart with a light spot to the first leaf. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine Gale and Fenner unknown
188834892New York: North American Publishing Company 1888. Early Printing With portrait frontispiece and 27 full-page illustrations throughout including many facsimiles of Lincoln autograph letters and manuscripts. Thick 8vo original polished green cloth gilt lettered on the spine and upper cover and decorated on both covers with gilt emblematic devices. lxix 13656 pp. A handsome copy bright and with little evidence of wear or use with some overall evidence of age the binding tight and strong the text-block clean. Reminiscences of the President by distinguished men of the time. There are contributions by Ulysses S. Grant Frederick Douglas Henry Ward Beecher Walt Whitman Cassius Clay and many others. A touching tribute to the 16th President of the United States. North American Publishing Company hardcover
182037489J Maxwell. Good with no dust jacket. 1820. First US Edition. Hardcover. i-viii 9-179 pages; No more published in this series ie No Part Two was ever produced. An elementary treatise written for the author's students. Apparently reprinted from the Dublin edition of 1811. Only one copy has ever come to auction quite scarce. In scuffed contemprary sheep leather covers. Front cover held by binding cords. Contents firm and clean. . J Maxwell hardcover
18396637London Longman & Co. 1839. 1839 xviii 400 p. Contemporary half calf rubbed but sound. Spine with a contrasting label. Armorial bookplate of Francis Jervoise Collas. A very good copy. London, Longman & Co., unknown
1832004264United Kingdom: Not published 1832. Autograph. Very good condition. Unbound. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Painter of Horses. Stampless cover dated April 19th 1832; one page letter to Henry Graves 1806-1892 leading London printseller saying that he has "tried to procure you a ticket for Private View at the RA without success" but he may see many more members "on the varnishing days" suggesting Sir Edwin Landseer 1802-1873 "he being on the Council has 4. I have but 2 tickets" ending "Yrs truly in haste". One-side 8vo leaf with conjugate address leaf postmarked Lamb's Conduit Street. Corner of address stuck under seal. Cooper was groom to Sir Henry Meux and in 1809 unable to afford a portrait of the horse "Frolic" to which he was greatly attached bought an introduction to painting in oils. His master bought the resulting canvas and Cooper never looked back. Henry Graves was at that time in partnership with F.G. Moon and Thomas Boys. He engraved all the most famous pictures of his day paying Landseer a total of pounds sterling 50000 for copyrights alone and 20000 to the owner of Frith's "A Railway Station" for the painting the engraved plate and the list of subscribers. Not published Paperback
1864000010542London: Longman Green Longman Roberts & Green 1864. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 5 vi-xiii 2 2-359 5 pp. Half smooth later ca. 1920 calf over marbled boards with the spine in six compartments two green morocco labels lettered in gold gold decorations on the spine; top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. With a brown ribbon bookmark bound in. Bound by Zaehnsdorf for John Wanamaker the inventor of the price tag and the department store. PBS Who Made America "John Wanamaker Department Store". Wanamaker opened the first American department store in the mid-nineteenth century and printed the first ever copyrighted advertisement. He revolutionized shopping by offering higher-quality clothing and material goods for lower prices in a large retail space accessible to many city dwellers in Philadelphia. Kunitz and Haycraft 284. Edited by Abraham Hayward an essayist and prominent Victorian author. This volume contains excerpts from the diary of Miss Frances Williams Wynn its publication aided by her niece after Wynn's death. Miss Wynn was the daughter of a baronet and ran in upper-class English circles. Her diary recounts interesting incidents of this life urban legends and ghost stories and historical events she witnessed. Details on the French Revolution Napoleon's reign Austro-Hungarian politics the insanity of George III Ireland in 1840 and other historical anecdotes of interest are recorded here. The top corners bumped and rubbed overall a pleasing copy. Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green hardcover
1808AQ26487Philadelphia: Printed by William Duane 1808. 123pp 1. Recent gilt-tooled half-half marbled paper boards contrasting dark green morocco lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. Slight browning to title otherwise internally clean and crisp. The second edition of a report on America's roads and canals by Abraham Albert Gallatin 1761-1849 Genevan-American politician often termed 'America's Swiss Founding Father'. Gallatin's tremendous proposals included plans for a $20 million federal infrastructure program which would involve the construction of a canal through Cape Cod the connection of the Hudson River with the Great Lakes and a road linking Maine and Georgia. Ultimately Democratic-Republican pushback prevented his vision from being realised but he was granted the funds to construct the National Road America's first improved highway built by the federal government. . Second edition. 8vo. Printed by William Duane hardcover
1809980Z39London: John Sharpe 1809. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None stated. The works of the seventeenth century English poet and author Abraham Cowley including Samuel Johnson's biography on the author bound in three volumes in modern half calf. A new edition pointing out the pieces selected by Richard Hurd and including his Lordship's notes and including Dr. Johnson's 'Life of the Author'. Bound in later half calf with marbled paper to the boards. Endpapers and blanks renewed.Illustrated with engraved title pages. A collection of works from the prominent seventeenth century English poet and essayist Abraham Cowley. This set includes his essays on topics such as liberty agriculture the danger of procrastination and his collections of love verses titled 'The Mistress' and other poetical works. A three volume complete set. Bound in later half calf with marbled paper to the boards. Endpapers and blanks renewed. Externally lightly rubbed to the boards with corners of marbled paper lifting with small closed tears to the rear board of vol II. Hinges re-enforced. Internally firmly bound with bright pages with spotting to the fronts and rears otherwise generally clean. Small tidemark to the engraved title page to vol III. Very Good Indeed John Sharpe hardcover
1820015026London: Longman Husrts 1820. Map volume only. 62 maps mostly double page. Book measures 30x24.5.cm. Bound in period full calf raised bands gilt lines and tooling full marble edges and endpapers. At some time the spines has been relaid with binders tape on inner hinge joints. Calf rubbed worn on edges and corners. Generally binding in good firm condition. Internally general light spotting throughout. Maps in good condition. . Full Calf. Near Very Good. Quarter. Longman, Husrts Hardcover