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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
1826WRCLIT66328Washington City: Printed by F. S. Myer 1826. 56-116pp. plus terminal blanks. Octavo. Printed drab boards untrimmed. Rather foxed spine perished but a reasonable copy given the format. First edition. Brashears was a reasonably prolific poet and served as Principal of the Eastern Academy in Washington. He published at least four collections beginning with the slight POLITICAL POEMS of 1816. A 6pp. subscribers' list is appended. OCLC: 4606979. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 23923. Printed by F. S. Myer 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
18959610New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1895. Hardcover. Light wear to covers; hinges starting; Good . Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover 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
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
189134655New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1891. 1st Edition. Yellow cloth binding with gilt title lettering and brown and silver graphic stamped to front board and spine. Slight lean sunning to spine off-set to title page. A VG copy. 10 252 2 balnk pp. 16 b/w inserted plates. 7-1/2" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover 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
1831009835Concord NH: Printed by Luther Roby 1831. Presumed First Edition. Calf. VG-. 32mo original or contemporary calf gilt lines to spine 9 10 - 128pp lackling endpapers. Title page and four tables with woodcut border woodcut eagle top half page 9. Some contemporary names in ink on front pastedown and pencil on title page and rear pastedown. Some wear to calf largely at spine ends and corners. Text spotted here and there. Overall a sound attractive copy. Printed by Luther Roby 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
188044329Springfield Mass: G. & C. Merriam 1880. Second printing of this edition first issued in 1879 with the supplement of new words and a revised biographical dictionary by Loomis M. Campbell; 3 volumes 4to engraved portrait frontispiece of Webster after Samuel F. B. Morse engraved vignette title page in volume II 4 color plates of flags and badges numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text; lexicon in triple column; publisher's original brown cloth elabortately printed advertisements and testamonials on endpapers in volumes I and II gilt-lettered spines; spine ends chipped extremities rubbed else good and sound. The book was also issued in a doorstop edition of a single volume. Kennedy 6539; Vancil p. 268. <br/><br/> G. & C. Merriam hardcover 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1846288613New-York: Huntington and Savage 1846. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Embossed leather bindingr with titling in gilt at the spine; with patterned paper endpapers. The front endpaper was detached and has been stubbed in. There is a bookseller's label on the pastedown for "Worralls' Cheap Book Store" in West Chester Pa. Vancil 1846. Very Good binding. Huntington and Savage unknown books
185767716Farmington: Samuel S. Cowles. Very Good. 1857. Pamphlet. Porter Noah. HALF-CENTURY DISCOURSE; ON OCCASION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ORDINATION AS PASTOR OF THE FIRST CHURCH IN FARMINGTON CONN. DELIVERED NOVEMBER 12TH 1856. Farmington: Samuel S. Cowles 1857. 54 pages removed from a bound volume but solid and tight. The contents are just slightly foxed and toned but bright and complete. About Very Good. . Samuel S. Cowles unknown books
18692309128New York: Charles Scribner & Company 1869. Fourth Edition. Fourth Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. Fourth edition. Some loss to spine head label on front paste-down endpaper pencil name on second blank ink name on title page. 1869 Hard Cover. xxvii 673 pp. Five pages of ads follow text. CONTENTS: Introduction: Psychology and the Soul; Psychology Defined and Vindicated; The Relations of the Soul to Matter; The Faculties of the Soul; Is Psychology a Science--Can there be a Science of the Human Soul and what are its Principles and Methods; The Human Intellect: It's Function Development and Faculties; Part First. Presentation and Presentative Knowledge: Consciousness - Natural Consciousness; Reflective or Philosophical Consciousness; Sense-Perception--The Conditions and the Process; Classes of Sense-Perceptions; The Acquired Sense-Perceptions; Development and Growth of Sense-Perception; The Products of Sense-Perception or the Perception of Material Things; Activity of the Soul in Sense-Perception; Theories of Sense-Perception; Part Second: Representation and Representative Knowledge: The Representative Power Defined and Explained; The Representative Object--Its Nature and Importance; The Condition and Laws of Representation--The Association of Ideas; Representation--1 The Memory or Recognizing Faculty - 2 The Phantasy or Imaging Power - 3 The Imagination or Creative Power; Part Third. Thinking and Thought-Knowledge: Thought-Knowledge Defined and Explained; Thought--The Formation of the Concept or Notion; The Nature of the Concept--Sketch of Theories; The Nature of the Concept--Conclusions from the History of Theories; Judgment and the Proposition; Reasoning--Deductive or Mediate Judgment; Reasoning--Varieties of Deduction; Inductive Reasoning or Induction; Scientific Arrangement--The System; Part Fourth. Intuition and Intuitive Knowledge: The Intuitions Defined and Enumerated; Theories of Intuitive Knowledge; Formal Relations of Categories; Mathematical Relations: Time and Space; Causation and the Relation of Causation; Design or Final Cause; Substance and Attribute: Mind and Matter; The Finite and Conditioned--The Infinite and Absolute. Charles Scribner & Company unknown books
186865592New York NY: Charles Scribner & Company 1868. First edition. 8vo. 4 v- xxvii 5-673pp. errata 6pp. publishers ads. Original brown cloth spine stamped in gilt. Crisp copy very good. "The best work on Psychology in English before William James." Encyclopedia of Philosophy. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner & Company hardcover books
18752306353Boston: William F. Gill and Company 1875. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition second state with Rockwell & Churchill device on copyright page BAL 3363. Front and end matter and a couple plates foxed front hinge just beginning to weaken. 1875 Hard Cover. xv 411 pp. Original green cloth gilt and black titles and decorations all edges gilt 19 engravings 31 illustrations. Includes first appearance of Mark Twain's 'An Encounter with an Interviewer' as well as contributions by: Whitelaw Reid Wilkie Collins Mark Twain John Hay John Brougham Noah Brooks P.V. Nasby I.H. Bromley John Elderkin Thomas W. Knox W.J. Florence Chandos Fulton J. Henry Hagar Champion Bissell J.B. Bouton W.S. Andrews Gilbert Burling Chas. I. Pardee M.D. C. McK. Leoser Hon. R.B. Roosevelt William F. Gill C. Florio C.E.L. Holmes Charles Gayler James Pech Mus. Doc. H.S. Olcott Edward Greey J. Brander Matthews and Alfred Tennyson. William F. Gill and Company unknown books
186416481Baltimore: Entz & Bash. Very Good. 1864. Hardcover. Disbound; light soil to title page; 15 clean pages; Good . Entz & Bash hardcover books
