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1842123046Paris: L. Curmer 1842. First edition of this collection which Carteret considers to be one of the most important illustrated books of the 19th century. Octavo elaborately bound in full red morocco with elaborate gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands elaborate gilt ruling and stamping to the front and rear panels gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles elaborately decorated green morocco doublures hand-stitched patterned endpapers all edges gilt with intricate botanical carvings illustrated with eleven frontispiece titles by Trimolet Charles Jacque Penguilly etc. and numerous vignettes throughout the text. In fine condition. Rare and desirable. "This collection of ten short narratives mostly Gothic or exotic from the literatures of several countries is one of the most charming books of the Romantic period" Ray. L. Curmer unknown books
182815371Paris: Castil-Blaze PN 23 1828. 1f. title 3ff. preface including a list of operas by Grétry 2-258 i index pp. listing the 46 numbers from the 21 operas found in the work. <br/><br/>The present score is especially interesting as it contains an air from Grétry's opera Cécile et Ermancé ou Les deux couvents comédie mêlée d'ariettes not included in the published edition of the opera. The work in 3 acts to a libretto by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle and Jean-Baptiste-Denis Desprès was first performed on January 16 1792 in Paris at the Comédie-Italienne. <br/><br/>Wotquenne: Catalogue de la Bibliothèque du Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Bruxelles 3624.<br/><br/>Bound with:<br/>Carbonel Narcisse. La Dansomanie Ballet de P. Gardel Arrangé pour le Forte-Piano avec accompagnement de Violon. 1re Livraison. Paris: Frères Gaveaux ca. 1828. 1f. title 1 blank 2-36 pp. Mercier overpaste to imprint. Engraved. The first act only.<br/><br/>Folio. Contemporary green vellum-backed marbled boards with manuscript title label to upper. <br/><br/>Binding worn; hinges split. Castil-Blaze [PN 23] unknown books
31948Evansville IN: M.T. Publishing Company 2006. Hardcover. 9.5" x 12.25". Pictorial boards in matching pictorial dust jacket. Overall clean and sound. Like New. ISBN: 1932439579. . LikeNew. Hardcover . M.T. Publishing Company 2006 hardcover books
193329817New York 1933. Brown pebbled cloth quarter bound with red leather. Pink paper labels with inclusive dates on spines; journal number written in black ink over-written in white ink. As to be expected with volumes put to daily use the bindings are worn & soiled with fraying front joint cloth to #79. Nevertheless an About VG - VG set. 2 volumes. 1000 numbered pages. 14" x 8-1/2" 36 cm x 23 cm. <br/><br/>Hook and Ladder Company No. 27 was originally part of Combined Engine Company 46 - Bronx which was organized on July 11 1881. The Company moved to new quarters at 451 E. 176th Street on April 1 1895. The Combined Engine Company was disbanded in order to organize Engine 46 and Hook and Ladder Company 27 on June 1 1904. In a NYTimes article of April 18 1904 it was announced that Fire Commissioner Hayes had established a new Fire Department Battalion in the Bronx to be known as the Seventeenth. This Battalion included Hook and Ladder Company 27. Hook and Ladder Company 27 was located at 453 E. 176th Street. The Company was relocated to new quarters at 460 Cross Bronx Expressway on November 6 1972 at which time it was disbanded to organize Ladder 58. The two journals provide an in-depth and fascinating glimpse into the daily operations of one of New York's finest Hook and Ladder Company No. 27. Noted down to the minute are the times the men came on duty and when they were relieved; when drills took place; inspections; testing of the telegraph equipment; who was on house watch and when he was relieved; exactly when an alarm came in by what method and from what station. Certain members of the Company were more complete in their entries stating that the Company and apparatus responded to alarm where they found the fire and when they returned to the station. A nice set documenting a segment of the NYFD's long illustrious history. hardcover books
1971041251Skopje: Makedonska Akademija na Naukite i Umetnostite 1971. 108 1p. original stiff printed wrappers. In Cyrillic with a summary in French. Makedonska Akademija na Naukite i Umetnostite unknown books
186856003New York: Insurance Monitor Office 1868. First edition. Small 4to. 105 3 pp. Introduction: "It is a collection of scattered fragments of insurance wisdom collated from a great variety of sources freely appropriated and brought into an aggregated form whence the tyro in the profession can gather the fruits divested of technicalities." With a southern ownership signature "Jno. R. Long Agt. / Columbus Miss." OCLC locates six copies Buffalo/Erie County Public New York Public Library of Congress Smithsonian North Carolina Brown. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth spine ends and corners rubbed. Very good. 2525. <br/><br/> Insurance Monitor Office hardcover books
1992032017Santa Fe: Bear & Company Publishing 1992. xvii 280p. b/w illus. dj. Bear & Company Publishing unknown books
188573568Antwerp Ohio: McCabe & Shaffer Agts. Very Good. 1885. Softcover. Chromolithograph color illustrated advertisement/calendar. German Fire Insurance Co. 1885; measures 10 1/2" x 6 1/2". Nice condition. The attached calender measures 3 1/2" x 3" and all 12 pages are present. At the top of the calendar Pittsburgh PA is printed. Light foxing but overall bright and colorful and pictorial woman portrait and eagle . McCabe & Shaffer, Agts. paperback books
19631286286New York: George Braziller 1963. First Edition. Octavo; VG/VG; black spine blue/red text; jacket has light rubbing on front and back light bumping on the head mild age toning and tail of spine unclipped and has protective mylar cover; boards has bumping on the head and tail of spine light staining on the tail of front and back; textblock has spotting on the bottom edge otherwise clean; interior pages clean; LP consignment; pp 330. 1286286. Full-priced Rockville. George Braziller unknown books
187735307Philadelphia: Published by Wm. Smith. Looking Glass Portrait & Picture Frames of every description 1877. Folio broadside 14" x 17". Printed in three columns: the first an 'Address of Hon. R.T. Conrad'; second 'Fireman's Address. Written at the request of the Association for the Relief of Disabled Firemen' by 'Hon. Robert T. Conrad'; third 'Address of Philip S. White Esq.' Very Good.<br/><br/> The ceremony seeks to make amends for Philadelphia's long history of antipathy to Irish Catholics. Conrad had been elected Mayor of Philadelphia on a Know-Nothing platform that capitalized on anti-Irish sentiment. But he says here "Whatever prejudices may have existed in regard to fireman sic have disappeared before the favorable evidence of the past and present conduct and character." Also a poet and writer Conrad composed a poem for the occasion printed in the second column. <br/> Praising the Company in column three was a leading temperance advocate Philip S. White. The Hibernia Company was responsible for an area of great "importance": "all the Exchange Post Office and Custom House brokers-- all the printing offices-- all the newspapers of the city. all the steamboat landings-- all the banks save two and nearly all the insurance offices." <br/>OCLC records four locations under three accession numbers as of May 2021: the Library Company Clements NYHS Brown. Published by Wm. Smith... Looking Glass, Portrait & Picture Frames of every description unknown books
186085165New York: Holman & Gray 1860. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound volume containing 14 consecutive reports for 1st of June to the 1st of December 1854 through 1st December 1859 to 31st May 1860. Each report individually paginated -- generally 30-40 pages each. 19th century 1/2 leather. 22 cm. Corners and edges rubbed. Joints quite tender. "Rutgers Ins. Co." in gilt on front cover. Bookplate removed. A few ink markings. <br/><br/> Holman & Gray hardcover books
1867598201867. FIRE LANDS PIONEER. THE FIRE LANDS PIONEER. Volume VIII June 1867 Vol. IX June 1868 Vol. X June 1870. Published by the Fire Lands Historical Society. Sandusky OH: Register Steam Printing Establishment 1867 1868 1870. Three issues in 8vo. marbled-paper-covered leather-backed boards original wrappers bound in. Bookplate. Front board two chipped prelim. blanks detached but present rear board starting crumbling leather. As is with clean text. unknown books
185774407Chicago Illinois: Daily Democratic Press Mammoth Steam Printing House. Very Good. 1857. Pamphlet. This pamphlet is soft-bound in tan printed wrappers. The cover wrappers show some light foxing/soiling. as well as some very light edge-wear. The string binding is solid. The contents are bright and legible. Chicago Pre-Fire Imprint. . Daily Democratic Press Mammoth Steam Printing House. unknown books
187138735Chicago 1871. Broadside newspaper extra printed recto only approx. 12 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches. With a matted period hand colored map of Chicago by Rufus Blanchard showing the burnt district. Incredible broadside newspaper extra printed during the Chicago fire.<br/> <br/>This very rare newspaper extra -- believed to be the only newspaper published in Chicago on that day -- was printed sometime during the afternoon or early evening of Monday October 9. The fire had begun the night prior at approximately 9pm which was according to the paper "caused by a cow kicking over a lamp in a stable in which a woman i.e. Mrs. O'Leary was milking." This unsubstantiated myth blaming a poor Irish Catholic immigrant would persist for decades. The newspaper gives an account of the areas under flame detailing many of the buildings already destroyed including the City Water Works the Armory Gas Works Post Offices newspaper offices court houses breweries churches and more: "The scene of ruin and devastation is beyond power of words to describe. Never in the history of the world has such a scene extended terrible and complete destruction by conflagration been recorded; and never has a more frightful scene of panic distress and horror been witnessed among a helpless sorrowing suffering population." The damage to the city would prove extraordinary: the fire killed approximately 300 people burned roughly 3.3 square miles of the central portion of the city destroyed over 17000 buildings and left more than 100000 residents homeless about one third of the population. The final paragraph of the extra notes the exigencies caused by the fire of printing the paper on a borrowed press: "We are under great obligation to the Interior Printing Company 15 and 18 Canal street for accomodations by which are are enabled to issue this extra." OCLC cites but three extant examples Newberry Library i.e. the Graff copy Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Knox College; an additional example is located at the Chicago History Museum.<br/> <br/>Graff 1271. unknown books
1906List821San Francisco 1906. Thirty-one silver gelatin prints measuring 4 x 3 inches with four accompanying sheets measuring 8 x 5 ½ inches identifying the images. Also included is the original envelope to an illegible recipient or possibly crediting the images. Fading to images else about fine very good minus overall. Many photographers amateur and professional alike took to the streets of San Francisco to document devastation caused by the earthquake and subsequent fire of 1906. Collected here are thirty-one images taken by one such photographer - likely an amateur based on the image quality and perspectives. What is unusual about the collection here is that the photographer took meticulous notes on each image and the images as found in a rather illegible envelope included several sheets explaining the location of each image. The photographer travelled through most of downtown with varied locations represented. The title is likely misleading as the fire raged for several days and the pictures were likely taken several days after the 18th of April. The envelope has the name "Mrs H. Thof illegible" which suggests that perhaps the photographer was a woman or possibly that these were given to the same as a gift by another photographer. Overall a scarce survival of images of which we find no other copies. books
183530636Boston: David Hooton.Printer.Merchants' Hall 1835. 12pp stitched in contemporary plain yellow wrappers. Title page vignette of the Department dousing a house fire. Very Good plus.<br/><br/> This rare Charter of an early mutual aid society evidently located only at the Boston Public Library was established to assist injured Boston firemen who "are liable in the discharge of their duty to many casualties to which citizens generally are not exposed." <br/> The pamphlet prints the 1830 Act of the Legislature incorporating the Association; Edward Prescott George Dearborn and Jonathan A. Davis are the named incorporators. The Articles render every Boston fireman eligible for membership. Annual dues are fifty cents. Injured members are barred from negotiating directly with the City Government for financial assistance: that's the job of the Association the names of whose officers are printed at page 12. Thomas C. Amory was President of the Board of Trustees.<br/>OCLC 33064696 1- Boston Public 1038097739 also Boston Public as of October 2019. AI 30581 1- Boston Public. Not in Sabin or on AAS's online web site. David Hooton...Printer...Merchants' Hall unknown books
18952222068<p>First edition. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2". Fine fresh copy on buff paper. 4 pages.</p><p>An early Riverside County imprint.</p> Board of Fire Underwriters unknown books
1872517Chicago: Max Stern 1872. 8vo. 195 x 130 mm. 7 ¾ x 5 inches. v 146 24 pp. plus 8 pp. ads. Illustrated with a folding stencil colored map and three folding lithographic plates. Bound in publisher's green cloth binding title in gilt on spine; edges of cloth a bit worn head of spine frayed some loss of color to cloth; illustrations separated at folds expertly repaired. This copy with the signature of Otto Lob on front free-endpaper and title-page. With faults a good copy. First edition self-published by the authors and printed by Max Stern. Contemporary account of the devastating fire that swept Chicago in October 1871. Published for the German language community in the United States it appears that numerous copies were also sent to Germany by the publisher Max Stern. An English language edition was published by Seeger in 1893 as part of the Columbian Exposition that took place in Chicago that year. The map entitled "Chicago as it is Showing the Burnt District" illustrates the impact of the fire in Wards 1 2 14 15 and 16 ranging from Taylor Street near the railroad depot running north to Lincoln Park. The map is colored by stencil in shades of red and green and evokes the destruction the fire caused to this populous part of the City. The book also contains three lithographic plates by Schrader Lith. Steam Press of St. Louis. One is a view of the City from Lake Michigan entitled "Chicago in Flammen". This is followed by a stunning lithographic entitled "Die Ruinen von Chicago" and a third dramatic image showing the burning of the Crosby Opera House and people fleeing the flames. "Saddened by the sight they came to the realization that they had been the protagonists of the last drama ever to be played out at Crosby's Opera House." Not in Howes or Graff. OCLC citing numerous copies in the United States and Germany. Peters American on Stone p. 360 for information on Schrader Lith. Steam Press. Eugene H. Cropsey Crosby's Opera House: Symbol of Chicago's Cultural Awakening Fairleigh Dickinson University Press 2000. Max Stern unknown books
185930233New York: Slote & Janes Stationers 1859. 20pp stitched in original printed wrappers. Several contemporary corrections in ink. Very Good with a tipped-in certification from the Insurance Department that the original is on file with that Department. <br/><br/> This is probably the Standard Fire Insurance Company's retained copy of its original charter. In addition to the tipped-in certificate the front wrapper is stamped "Received from the Secretary of State and filed in the Department of Banking and Insurance" and signed by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance.<br/>Not located on OCLC as of May 2013. Slote & Janes, Stationers unknown books
194384999Denver: The Company 1943. Hardcover. Very Good. index 972p. Speckled blue and white cover. 28 cm. Foxing on page edges. No Jacket. Printed slip laid in saying that because of the World War some items were either not available or subject to allocation. <br/><br/> The Company hardcover books
1981188289San Francisco: John Brown Book Club 1981. 44p. wraps 8.5x11 inches pages mildly toned otherwise very good. Cover story is support for the "socialist reunification of Mexico" i.e. the return of California and the southwest to Mexican sovereignty. The PFOC began as an above-ground support network for the Weather Underground. John Brown Book Club unknown books
1981175268San Francisco: John Brown Book Club 1981. 44p. wraps 8.5x11 inches newsprint toned pen underlining. A reading copy. Cover story is support for the "socialist reunification of Mexico" i.e. the return of California and the southwest to Mexican sovereignty. The PFOC began as an above-ground support network for the Weather Underground. John Brown Book Club unknown books
1994175266San Francisco: John Brown Book Club 1994. 47p. wraps 8.5x11 inches light handling wear. The PFOC began as an above-ground support network for the Weather Underground. John Brown Book Club unknown books
1994175265San Francisco: John Brown Book Club 1994. 63p. wraps 8.5x11 inches light handling wear. Coverage includes chaos in Haiti Eritrean independence global trafficking of women and more. The PFOC began as an above-ground support network for the Weather Underground. John Brown Book Club unknown books
1993175264San Francisco: John Brown Book Club 1993. 55p. wraps 8.5x11 inches very good. This issue devoted to gay and lesbian issues. The PFOC began as an above-ground support network for the Weather Underground. John Brown Book Club unknown books
