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1896018143Providence: Albert Leffingwell 1896. First Edition Fifth Thousand . Printed Wrappers. Very Good. 26 Pp. Printed Wrappers. "The Substance Of This Article Was Read Before The Annual Meeting Of The American Humane Association Minneapolis Sept. 26 1895 And Was Printed In The Boston Transcript September 28 1895. <br/> <br/> Albert Leffingwell unknown
1822B6522Paris: Imprimerie de C.L.F. Panckoucke. 1822. . A very good copy with marginal minor light spotting. Publisher's blind stamps to corners of plates. Edition: Second Edition. Binding: contemporary half red calf over orange calf title in gilt on upper board and spine spine with 6 raised bands spine compartments with gilt ruling and blind decorative central devices. Notes: The second edition contained in total 11 plate volumes in large folio and 24 volumes of text in octavo.<br>The Description de L'Egypte was a series of publications appearing first in 1809 and continuing until the final volume appeared in 1829 which aimed to comprehensively catalog all known aspects of ancient and modern Egypt as well as its natural history. It is the collaborative work of about 160 civilian scholars and scientists known popularly as the savants who accompanied Bonaparte's expedition to Egypt in 1798 to 1801 as part of the French Revolutionary Wars as well as about 2000 artists and technicians including 400 engravers who would later compile it into a full work.<br> Size: Large Folio 670 x 515 mm Illustration: Illustrated with some superb folding large plates of panoramas and maps.<br>Volume 3 illustrated with 43 single full-page plates 20 double page plates 6 large folding plates of maps plans views and more.<br>Volume 4 illustrated with 58 single full-page plates 2 double page plates 4 large folding plates of maps plans views and more lacking 8 plates never bound.<br>Volume four missing plates 3 6 7 10 13 14 29 42 not bound originally.<br> Volume: Volume 3-4 out of 11 pl Category: Book Plate Books General; Book Africa Egypt; Imprimerie de C.L.F. Panckoucke. hardcover
185049285Amherst: J.S. & C. Adams 1850. First Edition. Octavo 23cm.; publisher's tan wrappers printed within decorative border; 85-100pp. Some chipping and a few small losses to wrapper extremities partly affecting author's inscription at head of upper cover else Very Good and sound. One of a series of fascicles on new species of seashells found in Jamaica. SABIN 176. J.S. & C. Adams unknown
1861128953Mallet-Bachelier imprimeur-libraire 1861. Bonded Leather. <b>Livre en français</b>. Couverture rigide. 22 x 28 cm. Reliure demi-basane légèrement défraîchie. 1332 pages. Rousseurs. Cachets. <i>ref. 128953</i> Mallet-Bachelier, imprimeur-libraire hardcover
1899128954Editions Gauthier-Villars et Cie 1899. Hardcover. <b>Livre en français</b>. Couverture rigide. 22 x 28 cm. Reliure demi-toile défraîchie. 1675 pages. Rousseurs. Cachets. Importante mouillure en début et en fin de volume. Papier de couverture du 2e plat manquant. <i>ref. 128954</i> Editions Gauthier-Villars et Cie hardcover
1875HAY035801875. Paris au Sécrétariat de l'Association. relié pleine toile brune. Tampon de bibliothèque en page de garde et de titre quelques faibles rousseurs éparses sinon très bon état. fort in-8. illustré de plus de 100 figures in-texte et in-fine de XIX planches simples ou dépliantes graphiques gravures planches organogéniques ornitologiques archéologiques ; couverture ornée d'un médaillon. unknown
1874BOOKS266035Buffalo NY: Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. G/No Dustjacket. 1874. . Paperback. 8vo. 144 pp. rubbed frayed writing ex-library w/markings yellowing page edges chipped and frayed . Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences paperback
1888316984COMMISSIONAIRES DE L'ACADEMIE 1888 1888. Book. Good. Hardcover. COMMISSIONAIRES DE L'ACADEMIE 1888 SM FOLIO HC EDGE WORN WITH BENDING TO BOARDS. COMMISSIONAIRES DE L'ACADEMIE (1888) Hardcover
1898006693New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1898. Book. Near Fine. Half-Leather. Later Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Authorized Edition 1898. Near Fine in Half-Leather over marbled boards leather a few small rubs most pages yet uncut. A quite handsome copy. D. Appleton and Co. Hardcover
1865004738Cambridge: Welch Bigelow and Company 1865. First Three Reports. ANNUAL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES FOR 1863-64. "The Annual now presented is intended to cover the whole period from the organization of the Academy in April 1863 to January 1st 1865. Wolcott Gibbs. Louis Agassiz." Contents include: Address of Hon. Henry Wilson delivered at the opening of the First session of the Academy April 22 1863; Constitution and By-Laws of the Academy Organization of the Academy; Committees of the Academy; List of Members and Eulogy on J.S. Hubbard. 112 pp. ANNUAL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES FOR 1865. Contents include: Act of Congress establishing a National Academy of Sciences with names of members and "Approved March 3 1863. Abraham Lincoln President"; List of Members; Constitution; Foreign Associates; List of Memoires; Biographical Notice of Joseph G. Totten. 130 pp. and ANNUAL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES FOR 1866. Contents include many of the same listings as in previous Reports plus Biographical Notice of James Melville Gilliss; Memoir of Benjamin Silliman and Obituary of Dr. Edward Hitchcock. 154 pp. Salmon colored covers. String-tied. ex.mus. stamp and numbers on front covers. Mildly soiled. One report missing a 2" x 3/4" piece at base of front cover with 1 1/2" tear at spine's crease. 2 Reports with missing paper pieces on spine. Overall covers are Good. All intact. Interiors are clean tight and Very Good. A. D. Bache was President. Scarce. . Wraps. Good. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/2". Academy of Sciences. Welch, Bigelow, and Company Paperback
1865243674Bruxelles Paris : Bols-Wittouck ; Guillaumin 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. Worn copy bound inhalf aniline calf over marble boards with a leather gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some wear and tear to the spine and panel edges as with age. Physical description; 874 p. : illustrations ; 25 cm. Subject; Social sciences. Congress of Amsterdam. Annals. International Association for the progress of social sciences. Bruxelles Paris : Bols-Wittouck ; Guillaumin hardcover
1864243474Bruxelles Paris : Lacroix ; Guillaumin 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy bound in quarter aniline calf over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Remains well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; volume 2 only: 860 p. : illustrations ; 25 cm. Subject; Social sciences. Bruxelles Paris : Lacroix ; Guillaumin hardcover
184849981Philadelphia: John H. Gihon 1848. First Edition. Octavo 21.5cm.; removed; 1811adspp. Errata slip tipped to title page serving as upper cover slip starting to separate text uniformly foxed contemporary manuscript note at head of title page else Very Good and sound retaining leaf of publisher's advertisements on p. 20. Quite uncommon. John H. Gihon unknown
184050127Boston: Charles C. Little & James Brown 1840. First Separate Edition. Octavo 21.5cm.; removed; 225pp.; illus. throughout. Stock a bit foxed else Very Good and sound albeit lacking orinal wrappers. Inscribed "From the Author" at head of title page. Article by the recording secretary of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Charles C. Little & James Brown unknown
183154248Philadelphia: Stoddart and Atherton 1831. Second edition. Three octavo volumes 22cm. Contemporary marbled calf with leather spine labels; engraved extra-title present in each volume; xvi7-362;330;264pp; engraved frontispiece v.1 and 48 inserted leaves of plates; text illus. Faint scattered foxing to text but plates generally clean; bindings exhibit moderate external aging and wear with small losses to leather at spine ends and corners. A complete structurally sound Good or better set. Early ownership signature of a Benj. Webb Jr. on endpaper and extra-title of v.1.<br /> <br /> A quite presentable set of Godman's treatise on the mammals of North America including some ethnographic notes on Native Americans and a lengthy discussion of the fossil record with special attention given to the Giant Mastodon. Much of the third volume is devoted to a description of the American whale fishery. Godman 1794-1830 was trained as a physician and was for some time the director of the Philadelphia Anatomical Rooms a private medical college where he achieved considerable renown as an anatomist. American Natural History described as "the first systematic treatise on the subject" DAB was first published in Philadelphia from 1826-1828; two "Second Editions" appeared in 1831 this one under the Stoddart & Atherton imprint and another by Key & Mielkie. Sabin and Imprints Bruntjen & Bruntjen note only the latter but OCLC records suggest that the two editions are collected with equivalent frequency. Neither Sabin nor Imprints supply a plate count for the Second Edition but our copy conforms to that at the Smithsonian Institution the only OCLC member institution to provide a collation. SABIN 27663. B&B 7271. Stoddart and Atherton unknown
186748943New Haven: Tuttle Morehouse & Taylor 1867. Offprint. Octavo 23cm.; publisher's peach printed wrappers; 19pp. Wrappers a bit brittle with a few chips along extremities not approaching text bottom fore-edge corner creased else Very Good internally sound. Offprint of a paper by the glass manufacturer first published in the "American Journal of Science and Arts" September/November 1867. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor unknown
1817015949<p>NP: A Dijon. Very Good. 1817. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall Used Very good in plain wraps uncut light soiling foxing & wear 8vo 92pp. Keywords: Science French Foreign Language science.</p> A Dijon paperback
183349821New York: G & C & H Carvill 1833. First Edition. Octavo. Original pebble-grained boards; paper spine title; 1-78-1582pp. Backstrip partially detached ; spine label faded barely legible; text fresh and unmarked - Good or better. Ex-U.S. Naval Lyceum with ink pressure stamp to endpapers and title page with de-accession dated 1927 on verso of title page. Pencil ownership inscription of a "Thos. J. Manning U.S. Navy" at head of title page. Verso of final text leaf prints a brief list of errata. G & C & H Carvill unknown
1885777London: George Bell and Sons 1885. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. 548 8vo. Binding green buckram with gilt titles and decoration to spine faded. Previous owner's name to half title and later library stamp of E.A.Ellis Ted Ellis. Occasional notes in the margin signed by E.A.Ellis generally notes of sightings of plants. Small pencil ticks or crosses to the entries throughout book. Condition Notes: Boards rubbed but sound; internally sound. George Bell and Sons hardcover
