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18912287Providence RI 1891. Cards. Cream illustrated cards paper illustrated menu. Very good. 16.5 x 11. 5 cm. Lunch & Dinner menu. Lunch featured Lobster Salad & Stewed Calf's Liver with Wine Sauce. Dinner featured Chowder Baked Mackerel with Tomato Sauce Fried Eels - Jewish style Saratoga Chips Clam Fritters Soft Shell Crabs Quahogs Indian Pudding Ice Cream Watermelon & Peaches and Ponham Spring Water. Also noted the 1891 Executive Committee and the Providence Warren & Bristol Train schedules. <br /> <br />A private club with a membership of 200 shareholders opened in 1867 as a place for gentlemen to network over shore dinners of lobster steamed clams corn and potatoes. The club grounds included a ball field miniature clock and obstacle golf courses bowling alleys and it's own wharf. This area in Providence known as "Riverside" hosted the Crescent Park Amusement Park known as the "Coney Island of the East". Along the Providence River west of the club is the Ponham Lighthouse which is still standing today. The club closed in 1954 and the property was redeveloped for condominiums in the 1980's. Menu cards expertly repaired. Some light toning and foxing. <br/><br/> 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
19462561Boston: The Somerset Hotel 1946. Cards. Green illustrated cards with yellow string tassel. Near fine. Unpaginated 4 pages. 30.5 x 21.5 Dinner dancing and music at this 1940's Boston social event hosted by the who's who of Boston's upper class - including Miss Katherine Winthrop a top-ranked American tennis player. Full page listing the Girls' Clubs of Boston's Board of Directors Dinner Dance Committee and office holders - all filled out by the wives of privileged class. Music by Ranny Weeks and his Orchestra. Menu highlights a choice of Lobster Newburg or broiled tenderloin. Last page describes the Island of Bali highlights religious customs government and various facts or most likely fiction. Clean crisp copy. <br /> The Somerset Hotel books
16113462Latin manuscript on vellum with large 6 in diameter suspended black wax seal of James I of England and autograph of Anne of Denmark dated July 23 1610 granting title to Corrodownan Manor in County Cavan Ulster to one John Browne Gent. of Gorgiemill near Edinburgh and his descendants during the Plantation i.e. colonization of Ulster under James I beginning in 1609. The colonists were settled on land confiscated from the Irish inhabitants following the conquest of Ulster 1594-1603 under James's predecessor Elizabeth I. The Plantation was intended to consolidate royal control of Ulster and repress rebellion by importing a substantial Protestant population. Like John Browne and indeed James himself many of the new colonists were Scottish. Some of these families went on to form the backbone of the Protestant Ascendancy in the province. John Browne and his heirs however were not among them. Sir George Carew sent by the king in 1611 to report on the progress of the Plantation noted that "he Browne . sent an agent who took possession set the lands to the Irish returned to Scotland and . performed nothing." The land was sold in 1613 to another Scottish colonist Archibald Acheson. Acheson's descendants were raised to the peerage of Ireland in 1806 as Earls of Gosford and still owned the property in the late nineteenth century. The first nineteen lines of the document grant the Scottish Browne the rights and privileges of James's English and Irish citizens. Especially notable are the requirement that the grantee maintain an adequate supply of arms for defense against the king's enemies lines 77-80 the attempt to encourage the growth of towns 74-76 and the ban on sale of the property to "mere Irish" or to anyone who failed to acknowledge the sovereign as head of the church thus excluding all Catholics by swearing the Oath of Supremacy 114-121. See Rev. George Hill The Conquest of Ireland. An Historical Account of the Plantation of Ulster at the Commencement of the Seventeenth Century 1608-1620 Belfast 1877 308; idem Plantation Papers. Containing a Summary Sketch of the Great Ulster Plantation in the Year 1610 Belfast 1889 188-190; F.J. McCaughey Arvagh. Sources for a Local History Arvagh 1998 16.; Moiré chemise lined with exact recess for seal housed in handsome ruled red morocco clamshell case with gilt title to front cover and raised bands gilt particulars and decoration to spine; gilt rolled edges. Two leaves 65 x 81 cm; the first illuminated with a portrait of the king. Stain to upper left see image.; 65 x 81 cm; 1 pages; Signed by Notable Personage Related; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. . hardcover books
1901WRCLIT27253Westminster: Constable 1901. Folio. Parchment backed gilt boards t.e.g. Portrait and facsimiles. First edition edited from the manuscript by Robert S. Rait. One of 275 numbered copies. Endsheets quite tanned light dust soiling and bumping to boards else a good copy. Twelve of the nineteen poems in the ms. were hitherto unpublished. Constable hardcover books
19871334635Boulder CO: Paladin Press 1987. Softcover. Larger Octavo; pp 319; VG-/paperback; dark green spine with white text; covers have mild wear to exterior; intact panels; text block edges lightly foxed; interior clean; profusely illustrated. 1334635. FP New Rockville Stock. Paladin Press unknown books
169616958London: E. Jones 1696. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. Engraved frontispiece. Full calf probably 18th century or early 19th century. Spine in 6 compartments; red lettering label gilt; the remaining compartments with a Maltese cross impressed in blind. Plain endpapers. 19th century ownership signature scrawled across the title page. Light scuffing to the binding some staining and soil to the text front inner hinge neatly mended else a very good copy. Includes the Psalter and rites of ordination: 'Una cum Psalterio seu Psalmis Davidis Ea Punctatione distinctis qua Cantari aut Recitari debent in ECCLESIIS Itemque Forma & Modus Faciendi Ordinandi & Consecrandi Episcopos Presbyteros Diaconos.' Wing B3694A; ESTC R214201. E. Jones hardcover books
20857Boston: Communist Party of New England 194-. 16p. wraps foxed some creasing. Anti-war. Replies to letters and speeches by Florence Luscomb Theodore Smith and Alfred Baker Lewis secretary Socialist Party by Otis Archer Hood Phil Frankfeld and Jack Green. Communist Party of New England unknown books
S1774J. Murphy. Collectible - Acceptable. Baltimore: John Murphy. 1844. 5.5x8.5". Black cloth hardcover with gold lettering on spine. No dust jacket. 156 pp. Ex-Library: Bookplate inside front end page writing rear past down pocket. Cover rubbed corners and spine ends bumped. Title page torn. Some pages somewhat soiled. J. Murphy hardcover books
1961160053NY FARRAR STRAUS & CUDAHY 1961 1961. DUST JACKET UNCLIPPED LARGE CHIP TO FRONT COVER FIRST AMERICAN EDITION VERY GOOD. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NY, FARRAR, STRAUS & CUDAHY, 1961 hardcover books
1688WRCLIT65540London: Imprimée par R. Everingham & se vend chez R. Bentley & M. Magnes . 1688. 36348148pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf gilt leather label. Corners and spine worn head and toe of spine chipped front pastedown loose but present; later bookplate on pastedown signature on free endsheet: "Rich. Rycroft" possibly Sir Richard Rycroft 1st Baronet 1736-1786. Contemporary inscription on first titlepage some tanning and occasional light smudging but a good copy. An uncommon printing of the revised text of the Delaune's translation of the English Liturgy first published in 1616 and John Durel's translation of the 39 Articles. Durel 1625-1683 an Anglican clergyman and apologist enjoyed a distinguished career and royal favor securing a printing monopoly on this French prayer book and eventually becoming a royal chaplain in 1662. "A revised text completed before 1665 retained much of Delaune's original but incorporated changes embodied in the Act of Uniformity and Durel's translation of the Thirty-Nine Articles; it was published eight times between 1666 and 1695" - DNB. The Psalms included here have a separate titlepage dated 1686 and register though their inclusion is noted on the initial title-page. The translation into French verse is that undertaken by Clement Marot and Theodore de Beze early in the previous century. Scarce: ESTC locates ESTC locates two copies in the UK BL and Oxford Hertford College and two copies in North America. ESTC R28597. WING B3683AB. GRIFFITHS 36.8 note. Imprimée par R. Everingham, & se vend chez R. Bentley, & M. Magnes ... hardcover books
4091Banquet in honour of their majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at The Windsor Hotel Montreal on May 18th 1939; card unused; some edge tips wear good condition. Good. unknown books
1919159815Boston: Small 1919. Octavo pp. 1-16 1-140 141-144: blank note: first and last two leaves are blanks illustrations by the author original orange pictorial boards front and spine panels stamped in green. First edition. Retrospective humorous look within a fictional framework at regulations and taxes imposed on American citizens during World War I. Not fantasy or SF. Incorrectly cited as such by Reginald his entry 04907. Smith American Fiction 1901-1925 E-198. Boards rubbed a good copy. #159815 Small unknown books
UENGJOU00MELKaye England Publications N.D. Very Good. England Kaye. Journey to Jericho : Quilt Blocks and Symbols Inspired by the Bible. Johnson Mary Elizabeth. Indianapolis: Kaye England Publications N.D. 96pp. Illustrated. Bibliography. 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed and bumped edges bottom edge of rear cover has a tiny tear and abrasion with a small crease in corner and former owner's name and gift inscription on title page. Kaye England Publications paperback books
177736809London 1777. Large folio unbound and untrimmed. 708 1 errata 1 blank pp as issued. Occasional light toning else Near Fine.<br/><br/> ESTC explains that the Journal whose entries end on 18 September 1760 was not printed until 1777. Entries appear on a variety of topics some concerning the French and Indian War. For example a bill would prohibit exportation of goods from America to anywhere except Great Britain page 37; King George decrees the "vigorous prosecution of a just war with France" page 301; Great Britain and Prussia will cooperate against France and keep America page 304. <br/>ESTC T166648 7 copies in five locations all in England as of May 2020. unknown books
197422469London England: Arts Council of Great Britain 1974. Softcover. VG. White wraps. 64 pp. 40 bw plates. Includes a two-page biographical chronology an interview with Jasper Johns by David Sylvester and a catalogue listing of 109 works. Stapled to the inside rear cover is a small plastic bag containing the following: a small accordian-style folding pamphlet entitled "For Jasper Johns whose aristocratic nuances of grey black and white put him in the company of Velasquez and Manet this garland of thoughts was collected in homage by Ellen H. Johnson". This book with the "garland of thoughts was published on the occasion of the exhibition "Jasper Johns Drawings" which was organized by the Arts Council of Great Britain in 1974. The ephemeral inclusion which is missing in most all copies includes ten Jasper Johns numerals and several quotations on art. Arts Council of Great Britain unknown books
180234027Worcester: Isaiah Thomas Jun 1802. 48 pages including self-wrappers. vignette on title head-pieces on page 2 is illustration of "Anatomy of Man's Body as governed by the 12 constellations." At the foot of this same page are notations of Medical Lectures at Harvard and Dartmouth. 1 vols. 12mo. Self wrappers stitched. Spotting some light offsetting and browning else near fine. 48 pages including self-wrappers. vignette on title head-pieces on page 2 is illustration of "Anatomy of Man's Body as governed by the 12 constellations." At the foot of this same page are notations of Medical Lectures at Harvard and Dartmouth. 1 vols. 12mo. With Roads to the Principal Towns and Inns with innkeeper's names on the last three pages. On the back page is a short advertisement from Isaiah Thomas for books. S & S 2457 Isaiah Thomas Jun unknown books
179739386Worcester: Isaiah Thomas 1797. Second edition. 48 pages including self-wrappers woodcut decorations. 1 vols. 12mo. Self wrappers stitched. Spotting some stitching lacking stitch marks short marginal tears or chipping a few repairs to first page else very good. Second edition. 48 pages including self-wrappers woodcut decorations. 1 vols. 12mo. With Roads to the Principal Towns and Inns with innkeeper's names on the last three pages. On the back page is a short advertisement from Isaiah Thomas for a "Very large Collection of Books in the various Branches of Polite Literature" Evans 32920; Drake. "Almanacs" 3586 Isaiah Thomas unknown books
1985BL1616London:: Her Majesty's Stationary Office 1985. 1985. Thin 8vo. 96 pp. 66 figs. bibliog. index. Printed wrappers. Burndy bookplate. Fine. ISBN: 0113000006 Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1985. unknown books
1971162158Cambridge Massachusetts: New England Science Fiction Association 1971. Large octavo pp. i-viii ix x-xiv 1 2-82 double columns cloth. First edition. This five-year index compiled by Anthony Lewis includes all American and British science fiction magazines published during the period 1966-1970. Intended as a continuation of The MIT Science Fiction Society's Index to the S-F Magazines 1951-1965 1966 compiled by Erwin S. Strauss the Lewis index employs the Strauss triple listing format by magazine by story title and by author. Anatomy of Wonder 1987 14-10. Burgess Reference Guide to Science Fiction Fantasy and Horror 129. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. #162158 New England Science Fiction Association unknown books
19713865Cambridge Massachusetts: New England Science Fiction Association 1971. Large octavo pp. i-viii ix x-xiv 1 2-82 double columns cloth. First edition. This five-year index compiled by Anthony Lewis includes all American and British science fiction magazines published during the period 1966-1970. Intended as a continuation of The MIT Science Fiction Society's Index to the S-F Magazines 1951-1965 1966 compiled by Erwin S. Strauss the Lewis index employs the Strauss triple listing format by magazine by story title and by author. Anatomy of Wonder 1987 14-10. Burgess Reference Guide to Science Fiction Fantasy and Horror 129. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. #3865 New England Science Fiction Association unknown books
197185587Cambridge Massachusetts: New England Science Fiction Association 1971. Large octavo pp. i-viii ix x-xiv 1 2-82 double columns cloth. First edition. This five-year index compiled by Anthony Lewis includes all American and British science fiction magazines published during the period 1966-1970. Intended as a continuation of The MIT Science Fiction Society's Index to the S-F Magazines 1951-1965 1966 compiled by Erwin S. Strauss the Lewis index employs the Strauss triple listing format by magazine by story title and by author. Anatomy of Wonder 1987 14-10. Burgess Reference Guide to Science Fiction Fantasy and Horror 129. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. #85587 New England Science Fiction Association unknown books
166537826En te Kantabrigia: Ioannou Phieldou 1665. 12mo 14.5 cm 5.75". 36 126 2 blank pp. <br><br>as issued with the same publisher's Bible. Psalms. Greek. 1664. Psalterion toy Dabid kata tous Hebdomekonta eis ta tmemata ta en te tes Agglikanes Ekkesias leitourgia nomizomena diegemenon. 12mo. 1664. 2 115 3 11771 1 pp. and Bible. New Testament. Greek. 1665. Tes kaines diathekes apanta. 12mo. 2 419 1 pp.<br>Â Â Â Â First edition of this Greek translation of the Book of Common Prayer. The preface is signed "I.D." i.e. James Duport a popular professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge who had the year before printed a translation of the Psalter which appears here with the BCP as issued under a separate title-page and Ordinal along with the Greek New Testament and Apocrypha the title-page of the New Testament being an insert and the Apocrypha having separate pagination. This is only the second translation of the BCP into Greek following the first by Elias Petley in 1638. There were apparently two settings of this edition produced by printer John Field in the same year under the same title and imprint with priority not established; the present example has line six of the main title-page all in capital letters and the "Alma mater Cantabrigia" device following the last page of the Psalter but while the sun is on the left and the cup on the right of the Psalter title-page device they are reversed on the New Testament title-page apparently indicating that the New Testament is from a variant post-dating the BCP and Psalter.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Contemporary mottled calf Cambridge-style covers framed in double gilt fillets and panelled in triple gilt fillets with gilt-tooled corner fleurons; spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and gilt-ruled compartments.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Front free endpaper with early inscription in red pencil: "Gibson's / Queens / Oxon. / 1787." Most recently in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard small booklabel "AHA" at rear. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Biblos: Wing rev. ed. B3632; ESTC R204258; Griffiths 45:3. Psalterion: Wing B2720A; ESTC R204259. Tes kaines diathekes: Darlow & Moule 4702; Wing B2733. Bound as above worn and showing expectable acid-pitting with edges extremities and spine rubbed; spine label cracked with loss of central portion of label. Endpapers with early inked annotations in Greek and English. Central portion with top-marginal faint to light waterstaining generally though not always but a sliver; one leaf with tear from outer margin into text with loss of one letter; one leaf with short tear along paper flaw without loss of text. Final work with early inked underlining; rear fly-leaf with a few jotted references in Greek. => A scholar's copy of this nice example of early English Greek liturgical/scriptural printing. Ioannou Phieldou hardcover 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
191519738Saint Louis: William K. Bixby Printed by the Torch Press Cedar Rapids 1915. One of 200 copies printed. Frontispiece portrait facsimile of the letter. 1 vols. 4to. Original cream boards stitched. Some light discoloration else a very good copy. One of 200 copies printed. Frontispiece portrait facsimile of the letter. 1 vols. 4to. Freer on Whistler. With a very interesting 8-page 8vo autograph letter from Charles L. Freer the eminent American collector written from London May 1902 to W. K. Bixby regarding his visit with Whistler. He describes his pursuit of Whistler's art works and writes Bixby to say that he has arranged for Bixby to purchase "Grey & Silver Pourville." Freer's extensive Whistler collection with his other fine collections were presented to the Smithsonian Institution to form the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington. Bixby's "Privately Printed Books" p. 15 William K. Bixby [Printed by the Torch Press, Cedar Rapids] unknown books
