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177125148Boston: Richard Draper. 1771. Half title 31 1 blank pp. Disbound. Lightly foxed. Very Good. <br/><br/> "As we are made rational and accountable creatures the care of ourselves and of our own happiness is the first natural and reasonable concern of every man. A rational self love though distinct from is not inconsistent with the more noble principles but subserves and promotes them." A footnote states that Hilliard succeeded Reverend Joseph Green who served the Barnstable church from 1725 until his death in 1770. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Evans 12289. 664 NUC 0319346 6. Richard Draper... unknown books
1804291047Lausanne.: Hignou. 1804. Contemporary half speckled leather over marbled boards. Very good old ink name to ffep old bookseller’s pencil notes to pastedown. . 8vo. 18.7x12/.2 cm. . French text. Scarce. Bonjour served with the British army in India. After his return to Switzerland he wrote essays on promoting religious tolerance a federal army and progressive taxation. weight: 0.6 lb. One large folding plate. Hignou. hardcover books
1832004264United Kingdom: Not published 1832. Book. 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 books
26709n. p.: The American Monthly Review of Reviews n. d. Ca 1909. Cf. Monaghan 1361n. Buff card stock wrappers stapled. Front wrapper onlay of early Lincoln photographic image Meserve 8 reprint of Fish 852 as cited in Worldcat entry. VG discrete repair to lower edge of front wrapper. Unpaginated though 12 pp. 38 period cartoons reproduced in half-tone. Laid-in facsimile. Textual commentary accompanies as well as the original cartoon caption. Folio. 11-1/2" x 8-3/4" <br/><br/>The work shows Lincoln primarily during the 1860s as he was perceived by the populace at least as expressed through these political cartoons. The 'Review' drew upon the files of Harper's Weekly Frank Leslie's as well as the London Punch and Currier & Ives poster cartoons of the era. Uncommon. The American Monthly Review of Reviews unknown books
19081262438London: Hutchinson & Co 1908. First Edition. 4vo. xx 209pp.; VG-; bound in publishers red cloth stamped with a gilt title and blue design on front board gilt lettering on spine; 30 color tipped-in plates with printed tissue guards; bumping to head and tail of spine corners; inscription in ink on ffep; top edge of text block gilt; fore and lower edges of text block show some minor wear wear extend to pages; boards scuffed; DC consignment; shelved case 14. 1262438. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Hutchinson & Co unknown books
184255774Providence: published for the purchaser 1842. First edition 12mo pp. 160; original black cloth-backed printed paper-covered boards; very good. Chapter I verse 1: "Now it came to pass that Harrison was dead and Tyler was made President in his stead over all the United States of America." "This curious book relates to the dissensions among various religious denominations in Rhode Island. It is written in scriptural language and divided into chapters and verses." Not in American Imprints; Bartlett p. 6; Sabin 148 authorship unattributed; Sabin 55932 later editions with Norwood the attributed author. <br/><br/> published for the purchaser hardcover books
1860013685New York. Good. 1860. Disbound. Disbound pamphlet containing Abraham Lincoln's speech at the Cooper Institute New York City on February 27 1860. Item is in good condition: all edges have moderate wear; pieces of binding are still attached and book tape located where item was once bound into a book; fore edge has a dampstain that affects most leaves; first leaf has closed tear affecting content and a red rubber stamp is located on top right corner; all leaves have moderate soiling. One of his most effective speeches which some historians believe won him the presidency later that year. Carefully crafted speech examining slavery and is broken down in three parts: Part one presenting a rational argument concerning the Founding Fathers; part two is an emotional talk to the South; and part three is an appeal to Republicans. Sabin 41160. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 8 pp . unknown books
1865018675Clarion PA: Clarion Extra 1865. Book. Very good- condition. Unbound. First Edition. Quarto 4to. Issued the day President Lincoln died as he succumbed to the assassin's bullet. A one-sheet publication no place of publication listed but thought to be Clarion PA issued in haste as it has numerous typographical errors. Folded into fourths moderately foxed with one corner torn off affecting a few letters of text. It reads: CLARION EXTRA. FROM WASHINGTON. Pres. Lincoln Assassinated! Sec. Seward Assassinated! Seward's Son Dangerously Wounded! THE NATION MOURNS. Curiously the final line of text reads: The latest despatch states that Booth the supposed assassin has been captured. - Ed. Measures 5.5 inches width by 12.75 inches height. . Clarion Extra Paperback books
1772007772London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols : For T. Cadell in the Strand 1772. Two volumes Very Good Plus in contemporary full calf back with gilt devices and rules leather label with gilt lettering covers with gilt rule later end papers which are stamped S & S light toning light rubbing to edges of covers overall a quite pleasing set. With preface and notes by the editor Bishop Hurd and a life of the author by T. Sprat. . Second Edition. Full Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols : For T. Cadell, in the Strand Hardcover books
16556641Leyden: Apud Franciscum Hackium 1655. Full vellum. Very Good. 12mo. 860527pp. Index. Copper engraved title-page by Cornelis Cl. Dusand. Cont. vellum with yapped fore-edge a bit soiled. Repaired paper flaw on final text leaf and one leaf of index partially obscuring a few words. Ownership signature at top of front free endpaper dated 16 July 1703. See Willems 1185. Half of this edition was printed for Elzevir and has their imprint the other half was printed for Hackium. Apud Franciscum Hackium hardcover books
1863027103Washington D.C.: Executive Mansion 1863. Small Octavo. 4 page folded pamphlet issued to military. The large number of desertions in the Civil War was becoming epidemic. Previously they might go home to bring in a harvest to visit a wife or girl friend or simply be tired of either war or what often seemed like endless waiting for something to happen. This offered soldiers amnesty if they returned before April 1 1863. Their only penalty would be the forfeiture of pay and allowances during their absence. After that date they will be arrested as "deserters and punished as the law provides." Pages 2-3 lists 36 places where they can report. Besides those near the places of conflict it includes locations as far away as Fort Vancouver Washington Territory Fort Randall Dakota Territory Salt Lake City and San Francisco. Executive Mansion unknown books
031249New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. History Book Club Edition. 1953-1955. The Abraham Lincoln Association Springfield Illinois. Roy P. Basler editor. 9 vols. complete b/w illus. original grey cloth. Contents: v. 1 1824-1848. v. 2 1848-1858. v. 3 1858-1860. v. 4 1860-1861. v. 5 1861-1862. v. 6 1862-1863. v. 7 1863-1864. v. 8 1864-1865. v. 9 Index. Rutgers University Press unknown books
1865212130Philadelphia: The Philadelphia Inquirer 1865. 8 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Fine. 8 pp. 1 vols. Folio. The Philadelphia Inquirer unknown books
160149hardcover. Ed. by Arthur Brooks Lapsley. Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. many plates. 8 vols. thick 8vo cloth; cloth lightly soiled on all volumes volume I has dampstain on corner of first few pages some spines frayed at tops. N.Y.: Putnam 1905 1906.<br/><br/> One of 1000 sets.<br/><br/> unknown books
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> books
1889Z1620London & Bradford:: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington & Thos. Brear 1889. 1889. Tall 8vo. xvi 342 ad 1 pp. Engraved frontis. with tissue guard 9 unnumbered plates 19 figs. indexes. Half vellum with marbled paper sides gilt-stamped black morocco spine labels t.e.g.; soiled extremities worn. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION: "The Rev. Addison Croft M.A. With the Compliments of The Author" with pasted autograph "Yours Truly W. Cudworth." Good . Sharp was a Yorkshire mathematician and astronomer and Assistant to Flamsteed. Pages 1-215 are devoted exclusively to the life and correspondence of Abraham Sharp; the balance of the book pp.216-317 to other members of his family with a final general chapter on Greenwich Observatory in the 1880's pp.318-328 2 figs. The illustrations are mostly facsimiles of documents and genealogies. Nice association copy. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington & Thos. Brear, 1889. hardcover books
186542656Philadelphia: Published by John Dainty 1865. Age-toning to engraving with some discoloration sections to margins especially to left. Minor wear to frame. Very Good. Oval image sepia toned 8" x 6-1/8". Period black oval wood frame 13-7/8" x 11-5/8" <br/><br/>Full-length group portrait of Abraham Lincoln and his family. Mary Todd Lincoln and the president are seated left to right with Robert Todd standing behind them and Thomas to Lincoln's right. A portrait of William Wallace Lincoln hangs on the wall. Published by John Dainty unknown books
179955365Providence: printed by Brother Bennett Wheeler 1799. First edition 8vo pp. 15 1; 20th-century brown cloth-backed marbled boards gilt-lettered direct on spine; title page guarded small stain in the top gutter margin throughout; all else very good. On the verso of the last leaf: "Benjamin J. Sheffield his book bought December 23 AD 1799 price P. 4½." This discourse by a clergyman indicates the comfort of the clergy with Masonry at the turn of the century. Alden 1614; Bartlett p. 77-8; Evans 35310. <br/><br/> printed by Brother Bennett Wheeler hardcover books
11717Stereopticon slide of Ford Theater. Full color stereoview 6 x 3" "Old Theater Where Lincoln Was Assassinated Washington D.C." This is a later view of the Ford Theater adapted from a photograph of the time period when the slide was made. Printed descriptive remarks on reverse. Minor wear on edges otherwise in very good condition. unknown books
1687289634Zug. : Muosischen Druckerey. 1687. Contemporary vellum. . Good covers soiled front hinge split old repair to preliminaries at gutter moderate foxing throughout old library marking to preliminaries a little light mostly marginal dampstaining. . 4to. 20.5x15.5 cm. . German text. Uncommon Zug edition of a popular work. Woodcut frontis with arcane illustration of demons dancing around a hanging Judas. Muosischen Druckerey. hardcover books
186522051Boston MA 1865. No binding. Fine. Photograph. Lincoln funerary stereoview. c. April 1865 E.F. Smith photographer Boston Mass. This double card from a stereopticon shows a large room with tables a globe and two men sitting. Mourning bunting reads ""A Nation Mourns Him Who Has Honored It."" unknown books
1802WRCAM50572Hartford: John Babcock 1802. 166pp. Dbd. Faded library stamp and light foxing to titlepage. Scattered toning throughout else very clean. Very good. A pamphlet by this staunch Connecticut Republican discussing the continued practice of the dominance of religious institutions in New England government and the consequences in respect to the authority of the Federal government and the right to freedom of religion as put forth by the First Amendment. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 1907. SABIN 5597. John Babcock unknown books
179129150New York: Printed by W. Durell 1791. viii 9-95 1 blank pp. Stitched and disbound. Lightly foxed and worn. Good.<br/><br/> The first American printing issued from New York in 1765. Hellenbroek was a Dutch Reformed Minister who died in 1731. <br/>Evans 23438. NAIP w036492 5. Printed by W. Durell unknown books
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 books
1864011649Union League of America. Very Good. 1864. Pamphlet. An 1864 pro-Lincoln pamphlet for the presidential election. Disbound with rough binding edge and loose pages light soil and a few chips. Contains many of Lincoln's statements on slavery dating from 1858 to1864.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 16 pp . Union League of America unknown books