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198623621NY: Bloch Publishing 1986. Hardcover. Very Good. 257pp. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. <br/><br/> Bloch Publishing hardcover books
195279016Meriden 1952. Hardcover. Very Good. photos unpaginated. 28cm. No Jacket. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1743185338Boston: S. Kneeland and T. Green 1743. Hardcover. Good pages are clean and clear. Missing title page and last two sermons. Rebound in white thick cardboard covers with cloth ties along spine; vi 110 pp. Full title: The necessity of holding fast the truth : Represented in three sermons on Rev. III. 3 : preached at New-York April 1742 : with an appendix relating to errors lately vented by some Moravians in those parts : to which are added a sermon on the priestly-office of Christ and another on the virtue of charity : together with a sermon of a Dutch divine on taking the little foxes faithfully translated. <br/>Includes: To the Reader on pages i-vi and signed by Benjamin Colman Thomas Prince John Webb William Cooper Thomas Foxcroft and Joshua Gee. The necessity of Holding Fast the Truth; Sermon II Sermon III Appendix. S. Kneeland and T. Green hardcover books
1974147951N.p.: N.p. 1974. Draft script for the 1974 play which premiered at the Booth Theatre on May 5 1974 for 177 performances closing on October 5 1974. Annotations in holograph pencil on title page and on cast page for "Ravenswood" the first of the two one act plays in "Bad Habits" listing names adjacent to the characters.<br/><br/>Two one act comedies the first is "Ravenswood" set in a sanitarium catering to rich "unglued" patients in which Dr. Pepper treats his patients by encouraging them to indulge in bad habits. The second is "Dunelawn" also a sanitarium where Dr. Toynbee treats his patients with a magical drug which inhibits any "urges."<br/><br/>Blue Studio Duplicating Service vinyl titled wrappers with credits for playwright Terrence McNally. Title page present with credits for playwright Terrence McNally. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 62. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold screw brads. N.p. unknown books
SKU1028271American Book Company. Hardcover. Good. B000P84PJE 1898 Ex-Library. No dust jacket. A fine copy- green cloth boards are clean but show moderate wear with some rubbing has a good binding pages are clean and crisp has usual library markings- no markings/notations on the text. lz American Book Company hardcover books
180427999London 1804. Hand-coloured and colour-printed aquatint with stipple and line engraving by Elmes. Paper watermarked 1804. The most strikingly beautiful flower plates ever to be printed in England.<br/> <br/>"The Persian Cyclamen Cyclamen persicum Miller parent of the florist's cyclamen. is a native of the countries and islands at the eastern end of the Mediterranean but not of Persia itself. It is the largest flowered of an attractive genus of small plants much grown in modern times by connoisseurs. The Persian Cyclamen was not the first of its kind to become known in western Europe. Cyclamen europeaum the `Bleeding Nun' as it was called was thought to be dangerous to pregnant women: any unfortunate lady in this condition who stepped over it might immediately miscarry. John Gerrard the Elizabethan herbalist believed this implicitly and describes how he fenced his plants around with sticks with others laid across them `lest any woman should by lamentable experiment find my words to be true by stepping over the same.' When the baby was nearing full term and delivery was to be encouraged wearing of the disc-like tuber `hanged about' the expectant mothers had a salutary effect and Gerrard told his wife to use it when attending confinements. Its use by midwifes dates back to the days of the Greeks." Ronald King. The Temple of Flora by Robert Thornton. 1981 p. 52. Thornton's Temple of Flora is the greatest English colour-plate flower book. ".Thornton inherited a competent fortune and trained as a doctor. He appears to have had considerable success in practice and was appointed both physician to the Marylebone Dispensary and lecturer in medical botany at Guy's and St. Thomas's hospitals. But quite early in his career he embarked on his. great work. What Redouté produced under the patronage of L'Héritier Marie Antoinette the Empress Josephine Charles X and the Duchesse de Berry Thornton set out to do alone. Numerous important artists were engaged. twenty-eight paintings of flowers commissioned from Abraham Pether known as `Moonlight Pether' Philip Reinagle . Sydenham Edwards and Peter Henderson. The result. involved Thornton in desperate financial straits. In an attempt to extricate himself he organized the Royal Botanic Lottery under the patronage of the Prince Regent. it is easy to raise one's eyebrows at Thornton's unworldly and injudicious approach to publishing. But he produced. one of the loveliest books in the world" Alan Thomas Great Books and Book Collecting pp.142-144. Third state of three of this plate from the Temple of Flora. `In the first state the top the castle is indistinct and has no pinnacles on the towers and this is the first feature to inspect. The hillside is pure aquatint; the shading behind the cyclamen flowers is lightly cross-hatched while the tree trunk to the right has only a few lines on it. In the second state the castle is more prominent and five distinct sharp pinnacles have been added while many extra etched lines are to be seen - notably behind the cyclamen flowers; on the tree trunk; and under the cyclamen leaves on the left which themselves stand out more sharply. The principal change in the third state is the addition of the aquatint to the sky on the left so that only a streak of light remains above the mountains while in the earlier states the light reached the top corner. The leaves of the cyclamen now have. light and dark patches the coarse-grained aquatint has been added to the middle distance. Much additional aquatinting has been applied to other parts of the plate. The most easily-noticed difference however are the changes in the castle between states one and two and in the sky between states two three." Handasyde Buchanan. Thornton's Temple of Flora 1951 p.15. Third state of three of this plate from the Temple of Flora. unknown books
180037722London 1800. Hand-coloured and colour-printed mezzotint engraving by Dunkerton. The most strikingly beautiful flower plates ever to be printed in England.<br/> <br/>"The plant shown in this picture Selenicereus grandiflorus L. Britton & Rose. is also known as the Moon Cactus from the moon-like appearance of the fully open flower. Thornton also says that. it was sometimes called the `Torch Thistle' as it `exhibits to the observer a figure equally grotesque as terrific with flowers possessing actually the blazing appearance of a torch.' The plant is a native of Jamaica and Cuba. This picture is one of the most arresting in the collection. The plant itself is of interest not only for its large and beautiful flowers but as a representative of those which growing in a hot and dry environment open their flowers at night for pollination by night-flying insects pollinators being scarce in such climates during the heat of the day. This has a curious effect where public botanic gardens are concerned since these are shut at night to visitors who thus never see the plant in full bloom." Ronald King. The Temple of Flora by Robert Thornton. 1981 p.74. Thornton's Temple of Flora is the greatest English colour-plate flower book. ".Thornton inherited a competent fortune and trained as a doctor. He appears to have had considerable success in practice and was appointed both physician to the Marylebone Dispensary and lecturer in medical botany at Guy's and St. Thomas's hospitals. But quite early in his career he embarked on his. great work. What Redouté produced under the patronage of L'Héritier Marie Antoinette the Empress Josephine Charles X and the Duchesse de Berry Thornton set out to do alone. Numerous important artists were engaged. twenty-eight paintings of flowers commissioned from Abraham Pether known as `Moonlight Pether' Philip Reinagle . Sydenham Edwards and Peter Henderson. The result. involved Thornton in desperate financial straits. In an attempt to extricate himself he organized the Royal Botanic Lottery under the patronage of the Prince Regent. it is easy to raise one's eyebrows at Thornton's unworldly and injudicious approach to publishing. But he produced. one of the loveliest books in the world" Alan Thomas Great Books and Book Collecting pp.142-144 First state of plate A. unknown books
1945137873Washington D.C.: Congress of Industrial Organizations Department of Education and Research 1945. 28p. wraps. Examines the problem of low wages in several industries; prepared in cooperation with the Textile Workers Union of America. Congress of Industrial Organizations, Department of Education and Research unknown books
18616230New York: Privately Printed for the Association 1861. Very Good/A selection from the "Tomlinson Collection" manuscripts gathered by Abraham Tomlinson of New York and purchased by the Mercantile Library Association. The historical notes are with few exceptions by H.B. Dawson. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: New York city in 1767 by H.B. Dawson--The Stamp act riot: A letter written the day following Nov. 2 1765.--New York in 1770: The "Sons of liberty" extract from a letter by B.Y. Prime--Col. Marinus Willett's narrative: Seizure of arms from the British troops ordered to Boston 1775.--The Hickey plot: Letters from P.T. Curtenius John Varick jr. and Solomon Drowne M.D.--New York correspondence: Extracts from letters . 1775 and 1776.--The battle of Harlem Plains: A letter written by Gen. George Clinton.--New York loyalists of 1776: Addresses to Lord and General Howe and to Sir William Tryon with the names of nearly one thousand signers.--Preparations for evacuation: Letters from Lieut.-Col. Smith . in 1783.--Statement of William Butler esq.: Account of the occupation of New York city by the British from 1776 to 1783.--Sir Henry Clinton's defence: Reasons for not attacking Washington . near King's Bridge . 1781. 28 cm; 194 2 pages and 1 folding frontispiece map of the city of New York 1766-67. Illustrations and maps in text. Title page printed in red and black. This copy sound and entire in original purple ribbed cloth. Slight blemish to title page otherwise clean bright no sign of foxing and no stains. Upper hing a bit worn apparently treated with an amateur's remedy which has left a white residue. Some other discoloration to cloth and title on spine faded. Yet survives in very good condition! Privately Printed for the Association hardcover books
5031Thirteen folding engraved plates & four finely engraved large headpieces. xv 1 324 pp. one leaf of instructions to the binder. Large 4to cont. speckled calf spine nicely gilt. Leyden: J. & H. Verbeek 1744. First edition and a fine copy of this handsomely illustrated book. "Trembley discovered the hydra and was the first to observe in its asexual reproduction regeneration and photosensitivity in an animal without eyes. His experiments were of great importance in the study of regeneration of lost parts. He was the first to make permanent grafts and to witness cell-division."-Garrison-Morton 307. Trembley performed much of his research for the present book his most important while living as tutor in the household of William Bentinck in the mansion of Sorgvliet near The Hague. The four fine headpieces by Jan van der Schley after C. Pronk represent the fish ponds and the laboratory showing Trembley and his two students. Handsome copy. Old library stamp at foot of title with release stamp. ❧ D.S.B. XIII pp. 457-58. unknown books
1817619331817. Appeals of murder were abolished after this Case. Appeals of murder were abolished after this Case. "Diabolically Ravished Murdered And Thrown Into a Pit" Trial. Thornton Abraham c.1793-1860 Defendant. Horrible Rape and Murder!! The Affecting Case of Mary Ashford A Beautiful Young Virgin Who was Diabolically Ravished Murdered And Thrown Into a Pit As She Was Returning From a Dance; Including the Trial of Abraham Thornton For the Wilful Murder of the Said Mary Ashford; With the Whole of the Evidence Charge to the Jury &c. Tried at Warwick Assizes Before Mr. Justice Holroyd On the 8th of August 1817. Taken in Short Hand. To Which is Added Copious Elucidations of this Extraordinary Case; And a Correct Plan of the Spot Where the Rape and Murder were Committed &c. &c. London: Published by John Fairburn 1817. ii 60 columns 34 pp 64 1 pp. Several contemporary newspaper clippings concerning this case pasted to final leaf rear wrapper and verso of title page. Woodcut folding map of crime scene. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers untrimmed edges. Some soiling and edgewear spine and fold-lines of table reinforced fore-edge mended some toning to text. Early owner signatures and annotation to front wrapper and map not the image side interior otherwise clean. $950. "Third Edition." Abraham Thornton a bricklayer "was accused of rape and murder after attending a dance where he became intimate with a gardener's daughter named Mary Ashford. They left the dance together and her body was found the next morning in a deep pool of water near a local footpath. Thornton was tried at the Warwick assizes on 8 August 1817. Since the marks on Mary's body were not necessarily inconsistent with Thornton's claim that she had consented to sexual intercourse and since the times on the morning in question when Thornton was seen walking home to Bromwich suggested he could not have been with her when she met her death the jury found him not guilty. The case aroused much interest and reminded people of a similar murder of a local woman a year earlier. Many were convinced of Thornton's guilt and he was assailed in local and London newspapers. A group collected around the Birmingham solicitor William Bedford invoked the old legal process of 'appeal of murder' by which a person acquitted of murder could be tried again for the same offense. This process was generally regarded as obsolet. unknown books
19323396Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders 1932. 1st edition. Green cloth binding. Overall VG section of spotting/dampstain to lower edge of rear board. 454 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> W. B. Saunders hardcover books
1990014116Bristol: Thoemmes 1990. xxxii 268p. original cloth. Reprint of the 1763 London edition which Tucker wrote under the pesudonym of Edward Search. Thoemmes unknown books
1763WRCLIT65699London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley 1763. xxxi1 errata268pp. Octavo. Modern half calf and marbled boards raised bands gilt label. Old divinity school stamp on title minor foxing but a very good copy very neatly bound. First edition. The pseudonymously published prelude to Tucker's magnum opus THE LIGHT OF NATURE PURSUED. This "1763 fragment was strongly criticized in the MONTHLY REVIEW to which Tucker provided a humorous reply MAN IN QUEST OF HIMSELF under the new pseudonym Cuthbert Comment. In 1768 again using the pseudonym Edward Search he published the first four volumes of his book; the last three volumes were posthumously published under the editorship of his daughter Judith in 1778 . Although an occasionally eccentric and digressive text THE LIGHT OF NATURE PURSUED enjoyed a high reputation from its first appearance. In the introduction to his MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 1785 William Paley emphasized his deep indebtedness to Tucker in expounding his ethical theory. Paley considered Tucker to be a very original thinker. His work was also highly praised by Sir James MacIntosh who had used his ideas in his lectures on ethics ." - DNB. Tucker's writings were also read and admired by among others Coleridge Godwin and Hazlett and the latter undertook an abridgement of the full work published in 1807. ESTC locates ten copies in North America and OCLC adds a few more but this work is uncommon in the trade. ESTC T117455. NCBEL II: 1893. Printed for R. and J. Dodsley hardcover books
186234963Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office 1862. First edition. Three quarter morocco over marbled boards four raised bands gilt titles all edges marbled. A very good or better copy with minor scuffing and edgewearindex penciled on rear blank. 434 pp. 8vo. 37th Congress 2 Session Ex. Doc. No. 100. In October 1861 England France and Spain signed a treaty to force Mexican reparations; the English and Spanish withdrew but the French remained unseating Benito Juarez and installing Maximilian as Emperor . This was of grave concern to Lincoln and the North and a violation of the Monroe Doctrine. Also of concern was the relations between the Confederacy and Mexico. Provenance: Library of James Torr Harmer with his bookplate on front pastedown. [U.S. Government Printing Office] hardcover books
1968WRCLIT73151Carbondale IL: SIU Press 1968. Gilt cloth. First US edition. Foreword by J. Cary Davis authorized translation and introduction by Merritt Moore Thompson. Fine in very good dust jacket with some nicks and rubs. SIU Press hardcover books
182855054Albany NY 1828. First edition 8vo pp. 16; self-wrappers unopened and uncut very light rubberstamp in the bottom margin of the first leaf a few pencil marks and edgewear all else very good. A complaint that the erection of the Albany Pier was effectively a deprivation of property against the subscribers who's access to the canal became limited. American Imprints 35521; NYPL only in OCLC. <br/><br/> unknown books
194835185London: Cassell 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Full light gray boards. 330 pp. In worn dustjacket. Endpapers browned; outer edges spotted. Cassell hardcover books
194844119London: Cassell 1948. First Edition. 8vo pp. 330. Bibliography index. A VG tight copy in somewhat chipped and browned dj. Cassell unknown books
1948102941London: Cassell 1948. hardcover. very good/very good-. v 330pp. 8vo cloth d.w.; head of spine lightly worn dust wrapper chipped. London: Cassell & Company 1948. A very good copy in a very good - dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Cassell unknown books
194423835Garden City: Doubleday Doran and Company 1944. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine copy in a fine bright dust jacket virtually as new. With bibliography and index. <br/><br/> Doubleday, Doran and Company hardcover books
197224735New York: Earl G. Graves Publishing Co 1972. Hardcover. xi 132p. first printing dj. Foreword by baseball hall-of-famer Jackie Robinson. African American economist. Earl G. Graves Publishing Co hardcover books
167736147Sur la Copie a Paris: Chez Frederic Leonard 1677. Second French edition. Engraved title two parts continuous pagination. 24 550 38 pp. 1 vols. Sm. 12mo. Vellum. Title in pen on spine upper joint torn some soiling of binding light browning of text mostly marginal else a very good copy. Second French edition. Engraved title two parts continuous pagination. 24 550 38 pp. 1 vols. Sm. 12mo. Amelot de la Houssaye was secretary to the French embassy at Venice and his account of the Republic for the first time revealed the policy of the Venetian governement. When the book appeared the Venetian state complained to the French court and Amelot was sent to the Bastille for six weeks. Chez Frederic Leonard unknown books
1998108283Scranton Pennsylvania U.S.A.: Harpercollins 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a fine dust jacket. First edition stated on the copyright page with a full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Original price of $25.00 printed on front flap of dust jacket. Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Harpercollins hardcover books
20092310820New York: Vintage Books 2009. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Reprint. Edge faintly toned. 2009 Trade Paperback. 667 pp. Lauded for his sensitive memoir My Own Country about his time as a doctor in eastern Tennessee at the onset of the AIDS epidemic in the 80s Verghese turns his formidable talents to fiction mining his own life and experiences in a magnificent sweeping novel that moves from India to Ethiopia to an inner-city hospital in New York City over decades and generations. Vintage Books paperback books
