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18748347Boston: Roberts Brothers 1874. First Edition. Original terra-cotta cloth; gilt spine-titles; 1-7 8-206; 8pp. Gentle soiling to board edges; hint of fraying at crown of spine; old bookplate residue to front pastedown; a tight attractive copy. INSCRIBED on title page: "Rev. John S. Smith / With the regards of / E.E.H. / Feb. 9 1881." <br /> <br /> Posthumous collection of Tuckerman's essays on the relief of poverty in Boston most originally issued as reports of the Minister at Large a post which Tuckerman himself established. Tuckerman 1778-1840 was a pioneer in the field of social reform and his advocacy for Boston's poor in the early 19th century was noteworthy for its emphasis upon education and direct action rather than simple charity. The work begun by Tuckerman nearly 200 years ago persists in the very active Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry which still espouses Tuckerman's principles in overseeing a wide range of public welfare programs in the Boston area. A seldom-encountered work; this copy nicely inscribed by Hale a few years after publication. Roberts Brothers unknown
185628436Boston: Boston Theatre 1856. Broadside. Broadside for the Boston Theatre December 1856. Measures 18 x 53 cm. Features among others the show for the Christmas evening December 24 1856. Tiny hole to top edge. Folded. Near fine. Boston Theatre unknown
19007547Boston Mass: Stickney & Poor Spice Company 1900. Booklet stapled in wrappers 15 x 8.5 cm. 12 pages. FIRST EDITION. A handsomely-produced product cookbook for Stickney & Poor's mustard with twenty-seven recipes including lots of salads and sandwiches. Very light soil to brown printed tan wrappers otherwise fine. One handwritten recipe to interior wrapper panel Scotch Wood-Cock Ethelynde Smith". OCLC locates just one copy Historical Society of Penn. Stickney & Poor Spice Company unknown
1838134236Bostob; Charles Stimpson 1838. First Edition. Hardback. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with the title blocked direct in gilt. An exceptional copy - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 408 pages; Description: v. Fold. Maps. 15-28 cm. Subjects: Boston Mass. --Directories. Almanacs American --Massachusetts - 19th century. Small closed tear to the map. Bostob; Charles Stimpson hardcover
190440155Boston: C.B. Webster & Co. 1904. 1904. First edition. 6 3/4" x 9 1/4" in green pictorial wrappers tied at spine. Title-page plus 66pp. of views from photographs. Photographs include pictures of Paul Revere Huse Faneuil Hall St. Paul's Church the State House aerial views of Boston Summer Street Lafayette Mall and Park Street Church Echo Bridge harbor scenes Cunard Docks North and South Stations the Wadsworth House Harvard various statues Suffolk County Court House Nantesket Beach residences etc. Several photos include people. Fading to covers along with chipping and wear to spine and front wrapper edge; rear wrapper missing two 1/4" x 1" chips at wrapper edge; bottom edge of title page with chipping though not impacting text. Neatly written at top edge of titles page is the name Mary Courtney. Stamped to top edge of the opposite side of title page states "Presented in Memory of Mrs. Mary Courtney." Tiny chip missing to corner of one page. Good. A nice collection of photographs. C.B. Webster & Co., 1904. unknown
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 116 p. Hegira: 1317 = Gregorian: 1900. Second edition of this first catalogue of the sarcophagi in the Imperial Ottoman Archaeological Museums, including many legendary sarcophagi, like of Alexander the Great, Sidon?, Tabnit, Byzantine Emperors, etc., mostly excavated and found by Osman Hamdi Bey,(1842-1910), the pioneer archaeologist of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey and the founder of the Ottoman Archaeological Museum. OCLC 165321119 (Only one copy in Bayerische Staatsbibliothek).; Özege 15041.
19009901Boston: Published by the Joseph Burnett Company; Press of Mipps & Knight Co 1900. Octavo in stiff boards 19.5 x 14.5 cm. 44 4 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Title page printed in red and black. FIRST EDITION. A handsome promotional book about the vanilla plant and vanilla extract sold by the Joseph Burnett Company commemorating the 50th anniversary of the firm and promoting Burnett's Vanilla Extract. The book contains three sections: "The Plant: Its Habitat and History" "Its Culture" and "Its Curing" with information on the vanilla plant or the vanilla orchid; its countries or regions of origin; and the cultivation and curing processes of vanilla. Text at the end warns customers of unscrupulous door-to-door salespeople peddling fraudulent or low-quality vanilla extracts advocates for grocers to carry only high-quality vanilla extract and advertises Burnett's Vanilla Extract and Burnett's edible Standard Color Pastes. Internally fresh clean and sound. Original publisher's beige and green paper-covered boards titled and decorated in green and black on the front panel; no title to spine. Fine and rare thus. Published by the Joseph Burnett Company; Press of Mipps & Knight Co hardcover
189344801N.P.: Privately printed 1893. 1893. TRADE CATALOGUE. 9 1/2" x 6 3/4" in brown wrappers showing a raised crest at center. 79 pp. Index. Instructions for ordering followed by illustrations of and pricing for various products to include crests letters rosettes hames terrets buckles chains links hooks etc. Born in New Brunswick Joseph Colgan came to Boston as a young boy where he learned and perfected his trade under Henry Cross father of Mark Cross the owner of America's first luxury leather goods company. Colgan established himself in business at Sudbury Street in 1850 remaining at that address throughout his career. He became involved in the manufacture of military and foremen's equipment fancy saddlery and leather specialties. Page edges lightly soiled throughout due to handling; title page with 1/4" x 1" chip missing to bottom edge and with creasing to bottom corner along with text separating from wrappers but still holding. Wrappers with creasing to top and bottom corners. Good. Privately printed, 1893. hardcover
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original brown half-leather bdg. with a clip. "Poesie" title on black cloth front cover. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic script). [2], 153, [3] p. Completely handwritten with numerous pages. All edges gilt. This unique manuscript is probably an early sketch written in Ottoman script to be used later for its first edition published by Maarif Vekâleti [i.e. Turkish Ministry of Education] in 1947 in modern Turkish with Latin letters. The Mysterious Universe is a popular science book by the British astrophysicist Sir James Jeans, first published in 1930 by the Cambridge University Press. In the United States, it was published by Macmillan. The book is an expanded version of the Red Lecture delivered at the University of Cambridge in 1930. It begins with a full-page citation of the famous passage in Plato's Republic, Book VII, laying out the allegory of the cave. The book made frequent reference to the quantum theory of radiation, initiated by Max Planck in 1900, to Albert Einstein's general relativity, and to the new theories of quantum mechanics by Heisenberg and Schrödinger, of whose philosophical perplexities the author seemed well aware. The book was denounced by the Cambridge philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, because "Jeans has written a book called The Mysterious Universe and I loathe it and call it misleading. Take the title... I might say that the title The Mysterious Universe includes a kind of idol worship, the idol being Science and the Scientist." A second edition appeared in 1931. The book was reprinted 15 times between 1930 and 1938 and again in September 2007. Salih Murat Uzdilek (1891-1967) was the first to translate this book into Turkish, printed in 1947 under the title "Esrarli kâinât". Although there's no sign in this manuscript, probably the author is Uzdilek. He was a Professor of Physics at Istanbul Technical University, graduated as a naval officer in 1908. It was his father Mehmed Sefik Bey, who as a mathematics teacher introduced him to the study of the subject. Salih Murat developed an interest in the history of mathematics through readings of books by F. Cajori and D. E. Smith. Uzdilek studied engineering in London prior to the First World War, where he was invited to present a communication on the "Introduction of logarithms into Turkey" at the Napier Tercentenary organized by The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 25-27 July 1914. The paper published in the Napier Tercentenary Memorial Volume (1915) was based on the research by Salih Zeki Bey, historian of science and Rector of Istanbul University between 1913 and 1917, published in his Kamus-i Riyaziyat (Encyclopaedia of Mathematics 1898). His findings indicate that Yirmisekiz Mehmet Çelebi, the Sultan's envoy to France, had been presented an astronomical text which included logarithms by the astronomer Jacques Cassini during his visit to the Paris Observatory in 1714. It was this collection that led to the introduction of logarithms into Turkey. Kalfazade Ismail Efendi, a timekeeper, and mathematician compiled an introduction to logarithms for his translation of the astronomical tables of J. Cassini in 1772, which is considered the first work on logarithms, into Turkish. Gelenbevi Ismail Efendi, renowned for his works in mathematics and logic, completed his Logaritma Serhi (Commentary on Logarithms) in 1787. After his return to Istanbul, Salih Murat Uzdilek was invited by the Austrian Dean of the School of Engineering, Prof. Philipp Forchheimer, to give physics lessons at the school. Prof. Uzdilek pursued his interest in the history of mathematics and physics throughout his long career. He was also an active researcher in the physics of sound and music and contributed to the contemporary tonal system of Turkish music. In his later years, Prof. Uzdilek was invited to lecture at the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei.
188510250Boston: Kiley Printer 7 Spring Lane 1885. Bi-fold menu 13.5 x 12 cm. 4 pages. Illustrated. Engraved menu for a banquet given for Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks former Senator from and Governor of Indiana. Hendricks was the 21st Vice President lasting a mere 8 months in office from March 4th through November 25th 1885. This dinner was given by the Bay State Club at the famous Parker House. In the few short months he had left Hendricks was to give a controversial speech in support of Irish independence and head of the Boston machine politician Martin Lomasney was to name the Hendricks Club after him. The light tan card stock boards sport a gilt-edged circular medallion with an engraving of the Vice President. The card is lightly dusty and with the slightest of abrasions at the corners. Otherwise near fine. Signed by the Hendricks on the front panel below the portrait medallion. Kiley, Printer, 7 Spring Lane hardcover
192910268Boston: various 1929. Archive. One medium-sized file box containing approximately six hundred twenty-five items including: commercial brochures 121 samples 11 posters 3 typed letters signed/TLS 304 autograph letters signed/ALS 149 postcards & telegrams 29 and periodicals 5. The commercial or trade brochures are mostly small booklets bi-folds and tri-folds graphically illustrated with images of the equipment on offer and frequently printed in two colors or in duotone. A small but deeply engaging archive depicting the business activities of the Boston Massachusetts kitchen equipment supply firm W.H. Davenhall. The supply company serviced businesses with food production and serving needs far beyond the traditional restaurants and hotels. There are in fact few of those represented therein. The company's stock in trade seemed to have been the many "secondary" food establishments growing in number in the early twentieth century including soda fountains candy shops tea rooms diners cafeterias educational dining facilities gas stations with food offerings cafes lunch shops beauty parlors fraternity houses and military bases. The types of equipment depicted in the archive represents changes in food production for a population rapidly moving away from traditional home dining and increasingly consuming food in new types of establishments. The rapid economic expansion that made all this change possible came to a halt with the Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression. The archive illustrates the experience of a small business in the years leading up to the Crash with issues collecting debts bankruptcy of suppliers and clients etc. The correspondence includes offers of new equipment or supplies often the line between brochure and correspondence is blurred orders inquiries demands for payments complaints requests for new supplier arrangements bankruptcy notices of former customers and more. In addition to the typed and handwritten letters there are postcards and telegrams. A handful of label samples and posters are included as well. Finally there are materials produced by trade periodicals including: Institutional Merchandising Hot Off the Griddle published by Westinghouse American Restaurant Magazine and The Soda Fountain. A wide range of business topics is visible in this archive: bill collection disputes about what was delivered or when disputes about salesmen adding items to an order bankruptcy of a client price changes a UNH fraternity orders a half dozen aluminum pitchers surprised complicated returns of defective merchandise development of school cafeterias the Crash of '29 deliveries abandoned or rejected and more. Condition is generally very good or better. A more detailed description including complete lists of suppliers and clients is available by request. various unknown
184036863Boston 1840. Broadside 5-5/8" x 9-3/4." Old margin folds and tear at blank upper corner. At head is a depiction of the Seal of Boston within an illustration of clouds. Light dusting one fox spot. About Very Good.<br /> <br /> Josiah Quincy Jr. was Mayor of Boston 1845-1849. Whig candidates for Alderman Warden Clerk Common Councilmen Inspectors School Committee and Overseers of the Poor are also listed. unknown
1930List328Boston 1930. Oblong quarto 49 pp. With appx. 1400 photos most measuring less than an inch square with roughly 175 in larger formats up to 3 ½ by 5 inches. Very Good. A wonderful labor of photographic love created by an unidentified young woman with ties to the Cabot family of Beacon Hill. The album composed largely of tiny contact prints glued in neat grids. Off-kilter compositions - a portion of a steeple against the sky the tail of a dog etc. - are mixed in with more traditional landscapes leading one to question whether the photographer had modernist aspirations or just took a lot of pictures.<br /> <br /> The photographer is unknown but our best guess is that it was someone who was a friend of Ellen Cabot of Beacon Hill perhaps while both were students or just after. Ellen Cabot the most frequent subject of the album is shown in a variety of settings often accompanied by her dog Prowler. Aerial photography the New England coastline camping life in Cambridge and equestrian competition are all on display. Other highlights include a dog named Benito Mussolini and artful shots of a monk’s torso. A portion of the photos perhaps five or ten percent are not present though the album is otherwise in excellent condition. Handwritten label on the front reads “Newport Races to Topsfield autumn 1930â€. Overall the album is a testament to the energy and spontaneity of youth and the possibilities of the photographic form as well as an intimate look into Boston’s storied upper class. unknown
0365312746.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1330070135.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
185120296Munroe and Francis 1851. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. This old book is solid and in great shape! This is a hardcover book with 337 pages. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. A couple of pages show light pencil writing and notes. The pages show light soiling and light foxing. The title page shows 1851 as the published date. The dark green cloth covers have a gold illustration of a fork on the spine. The covers show general edgewear and light soiling. I have placed a fresh mylar jacket on this great old book. We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box! Munroe and Francis hardcover
1842CAT000020New York: Munroe & Francis 1842. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Rebacked with new leather spine and lettering piece over original cloth boards. Light dampstain to frontis scattered light foxing short section underlined in the intro a few dog eared pages but interior is generally bright and unmarked. xlviii 300 37 12 pages of ads. Lowenstein 248 Bitting 449 the 1839 edition.<br/><br/>The first edition was 1832 the Miss Leslie section was added the following year - contains a substantial carving guide with illustrations before the main section which is arranged alphabetically. <br/><br/> Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Cooking Wine & Dining. Inventory No: CAT000020. Munroe & Francis hardcover
183252838Munroe and Francis Boston 1832. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. A Boston Housekeeper Mrs. N.K.M. Lee. The Cook's Own Book: Being a Complete Culinary Encyclopedia Boston: Munroe & Francis 1832. 12mo first edition pp. xxxvi 300 full sheep probably a 20th-century binding gilt stamped lettering and rules to spine with endpages replaced and no half-title reverse of ffep preserving a gift inscription with another ownership signature on title page. Woodcut engraving showing how to break down an ox with the facing page giving prices of various cuts of meat. See Lowenstein American Cookery 160 and Cagle & Stafford 447. OCLC Worldcat locates several copies in American institutions but this first edition is scarce in the private marketplace the auction records showing that the last sale took place in 2008 $1800 at Swann gallery. Condition of this book: Very good and tight boards worn at extremities scattered light to moderate foxing. Size: 12mo. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; United States; 19th century; Cooking Wine & Dining. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52838. . Munroe and Francis hardcover
1842CAT000020New York: Munroe & Francis 1842. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Rebacked with new leather spine and lettering piece over original cloth boards. Light dampstain to frontis scattered light foxing short section underlined in the intro a few dog eared pages but interior is generally bright and unmarked. xlviii 300 37 12 pages of ads. Lowenstein 248 Bitting 449 the 1839 edition.<br/><br/>The first edition was 1832 the Miss Leslie section was added the following year - contains a substantial carving guide with illustrations before the main section which is arranged alphabetically. <br/><br/> Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Cooking Wine & Dining. Inventory No: CAT000020. Munroe & Francis hardcover books
B9783368170974Hardback. New. hardcover
ria9783368170974_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Reprint of the original first published in 1872. hardcover
18722547Boston: J. E. Tilton and Company 1872. Hardcover. Cream oilcloth covers. Very good. 202 pages. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. A comprehensive text on desserts sweets ice creams icesbrandied fruits and after dinner drinks - punches coffee chocolate tea lemonades liqueurs cordials and spirituous creams. Light foxing pages lightly toned. Book covered in what appears to be oilcloth. Bookplate of E.G. Frothingham Haverhill Mass. Previous owners stamp on front free end paper. BROWN 1503. <br /> J. E. Tilton and Company hardcover books
185750040Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son 1857. First Edition. Octavo 23.5cm.; tan wrappers printed within double rule; 19pp. Extremities toned and very slightly chipped faint ring stain to upper cover else Very Good and sound. Prospectus for a Society in Boston that the author proposed would supplement the foundations of the Smithsonian Institute and the diffusion of human knowledge. Contents include introductory remarks and four essays all signed "Franklin" at the end generally drawing on classical and European history as the source for the improvement of American government. The Society appears to have never been formed. Alfred Mudge & Son unknown
1870139249Boston: Faust's Statue 1870. plain softcover wrappers. Thomas Isaiah. 8vo. plain softcover wrappers. 24 pages. Facsimile edition. Sabin 70917. Wrappers with small dampstain spine worn. Contents in fine condition. Originally printed by Isaiah Thomas and E.T. Andrews in 1793. Printed on blue paper. Faust's Statue unknown
179317525Boston: Faust's Statue 1793. 1st Edition. . Paperback. Good. 24pp original paper wrappers Printed at Boston : by Isaiah Thomas and E.T. Andrews Faust's Statue no. 45 Newbury Street MDCCXCIII. 1793 24 pages ; 8 <br/> <br/> Faust's Statue paperback
