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1865851311865. LINCOLN Abraham. ORDER OF SERVICES FOR THE MEETING OF THE PEOPLE OF CONCORD AT THE HOUR OF THE FUNERAL OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN APRIL 19 1865. n.p. n.p. ca. 1865. 8 3/8 x 10 3/4 inches pale paper printed in black folded to make a four panel program of services. Annotated in pencil with a quote by Judge Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar and some other notes. The program of services: I. Voluntary on the Organ. II. Chant. III. Prayer by the Rev. G. Reynolds. IV. Selections from Scriptures. V. Hymn. VI. Addresses by R. W. Emerson and others. VII. Concluding Prayer by Rev. Thomas Rattray. VIII. Hymn. IX. Benediction. unknown books
292160hardcover. near fine. 67pp. 8vo cloth. Hartford: Privately Printed 1922. Near Fine.<br/><br/> unknown books
12982Original Civil War dated newspaper. The Republican Herald and Post dated Providence Saturday morning September 27 1862. 4 pages recto verso. Includes a front page print of a September 22 proclamation from Abraham Lincoln. The proclamation reads in part: "I Abraham Lincoln President of the United States of America and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy thereof do hereby proclaim and declare that hereafter as heretofore the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relations between the United States and the people thereof. Abraham Lincoln." Newspaper is in excellent condition with some minor chipping to the edges. unknown 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
18906045041890. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Very good. ca. 1890. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. unknown books
5782London Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald 1927. One of 66 numbered copies printed on hand-made paper from a total edition of 370 copies printed by Richard Clay and Sons London. Bound in vellum and lettered in gilt on the spine uncut. Lacks ribbon ties otherwise fine. <br/><br/> London, Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, 1927. hardcover books
19592480New York: Hebrew Publishing Company 1959. Good. 29cm; 160 pages illustrated in color with lively border decorations vignettes and Hebrew calligraphy. Bound in blue velvet-nap cloth with original dust jacket. Dust jacket discolored along spine chipped at edges and once torn and repaired on rear panel. Velvet uneven. From the search for Chometz to Chad Gadya a very pleasing richly illustrated and well-designed Haggadah. Hebrew Publishing Company hardcover books
1972260405Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1972. Hardcover. viii 420p. plus a menu of Hoover publications hardbound in 9.5x6 inch orange cloth boards and dust jacket. The dj is sunned toned and edgeworn but still serviceable while book itself is sound and unmarked. Very good copy. Incidentally the text is not illustrated but there is a vignette photoportrait of Axelrod on dj. Hoover Institution pub no.115. Harvard University Press hardcover books
1869100245New York: The Tribune Association 1869. Frontispiece illustrated throughout. xviii ii 13-136 pp. 12mo. Original cloth very worn and stained. Laid into a blue cloth chemsie. Frontispiece illustrated throughout. xviii ii 13-136 pp. 12mo. Lincoln's Law Partner and Biographer's Copy. Signed by William H. Herndon in pencil on the front flyleaf and again on the first blank with his notes concerning pear cultivation on the rear blanks. Mass. Hort. Soc. p. 258 The Tribune Association unknown books
1655216782Venice: Giovanni Turrini 1655. unbound. very good. Miniature map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 2 7/8" x 4". 1655.<br/><br/> This miniature map of Persia belongs to a period of great cartographic interest in the early-to-mid 17th century. Conscious of the great popularity of Abraham Ortelius's miniature atlas which the famous cartographer first published in 1577 Giovanni Turrini produced a now-rare Italian version of the atlas "Il Teatro del Mondo" in which this map was included. It includes the region between the Caspian Sea in the north and the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea in the south. Cities are labeled and rivers and forts are drawn with great care. The map is in very good condition with no chips or tears and light staining to edges. Foredges inked in red and Italian text on verso. Giovanni Turrini was an Italian publisher based in Venice. Scarce.<br/><br/> Giovanni Turrini unknown books
1738M4047Lugduni Batavorum: Apud Samuelem Luchtmans 1738. 1738. 160 x 101 mm. Small 8vo. xvi 36 4 445 2 pp. Title in red and black printer's device on title headpieces floriated initials corrigenda. Contemporary tan calf raised bands red leather spine label; rubbed spine ends chipped joints and hinges reinforced with kozo. Ex library rubber stamps of the National Library of Medicine. Very good. FIRST EDITION. In this work Kaau Boerhaave describes the process of the excretion of sweat from the sweat-glands of the skin and the motion of fluids within the body. The book also reprints his short lecture on the alchemists for which he received a gold medal from Leyden University. In this copy the lecture on alchemy is bound at the front of the volume. There was a second edition Lovanni 1779. Stieda calls this "a brilliant work." Abraham Kaau Boerhaave the prominent physician studied medicine at Leyden under his uncle Hermann Boerhaave. After graduating and practicing medicine at The Hague for several years Kaau-Boerhaave went to St. Petersburg where he was appointed professor of theoretical and practical medicine and pharmacy. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Blake NLM p. 239; Hirsch III pp. 436-437; Waller 13832; Wellcome III p. 375. Apud Samuelem Luchtmans, 1738. hardcover books
1603213571Antwerp: Ortelius Abraham 1603. unbound. very good. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 13" x 18.25".<br/><br/> Fine antique map of Perugia and Lake Trasimeno in central Italy in the Umbria region. Today the region is known it's foraged truffles and red wine. From 1603 edition "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum". Minor chipping to edges. Light stain near top centerfold. Full original margins. Abraham Ortelius 1527--1598 a Flemish cartographer and geographer is widely regarded as one of the important and influential cartographers in history. He is known for his "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" which was the first modern atlas.<br/><br/> Ortelius, Abraham unknown books
193173760Paris:: Les Editions Internationales Francois Aldor. Very Good. 1931. Hardcover. Text is in French. Translated from the German by Pierre Vachet. First edition thus. Moderate shelf wear and aging else very good in blue cloth with gilt lettering. No dust jacket. . Les Editions Internationales Francois Aldor, hardcover books
191031962Berlin: Adolf Eckstein 1910. 46.5x30cm. Includes biographical cover page. Fine condition. Adolf Eckstein unknown books
1962141926Cleveland: World 1962. hardcover. very good. Picasso. Color frontis. 30 half- tones over 40 b&w drawings some color plates. 136pp. tall 8vo cloth d.w. Cleveland and N.Y.: World Publishing Co. 1962. First Edition. Very good.<br/><br/> World unknown books
35534Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st edition Cleveland World 1962. 156 pages. Fine copy in dust jacket. . Other hardcover books
1957Embry 38035World 1957. First edition. Light rubbing to edges still near fine in complete near fine price-clipped dust jacket. B&W illustrations. World, 1957. First edition. unknown books
14392Svinin. SVININ YARMOLINSKY Avraham. PICTURESQUE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1811 1812 1813. New York: William Edwin Rudge 1930. Small folio. Cloth dust jacket. Frontispiece xviii 46 5 51 plates. First edition. One of 1000 copies. A memoir on Svinin who was a Russian diplomat artist and author with a portfolio of his watercolor sketches showing his travels throughout the Unite States 1811-1813. Introduction by R.T.H. Halsey. Very good. unknown books
14380Svinin. SVININ YARMOLINSKY Avraham. PICTURESQUE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1811 1812 1813. New York: William Edwin Rudge 1930. Small folio. Cloth dust jacket. Frontispiece xviii 46 5 51 plates. First edition. One of 1000 copies. A memoir on Svinin who was a Russian diplomat artist and author with a portfolio of his watercolor sketches showing his travels throughout the Unite States 1811-1813. Introduction by R.T.H. Halsey. Very good in used dust jacket. unknown books
194327370New York: Froben Press 1943. Second edition revised and reset first published 1936 8vo pp. 1 119; frontispiece facsimile and 28 full-page portraits in the text; minor wear to extremities and vertical "stripe" of water damage on back cover otherwise a very good copy. A brief "General Survey" of pediatrics followed by chronologically arranged chapters and capped by four special interest chapters: "Pioneers in Infant Feeding" Investigators of Alimentary Disturbances in Infancy" "Pioneers in the Study of the History of Pediatrics" and "American Pioneers of Pediatrics." Also with table of "Outstanding Contributions of American Pioneers." Garrison-Morton 6357. <br/><br/> Froben Press unknown books
195793838Reading:: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. Hardcover. Second printing. "Answers to Exercises" booklet laid in. Very good in a very good dust jacket. . Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, hardcover books
1865D11161perhaps Washington DC see below: Published Annually for the Trade 1865. Hardcover. Very Good. Black cloth over flexible boards 72 x 122 mm; unpaginated with printed dates 3 per one side of a page plus a little preliminary matter year-at-a-glance postage rates list of Sundays and some blank pages for notes at rear. Pencilled entries for most days usually a general log of hours worked but briefly mentioning Abraham Lincoln's funeral on April 19 when he would have still been in Washington DC. Cloth quite tattered; some pencil rather faint. <br/><br/> Published Annually for the Trade hardcover books
1667016836London: Printed by James Cotterel 1667. Book. Good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto 4to. Two works bound in one volume. "Poems" iii 68 pages of text. Heavily browned and irregularly discolored with some minor early marginalia with several corners or small chips repaired. "A Sermon." v 30 pages; Printed for Brabazon Aylmer London 1683. Title continues ".Chappel Octob. 29. 1682." Wing 2nd ed.; M685. There are a few small stains but the text reamains clean and in excellent condition. Bound in circa 1840 three quarter leather with marbled paper-covered boards; minor to moderate ubbing and shelfwear to the binding. Both of these are highly uncommon rarely offered on the market. Both are first editions. While these measure only 8 inches in height they are indeed quartos. Printed by James Cotterel Hardcover books
38074N.pl n.d. Pamphlet. 24p. wraps 5.5x8.5 inches very good condition. Reisen was a Yiddish poet who immigrated to the US in 1914. unknown books
214814n.pl n.d. Pamphlet. 24p. wraps faded else good condition 5.5x8.5 inches inscribed by Aaron Kramer "For Laura and Bill Fondly Pop" Reisen was a Yiddish poet who immigrated to the US in 1914. unknown books