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183631787Philadelphia: Printed and Published by Adam Waldie 1836. 1st edition thus Howes F-202; cf. Graff 1357 Rader 1419 for the separate printing. Not in Sabin. Period maroon half-sheep over green marbled paper boards. General shelfwear with rubs to leather extremities. Usual bit of foxing. A VG copy. 4 416 pp. Text triple column. Flint piece pp. 284 - 288. Steel engraved plate of Frederick Marryat drawn by Behnes engraved by Lawson precedes text. 4to. 11-3/8" x 9-1/8" <br/><br/>Flint's long letter 11 columns in small type is dated Alexandria La. April 21 1835 and apparently not known to Kirkpatrick who made no reference to it in his biography of Flint per Graff. The cited references make mention of a separate 12mo edition of this work and of which we find an occasional record the last being in 1973. Rare. Marryat is represented with The NAVAL ANNUAL in addition to the engraving. Miss Baillie no doubt unknowingly contributes a number of dramatic pieces all but two asserted to be original publications and which by appearing herein constitute their first US appearance. Printed and Published by Adam Waldie hardcover books
18347642.1Philadelphia: Printed and Published by Adam Waldie 1834. 1st appearance thus Edgar & Vail p. 15; Gimbel E162. Period maroon half-sheep over green marbled paper boards professionally rebacked with new eps. Usual foxing. A few proud gatherings. Professionally repaired tear on title leaf. Withal a VG copy. 416 pp. Text triple column. Dickens' work pp. 136 - 138. 4to. 11-3/8" x 9-1/8" <br/><br/>Herein we find Dickens' second essay reprinted from London's Monthly Magazine which for a time was billed as his first US appearance in print however we now know this Dickens' second appearance with a US publisher preceded only by appearances in the Albion. A scarce item. Printed and Published by Adam Waldie hardcover books
18078548London: Pr. by Heney & Haddon for Lomas & others 1807. 12mo. 2 ff. 312 pp. lacking pp. vxiv; 1 double-spread plate. <br><br>Summary of the authors and content of the scriptural apocryphal and patristic Christian writings to the year 345; the plate gives a facsimile of pages from the Complutum Greek Testament and the Codex Montfortii. Half calf over marbled paper much rubbed with loss of leather over corners and at head and foot of spine; joints open but sewing holding. Occasional light foxing and brownspotting. Lacking pp. vxiv. Manuscript notes on a sheet pasted in at rear; a few instances of inked marginalia. The volume II of the 1807 edition cited by some is apparently a ghost. Pr. by Heney & Haddon for Lomas & others hardcover books
18632305094New York: D. Appleton and Company 1863. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Stained pencil marginalia throughout. 1863 Hard Cover. xlvi 487 pp. Eight lectures preached before the University of Oxford in the Year MDCCCLXII 1862 on the foundation of the late Rev. John Bampton M.A. Canon of Salisbury. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
183418550Cambridge and London: Printed at the Pitt Press By John Smith for J. & J. Deighton Cambridge and John W. Parker West Strand London 1834. Cloth. Very Good. viii 157 pages. 5 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches 8vo. Publisher's cloth with remnants of paper spine label. Some fading to spine and mottled fading. Textblock untrimmed. Bright and clean internally. Spine professionally reinforced preserving original label and spine. Nice partial watermark on front pastedown "MILL" and "1832" in reverse. Cloth. Stated third edition after at least one printing in the previous year. William Ellery Channing's copy with his 1842 library bookplate on front pastedown and his signature at top of the title page. Small red nameplate of Sydney Ross Herschel bibliographer and a book collector in his own right also on front pastedown.<br/><br/>Sedgwick was one of the founders of modern geology and counted Darwin as one of his students. Here he has expanded on some of his lectures on education hoping to shed some additional light on the subject.<br/><br/>"William Ellery Channing April 7 1780 - October 2 1842 was the foremost Unitarian preacher in the United States in the early nineteenth century and along with Andrews Norton 1786-1853 one of Unitarianism's leading theologians. He was known for his articulate and impassioned sermons and public speeches and as a prominent thinker in the liberal theology of the day." wiki. Printed, at the Pitt Press By John Smith for J. & J. Deighton, Cambridge and John W. Parker, West Strand London unknown books
1814236681London: Printed for the Author 1814. Fourth edition with "many additions and improvements. 44 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Bound in marbled later wrappers. Very good. Fourth edition with "many additions and improvements" 44 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. The Textbook of the Opposition. First published in 1797 this was a popular anti-tobacco tract which was also reprinted in editions of 1798 1805 as well as this last lifetime London edition a New York edition appeared in 1829. "Fairholt notices that DISSERTATION 'was one of the bitterest attacks on the habit and becme the textbook of the oppositionists'" Brooks Arents Catalogue. Arents Vol. IV 1126-c Printed for the Author unknown books
1857234466London: Lovell Reeve 1857. First. hardcover. very good. 20 hand colored plates. 12mo 358 pages 3/4 dark green morocco over red marbled boards ornately gilt spine t.e.g. London: Lovell Reeve 1857. First Edition. Very good .<br/><br/> Ownership bookplate.<br/><br/> Lovell Reeve unknown books
181392Burlington: Stephen E. Ustick 1813. first American Edition . Full leather. Good . 12mo vii 300pp. Contemporary full calf with gilt lining and a red/tan leather lettering device to spine. Tight copy with a little rubbing to bottom corners. Pages evenly tanned. Stephen E. Ustick unknown books
18168538London. T. Cadell and W. Davies. 1816. Handsomely bound in full gilt ruled calfskin. Spine compartments with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Thick 8vo. 5.25" x 8.5"/ The Fifth Edition Corrected. Illustrated with 13 folding copper-engraved maps and 1 folding Astronomical Chart. Complete as issued. Covers rubbed corners lightly bumped. Front hinge cracked but cover held fast and firm by cords and professional interior re-enforcement. Various occassional very mild offset. Small patch of foxing to one map. A Very good exceedingly clean crisp copy with very fresh maps. T. Cadell and W. Davies. hardcover books
1846240098London: Sumptibus Societatis 1846. hardcover. very good. Introduction in English. Text in Latin. xx 252pp. 8vo brown boards worn near corners. London: Sumptibus Societatis 1846. Some foxing particularly towards the beginning of the book still a very good copy.<br/><br/> List of English Historical Society Members bound in. Rev. John Browne's Member's copy.<br/><br/> Sumptibus Societatis unknown books
1836519431836. Edinburgh 1836. Only ed. Edinburgh 1836. Only ed. Rare Essay on Bills of Exception from the Library of Woburn Abbey Adam William 1751-1839. Additional Observations on Bills of Exception Being a Supplement to His Treatise on Trial by Jury. Edinburgh: Thomas Clark Law-Bookseller 1836. 41 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Contemporary cloth printed paper title label to spine. Some rubbing to extremities corners bumped front joint just starting at head light fading to spine and parts of boards. Armorial bookplate of Woburn Abbey dated 1873 to front pastedown "Bedford" in bold hand to front free endpaper one leaf partially detached but secure. Faint dampstaining to foot of text block light foxing internally clean. $150. Only edition. This is a supplement to Adam's Practical Treatise and Observations on Trial by Jury in Civil Causes 1836. Adam produced this "supplement" to answer the objections of the dean of faculty of the University of Edinburgh to his doctrine on bills of exception and elaborate his argument. The signature "Bedford" is probably that of William Russell 1809-1872 Eighth Duke of Bedford and the owner of Woburn Abbey or his son Francis Charles Hastings Russell 1819-1891 Ninth Duke. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 5:4. unknown books
185034684Troy NY: Steam Press 1850. 8vo pp. 18. Wraps removed o/w VG. Steam Press unknown books
1804011225Oliver D. Cooke 1804. Book. Fine. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1804 2 Volume EditionNew Edition. Beautiful Contemporary Leather with 6 Raised Bands.Internally Very Fresh.Very Rare Edition.Gorgeous Copy With Red Labels. Oliver D. Cooke Hardcover books
1811AS006London: Printed for J. Maynard and F. Zinke 1811 Early edition. Three volumes. Finely bound in full contemporary brown tree calf boards and spines decoratively ruled in gilt black morocco spine labels lettered in gilt blue marbled text block edges. A near fine set with some light wear to extremities superficial cracking to the backstrips bookplates to front pastedowns Vol. II with a three-inch scratch to the rear board Vol. III with front hinge lightly starting but still sturdy. Overall a beautiful set. First published in 1776 The Wealth of Nations has been hailed as "The first and greatest classic of modern economic thought." The book is Smith's meditation on the influence of labor on economic development the relationship of a nation's economy to its national development and the intellectual underpinnings of a self-regulating free-market economic system. A groundbreaking text The Wealth of Nations had immediate widespread impact and continues to be a pillar of economic theory today. Indeed the authors of Printing and the Mind of Man aver that "Where the political aspects of human rights had taken two centuries to explore Smith's achievement was to bring the study of economic aspects to the same point in a single work." PMM 221. Hard Cover. Very Good. London: Printed for J. Maynard and F. Zinke hardcover books
1809205Philadelphia: Pr. by order of the committee 1809. 8vo. 16 pp. <br><br>1st edition. Seybert a medical doctor issues a rallying call for progress in developing national industry to rival that of Europe: All of the raw products are present for clothing glassmaking smelting and much more. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 18591. Removed from a nonce volume; six-digit number stamped on title-page. Stapled and respined with archival tissue. Pr. by order of the committee hardcover books
1865100069Folio original cloth with leather spine and corners gilt title on front cover 55 colo maps.Extremities quite worn some general fading hinges repaired and rear free endpaper glued down maps with scattered narrow dampstain to bottom margin some splitting at centerfolds and a few scattered spots and toning or offsetting title with some offsetting; still a pretty sturdy atlas that has very good content overall. Colorful general atlas with double page maps of Australia various countries in Europe South America and Africa.There are two double page maps of the United States; the Eastern United States and the Western United States. Washington Dacotah Idaho and Utah are shown larger than they are today. Adam and Charles Black, books
1873100070Folio original cloth with leather spine and corners hinges reinforcedgilt title on front cover 49 maps. Binding in poor condition covers almost detached spine loose with two large pieces missing from top and bottom extremities very worn some aging to preliminaries but maps are very bright and clean overall. Previous owner laid down a few additional maps. One is glued to margin of Australia. Colorful general atlas with double page maps of Australia various countries in Europe South America India China and Africa.There is a very attractive general double page map of the United States. Assitionally there is a second map of the United Sates featuring the southern states. Adam & Charles Black, books
186133179Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black 1861. 28 maps. Map of Northern Wales has short tears some spotting outer panel from folding map at 237 lacking map at page 437 with tears along folds map at page 493 separated at folds folding map of England at back repaired with tape some tears and spotting. 15 plates of views and one illustration lacking frontispiece. Pp. vi-xxviii 554 30 of 32 pages publisher's advertisements at back advertiseing third edition of this work. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green limp cloth boards by Ramage spine gilt upper cover with gilt. Rubbed tears along joints some repair lacking leaves preceding title and first leaf of advertisements some waterstaining and browning else quite good. 28 maps. Map of Northern Wales has short tears some spotting outer panel from folding map at 237 lacking map at page 437 with tears along folds map at page 493 separated at folds folding map of England at back repaired with tape some tears and spotting. 15 plates of views and one illustration lacking frontispiece. Pp. vi-xxviii 554 30 of 32 pages publisher's advertisements at back advertiseing third edition of this work. 1 vols. 8vo. Adam and Charles Black unknown books
1866799281866. BLACK Adam and Charles. BLACK'S WARWICKSHIRE GUIDE. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black 1866. New edition. xii 220 pp. 2 folding maps and 48 pp. publisher's advertising at rear. 16mo. green cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering cover design Shakespeare bust and three coats of arms. Near fine bright and clean exteriorink and pencil ownership on first blank recto. Front endpapers have gold ink and inkstamped price. Some offsetting from pressed flowers and leaves; a pew pencil margin notes. Folding maps in excellent condition. Very well kept copy. unknown books
1888W0912MAToronto Ontario: William Bryce 1888. Original blue cloth oblong gilt with fair amount of rubbing. Tipped-in over the title page is a facimile of a letter from Windsor Castle May 2 1887 reading: "Sir Henry Ponsonby is commanded by the Queen to thank Mr . Bryce for the Views of Canada which he has presented to Her Majesty." The subtitle of the book is Bryce's Tourists' Illustrated Handbook to the Canadian Dominion. There is considerable soiling of the margins of the text pages and a pencilled name of prior owner. The 60 photos in black and white are 5 3/4X3 3/4 and are mounted on pale orange paper ruled in red. They are all present. Glued onto the back pastedownis a map of the Dominion of Canada railway connections from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It seems to be quite complete although a small cornder is missing under the cartouche and there are three or four tiny tears at the edges. It is fragile but all there and is replete with mathematical figurings on the back in pencil not interfering with the printed information on the other side. The gutters are starting but are strong and holding. An interesting group of pictures. . Unknown. Cloth. Fair/No D.j. 8vo. Trade. William Bryce Hardcover books
1890WRCLIT46311Paris: Comptoir D'Edition 1890. Half cloth and marbled boards gilt leather spine label original wrappers bound in untrimmed. Frontispiece by Félicien Rops. First edition ordinary issue there were only fifteen numbered copies on Japon constituting the deluxe issue. A few smudges to cloth edges of text-block and frontis tanned but otherwise a very good copy. VICAIRE VII:1093. Comptoir D'Edition hardcover books
184442551844. London: Smith Elder & Co. 1844. Sewn pamphlet. 44pp. Stitching broken else very good. HOWES T161. <br/><br/> unknown books
1885133650New York: R. Worthington 1885. Octavo pp. 1-5 6-324 flyleaves at front and rear original olive cloth spine panel stamped in gold floral patterned endpapers. First edition. The first novel about Cuba written by an American a 31-page Cuban story published in 1851 in Charleston SC preceded. Adam Badeau was on General Grant's staff during the Civil War and later became a diplomat. He was consul-general at Havana from May 1882 to April. 1884 when he resigned because he was not permitted by the U.S. State Department to substantiate charges of corruption he had leveled against it. Wright III 205. Spine darkened light rubbing along edges fore-edge corners of back cover water stained still a solid good copy with clean tight interior. #133650 R. Worthington unknown books
1866190082Berlin.: Julius Springer. 1866. Contemporary quarter green cloth over marbled boards gilt pictorial spine decorations marbled edges. . A very good tight bright copy. 8vo. 19x13.5 cm. . German text. weight: 0.9 lb. 5 lithograph plates by S. Bartsch. Julius Springer. hardcover books
189128233Leipzig: Bartholf Senff PN 2209 1891. Octavo. Original publisher's black cloth-backed blue wrappers with titling within decorative borders. 1 title 2 cast list and contents 3-122 ii blank pp.<br/><br/>Wrappers somewhat worn. Signature to title in blue ink. An opéra comique in one act to a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Mélesville A.-H.-J.-Duveyrier after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Singspiel Jery und Bätely Le Chalet was first performed in Paris at the Opéra-Comique Salle de la Bourse on September 25 1834.<br/><br/>"Le chalet Adam's first significant success incorporates the music from Ariane à Naxos the cantata written for the 1825 Prix de Rome competition but the opera is distinguished by its freshness of invention as indeed are all his best works. Le chalet was Adam's most popular opera in France throughout the 19th century." Elizabeth Forbes in Grove Music Online. Bartholf Senff [PN 2209] unknown books
