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1801RORTDIS00RJBNew York Times Facsimile reprint 1980 1801. Very Good. Orton Job. Discourses To The Aged. New York: New York Times Facsimile reprint 1980 1801. 340pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with a very light bump to foot of spine. New York Times hardcover books
180965157Bridgeport: Printed and Sold by S. Backus & Co. G. L. Austen Typographer 1809. First American edition. This was first published in 1769 at Salop. 12mo. Contemporary calf. Lacking label some rubbing some browning staining and spotting of text mostly marginal endpapers browned early gift presentation on front free endpaper. Maroon leather tipped marbled and cloth open end case. First American edition. This was first published in 1769 at Salop. 12mo. Shaw and Shoemaker 18306 citing two locations Printed and Sold by S. Backus & Co. [G. L. Austen, Typographer] unknown books
30298ORTON Job. RELIGIOUS EXERCISES RECOMMENDED: OR DISCOURSES ON SECRET AND FAM WORSHIP. Bridgeport: Backus 1809. 12mo. Contemporary calf. 309 5 pages. First American edition. First published in England 1769 as a personal prayer devotional. Hinges cracked but strong; tips rubbed. Paper browned as usual. unknown books
1809232076Bridgeport: Printed and Sold by S. Backus & Co. G. L. Austen Typographer 1809. First American edition. This was first published in 1769 at Salop. 309 7 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf contrasting spine label. A Near Fine tight copy. First American edition. This was first published in 1769 at Salop. 309 7 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Shaw and Shoemaker 18306 citing two locations Printed and Sold by S. Backus & Co. [G. L. Austen, Typographer] unknown books
181681598Boston: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Piety and Charity and Munroe and Francis 1816. Hardcover. Very Good. 119 1p. plus 4p. publisher's advertisements. Original boards. Bound in prior to the work by Orton is a separately-paginated 20-page item titled "A Discourse before 'The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Piety and Charity' May 27 1816" by Charles Lowell which was apparently published in 1816 by Munroe and Francis -- publisher and date are somewhat uncertain because the title-page is firmly pasted down on the front pastedown. Some marginal staining and other wear but overall a sound and rather appealing copy. <br/><br/> Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Piety, and Charity [and Munroe and Francis hardcover books
51039Unpaginated circa 36 pp. promotional history of the French paper manufacturer who specialized in producing cigarette papers with text in French English and Spanish walking through the entire paper production process from the raw materials to pulp all the way through to the finished product with four-page double-fold at the center of the booklet highlighting the machinery which transforms the pulp to paper and original printed tissue paper overlay listing the locations of JOB in France Algeria England Belgium and Switzerland. Profusely illustrated throughout primarily from industrial photographs. Some very minor wear and soiling along edges. Small folio. Original embossed wrpps. some very minor chipping and abrasions to covers. Paris Paul-Martial n.d. circa 1938. A wonderfully designed well-illustrated and beautifully printed booklet detailing the history of Société JOB. The company was founded by Perpigman pharmacist Jean Bardou in 1838 who first branded his products "J.B." with the letters separated by a diamond. This booklet was issued upon the occasion of the company's 100th anniversary and the text within proclaims ".and the soul of the French craftsman reveals itself at every turn in this far-seeing industrial organization." Rare; as of October 2020 OCLC locates only two holdings worldwide and none in a North American institution. unknown books
1793247373Providence: Printed by J. Carter 1793. First edition. vii. 185 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. With an owner signature in ink on title page: "John Hoskins his book 11 mo 12th 1793. 1/10 1/2" Contemporary quarter sheep and boards. Nice copy. First edition. vii. 185 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Evans 26146 Printed by J. Carter unknown books
1945136083Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1945. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the set of the 1945 film. Director Robert Siodmak shown in conversation with Geraldine Fitzgerald. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Grant US. Selby Canon US. Silver Classic Noir. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Universal Pictures unknown books
1804WRCAM7141Philadelphia 1804. v2-224pp. Contemporary calf leather label. Boards bowed wear to extremities. Tanned and foxed old rubberstamp on endsheet. A good sound copy. A survey of agriculture and agricultural practices of the day with information partially borrowed from Spurrier and Bordley as well as that gleaned from the author's own polls. Scarce here in the first edition. SABIN 71898. RINK 1148. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 7203. hardcover books
180454777Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson and others A. Bartram printer 1804. First edition. 12mo. v 3 5-224 pp. With the contemporary bookplate of "Alfred Macay of Millford" on the front pastedown; an Alfred Macay owned Milford Plantation in Rowan County North Carolina at this time. Sabin 71898. American Imprints 7203. Contemporary calf a little eroded leather label gilt rules and ornaments on spine. Persistent foxing but a very good copy. 1612. <br/><br/> Jacob Johnson [and others], A. Bartram, printer hardcover books
189936737San Francisco: Independence Print 1899. Light blue stiff-stock paper printed in dark blue ink. Horizontal fold lines. Penned name & address to verso. A VG copy. Single sheet printed recto only. Typographical border. 8-5/16" x 5" <br/><br/>An invitation / handbill of sorts to attend this musical evening. "Admission / Afternoon 25 Cents. Evening 50 Cents." Independence Print unknown books
1826WRCAM17385Np 1826. 54pp. plus errata. Modern cloth leather label. Tanned. Very good. Scott was a native of Providence who travelled widely throughout the United States. The present letter glorifies his character. SABIN 78289. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 25100. hardcover books
29356Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. NY 1797. First edition. Howes S-228 Sabin 78287 Evans 82810. Original leather spine tips worn and chipped Shelf label on spine no front free endpaper. Accession numbers on page iii. . Other hardcover books
179756850New-York: printed and sold by Isaac Collins no. 189 Pearl-Street 1797. 12mo pp. xii 2 360; contemporary and likely original full sheep; rubbed and worn hinges cracked; good and the binding remains sound. Early ownership signature of Hannah Winslow. A small typed note on the front pastedown notes: "Bought Libbie Sale Jan. 24 & 25 1911." "In this travelogue and account of American Quaker practice Scott recounts how he traveled from his home in Rhode Island to congregations of Friends throughout the United States as they then existed before making an expedition to Europe to attend meetings in England Wales and Ireland. Though evocative place names are abundant travel-detail is limited. His diary is divided between his soul-searching and specific accounts of his experiences at various meetings. Although Scott often records feeling compelled to remain silent in these meetings he was a notable speaker and his writings although they became controversial after his death were highly influential" OCLC. Not in Bartlett; Evans 32810; Howes S228; Sabin 78288. <br/><br/> printed and sold by Isaac Collins, no. 189, Pearl-Street unknown books
18202262328Elisha Bates 1820. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. Leather dried with minor loss from edges ink name and book curse written on front endpaper 'steal not this book for fear of shame for here you see the owners name' lightly foxed throughout. 1820 Full-Leather. xi 3 303 pp. 12mo. A firsthand account of Christian missionary efforts of Job Scott of Rhode Island including an account of visiting members of the Religious Society of Friends of which Scott was also a member in New York Pennsylvania and New Jersey and a voyage to England and Ireland where he passed away in Ballitore at the home of fellow Quaker Elizabeth Shackleton. Scott was a prominent quietist and his thoughts and teachings contributed to the first schism in American Quakerism the 1827 Hicksite-Orthodox split. Elisha Bates hardcover books
1797113133New York: Isaac Collins 1797. Hardbound. Tight binding with general foxing; with names of apparently three generations of owners of the book. Some leaves are fragile and worn. This book was read and appreciated. Goatskin covered boards laced together with rough string in side covers; 360 pp. with no illustrations. Very interesting reading; diaries of Job Scott about people with whom he met his itinerant preaching meetings he attended in England Europe and the United States his travels by sea that mention one trip from Boston to Paris by way of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and much more. Isaac Collins hardcover books
179737389NY: Isaac Collins 1797. First Edition. Small 8vo pp. xii 360. Bound in contemporary calf a very good copy. cover little worn at edges and along spine a tear on the bottom of one leaf but text not affected; in all a VG tight copy. Quaker Americana 125; Howes S-228.; Evans; 32810; Clark v.II #122; Sabin 78287. Scott traveled from his home in Rhode Island to congregations of Friends throughout the United States as they then existed before making an expedition to Europe to attend meetings in England Wales and Ireland. Isaac Collins unknown books
181054074Baltimore: published by Joseph James 1810. Second edition 12mo; pp. 3 iv-vii 1 2-200; full contemporary mottled calf gilt-paneled spine in 6 compartments red morocco label in 1; joints starting with leaves moderately browned; good and sound. In the 1820s Scott's views became controversial among Quakers and were adopted by the Hicksite faction. First published in 1793 this is only the second American edition. American Imprints 21291. <br/><br/> published by Joseph James unknown books
18206969baPMt. Pleasant OH: Elisha Bates 1820. Book. Hardcover. Religion; Americana; Quakers; biography; xii 2 303p.; 17.7cm; old full leather rubbed; spine damaged; owner marks; Morgan; Shoemaker 3129; Ohio imprints 580; Howes S228. Elisha Bates Hardcover books
179812822New York: Pr. by Isaac Collins 1798. 12mo. 2 iiixii 360 2 pp. <br><br>Fourth edition stated. Account of the spiritual journey and travels of a Quaker minister from Providence Rhode Island. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Evans 34518. Contemporary sheep spine gilt-stamped on a red leather label. Binding rubbed with loss of gilt joints heavily abraded; small loss of board at bottom right corner and loss of leather at head of spine. Front free endpaper with inked signature of previous owner. A few dog-ears. One page corner chipped without text loss. Foxed throughout. Pr. by Isaac Collins hardcover books
179427839Providence printed; Dublin reprinted: Rachel Maria Jackson 1794. 8vo 19.5 cm 7.7". vii 1 192 pp. <br><br>Uncommon first Irish edition of this work following its initial appearance in Providence RI the previous year. This treatise on baptism arguing against baptizing with water and for baptizing with the Holy Ghost was written by a doctrinally controversial American Quaker. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC T76779. Contemporary speckled sheep spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label; edges and extremities darkened and rubbed joints cracked spine with shelving label. Ex-library: bookplate title-page and one other perforation-stamped endpapers rubber-stamped rubber-stamped numerals to lower margin of first preface page. First and last few leaves with upper margin-edges lightly waterstained pages otherwise clean. Rachel Maria Jackson hardcover books
2016405215New York: Skira Rizzoli 2016. A near-fine copy with minor bumps at ends of spine. Folio. 256 pages. Color photographs. Pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. "Blurring the lines between industrial design and art installation Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel of Studio Job have vaulted into the top ranks of contemporary design. Studio Job redefines the applied arts for the contemporary age" the publisher. <br/><br/> Skira Rizzoli hardcover books
1856M13479New York:: Holman & Gray Steam Printers 1856 1863. 1856. Two papers bound together. 24 cm. 62; 299-351 1 pp. Title inscribed "from the author" . . . "and an essay on cyanosis". Nineteenth century brown cloth; extremities worn; lacks ffep first title gutter with tears to the title. Rubber-stamp on title of the Mercantile Library Assoc. NY. Good minor kozo repairs. Rare. "FROM THE AUTHOR" Smith also wrote A Treatise on the Diseases of Infancy and Childhood. Philadelphia 1869. Cyanosis or "blue disease" is described here in full via the author's 2-part lecture at the New York Academy of Medicine February 18 and March 4 1863. Smith considered the talk statistical as its results are based on the analyses of 191 cases. Within his paper is a detailed history of the literature on the same topic. "It is only just to state that Dr. J. Lewis Smith of New York in his admirable work on Diseases of Infancy and Childhood gives the best consideration of this subject that I have met with among out systematic treatises." -- Frank Woodbury "The Significance of Bloody Discharges from the Bowels in Young Children" JAMA vol. III no. 7 August 1884 p. 180. Smith was born in Spafford NY. His studies took him to the Buffalo Medical School where he interned. Smith graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York 1853. He worked as physician to the Charity Hospital and the NY foundling asylum etc. Ashwal mentions Smith as one of the persons advancing the field of pediatrics which he tells started in the early nineteenth century but also developed more strongly by the middle of the century. Smith was also the second president of the American Pediatric Society the first such organization in the Unites States. -- Ashwal p 120. p. 171. Atkinson Physicians and Surgeons of the United States p. 136. See: Ashwal The Founders of Child Neurology. Cone Thomas E. Jr. History of American pediatrics Little Brown 1980 pp. 103-104. REFERENCES: These works not in Grulee. FFrye C188 Holman & Gray, Steam Printers, 1856, 1863. hardcover books
197819215ELos Angeles: Universal Pictures 1978. First Edition. 8 1/2†x 11 3/4â€. A special film program made by the studio for advance screenings of the film ‘The Brink’s Job’ for reviewers and members of the motion picture industry specifically for Academy Award consideration. The film was directed by William Friedkin and starred Peter Falk Peter Boyle Allen Garfield Warren Oates Gena Rowlands and Paul Sorvino. Fine in printed wrappers. It received an Oscar nomination for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration. Universal Pictures unknown books
1942144042New York: Samuel French 1942. First Edition. First Edition. Three-act play that is the basis for the 1945 film noir "The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry" directed by Robert Siodmak and starring George Sanders and Geraldine Fitzgerald. <br/><br/>Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Jacket is lightly soiled with a few short closed tears and light chipping. Samuel French unknown books