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1884139081884. With an Introduction by Al. G. Spalding of the Chicago Base Ball Club. New York: E. P. Dutton and Company 1884. 1 page undated ads for Spalding baseball goods. Original red cloth pictorially decorated in black and gilt beveled. First Edition of "the first novel devoted exclusively to baseball" Grobani 12-2c. The first book about baseball was 1859's THE BASE BALL PLAYER'S POCKET COMPANION nonfiction -- there are only about ten known copies the most recently-exchanged of which was priced at $39500. There was an 1877 volume in the "No Name Series" THE GREAT MATCH which could also lay claim to "first baseball fiction" but which is not entirely about baseball. About these two books Strecker et al. have written Both THE GREAT MATCH and OUR BASE BALL CLUB highlight tensions between the country and the city. More importantly they reveal the baseball team's central place in local communities and feature insight into nineteenth century baseball debates about participation versus competition and amateurism versus professionalism. This is a hefty large-format quarto volume with ten handsome illustrations. OUR BASE BALL CLUB was issued in two different bindings -- paper-covered boards with a front cover lithograph or full pictorially-decorated cloth either grey or blue or as here bright red. This is a bright very good-plus copy with a small damp-mark on the rear cover and very minor shelf-wear at the spine ends. unknown books
1792WRCAM21541Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews 1792. 120pp. Frontispiece portrait of Webster as front pastedown. Original calf backed paper covered birch boards. Edges worn. Free endpapers excised. Tanned. Else good. Webster's first publication was part one of A GRAMMATICAL INSTITUTE. published in Hartford in 1783. The present work is a later edition of part II the grammar. It was frequently reprinted after its first publication in 1784 at Hartford and was first published in a separate edition in 1789 as A PLAIN AND COMPREHENSIVE GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Of great interest as one of Webster's earliest contributions. EVANS 25001. Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews hardcover books
584New York: privately printed 1912 i.e. 1913. First edition 8vo 2 volumes; presentation copy "from the daughter of Emily Ellsworth Fowler Ford i.e. the editor Emily E.F. Skeel Xmas 1913" to name erased. A note on the verso of each title reads "Printed by Kathleen Gordon Ford Turle Rosalie Greenleaf Ford Barr Grace Kidder Ford Williams Emily Ellsworth Ford Skeel Worthington Chauncey Ford Roswell Skeel Jr." A printer's imprint at the end of each volume shows that the book was printed in Glasgow by Robert Maclehose & Co. The work contains seven first printings of certain Webster materials mostly extracts letters and memoranda -- see Skeel 766. With two frontispiece portraits browned from acidic tissue and 7 plates; extremities lightly rubbed and with some slight chipping spines soiled else a good sound set in original blue cloth. <br/><br/> privately printed, 1912 [i.e. 1913] hardcover books
1999149053Beverly Hills CA: Imagine Entertainment 1999. Final Draft script for the 2000 television pilot which originally aired on NBC on February 14. Copy belonging to costume designer Molly Maginnis warmly INSCRIBED on the title page by members of the cast and crew including screenwriter Noah Baumbach and actors Joanna Going Sabrina Grdevich Carlos Jacott Heidi Schanz and Eric Stoltz. <br/><br/>From the collection of costume designer Molly Maginnis.<br/><br/>An early darkly comic screenwriting effort from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Noah Baumbach best known for "Kicking and Screaming" 1995 "The Squid and the Whale" 2005 and "Marriage Story" 2019 following a group of friends struggling to adapt to life as adults. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>Title page integral with front wrapper noted as FINAL DRAFT dated 4/29/99 with credits for screenwriter Noah Baumbach and director Thomas Schlamme. 61 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication on yellow stock rectos only with one white revision page dated 4/23/99. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Imagine Entertainment unknown books
179258418Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin 1792. 12mo pp. 3-131 pp.1 2 & 132 pastedowns; original sheep-backed blue paper-covered wooden boards; leather rubbed; covers soiled; rear board split vertically internally reinforced in the margins with surgical tape not obscuring any lettering; pages toned and lightly soiled. Contemporary inscription on front pastedown: "Reumah Chase hear Book stele not this Book for feair of shame for hear you se the oners name. Reumah Chase Hear Book 1802." Evans 25002; Skeel 417. <br/><br/> Hudson & Goodwin hardcover books
191116927Paris: Masson 1911. Masson unknown books
1802180701802. 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 hardcover books
18024516Printed by E. Belden & Co 1802. First edition. 8vo. viii22838pp. of 48pp. lacking the final 5 leaves. Modern tan buckram with black spine label. Text browned and discolored but still readable. A rather poor and defective copy of a very scarce book. It contains the first printed history of banking in America the final essay which unfortunately is incomplete. Howes W203. Printed by E. Belden & Co hardcover books
1791252445Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin 1791. First. hardcover. good. 2 text engravings. 94pp. 16mo contemporary 1/4 calf with original boards calf and boards worn page 57 torn with the loss of several letters in a few words of the text wormhole in lower right corner margin of first ten pages moderate foxing throughout front flyleaf pasted to front endpaper. Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin 1791. First Edition.<br/><br/> "A popular volume of informal essays." Dictionary of American Biography XIX p. 596. Contains the ownership signature of Candace Hale that is dated 1791. Evans 23969.<br/><br/> Hudson and Goodwin unknown books
181924603New-York: Printed by C.S. Van Winkle 1819. 39 1 blank pp. Disbound wrapper remnants in inner margins of first and last page. Light soil Good or so. <br/><br/> This pamphlet advocates in response to the Panic of 1819 "two restrictions on banks: first they may discount no 'accommodation paper' i.e. simple loans that were not self-liquidating in the course of active trade; and second that they grant no renewals of loans." The absence of such restrictions the author argues encouraged excessive speculations and brought about the depression. See Rothbard 'The Panic of 1819' page 132 1962. As evidence Aristides cites the "wild enthusiasm" which characterized resumption of commerce after the 1815 Treaty of Ghent and the resulting extensions of credit "to the utmost limit." <br/> Authorship has been variously attributed to Webster and Van Ness. Skeel doubts Webster's hand. "Among other reasons she states that the Letter does not seem to be written in his style and that she finds no allusion to it in his letters. The pamphlet has also been ascribed to William P. Van Ness another who used the pseudonym 'Aristides.'" <br/>Sabin. <br/>AI 49978 4. Sabin 102364. See Skeel page 563 note 12. Printed by C.S. Van Winkle unknown books
185324645Springfield: George and Charles Merriam 1853. Large thick 4to pp. lxxxiv 1366 1; testimonials on endpapers; text in triple column; engraved portrait of Webster after Morse; original full sheep black morocco label on spine; extremities scuffed and rubbed but the binding is sound. Vancil p. 262. <br/><br/> George and Charles Merriam unknown books
199844496New York: Random House 1998. 16mo pp. vi 376; lexicon in double column; wrappers in blue plastic dust jacket from the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum; small dampstain on top textblock fore-edge else fine. Signed by George H. W. and Barbara Bush with short note printed on the former president's office letterhead: "President Bush was happy to sign the enclosed item for your auction. It comes with his best wishes for a successful event." <br/><br/> Random House unknown books
183944554New Haven 1839. 12mo 12pp. stitched as issued; some light spotting along the gutter edge but generally fine. Skeel 763 showing this to be the same text as that printed in broadside form in 1836 with slight changes. See also Skeel 762: "An essay discussing orthography and pronunciation and the books which record and teach them with particular reference to Webster's series of books. This is followed by a testimonial subscribed by thirty-one senators and severity-three representatives . The compiler believes the introductory matter and connective notes were written by Webster. In this pamphlet version the names are not given individually. From this point the text and recommendations are partly the same partly new the latest date being January 1839." <br/><br/> unknown books
18399583New Haven 1839. 12mo 12pp. stitched as issued; some light spotting along the gutter edge but generally fine. Skeel 763 showing this to be the same text as that printed in broadside form in 1836 with slight changes. See also Skeel 762: "An essay discussing orthography and pronunciation and the books which record and teach them with particular reference to Webster's series of books. This is followed by a testimonial subscribed by thirty-one senators and severity-three representatives . The compiler believes the introductory matter and connective notes were written by Webster. In this pamphlet version the names are not given individually. From this point the text and recommendations are partly the same partly new the latest date being January 1839." <br/><br/> unknown books
1782266568State of Connecticut 1782. unbound. 1 page State of Connecticut Pay-Table Office March 9th 1782 -- a payment of "Two Pounds ten shillings.granted in May last exclusive of that Part payable in State Bills and charge the State." Signed by Committee men and Revolutionary War patriots William Mosley and Finn Wadsworth of which the document is completely in his hand. Signed "Noah Phelps Colonel" on the back. Partial tearing along the folds but still in very good condition.<br/><br/> Revolutionary War captain spy and later Major General of the Militia. He is best remembered for casually sneaking into Fort Ticonderoga disguised as a peddler needing a shave and viewing first-hand the weaknesses the British would have in defending the fort. He reported his findings to General Ethan Allen and later participated in the dawn raid that resulted in the bloodless taking of the fort.<br/><br/> unknown books
181243722New Haven with Hartford: Printed by Walter and Steele with Hudson & Goodwin 1812. First edition. Contemporary stitched plain paper wrappers. Good to very good both signed browned some foxing second item untrimmed and creased. 31 1 pp. & 7 1 pp. 8vo. Two early Connecticut imprints most likely signed by husband and wife. 1. War of 1812. Sullivan George. "An Address of Members of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States to Their Constituents on the Subject of the War with Great Britain." New Haven: Printed by Walter and Steele 1812. 8vo. 31 1 pp. Sabin 393. Amer. Imprints 24547. Contemporary owner's name and one line summary on first page browned else very good. An antiwar address arguing that war with Britain was not "necessary or required by any moral duty or any political expediency. "Signed on p. 25 by George Sullivan and 33 other Federalist members. Provenance: Timothy Seward signed writing: "Serious truths attempted by the honest party in Congress." Most likely Timothy Seward of Guilford 1756-1849 a Revolutionary War musician. Various editions were published. With 2. Webster Noah Ingersoll Jonathan. "An Address to the Freemen in Connecticut" Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin 1803. 8vo. 7 1 pp. Sabin 102334. Amer. Imprints 3636. Contemporary owner's name and date on title page lower edges torn roughly with loss at lower margin otherwise a good untrimmed copy foxed. A speech to a Federalist meeting deploring the changes by the Jefferson administration. A list of names chosen for nomination in the next election is appended. Skeel argues that it was written by Noah Webster. Cf. Skeel E.E.F. A Bibliography of the writings of Noah Webster 1958 Appendix A p. 523-524 no. 6. Provenance: "Rebecca Seward Book 1810" signed Rebecca Seward born Lee d. 1859 was the wife of Timothy Seward. Uncommon. Sabin 393. Amer. Imprints 24547. with Sabin 102334. Amer. Imprints 3636. Printed by Walter and Steele [with] Hudson & Goodwin unknown books
18501278863Paris: Au Bureau du Journal le Charivari 1850's. 8vo.; VG; 3/4 bound in brown leather spine paneled with burgundy label and gilt lettering; repaired with original spine rebacked new label new endpapers; marbled boards; wear to corners rubbing to boards spine; some age-toning to pages; three of the images have been cut out of the Revue Du Salon De 1853; shelved case 12. 1278863. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Au Bureau du Journal le Charivari unknown books
17951336053Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews 1795. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. small 8vo. 239 pages; G; newly rebound in 1/4 brown leather black label on spine with gilt lettering gray cloth boards; pages have moderate wear including foxing slight waviness; small bookworm mark to lower rear corner of text block; small closed tear on title page repaired with tape; shelved in case 8 1/2. 1336053. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews hardcover books
1831WRCLIT44380New Haven: Published and sold by Hezekiah Howe et al. 1831. 180pp. 12mo. Contemporary tree calf gilt crimson label. Scattered foxing and discolorations boards a bit bowed corner torn from rear blank free endsheet but a good copy the binding well-preserved. Revised edition of the work first published in 1807 as Webster's PHILOSOPHICAL AND PRACTICAL GRAMMAR. Its initial reception was tepid but with this revised edition Webster's GRAMMAR began to see wider academic adoption. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 10587. Published and sold by Hezekiah Howe, et al. hardcover books
179735147Leominster: Printed by Charles Prentiss 1797. Second Leominster Edition. Pp. 91 2 pages publisher's advertisements. 1 vols. 12mo. Later half-sheep over marbled boards. Rubbed spine torn hole and tear in advertisement leaf affecting ads some browning and foxing notes on pastedown with the very precise near-contemporary signature of John D. W. Williams on blank and first page of text else very good. Second Leominster Edition. Pp. 91 2 pages publisher's advertisements. 1 vols. 12mo. An examination of such expressions as "When a man's name is up he may lie abed till noon" "She carries the Bell" "It is just as the fit takes him" "A Stitch in time saves nine" and "He has come out at the little end of the horn". Sabin 102383 for first edition Printed by Charles Prentiss unknown books
178630995Newbury-Port: Printed by John Mycall 1786. 61 1 blank pp with the half title. Stitched in contemporary drab wrappers. Untrimmed. A lovely copy with occasional mild foxing. Near Fine. Half title inscribed "Edw. Titcomb". <br/><br/> The pamphlet is Worcester's argument in his doctrinal dispute with Reverend Murray the founder of Universalism.<br/>FIRST EDITION. Evans 20158. NAIP w003489. Printed by John Mycall unknown books
180325341Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin 1803. First edition 8vo pp. 7; removed. Skeel pp. 523-24: "A discussion of the method of insuring the election of Federalists to the state legislature . Although Webster's name nowhere appears in this pamphlet which is signed p. 6 by Jonathan Ingersoll and S. Sam Smith the compiler i.e. Skeel believes that Webster wrote it. The New York Historical Society copy has a manuscript note 'Noah Webster Esq. is the reputed author of this pamphlet'." Page 7 includes a list of approved Federalists candidates which include Webster relatives Oliver Ellsworth and Chauncey Goodrich. Sabin 102333n; Shaw & Shoemaker 3636. <br/><br/> Hudson & Goodwin unknown books
182157146Boston: West & Richardson; Joseph T. Buckingham; & Cambridge: Hilliard & Metcalf 1821. Ten issues in all 8vo the first two issues with some worming; all else generally very good in original printed blue wrappers. Worcester 1758-1837 was a fifer in the Revolution and later a clergyman who "came to regard war whether offensive or defensive as unjustifiable" see DAB. A pioneer of the American peace movement in December 1814 he published A Solemn Review of the Custom of War under the pen-name Philo Pacificus "still considered one of the best pieces of anti-war literature ever committed to print and as relevant today as then. In 1815 he founded the Massachusetts Peace Society serving as its secretary until 1828. From 1819 to 1828 he tirelessly edited The Friend of Peace a quarterly periodical of the Society as well as wrote most of its content. In 1828 the Massachusetts Peace Society merged with the newly formed American Peace Society" Wikipedia. Among the contributors besides Worcester himself are Thomas Jefferson and John Jay each contributing letters William Cowper a poem "Pity for Poor Africans"; and extracts from William Penn and Benjamin Franklin etc. Most inside front wrappers and the back wrappers are generally advertising Worcester's text books geographies spellers gazetteers etc. as well as other books published by West & Richardson Joseph T. Buckingham and Cummings & Hilliard. Present in this gathering are: Vol. VIII - XII Boston 1817-1818; Vol. II nos. 3-5 Cambridge 1819; Vol. II no. 12 an Vol. III no. 1 Cambridge 1821. Several of the issues bear the ownership signature of the deacon and sawyer Eleazar Spofford for whom see Wikitree.com. <br/><br/> Hilliard & Metcalf unknown books
1794WRCAM20219Boston: Printed and Sold by John W. Folsom 1794. 96pp. Leather backed birch boards. Most paper worn away from boards 20% loss to rear board which is detached. Lacks free endpapers. Else a sound copy. An early edition of a popular guide reprinted well into the 19th century first printed in Hartford in 1791. SABIN 102383. EVANS 28050. Printed and Sold by John W. Folsom hardcover books
183344482New-York: N. & J. White 1833. Eleventh edition small square 8vo pp. 4 vi 7-536; lexicon in double column; full original sheep black morocco label on spine; edges rubbed leather scratched with 2 small losses lacking front free endpaper else good and sound. American Imprints 22572; Skeel 598. <br/><br/> N. & J. White hardcover books
