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190645142Chicago: Charles H. Kerr 1906 but after 1915. First Kerr Edition. 12mo 17.5cm; photo-illustrated wrappers stapled; 302pp. Mild wear to extremities some faint scattered foxing to upper text edges else a bright Near Fine copy. WOODBRIDGE 1043 mistakenly identifying this Kerr edition as the first printing. However see BAL 11897 for the following note: ".advertised in Appeal to Reason. Girard Kansas Oct. 27 1906.there were many reprints; the earliest probably not before 1912 was issued by Charles H. Kerr & Company's Co-Operative." In fact the address given for Charles H. Kerr on the rear wrapper dates this edition to 1915 or later supporting Blanck's assertion of priority. Charles H. Kerr unknown books
1750WRCLIT54321London: Printed for John Whiston 1750. 222pp. Octavo. Extracted from pamphlet volume and disbound. Title and verso of ad leaf rather darkened and smudged old creases; just a sound copy. One of several contemporary printings of this work for Whiston priority unknown; it was quickly reprinted for other booksellers and in Dublin and elsewhere and saw several reprints in later years. "After the earthquakes of 1750 Sherlock published a 'Pastoral Letter' of which 'ten thousand were sold in two days and fifty thousand have been subscribed for since the first two editions" - DNB quoting Walpole. Not unlike certain extremist religious eccentrics of our own times Sherlock did not miss the opportunity to interpret very natural if unfortunate occurrences as evidence of divine displeasure at such things as plays operas music dancing cock-fighting and prize-fighting during Lent and the common availability in the city's streets of novels "vile abominable Pictures of Lewdness" and "Books in the Instruction of the Unexperienced in all the Mysteries of Iniquity." ESTC T37941. Printed for John Whiston unknown books
1939012060Londpn: The American Society of London 1939. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Program for the annual American banquet celebration of Independence Day this annual on the cusp of World War II with Joseph Kennedy father of President John Kennedy presiding as US Ambassador to the Court of Saint James. Ownership copy of Mrs. Sherman P. Haight aka Anne Lyon Haight 1891-1977 noted bibliofile adventurer and author with her place card with an engraved American flag laid-in. Stiff printed covers red/white/blue string-tied 5.5" x 8.5". 24 pages. Contents include: menu six courses; toasts to the King and President with toast proposed by the US Ambassador and the response by His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent aka Prince George seating chart for Table "A" the head table: lists of guests alphabetically floor plan for tables numbered 1- 47; list of guests by table; and lists of committee members. The last page are lyrics to God Save the Queen and Star-Spangled Banner. Laid-in is a one page sheet of a Supplementary List of guests. Beautifully preserved. The American Society of London unknown books
1979777London 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 300 b/w illus. 8 plates in color. <br/><br/>One of the best references with comprehensive entrees on 234 photographers etc. hardcover books
2789London Jack. SMOKE BELLEW. Illustrated by P.J. Monahan. New York Century 1912. 1st edition. Publisher's pictorial cloth. Very good condition. Sisson/Martens 65-66. <br/><br/> hardcover books
CA05B-00015Lea and Blanchard. Collectible - Acceptable. Collectible - Acceptable. Former Library book. Arranged from the Second London Edition by John Bell 1796-1872. Translation by William Baly 1814-1861 of Handbuch der Physiologie des Menschen fur Vorlesungen. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard 1843. 1st American Edition. First published English London 1837-1842 in parts. xix113-886pp. 32 page rear catalog. Thick octavo. Contemporary calf with black leather spine label. Rear board detached binding scraped and rubbed sheets moderately browned and foxed a good for this book slightly better than average copy with library rubber stamp to the title-page front paste-down and several other leaves. Scarce. The American edition was issued without the text woodcuts and lithographed plates in the English edition. The first textbook of physiology first published in German in four parts from 1833 to 1840 and a key book in the emergence of the still-dominant monist-materialist model in medicine and psychology. A vastly influential text. Muller's doctrine of specific nerve energies of great importance in the history of psychology first became widely known through his Handbuch. Zusne Biographical Dictionary of Psychology pp. 308-9; Norman Catalog 1568 original German edition; DSB: 567-74; Wozniak Mind and Body #38 & pp. 38-39. Weight: 2 pounds 12.0 ounces = 1.3 kg. Size: 9.5 x 6.2 x 2.4 inches = 23.8 x 15.5 x 6cm. "Muller's work began a new era in the study of physiology: he pioneered the use of experimental methods in medicine introduced the element of psychology into physiological investigation . and made the first attempts to explain physiological problems in terms of existing comparative physical and chemical knowledge" Norman Catalog. "Fundamentally the doctrine of specific nerve energies involved two cardinal principles. The first of these principles was that the mind is directly aware not of objects in the physical world but of states of the nervous system. The nervous system in other words serves as an intermediary between the world and the mind and thus imposes its own nature on mental processes. The second was that the qualities of the sensory nerves of which the mind receives knowledge in sensation are specific to the various senses the nerve of vision being normally as insensible to sound as the nerve of audition is to light" Wozniak p. 39. Inquire if you need further information. Gach Lea and Blanchard hardcover books
1921W0720CLNew York: The Century Co. 1921. Original green cloth with gilt spine lettering; a couple of small white paint spots otherwise very good. The dust jackets are falling apart but present. Lower hinge starting in Vol. I and spine loose. A few pencil notations at rear of Vol. 2. An unusual biography of London published by his widow. Contains many family photographs. . First Edition. Cloth. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. The Century Co. Hardcover books
1855298221London: London Illustrated News 1855. unbound. View. Wood engraving with hand coloring. Page measures 15 3/8" x 22 5/8"<br/><br/> Beautiful bird's eye view of Paris showing the Rue de Rivoli and the Louvre and the Seine River. Bridges buildings major sites and towns are illustrated along the way. Published by the London Illustrated News September 1 1855. Two folds as issued. Minor cropping to lower margin not affecting image.<br/><br/> London Illustrated News unknown books
1913TB16246New York: The Century Co. 1913. First Edition. First printing Very good in olive green cloth covered boards decorated with black and orange stamping with black text on the spine and orange text on the front board. The rear board shows two areas of approximately 1" and 2" in diameter which are stained to a lighter color and the head and heel of the spine are very lightly rubbed. 169 pages followed by a one page ad for two previous titles by London and one blank leaf all as called for in Sisson and Martens' Jack London First Editions p. 70. BAL 11945 The Century Co. hardcover books
1912184351New York: International Magazine. 1912. 1st edition. Stapled wraps printed in two colors. Cover tones at edges otherwise very good. . 8vo. Bookplate of noted London collector Willard S. Morse tipped to inside front cover and his catalogue slip tipped to inside back cover. International Magazine. paperback books
199324215Germany 1993. Hardbound. VG. Green cloth. 221 pp. 65 vivid color plates. A stupendous collection which includes works by many first and second tier Barbizon painters. Several very nice folding plates. hardcover books
1936107420Random House 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Rare in dust jacket a first edition of an important early collection of short stories long before many of these writers achieved their fame. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with the original $3 price still on the front flap of the dust jacket. Random House hardcover books
1885229159London Illustrated London News 1885. 1885. 4to. Illustrated with 6 full page chromolithographed color plates each with two differing views - on for each month of the year and numerous b/w woodcuts. Original pictorial color wrappers. Very good. 64 pages original pictorial color wrappers. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by Leighton Brothers. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. London, Illustrated London News [1885]. paperback books
1852101423Folio 16" x 11 1/2" laminated mint green colored boards illustrated. Top cover detached spine somewhat bent and cracked chips and wear at extremities one or two signatures a little loose small bookplate on front pastedown a bit of foxing some browning and aging not collated but issues appear complete. This is a collection of the Illustrated London News that was probably used to promote subscriptions. The date on the tile page indicates 1852 but the actual issues seem to run from March 30 1844 to November 30 1844. This volume contains over 20 issues. While some issues may say reprint these reprints were done around 1852 for what appears some promotional effort. This volume contains some of the earlier issues of this publication which began in May 1842. It contains some interesting news and illustrations including a short story and illustration of a copper balloon for flying in Paris March 30 1844 the London Stock Exchange April 13 1844 an article and illustrations on Emigration to Sydney April 13 1844 a visit from the King of France June 1 1844 and an article on currency and income taxes June 1 1844. books
1926142662London: The Readers Library 1926. First printing of the UK photoplay edition originally published in 1904 by Macmillan. <br/><br/>Basis for the 1926 film directed by Ralph Ince who also starred in the film opposite Claire Adams. The third of a dozen film adaptations of London's novel. <br/><br/>Light foxing and rubbing to both book and jacket else Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. The Readers Library unknown books
1921WN38822New York: The Century Co. 1921. Two prior owner bookplates on front pastedowns in each volume. Original green cloth with gilt which is nearly illegible. Spine ends bumped with small split at head of spine Vol. I. Some faint foxing on edges and with the books. Memoir by London's wife of their life together. Some interesting photograph. . First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. The Century Co. Hardcover books
19562161271956. unbound. Outstanding black-and-white photograph measuring 10 x 8 inches -- a head and shoulders shot signed but not personalized: "In remembrance of my recital in Lancaster 1956." Very good condition.<br/><br/> Bass-baritone opera star who was an original member of the Belcanto Trio with Mario Lanza and Francis Yeend. As a star of the Vienna State Opera he sang opposite Maria Callas. Tragically his career came to an abrupt end in 1967 due to a paralyzed vocal chord.<br/><br/> unknown books
190258237Philadelphia PA: Lippincott 1902. First edition. 8vo. 334 pp. Four color plates; half-title and ad leaf. With the ownership signatures of American philosopher George Herbert Mead and his sister-inlaw Mabel Wing Castle on the front endpaper; Mead 1863-1931 associated with the pragmatists at the University of Chicago was one of the founders of social psychology. BAL 11874. A good solid copy.Original three-color illustrated red cloth rubbed andspotted spine severely. #5232. <br/><br/> Lippincott hardcover books
1907WRCLIT44498New York: Macmillan 1907. Light brown cloth stamped in red white grey and brown. Frontis and plates by C.L. Bull. Map. First published U.S. edition preceded by a copyright printing and the London edition. Spine a trace darkened and rubbed light foxing to endsheets but a good sound copy. BAL 11903. Macmillan hardcover books
1907165189New York: The Macmillan Company. London: Macmillan & Co. 1907. Octavo pp. i-vi vii viii-xii 1-242 243-246: ads inserted two-page map eight inserted plates with illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull plus smaller illustrations by Bull in the text original pictorial light brown rough buckram front and spine panels stamped in dark brown red and white top edge stained tan fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First published edition preceded by a copyright printing. London's first SF novel in which he uses a favorite theme atavism as a device to project a consciousness into the past. "The hard realistic edge and controlled language make this one of London's best an important minor classic." - Survey of Science Fiction Literature I pp. 144-48. Anatomy of Wonder 1976 2-106; 1981 1-115; 1987 1-58; 1995 1-58. Angenot and Khouri "An International Bibliography of Prehistoric Fiction" SFS VIII March 1981 45. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 514. Bleiler 1978 p. 125. Reginald 09140. BAL 11903. Neat Christmas 1912 gift inscription at top edge of front free endpaper. Hairline crack along inner rear hinge which is still holding tight a very good bright copy. #165189 The Macmillan Company. London: Macmillan & Co. unknown books
1904429501904. LONDON Jack. THE FAITH OF MEN. London: William Heinemann 1904. First English edition. 8vo. red cloth boards and spine stamped in black and gilt. A fine copy with only slight wear at the extremities and light foxing throughout. BAL 11878. unknown books
1917191778New York: Macmillan 1917. Hardcover. ix 337p. 3 leaves 6p. of ads color frontispiece hinges sound very good first edition per Sisson page 94 BAL 11973 red cloth boards with black vignette of two dogs in silhouette gilt titles author name in black covers lightly rubbed 5 small stains at upper-right corner of cover spine with gilt titles. Macmillan hardcover books
1907TB14727New York: The Macmillan Company 1907. First Published Edition. Very good in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and gilt tree decorations on the spine and front board with shelf wear to the lower edges of the boards and rubbing to the ends of the spine and with a prior owner's name on the first free end paper. As further proof of the priority of this copy the title leaf is a cancel. 265 pages followed by a blank page and four pages of advertisements for other titles by this author. According to Sisson & Martens p. 36 only 7973 copies of the first edition were produced. BAL 11904 The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1906WRCLIT38136New York: Macmillan 1906. Dark blue cloth stamped in gilt pale green and off-white. First published edition preceded by a copyright printing. Extremities rubbed lower edge of lower board abraded endsheets a trace foxed but a good copy. BAL 11895. Macmillan hardcover books
1912TB18554New York: The Century Co. 1912. First Edition. First printing Very good in blue cloth covered boards with dark blue text on the spine and front board and with light yellow and cream colored decorations. There is a prior owner's name next to the front hinge written in pencil and the cloth at the head and heel of the spine is lightly rubbed and worn; however the cloth is not worn through nor is there any fraying. 385 pages of text with illustrations by P. J. Monahan. Sisson Martens p. 66; BAL 11939 The Century Co. hardcover books
