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199326077Nelsonville: Mount Taurus Press 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. 114 pp. With some illustrations. A collateral descendant of the poet and journalist William Cullen Bryant writes about the history and lore of the Hudson River and environs. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. A fine copy in clipped but otherwise fine illustrated dustwrapper. Mount Taurus Press hardcover books
1909252258New York 1909. First. hardcover. good. One plate of New York Public Library. 86 pages. Short slim 4to later marbled boards leather label spine ends edges of corners and leather label all worn ex-lib. New York 1909.<br/><br/> Ex libris with the bookplates of Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss of Dumbarton Oaks in Washington D. C.<br/><br/> unknown books
19213276New York: Wendell P. Colton 1921. Black and white illustrated folding brochure; map of the river route; excursion and tickets information; 9" x 16" size approx. opened fully; some edge tips wear and rubbing; good condition. Good. Wendell P. Colton unknown books
14375New York: Hudson River Day Line Albertype Co. Large format postcard for this steamship company printed in colors; No. 102 of the series; postally unused; approximately 6" x 8" size; no date but circa 1920s; some light wear and rubbing to paper edges some mottling to image; good condition. Good. Hudson River Day Line Albertype Co. unknown books
1904232039New York: Hudson River Day Line 1904. First. paperback. very good-. 3 maps of the Hudson River Valley 1 double-page map of the Catskills. Many photo Illus. 168pp. 12mo pr. wrs. wrappers lightly soiled otherwise very good. New York: Hudson River Day Line 1904. First Edition<br/><br/> Lists boat trips available and prices. Also lists hotels with the number of guests that can be accommodated and their weekly room rates.<br/><br/> Hudson River Day Line unknown books
1860236714New York: T. Nelson and Sons 1860. First. hardcover. good. Color plates. 202pp. 3pp. of publisher's ads. 18mo original blue cloth cloth lightly soiled spine lightly sunned edges of corners lightly worn and bumped foxing throughout not affecting plates. New York: T. Nelson and Sons 1860. First Edition.<br/><br/> Beautifully illustrated. Most of plates are views of cities and prominent scenery along the Hudson River including a folding view of Albany.<br/><br/> T. Nelson and Sons unknown books
1971166887Yonkers NY: Hudson River Musem 1971. Paperback. VG- light wear to edges and corners. Brown softcover with black lettering. 34 unnumbered pages. Illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition from April 24 to June 6 1971. Hudson River Musem paperback books
2008262015Yonkers: Hudson River Museum 2008. hardcover. near fine. Patterned endpapers. Illustrated throughout in color with many full-bleed images. 143 pages square small 4to pictorial boards subtle small scrapes/indentations affecting back board . Yonkers: Hudson River Museum 2008. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> Attractively designed and interesting book.<br/><br/> Hudson River Museum unknown books
1978W6524New City NY: Haywire Press 1978. Original blue cloth silver with some sunning and scratcheson upper cover. Silver lettering on spine worn in spots. Rear free endpaper has double vertical crease. 137 dramatic black and white photographs. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Catalogue. Haywire Press Hardcover books
1851406078New York: Wm. C. Locke & Co 1851. Wrappers chipped at edges professionally rebacked some unobtrusive offsetting on map. 8vo. 50 pages. Large folding map on three joined sheets 21 x 1788 cm; 8.25 x 61.75 inches. 11 woodblock illustrations in text and with 2 more not recorded in the index but always present. Original printed wrappers with woodblock vignette. SCARCE Hudson River Railroad travel guide published the first year in which the full line was completed. It covers points of interest along the route with woodblocks illustrating the text. Topics include: the history of the Hudson River the history of the construction of the Hudson River Railroad and the cities towns and villages along the Hudson from New York City all the way to Troy. Concerning the West Point Foundry at Cold Spring the guide states: "the iron foundry was established here by Gouverneur Kemble. The works are situated about a mile west of the village upon a small stream which tumbles rapidly down the mountains affording considerable water power. It is the largest establishment of its kind in the country employing nearly five hundred hands constantly." The building of the Hudson River Railroad is another topic in the guide. The project was considered highly impractical since much of the route had to be cut through extremely difficult rock and terrain. This section includes a description of the tunnels which had to be constructed. The railroad was opened in three stages. In September 1849 it allowed passengers to travel from New York to Peekskill. By that December 6 twenty-three additional miles were opened extending to New Hamburg. By the 31st of the month it was open the remaining distance of nine miles to Poughkeepsie. The Hudson River Railroad was an extension of the Troy and Greenbush Railroad which was chartered in 1845 connecting Troy South to Greenbush now Rensselaer on the east side of the Hudson. The Hudson River Railroad was chartered on May 12 1846 to extend this line south to New York City. The full line opened on October 3 1851 the same year in which this travel guide was published. WorldCat/OCLC records 25 copies but it is scarcely found complete with the map and the map is also excluded from the digitized versions available online. <br/><br/> Wm. C. Locke & Co unknown books
1855WRCAM50640Washington 1855. 7pp. Printed on blue paper. Folio stitched as issued. Gatherings loose. Edges toned internally clean. Very good. Concluded September 10 1853 proclaimed February 5 1855. Concluded by Joel Palmer at Table Rock in Oregon Territory. The Rogue River tribe agrees to sell their lands between Rogue River and Siskiyou Mountains in return for $60000. EBERSTADT 109. unknown books
19323746New York: Ingersoll-Rand Company 1932. 29pp. Quarto 29 cm Tan illustrated wrappers. Minor wear to covers with a name in ink on the front panel. History of the Hoover Dam that tells the story of the early history of the Colorado River and the development leading up to the selection of the dam site. It also offers general information and facts regarding the undertaking and the men who are directing it. <br/><br/>"The Hoover Dam is the latest in a long list of major construction projects to employ Ingersoll-Rand equipment. Preparations for the actual building of the dam consist largely of rock drilling operations. Hundreds of thousands of cubic yards of rock are being moved in building highways and railroads in scaling canyon walls of loose material and in driving the diversion tunnels which will carry the river past the dam during the construction Ingersoll-Rand Company unknown books
195818993Springfield IL: Charles Thomas Publisher 1958. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A clean very well-preserved copy of the 1958 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine to Fine in a crisp Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Octavo disturbing black-and-white photos throughout. An all-but-pristine copy. <br/><br/> Charles Thomas Publisher hardcover books
1841283161Richmond: Shepherd & Colin Printers 1841. First Edition. Half Leather. Poor binding. The first six Annual Reports of the President to the Stockholders of the James River and Kanawha Company for the years of 1835 through 1840. The canal was first developed by the James River Company in 1790 resumed in 1820 by the Commonwealth of Virginia and revived for the second and final time by the James River and Kanawha Company. By the final of these annual reports the canal reached only to Lynchburg and would later be driven out of operation by damage sustained by the Civil War and competition by the C&O railroad. With a large folding map of a proposed canal from Richmond to Tidewater. Foxing to the preliminaries; Japanese tissue reinforcement to the hinges. Half calf over marbled paper with a leather label. Uncommon. OCLC notes one holding each for the First Second and Fifth Annual Reports only. Poor binding. Shepherd & Colin Printers unknown books
402Richmond: Shepherd & Colin 1838. . 8vo printed pale green wrappers soiled extremities of spine chipped Signature of John Hartwell Cocke on the front free endpaper dated November 15 1838. "Progressive and prescient in all things he promoted new agricultural methods the founding of agricultural societies the development of waterways and steam navigation." DAB. He fought with great brilliance in the War of 1812 and rose from Captain to Brigadier General in eighteen months. He was against Slavery tobacco and was President of the American Temperance Union. He refused to run for public office although many attempts were made to persuade him to do so. Despite the many differences between the two men and Cocke's disapproval of some particulars of Thomas Jefferson's architectural plan he cooperated with Jefferson on the building committee of the University of Virginia and was a member of the Board of Visitors for 33 years Richmond: Shepherd & Colin, 1838. unknown books
107322Southhampton PA: James River n.d. stiff paper wrappers. Paper Specimens. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 2 pages of text followed by five specimens printed in color. Paper specimen booklet issued by one of the premier paper companies in America. Printed in color throughout. James River) unknown books
178029817Madrid: En la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta 1780. Small 4to 19.5 cm; 7.75". 2 X 437 1 pp. <br><br>Third edition "corregida notablemente por los autores" who were both doctors of law of a lively and standard treatise on the civil law of Castile but with a section at the end of each chapter on the differences that obtain in Aragon because of the "fueros" legal exemptions that exist there.<br>Â Â Â Â Earlier editions appeared in 1771 and 1775. Of this edition WorldCat locates only six U.S. libraries reporting ownership. The work was translated and published in English in 1825. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Palau 18719. Contemporary quarter dark leather with marbled paper sides; binding worn and marbled paper very faded and abraded. All edged marbled. Waterstain in upper quarter of most of the volume. En la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta hardcover books
14784Original stereoview photo of the Jordan River. Measures approximately 7"x3.5". Black and white. This image is labeled #224 in a release of 400 stereoviews depicting the Jordan River and surrounding Mountains of Judea from the cliffs of Moab. In there foreground an Arab man in traditional dress including a robe and turbaned headdress overlooks a small boat floating on the serene waters of the river. Copyright Keystone View Company. In very good condition. unknown books
186878800México: Imprenta de José M. Lara 1868. Some chipping in lower front spine o/w very good copy. 15.5cm. Dedicado a los Socios del culto perpetuo de Sr. San Jose x118p frontis pict. wrps Frontis lithography by Iriarte. The author was the famous archbishop of Rio de La Plata. b. 1727 Aragon Spain. Su nombre es José Antonio por parte de su padre se apellida Campos y por parte de su madre Julián. He was part of the Orden de los Frailes Carmelitas. His first work was published in 1766 in Spain by Francisco Medina. He arrived in Buenos Aires and was appointed archbishop of the Rio de la Plata in 1780. Eximio teólogo escritor consumado se estilo sencillo fluido elegante y de conceptos claros. Conocedor profundo de la teología manejaba igualmente las Sagradas Escrituras los Santos Padres los autores profanos y clásicos. Muestra de ello son las Pastorales que en diferentes ocasiones y con varios motivos publicó para edificación de sus fieles para el arreglo y dirección de su diócesis. El Virrey Vértiz proyectaba ya desde 1781 la edición de sus Pastorales por cuenta del Erario en la imprenta de Niños Expósitos; si bien este proyecto no se concretó Vértiz las difundió profusamente " haciendo encuadernar más de trescientos volúmenes de las mismas con destino sin duda a las oficinas y empleados públicos de la colonia y de la metrópoli. En los pocos años que duró su gobierno realizó una obra fecundísima. investía y su propósito de consagrar al cumplimiento de las mismas" todos los talentos de su inteligencia todas las energías de su voluntad y todas las fuerzas de su cuerpo". Propuso al Cabildo municipal su pensamiento de establecer un Colegio de Niñas Huérfanas; esta idea se vio concretada cuando el 21 de abril de 1782 se inauguró el mencionado instituto. Urgía también la terminación de las obras de la catedral iniciadas un siglo antes por el Obispo Mercadillo. Antes de ausentarse de Córdoba hacia su nuevo destino el Alto Perú logró terminar alhajar y consagrar la Catedral el 29 de abril de 1785. A su paso por Catamarca en 1786 fundó el edificio para Casa y Colegio de Huérfanas de dicha ciudad. La actividad que desplegó como Arzobispo de La Plata fue similar a la realizada en Córdoba. Falleció en la nombrada ciudad de La Plata hoy Sucre República de Bolivia el 25 de marzo de 1804. De él dice Angel Clavero: "San Alberto era un Obispo de celo ardiente un gobernante de exquisita prudencia un hombre que tenía clara visión del porvenir un milagro de actividad un varón preocupado por el bien espiritual y material de sus subordinados un sacerdote según el corazón de Dios un patriota sincero y un religioso manso y dulce". Doña Purificación Gato Castaño que realizó su tesis doctoral sobre el mismo personaje ha recopilado las obras de fray Antonio de San Alberto repartidas entre Argentina y Bolivia y las ha encasillado en cuatro bloques fundamentales: de carácter religioso-moral político pedagógico y de disciplina eclesiástica. Según la autora "merece la pena publicar todo ese material por una parte por ser ésta una forma de dar a conocer ese tramo de historia que nos es común con Hispanoamérica por tratarse de unos escritos que exponen una serie de proyectos educativos en gran parte desconocidos sobre todo en España y por tratarse de un material que al estar tan disperso en lugares tan distintos y tan distantes no fácilmente accesibles no están al alcance de cualquiera". Armando Sejas pondera por su parte en "Presentación del arzobispo San Alberto como pastor y educador del pueblo" la labor educativa y pastoral de José Antonio de San Alberto el fraile carmelita descalzo que a fines del período indiano propone una formación sacerdotal continua espiritual y pedagógica en Charcas donde fue arzobispo entre 1785 y 1804. En ese lapso San Alberto funda el convictorio de Oratorianos el colegio de Niñas Huérfanas de la Plata y otro colegio en Catamarca. También escribe numerosas cartas pastorales y diversos textos porque a su juicio las palabras en las cartas y los libros "son más permanentes y por lo mismo tal vez más vivas y más eficaces que las dichas en el púlpito para persuadir mover y conmover los corazones". Autor Rio de la Plata Argentina Archidiócesis. Arzobispo 1783-1804: Jose Antonio de San Alberto Titulo Colección de instrucciones pastorales que en diferentes ocasiones y con varios motivos publicó para edificación de los fieles . D. Fr. Ioseph Antonio de S. Alberto . Arzobispo de la Ciudad de la Plata en America . Parte primera-segunda Publica En Madrid : en la Imprenta Real 1786. José Antonio de San Alberto Arzobispo de Rio de La Plata 1727-1804 Imprenta de José M. Lara unknown books
190441Tierra Amarilla NM: La Clinica 197-. 7x3.75 inch four-panel card with cover art depicting the sun rising over mountains; announces the beginning the the clinic's full-time dentist program. Text in both English and Spanish. Founded in 1969 the clinic still operates as a non-profit as of 2014. La Clinica unknown books
157810732Rennes: J. du Clos for P. Le Bret 1578. Contemporary vellum soiled and stained later manuscript spine title evidence of four pigskin ties slightly overlapping edges ruled in red. Only Antiquarian Edition: "The Demosterion provides the most extensive documentation of early French Paracelsianism" Baudry tr. Half in French and half in Latin its six parts present an introduction to Paracelsian doctrine a distillation of its principles into three hundred bilingual aphorisms a work on divination a dictionary of Paracelsian terms a chiromantic essay and a balneological and mineralogical description of Brittany. Together the texts address alchemy geomancy astrology ethics dietetics physiology pathology and cures for ulcers leprosy edema plague gout and paralysis.    Schematic the first plate outlines which remedy cures which ailment according to Paracelsian principles. The second plate has a large woodcut with the phases of the Moon passing through a sidereal month noting enterprises and therapies favored on each day along with astrological influences.    Complete and in good condition ink spots on the plates two contemporary title inscriptions one dated 1579 19th-century manuscript shelf labels.¶Trevor-Roper "The sieur de la Rivière Paracelsian physician to Henri IV" in Science Medicine and Society in the Renaissance: Essays to Honor W. Pagel ed. Debus 1972 II: 227-50; Baudry Contribution à l'étude du paracelsisme en France au XVIe siècle 1560-1580.Le Demosterion de Roch Le Baillif passim & 2172; Sudhoff Bibliographia paracelsica 181a n.; Duveen Bibliotheca alchemica 343-4 "very rare"; Brunet III: 897 "rare et curieux". [J. du Clos] for P. Le Bret unknown books
1933019937NY: Huntington Press. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good with slightly darkened spine. . Huntington Press hardcover books
193351200New York: Huntington Press 1933. First Edition. Octavo. Tan decorative cloth boards purple topstain to textblock; 204pp. Publisher's slip laid in. Author inscription with drawing on ffep. Trivial age-toning and foxing to margins of textblock mild pulling to crown of spine else a tight clean unmarked copy. Near Fine. Huntington Press unknown books
181928371Marseille: Chez Antoine Ricard 1819. Ornamental headpiece. 1 vols. ca. 16 1/2 x 20 3/4 inches. Broadside. Folded short tears in blank margins some notations on verso visible tabs on verso else very good. Ornamental headpiece. 1 vols. ca. 16 1/2 x 20 3/4 inches. Following the Hundred Days. Chez Antoine Ricard unknown books
1720WRCAM48868Amsterdam 1720. Single-sheet map 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Minor foxing. Near fine. A scarce early map of the Mississippi River Valley depicting the American region between the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes taken from HET GROOT TAFEREEL DER DWAASHEID. THE GREAT MIRROR OF FOLLY a scathing account of the speculative crashes that led to European financial disaster in 1720. The work was a chronicle of the failed attempts by John Law Controller General of Finances for the French government to open Louisiana to trade in order to help alleviate France's financial problems. This led to the creation of the Mississippi Company which created the "Mississippi Bubble" incident that destroyed the Banque Générale Privée the General Private Bank which Law founded. The map depicts the Mississippi River parts of Louisiana and Florida Lake Michigan referred to here as "Lac de Illionis" and Lake Superior the extent of French colonial explorations in the region and names of Indian tribes. It is decorated with a title cartouche incorporating the arms of John Law and depicting two Native Americans holding a cornucopia through which flows the mighty Mississippi River. unknown books
