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185932929Boston: Fields Osgood & Co. Successors to Ticknor and Fields 1859. Clean contents with darkening to covers with some staining inked name and marks to upper front cover. Scarce. 32929. Octavo single issue printed wrappers. Features the first publication of the classic tale "The Wondersmith." This story is considered an early robot story. A toyshop owner plans to massacre thousands on the Christmas holiday by supernaturally animated small toy soldiers dolls and animals with small poisoned blades. This story influenced other writers and can be seen today in popular film such as Chuckie and others. Jessica Amanda Salmonson writes in her introduction to O'Brien's works ".O'Brien is the most important figure after Poe and before Lovecraft in modern horror literature. Fields, Osgood, & Co., Successors to Ticknor and Fields unknown
1813List1947Plymouth 1813. Plymouth Devon England: 21st July 1813. Folio 7 pages 13 1/8 x 8 ¼ inches duty blindstamp small ink stamp to upper inner margin of the first page two seals to the last page signed twice by Galindo. Toned some small repaired tears using reversible archival ph-neutral paper-repair tape very good to near fine. Very Good. An interesting document of privateering in the Peninsular war this ‘Public Instrument of Protest‘ documents a Portuguese captain and crew complaint in detail to an English notary. After sailing from Calcutta to Brazil and then from Rio to just outside of Lisbon their ship the 700-ton ‘Oceano’ was seized and comprehensively ransacked by a French privateer the ‘Lion’ out of Lorient. Most of the crew and passengers were offloaded onto a passing American vessel the ‘Leda’ bound for Lisbon. Meanwhile the ‘Lyon’ escorted her prize towards the nearest French port but before a friendly haven was reached they were both set upon by the brigantine HMS ‘Achates’. The ‘Lyon’ escaped but the ‘Ocean’ was captured by Commander Morrison and the ‘Achetes’. The ’Ocean’ was taken to Plymouth and moored in the Hamoaze. The remaining Portuguese crew who had been forced to remain aboard the ‘Ocean’ by the French got a message to the ‘Ocean’s Master Dn. Ignacio Joze Martins and he and the boatswain made their way to Plymouth as quickly as possible. The sworn statement presented here is in English thanks to the translation given by Francisco Martins d' Magalhaens master of a Portuguese ship “now dwelling in Plymouthâ€<br /> <br /> The ’Oceano’ sailed from Calcutta to Brazil arriving 10th February 1813. She left Rio on 4th April all was plain sailing until the afternoon of the 7th June off the Rock of Lisbon when the ‘Lion’ showed up first under false British colors then French. The fighting was fierce the privateer was driven off once but eventually the ‘Oceano’ was taken. The night of the 7th June was spent by the French ‘conveying everything Moveable and Valuable from the Ocean to the Privateer’. The ‘Leda’ the US vessel landed the majority of the ‘Ocean’s crew including the Master in Lisbon on the evening of the 9th June.Monday 14th June the ‘Lyon’ engaged in a running battle with HMS ‘Achates’ and escaped but the ‘Achates’ did capture the ‘Ocean’. Wednesday 16th June the ‘Ocean’ arrived in Plymouth under the watchful eye of the ‘Achates’. Receiving the crew’s message the Captain of the ‘Ocean’ left Lisbon for Falmouth and then Plymouth arriving on the 20th July. The document was dated 21st July 1813.<br /> <br /> Full transcription available. unknown
188135023Ottawa: Printed by MacLean Roger & Co. 1881. Original printed salmon wrappers stitched. 2 10 large folding map short closed tear 20 11 3 2 2 pp as issued. Vertical fold light edgewear. Very Good.<br /> offered with Booth C.J. President: THE CANADA ATLANTIC RAILWAY CO'Y. PROSPECTUS. Ottawa: 1889. 4 pp printed on rectos only. Caption title as issued. Pinned at upper blank corner and docketed in ink on final blank "Canada Atlantic RR Prospectus January 1889." Fine.<br /> <br /> The map in excellent condition is titled "Canada Atlantic Railway Map December 1881" accomplished by "Geo. Bishop & Co. Lith. Montreal." It measures 18" x 35" with the route of the railway; extensions and other railways also noted; other boundaries in green. All the documents creating the Company set forth in the title of the pamphlet are printed each individually numbered. The Railway as the Prospectus states "extends from Ottawa in a south easterly direction a distance of 142 miles and connects with the Central Vermont Railroad at the village of Alburgh Springs Vt. U.S.A."<br /> "The Canada Atlantic Railway CAR was a small regional railway created in 1880 by lumber baron John Rodolphus Booth. Initially planned as part of the transportation network for his vast lumber holdings the railway quickly grew into a general-purpose railway serving passengers and communities along the route. Booth's first target was to gain access to Vermont in order to connect with the Central Vermont Railway CV and further exploit the US markets" "Canada Atlantic Railway" Ontario Railways accessed at Canada-Rail website May 2018.<br /> As of January 2026 2026 we do not locate either of these documents-- or the map-- on OCLC. Printed by MacLean, Roger & Co. unknown
187615173Philadelphia: Everts Ensign & Everts. Good. 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Exterior shows signs of wear. Spine leather has tears with covers firmly attached. Edges rubbed includes spine ends and leather protected front corners. Gilt title on front cover. Green cloth has a few small cloth bubbles. First & last two pages have edge chips. Endpaper has tape & vertical creases. Color maps & engravings In VG condition & complete. N. Y. Atlas General InformationInformation; Color maps & ngravings; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 100 pages . Everts, Ensign & Everts hardcover
193242466Berlin: Carl Sabo 1932. First edition. Softcover. vg. Folio 12 x 9". Unpaginated. 8pp. Original illustrated wrappers with black and white lettering to covers.<br /> <br /> This 8-page pro-Hindenburg political pamphlet was published after the first round of the 1932 German presidential elections March 13 and which saw no candidate obtaining an absolute majority of the votes cast though the incumbent President Paul von Hindenburg with 49.6% failed only by a narrow margin. <br /> <br /> Hindenburg was opposed to Adolf Hitler NSDAP who arrived second with 30.1% Ernst Thälmann KPD who made it to the third place with 13.2% Theodor Duesterberg Stahlhelm who arrived fourth with 6.8%. The lesser candidates gathered 0.3% of the votes cast. <br /> <br /> These were the second and final direct elections to the office of President of the Reich Reichspräsident Germany's head of state under the Weimar Republic. Under the Weimar system the presidency was a powerful office. <br /> <br /> Hindenburg who deeply distrusted and personally detested Hitler had been motivated to run for a second term primarily by a desire to stop Hitler from winning the presidency. Nevertheless following his re-election Hindenburg failed to prevent the Nazis from assuming power. Two successive federal elections left the Nazis as the largest party in the Reichstag and anti-democratic parties in control of a majority of its seats. Under this political climate Hindenburg reluctantly appointed Hitler as Chancellor of Germany on January 30 1933.<br /> <br /> This pamphlet titled "Erwachen." Awakening is profusely illustrated with numerous duo-tone photogravures and illustrations by C. Vogt depicting a character named Michel asleep dreaming and waking up to a better and safer Germany with Hindenburg. The last page contains the following warning: "Get rid of radicalism! Do not leave the helm of the state to the inexperienced! Your vote only for Hindenburg."<br /> <br /> Text in German. Wrappers and interior in very good condition. Carl Sabo unknown
1959063519Lancaster Kutztown Collegeville PA: Pennsylvania Folklife Society 1959. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Partial run of Volumes 10 1959 through 42 1993 of Pennsylvania Folklife the influential periodical that began as the Pennsylvania Dutchman in 1949 and ceased publication in 1997. All volumes are custom-bound in dark blue cloth-effect boards lettered in gilt on spine panels two and occasionally three volumes bound in one thus 34 volumes bound in 16 approx. 130 issues total. Most volumes consist of four quarterly issues three in some years five in others during the '60s that included an unnumbered 5th "Folk Festival" issue. Lacks Vols. 9 1958 43-46 1994-97 for completion and of course Vols. 1-8 when still published as Pennsylvania Dutchman. The entire set is essentially Fine/as issued ideal for a reference library and historical society collections. Pennsylvania Folklife Society Hardcover
1938010268NY: New York Historical Society. First edition. Finely bound half-bound leather. Published NY: New York Historical Society 1938. 8vo. 7 1/2" x 10 1/2" xxvi246pp. "with 154 illustrations from photographs taken by the author in the years 1897-1901." Half-bound brown Morocco leather with raised bands gilt titles and spine decorations and brown linen cloth over boards marbled endpapers preliminaries on laid paper top edge gilting printed on bright coated paper. Presentation copy to the Veterans of the Seventh Regiment by the New York Historical Society with presentation bookplate on pastedown. At the turn of the 20th Century James Reuel Smith made bicycle excursions across New York City photographing and chronicling its springs and well. In 1938 three years after his death the New York Historical Society published this volume of his pictures and observations. Wear to the leather at the edges some rub at the spine mild creasing to a few page corners Veterans of the Seventh Regiment stamp on pastedown along with the same text handwritten boldly in marker else a near fine example of a scarce book. Clean and bright crisp attractive. . Very Good Plus. Half-Leather. 1st. 1938. New York Historical Society hardcover
1865678Annapolis 1865. Folded sheets with original envelope. Near fine with original envelope. Incredible 6 page manuscript letter from a Civil War Chaplain posted at Annapolis discussing St. John's College Hospital Chapel visiting hospitals and the work of the U.S. Christian Commission in Annapolis during the war.<br /> <br /> Partial transcript: <br /> "At 2 P.M. I preached in St. Johns College Hospital Chapel & there visited some of the wards. In the evening we had preaching in the U.S.C.C. Chapel Tent which is my headquarters at College Green Barracks.Annapolis is or course a secesh town. The churches were nearly broken up by the war but now begin to look more flourishing. There is a large Episcopal Ch. here pastor of wh. is a Chaplain in hospital & a very nice sort of fellow."<br /> <br /> An unusually descriptive letter from a young man stationed at Annapolis and serving as a chaplain at the College Green Hospital Chapel. Van Wagenen survived the war but died in New York in 1866. unknown
195617143Detroit: U. S. Lake Survey. 1956. Flexible covers. Very Good. Boards creased and darkened and with light rubbing to extremities. ; 8vo; Sheet 1700-1848 pages . U. S. Lake Survey unknown
8vo., First Edition, with plates, double-page map in the text and endpapers maps; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with an anchor motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, in custom-made-slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Vivid account of the chase by the well-known broadcaster (who served as a sub-lieutenant in TARTAR during the action). Particularly good on the resistance-sourced intelligence of BISMARCK's from Norway. Includes a bibliography. Enser, p.59; Law, 0251.
8vo., First Edition, with double-page map; handsomely bound in navy blue full morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, blue silk marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The finest novel of the Royal Navy in WWII and a maritime classic. The story, based upon the author's own experiences, formed the basis of Charles Frend's notable feature film starring Jack Hawkins in one of his most memorable roles. So accurate is its depiction of the Battle of the Atlantic that it is one of the very few works of fiction admitted by Law to his standard bibliography 'The Royal Navy in World War Two'. Law, 1865
1931021122Garden City: NY: Crime Club Doubleday 1931. First edition so stated. Black cloth with bright red lettering top block edges dyed red a fine copy in a beautiful dust jacket with no rips or tears. A splendid copy. Unusual in that there is a 4 page insert on bright red paper giving a brief description and a location map! The 4th Lt. Valcour title. "An extortionist's note demanding $20000 in cash and threatening the kidnapping of Kate Willett's two mentally unbalanced sons sent Lieutenant Valcour rushing up to the Willetts' Adirondacks camp. There death struck with slashing suddenness while Valcour was talking to young Arthur Willett who was sprawled on a sofa smoking a cigarette. Listening to the crackling roar of flames in the fireplace Valcour detected the odor of burning cloth. He glanced at Arthur to find the cigarette lying in Arthur's lap and Arthur's chin slumped on his chest. Valcour rushed to his side and in stunned amazement stared at the dark mark where a bullet had entered Arthur's skull!." -- Publisher This copy although not marked as such comes from the auction of the Gary Groton Crime Fiction collection of detective fiction. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Kauffer E. McKnight. Book. Crime Club Doubleday
2010149731FL: M & K Publishing. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Cellophane on the front and the spine of . the dust jacket is crinkly dust jacket spine is also sun faded. 2010. Hardback. 0615413757 . Signed and inscribed by the author ; 384 pages . M & K Publishing hardcover
162921438Lugd. Batav. (Leyde), ex officina Elzeviriana, 1629 ; in-24 (108 mm), vélin rigide de l’époque, titre manuscrit au dos ; [16], 498 pp., [1] f. de Privilège, titre gravé illustré de blasons.
188122933BLAIN 1881-1898 -in-folio pleine toile un registre (fort volume), reliure pleine toile grise in-folio(39,3 x 26 cm), RELIURE D'EPOQUE, dos long muet (spine without title and without raised bands), plats muets, noté : "LIVRE DE MARQUE APPARTENANT A LOUIS LEBEAU FORGERON A BLAIN." à l'encre brune au dos de la première de couverture, Registre Manuscrit à l'encre brune, sans pagination (174 pages), 1881-1898 A BLAIN (LOIRE-INFERIEURE) ,
243866Paris, Proux, Dentu, 1848 5 vol. in-8, demi-basane verte, dos à nerfs, filets et pointillés dorés Rousseurs. Les tomes 1 à 4 sont des reliures à l'imitation, le tome V en reliure de l'époque.
197045516South Carolina Tricentennial Commission. G/NONE. 1970. Hardcover. Hardcover 3-volume set in slipcase; authorized by the South Carolina Tricentennial Commission to record the visual cultural history of South Carolina 1670-1970. Light cover shelfwear to each volume small spots on some volumes with larger spots on architecture volume and to black cloth slipcase light scuffing scratching spotting. Previous owner's name on pastedown of each volume with long description by owner of one image in architecture volume . Scarce in this format. ; . South Carolina Tricentennial Commission, hardcover
187717628Philadelphia: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Very Good. 1877-85. First Edition. Hardcover. ; Gff; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 3617 pages . The Historical Society of Pennsylvania hardcover
1892016610Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Company 1892. Very Good condition but for short tears at 3 or 4 of the map folds which have been neatly reinforced with archival tape on the blank side. SEE PHOTOS. A very attractive well preserved copy. 60 pages of text including brief information on 78 railroads a detailed 39-page index and ads for Rand McNally publications. Attached at the rear is a full color map that unfolds to 13'' wide by 21" tall. Bound in the publisher's tan-color stiff printed wraps. Cover title: Rand McNally & Co's Indexed County and Township Pocket Map and Shippers' Guide of New Jersey Showing in Detail the Entire Railroad System The Express Company Doing Business over Each Road and Accurately Locating All Cities Towns Post Offices Railroad Stations Villages Counties Islands Lakes Rivers etc Locating the Nearest Mailing Point of All Local Places; Designating Telegraph Stations Population is Given According to the Latest Official Census" i.e. 1890. 1st ed No additional printings listed. Stiff card covers. Very Good condition. 60 pages a full color fold-out map. Rand McNally & Company Paperback
190929979N Y N Y And Baltimore: Broadway Publishing Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 311 4 pages; Bound in red cloth with black lettering and embossed decorative designs a scarce adventure novel by Edwin Alberton. This work features José Gaspar known by his nickname Gasparilla supposedly lived c. 1756 1821 was a purported Spanish pirate the "last of the Buccaneers" who is claimed to have raided the west coast of Florida during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The volume shows light external age/wear and is solidly bound with clean pages. The book measures approximately 5 1/2" x 7 3/4" and contains 311 pages plus 3 pages of publisher's advertisements. Author may have been A E Phillips a druggist and bookseller. . Broadway Publishing Co. hardcover
185015401850 1 Première partie complète, 1 frontispice et 30 planches hors-texte. Seconde partie partielle, 27 planches hors-texte dont 5 de costumes. Nantes, Charpentier, 1850, in-plano relié demi-chagrin rouge, dos lisse orné (Alexandre Locard relieur à La Rochelle), fortes rousseurs aux planches.
1793007662Philadelphia: Benjamin Johnson 1793. Paperback. Good. 36 p.: illustration; 17 cm. Stitched. Wrapper included in page count. Woodcut illustration of "The Anatomy of Man's Body as governed by the Twelve Constellations." "David Jenkins" written in the margin of one page. Not in Early American Imprints or Morrison's Preliminary Check List of American Almanacs. One copy in WorldCat. This appears to be the earliest of the many almanacs for which Abraham Shoemaker provided calculations. Very scarce. In Good Condition: restitched at some point; loss at edges of front wrapper; old dampstaining heaviest on back wrapper and preceding leaf; loss at lower edge of back wrapper without loss of text; minor ink marks in a few margins; corners creased. Benjamin Johnson paperback
190212944New York 1902. 8pp. Illustrated. Folio. Original self wrappers stapled. Moderate staining and soiling old folds minor edge wear. Good condition. Illustrated with black & white photos and two maps one of holdings in Knox County Kentucky the other in the East Texas Oil Belt centered on Beaumont. The company -- miners and producers of crude lubricating and illuminating oils -- was incorporated in April 1901 under the state laws of Delaware. This prospectus solicited investors and presented its balance sheet and current activities listed officers and presented the "expert opinions" of geologist Major J.W. Otley the original surveyor of the Beaumont and other fields as to the worthiness of the company's properties at nearby Sour Lake Texas. No listings found on OCLC. A unique and early oil company prospectus with notable content on Kentucky and Texas oil. unknown
1900031999Lebanon East Greenville and Lititz PA: P. C. Croll/H. W. Kriebel/The Pennsylvania German/Penn Germania Publishing Co. 1900. Book. Very Good. Original Wraps. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Almost complete run of the pioneering journal The Pennsylvania German uniformly bound in decorated wraps variously paginated 107 of 110 issues lacking 2.3 3.2 and 7.8 for completion. All issues complete and intact except for the following: 7.2 lacks front cover 10.2 replacement covers 10.6 lacking both covers. Most issues show modest handling/shelf wear with the inevitable spine chipping typical of this issue a few other issues with loose or detached but present covers; condition ranges Fair on issues just noted to Near Fine most at least VG many VG to Near Fine. Vols. I-VI issued quarterly 4/year Vol. VIII in 8 issues Vols. VIII-XII issued monthly 12/year Vol. XIII w/ 12 issues in 10 Vols. XIV XV each in 3 issues thus 110 issues total. Vols. XIII-XV otherwise numbered as New Series Vols. I-III. Early issues royal 8vo later issues 4to. Initiated in Jan. 1900 by Rev. Croll The Pennsylvania-German was taken over by H. W. Kriebel and issued in a slightly taller format commencing with Vol. VII in 1906 changing format again beginning with Vol. XIII New Series Vol. I. Meant to capitalize upon the wide-ranging interest in the Pennsylvania German Society annual volumes begun in 1893 The Pennsylvania-German initiated a new era in ethnic identity and offered a variety of both entertaining and scholarly articles focusing on various aspects of PA German folklife. Scarce in any form rarely offered complete. P. C. Croll/H. W. Kriebel/The Pennsylvania German/Penn Germania Publishing Co. Paperback
189017657Washington D. C.: E. Robinson. Very Good. 1890. First Edition. Map. Each map is backed by cardboard & encased in clear wrap. ; Original antique maps: each is 30 1/2" x 21". Cadastral type maps. Includes Outline & Index Map of Essex County; East Orange--Plates #1 #2 #3 & #4; Orange-- Plates #6 #8 & #9; West Orange--Plates #11 #12 #13 & #14; Montclair--Plate #17 ; Bloomfield--Plate #22 & #23; Franklin-- Plate #24; Irvington South Orange & Vailsburgh -- Plate #34; Clinton South Orange --Plate #35; Millburn Wyoming --Plate #37. All in VG condition: some with light age toning at edges. Clear wrap has a tear on Plates #1 #23 #24 not affecting the integrity of the maps. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 20 pages . E. Robinson unknown
