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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
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
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
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
184844550Springfield: 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 black morocco spine label mostly perished; the whole quite scuffed and rubbed preliminaries foxed modern 1950s manuscript list of birthdays on rear endpapers; texblock very good and sound. Contemporary ownership inscriptions of Mrs. H. Booth on front free endpaper and frontispiece verso. Vancil p. 262. <br/><br/> George and Charles Merriam unknown books
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
1820D17815New York: G. L. Birch and Co. 1820. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Rebound in modern cloth. A collection of Noah's essays from the New York National Advocate. Most of the essays blame poverty and bankruptcy on moral faults such as reckless spending and devotion to fashion. Along the way we get vignettes of Manhattan scenes ranging from rowdy teens at a late-night oyster house page 30 to Wall Street wives bidding recklessly at a silverware auction page 53. BAL 14997; Shaw and Shoemaker 2557. <br/><br/> G. L. Birch and Co. hardcover books
180950149New York: published by subscription.and sold at the Theological and Classical Bookstore of Williams and Whiting.J. Seymour printer 1809. First edition 8vo pp. 23 1; without a title page as issued; original blue printed wrappers; one short tear and a small piece missing from the corner of the front wrapper; all else very good. "In 1808 Webster and Judge Thomas Dawes of Boston one of his wife's brothers-in-law discussed religion in their correspondence. Webster on December 20 1808 wrote a detailed letter summarizing his religious experiences and beliefs; Dawes acknowledged it on February 6 1809 expressing rather liberal views and on February 23 Webster wrote a long answer which became the present text.The compiler believes this printing to have been the first separate edition" Skeel. It was also published in the Panoplist and the Missionary Magazine United edited by Jedidiah Morse. The verso of the front wrapper and both sides of the back wrapper contain a brief summary of the firm Williams & Whiting and publisher's advertisements. Skeel 706. <br/><br/> published by subscription...and sold at the Theological and Classical Bookstore of Williams and Whiting...J. Seymour, printer unknown books
187126931Tokyo: Binsei Kyosho 1871. Fukurotoji 7.25" x 4.75" 27 leaves; original blue wrappers printed paper label on upper cover; some wear dampstain entering text at bottom margins but generally good or better and preserving the original printed fukuro paper sheath. Spelling book in English with a Japanese translation by Yôyû Shisui. Osaka Joshi Daigaiku Library Selected Catalogue of Dutch and English Studies B-5. NYPL only in OCLC. <br/><br/> [Binsei Kyosho] unknown books
1807307347New Haven CT: printed by Oliver Steele & Co for Brisban & Brannan booksellers New York 1807. First edition. 250 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Contemporary sheep. Rubbed worn stained but sound front flyleaf with old tear pen starts. Very good. First edition. 250 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. First edition of this scarce grammar by Webster which he would later consider to be one of his two most important works. A second edition appeared in 1822 and the text was reused in the introductory matter of his famed American Dictionary 1828. Webster wrote to a friend in 1829 "My 'Philosophical and Practical Grammar" . has been but little used: but except for my quarto Dictionary I consider it as altogether the most valuable work I have ever published." Skeel 433; Sabin 102375 printed by Oliver Steele & Co for Brisban & Brannan, booksellers, New York unknown books
18802156New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1880. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. Bound in original brown pictorial gilt cloth; illustrated with a black and white frontispiece. This title predcedes by four years "Our Baseball Club and How it Won the Championship" by Noah Brooks. The second and last chapters describe games between the Fairport Nine and a team made up of working class youth. One game continues through the bottom of the ninth even though the home team has won. The main character Billy Hetherington is best friends with Sam Black who is black and also the team's star left fielder. Expert repair to spine ends new endpapers; minor age-toning to text but overall a very attractive copy of an early baseball rarity. Housed in a custom mococco backed slipcase. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1849W5011BSpringfield MA: George and Charles Merriam 1849. Original calf with remnant of morocco titling piece. Marbled endpapers. Binding is heavilty worn both joints starting but gilt titling still quite legible. 1367 pgs. Prior owner signature and also a gift inscription on ffep. Considerable foxing throughout. Webster tissue guarded frontispiece by S.F.B. Morse. . First Thus. Full-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Trade. George and Charles Merriam Hardcover books
17942990Boston: printed and sold by John W. Folsom 1794. Fourth Edition. Good. 12mo in 6's. 140 x 87 mm. A-H6 = 48 ff COMPLETE AND UNSOPHISTICATED. Paper-covered scaleboard binding with sheep spine hinges cracked paper almost completely removed from covers wood chipped away at corners leather chipped at head of spine leather rubbed along spine. Front binder's blank slightly detatched pages browned small water stain on bottom edge of back pastedown inscription on p. 18. Ownership inscription of Joseph Gould on verso of final binder's blank see below. A scarce 18th-century American scaleboard binding on a popular work by Noah Webster. Despite the modesty of the present binding its first owner Joseph Gould was clearly a discerning bibliophile: on page 18 he has written: "If any should chance this book to red sic let keep his fingers clean." <br/><br/>Scaleboard a.k.a. scabbard or scabboard was made from very thin sheets of wood that had been split going towards the grain instead of being sawed. Whereas the survival rate of early American scaleboard bindings is not high owing to their fragile nature they were once in great abundance used in place of paste or pulpboard from the 1680s until the mid-nineteenth century most often on widely disseminated texts such as this one. In the present binding the grain of the scaleboard is horizontal a common New England practice.<br/><br/>The present text was first printed in Hartford in 1791 and was reprinted well into the 19th century. Webster's authorship of the text was revealed in an advertisement in the "American Minerva" dated January 16 1796 which Webster had established in 1793 as New York's first daily newspaper and edited for four years. Called "the father of American scholarship and education" Webster was a prolific writer and textbook pioneer his "Blue-Backed Speller" books educating generations of American children. His name became practically synonymous with the word "dictionary" when his first dictionary "A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language" was published in 1806.<br/><br/>Provenance: inscribed "Stoneham / January 28 Day 1795 / Joseph Gould His / Book." This may be Lieut. Joseph Gould 1767-1800 who is buried at the Old Burying Ground sic in Stoneham. <br/><br/>Only one other copy of this edition appears on the market though not in a scaleboard binding.<br/><br/>Sabin 102383; Evans 28050; Skeel E.E.F. Webster 662; ESTC W27908. printed and sold by John W. Folsom unknown books
1976147460Studio City CA: EMI Television Programs 1976. Two Revised draft scripts Part I and Part II comprising the complete script for the 1977 television film which was broadcast in two parts on CBS on April 13 and 14 1977.<br/><br/>First script titled "Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes" on front wrapper and titled "'Howard The Amazing Mr. Hughes' Part I" on first page of script has several annotations on front wrapper. In holograph ink on top left is written "Prod Thur 11/18/76" center right is the name "Tommy Lee Jones" with phone number below not in Jones' hand and an "I" immediately following title as well as a "9" in holograph pencil on upper right corner. Script contains two title pages of two revisions first yellow page has the underlined name "Norma" preceded by an asterisk as well as two underlines below the text "REVISED" on lower left in red holograph ink. The second pink title page has "33" on the upper left and a "Part I" on top center left in holograph pencil. Four pages contain strikes in holograph ink. Script contains a few copied annotations on the first 3 pages of script revision date some action changes and a strike with date "Tues 12/21/76."<br/><br/>Second script "Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes Part II" has "33" on upper left of title page and "Part II" top center in holograph pencil. Three pages contain copied annotations revision date character direction and dialogue and a strike with date "Tues 12/21/76."<br/><br/>Based upon the 1972 Howard Hughes biography "Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes" by Hughes' long-time associate Noah Dietrich and AP Hollywood correspondent Bob Thomas. The first of several film depictions of Howard Hughes as an young obsessive perfectionist and an elderly hypochondriac. An early break through role for Tommy Lee Jones.<br/><br/>"Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes" script:<br/>Tan titled wrappers. Two title pages present one dated November 26 1976 the other dated November 16 1976 both noted as REVISED with credits for screenwriter John Gay and authors Noah Dietrich and Bob Thomas. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink yellow and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/5/76 and 12-20-76. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br/><br/>"Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes Part II" script:<br/>Brown titled wrappers. Title page present dated November 16 1976 noted as REVISED with credits for screenwriter John Gay and authors Noah Dietrich and Bob Thomas. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 117A. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/5/76 and 12/20/76. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. EMI Television Programs unknown books
199543743Austin Texas: W. Thomas Taylor 1995. 1st edition thus 1/50 cc. Cf. Basic Texas Books 189; Bradford 5116; Final Howes S733; Graff 3872; Rader 2948; Sabin 85099 for the 1st editiion of 1900. Specially bound in tan quarter leather over decorative paper boards. A Fine copy. Accompanied by the original Taylor 6/14/94 sale invoice for this book. xvi 293 3 pp. Original piece of Texas currency "One Hundred Dollars" housed in pocket at back. Frontispiece. Royal 8vo. 10-1/4" x 7-1/8" <br/><br/>Smithwick a blacksmith moved to Texas in 1827 served in the war for Texas independence and later as a Ranger though leaving the state in 1861 as he had Union sympathies. The volume includes anecdotes on James Bowie Sam Houston Stephen Austen David G. Burnet Gail Borden Padre Michael Muldoon R.M. Williamson and others. Dobie calls this work "The best of all books dealing with life in early Texas." Jenkins says it's "the most fun to read." This edition adds scholarly commentary by its editor with this specially bound version of the edition with the real Texas currency being relatively uncommon on the market. W. Thomas Taylor hardcover books
188449658New York: E. P. Dutton and Company 39 West 23d Street 1884. 1st Edition McCue p. 24. Color pictorial glazed paper wrapped boards. Extremity wear with tips worn. Some minor foxing & browning. A VG copy. viii 9 - 202 4. Spalding advert follows text. Illustrated. 8vo. 9" x 6-3/4" <br/><br/>Per McCue "This is the first novel completely about baseball. . the plot becomes an interesting picture of baseball a decade or so before the book was published." E. P. Dutton and Company, 39 West 23d Street hardcover books
1994150023N.p.: N.p. 1994. Revised Draft script for the 1995 film blue and pink revision pages throughout and with a holograph ink annotation on a post-it note affixed to page 28 addressing editorial changes. <br/><br/>A group of young graduates decide to stay on campus for the foreseeable future fearing the uncertainty of the outside world. Noah Baumbach's directorial debut an incisive influential film for a generation of young adults unable to reconcile their college aspirations with the stagnation of the professional world of the 1990s. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated 7/30/94 with credits for screenwriter Noah Baumbach. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 8/1/94. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Criterion Collection 349.<br/><br/>Full provenance available. N.p. unknown books
1794WRCAM23873New York 1794. 72pp. Later imitation leather. Light stains and toning to text old library stamp on verso of titlepage. Good. Condemnation of the conditions in France and a call for constitutional liberty for all. An early pamphlet by the great lexicographer. EVANS 28053. hardcover books
175131003Boston: D. Fowle 1751. 172 2 lacking the half title. Light blindstamp to first two leaves disbound. A small blank corner chip to title last leaf margins repaired affecting a couple of numbers in the Table of Contents. Scattered spotting. Good. <br/><br/> Hobart was pastor for many years of a Congregational church in Fairfield Connecticut and an active participant in the struggle to thwart the establishment of the Episcopal religion in the colonies. Jenkins called this pamphlet a "keystone volume in the history of the Episcopal Church in America with many documents and reports as appended matter." Sabin quoting Stevens says it is "perhaps more suggestive than any other one volume for the materials of the historian who contemplates a history of the Establishment of Episcopacy or the Church of England in New-England." <br/>FIRST EDITION. Evans 6693. Sabin 32311. II Jenkins 131. D. Fowle unknown books
1826288356New York: The Sunday School Depository 1826. First Edition. Full Leather. Good binding. An uncommon hymnal designed for the use of mariners -- "necessary wherever public worship is held for the benefit of this valuable class of our fellow-men and by mariners themselves when 'afar off at sea'". Compiled by the founder of American Baptist Publication Society and the father of Noah Davis who taught Moral Philosophy at the University of Virginia for decades in the post-Civil War era. Japanese tissue paper repair to the top edge of the spine; lacking the endpapers and final page of the index. Mottled calf with red leather label on the spine. 4 293 1 pp. AI 24307. Good binding. The Sunday School Depository unknown books
183129116Concord: printed by Luther Roby 1831. Only edition of an uncommon American dictionary 32mo 4.25 x 2.75 inches pp. 8 9-128; title within woodcut ornamental border woodcut on verso of title-p. woodcut headpiece depicting an American eagle; contemporary and probably original full sheep; rubbed but good and sound. George also compiled a shipwreck anthology and a statistical gazetteer as well as other popular works. About 4000 entry words pronunciations parts of speech and brief definitions. American Imprints 7239 4 copies; Burkett American Dictionaries of the English Language before 1861 p. 66; Vancil p. 97; 6 copies in OCLC. <br/><br/> printed by Luther Roby unknown books
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 engraving 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 a very good example of the first book by the eleven-year-old great-grandson of 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. <br/><br/> privately printed unknown books
