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180228715London: Pub. for John Reeves pr. by W. Bulmer 1802. 8vo 24 cm 9.5". vi 694 pp. <br><br>There were minor differences between the Prayer Books of the Church of England and the Church of Ireland up until 1801 the year that the churches merged; the various 1801 BCPs were the first to use the "United Church" designation. John Reeves had been appointed king's printer in 1800 and edited his own version of the BCP of which this is the second edition; the separate title-page following the preliminary matter is dated 1801. That preliminary matter offering historical and liturgical commentary is extensive and interesting.<br>Â Â Â Â Fore-edge: This beautiful example bears a subtly shaded => fore-edge painting showing Westminster Abbey in the background behind a waterfront view with sailboats.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Full straight-grain dark olive green morocco covers framed in elegant feather and pearl twist gilt roll turn-ins with floral gilt roll. Stone-pattern marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Griffiths Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer 1802/1. Binding as above mild rubbing overall with some abraded areas consolidated joints and extremities subtly repaired aesthetically appropriate endbands supplied. Title-page with inked ownership inscription dated 1803 "The gift of my beloved husband." Intermittent faint spots of foxing mostly confined to early leaves. One inked marginal annotation in an early hand three psalms 14547 with small inked emphasis marks pages otherwise clean. Pub. for John Reeves (pr. by W. Bulmer) unknown books
180727530Dublin: George Grierson 1807. 12mo. 158 54 ff. <br><br>Irish BCP: Dublin edition from a prominent printing dynasty here with "A New Version of the Psalms." This 1807 issue is particularly uncommon with only one U.S. and one U.K. institution reporting holdings.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Front fly-leaf with inked inscription of William Johnston dated 1808 with subsequent later additions; outer closed edges with inked inscription of Charles Johnston dated 1823; pastedowns endpapers and some pages with additional Johnston inscriptions. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Griffiths Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer 1807/15; NSTC L1854. Contemporary leather covered over with paper some time ago; original leather much cracked and abraded paper darkened chipped and torn. Front hinge inside cracked; text block starting to pull away from spine with front fly-leaf separated and early leaves loosening. Pages lightly age-toned with occasional faint stains; a few pages trimmed very closely. Two dried flowers laid in. A much-loved much-used copy. George Grierson hardcover books
1929274680New York: James Pott & Company 1929. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Designed for use at the altar this is a neatly rebacked copy with the original spine laid down making this a very stable and secure binding. The first pages especially are soiled from use. There is a previous owner gift inscription dated 1932 on the endpaper. Very Good binding. James Pott & Company unknown books
197643539Cambridge MA: The Common Women Collective 1976. First Edition. 8vo pp. iii 114. Illustrated with drawings. Paper wraps. Bottom edge slightly stained a few marginal markings cover little creased and soiled o/w a VG tight copy. The Common Women Collective unknown books
1848016745St. Louis: St. Louis Court of Common Pleas 1848. Book. Very good condition. Unbound. First Edition. Tall folio. Large broadside 11-3/4" x 18-1/4" announcing an auction. It reads "Sheriff's Sale! Jonathan W. King Daniel W. Corwin and William M. Cones Partners &c. vs. John Abbott and John C. Chadwick. Attachment in the St. Louis Court of Common Pleas returnable to Sep't Term 1848 of said Court. No. 184 to said term. By authority of an order of sale made by the St. Louis Court of Common Pleas on the 20th day of September 1848 ordering and directing the undersigned late Sheriff of the county of St. Louis to sell the property attached in the above entitled cause in the manner prescribed by law. I will on Tuesday the 10th day of October next between the hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon and five o'clock in the afternoon of that day at the State Tobacco Warehouse on corner of Washington Av. and Sixth street sell the said attached property to the highest bidder for cash pursuant to said order of sale which said property consists of the following articles of Dry Goods to wit: 1 piece Black Coburg; 2 pieces Mode do.; 3 Embroidered Delane Shawls; 1 Black Berage Shawl; 2 Thibet Wool do; 1 Delane Mode do.; 1 Black Embroidered do.; 1 Satin Stripe Berage do.; 6 Doz Thimbles silvered; 1 piece Florence Silk; 1 do. Black Cotton Lace; 1 do. do. do. do.; 1 do. White Silk do.; 1 Box Laces; 1 do. do.; Ladies' Gloves Silk Picknit and Cotton; Lot Embroidered handkerchiefs; Braid; Gents' Gloves Silk and Cotton; Buttons; Velvet Ribbon; Tuck Combs; Coat Binding; Lot Berage Dress Shawls; Lot Cravats for Ladies; Swiss Muslins; and 1 Black Leather Trunk. Samuel Conway Late Sheriff. St. Louis Sep't. 1848." Folded into 10 sections with some wear to folds; several small tears at edges. Minor foxing throughout; two minor water-stain marks in margin just touching text each about 2 square inches. Ephemera Broadsides Western Americana. St. Louis Court of Common Pleas Paperback books
TM 767MEDIEVAL SERMON MANUSCRIPT IN A FIFTEENTH-CENTURY CHAINED BINDING CHAIN INTACT decorated manuscript on parchment in Latin Austria Vienna or Southern Germany c. 1275-1300. 182 x 127 mm. 190 folios complete written in a rapid Gothic hand with cursive influence in two columns of thirty-two to thirty-seven lines justification 141-143 x 96-100 mm. parchment ruled in brown ink quire signatures guide notes for rubrication red rubrics capitals and names of cited authorities stroked in red rhymed phrases underlined in red red paraphs two- to three-line plain red initials two-line red initial with pen flourishing in red f. 131v occasional scribal corrections and marginalia. BINDING: Fifteenth-century blind-tooled and -stamped red calf with eight engraved and bossed cornerpieces intact fore-edge clasp and chain hasp with intact chain with two manuscript fragments serving as front flyleaf and lower pastedown. Chained libraries were a late medieval solution to the problem of providing access to needed books in an institution while at the same time preventing theft and we can assume many late medieval volumes were once chained. Most however have been rebound or survive without the chain and other metalwork and intact chained bindings such as this one are uncommon. TEXT: This extensive collection includes more than one hundred sermons from the <i>Sermones de sanctis et de communi sanctorum</i> of the early Franciscan writer Conrad of Saxony d. 1279 together with his very popular text the <i>Speculum beatae Mariae virginis</i> all copied not long after their composition. This is however not simply a copy of Conrad's sermon cycle since some of his sermons are omitted and six sermons by contemporary Dominican authors Martinus Polonus Aldobrandinus de Calvacantibus and Antonius Azaro de Parma as well as eight sermons by unidentified authors were also included. It seems likely this is an example of a re-working of Conrad's texts for a Dominican audience who would have prized it as a preaching aid and for its pronounced Marian focus. Marginal annotations attest to the early use of these sermons most likely by preachers. PROVENANCE: Written in Southern Germany or Austria at the end of the thirteenth century as suggested by evidence of spelling script and decoration. Belonged to the Dominican house attached to the Church of St. Maria Rotunda in Vienna as indicated by two fifteenth-century inscriptions; here it was probably part of the house's chained library. Belonged to a Dominican convent at KosiÄe in present-day Slovakia as indicated by a sixteenth-century inscription. Belonged to Maurice Burrus 1882-1959 Alsatian philatelist; his ex libris on the front pastedown. CONDITION: Slight rust stains and corrosion in the outer margins of ff. 184-188 margins trimmed away overall in good condition. Full description and photographs available TM 767. books
185553636Peoria: printed by Benjamin Foster 1855. First edition 8vo pp. iv 5-72; some foxing on the early leaves else fine in original printed salmon wrappers. "Root was a former common-school teacher who moved to Peoria County from Ohio in the fall of 1830. He apparently became a farmer after moving to Illinois" Byrd. An eccentric populist attack against big banks and the American legal system from an aging Peoria county farmer who notes that for "more than fifty years I have seen that there was some thing radically wrong in the political and religious world . I exerted myself for more than half a century politically and religiously for the sole purpose of heading and stopping those evils but all to no effect. The public journals both religious and political would not publish my communications because they were Truth." He was apparently a member of the National Reform Association an organization bent on re-Christianizing American society. He puts forth a libertarian philosophy saying that the greatest evils are: first and foremost Land Monopoly; Chattel Slavery; Alcohol; and Monopoly of the Law. Byrd 2346; Graff 3563; Sabin 73131; 4 in OCLC: AAS Newberry Illinois and the Lincoln Presidential Library. <br/><br/> printed by Benjamin Foster unknown books
1831287215Richmond: Printed by John Warrock 1831. First Edition. Half Leather. Good binding. The ordinances of the city of Richmond Virginia published in 1831. No earlier publication on Richmond city ordinances found in Haynes. Binding is soiled with scuffing to the spine. Foxing and toning throughout. Half calf over marbled paper boards with a red morocco label on the spine. 180 pp. including the index. Haynes 15584. Good binding. Printed by John Warrock unknown books
196842978Paris: Éditions d'histoire sociale 1968. Facsimile reprint. Paper wrappers. A near fine copy with faint crease to front wrapper. 226 pp. 24mo. Number 149 of 1000 copies. Originally published in 1871 by Imprimerie Ve Blanchard. On cover: Paris libre du 18 mars au 4 avril 1871. Limited reprint of this scarce publication from the Paris Commune. [Éditions d'histoire sociale] unknown books
1967180108Dakar Senegal: Organisation 1967. 43p 6x7.75 inches fold-out map of area of regional area of intervention in Africa for OCLALAV at rear wraps faintly soiled with fold to front cover else good condition. Text in French. Pamphlet describes this organization founded in 1965 devoted to bird and locust control in western Africa including Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Côte d'Ivoire Gambia Mali Mauritania the Niger Senegal and Chad. The organization ended in 1986. Organisation unknown books
187751868Oneida NY: Office of the American Socialist 1877. Second edition. Octavo 22cm. Printed pale green wrappers; 32pp. A fresh apparently uncirculated copy Near Fine. <br/><br/>A singular aspect of Noyes's Pefectionist philosophy as practiced by his followers at Oneida was the sanctification of the human sexual bond through the practice of "male continence" i.e. coitus reservatus or the withholding of the male orgasm during intercourse. The current pamphlet falls somewhat short of elucidating technique at least to the satisfaction of the uninitiated reader but does provide at some length Noyes's Biblical justifications and his defense of the practice. The first edition appeared in 1866 with the full title Male Continence: or Self-Control in Sexual Intercourse. That title having drawn the attention of Noyes's censors all of the sub-title was dropped from the Second Edition - save the semi-colon which remained a mysterious punctuational ghost or vain apostle; universal symbol of something more to come. <br/><br/>Full disclosure: we are in possession of a substantial remainder of the Second Edition. Office of the American Socialist unknown books
184273087Columbus Ohio: Samuel Medary. Very Good. 1842. Softcover. Lot of 2 -----REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON THE CONDITION OF COMMON SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF OHIO; MADE TO THE FORTIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Samuel Medary State Printer. Columbus OH. 1842.ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON THE CONDITION OF COMMON SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF OHIO FOR THE YEAR 1844; Samuel Medary State Printer. Columbus OH. 1845.Both of these pamphlets are soft-bound with some wear chipping and some foxing. Overall Good condition. . Samuel Medary paperback books
1899RNIECAS02ECT. Fisher Unwin 1899. Very Good. Nietzsche Friedrich. The Case of Wagner. Nietzsche Contra Wagner. The Twilight of the Idols. The Antichrist. Common Thomas. London: T. Fisher Unwin 1899. 354pp. Large 8vo. Book condition: Very good. Gently rubbed exposing boards at corners and wearing-down front cover. Slightly soft front hinge. In transparent book protector. Scarce. T. Fisher Unwin hardcover books
185132809New York: McSpedon & Baker Printers 1851. First edition. Cloth. Spine ends chipped edgewear to corner foxing on endpapers offsetting on title from frontispiece otherwise text very clean binding tight a good or better copy. 117 pp. Illus. with engraved frontispiece and two other engravings. 8vo. Contemporary gift inscription to Benson Lossing the author. Last page misnumbered 107. McSpedon & Baker, Printers hardcover books
17783057London: Henry Fenwick 1778. First Edition. Very Good/A very rare treasure-chest of source material on Anglo-American relations in the years leading up to and into the Revolutionary War. In this compendium of communications between the Court of Common Council and George III covering the years 1769-1778 one sees the London court's steadfast objections to trade restrictions placed on the American colonies in 1775 the court's recommendations to "suspend hostilities against our fellow-subjects in North America" and its extended position paper counseling conciliation with the rebellious colonies. The text reports correspondence from the Continental Congress signed by John Hancock and from Richard Price and includes discussion of the Quebec Act of 1774 and the Newfoundland fisheries. Reference: Sabin 451. 19cm; 151pages. Bound in recent half calf over marbled boards in period style with six-panel spine decorated in blind and titled in gilt. Henry Fenwick hardcover books
1778WRCAM44871London: Henry Fenwick 1778. 88; 151pp. bound with: A PETITION OF THE FREEHOLDERS OF THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX. London: Henry Fenwick 1769. 11pp. Contemporary calf spine gilt leather label. Boards heavily worn head and foot of spine chipped. Very minor scattered foxing. Good plus. In a brown half morocco and cloth slipcase. The county of Middlesex essentially London was the heart of radical politics in England at the time of the Revolution and the greatest pro-American feeling was found in the merchants and working classes of the metropolis. The colonists often appealed directly to Middlesex for support. These works contain petitions relating to the American colonies dating from June 1774 to March 1778 including petitions regarding the Quebec Act in which the people express their concern over the encroachment of Catholicism and French influence in the colony. Likewise it includes the text of a letter from John Hancock to the mayor of London dated September 1775 expressing a hope for peace between Britain and the colonies. Adams notes that these two titles are often found bound together sometimes with other publications of the Council. The petition of the freeholders of Middlesex County concerns the John Wilkes case. Wilkes ran for Parliament and was elected as a radical candidate for Middlesex but was arrested and imprisoned shortly thereafter for seditious libel. Wilkes spoke out against the British war against the American colonies and his opposition to the Crown was a rallying point for the American cause. ESTC T108621 T108605 T43921. AMERICAN CONTROVERSY 78-65. Henry Fenwick hardcover books
1991255834San Francisco: Abacus Kerista Global Village 1991. 9p. wraps very good 5.5x8.5 inches. Pamphlet combining original text about the Keristan movement in the early 1960s focusing largely on a free-love pad hosted by Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky with later drawings from the Kerista commune established in San Francisco by Jud Presmont and others. [Abacus] Kerista Global Village unknown books
1991141075San Francisco: Abacus Kerista Global Village 1991. 9p. wraps very good 5.5x8.5 inches. White out has been used by Brother Jud to remove "Abacus" from the front and rear wrap - Abacus was the name of the multi-million dollar computer firm that Kerista ran. Brother Jud left the Kerista Commune in 1991 and continued to promote the concepts from his home on 17th Street in San Francisco - find a sticker on the rear of the pamphlet with that address. Pamphlet combining original text about the Keristan movement in the early 1960s focusing largely on a free-love pad hosted by Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky with later drawings from the Kerista commune established in San Francisco by Jud Presmont and others. [Abacus] Kerista Global Village unknown books
1991140979San Francisco: Utopia Publications 1991. Pamphlet. 10p. wraps very good 5.5x8.5 inches. Pamphlet introducing life in the polyfidelity commune. Brief discussion of Abacus the Macintosh computer distributorship launched by members to help fund the commune. Utopia Publications unknown books
1984221427San Francisco: Kerista Consciousness Church 1984. Paperback. 94p. wraps illus. very good condition 4.25x7 inches. Kerista Consciousness Church paperback books
1983108576San Francisco: Performing Arts Social Society 1983. 47p. wraps very good illus. first edition 5.25x5.5 inches. Aimed at recruiting members to the polyfidelity-based commune various members share reasons why they joined. Performing Arts Social Society unknown books
1991141073San Francisco: Kerista 1991. Pamphlet. 12p. wraps very good condition 5.5x8.5 inches. Pamphlet introducing rules for life the polyfidelity-based utopian commune; balancing individual needs with the group dynamic especially fighting against jealousy is a running theme. Kerista unknown books
1974233642San Francisco: Performing Arts Social Society 1974. 8p. tabloid format newspaper paper toned horizontal fold a stain in the margin not reaching the text. The classifieds are a fascinating window into the San Francisco of yesteryear includes an ad for Castro Camera Harvey Milk's shop. Performing Arts Social Society unknown books
1975223043San Francisco: Performing Arts Social Society 1975. 8p. tabloid format newspaper paper toned horizontal fold generally very good. Performing Arts Social Society unknown books
1980208964San Francisco: Performing Arts Social Society 1980. 16p. tabloid format newspaper paper evenly toned otherwise very good. Contents include articles on alternative energy the Gestalt-o-Drama Theatre many quirky local ads and more. Performing Arts Social Society unknown books
