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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
192844897Boston: Little Brown 1928. Second printing. 8vo pp. 410. Index. Illustrated. Gray paper over boards with navy blue cloth spine. Cover little scuffed and worn at corners and ends of spine o/w a VG tight copy. Little, Brown unknown books
1926WRCLIT80078New York: Anderson Galleries Sale 2108. 1926. 4356pp. Printed wrapper. Frontis. Spine somewhat chipped and a few corners turned; a good copy. Newton's early duplicate sale with an essay in justification leading off - though describing manuscripts as duplicates is stretching it some. 194 lots. FLECK 280. Anderson Galleries Sale 2108... unknown books
1991Embry 163486Madison Books 1991. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Author's disclaimer sheet laid in Madison Books, 1991. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1922263652Shanghai: Commercial Press 1922. xv 40p. slender hardcover spine panel chipped interior toned but otherwise very good. Black and white photos interspersed in text. With an introduction by Fong F. Sec LL.D. On the role of dragons in Chinese culture with some comparison to the western dragon. Commercial Press unknown books
1922231519Shanghai: Commercial Press 1922. First. hardcover. near fine. 28 black & white illustrations. xvi 66 pages stitched. Slim 16mo green cloth with gilt dragons on front cover. Shanghai: Commercial Press 1922. First Edition. Scarce. Near fine.<br/><br/> Commercial Press unknown books
192242584Shanghai: Commercial Press Ltd 1922. First edition thin 12mo pp. xv 1 40; 28 illustrations mostly full-page and mostly from photographs; Shanghai ownership inscription on front free endaper dated January 1923; very good in original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt. Concerns the dragon in Chinese life literature mythology etc. <br/><br/> Commercial Press, Ltd hardcover books
1906272246Philadelphia: George Barrie 1906. First. hardcover. good. Plates. xxi 535pp. 8vo publisher's 3/4 brown morocco margins uncut spine rubbed head of spine worn spine lightly sunned. Philadelphia: George Barrie 1906. First Edition<br/><br/> One of 100 numbered copies. The History of North America volume XV.<br/><br/> George Barrie unknown books
1934167650New York: Pynson Printers 1934. First edition. Hardcover. September 1934. Includes a original limited edition lithograph titled A Connecticut Interior. Lithograph is 8.5 x 11 inches and it is in fine condition. This issue of the Colophon also contains articles on The Beginnings of the American Circus by R. W. G. Vail The Unfortunate Dr. Dodd by Mark Holstein and Why Does Nobody Collect Me by Robert Benchley with designs by William Steig. A very good plus copy with some wear to the spine. No dust jacket as issued. Internally a clean copy. Includes some laid in ephemera. Pynson Printers 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
190763487Richmond VA: Hermitage Press 1907. Second separate edition reprinted from the Southern Historical Society Papers Vol. XX and first published separately in 1892. 12mo. 34 pp. Illustrated from an old wood engraving. The author served as a midshipman aboard the Beaufort during the battle. Inscribed at the head of the title page by the author to William Glover Stanard editor of the "Virginia Magazine of History and Biography" and with the author's presentation stamp on the verso of the title page. Not in Nevins or Dornbusch. Expected light wear along the spine but very good. Original printed green wrappers removed from a pamphlet volume. 10142. <br/><br/> Hermitage Press unknown books
1907282719Richmond: The Hermitage Press Inc 1907. First Edition. First appearing in the Southern Historical Society papers this is the first appearance as a separate pamphlet. Stamped on the verso of the front cover: "Presented by Mrs. Virginius Newton Confederate Reunion Richmond Va. May 30-June 3 1907" one surmises it was printed up for distribution at the reunion. A very good copy in the original wrappers. The Hermitage Press, Inc unknown books
1977RNEWCRI00RJBThe Johns Hopkins University Press 1977. Fine. Newton Robert R. The Crime Of Claudius Ptolemy. Baltimore Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press 1977. 411pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Book condition: Near fine. The Johns Hopkins University Press 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
192531910Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott 1925. Revised from the 1909 edition pp. 381 1 8 plates including frontispiece; spine a bit soiled front hinge cracked rear hinge just starting; overall a good sound copy in original cream cloth over blue cloth blue cloth spine label printed in gilt;. <br/><br/> J.B. Lippincott hardcover books
1909291238Richmond VA: The Bell Book and Stationery Company 1909. First Edition. no dust jacket. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in the publisher's blue buckram backed in cream with a blue title label to the spine; 375 pages with frontispiece; this copy with the signature of Frank Gilliam sometime and much revered dean of Washington and Lee University; with inscription by the Mrs. Stanard: "May all your dreams be happy & may may they all come true. Sincerely Mary Newton Stanard. August 31 1927."~~A more than presentable First Edition copy of this rather overwrought account of Poe's life: "upon a stately carved adn canopied bed lay all that was mortal of Frances Allan like a lily indeed which pitiless storm has laid it low." Case closed. Very Good binding. The Bell Book and Stationery Company unknown books
2005283653Madison Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press 2005. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. A clean First Printing. Dustjacket is clean and bright. Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket. The University of Wisconsin Press unknown books
2002231128New York: Checkmark Books 2002. paperback. fine. Illus. 4to pr. wrs. New York: Checkmark Books 2002. Fine<br/><br/> Checkmark Books unknown books
1909292266Washington: Government Printing Office 1909. Very Good binding. The First Edition printing neatly rebound in a burgundy library style binding though not an ex-library copy. This is Volume VII only. Clean and serviceable copy. Very Good binding. Government Printing Office 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
192894830Cleveland: Rowfant Club 1928. First. hardcover. fine. Color frontis. and reproductions of title-pages from books in the Author's library. Thin 4to marbled cloth. Cleveland: The Rowfant Club 1928. Limited First Edition. Fine copy in the original box which has minor damage. One of only 289 numbered copies.<br/><br/> Rowfant Club unknown books
187716249St. Paul: Pioneer Press Co 1877. 500 copies ordered printed 8vo pp.73; 4 maps 2 folding and in color; in orig. printed yellow wrappers split along back joint but in otherwise excellent condition. Winchell was the nationally-known state geologist from 1872 to 1900 and professor of mineralology and geology at the University of Minnesota. Here he provides a detailed study of the geology of Minneapolis and the surrounding area. He was also the author of one of the most respected works on the American Indian The Aborigines of Minnesota 1911. <br/><br/> Pioneer Press Co unknown books
18777334Saint Paul: Pioneer Press Company 1877. 500 Copies Ordered Printed 8vo 73pp. 1 plate 1 full-page map 2 folding maps both hand-colored and in fine condition and several charts in the text; very good but for the fragile original printed paper wrappers which show soiling creasing and overall wear and a few ink stains front and back. Winchell served as state geologist from 1872 to 1900 and published 24 volumes of Reports on the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota of which this is one. <br/><br/> Pioneer Press Company unknown books
19321313672London: University of London Press 1932. Hardcover. Octavo; VG; hardcover with mylar covering; royal blue spine with gold text; boards have moderate stains; front paste down has a pencil inscription; text block is tanned especially to the fore edges which are also minimally deckled but clean and legible; 230p. 1313672. FP New Rockville Stock. University of London Press hardcover books