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1894407210Hartford: The Student Publishing Co 1894. 1894 gift inscription on front flyleaf bubble to cloth on front cover spine lightly faded light wear at extremities but generally a very good plus copy. 8vo. 211 pages. 5 half-tone plates. Original cloth. First edition. Newton an American Episcopalian minister recounts his visit to meet Tolstoy while in Russia. <br/><br/> The Student Publishing Co hardcover books
18801337201880. unbound. 3 pages each fold-out spread measuring 7 x 8.75 inches no place no date circa 1880. Written to a Mrs. Jamison with sincere apologies for a miscommunication in large part: "I am afraid between Leharf and myself you were treated very uncourteously last week in regard to the Salisbury Meeting. But I must say in my own defense that I did not understand from his note that he had deputed me to answer it and not having any information more than he could give himself I did not write. Perhaps you will forgive us for we were both in a hurry." Horizontal and vertical folds; very good condition.<br/><br/> 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
189834905New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons. The Knickerbocker Press 1898. Original printed wrappers spine chipped. 2 ix 1 blank 78 2 blanks pp. Very Good.<br/><br/> Richard Heber Newton was an Episcopal priest and Rector of All Souls' Church in New York. G.P. Putnam's Sons. The Knickerbocker Press unknown 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
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
184627944Norwich VT 1846. One sheet containing four uncut handbills or broadsides identical in wording but several variations in type styles. 12" x 17 3/4". A couple of small fox spots Near Fine.<br/><br/> OCLC's entry for the University of Vermont explains that a handbill was "Intended to be packaged with boxes containing medication." OCLC 15232344. "Sheet contains four handbills with description and directions for use of bitters and 4 bottle labels." OCLC 209941964. The "prophylactic power" of the concoction is extolled.<br/>OCLC locates five copies of the broadside under three accession numbers. unknown books
184418819Washington: Blair & Rives printers 1844. 8vo. 6 pp. <br><br>May 31 1844. Read and laid upon the table. Mr. Newton from the minority of the Committee of Elections made the following report: ." Memorial of John M. Botts contesting the election of John W. Jones to the 6th Congressional district of Virginia. Government document: 28th Congress 1st Session. Rep. No. 520. Ho. of Reps. Removed from a nonce volume; two punch holes and two stitch holes in inner margin not touching text. Ink numeral in top right corner of p. 1. First leaf with chip at lower inner corner not affecting text. Leaves separated. Blair & Rives, printers unknown books
1830PW1531London: 1830. 1830. 21x15 cm. Engraved hand-colored pl. Very good. Extracted from: Thomas Dugdale Curiosities of Great Britain: England & Wales Delineated . Volume 8 1830. [1830]. 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
1879WRCAM16824Columbus Oh 1879. 651pp. Forty-seven plates some double-page on 33 leaves. Facsimiles. Color maps. Thick quarto. Contemporary cloth recently rebacked in calf corners expertly repaired. Else a very good copy. A scarce Pennsylvania county history with wonderful plates of local residences businesses farms factories oil wells etc. Contains much material relating to the petroleum industry Oil City and the speculative oil business. An important local historical reference. HOWES N129. hardcover 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
190019536Nashville And Dallas: Publishing House of the M. E. Church. Very Good. 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. 8" x 5 1/2" cloth worn and soiled 432 pgs. With a folding map and several b/w illustrations. Contents are clean and sound and tight; map in very nice shape. . Publishing House of the M. E. Church hardcover books
1879014412Yankton Agency: St. Paul's School Press. Good. 1879. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with title gilt on spine. Boards have moderate wear and soiling to all edges; gilt title on spine has light rubbing. One third of the title page missing affecting content and first endpaper missing; most leaves have light toning. This is a translation of the biblical "The King's Highway" into the Dakota language. There are 7 copies in OCLC as of October 2017. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 427 pp . St. Paul's School Press hardcover 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
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
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
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
186028397abNew-York: H. Dayton 1860. Duocecimo blind-stamped brown cloth 240 pp. Woodcut plates illus. Good; signature loose. H. Dayton, 1860. hardcover books
187221704St. Paul: H.E. Newton & Co 1872. First edition 8vo pp. 20 ads 415; folding map of Minnesota folding advertisement plate on heavy stock lithograph plate printed on both sides on heavy stock advertisements for local enterprises on paste-downs and free endpapers; orig. brown morocco-backed printed paper-covered boards rubbed also with ads; some wear but generally good and sound. <br/><br/> H.E. Newton & Co hardcover books
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
180611339City of Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1806. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Prohibits holders of federal contracts from membership in Congress. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 11671. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular; leaves almost separated. Good condition. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
1831254561London 1831. Miniature globe in turned walnut case with domed lid. 1.5 inch diameter. 12 hand colored globe gores with original varnish and metal pins at each pole which enable the globe to spin in the case. Cartouche set in north Pacific. Stains along the equator in the Pacific.<br/><br/> This terrestrial globe is the smallest version made by Newton and Berry Sumira p. 189. Wonderful detail included for such a small globe. The track of Captain Cook's final voyage of 1776 is shown when Captain Clarke and Gore sail to the Bering Sea after Cook is murdered. John Newton 1759-1844 is the founding member of this family firm. Miles Berry joined the firm in 1803. They also made planetaria and mechanical models. An excellent example of a pocket globe.<br/><br/> unknown books
18481803065Daniel Adee 1848. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Near fine TRUE first American edition 1st issue as stated on the title page. Some water stains on page edges. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Rubbing on outside spine and corners and at bottom of spine. Tape at endpapers and pastedowns along gutters. Housed in custom-made slip case. Daniel Adee hardcover books
