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35047Gloucester n. d. Ca late 1800s / early 1900s. Red cloth spine over black printed red paper boards. General edgewear. A VG copy of an uncommon view book. 1 page of text on rfep primarily an advert for The Misses Massey. 13 b/w views on 12 panels folded accordion style. 5-5/8" x 4-5/8" <br/><br/> hardcover books
18639071London: C.W. Reynell 1863. 8vo. 110 xv 1 pp. <br><br><br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â NSTC 2ENG2934. Removed from a nonce volume sewing mostly gone. Edges brittle with occasional tears; one page with institutional stamp. C.W. Reynell unknown books
1720WRCLIT65910London: Printed for Jonah Bowyer 1720. 462pp. Octavo. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. "May" in early manuscript after publication date in imprint else very good. First edition of this unsigned defense of William Wake. ESTC locates four copies in North America. ESTC T79473. Printed for Jonah Bowyer unknown books
1724LV1895London:: John Baskett 1724. 1724. 8vo. iv 167 4 1 blank pp. Original mottled calf later papered spine ink holograph spine title; spine ends missing pieces front cover detached rear joint cracked corners showing. Free front end-paper ink signature of Abijah Northey title-page ink signature of Hallis ink initials "EK" verso rear free end-paper. Essex Institute bookplate "Presented by Estate of Abijah Northey." As is. FIRST EDITION of this text outlining Church of England tenets and related English legislature. PROVENANCE: Abijah Northey 1741-1816 was a successful American silversmith born in Salem MA. He was apparently the owner of at least one trading brig the Augusta whose log book recorded by his son Abijah Northey Jr. 1774-1853 is held by the Peabody Essex Museum. See: WorldCat identities Abijah Northey. Historical Collections of the Essex Institute 1864 p.107. John Baskett, 1724. unknown books
2003322892003. Hardcover. VG/VG. Black cloth/black pictorial DJ. Appx. 100 pp. 49 color plates. Lavishly illustrated catalogue on arms and armour. Extensively annotated. hardcover books
1910118159N.p.: n.d. circa 1910. 1910. Oblong octavo brown cloth stamped in gold on front and spine panels. Ten black and white photographs reproduced by photogravure each measuring approximately 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches 14.6 x 20 mm all captioned most with stock number and imprint "F. F. & Co." on the image. Tipped onto the first leaf is an envelope containing a handwritten letter on Haddon Hall letterhead signed by R. W. Hand extending an invitation to a Mr. Berolzheimer to visit the house. Haddon Hall is a medieval manor house the most complete and interesting of its period in England. Fine. #118159 n.d. [circa 1910]. unknown books
1847275261Cincinnati: Derby Bradley & Co. Publishers 1847. First Edtion. Very Good binding. Two rather florid speeches before the Society of the Cincinnati in which the Baptist pastor Elias Magoon addresses the great oratorical lights of the Revolutionary era -- James Otis Samuel Adams John Adams Patrick Henry Alexander Hamilton and other. 91 pp.; 93-96 advertisments. In the publisher's green cloth with titling in gold to the front board. With foxing throughout. Very Good binding. Derby, Bradley & Co. Publishers unknown books
1876116309London Edinburgh and New York: T. Nelson and Sons 1876. Octavo original bevel-edged decorated brown cloth stamped in black gold and blind. First edition. Short stories written by A.L.O.E. after her arrival in India "to amuse and through amusement to instruct the people of the country of her adoption" author's preface. Charlotte Maria Tucker 1821-1893 was "one of the most successful writers of fiction for Victorian children. In 1848 Charlotte underwent a conversion to strict evangelicalism. Her father died in 1851 and she never married devoting herself to a life of useful spinsterdom. Tucker was active in helping the London poor before 1851 but did not publish any fiction until after her father's death. Her first work was the unabashedly didactic CLAREMONT TALES OR ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BEATITUDES 1852. The last years of Tucker's life were extraordinary. At the age of fifty-four she went to India as a missionary having taught herself Hindustani and spent the last eighteen years of her life as a Zenana visitor i.e. calling on secluded Indian women. She was also an active educationalist converting the natives to Christianity as she taught them. She eventually died at Amritsar having long been weakened by illness in 1885. Some of her later work. has an Indian setting and flavor of narration." - Sutherland Victorian Fiction pp. 641-42. The correct first printing; early gift inscription dated 1877 on half title page. Several faint stains to cloth mostly rear cover a very good copy. #116309 T. Nelson and Sons unknown books
1980RENGBRO00fpBookcraft 1980. Very Good. England Eugene. Brother Brigham. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft 1980. 1st edition. 256pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Signed by author. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed and both ends of spine bumped. Large gift card with letter affixed on front free end sheet. Signed by author on title page. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Price clipped. Edges rubbed and chipped with several short closed tears and some faint creasing along back top edge. Bookcraft hardcover books
1800WRCLIT62002London: Printed and Dublin Reprinted: by John Gough 1800. 28pp. 12mo. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. Somewhat soiled and occasionally foxed faint old stamps of a defunct mercantile library but a sound copy. Denoted the "Fourth Edition" but the first Dublin printing reported by ESTC following three uncommon London printings beginning in 1798. ESTC Online locates copies at NLI and the Royal Irish Academy only. ESTC 7167853. by John Gough unknown books
176235410London: Mark Baskett 1762. 2 819-822 2 blank pp. Disbound persistent spotting at bottom blank corners. Else Very Good. <br/>ESTC N56739 4 locations. Mark Baskett unknown books
191923253Boston: Small Maynard & Company 1919. First Edition. Octavo 19.25cm.; publisher's blue decorative cloth embossed in black; 8349pp.; color frontispiece. Light edge wear mostly at spine ends else Near Fine. Socialist author's fantastical adventure novel set in Malaysia. BLEILER 1972 p. 109. Small, Maynard & Company unknown books
183619256Boston: Mass. Sabbath School Society 1836 Rather worn soiled and foxed; a good sound copy. Original printed wrappers 4.13 x 2.25 inches 64 pages. Frontis illus. A fairly well-executed edition of the New-England Primer and an early imprint from the Massachusetts Sabbath School Society. With a pencil inscription on the first page "Keep this for future generations. Wm. G. Child." One woodcut the Rogers martyrdom crudely hand-colored by an early juvenile hand. American Imprints 39177. With the imprint on the wrapper dated 1837. Mass. Sabbath School Society, unknown books
18679351NY HARPER 1867 1867. ORIGINAL DARK GREEN CLOTH FIRST AMERICAN EDITION VERY GOOD. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NY, HARPER, 1867 hardcover books
18679352TORONTO CHEWETT 1867 1867. ORIGINAL DARK GREEN CLOTH FIRST CANADIAN EDITION VERY GOOD. 1st Edition. Hardcover. TORONTO, CHEWETT, 1867 hardcover books
1850184121Boston: Samuel G. Drake 1850. Hardcover. Good scuffs smudges & scratches to boards; edges & corners rubbed. spine rubbed w/ upper edge torn & flapped. front board nearly detached held w/ tight binding cord; back hinge split tight w/ slight rattle. pastedowns tanned & foxed w/ ex-libris plate. Brown cloth boards w/ leatherette spine & corners w/ gilt trim. 806 pgs w/ frontispieces & tissue-guard plates. Majority pages still bright with a section tanned. Minimal instances of foxing. A custom bound edition of both Volume III published in 1849 and Volume IV published in 1850. Many wonderful portraits with tissue-guards intact. Published under the direction of: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Samuel G. Drake hardcover books
1857183158Boston: Samuel G. Drake 1857. Hardcover. G covers show normal wear spine is faded. Spine has small tears and frayed at top. Corners bumped and worn. Ex-library label inside front cover. Text block shows some stains but pages are clean. Some pages have toning and previous owners marks. Brown cloth boards embossed art on front gilt lettering and six seals on spine. 380 pp illustrations original wrappers bound in back of title. Published under the direction of: New England Historic Genealogical Society. A little more worn than some of the other titles we have but still has shelf appeal. Samuel G. Drake hardcover books
1860183157Boston: Samuel G. Drake 1860. Hardcover. G covers show normal wear spine is faded. Spine has small tears and frayed at top. Corners bumped and worn - front corners heavily. Ex-library label inside front cover. Text block shows some stains but pages are clean. Some pages have toning and previous owners marks. Some pages have warping at top edge but not significant. Brown cloth boards embossed art on front gilt lettering and six seals on spine. 388 pp illustrations original wrappers bound in back of title. Published under the direction of: New England Historic Genealogical Society. A little more worn than some of the other titles we have but still has shelf appeal. Samuel G. Drake hardcover books
1903558671903. CHURCH OF ENGLAND. THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. New York: M. Walter Dunne 1903. First American edition thus. 4to. violet cloth stamped decoratively in pink periwinkle and gilt 386 pp. Sunned and worn at the spine and edges corners bumped binding lightly shaken. Somewhat soiled and rubbed at the boards with two patches of damsptaining to the fron board. A good copy overall very good internally. Religion. unknown books
19162560Providence R.I. 1916. Cards. Illustrated cream cards. Very good. 13.5 x 19 cm. Illustrated menu tendered by the Providence Friars at the Pomham Club in Providence R.I. on Thursday June 8 1916. The menu commences with a Martini Cocktail followed by Clam Broth Clam Chowder Baked Clams Clam Cakes Baked Lobster Broiled Mackerel - along with Rhode Island Johnny Cakes Champagne Beer Cigars & Cigarettes. Speakers include Rhode Island politicians John J. Fitzgerald 1871-1926 State representative & Democratic Mayor Mayor Joseph H. Gainer Artist Hezekiah Anthony Dyer Commissioner Benjamin P. Moultan and Henry A. Carpenter. <br /><br />The "Providence Friars" seems to be a bit of a leg-pull as they all are known entertainers. We know "Abbott" George M. Cohan was no other than the famous vaudeville song-and-dance man playwright director producer comic actor and popular songwriter George M. Cohan. Born in Providence Rhode Island this may have been a welcome homecoming for Cohan. Light toning to cards. <br /> books
1812TB29956Boston: Printed by Chester Stebbins 1812. First Edition. Very good- in stab sewn wrapper with Bowdoin College and the name of an early prior owner Ezra Abbot Jr. written across the upper edge of the front page. An octavo of 9 by 5 7/8 inches with the fore edge and lower edge rough cut and shallow chipping to the fore edge of the front page. Written in pencil is the author's name surrounded in brackets just above the word "Boston". The contents are spotted with foxing throughout but primarily in the margins. 117 pages of text. The author John Lowell 1769-1840 was a Massachusetts lawyer agriculturist philanthropist and a well known Federalist who wrote many pamphlets in support of his point of view. He was often at odds with the Democratic Party and published many unsigned pieces critical of President James Madison's efforts to build a standing army and navy and the War of 1812. DAB Printed by Chester Stebbins unknown books
1715WRCLIT65807London: Printed for Richard Smith 1715. 52pp. Quarto. Extracted from pamphlet volume. Tanned a bit creased and dusty along untrimmed lower edges but a good copy. First and only edition. Authorship is not attributed in ESTC where only three copies are located in North America Folger Lilly and UT. ESTC N30311. Printed for Richard Smith unknown books
1965137319New York: Avalon Books 1965. Octavo five volumes cloth. Later edition. A five-volume reprint of this important early American science fiction novel utilizing the catastrophe motif. The trilogy was first published as serials in Cavalier in 1912 and 1913 and first published in book form in 1914 by Small Maynard and Company. Anatomy of Wonder 1976 2-73; 1981 1-67; 1987 1-33; 1995 1-33; and 2004 II-383. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 673. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 283. Lewis Utopian Literature pp. 58-9. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I pp. 484-87. In 333. Reginald 04904A-E. Spotty fading to spine panel of DARKNESS AND DAWN offset from old asphaltic-edged dust jacket protector along upper and lower edges of front cover and rear covers of BEYOND THE GREAT OBLIVION else a fine set in nearly fine to fine dust jackets the first being price clipped the jacket for THE AFTERGLOW with minor creases to flaps and several with mild foxing to upper edges of flaps. An attractive set. #137319 Avalon Books unknown books
1920165240Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co. 1920. Octavo pp. 1-10 1-394 inserted frontispiece with illustration by P. J. Monahan original blue-green cloth front and spine panels stamped in brown. First edition. Adventure story first published as a six-part serial in ALL-STORY 15 November - 20 December 1919. A wealthy soldier of fortune and Islamist whose inventions far surpass world technology of his day forms the Legion in an unsuccessful attempt to reform Islam which he believes to be the true religion. Anatomy of Wonder 1976 2-74 and 1981 1-68. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 679. Clareson The Emergence of American Science Fiction: 1880-1915 pp. 177-79. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 284. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 79. In 333. Bleiler 1978 p. 69. Reginald 04905. Smith American Fiction 1901-1925 E-195. The endpapers printed on flimsy pulp paper stock are intact and the hinges are tight tiny nick in cloth at center of outer front joint a very good copy in fair dust jacket with four-color illustration by P. J. Monahan on the front panel with chipping along top and bottom edges and along spine and rear folds. The front panel is fairly nice. #165240 A. C. McClurg & Co. unknown books
1916106753New York: The H. K. Fly Company Publishers 1916. Octavo pp. 1-8 9-350 351-352: blank note: last leaf is a blank five inserted plates with illustrations by John Sloan note: title page states "Frontispiece by C. D. Williams" but all illustrations including frontispiece are signed by Sloan original terra cotta cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. A representative example of the SF novel as political propaganda. "More lively and better written than most of England's socially oriented fiction but with many long essay sections on war and the munitions industry." - Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 677. Anatomy of Wonder 1981 1-69 and 2004 II-384. Clareson The Emergence of American Science Fiction: 1880-1915 p. 240. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 285. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 79. Bleiler 1978 p. 69. Reginald 04906. Smith American Fiction 1901-1925 E-197. Hanna A Mirror for the Nation 1098. Rideout The Radical Novel in the United States 1900-1954 p. 294. Some patchy fading to cloth as is usually the case with this book a very good copy with fairly bright cover stamping and clean interior. One of England's more uncommon titles. #106753 The H. K. Fly Company Publishers unknown books
