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184844590Springfield: George and Charles Merriam 1848. First edition of the first Merriam-Webster dictionary; thick 4to pp. lxxxiv 1367; engraved frontispiece portrait after Samuel F.B. Morse; full original sheep lacking spine label; the whole quite scuffed and rubbed preliminaries foxed with one soil spot; previous ownership signature on front flyleaf has been neatly cut out; texblock very good and sound. Vancil p. 262. <br/><br/> George and Charles Merriam unknown books
4386Paris: Bureaux Du Magasin Des Familles Oblong 8vo full contemporary black morocco triple gilt fillet bordeers gilt vine design on spine gilt cover lettering moiré endpapers. Some edge rubbing but very nice. Armorial bookplate: heraldic shield with crown "Bibliothèque de Roger". Original printed and pictorial pink wrappers bound in. Cham 1818-1879 was a caricaturist and depicter of manners following Daumier and Gavarni. Sixteen lithographed pages of rebuses printed on rectos only. The illustrations representing the words are taken from contemporary French life. the explanations are printed on the original back wrapper translation available. A rebus is a puzzle in which words are represented by combinations of pictures and individual letters. . Contemporary Black Morocco. About Fine. Illus. by Cham. Oblong 8vo. Bureaux Du Magasin Des Familles Hardcover books
1927136896Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1927. Vintage hand color tinted lobby card for the 1927 silent film. Pictured are a curly haired Louise Brooks looking past an oblivious Wallace Beery and toward a typically sly Adolphe Menjou. <br/><br/>Based on the French play "L'homme en habit" "The Man in Evening Clothes by Andre Picard and Yves Mirand. Today considered a lost film. <br/><br/>11 x 14 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
04607Paris: Mon. Martinet 1860. The Trial of Jean Bidoux in his Military Career<br/><br/>CHAM Pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé. Les Tâtonnements de Jean Bidoux dans la Carrière Militaire. The trials of Jean Bidoux in his Military Career. Par Cham. Paris: Mon. Martinet 1860. <br/><br/>Large quarto 13 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 336 x 250 mm. Pictorial lithograph title-page and eighteen lithograph plates with sixty-five amusing images. <br/><br/>Publisher's quarter red roan over blind stamped red cloth front cover decoratively titled in gilt. Small stain to top margin of last plate otherwise a fine copy. Paris: Mon. Martinet, 1860 unknown books
1790260813Boston: I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews 1790. First. hardcover. very good. xvi 414 pages. 8vo contemporary sheep with old hand-written spine label chipped; binding well-rubbed and front joint tender but still sound; pages toned and with scattered staining; several pages chipped in margins with no loss of text; first and last several pages darkened at edges from leather binding; ownership signature dated June 1847 on the front blank. Boston I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews 1790. First edition of the first collection of Webster's writings. Overall despite faults a very good copy of this uncommon book.<br/><br/> An early example of phonetic spelling. "In the essays ritten within the last yeer a considerable change of spelling iz introduced by way of experiment": this striking early attempt at a phonetic orthography was to find its final fruit in Webster's famous dictionary forty years later. The broad subject matter addresses Government Education Ettiquette Finance History Native Americana etc. The list of subscribers included John Adams 2 copies twelve senators and numerous Massachusetts and Connecticut luminaries. -- Alston III 398; Evans 23053; Sabin 102344; Skeel 745; Howes W-203.<br/><br/> I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews unknown books
1802WRCAM50026New York 1802. viii22748pp. Antique-style half calf and marbled boards leather label. Two faint ink library stamps on titlepage. Very good. A scarce collection of essays by the noted lexicographer. The four essays herein included are "An Address to the President of the United States" on the subject of his administration; "An Essay on the Rights of Neutral Nations" in vindication of the principles asserted by the northern powers of Europe; "A Letter" on the value and importance of the American Commerce to Great- Britain; "A Sketch" of the history and present state of Banks and Insurance Companies in the United States. All put forward Webster's Federalist views. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3520. HOWES W206. SABIN 102369. SKEEL 733. hardcover books
1865BB006<b>ONE OF 250 COPIES</b> printed on Large Paper this 1864 first version known as the <i><b>Unabridged</b> </i>edition overhauled by Yale University professor Noah Porter containing 114000 entries which replaced unsupportable etymologies based on Webster's attempt to conform Biblical interpretations to the evolution of language. James A.H. Murray editor of the <i>Oxford English Dictionary</i> 1879–1928 says this edition "acquired an international fame. It was held to be superior to every other dictionary and taken as the leading authority on the meaning of words not only in America and England but also throughout the Far East." <br /><br /><i>Historically important work in its rarest deluxe format</i>.<br /><br /> printed at the Riverside Press for G & C Merriam, [1864] books
184831188Springfield: George & Charles Merriam 1848. First edition of the first Merriam-Webster dictionary; thick 4to pp. lxxxiv 1367; engraved frontis portrait after Samuel F.B. Morse slightly offset onto title-p.; full original sheep gilt lettered direct on spine; some rubbing and wear but sound. <br/><br/> George & Charles Merriam unknown books
180882504New York: D. Longworth 1808. First edition of "the most important Jewish lay leader of the early 19th century" Mordecai Noah's early play published when he was only 23 years old. 12mo bound in modern calf gilt titles to the spine lacking the 2 advertisement leaves called for by Singerman. In near fine condition. Rare. Born in Philadelphia on July 14 1785 Jewish American playwright diplomat and journalist Mordecai Manuel Noah became the most important Jewish lay leader in America in the early 19th century and the first Jewish American to reach national fame. After studying law in Charleston South Carolina Noah moved to New York where he founded and edited The National Advocate The New York Enquirer later merged into the New York Courier and Enquirer The Evening Star and The Sunday Times newspapers. A prolific writer he also enjoyed the reputation of being the most popular American playwright in early 19th century America with his Fortress of Sorrento She Would Be a Soldier and The Seige of Tripoli attracting wide audiences. D. Longworth unknown books
1880170909006New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. ix 188 6pp. Original brown cloth lettered and decorated in black and gilt yellow endpapers. Housed in a plain brown cloth slipcase. Very Good or better with some rubbing and scuffing to cloth slight lean to spine former owner's bookplate on front paste down a few reading smudges. An attractive unsophisticated copy of the early baseball novel written by a friend of Abraham Lincoln's and set in Brooks' boyhood town of Castine here called "Fairport" Maine in the 1840s. Among the ways in which it was ahead of its time is its sympathetic includion of a young African-American baseball player. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1790WRCAM56704Boston: I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews 1790. xvi414pp. Modern half calf with early calf corners laid down on the outer corners marbled boards spine gilt leather label. Leather bookplate of William Safire on front pastedown with a handful of marginal pencil notations in the text likely in his hand. Mild offsetting on titlepage minor toning. Overall very good. Noted grammarian and pundit William Safire's copy of the first collection of Noah Webster's writings demonstrating the broad reach of the pioneering lexicographer's genius. Webster's essays touch a variety of topics from the new constitution to the practical reasons why marriage between cousins is discouraged. Of particular note is the presence of many words that are spelled phonetically such as "Guvernment" "Skools" and "Karacter." This editorial decision was in keeping with Webster's growing desire to simplify language and qualify it in American as opposed to British ways by dispensing with unnecessary vowels and misleading consonant pairings such as "ch" for "k". The language experiments played out here demonstrate an important step in Webster's development as lexicographer which would would culminate in the publication of Webster's famous dictionary nearly forty years later in 1828. A charming Webster item with a notable linguistics-related provenance having been owned by William Safire the preeminent popular language and grammar expert of the 20th century. Safire was an author journalist and speechwriter who wrote the long-running column "On Language" for the New York Times. An attractive copy by the foundational American language expert owned by the most notable public expert on language in 20th-century America. NAIP w030387. EVANS 23053. SKEEL 745. BRINLEY SALE 7292. HOWES W203. ANB 22 pp.874-75. I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews hardcover books
1810252348New Haven: Oliver Steele 1810. First. hardcover. very good. Folded plate. Slim 8vo vi 216 pages browned 3/4 brown morocco marbled boards rubbed bookplate small stamp on verso of title page. New Haven: Oliver Steele 1810. First Edition. Very good .<br/><br/> Contains 17 papers by Noah Webster Elizur Wright John Smith Elizur GoodrichBenjamin Silliman Nathaniel Dwight Jared Mansfield David Daggett Benjamin Dwight Jerimiah Day and others. The Connecticut Academy of the Arts and Sciences was established to cultivate all aspects of the sciences arts and humanities.<br/><br/> Oliver Steele unknown books
1561677551561. 2nd & last edition. 2nd & last edition. Fascinating Sixteenth-Century Digest of Land and Hunting Laws Meurer Noe 1525-1583. Spangenberg Cyriacus 1528-1604. Von Forstlicher Oberherrligkeit und Gerechtigkeit Was die Recht Der Gebrauch Und die Billigkeit Desshalben Vermog. Item: Von dem Waren Oder Gerechten Rechten Der Teutschen Gerechtigkeit Aequitate Oder Billigkeit Wie und Wenn die von Einem Jeden Gerechten und Nit zu Strengen Richter Nach Gestalt und Gelegenheit Furfallender Ungleicher Fall und Sachen Zuhalten Und Darnach zu Urteilen Sey. Alles Beschriben durch den Hochgelehrten Noe Meurer. Auch vom Rechtmessigen Jagen und vom Missbrauch Desselbigen Bestendiger Bericht durch M. Cyriacum Spangenberg. Frankfurt am Main: Weigand Han and Georg Raben 1561. c xxxvii 1 lxxx 4 ff. Three parts in one volume. Folio 11" x 7". Recent paper-covered boards retaining earlier paper spine endpapers renewed edges rouged. Light soiling front joint just starting at head recent owner bookplate to front pastedown. Title page printed in red and black large woodcut coat of arms to verso. Light browning to text faint dampstaining to fore-edge of text block two small library stamps to foot of title page. A nice copy of a handsomely printed volume. $2500. Second and final edition. Early game and land laws record the earliest attempts to preserve the environment. They also offer fascinating insights into social history due to their relevance to topics ranging from class structure to foodways. First published in 1560 Meurer and Spangenberg's compilation offers a thorough overview of land-use fishing and hunting laws as they stood in the states of the Holy Roman Empire during the mid-sixteenth century. The first edition is considerably shorter than the second containing 100 leaves. Both editions are scarce in North America. OCLC locates 2 copies of the first edition at Columbia Law School and Yale University and 1 copy of the second at Harvard University. Not in Adams. Verzeichnis der im Deutschen Sprachbereich Erschienenen Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts M5017. unknown books
1820WRCAM55522New York: Printed by G.L. Birch & Co. 1820. 214pp. 16mo. Modern paper-covered boards leather label. Leaves a bit tanned else very good. An interesting work on saving and thrift by a consequential American diplomat. Most of the essays blame poverty and bankruptcy on moral faults such as reckless spending and devotion to fashion. Among the examples of moral failings Noah offers are rowdy teens at a late-night oyster house and Wall Street wives bidding recklessly at a silverware auction. Mordecai Noah 1785-1851 was U.S. Consul in Tunis during the Barbary Wars and as such was responsible for freeing American seamen. Noah was notable as one of the first American Jews to hold an important diplomatic post and was ultimately removed from office for anti-Semitic reasons. He was editor of the NATIONAL ADVOCATE in New York for over a decade beginning in 1817. SHOEMAKER 2557. WOLF UNRECORDED JUDAICA 50. BAL 14997. Printed by G.L. Birch & Co. hardcover books
1819WRCAM51854New York 1819. vi24311xlvii pp. plus frontispiece and four plates one folding. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards spine gilt neatly rebacked with original spine laid down edges stained yellow. Boards rubbed. Later ownership inscriptions on front endpapers scattered notations on some leaves frontispiece with pencil embellishment. Light foxing. Very good. Noah was U.S. Consul in Tunis during the Barbary Wars and as such was responsible for freeing American seamen. The present account is based on his experiences while in that office in addition to his travels in Europe. Noah was notable as one of the first American Jews to hold an important diplomatic post and was ultimately removed from office for anti-Semitic reasons. This volume prints letters of support from Jefferson Madison and John Adams. The Jefferson letter is particularly famous for its support for fairness to Jewish citizens. SMITH N17. ROSENBACH 205. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 48941. hardcover books
1799162886Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin 1799. First Edition. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes. xii 9-348; iv 352pp. 8vo contemporary mottled calf with red leather spine labels bindings are rubbed and a little wormed; hinges on first volume are repaired but still solid and attractive; dampstains on front endpaper & blank flyleaf in first volume; pages toned as usual with some light foxing; small ink signatures on titles of both volumes; 2 pages in second volume have tears that were crudely taped and are now discolored. Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin 1799. First edition.<br/><br/> Webster surveyed known data from epidemics since the time of Christ in order to prove his theory that these diseases were not contagious but were caused by environmental changes. Despite his incorrect conlculsions his work was widely read and quite influential. William Osler called this book "the most important medical work written in this country by a layman." - GM 1675.1; Austin 2023; Heirs of Hippocrates 1160.<br/><br/> Hudson & Goodwin unknown books
1969Embry 157917Walker/Weatherhill New York: 1969. Number 119 of 150 copies of the deluxe edition. Light offsett to title page from frontis jacket lightly worn overall a fine copy in near fine minimally rubbed slipcase. Twenty-one woodblock illustrations by Haku Maki each printed signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. White goatskin backed linen boards in handmade-paper dust jacket and publisher's wooden slipcase. Signed and sealed by the artist in the colophon. Walker/Weatherhill, New York: 1969. Number 119 of 150 copies of the deluxe edition. hardcover books
1840D17813New York: M. M. Noah & A. S. Gould 1840. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. In his preface Noah discusses the rather mysterious origins of The Book of Jasher. Original cloth worn. In plain modern slipcase. <br/><br/> M. M. Noah & A. S. Gould hardcover books
04131Paris: Martinet 1855. The Art of Success in the World!<br/>An Ironic Satiric Burlesque by Cham<br/><br/>CHAM Pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé. L'Art de Réussir dans le Monde. Procédé Simple et Facile pour se Faire Jeter a la Porte en Fort peu de Temps. Paris: Martinet 1855. <br/><br/>Large quarto 13 1/4 x 10 in; 337 x 254 mm. Lithographed title with large hand-colored pictorial vignette twenty hand-colored lithographed plates by Fernique after Cham the plates containing three or more images a total of sixty-two each with droll captions.<br/><br/>Publisher's red cloth covers decoratively stamped in blind front cover decoratively lettered in gilt. Expertly rebacked in matching red cloth. Small rectangular sheet of paper tipped-on to the front end-paper with a short description of this book. A fine and clean copy.<br/><br/>A very rare volume with OCLC/KVK locating only two copies in institutions worldwide at the Victoria & Albert Library and Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire Strasbourg. The book was also issued without hand-coloring and OCLC locates two plain copies: The Morgan Library & Museum NY USA and Harvard University Houghton Library MA USA<br/><br/>"It is to be regretted that space will not serve to represent the caricaturists and depictors of manners who followed in the wake of Daumier and Gavarni. Among the most attractive of the former is Amédée de Noé known as Cham that is Ham the son of Noah of whom it was said that he had ‘an idea a day' for Le charivari. A good proportion of his thousands of lithographs were gathered into albums. His contributions to the Album du siège in which Daumier was his collaborator are typical of his work" Ray The Art of the French Illustrated Book pp. 155-156. Paris: Martinet, 1855 unknown books
181927297New York: Kirk and Mercein; London: John Miller 1819. First edition 8vo pp. vi 2 431 1 xlvii; engraved frontis portrait and 4 engraved plates 3 with contemporary hand-coloring and 1 folding; contemporary full sheep red morocco label on gilt-paneled spine; spine scuffed and with a small chip out at the top minor foxing; all else good and sound with the full compliment of plates in an unusual colored state. Early ownership signature of "Richard L. Schieffelin New York 1819." Noah 1785-1851 was a lawyer playwright and journalist. He was born in Philadelphia of Portuguese-Jewish ancestry. "In 1813 he was appointed consul to Tunis with a special mission to Algers. He was instructed to negotiate for the release of some Americans held as prisoners by the Algerine pirates. On May 23 1813 he sailed from Charleston but his vessel being captured by the British he was taken to England and detained two months. In October he arrived in Cadiz where he contracted with Richard R. Keene an American who had become a Spanish subject to affect the release of the twelve Americans . After being detained in France and Spain for more than a year Noah finally arrived in Tunis. On July 30 1815 he received a letter from James Monroe secretary of state revoking his commission and hinting at irregularities in his accounts. Monroe's treatment of Noah was never satisfactorily explained though his association with Keene who had been accused of treason was doubtless detrimental.In January 1817 however Noah received a letter from the Department of State which vindicated his conduct and returned several thousand dollars due him in the enterprise which resulted in the release of the American captives" DAB. Rosenbach 205; American Travellers Abroad N17. <br/><br/> Kirk and Mercein; London: John Miller unknown books
04212Paris: Arnauld De Vresse 1850. Exceedingly Scarce<br/>Highly Amusing Hand-Colored Caricatures Showing "The Crazy's of the Day"<br/><br/>CHAM illustrator pseud. of Charles Amédée de Noé. Les Toqués Du Jour. Paris: Arnauld De Vresse n.d. ca. 1847. <br/><br/>First edition. Large folio 13 3/4 x 10 5/16 inches; 349 x 261 mm. Hand-colored lithographed title and thirty-six comical scenes on eighteen fine hand-colored lithographed plates heightened with gum arabic. Each scene with printed caption below. <br/><br/>Publisher's brown ribbed cloth bordered in blind front cover lettered in gilt. Expertly rebacked to style at an early date. Inner hinges cracked but sound corners very slightly rubbed. A near fine copy of this exceedingly scarce album.<br/><br/>A highly amusing collection of lithographs by Cham 1819-1879 satirizing the varieties of Les Toqués Du Jour<br/>The Crazy's of the Day. <br/><br/>Of Charles Amédée de Noé "known as Cham that is Ham the son of Noah.it was said that he had ‘an idea a day' for Le charivari. A good proportion of his thousands of lithographs were gathered into albums. His contributions to the Album du siège 173 in which Daumier was his collaborator are typical of his work" Ray The Art of the French Illustrated Book pp. 155-156.<br/><br/>Exceedingly scarce. No copies found in WorldCat or KVK and apparently no copies have appeared at auction certainly during the past thirty-five years. Paris: Arnauld De Vresse, 1850 unknown books
03321Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. 1846. The Pleasures of Youth.<br/>Young Parisian Gentlemen At Play<br/><br/>CHAM pseudonym of Amédée de Noé. Nos Gentils Hommes a Gout. Tournure Elégance Moeurs et Plaisirs de la Jeunesse Dorée. Par Cham Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. n.d. 1846. <br/><br/>First only edition complete. <br/><br/>Folio 13 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 336 x 250 mm. Hand-colored lithographed title page and twenty hand-colored lithographed plates. Pictorial lithographed advertisement and Aubert et Cie. catalogue 16 pp. at rear. <br/><br/>Original pictorial lithographed green boards. Later dark green pebbled cloth spine and endpapers. Board edges and corners a little rubbed some light mainly marginal foxing. Small repaired tear to outer margin of lithographed advertisement leaf. An excellent example. With the bookplate of Joel Spitz on front paste-down. <br/><br/>Provenance: purchased in Paris 1947.<br/><br/>Rare with OCLC recording only six copies in institutional holdings worldwide and no auction records since 1923.<br/><br/>We have only seen one other copy of this title.<br/><br/>A satire of the bustle behavior customs and pleasures of young Parisian gentlemen - golden youth.<br/><br/>Of Amédée de Noé "known as Cham that is Ham the son of Noah.it was said that he had ‘an idea a day' for Le charivari. A good proportion of his thousands of lithographs were gathered into albums. His contributions to the Album du siège 173 in which Daumier was his collaborator are typical of his work" Ray pp. 155-156.<br/><br/>The Plates:<br/>1. Ne vous effrayez pas!<br/>2. Un objet de prix pour ne rien prendre<br/>3. Fol de carrossier.<br/>4. Un maitre dans une peau de domestique.<br/>5. Des gages fabuleux.<br/>6. Ton vicomte est un cuistre!<br/>7. Pauvre créancier!<br/>8. L'ami de coeur.<br/>9. Tiens! C'est le m'sieu du château!<br/>10. Palsambleu quél bon petit chic!!<br/>11. L'etat d'heritier a bien ses charges!<br/>12. Monsieur le baron après souper.<br/>13. Prenez y garde John!<br/>14. Un ci-devant.<br/>15. Tachez donc de faire aller mes cheveux!<br/>16 Le tir des pigeons.<br/>17. Oh he! Ce cavalier! Ohe!<br/>18. Bravo Marquis! Tu arrives le premier.<br/>19. Dieu! La belle chasse.<br/>20. Au diable les préjugés! Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie.,, [1846] unknown books
1819D17816New York and London: Kirk and Mercein 1819. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Inscribed by the author and rare thus. This volume recounts Noah's experiences as American consul to Tunis where he successfully negotiated for the release of captured seamen and then was recalled by James Monroe on at least partially anti-Semitic grounds. Rosenbach 205. <br/><br/> Kirk and Mercein hardcover books
183234082London: published by Black Young and Young foreign booksellers to the King 1832. First English edition used by Webster as a template for his 1841 octavo "reprinted by E.H. Barker Esq. of Thetford Norfolk from a copy communicated by the author and containing many manuscript corrections and additions: with an appendix by the editor"; 2 volumes 4to; pp. viii i-civ plus unpaginated lexicon in triple column; 2 and unpaginated lexicon; the publisher's advertisements noted by Skeel have not been preserved in this copy. A good sound copy in mid-19th century half calf over marbled boards rubbed and scuffed top of one spine with small chip; good and sound. One of the scarcest of the early editions of Webster. Of note is the inclusion of Joseph Worcester's "Synopsis of Words pronounced by different Orthoepists" extracted from the American edition of 1829 which was edited by Worcester and published prior to the rift that developed between the two lexicographers. As to the text of the lexicon itself Skeel notes that it "was reworked by the English editor and was not merely a reprinting." Vancil p. 260; Skeel 589A. <br/><br/> published by Black, Young, and Young, foreign booksellers to the King hardcover books
183950059New Havens: S. Babcock 1839. First edition small 8vo pp. viii 9-248; full contemporary sheep rebacked; good sound copy with an important presentation "To Professor Silliman with the author's regards." A tear through the presentation has been skillfully mended and as the inscription is written in red pencil it is a bit faint. With Silliman's bookplate on the front pastedown and the subsequent bookplate of Henry McIntosh. In a quarter brown morocco clamshell box. Skeel 574. Silliman was perhaps the best-known scientific man in America in the first half of the 19th century a highly respected professor of chemistry and natural history at Yale and a long-time friend of Webster's. Like Webster he was an editor a compiler of textbooks and a prominent Connecticut citizen and Yale alumnus. <br/><br/> S. Babcock unknown books
