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183355435Philadelphia: William Brown printer 1833. Second edition revised same year as the first with a new preface and expanded text; 8vo pp. 105 1 errata; removed from binding wrappers wanting; "duplicate" stamp and adhesion residue on title page title page also clipped at the lower corner; good sound copy. "The history extent and pernicious consequences of that species of gambling" i.e. lotteries. American Imprints 21595 for the first edition of only 48 pages; Sabin 97643. William Brown, printer unknown
183441915Philadelphia: Printed for the Society 1834. 63 1 pp. Disbound remnants of wrapper in blank inner margin of title page. Else Very Good with a clean text. <br /> <br /> Tyson was a Philadelphia lawyer and Whig and a prominent public citizen who spoke out on a number of contemporary issues. Believing that Negroes were inferior in "moral virtue" he nevertheless opposed Slavery and proposed voluntary African colonization as the solution to their presence in this country.<br /> Much information is presented on the doings of the Colonization Society.<br /> LCP 10520. Printed for the Society unknown
182079303Mountpleasant Ohio: Elisha Bates. Very Good. 1820. Leather. This book is hard-bound in brown tree calf leather with a gilt stamped leather label on the spine and a small sticker at the head of the spine. The covers show light scuffing edge-wear and rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. There is a small hole in the upper joint. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and legible but with scattered foxing throughout. . Elisha Bates hardcover
188328019Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1883. First edition. Removed. A very good copy. xviii 185 pp. 8vo. 47th Congress 2d Session. House of Representatives. Report No. 1863. Examines the false claims of Thomas J. Majors of Nemaha county who was nominated as a contingent representative from Nebraska which claimed that it was underrepresented because there were serious faults with the census of 1870. Majors presented an 1874 census as an 1872 census thus deceiving Congress. Scarce. OCLC shows only a single copy at Georgetown. [Government Printing Office] unknown
189674976Paris: Librairie L. Conquet 1896. Fine. Librairie L. Conquet Paris 1896 25 x 32 cm broché First edition printed in 500 numbered copies on Japan paper. Work illustrated with drawings by Job after pencil sketches. Handsome copy despite light worming of no consequence to the boards. Manuscript signatures of Job and Stéphen Liégeard below the justification page. Librairie L. Conquet hardcover
1815284Boston: Bradford & Read 1815. 8vo. 213 x 125 mm. 8 1/4 x 5 inches. 216 4 pp. including a leaf of instructions to the binder and errata leaf. Illustrated with 5 engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf leather label on spine; upper and lower margins with tide marks some natural toning to the paper otherwise quite a good copy. Presentation copy to Richard Fletcher whose inscription appears on the front fee endpaper detached and the title-page. First edition. Attractive copy of Job Wilson's study of the influence of climate on the epidemic of spotted fever meningitis that spread throughout New England in the first years of the 19th century. Organized in three parts Wilson begins with a short description of the climate in New England from 1630 until 1806. Wilson expands the details of his study to show climate variations from 1801 to 1814 and their correlation with the rise and fall of the disease. This is one of the earliest studies in America to offer data on climate and disease with specific reference to the outbreak of spotted fever in 1807 1809 1811-1815. Part two of the Wilson's study describes the cause for the fever with reference to its impact on the lungs liver and brain. Part three discusses the ways of preventing the disease and its spread from person to person. The unsigned engravings illustrate the impact of the spotted fever on the nervous system lungs and heart. Austin 2074. 284. Bradford & Read unknown
1825260376Rhode Island 1825. unbound. very good. 1 page 12 x 7.75 inches Rhode Island October 29 1825. Written to President John Quincy Adams trying to convince him that he is a supporter in part: ".Mr. Pearce who is my competition for the seat which of lately occupied in Congress. Sir I am informed stated publicly and repeated that in conversation with you whilst last at Newport on your way to Washington you said to him that a short time since - that the whole delegation of the state of Rhode Island of course including myself were opposed to you. I have no confidence in the correctness of this report but their sic may be some who will believe it. The people of this state knowing that I have amongst them uniformly avowed my friendship for you as far as the report is credited be inclined to believe I have asserted one opinion at home and another at Washington. It is therefore injurious to my private character and I would feel myself under great obligation to you could you think there be no impropriety in enabling you to correct it." Several small spots and holes; very good- condition.<br/> <br/> Job Durfee was a politician and jurist from Rhode Island. Born at Tiverton he graduated from Brown University in 1813 and was admitted to the bar. He was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1816 to 1820 and was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventeenth Congress and was reelected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress serving from March 4 1821 to March 3 1825. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1824 to the Nineteenth Congress and for election in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress; he was again a member of the State house of representatives from 1826 to 1829 serving as speaker from 1827 to 1829. He declined to be a candidate for reelection and resumed the practice of law; in May 1833 he was elected associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. He was chief justice from June 1835 until his death in Tiverton in 1847.<br/> <br/> unknown
1859258349Fair Haven Ct: J.T. Hathaway 1859. Printed broadside on thick card. Manuscript notes in pencil on verso. 4to. Minor soiling light creasing and edgewear. Printed broadside on thick card. Manuscript notes in pencil on verso. 4to. Hathaway published the Fair Haven Tribune. <br/><br/> J.T. Hathaway unknown
1895112560Mame 1895. dos abimé maintenu par couvrage.gardes blanches ont servis à solidifier reliure. intérieur frais illustrations en parfait état. très rares rousseurs en marges. 230x285mm. 1895. broché. 171 pages. 20 planches en couleurs hors texte. compositions dans le texte. exmplaire à grandes marges Mame unknown
183667811Philadelphia 1836. 8vo Samtidig blått blankt omslag. 38 s. Engelsk. <br/><br/><em>Pent eksemplar. </em> unknown
183640005Philadelphia: Printed by A. Waldie 1836. Stitched in original printed wrappers. 38 2 blanks pp. Light wrapper wear minor scattered foxing. Very Good.<br /> <br /> Like William Penn who with "fervour" urged "justice to the original proprietors of this country" America must adopt a "high and conscientious course toward the surviving remnant of the Indian race." Our treatment of them to date brings us "sorrow shame and indignation" for the "series of exterminating wars for nearly four centuries killing defrauding and dispossessing them." <br /> Indians were "numerous and powerful" and "happy" until we came along Our treatment of the Cherokees has been "disgraceful." <br /> Field 1581. Sabin 97645. Printed by A. Waldie unknown
183376174London:: Printed for Hamilton Adams and Co. 1833. First edition. later old half calf and marbled boards; all edges marbled. Bookplate roughly removed from the front pastedown; light scuffing to the leather; tight and sound. 8vo. Embellished with Eighty-Five Original Designs by R. Cruikshank. Also a Translation of Plutarch's Banquet of the Seven Sages. Printed for Hamilton, Adams and Co., hardcover
183372814London:: Printed for Hamilton Adams and Co. 1833. First edition. later old half calf and marbled boards; a.e.g. Light scuffing to the leather; clean tight and sound. 8vo. Embellished with Eighty-Five Original Designs by R. Cruikshank. Also a Translation of Plutarch's Banquet of the Seven Sages. Printed for Hamilton, Adams and Co., hardcover
18331010H14London: Printed for Hamilton Adams and Co. 1833. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". R. Cruikshank . A lively illustrated original fable collection by Jonathan Birch blending original moral tales with a revised Plutarch illustrated by Robert Cruikshank. Rebound in a later half morocco binding with marbled paper boards.Embellished with 85 original designs by R. Cruickshank engraved on wood by Slader D. Dodd S. Williams Bonner and others. Collated complete.A curious and engaging moral work combining a series of original fables with an ethical index alongside a revised translation of Plutarch"s Banquet of the Seven Sages. The fables attributed to Jonathan Birch present allegorical tales in the tradition of Aesop offering moral instruction through satire and character. Fables include: The Printer The Amanuensis and the Harper Aesop and the Libertine The Stork and Jupiter The Miser and Plutus The Philosophic Watchmaker Prometheus and Man The Bear and his Guests and The Truant Ass among others. Robert Cruikshank 1789-1856 brother of George Cruikshank was a noted caricaturist and illustrator. A characterful collection of original fables combining classical philosophy with illustrated moral satire. Rebound in a later half morocco binding with marbled paper boards. Externally very smart. Slight shelf wear to extremities. One or two very minor handling marks to boards. Original backstrip loosely inserted. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd light spot to first and last few leaves. One or two very minor handling marks. Small closed tear to lower gutter of pp. 167-170 with very discreet archival repairs. Very Good Indeed Printed for Hamilton, Adams and Co. hardcover
1895121578Librairie d'éducation de la jeunesse 1895. Board Book. <b>Livre en français</b>. Couverture rigide. Réunion de trois albums : France.- La cantinière. - Les trois couleurs parus aux éditions Charavay - Mantoux - Martin. Reliure demi-chagrin à coins. 30 x 36 cm. Non paginé environ 240 pages. <i>ref. 121578</i> Librairie d'éducation de la jeunesse unknown
186132562Boston J. Munroe And Company 1861. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth. Very slightly toned and dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. ; 367 pages; Description: 3 p. L. 5-6 9-367 p. 20 cm. Form/genre: Fiction. Boston, J. Munroe And Company hardcover
1817059438London Leeds : Law & Whitaker Ave Maria Lane 1817. Not Given . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 12mo. LONDON : 1817. Leeds printed . First issued in 1755. All editions of this little book are scarce. Hardback. Original brown sheepskin-leather; sometime respined in matching leather. Minor wear. Bright tight and clean. No internal markings. VERY GOOD INDEED. 375 hymns. Table. Index. Unpaginated; collated complete. The only copy recorded of this edition is in the British Library. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. 12mo. London: Law & Whitaker Ave Maria Lane. SCARCE. <br/> <br/> Law & Whitaker, Ave Maria Lane hardcover
187618618Washington D.C.: Printed and Bound at the National Republican Printing House 1876. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title and caption title as issued. Stitched 17pp. Folding map sketch of the area in question. Wrappers moderately worn Good. After his War service in the Union army Barnard settled down to a legal career in Crown Point Indiana. He took on this case after he moved himself and his practice to Washington. His Brief in this case provides a history of the surveys and land ownership of the Northwest corner of Indiana from the inception of statehood in the mid-1830's. FIRST EDITION. Not located on OCLC. Printed and Bound at the National Republican Printing House unknown
181510391Boston: Bradford & Read 1815. hardcover. very good-. 5 plates 216pp. 8vo original boards neatly re-backed in blue cloth ex-lib. Boston: Bradford & Read 1815. First Edition. Presentation copy.<br/> <br/> In 3 parts Part 1- A Compendious View of the Climate and Diseases of These States 1620-1806; Part 2- An Inquiry Into the Prevailing Epidemic; Part 3- Catarrhus: or Slight Inflammation from Cold Attended with but Little or no Fever. Austin 2074.<br/> <br/> Bradford & Read unknown
18312101180106Philadelphia : John Comly 1831-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Quaker Faith During the American Revolution: Hicksite Quaker Thought 2 volume set. Bound in early calf. Sabin 78298. Job Scott 1751-1793 was an American Quaker Hicksite minister from Rhode Island and prominent American quietist. Scott traveled throughout early America and actively resisted taxation due to conscience during the Revolution. In his journal Scott describes meetings with Friends in New England North Carolina New Hampshire Haddonfield NJ Pennsylvania Rhode Island Moses Brown Springfield Massachusetts etc. V. 1 p. 535 and v. 2 p. 576. Spotting throughout. Tucked into an old piece of paper is a four-leaf clover I have not tested its luck but it may still yield fortuitous qualities. John Comly hardcover
189873200Paris: L. Henri May 1898. Fine. L. Henri May Paris 1898 25.50 x 32.70 cm relié First edition illustrated with 10 color plates under tissue guards and 175 monochrome engravings in black in the text engraved by M. Raymond and MM. Ducourtioux and Huillard depicting military costumes from the Gauls to the Second Empire. Publisher's binding full straight-grained green Empire morocco boards of the period. Special gilt plate on spine and upper cover red percaline banner for the title. Publisher's blind stamp on rear cover. Light rubbing to headcap and corners. Half-title with marginal tear of 1.5cm. A slight nick at foot. Perfect paper freshness. Some leaves slightly protruding otherwise a very handsome copy in the publisher's deluxe binding. L. Henri May hardcover
1897139389Paris: Boivin and Cie 1897. First Edition. First Edition. Portfolio. Very Good plus. Unbound signatures interspersed with color illustrations by classic French illustrator Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville credited here as "Job". <br /> <br /> Light rubbing on the front board owner bookplate on the front pastedown and leaves lightly toned. A bright presentable book. Boivin and Cie unknown
189886225Paris: Boivin & CieFélix Juven 1898. Fine. Boivin & Cie Félix Juven Paris s. d. 1898 28 x 36 cm reliure de l'éditeur Illustrated edition with color images by Job. Publisher's full grey cloth binding smooth spine first cover illustrated with a polychrome plate depicting a battle scene endpapers and pastedowns of blue paper marginally discolored without gravity red edges signed binding by Engel. Handsome copy. Boivin & CieFélix Juven hardcover
1900000153Paris: H. E. Martin 1900. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Job; Jacques Drogue ornament. Folio - over 12. Book. Undated circa 1900. With 18 color illustrated plates by Job each 14 by 11 inches. Countries covered include of course France Germany USA England Austria-Hungary Belgium China Denmark Spain Greece the Netherlands Italy Russia Persia Sweden Norway Mexico Montenegro Japan Siam Abyssinia Canada Switzerland Transvaal Orange South Africa Turkey Egypt Tunisia Siam Brazil Finland Portugal Bulgaria. Pages are quite toned as inevitable with the type of paper; otherwise clean. Binding tight. H. E. Martin unknown
1895285971895. Paris Charavay / Martin Editeurs s.d. circa 1898. Un vol. au format gd in-4 358 x 288 mm non paginÂŽ. Reliure d'ÂŽdition de pleine percaline satinÂŽe marine premier plat agrÂŽmentÂŽ d'un important dÂŽcor dorÂŽ et polychrome titre dorÂŽ dos lisse titre dorÂŽ en long tranches rouges. Auguste Souze. Exemplaire revÂtu d'un joli cartonnage ÂŽditeur signÂŽ Auguste Souze au premier plat. Nombreuses compositions en couleurs et / ou sur double-page de Job. ''Job travailla de 1882 ˆ 1885 sous la direction de Luminais et exposa sous le nom de BrÂŽville des scÂnes militaires au Salon des Artistes franÂais. Il s'intÂŽressa ÂŽgalement au dessin humoristique ˆ l'illustration de livres et au dessin de costumes de thŽ‰tre''. in Osterwalder. ''Ecrivain plein de verve et dessinateur amusant Job s'est surtout fait un nom par ses croquis fantaisistes sur l'armÂŽe franÂaise o il a reproduit les uniformes avec une habiletÂŽ extrÂme et qui n'est point sans art''. in BÂŽnÂŽzit. Osterwalder I Dictionnaire des illustrateurs p. 536 - BÂŽnÂŽzit VI Dictionnaire des peintres p. 76. Angles coupes et coiffes lÂŽgÂrement ÂŽlimÂŽs. Petites t‰ches blanches ÂŽparses au premier plat. Gardes recollÂŽes et lÂŽgÂrement effrangÂŽe. Infime restauration en marge infÂŽrieure d'un feuillet. PrÂŽsence de rousseurs et t‰ches claires dans le corps d'ouvrage. Du reste bonne condition. b42961 unknown
