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187616091Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth cover with gilt and black blind stamped decor has modest wear to corners and light fraying to spine caps but clean bright and in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Antique bookplate of Richmond Library Association affixed to front paste down. End sheets and paste downs foxed and soiled. Frontispiece protected by tissue. Pages are toned and soiled from thumbing but in good condition. . . Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1871299797Paris.: Aux Bureaux Du Charivari. No date but 1871. 1st Edition. Rebacked with a plain paper spine with the original wrappers. Very good rebacked with a plain paper spine. 32x24.5x0.7 cm. Satirical lithograph drawings illustrating the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian war in 1870-1871. weight: 1.0 lb. Lithograph illustrated title page by Cham 19 additional illustrations by Cham and 10 by Daumier. Aux Bureaux Du Charivari. unknown
182833789Cincinnati OH: Morgan & Sanxay. Good. 1828. First Edition. Hardcover. Good hardcover edition has a previous owner's name and date on the front endpaper. The paper covering the boards has almost completely worn away. The cloth covering on the spine is worn and frayed in places. Binding is tight. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 168 pages . Morgan & Sanxay hardcover
1802180701802. 1802 Webster Noah MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS ON POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS I An Address to the President of the United States II An Essay on the Rights of Neutral Nations III A Letter On the Value and Importance of American Commerce to Great Britain IV A Sketch of the History and Present State of Banks and Insurance Companies in the United States E Beldon and Co 1802 vii 228 48pp 8vo Half-leather over marbled paper boards marbled end pages leather spine with elaborate gold stampings upper edge gilt The book has been neatly rebacked in leather original spine laid down closed tear on rear marbled end paper carefully mended with archival tape lower corner tip of first marbled page missing chip on rear marbled page This book is lacking the title-page; the first blank page is present with the next page being the Preface page Howes W203 Overall an attractive Very Good leatherbound hardcover of a scarce title. unknown
1887BB2049New York: Charles Scribner's Sons from 1880 1887. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Fine-. Seldom seen Second Printing no copy appears in auction records of this cornerstone of baseball literature. Binding and text duplicate the first printing excepting date on title page and advertisements eight pages vs. six in first printing. Crown 8vo 178 x 112mm: viii21888pp with tissue-guarded wood-engraved frontispiece. Publisher's pictorial green cloth front cover stamped in gilt and black with gilt vignette of pitcher framed by baseball diamond spine lettered and decorated with crossed bats in black and gilt vignette of hitter at bat. An excellent example securely bound lightly shelf-rubbed and clean throughout. Grobani 12-2A and McCue p. 24 for first edition and 1889 revised edition only. Not in Smith. Originally serialized in St. Nicholas Magazine from May to October 1880 then published in book form that same year. Sometimes credited as the first baseball novel but according to McCue the fifth fictional work to feature the game. Although earlier authors from James Fenimore Cooper to William Everett had featured baseball scenes in their fiction this was one of the first novels in which baseball played a prominent role. Brooks wrote that The Fairport Nine was based on his boys militia unit and baseball team in Castine Maine in the 1840s see Brooks "How the Flag was Saved" St. Nicholas Magazine Vol. XXIII no. 4 February 1896. "Characters in the Story" leaf following the contents page lists players and their positions for The Fairport Nine and their opponents The White Bears. Brooks was a friend of Abraham Lincoln who he met while reporting on the presidential campaign of 1856. N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition carefully preserved in archival removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. Charles Scribner's Sons [from 1880] unknown
183212362New York: N. & J. White 1832. Hardcover. Poor. .for the use of primary schools and the counting house." The 9th edition Ellsworth/Skeel #596. A sq. 12mo 5.25" to a side. This is a poor copy lacking the front cover and title page. The original rear board is present very worn and half the spine is still covered including an unreadable title piece. The first page present is filled with recommendations from Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story many Senators et al. and it is chipped and torn with the loss of a few words. The following page the Preface p. i has the lower corner chipped. These lower corners are chipped or bent up to about p. 30 but after the Preface there are no words lost. The dictionary itself is complete and reasonably clean with minimal occasional foxing and light browning to the edges. Sold as is; very fragile. 536 pp. <br/> <br/> N. & J. White hardcover
1855039368George & Charles Merriam 1855. B0008BHGE4 1855 Vintage large heavy book edges & boards scuffed & scratched but binding is tight some spotting on pages but overall very good for it's age. Inscription from 1863. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. George & Charles Merriam Hardcover
180739706N. Haven:: Sidney's Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1807. First Edition. Hardcover. School Book; Reference; We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; v 1 306 pages; Early American Children's Books A Dictionary of The English Language: Compiled for The Use of Common Schools in The United States. Contemp. Sheep leather red and gilt morocco spine label; rubbed. Contents good and comlete. Some internal spotting ink signatures on title light red ink annotation on verso of title blank end papers frayed binding solid. American Imprints 14188. Webster had published his first dictionary a year earlier but revised and shortened the text for this subsequent edition to better satisfy the more simple needs of schoolchildren. The 1806 1st has 408pp. The pagination for the 1807 1st school dictionary is v 1 306 quite a bit shorter. . Sidney's Press hardcover
187510072AB1875. 4 Bände. Glogau Fleming 1875-1888. 195 : 13 cm. Mit 198 teils ganzseitigen Textholzschnitten. Grüne illustrierte Original-Leinenbände. Die komplette Reihe des deutschen Alpenbuchs umfaßt Salzkammergut Oberbayern Allgäu - Krain Istrien Küstenland - Tirol und Vorarlberg - Steiermark und Kärnten. Sehr schönes fleckenfreies Exemplar in den Original Verleger-Einbänden tadellos erhalten. unknown
187616051Brooklyn: privately printed 1876. Folio 15 leaves printed on the rectos only engraved frontispiece portrait of the lexicographer after the painting by Samuel F.B. Morse engraved title-page of A Dictionary of the English Language with a vignette showing Webster at work in his library note: these two engravings are not in all copies of the Genealogy; 5 vignette illustrations of fables taken from early American editions of Webster's Spellers; original plain gray paper wrappers some splitting along top edge and spine but generally very good. The first book by the eleven-year-old great-grandson of Noah Webster which he printed himself at his home in Brooklyn in an edition of 250 copies. The original edition of the Genealogy published by Webster himself in octavo format and without illustrations appeared in 1836. BAL 6140; Skeel 752. privately printed unknown
1831AQ27728New-York: Published by White Gallaher & White 1831. 8 532pp. Contemporary sheep ruled and lettered in gilt. Heavily rubbed. Early inked ownership inscriptions of Susan W. Merrill to front blank fly-leaves several short incisions to two leaves pp183-4 and 259-60 terminal gathering dampstained at head scattered spotting. An early abridged stereotyped edition of lexicographer Noah Webster's 1758-1843 American Dictionary 1828 intended for the use of primary school pupils. . 12mo. Published by White, Gallaher, & White unknown
188477455Paris: Librairie Plon 1884. Fine. Librairie Plon Paris 1884 13 x 19 cm relié First edition of this monograph on the caricaturist Cham with a preface by Alexandre Dumas Fils illustrated with sixteen compositions and facsimiles hors-texte two in color. Autograph inscription signed by the author: ""Offerte à la tombola par l'auteur Félix Ribeyre"" ""Offered to the raffle by the author Félix Ribeyre"". Contemporary half brown morocco binding spine with five raised bands compartments decorated with gilt tools depicting quills and pencil holders gilt date at foot marbled paper boards combed paper endpapers and pastedowns covers preserved top edge gilt on deckled edges. Some light rubbing to upper joint. Scattered foxing more pronounced in places. Our copy is expanded with an autograph letter signed by Cham. Librairie Plon hardcover
1846621193New York: Harper & Brothers 1846. Hardcover. Good. Stated "revised edition with an appendix" the appendix with the copyright date of 1841. Thick octavo. xxiv 1079pp 1 ad. Full contemporary calf with a dark brown leather spine label with "Webster's Dictionary" in gilt. Boards and spine worn hinges cracked but largely sound and foxing and soiling throughout though all of the text remains perfectly legible good or better. The title page states "Abridged from the quarto edition of the author to which are added a synopsis of words differently pronounced by different orthoëpists and Walker's Key to the classical pronunciation of Greek Latin and Scripture proper names." Laid in is a selection of various 19th century ephemera: An advertisement for Hood's Compound Extract of Sarsaparilla the poem "Celestial Echoes" by A.J. Swarts an advertisement for Clarence C. DePuy Printer and Designer of Fine Memorial Cards Syracuse NY and more. Harper & Brothers hardcover
181960046Albany: Websters and Skinners 1819. 12mo pp. 168; 8 woodcuts illustrating 8 fables; contemporary home-made calf binding with blind geometric details naively executed and with a few holes in the skin; nibbling to textblock corner resulting in loss of last word on 3 leaves and again on bottom edge with loss of type on 7 leaves tidestain on top edge with the ownership signature of Samuel Kinnes many times on endpapers with the warning "steal not this book for fear of shame for hear sic you see the owner's name." Kinnes dates his purchase of the book twice as 1818. Skeel 176. Websters and Skinners unknown
180719659New-Haven: Sidney's Press. Good with no dust jacket; Rear endpaper out. Covers worn page edges . browning & pages yellowed. Some waterstains. Ink in endpapers. Spine . label darkened. 1807. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo; 306 pages . Sidney's Press hardcover
181764586Hartford: printed by George Goodwin & Sons 1817. Second and last edition of Webster's School Dictionary first published in 1807 published here with an expanded Preface and a larger vocabulary and omitting the chronological table square 12mo pp. v 1 366 contemporary calf rebacked black morocco label on spine; dampstaining mostly to last few leaves margins of flyleaves and corner of title page repaired some pencil scribbling in preliminaries a good sound copy of a scarce book. American Imprints 42857; Skeel 579. printed by George Goodwin & Sons unknown
187040664New York: Samuel French 1870. 39 1 blank pp. Original printed orange wrappers rear wrapper trimmed closely shaving several letters. Wood-engraved frontispiece. The pamphlet stitched into contemporary thick muslin wrappers "Coleman Sisters" written in ink on front wrapper. Very Good.<br /> <br /> Jewish American Mordecai Noah wrote and published this play in Charleston in 1812 under the title "Paul and Alexis; or The orphans of the Rhine." According to Jonathan Sarna "The Wandering Boys" was ranked among the best of its genre and only the second American play to appear on the London stage hence it represents the first play by an American Jew to appear on the London stage see Jonathan D. Sarna Jacksonian Jew: The Two Worlds of Mordecai Noah New York 1981. <br /> This copy lists the cast of the 1849 Boston performance so it was not published before then and the publisher moved from the listed address 122 Nassau Street in 1870 or shortly thereafter thus providing a date range of publication. Samuel French unknown
18801409181New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1880. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. 12mo viii 2 188 6 pages plus frontispiece. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in full blue cloth with black and gilt lettering and decoration; spine with black titling on a gilt title block. Moderate wear to boards with scuffing to covers and rubbing to all edges. Fore corners lightly bumped. Head and tail of spine are crinkled with some fraying to head. Text block shows moderate wear and toning along edges with dust soiling to top edge. Light penciling and smudging present on front free endpapers. Interior otherwise clean. Shelved in Room A.<br /> <br> <br> . This is the first trade edition of The Fairport Nine which was first published in serialized form. Additionally per McCue this is the fifth work of fiction published to feature baseball and one of the first to very heavily feature the sport. Additionally this book is notable for its inclusion of a racially integrated baseball team and for its sympathetic portrayal of a Black player Sam Black as the star left fielder. 1409181. Special Collections. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1875055599Paris: 27 Mars 1875 1875. Soft cover. Very Good. Original chromo-lithograph caricature from the album of 'Chargeons les Russes' which collaborated with French engraver Daumier. Print size: Folio 34x25 cm. glued on a paper sized: 43x33 cm. Signed on the bottom corner by pencil as 'Cham'. Text is in French: 'Le Cosaque: Mon honoeur est engage je ne retirerai ma main qu'avec votre foulardet tout ce que vous avez dans votre poche!'. Ottoman and Russian soldiers in front of the 'Provinces Danubiennes' signboard. With Autograph letter signed 'Cham' in 1875 March 27 to an unknown friend. 1 p. Size: 14105 cm. In French. Cham was raised by a family who wished for him to attend a polytechnic school he instead attended painting workshops hosted by Nicolas Charlet and Paul Delaroche and began work as a cartoonist. He eventually took up the pseudonym of "Cham". In 1839 he published his first book Monsieur Lajaunisse which began a career that would span 40000 drawings. In 1843 he began to be published in newspapers like Le Charivari a publication where he was staff for thirty years. Later works included Proudhon en voyage and Histoire comique de l'Assemblée nationale. He wrote several comic plays towards the end of his life. "Mon cher ami de noce et festin Mardi. Qu'il y long temps que je n'ai en le plaisir de vous voir! Triste! Triste! Trei a vous. A Samedi soir 27 Mars 1875.". i.e. "My dear friend wedding and feast Tuesday. How long it has been since I have had the pleasure of seeing you! Sad! Sad! To you. To Saturday evening March 27 18 75.". <br/> <br/> 27 Mars [[18]75] paperback
186062247London:: John Camden Hotten 1860. New issue in four volumes. old half red morocco; gilt spines; over marbled boards. Slightest of use to bindings; a very attractive set. 12mo. With nearly one thousand illsutrations by the inimitable George Cruikshand and other artists. Noah Brooks's set with his bookplate in each volume in two of the four volumes it is at the rear and the old oval stamp of the Castine Maine Town Library. John Camden Hotten, hardcover
18322012010041New York N. & J. White 1832-01-01. 10th. Hardcover. Good. Bound in contemporary calf. Leather spine label. Rubbing minor scuffs to cover. Binding generally sound. Early signature on front end page. Text printed in two columns. Scattered spotting. 2 preliminary leaves 536 pages 15 x 14 cm. Webster's dictionary was extremely important in establishing standardized definitions and spellings for American words and usage; such as color v. colour and music v. musick. "This dictionary almost at once became and has remained the standard English Dictionary in the United States marked a definite advance in modern lexicography as it included many non-literary terms and paid great attention to the language actually spoken." PMM. New York, N. & J. White hardcover
1808List2316Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin 1808. Letterpress broadside measuring 13 x 7 ¾ inches. Some slight toning near fine overall. Fine. A broadside announcing the candidates for the United States House of Representatives a list which includes Noah Webster. Webster received 212 votes in the preliminary election in May enough to get him a spot on the ballot but lost in the general election in a generally difficult time for Federalist politicians. Webster experienced a religious conversion during this period after being a not particularly devout Congregationalist earlier in his life and embraced the church completely perhaps due to the death of his infant son in 1806. Webster would run again for U.S. Representative in 1810 1812 and 1816 losing each time and eventually abandoned politics his last office held being in the Connecticut House of Representatives ending in 1807 shortly before his first campaign for national office. We find no record of this broadside in OCLC or other ephemera relating to Webster’s political career in Connecticut in the trade. The collected acts from this session were published in octavo format but we find no other record of this broadside printing. Hudson and Goodwin unknown
1884537025New York: E.P. Dutton and Company 1884. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Introduction by Al. G. Spalding. Small quarto. 202 1pp. Beveled green cloth boards illustrated in black and gilt. Spine a bit bumped a few small stains on the spine and front panel light stains on a few consecutive leaves of text else a nice very good or better copy. E.P. Dutton and Company hardcover
1839370306New Haven: Printed by S. Babcock 1839. First edition. 39 1pp. 12mo. Publisher's stitched wrappers upper wrapper chipped with minor losses. Minor foxing. First edition. 39 1pp. 12mo. "Language in man is next to reason the grand characteristic by which he is distinguished from the brutes" p. 3. Webster's oration largely concerns the field of etymology about which gives many examples concluding that the "evils proceeding from the improper use of words are greater than men generally suppose" p. 31. Scarce in commerce. Garner Taming the Tongue 88; Sabin 102371; Skeel 716 Printed by S. Babcock unknown
1880000011318New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1880. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 7 viii 2 1-188 6 pages of publisher's advertisements 2 pp. Green cloth with black and gold lettering and decorations on the front board and spine. Pale yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a frontispiece. McCue 24. A children's book that explores class distinctions and features a sympathetic portrayal of a Black character. The best friend of the main character is Black. He is the team's star left fielder. According to McCue this novel is the fifth fictional work to feature the sport of baseball. Certainly it is an early work to heavily feature baseball two games at least are featured in the book. The novel was first serialized in 1880 this is the first trade edition. A pleasing copy indeed. A small lean a prize bookplate and a name on the front pastedown. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
