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1844111111112001Knowles & Vose 1844. Leather. Good. Knowles and Vose; Providence 1844. Hardcover. A Good full leather binding with original leather boards and new leather spine two red labels with gilt lettering on spine some scuffing and discoloration to original leather boards rubbing to board edges wear to board corners age toning to original text block exposed corners fee scuff marks and soiled spots to text block edges previous owner embossed stamp on front free endpaper and previous owner ink handwritten name on title page few prelims and rear endpapers repaired with Japanese tissue reinforced front and rear hinges some discoloration and scattered foxing to front/back matters small chip upper corner pages 537-540 small crease upper corner page 505/506 small crease bottom corner page 531/532 faint moisture stain bottom text block corner without impact to text. A good and overall clean copy. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches 594pp. indexed. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. Knowles & Vose hardcover
294896Richmond: Thomas Ritchie. 8vo.; in half-calf over marbled boards; spine has perished and binding held together with old library tape; the Acts of Assembly are from 1824; 1825; 1826; 1827; 1828; Part II of 1829; the Acts of 1824 are lacking the Index to Part II. With the signature of Peter Poythress Batte of Peterburg; contains much on Rivers; Turnpikes; the James River Company.~~Not pretty to look at but contains a wealth of information about the laws of the Commonwealth in the early days of the Republic. Thomas Ritchie unknown
19812083002115801175Ehime Prefecture Assembly 1981. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Ehime Prefecture Assembly paperback
18441352931Providence: Knowles and Vose 1844. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; viii 594 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in full brown calf with red leather label to spine. Leather much scuffed with numerous small stains. Joints and hinges starting to crack. Minor chipping at head of spine. Annotations to front free-end page. Text block lightly age-toned and foxed. A few scattered ink annotations. Includes "An Act to Secure and Appropriate the Touro Jewish Synagogue Fund" at pp. 476-477. This act recognized the trust established by Abraham Touro to maintain the structure and grounds of what would become known as Touro Synagogue one of the oldest synagogues in the United States. 1352931. Special Collections - Downstairs. Knowles and Vose hardcover
1852196841852. Law Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia Passed in 1852 in the Seventy-Sixth Year of the Commonwealth. Richmond: William F. Ritchie Public Printer 1852. First Edition Hardcover with original half legal calf over marbled boards. 403 pages. Measures 6" x 9.5". Includes section on manufacturing and mining companies insurance banks claims towns schools and cities and how the Acts passed effect each. Also includes Virginia Bill of Rights at the back of the text along with an extensive index dealing mainly with tax. There is also an Act to suppress "Gambling by Negroes and White Persons together" which may have been an early manifestation of Separate but Equal. During the great age of expansion there is also abundant information on navigation companies steamship companies railroads and marine railways. Front board is cracked at gutter but still attached. Foxing on pages but cover is clean. All pages attached and textblock is tight. In very good condition. unknown
2013023620Ankara: TBMM Basin ve Halkla Iliskiler Müdürlügü Yayinlari 2013. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original bdg. HC. Large roy. 8vo. 25 x 17 cm. In Turkish. 10 volumes set: 8514 p. many documents. TBMM hükümetler programlari ve genel kurul görüsmeleri. 10 volumes set. Edited by Irfan Neziroglu Tuncer Yilmaz. Turkish Grand National Assembly Parliamentary Government Programs and General Assembly Meetings. A very heavy and oversize set. HISTORY OF TURKEY International relations Foreign affairs Republican Turkey Turkish Republic TBMM - TGNA Diplomacy Politics Political Politic history. <br/> <br/> TBMM Basin ve Halkla Iliskiler Müdürlügü Yayinlari hardcover
183912206<p>INTERESTING HAND-COLOURED FASHION PLATES</p><p>4 vols. large 8vo 2 ii 2 340; 2 ii 2 336; 2 ii ii 334; 2 ii ii 332pp. 46 wood engraved plates 42 fashion plates and 4 portraits plus 48 hand-coloured fashion plates contemporary half purple leather spines decorated in gilt in panels and with black labels patterned cloth on sides leather on spines faded to a light tan else very good.</p> [Printed by Joseph Rogerson] hardcover
19942080302106806866Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly 1994. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: B5 size 2224 pages Number of books: 1 Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly paperback
15181193<p><b>ROUX DE RO</b><b>CHEL</b><b>LE Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard 1762-1849. French Minister to the United States. CARUSI Gaetani. Proprietor of Carusi's Assembly Rooms. </b><i>Ball to Mr. Roux de Rochelle. </i>8vo broadside 7 7/8 x 5". N. p. n.d. Washington DC: March 15 1831. </p>An invitation for a "Miss Bell" to attend a ball "in honor of His Excellency M. Roux de Rochelle late Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in the United States from the King of the French" upon his recall to France. "When the foreign representative was recalled by his government the town meeting was convened at which the Mayor presided. A committee was formed to arrange to speechify and banquet him.At the ball the 15th the supper table was elegantly and abundantly supplied by Joseph Letourno the celebrated restaurateur for Letourno see David P. Shields <i>The Culinarians: Lives and Careers from the First Age of American Fine Dining </i>2017 pp. 77-80; and General Van Ness directed the flow of eloquences."-<i>Records of the Columbia Historical Society Washington D. C. </i>1919 edited by John B. Larner vol. 22 pp. 163-164. The influence of Gaetani Carusi was not only because of his ownership of the Assembly Rooms for more than four decades but also because of his skill as a musician having been a former U. S. Marine Band member about which see Jordan E. Kinsey <i>A Forgotten Legacy: The Impact of Gaetano Carusi and his Band of Italian Musicians on the American Concert Band </i>2017. Carusi was an Italian immigrant who left an indelible mark on the development of the American concert band. Carusi's Assembly Rooms functioned as a popular entertainment venue and music hall in early Washington. Carusi's hosted several inaugural balls from the administrations of President John Quincy Adams to President James Buchanan including William Henry Harrison. With a list of the names of the twenty-four managers headed by Van Ness 1769-1846 U. S Representative and Mayor of Washington DC. 1830-1834. An account of the ball was published as "The Complimentary Ball to M. Roux de Rochelle" in the Duff Green's <i>United States Telegraph </i>March 17 1831. Roux de Rochelle was the author of a popular history of the United States <i>États-Unis d'Amérique </i>Paris: 1838.
19902080302106806072Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly 1990. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 1635 pages Size: B5 size Number of books: 1 volume Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly paperback
1947293491NY: United Nations 19 20 May 1947. library binding. Good-. 356 pp 11 294 pp.maps noting the partition plans population distribution 1944provincial autonomy plan historical documentation of attempts to absorb refugees from Nazi Europe and restrictions pages are yellowing first few pages are brittle some have tears and separated from the book but all text present tiny library mark tp part three pages are yellowing first few pages separated from binding pages yellow but not brittle covers many aspects of Palestine economygeorgraphyhistory. popilationreligion health. land etc. library mark on spine and slight library mark Restricted A/AC.13/2 Summaries of all the documents recommendations proposals and annexes and maps.Restricted A/AC.13/3 selected excerpts from of official soruces such as Palestine Royal Comm Report A Survey of Palestine 1945/46 Statistical Abstract of Palestine 1944-1945 Report of the Anglo American Committee of Inquiry regarding the problems of European Jewry and Palestine Cmd 6808 dept of State Publ No 2536 for use by members of Special Committee of Palestine. United Nations unknown
13264P. Aucher-Eloy, 1827. 5 volumes in-8 (21/13cm). Plein veau olive de l'époque, dos lisses richement ornés, dentelles dorées et à froid estampées sur les plats.(Petite éraflure sur 1 plat).
Contains Acts relating to: Land Registry Ordinance; Justice of the Peace; Mineral Ordinance; Gold Mining; Municipality Act; Election of MLAs; Office of Sheriff; The Public School Act; Public Works Act; Drainage, Dyking, and Irrigation; Wild Land Tax; Road Ordinance; Election of MLAs; Gold Mining; Courts Merger; MPs ineligible to be MLAs; Fireman's Protection Act; Proof under Oath; Suits against the Crown; Supply of Water to Victoria; Land Ordinance, 1870; William Creek Fire Brigade; Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company (E&N), Incorporation of; Replevin; The Public Inquiries Aid Act; An Act to Secure Wives and Children; Indemnification of members of the Legislative Assembly; Asylums for the Insane; Rights of the Property of Married Women; Bills of Sale; The Constitution Act, 1871; Scale of Fees to be taken by certain officers; Agricultural Societies; Allowances to Jurors in Criminal Cases; the Legislative Assembly Privileges Act; Game Ordinance; Attorneys of the Supreme Court to be called to the bar of said court; The Homestead Ordinance; Defraying the expenses of civil government; Indemnification of Members of the Executive Council and others; Practitioners in the County Courts and other inferior Courts; Privileges of the members of the Legislative Assembly; An act to render legitimate, children born out of lawful wedlock. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Book
Features: The House of Death; In Mysterious Senoussi Lana - a story from the heart of the Sahara; Pietro's Lost Mine - fortune knocks on a gold prospector's door, only to vanish in a strange way; The Turk at Play - interesting pastimes, including camel-fighting!; The Undoing of Ba Tin - a curious story of murder from Burma as told by a high police official; Our Trek Beyond the Zambesi - Mrs. Maturin; An American Gretna Green - The Rev. A.H. Burroughs, the 'marrying person' of Tennessee; On the Shoals - a tale of desperate peril and splendid heroism on Lake Erie involving the steamer 'Clarion'; The Mountain of the Ark - a description of an ascent of Mount Ararat; Jim Christie and the Bear, by C.H. Gibbons of the Legislative Assembly, Victoria, B.C. - the story of an appalling adventure with a grizzly, the like of which does not exist in the annals of big-game hunting; My Wanderings in Crete; Professor C.H. Hawes studies head-forms and sets forth his experiences, incidentally describing some very curious customs which he encountered; Iveson's Trap - an extraordinary accident strikes a Yorkshire farmer while shepherding in Shunner Fell, Swaledale; Among Ryper and Reindeer in Norway - C.V. Pell hunts game and relates his experiences; Lighting a Bush Fire - an account of an experience in Victoria during the drought of 1898. Above-average wear. Covers holding but loosely. Bonus: Laid-in is a 2016 feature newspaper article on Jim Christie, who appears on the cover of this issue. The article includes an actual photo of the magazine we are offering. Magazine
Approximately 24 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Illustrations include: Ideal Type Male Collie - full profile view; Ideal Type Female Collie - full profile view; Correct Forequarter Assembly (viewed from the side); Correct Hindquarter Assembly (viewed from the side); Correct Front - superficial muscles of front - skeleton; Correct Rear - superficial muscles of rear - skeleton; The Front; The Rear; Superficial Muscles; Skeleton; Headstudy of Ideal Type of Collie; The Bite; Head Faults. Prior owner's small ink stamp inside front cover else unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
1894216911Sofia : Narodna Pechatnitsa 1894. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy bound in contemporary leather-backed marbled boards. Gilt blocking to spine. Minor library marks remain. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Front hinge starting. Pages lightly tanned as with age. Some minor edge tears to the first few pages - text unaffected. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Further scans images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 0 pages; Description: 1v. multiple paginations tables ; 32cm. Subjects: Bulgaria -- Politics and government -- Parliament -- 7th National Assembly 1863 -- Reports and minutes. Bulgaria -- History -- Sources -- 19th century. Language: Bulgarian. Sofia : Narodna Pechatnitsa hardcover
182676687Columbus Ohio: Geo. Nashee State Printer. Very Good. 1826. First Edition; First Printing. Leather. This book is hard-bound in a binding of contemporary leather with blind-tooling to the cover edges and with a gilt stamped black leather label on the spine. The covers show some light rubbing to the upper corners and spine-ends with the lower corners "chewed." The covers show some lgiht scuffing and toning. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and legible but with scattered foxing and toning/offsetting throughout. This book contains 3 separate title-pages "Acts of a General Nature Passed at the First Session of the Twenty-Fourth Generall Assembly" - " Acts of a General Nature Passed at the First Session of the Twenty-Fifth Generall Assembly" - And - Acts of a Local Nature Passed at the First Session of the Twenty-Fifth General Assembly of the State of Ohio Begun and Held in the Town of Columbus Dec. 4 1826 and the Twenty-Fifth Year of Said State. Vol XXV. Published By Authority; Printed By Geo. Nashee State Printer. Columbus Ohio. 1827. . Geo. Nashee, State Printer hardcover
185857010Charleston: Harper & Calvo Printers 1858. Paperback. Good. 40p. Partial wrapper lacking back cover. 23cm. Soft crease. Old paper and glue remnants along left side of front cover some lettering slightly obscured. Blank bottom corner of one leaf torn off. Cattered minor foxing. Contents sound and clean. First published in 1857. The author of this report and a minority of one was James Johnston Pettigrew 1828-1863. The question being considered was apparently whether South Carolina should revive the slave trade. Pettigrew argued against its revival although he was not against slavery. Pettigrew later served with distinction in the Confederate army rising to the rank of Brigadier General. He was killed in 1863 during the Confederate retreat from Gettysburg. Harper & Calvo, Printers paperback
185857010Charleston: Harper & Calvo Printers 1858. Paperback. Good. 40p. Partial wrapper lacking back cover. 23cm. Soft crease. Old paper and glue remnants along left side of front cover some lettering slightly obscured. Blank bottom corner of one leaf torn off. Minor scattered foxing. Contents sound and clean. First published in 1857. The author of this report and minority of one was James Johnston Pettigrew 1828-1863. The question being considered was apparently whether South Carolina should revive the slave trade. Pettigrew argued against its revival although he was not against slavery. Pettigrew later served with distinction in the Confederate army rising to the rank of Brigadier General. He was killed in 1863 during the Confederate retreat from Gettysburg. <br/><br/> Harper & Calvo, Printers paperback books
100 pages. Features: Fulbright Becomes a National Issue - Internationalism; On and Off Stage at the 16th U.N. Assembly - Eight photos including JFK addressing the assembly; Close View of the 'Nonaligned' - an analysis of the deeds and omissions of the Belgrade group of nations; Russia - What We Don't Know, by Leon Goure; West Berlin Waits, uncertainly; On Patrol with the Seventh Fleet - roving the reaches of the Pacific under conditions of 'special readiness'; How to Lose an Election; Hurricane and Hunters; The Actor's 'Method' - His Life, by Lewis Funke and John E. Booth; Why Men Race with Death - Robert Daley explains the homage some pay to 'the voracious god of fast cars' - article with photo of the Von Tripps crash which killed 13 spectators at Monza; Diamonds are a Boy's Best Friend - Business Agent Frank Scott helps baseball players maximize their income from endorsements - article with photo of Frank Scott between Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris; Fashion Photos - Taking Cover from the Weather; The State Department's Operations/Crisis Center; Conductor Aaron Copland - five photos; Art out of Anything; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Gently yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Book
179085504Paris: Gueffier 1790. First edition. hardcover. Ex-libris with white hand-painted call letters to spine foot institutional library bookplate to front paste-down circulation card and pocket to rear paste-down. Legitimately deacccessioned. Boards worn front board partially cracked but holding easily fixed; marbled surface fo front free endpaper is partially torn and removed approx. half lower; else sewn binding is tight and leaves clean. Overall about very good. Octavo in leather backed spine and marbled paper boards; approimately 720 pages and four supplements separately numbered from four to eight pages each. 19.5 cm. Rare. In French. French History. French Revolution. Finance Public -- France. Necker Jacques 1732-1804. France -- History -- Revolution 1789-1799 -- Finance confiscations etc. rench periodicals Early -- 1751-1800. France -- History -- 1789-1793. France. Assemblée nationale constituante 1789-1791 France. Assemblée nationale constituante 1789-1791; Revolution France: 1789-1799 History. Periodicals. Editors: Jean-Charles Poncelin de la Roche-Tilhac Martin & Walter.: France -- Politics and government -- 1789-1799 -- Periodicals. France -- History -- Revolution 1789-1799 -- Sources. France. Suppression de la garde royale & seigneuriale -- Mémoire important de M. Necker . sur l'état actuel de nos finances. Gueffier unknown
1820072306Albany NY: J. Buel 1820. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Reprinted by the State's appointed printer; each year is paginated individually and begins with an index of vote outcomes. Some toning evident in margins and whatever pattern was originally given the page block edges has worn to an uneven brown; the front endpaper has split along the hinge and there is some residue of a bookplate on the pastedown; the binding remains secure though with a short tear in the legal-yellow cloth along the left front two shallow depressions at the front foreedge wear to the cloth at free and bound corners and noticeable handling prints; decoration at the spine including the red and black leather labels for title and year shows concurrent wear including chipping of leather and flaking of the gilt borders on the leather; nonetheless designed to be sturdy and to maintain its dignity on the shelf in which endeavor it continues to succeed. 932pp A well-kept reprint of the climactic volume in the golden age "Colony of New York" series that preceded the popular multiverse crossover "Constitutional Convention" starring John A. Hancock and Benjamin Franklin Sr. Spoiler alert The letter at the end of March 1776 alludes to events in Boston and taxation problems but later popularizations left out the anger at British welcome of "popery" in Quebec the decline of the three-branch government and the action-packed amendment scenes in which representatives competed to restate portions of the bill with more negative superlatives.; Tall 4to. J. Buel hardcover
18002002270092Annapolis: Frederick Green 1800. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Volume II only. Bound in contemporary full calf with red and black spine labels. Solid binding and coer. ii viii 978 pages. Dampstaining along bottom edge at start of the volume. Evans 37894. <br> The first full compendium of Maryland laws subsequent to the colonial governments published by authority of the legislature. One notable Act from this volume is the establishment of the "University of Maryland." While called the University of Maryland this Act appears to have established present day St. Johns College in 1784. <br> Early Maryland signature of Zeb Zebulon Hollingsworth Jr. 1761 - 1836 of Elkton Cecil Co MD. Hollingsworth served as an Associate Judge for the Baltimore County Court 1806-1816. Later stamp of S.F. Bradford. Presumed to be Samuel Bradford father of the Civil War-era governor of Maryland. Annapolis: Frederick Green hardcover
1777059993Edinburgh: Alex. Kincaid And J. Dickson. 1777. Not Given . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. EDINBURGH : 1777 1793. Edinburgh : printed by Alex. Kincaid his Majesty's Printer M.DCC.LXXVII. Bound with Translations and Paraphrases in Verse of Several Passages of Sacred Scripture 1793. Hardback. Eighteenth century full brown calf-leather. Raised bands gilt lettered within gilt panels. Blind-ruled boards. Blind-stamped crest of 'New Gray Friars Church' to cover. Marbled end-papers. All edges gilt. Presentation page; 'Presented to the Session of the New Gray Friars Church by the Publishers'. Small binders label; 'Bound by Alex. Banks; Edinburgh'. Strong and sound; a nice copy. Tight bright and clean with moderate use. VERY GOOD. 284 iv 84 pages. Referenced by: English Short Title Catalog ESTCT182240. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. 8vo. Edinburgh: Alex. Kincaid. And J. Dickson. SCARCE. <br/> <br/> Alex. Kincaid [ And J. Dickson. ] hardcover
1866340581Providence: Providence Press Company 1866. Hardcover. Good. First edition. 36 4 827 2 pp. With two steel engraved frontispiece plates portraits. 25 cm. In contemporary black half leather and marbled paper boards marbled endpapers. A good copy with wear to the joints spine ends and board edges else very good. The text pages are clean and tight with some light staining. Providence Press Company hardcover
