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187713714Washington: GPO. Very Good. 1877. Softcover. Library stamp lightly soiled pp. 8 else G Hon. Newton Booth of California in the Senate of the United States . GPO paperback books
181336405London 1813. b/w plates. 12mo. xii 215 1 pp. About a third of the text is devoted to Accidents from Water and methods of their prevention. The rest of the book deals with fire travel sports etc. in a quaint and diverting manner. Plates feature life saving and recovery equipment. Original printed boards are quite worn. Backstrip repaired with brown binders tape. unknown books
18395647Montreal: W. Greig 1839. First edition. Cloth. Acceptable. 20 cm; 248 pages engraved frontispiece extra engraved title page 19 engraved plates and 2 folding maps. Bound in original cloth blindstamped with arabesque motif titled in gilt on spine. Binding somewhat discolored with significant flap splitting from spine but present. Some foxing to engraved title page and stock lightly toned but contents generally very good. Pictorial bookplates of the Canadian journalist and newspaper editor C. Gordon-Smith with a view of Montreal and the American industrialist Edwin Stanton Fickes. W. Greig hardcover books
186635454Charleston: Joseph Walker 1866. 144pp old rubberstamp on blank portion of title page. Bottom blank tear to title page expertly reinforced. Bound in modern grey wrappers. Good. <br/><br/> A Sephardic Jew Cardozo was born in 1786 in Savannah. Self-educated he was an outstanding economist editor of the Southern Patriot in Charleston and later its publisher. He published 'Notes on Political Economy' and 'The Economic Mind in American History'. An advocate of free trade he wrote many papers on the subject. See Brody 'Jewish Heroes and Heroines in America from Colonial Times to 1900: A Judaica Collection Exhibit' FL Atlantic U. Libraries. "Jacob Cardozo's forays into econometric analysis were outstanding by the standards of his day." Eugene Genovese 'Journal of the Historical Society' Volume I Number 2 March 2000. "This book is VERY SCARCE" Eberstadt quoting from Bradford. <br/> "Cardozo was a resident of Charleston from 1796 onward and editor of the Southern Patriot from 1817" Id. The book is a series of articles on Charleston's agriculture commerce education and free school system chamber of commerce insurance companies fire department the press bench and bar hotels banks libraries railroads charitable and medical organizations cemeteries. An Appendix provides material on the beginning of the Civil War at Forts Moultrie and Sumter as well as the action at Fort Wagner and other Charleston-area sites. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Howes C131. Singerman 1930. 115 Eberstadt 906. III Turnbull 409. Joseph Walker unknown books
1821022003London: for Baldwin Cradock and Joy 1821. First Edition. Octavo. 167pp. 1pp. errata 6 folding plates at the rear. This book was designed for students. Section I consist of the method of prime and ultimate ratios demonstrated. Section II: A general introduction to the three sections. III: Explanatory notes of Newton's text and Section IV: A collection of Miscellaneous problems with their solutions. Bound in a modern maroon cloth lettered in gilt new endpapers all edge marbled internally clean and bright with just a bit of foxing to title page. for Baldwin, Cradock and Joy unknown books
18841001208vo 9x6 original gilt-lettered green cloth 4 ad 3 311pp. illustrated with numerous wood engravings some of them folding. Extremities slightly rubbed light soiling and front hinge a bit tender; otherwise a near fine copy. Well illustrated guidebook with an advertisement frontispiece of “Yosemite 1884†showing a horse and carriage passing through a carved out sequoia. This installment is considerably expanded from the 68 page first edition published in 1881.A few of the illustrations are folding including one that gives a bird’s eye view of San Francisco opposite page twenty-one and another of the Arlington Hotel which was under construction. Rubberstamp on front endpaper of George Clement Perkins 1839-1923 Governor of California from 1880-1883 and U.S. Senator from California from 1893-1915. C.A. Murdock hardcover books
185447092Sugar Valley California 1854. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age-toning. Fold-lines. Occasional stain & spot though writing quite legible. About Very Good. Single sheet mss to both sides 45 lines ~ 450 words. 9-3/4" x 7-3/8" <br/><br/>"the old House that whitlow lived in was burnt to the ground last friday night and the worst of all two of the litle sic girls was burnt with it." A detailed letter at times gruesomely so describing a horrific house fire & its aftermath. unknown books
189163025London: George Bell & Sons York Street Covent Garden 1891. First edition. 8 103 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Gray cloth stamped in black endpapers with ads and 4 extra pp. of ads at front and back for Spaulding Draper and Maynard. Very good copy of an extremely scarce book. First edition. 8 103 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Will Baseball Replace Cricket Written by the President of National Baseball League of Great Britain; Formerly United States Consul Manchester. He advocates baseball in England and his book as "practical assistance to the large and rapidly increasing number of young men in this country who have manifested a desire to acquire a knowledge of baseball."<br/><br/>Advertisement at back for The Baseball Association of Great Britain and Ireland President The Rev. F. Marshall<br/><br/>This book is part of "The All-England Seies." Smith 758 George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden unknown books
18549934Boston: Ticknor and Fields 1854. First edition 8vo viii 360pp. with a catalogue of new books by Ticknor and Fields; 9 plates. Slightly discolored otherwise a good sound ex-library copy minimally marked in original blue cloth. <br/><br/> Ticknor and Fields hardcover books
1854156823London: David & Charles 1854. VG inner front hing weak at paper. Green embossed publishers cloth with elaborate gilt design and title on spine. viii 408 pages 8 leaves of plates 16 pp. ads at rear. Those featured ladies include Rachel Wriothesley Lady Russell Madame d'Arblay and Mrs. Piozzi Mary L. Ware Mrs. Hutchinson and Lady Fanshawe Margaret Fuller Marchesa Ossoli Lady Sale. A very nice copy. The plates are all by Biurket Foster. The 16 pp. illustrated catalogue at the rear is dated 1856. A lovely book very fresh with a fancy cloth binding. David & Charles hardcover books
184657512New York: Burgess Stringer & Co. No. 222 Broadway corner of Ann Street 1846. 8vo pp. 125 1 ads; text in double column; removed from binding wrappers wanting; all else very good. Wright I 784. <br/><br/> Burgess, Stringer & Co., No. 222 Broadway, corner of Ann Street unknown books
184357497New York: Burgess and Stringer and M. Y. Beach Redding and Co. Boston et al. 1843. 8vo pp. 48; text in double column; removed from binding wrappers wanting; light foxing and staining all else very good. Wright I 793. <br/><br/> Burgess and Stringer, and M. Y. Beach, Redding and Co., Boston [et al.] unknown books
184346814Troy NY: L. Willard 1843 but ca. 1849. Octavo 24cm.; publisher's peach wrappers printed within typographically decorative border; 95pp.; text in double columns. Wrappers quite worn and soiled spine perished and signatures subsequently separated as is rear wrapper; rather large loss to last leaf of text slightly touching a few words. A Good only copy retaining the original wrappers. Date based on rear wrapper advertisement referring to the author as the "the late Newton M. Curtis" the author's date of death ca. February 1849. Historical novel set in the Mohawk Valley in the years leading up to the Revolutionary War. The author churned out such popular works sending his novels in large droves to various periodicals without instruction. This example first serialized in "Magazine for the Million" in 1844. See https://www.ulib.niu.edu/badndp/curtis_newton.html. WRIGHT I 795. L. Willard unknown books
1900D16386New Hampshire 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. Manuscript Drawing Notebook of Arthur Lee Newton signed by him on the title page. Bound in original 3/4 leather and green cloth; first prize label fixed to front board. 60 pages of drawings; shapes anatomical studies zoological studies and a portrait of George Washington among the efforts. A fine sketchbook displaying strong skill. Newton was a pioneer in the American automotive industry eventually with the title of president of the Glidden Buick Corporation. An obituary stated that he had sold more automobiles at retail than any other man in the world. At Dartmouth he was a track star winning five U.S. championships and became a two-time Olympian. At the Olympic Games in St. Louis in 1904 Newton medalled in both the Steeplechase and the Marathon. <br/><br/> hardcover books
189626938.1Boston: George H. Polley & Co 1896. Hardcover. Good contents. Ex-library book with typical labels and stamps; perforation stamps on most plates. Cover soiled spine ends and corners slighly frayed each plate bound by cloth hinge. Binding slightly loose. Tan buckram/boards with gilt lettering on spine; introductory page list of plates and 66 single-sided bw plates. Oversize and heavy and will require extra postage. Illustrated survey of colonial furnishings as they appeared in their colonial interiors. Photographs selected from mansions in Portsmouth Newburyport Salem and Providence each representing the most prosperous era of colonial history. An oversized and heavy volume. George H. Polley & Co hardcover books
189626938Boston: George H. Polley & Co 1896. Hardcover. VG clean contents; art museum ex-lib. bookplate inside front cover; faint sticker remnants at base of spine; a bit of wear to head/tail of spine and points of corners. Tan cloth with maroon cloth spine and corners. 66 loose leaf plates introductory page and table of contents page. With maroon fabric ties. Oversize and slightly heavy. Will require extra postage.0. Illustrated survey of colonial furnishings as they appeared in their colonial interiors. Photographs selected from mansions in Portsmouth Newburyport Salem and Providence each representing the most prosperous era of colonial history. The bookplate shows that this volume was donated by the wife of architect Michel M. LeBrun. Napoleon Le Brun & Sons the sons being Michel and his brother Pierre won the commission to design the new Home Life Insurance Company building in Manhattan a building on the frontier of the "skyscraper" era in New York. George H. Polley & Co hardcover books
1897114580Boston: George H. Polley & Co 1897. Hardcover. Plates all VG with only light age toning to fore edges. Art museum ex-lib. donation plate inside folio front cover. Stamp and title in white ink on spine; general shelf wear to spine and corners. Tan cloth with maroon cloth spine and corners. 63 loose leaf plates introductory page and table of contents page. Maroon fabric ties. Oversize and a bit overweight. Will require extra postage. Illustrated survey of colonial furnishings as they appeared in their colonial interiors. The last four plates in this volume show houses or interiors from Portsmouth NH and Newburyport MA. The bookplate shows that this volume was donated by the wife of architect Michel M. LeBrun. Napoleon Le Brun & Sons the sons being Michel and his brother Pierre won the commission to design the new Home Life Insurance Company building in Manhattan a building on the frontier of the "skyscraper" era in New York. A common title in academic libraries but scarce in the marketplace. Includes Title-page Introduction sheet Contents sheet printed on both sides listing 63 plates and the plates themselves. George H. Polley & Co hardcover books
1813313293London: Printed for G. Kearsley et al. 1813. First edition. Lacking all plates. 12 vols. 8vo. Bound in half contemporary brown calf gilt spines marbled boards and edges lacking plates else very good. First edition. Lacking all plates. 12 vols. 8vo. Printed for G. Kearsley et al. unknown books
18134567London: Printed for G. Kearsley et al. 1813. Lg. 8vo. Unpaginated. 12 vols. Double column text. Illustrated with 355 copper engraved plates 1 a map of which 171 are nicely hand-colored 2 folding. Orig. brown cloth over boards paper spine labels rubbed uncut. Hinges split or splitting but holding nicely. Occasional chipping & fraying at extremities of spine. Hand lettered volume nos. added to tops of spines. Plates with some foxing the color plates only occasionally foxed. The plates are mostly machinery steam engines printing presses hot air balloons ship building etc.; and scientific instruments microscopes telescopes etc. and some printed music. The color plates are of birds mammals reptiles insects fossils flowers etc. Printed for G. Kearsley et al. hardcover books
1871292812Philadelphia et al.: Wm. Garretson & Co 1871. Full Leather. Very Good binding. In crimson morocco with elaborate stamping in blind and with the head of Christ stamped at the center of the upper board; spine is stamped in blind with titling in gilt. There are plates and a frontispiece which are foxed; the text is clean. Minor loss to the leather at the extremities of the spine; wear to the corners and scuffing to the bottom edge.~~All in all a handsome copy. Very Good binding. Wm. Garretson & Co unknown books
184457242Boston: J. N. Bradley & Co 1844. 8vo pp. 55 1; self-wrappers; spine with cloth reinforcement first leaf with 2" tear at the top gutter some loss of paper but no loss of letterpress ex-Garrett Bible Institute Evanston Illinois with several old library rubberstamps released; good copy. Mann had taken the Unitarian - and liberal - view that while the Bible should be taught in school it should be done without comment. Some religious groups charged him and the Board of Education with creating a godless system of schools. American Imprints 1612-13. Sabin 44318. <br/><br/> J. N. Bradley & Co hardcover books
18722194847William Garretson & Co 1872. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Edges rubbed joints repaired. 1872 Hard Cover. xxxiii 622 pp. 8vo. A new edition of this guide to world religions originally published in 1860 with revisions and a new appendix brought up to the present time by J. Newton Brown D.D. About six pages are dedicated to the Mormons. Includes engraved full-page portraits of religious leaders such as Jonathan Edwards and Roger Williams. An alphabetical index of denominations and an index to the appendix precede text. William Garretson & Co hardcover books
189313136.1Philadelphia: A. Edward Newton & Co 1893. 1st edition Fleck F.6.a; Winterich 12. An un-numbered large paper copy from a stated limitation of 100 cc. INSCRIBED by Newton as "The Author" to Captain Claude Bray on the ffep. Original publisher's 3/4 burlap over boards. Printed paper title label to spine. Light shelf wear with wear to paper title label obscuring some lettering. Hinges show discoloration from binder's glue. A VG copy. 143 1 blank pp. Deckled edges. Sm 4to. <br/><br/> A. Edward Newton & Co hardcover books
189796034London Edinburgh Oxford: Williams and Norgate 1897. Octavo pp. 1-4 1 2-171 172: blank original blue cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold top edge untrimmed black coated endpapers. First edition. "A 'sleeper awakes' piece; the protagonist on waking in the year 2100 participates in a series of Bellamy-style dialogues which outline the development of the world's society. Emphasis political and sociological; little discussion of technological achievements." - Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 16. Clarke Tale of the Future 1978 p. 22. Negley Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 929. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 113. Suvin Victorian Science Fiction in the UK p. 115. Bleiler 1948 p. 26. Reginald 11829. Tiny nick to cloth at bottom edge of spine panel some faint damp staining to cloth a bright very good copy. #96034 Williams and Norgate unknown books
186556517Newport R.I.: Thursday morning Sept. 14 1865. 4to approx. 10" x 8" approx. 20 lines and 200 words in ink; folds and with the original stamped cover "Steam Boat" and with a Providence roundstamp and the stamp of the "American Steamboat Company Sept. 14 1865 steamer City of Newport." Light soiling and spotting of the envelope but generally near fine. Written just after the end of the Civil War Newton begins by apologizing he will not be able to attend a meeting because of "my constant engagements for the past two weeks in closing up the affairs of the Naval Academy . I regret to say that it has been impossible for me to attend the State Committee . to listen to Mr. Bradford's report of the convention which is doubtless very satisfactory judging from the little that I have gathered from the papers and I feel grieved that I have lost the opportunity of interchanging views . upon the prospect of bright hope for better days now dawning . Write me if not too much trouble the most interesting points of your conversation . My regards to Bradford Steere and all good friends in the bonds of democratic truth and love." Miller was a resident of Bristol a member of the Rhode Island Historical Society where he is known to have delivered several papers worked with the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey on charts of Narragansett Bay and later was one of the founders of the Bristol and Warren Water Works. <br/><br/> Thursday morning, Sept. 14 unknown books