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1850260531850 Hildbhn, Germany : Kunstanst. d. Biblical Institute, [1850s]. Original B&W gravure. 10.5 x 7.5 inches. Good+. Some toning and foxing at edges of sheet.
185528020Hartford: Case Tiffany and Company 1855. Original yellow printed wrappers lightly dusted stitched. 9 1 blank 2 pp. Very Good. <br/><br/> President Charles F. Pond runs the numbers explains the diminution of revenue and reports that original rails between Hartford and Springfield have been replaced because they were of "inferior quality." Reports of the Secretary and Auditor are also included. Case, Tiffany and Company unknown books
1867WRCAM30574Trenton 1867. 72pp. Original sheep ruled and stamped in gilt. Spine and edges rubbed. Very good. One of four works by Charles Chauncey Haven on the Revolutionary War's Trenton-Princeton campaign of December 1776 to January 1777. Sabin calls for a plate and map but in error; New Jersey bibliographical maven Joseph Felcone tells us that no copies have them including Haven's personal copy. SABIN 30874. GEPHART 6100. unknown books
182755173N.p. 1827. First edition. old half morocco over marbled boards. First few leaves blanks at front and title page foxed; spine sunned; light scuffing to binding; tight and sound. 8vo. hardcover
1827367446Cambridge Mass. : Hilliard Metcalf & company printers 1827. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy bound in quarter cloth over paper boards. Wear and tear as with age loss to the spine with the boards only loosely attached. Text remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Top right corner of title page missing. Provenance; from the library of the New England Historic-genealogical society Boston Mass with its presentation bookplate being presented by William S. Appleton of Boston Nov. 17 1864. Physical description; xi 351 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects; Nathaniel Appleton Haven. Biography. Memoir. Cambridge, Mass. : Hilliard, Metcalf, & company, printers hardcover
18910831182New York: G. P. Putnam 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" In red cloth with gilt spine titling 8vo 412ppads. minor light shelfwear to extremities slight toning to page edges. G. P. Putnam hardcover
1896218688DNew York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1896. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 486 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Previous owner's bookplate on the fpdep. Lightly darkened on the ffep. Gilt on the top edges. Bound in brown cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Worn around the edges and spine. 2nd edition. VG <br/> <br/> G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
189114739New York: G P Putnam's Sons. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1891. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light tone otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Subtitle continues: "Together with a report of the legislation now pending in Great Britain a sketch of the contest in the United States 1837-1891 in behalf of international copyright and certain papers on the development of the conception of literary property and the probable effects of the new American law." Published the same year as the passage of the US International Copyright Act of 1891 which first extended limited copyright protection to foreign copyright holders from select nations. "Chiefly reprints of papers originally published during the "copyright campaign" in the U.S." - WorldCat. "George Haven Putnam 1844-1930 was a publisher and author best known for his commitment to the establishment of national copyright legislation in the U.S. and to American adherence to the international copyright Convention of Berne. After serving in the U.S. Civil War he entered his father's publishing house G.P. Putnam's Sons. He assumed the presidency of the firm in 1872 and became an authority on the legal implications of copyright. In 1886 he formed the American Publishers' Copyright League and the English Speaking Union in the U.S." - NYPL George Haven Putnam papers. An interesting compilation of copyright law history by an influential American publisher and advocate of international copyright protections. ; Questions of the Day; Vol. 67; xii 142 2 ad pages . G P Putnam's Sons hardcover
1896rbr2-states441st ed. published 1876. Spine chipped 1 1/4" from top edge ow vg. Pocket-size edition. 148 pages including 3-page index and 7 pages of advertisements at back of book. Portsmouth Journal Job Print hardcover
187970121New York:: J. W. Pratt 1879. The paper is brittle at its edges and there are a few tiny chips and tears. Affidavits of Distinguished Physicians and Experts showing that the Willsea Brook is in fact an open "Sewer" and that Septic and Malarial Poison is necessarily developed by the overflowing of the adjacent meadowland. J. W. Pratt, unknown
185440865New Haven: Northrop 1854. Each Number stitched in original printed wrappers minor wear; November 1853 lacking rear wrapper. Scattered foxing. Each volume continuously paginated. 668; 648; 675 1 7 pp. Very Good. <br /> <br /> The New Englander was a quarterly which issued in February May August and November. It "was established in 1843 by a group of New Haven ministers and educators to uphold what they found best in the New England tradition. . .It deserves a place among the more general reviews as well as among those actuated by religious motives and ideals" Mott.<br /> I Mott 371. Lomazow 445. Northrop unknown
18897423Pictorial limp boards with text. Full color illustrations throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Discoloration to boards with small loss to front cover paper on right edge; light thumbing and spotting throughout see image. 10.25 x 7.5 inches. Shipped through USPS Priority insured mail. Fleming H. Revell paperback
183823863New Haven: B. Babcock 1838. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green illustrated wrappers. Very good. 24 pages. 14.5 x 9 cm. Illustrated with woodcuts. OCLC lists only a later larger edition of 64 pages published 1844. Correspondence noted herein dated at turn of the 19th century. Inscription on title page back cover illustration. Interior contents clean front cover with small nick at fore-edge head and darkening head and foot. B. Babcock hardcover
1873LL-b1064-06Boston: American Unitarian Association 1873 Fifth edition. 8vo. Cloth. 171 p. Author not listed on title page -- "By the Author of "The Beginning and Growth of the Christian Life or the Sunday-School Teacher"" Rare in an original edition. Some shelfwear rubbing chipping and spotting to brown boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Very good. American Unitarian Association hardcover
1825BL4536New-Haven Conn.:: Nathan Whiting 1825. 1825. 12mo. 75-396 pp. 6 of 7 woodcut full-page plates; variously stained. Original half calf marbled boards; very worn. Evidence of first and last leaves being torn away in remnants only however the full issues stated here are complete save for 1 plate. "Daniel Bruce Feby. 20 1845" is inked on p. 289 with a poem. As is. Volume VII nos. 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11. note missing no. 6. Mostly a collection of religion-themed proverbs or short stories. Includes "A visit to the bee hives" "Filial intrepidity" "By grace are ye saved through faith" "Cloud of Smoke issuing from Mount Vesuvius" and others. Nathan Whiting, 1825]. hardcover books
186557452Rockland Maine: John Porter & Co.'s Power Press Establishment n.d. 1865. Broadside approx. 11"x 5⅞" previous folds a couple of light marginal stains; very good. Caption title and 14 quatrains within an ornamental border. The last two stanzas are a tribute to Gen. Hiram Berry: Among those of the slain I must here tell Of brave Gen. Berry who always fought well And those who the history of the rebellion have read Have learned that at Gettysburg Hiram Berry was shot dead. A Major General was he as I will relate From away down east in the Pine Tree State And while the history of the rebellion is taught The name Hiram Berry will n'er be forgot. Not found in OCLC which does record a handful of Porter imprints between 1850 and 1870 among them the Rockland Gazette. This poem was probably written for the ceremonies inaugurating a statue of Berry in Rockland October 31 1865. It appears to be the only publication of Beverage. He is listed in the 1860 Federal Census as a "Gentleman" and in 1870 as a "farm laborer" in both cases a resident of the island community of North Haven Knox Co. Maine. <br/><br/> John Porter & Co.'s Power Press Establishment, n.d. unknown books
1873019416New York: D. Appleton and Company 1873. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Gilt lettering on black ruled-edge covers in hand-made brown paper wrappers - which have kept this volume in very good condition! 12mo 318 pages plus ads. Ex- library copy - This is Volume No. 11 of the West Bath Maine Library Association with their label on the inside of the front cover. The unusual library label says: "N. B. This book must not be lent out of the subscribers family and if injured all damage must be paid to the librarian. No volume can be kept over four weeks ; two weeks additional time will be allowed by having it renewed. A fine of two cents per day will be charged for a book kept over this time. A violation of these rules will result in a loss of membership.". Other than the brown paper wrapper pasted on the inside of the covers and the library bookplate this is a very good copy. <br/> <br/> D. Appleton and Company hardcover
18291501020029Williams Ives Adams & Haven 1829-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. xxxii 3 6-240 i.e. 258 p. ; 13 cm. Hardcover. Contemporary binding. Front gutter weak. Foxing. By Robert Pollock A.M. ; Subjects Williams, Ives, Adams & Haven hardcover
185837816New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1858. 12mo 19.1 cm; 7.5". 336 pp. <br><br>A young married couple in upstate New York." Alice B. Haven one of the many pseudonyms used by Alice B. Neal spent her childhood in Hudson New York where many of her stories take place. The story of the Coopers first appeared as a twelve-part series in Godey's Lady's Book the famous women's magazine.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: On front flyleaf the signature of Julia A. Caldwell. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Wright II 1129. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine and blind-stamped decoration to boards. Front board reattach to spine with bottom inch of cloth also reattached. Front joint outside cracked but holding. Edges and extremities rubbed; bottom corner of rear board lacking a bit of the actual board the cloth remains. Bottom corner of pages waterstained. Foxing and light staining throughout interior. => A fair copy. D. Appleton & Co. hardcover books
1858101551New York: Appleton 1858. hardcover. very good. 336pp. 12mo blind stamped brown cloth; ex-lib with library label on some ink markings gilt-lettering and decoration on spine faded lightly rubbed. New York: Appleton 1858. First Edition. A very good copy.<br/><br/> "A young married couple in upstate New York." Wright II 1129. "Her work.refected the pleasant side of life." Kunitz & Haycraft p. 347.<br/><br/> Appleton unknown books
1858101551New York: Appleton 1858. hardcover. very good. 336pp. 12mo blind stamped brown cloth; ex-lib with library label on some ink markings gilt-lettering and decoration on spine faded lightly rubbed. New York: Appleton 1858. First Edition. A very good copy.<br/> <br/> "A young married couple in upstate New York." Wright II 1129. "Her work.refected the pleasant side of life." Kunitz & Haycraft p. 347.<br/> <br/> Appleton unknown
18597129New Haven: J. H. Benham printer 1859. 12mo. 50 pp. <br><br>This edition seems to be quite rare. WorldCat locates only one copy. Sewn; rear wrapper missing; front wrapper lightly chipped printing faded. Light waterstaining in some lower margins. One corner of final leaf chipped away. A few ink and pencil marks or notes inside. J. H. Benham, printer unknown books
1869217483New York: N. Tibbals & Co 1869. First editions. Folding map of New Haven double-page lithograph frontispiece and 2 plates. 4 141 1 pp. 1 vols. 16mo 5-5/6 x 3-3/4 in. Three quarter olive-green morocco and marbled paper boards matching endpapers. Fine copy from the library of J.B. VOORHEES of Brooklyn. First editions. Folding map of New Haven double-page lithograph frontispiece and 2 plates. 4 141 1 pp. 1 vols. 16mo 5-5/6 x 3-3/4 in. Two very scarce and important texts relating to New Haven and Yale bound together and in superb condtion. The Sturgis catalogue of the Jarves collection one of the most important and influential collectors of his day is the first book by the young architect and art critic describing the contents if the collection three years before it was acquired by Yale in 1871; it is extra-illustrated with the insertion of 2 tinted lithographed plates. N. Tibbals & Co unknown books
1869217483New York: N. Tibbals & Co 1869. First editions. Folding map of New Haven double-page lithograph frontispiece and 2 plates. 4 141 1 pp. 1 vols. 16mo 5-5/6 x 3-3/4 in. Three quarter olive-green morocco and marbled paper boards matching endpapers. Fine copy from the library of J.B. VOORHEES of Brooklyn. First editions. Folding map of New Haven double-page lithograph frontispiece and 2 plates. 4 141 1 pp. 1 vols. 16mo 5-5/6 x 3-3/4 in. Two very scarce and important texts relating to New Haven and Yale bound together and in superb condtion. The Sturgis catalogue of the Jarves collection one of the most important and influential collectors of his day is the first book by the young architect and art critic describing the contents if the collection three years before it was acquired by Yale in 1871; it is extra-illustrated with the insertion of 2 tinted lithographed plates. N. Tibbals & Co unknown
1894911P43New York; London: G. P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker Press 1894. First edition. Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". A. W. van Deusen. The first edition of this curious sci-fi novel revolving around robots an illustrated and scarce work. The first edition of this scarce work.A science fiction novel in which a robot is invented with the ability to take over some of the chores of parenthood.Illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates.By George Haven Putnam who inherited the publishing house from his father in 1872.Illustrated by A. W. Van Deusen.Collated front endpaper has been removed otherwise complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally generally smart with light rubbing and marks. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities heavier to the head of the front board. Spine is a little discoloured. Front endpaper has been removed. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Good G. P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker Press hardcover
