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19231511111923. BOSTON VARNISH COMPANY. Kyanize: the highest grade varnishes and enamels in the World. 40 pp. Illustrated with 75 paint and varnish samples 8 varnished wood samples on one leaf and colour illustrations throughout. Oblong 4to. 155 x 245 mm bound in original embossed black and gold post binder. Boston Chicago San Francisco: Boston Varnish Company 1923. First Edition of this catalogue providing an excellent historical reference for the colour schemes of stains varnishes and paints for finishing Jazz Era home interiors and exteriors as well as automobiles. The Boston Varnish Company was founded in 1900 by James B. Lord one of the early leaders in the New England coatings industry. The samples and illustrated colour schemes show Kyanize enamels for exteriors floor finishes and furniture; Celoid finish for artistic and sanitary floors; Kyanize varnishes for woodwork and architectural details; early automobile paints in many colours and much more. With coloured advertisements and images of can labels. unknown books
1849List1801Boston: Anti-Slavery Bazaar 1849. Small broadside measuring 7 ¾ x 4 ½ inches printed on green wove paper. Some creases and a small tear at margin near fine. Near Fine. The American Anti-Slavery Society hosted annual bazaars which served as fundraisers with money going to supporting the National Anti-Slavery Standard newspaper. Many women were involved with the event and sold abolitionist items. Offered here is one such piece of ephemera from the 1849 fair a poem written by an unknown author with the pen name “M.†The poem was featured in the poetry section of The Liberator January 26 1849 Vol. XIX. No. 4. with the description “The two following poetical effusions were written for the Anti-Slavery Bazaar In Faneuil Hall by friends of freedom in the old world.†<br /> It reads:<br /> <br /> Ye friends of liberty all hail!<br /> May your endeavours never fail<br /> In freedom’s sacred cause!<br /> May blessings e’er attend your course<br /> In striving to uproot all force<br /> And stern oppression’s laws!<br /> Yours is a noble task my friends!<br /> And God his gracious favor lends<br /> To speed ye on your way<br /> Until you reach the blessed goal<br /> When ev’ry dark benighted soul<br /> Shall hail bright freedom’s ray.<br /> Oh! may he speed the time when all<br /> Their fellow-men shall brethren call<br /> And the deep wrong remove<br /> When the dark chains of slavery<br /> Give place to sacred liberty<br /> And bonds of holy love!<br /> Oh! it were happiness to bind<br /> In such bright chains all human kind<br /> And set each captive free;<br /> For when oppressions all shall cease<br /> And this fair world be fill’d with peace<br /> Like Heav’n on earth ‘twill be!<br /> <br /> A very nice example of the anti-slavery movement during this period. Uncommon with one copy appearing at auction and none listed in OCLC. Anti-Slavery Bazaar unknown
1901ZB445353Boston Cooking School 1901-1911. volumes 6-15 bound in mid-20th century buckram with most front covers retained ex library else texts clean & bindings tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Boston Cooking School hardcover
81353Barba Paris, Barba, 2 volumes, 1810, pleines reliures d'époque, 17x10.5cm, 12 gravures H.T., xij (avertissement, discours préliminaire -pour les 2 volumes-), 310 p., 331 p., des trous de ver et des épidermures sur la reliure, coins émoussés, des rousseurs sur les toutes premières pages de chaque volume, intérieur propre pour le reste.
18966716Boston: winter 1896. Octavo-sized correspondence record book 22.5 x 15 x 8 cm. bound volume of one hundred forty-three letters mounted on stubs. Mrs. Francis Blake wife of the physicist and inventor of telephone fame see DAB gave a small ‘dancing’ party for the ‘A’ list of Boston society. Participants were to depart from the Columbus Ave. station and return to the Huntington Ave. station 1:45 AM via private train. The original engraved invitation precedes the individual acceptance and rejection few letters which are divided by sex. A complete list of attendees is included as is the handwritten menu perhaps a contract with notes on what was to be supplied by the caterer Joseph Lee and what by Mrs. Blake. The stationery includes many addresses on Beacon Hill as well as the Porcellian Club Somerset Club Hasty Pudding Club etc. Some wear to the binder and to some of the correspondence at folds or at the edges. Generally near very good. A stationer’s - Shipman - adhesive half-leather letter file book. winter hardcover
177135252Boston: Printed by Edes & Gill In Queen-Street 1771. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Stitched wraps. Approx. 8" x 5". 2 79 pages. Black thick paper covers. Two punch holes on the left edge. Spine is chipped with small tears. Light toning and damp staining to the text. Title page has a black border with skull and cross bones illustration at the top of the page. Scarce 12 copies located in OCLC as of 11/23. <br /> <br /> Evans 12080. Sarah Prince Gill was an Evangelical and organizer of Women prayer groups in Boston. She also was a Patriot. Gill married Moses Gill a merchant and politician from Massachusetts. The Colonial printer John Gill was the brother in law to Sarah Gill. <br /> <br /> AI generated: An Eighteenth Century imprint with a skull and bones illustrated title page is commonly referred to as a "memento mori" imprint. Memento mori is a Latin phrase meaning "remember that you will die" and it refers to artistic or literary works that serve as a reminder of the inevitability of death. The skull and bones illustrated title page was a popular motif during the 18th century often used in books and other printed materials to symbolize mortality and the transience of life. Printed by Edes & Gill, In Queen-Street unknown
178726593Boston 1787. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". 18 leaves each with vertical columns. 20 pages are completed in manuscript. Plain contemporary wrappers with inner margins and spine reinforced by tape; wrappers separated from text and the leaves are loose. Else lightly worn and Very Good. <br/><br/> This list of county taxpayers has names of more than one hundred residents; tables report their personal and real property assessments and their poll real estate and personal property taxes paid. A few of the people were Ebenezer Hancock younger brother of John Hancock and Deputy Paymaster-General of the Continental Army; Thomas Pemberton antiquarian and historian of the Revolution; James Tewksbury who had been a Minute-Man; Dr. Amos Winship a naval surgeon and acquaintance of John and Abigail Adams; Samuel Austin a Boston selectman in 1774. unknown books
178726656Boston 1787. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". 18 leaves each with vertical columns. 22 pages completed in manuscript. Plain contemporary wrappers inner margins and spine reinforced by tape; wrappers separated from text several leaves loose. A clean and Very Good text. <br/><br/> This list of county taxpayers has names of more than one hundred residents; tables report their personal and real property assessments and their poll real estate and personal property taxes paid. Some well-known Revolutionary figures include Major William Bell Captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company; Benjamin Austin political writer; Jonathan Loring Austin secretary to the Massachusetts Board of War until October 1777; Capt. Nathaniel Goodwin of the 1st Plymouth Co. Regiment; and Dr. Thomas Welch one of the founders of the Massachusetts Medical Society and a surgeon in the Continental Army. Also listed are Dr. James Pecker first vice-president of the Massachusetts Medical Society and Dr. Joseph Whipple also a founder of the Massachusetts Medical Society. unknown books
184037606Boston: S.N. Dickinson 1840. Folio printed broadside 11-1/4" x 18-1/4." Printed in two columns: the left column prints the communication from S.N. Dickinson publisher of the Boston Almanac; the right column prints information about town officers post offices travel banks lawyers public houses physicians churches and other data; seeks confirmation of its accuracy and any additions. Old folds and light foxing Very Good.<br/><br/> Samuel Nelson Dickinson the Almanac's publisher writes "The object of this communication is the future improvement of the BOSTON ALMANAC." The Almanac though deserving "the highest praise" seeks to do even better. Hence to assure accuracy of information he has sent this rare broadside inquiry to representatives of the Massachusetts towns. He asks them to "fill up all the blanks and return the document to the subscriber." <br/>Not located on OCLC or the AAS web site as of May 2021. S.N. Dickinson unknown books
18966716Boston 1896. A bound volume of autograph letters with the invitation and autograph menu. Octavo 22.5 x 15 x 8 cm. bound volume of letters mounted on stubs. A superb record of the social grace of an era long gone. Mrs. Francis Blake wife of the physicist and inventor of telephone fame see DAB gave a small 'dancing' party for the society 'A' list of Boston. Participants were to depart from the Columbus Ave. station and return to the Huntington Ave. station 1:45 AM via private train. Also includes a complete list of the final attendees and a manuscript record of the menu and engraved invitation accompany the individual acceptance and rejection few letters. Very good; some wear to the binding. A stationer's Shipman adhesive half leather letter file book. hardcover books
187537864N. P. 1875 -1900. RAILROAD. Thirteen plate glass negatives portray engines from the short-line and short-lived Boston Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad. The narrow gauge railroad began taking passengers to and from East Boston and Lynn in 1875. At East Boston those wishing to continue to Boston proper took a ferry across the harbor. The railroad ceased operations in 1940 following a decrease in ridership after the Great Depression and the rise in the automobile. The railway was known for its “Mason Bogie” steam engines also nicknamed “Coffee roasters.” Plates are in varying conditions; some show little rubbing and others are quite distressed. Photograph numbering is arbitrary.Slides depict Engines 3 4 5 9 12 and 19; several are duplicate or very similar: 1. Engine #3 “Jupiter” Left 3/4 view. 1877. Copy by J. Foster Adams 2. Engine #4 On passenger train @ Revere Beach found in Fred Kyper collection 3. Engine #5 “Leo” Right 3/4 view from the rear 4. Engine #9 @ East Boston Right 3/4 view “copied by Dad from one of his pictures” 5x7” 5. Engine #9 in East Boston Passenger Yard right side view “copied and taken by Dad” 5x7” these 2 in same envelope 5x7” 6. Engine #9 East Boston Passenger Yards Right 3/4 view 7. Engine #9 East Boston Passenger Yards Right 3/4 view enlarged image. these 2 in same envelope3.5 x 4.5” 8. Engine #9 “ 9. Engine #12 East Boston Roundhouse right 3/4 view found in Norton D. Clark Collection 10. Engine #12 Same as above with two crew members 11. Engine #19 No Train Right 3/4 view 3 crew 3.5 x 4.5” 12. Engine #19 Same larger 5 x 7” labeled 425 on envelope and plate itself 13. Engine #19 Same 5 x 7” quite distressed. Two of these images appear in books Boston Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad by Robert Liljestrand and David Sweetland and Narrow Gauge to Boston by Frank Kyper. We are offering these books in as new condition along with all the glass plates. The photo with Engine #19 has also been found online. A wonderful collection of railroadiana. unknown
1890227691890. Chinese American Boston Chinese American cabinet card circa 1890s a formal studio portrait produced during the height of the Chinese Exclusion era. Created in Boston around or shortly after the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act the photograph provides evidence of Chinese American presence in New England and self-representation in the diasporic community through dignified and professional portraiture despite legal and social marginalization.<br /> <br /> Chickering Elmer. Chinese American man portrait. Boston: Elmer Chickering Studio circa 1890s. Albumen cabinet photograph mounted on original cardstock. The sitter is depicted in a composed frontal pose wearing a dark high-collared suit associated with middle-class professional attire of the period with a carefully styled mustache and direct gaze. The photograph conforms to late 19th-century studio conventions in lighting posture and presentation aligning the subject visually with the formal portrait norms of Boston society clientele typically served by Chickering's studio. The mount verso bears the printed mark "The Original Chickering Photographic Studio" identifying the maker as an established Boston portraitist known for photographing actors public figures and affluent patrons. The choice of studio and format indicates intentional participation in mainstream visual culture positioning the sitter within a framework of dignity and social assertion.<br /> <br /> Produced during a period when Boston's Chinese community was small and concentrated in the South Cove now Bay Village this portrait is especially significance by its timing amid exclusionary federal policy and local discrimination. Chinese Americans in the Northeast during the late 19th century are infrequently documented in formal studio settings particularly by high-profile commercial studios. The photograph contributes to the limited visual record of Chinese American life in the region illustrating both the constraints of the exclusion era and the presence of individuals navigating and asserting identity within those conditions. Minor edge wear to mount; image clear with strong tonal contrast. Overall very good condition. A significant example of Chinese American studio portraiture in the late 19th-century United States. unknown
199765956Massachusetts Historical Society Boston 1997. Hardcover. Used - Good. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society 1859-1997 some volumes are 19th century reprints. Various paginations illustrated. About 9 x 6" gold lettered brown cloth. Lacking volumes 2 1835-55 14 1875-6 18-19 1880-2 2d series 1 1883-5 6 1890-1 8 1892-4 18 1904-5 volume 41 1907 & 86 1974. Extensive compilation of scholarly articles by Massachusetts Historical Society members. Mixed set few volumes have library marks frayed spine tips shaken most appear unused overall very good set with some bookplates & signatures. Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston hardcover
7910Contenant des observations importantes relatives à ces contrées,& un mémoire sur les maladies les plus connues à Saint Domingue,leurs remèdes,& le moyen de s’en préserver moralement et physiquement,avec des anecdotes familières qui n’avaient jamais été publiées,le tout rédigé & mis au jour d’après un grand nombre de manuscrits par M.Nougaret. In 8 reliure cartonnée postérieure, avec étiquette de titre imprimée,emboitage cartonné,bordé de cuir fauve.Titre,507 pages,(Mal chiffré 407) A Londres,Paris chez Jean François Bastien 1788.Edition originale rare publiée par Pierre jean Baptiste Nougaret neveu de l’éditeur.Informations intéressantes sur Porto-Rico, Curaçao,La grenade,Les Bermudes,et le nouveau Mexique,ainsi que sur Saint Domingue,La Martinique, Boston, New-York,Lima,Valparaiso.. Petites traces d’humidité en fin de volume,sans gravité.
1977122334455770The sole UK edition privately printed by Sebastian Carter at The Rampant Lions Press Cambridge in 1977. The BOOK is in Very Good or better condition. One of only 750 copies issued. Wraps with printed decorated card covers and a white title label to the front cover. A thin strip of fading of the salmon colouring at the spine. Some very light spotting to the title page and a very slight crease to the lower corner of some pages otherwise a lovely copy. Inscribed by the author on the title page : 'Nan with love from Lucy'. The recipient was the celebrated artist Nan Youngman. Loosely inserted is the Rampant Lions Press flyer. A collection of 25 Poems beginning with 'The Fountain' and ending with 'Farewell to the Trappist' published when the author was 85 years old. The book is protected in an archival folder. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. Privately printed by Sebastian Carter at The Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge
2000003907Wilmington North Carolina : Coastal Carolina Pr 2000. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 2000 B00K: Fine/As New/ . B00K: Fine/As New/ 1445.67 1928556035 Sink or Swim: African-American Lifesavers of the Outer Banks; Carolina Young People; SIGNED Weatherford Carole Boston Coastal Carolina Press NC 2000 Second Edition Light And Dark Blue Spine With Title In White And Black Letters Soft Cover B00K: Fine/As New/ 88 Numbered Pages That Were Lightly Read And Are Clean And Tight To The Spine Slightest Of Edge And Shelf Ware Gift Inscription On The Title Page Signed By The Author In Black Ink. = Description Applies To This B00K Only. = This Author Signed Book Has A Special Significance Is Hard To Find Will Be Packaged And Shipped = Carefully To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection Or As A Gift For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING AVAILABLE. == California State Law Now Requires The Following Notice Be Given: == Seller Did Not See And Was Not Present When This Item Was Signed. No Certificate Of Authenticity Is Included In This Sale/Purchase Price. If You Would Like A Certificate Of Authenticity You Can Obtain One At Your Own Convenience And Expense Which Is Not Included In The Purchase Price Of This Item. == <br/> <br/> Coastal Carolina Pr paperback
1773018505Edinburgh: John Gray. Full leather. vi 408 pp. First two blanks with slight loss along edges from worming one contents leaf missing previous owners' names in ink dated 1790 on the final blank slight foxing else Good. Extremely rare with the World Catalog locating only three copies at libraries. Boston was a notable Scottish divine at Simprin Berwickshire and Ettrick. . Good. Hard Bound. First Edition. 1773. John Gray unknown
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original pictorial wrappers. Demy 8vo. (22 x 15 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 59 p., 23 unnumbered b/w plates. Occasionally fading on pages. Otherwise a very good copy. First edition of this extremely rare first science fiction book discusses the biological probability of the possibility of life on planets in the Solar System, with semi-fictional texts, in the light of scientific knowledge at the time of publication. Osman Nuri Eralp was a Turkish veterinarian and microbiologist. Eralp was born in Istanbul in the Ottoman Empire. He completed his university education at "Mekteb-i Tibbiye-i Mülkiye" which was the medical school of Darülfünun [i.e. House of Multiple Sciences, name of Istanbul University in Ottoman era]. To continue studying for a post-graduate qualification, he attended Sorbonne and Pasteur Institute. After graduation, he worked as a veterinarian while continuing his research studies. After the declaration of the Constitutional Regime in 1908, he worked as a full-time academic at Istanbul University and Ankara University. He lectured on histology and embryology. Eralp contributed notably to the field of bacteriology via his research on microorganisms (tuberculosis, anthrax, cholera, syphilis, gonorrhea), and the field of virology by his research on rinderpest. He wrote the first science fiction book in Turkey titled "Baska dünyalarda canli mahlûkât var midir" [i.e. Are there alive creatures in other worlds?]. (Wikipedia). Özege 1712.; TBTK 10040.; Not located in OCLC.
awd-1062Huile sur papier végétal, datée 1995 et monogrammée en bas à droite (135/83 cm). t
1861M12986Boston:: David Clapp 1861. 1861. 8vo. 36 pp. Original printed wrappers; creased top right corner chipped spine wear. Very good. FIRST EDITION. "When some time since we had occasion to allude to the fact that ether had proved fatal in a number of instances the announcement was received with much surprise and more than one incredulous correspondent was moved to inquire on what authority the statement was made. The authority was given and reference was made to twenty-five cases that up to that time had been reported. The Boston Society for Medical Improvement soon after appointed a committee to report 'on the alleged dangers which accompany the inhalation of the vapor of sulphuric ether' and recently this committee discharged their obligations in a lengthy and very elaborate report. That they have had 'unequalled facilities' for collecting material this document bears the most unequivocal evidence; and in this respect it may be considered complete. .The report. . . consists of two portions the text and an appendix of forty-one cases of alleged deaths by ether upon which the conclusions of the committee are based. The profession is under great obligations to the Boston Society for instituting this investigation and to the committee for the unwearied zeal they have manifested in the collection of evidence upon the subject of their repot" AMT p. 308. REFERENCES: "Ether as an Anaesthetic." American Medical Times. Nov. 9 1861. 308-316 pp. See: John Farquhar Fulton Madeline Earle Stanton The Centennial of Surgical Anesthesia. An annotated catalogue of books and pamphlets bearing on the early history of surgical anaesthesia VII.33. Locations: American Antiquarian Society UCLA Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. David Clapp, 1861. unknown books
18092212260018Boston: Edward Cotton 1809. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo original marbled stiff wrappers 168 pp. Includes map. Some toning offsetting. Minor splitting at wrap hinge. Listings for John Quincy Adams Paul Revere John Hancock etc. Edward Cotton hardcover
2011x-1461380472Springer Verlag 2011. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 879 pages. 10.50x8.00x1.75 inches. Springer Verlag paperback
1860WRCAM55041Boston: Damrell & Moore and George Coolidge 1860. xiii19-204301-522pp. as issued pp. 205-300 purposely omitted in the pagination plus folding map and 10pp. including pastedowns of advertisements printed on blue and yellow paper. Quarto. Original three-quarter leather and pictorial paper boards spine gilt. Rebacked with most of original backstrip laid down. Boards rubbed and a bit stained. Very clean internally. Very good. "Illustrated Edition." 1860 Boston directory by the publishers of the Boston Almanac complete with a new plan of Boston engraved for the 1861 Almanac. The nearly 200-page section "Sketches of Boston and Vicinity" provides a detailed geographical historical and economic account of the Boston area and contains numerous engraved views and plans of churches schools places of amusement streets harbors etc. Hundreds of advertisements many illustrated accompany the directory. SPEAR p.57. Damrell & Moore and George Coolidge hardcover books
197700212063Cambridge UK: Privately Printed. Bound in salmon coloured limp wraps with abstract pattern and white title label to front cover this dated 1977 softcover Limited Edition of 750 is Fine. Privately printed by Sebastian Carter at The Rampant Lions Press Cambridge England. 31pp with 25 Poems beginning with The Fountain anf ending with Farewell to the Trappist. Condition as new! . Fine. Limp Wraps. Limited Edition. 1977. Privately Printed paperback
1791935P11Edinburgh: Alexa. M'Laren 1791. Leather. Good. 6.5" by 4". None. An early edition of this scarce religious work guiding the reader on how to live a pious and devout life. An early edition of this scarce work which was first published in 1773.By Thomas Boston this work is a religious text exploring what it means to be a true believer. The work is presented through several discourses all intended to promote the comfort and direction of Christians and to improve society.Boston was a Scottish Presbyterian church leader a man of singular piety who is best known for his 1720 work 'Human Nature in Its Fourfold State'. Including a soliloquy on the art of man-fishing. In a full calf binding. Externally a little rubbed. Minor bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of the spine. A few light marks to the boards. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean. Good Alexa. M'Laren hardcover
