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1883190138Milan: Treves 1883. Hardcover. Very Good. Cover has general wear discoloration. Bookblock and interior pages have age toning. Italian language text. Blue boards gilt lettering in spine. xi 371 pages illustrations plates portraits. Treves hardcover
1890629485 volumes each with frontispieces 3 in colour Published by Milner and Company hardcover
1813S14157Paris :: H. Perroneau 1813. 1813. Title : Extrait des Annales de Chimie fevrier 1813. 8vo. 4 115 1 pp. Half-title 2 folding engraved plates. Modern navy-blue cloth no embellishments!. Fine. Rare. 121 "The same year 1811 Berard's experiments with Francois-Etienne de La Roche won the prize 1812 of the First Class of the University Paris Academy of Science for determining the specific heat of gases using a copper calorimeter." / Francois-Etienne de La Roche or Delaroche was a Genevan physician naturalist chemist botanist and ichthyologist. "De La Roche became infected with typhus bacteria and died in 1813 only just aged 32 during the same epidemic that his father also succumbed to." / Jacques Etienne Berard was a French naturalist chemist and physicist. He was the first professor of toxicology at Montpellier. He was a pioneer in chemical engineering including pharmaceuticals and was managing director of La Paille the manufacturing site that had been founded by Chaptal in 1782. H. Perroneau, 1813. hardcover
1817810681817. DE LA ROCHE ST. ANDRE M. Le Chevalier. A LETTER TO THE EDITOR OCCASIONED BY THE PAMPHLET ENTITLED A VINDICATION OF THE CONDUCT OF GENERAL SAVARY PUBLISHED IN NO. XVIII. London: n.p. 1817. Disbound from the Pamphleteer. pp. 107-114. 8vo. disbound. Text and title pages in very good condition. Defense of the Duke of Otranto. unknown books
1844314706London: Charles Dolman 1844. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. 155p; 18p appendix. A hardcover book bound in its original plain boards. Good condition overall. The spine is crackly-looking and chipped but the binding itself remains tight. Corners buimped and edge srubbed. Light spotty stains on the boards. Endpapers foxed; streaky ink stans and a stamp on the front endpaper. Text is otherwise unmarked. An English Catholic priest makes a historical argument for belief in papal supremacy in the Irish Church from its earliest times. Charles Dolman hardcover
1898ZB333719Washington: GPO 1898. 2 pp issued as 55th Congress 2d Session HR 644; one leaf light chipping at margins with no loss; concerns a time extension for construction. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Washington: GPO, unknown
188038887Chicago: Rand McNally & Co. n. d. ca 1880. 1880. First edition. 5 3/4" x 4" oblong color pictorial wrappers 16 pp. black & white engraved view of the "Hotel Colfax at Colfax Springs Iowa 333 miles west of Chicago and 24 miles east of Des Moines on the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway." "Accommodations for three hundred and fifty guests. On the site of the famous Magnesium Chalybeate and Colfax Mineral Springs. A sanitarium for invalids and fashionable Summer Resort." Descriptive paragraphs about all the fishing grounds along the routes mostly in Illinois and Iowa with some mention of Missouri Dakota and Minnesota. Small agent's stamp at bottom of title page light evidence of a fold crease to the front cover else a near fine bright clean copy. Rand, McNally & Co., n. d. (ca 1880). unknown
187548055Chicago: Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co 1875. Good. Chicago: Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co. ca. 1875. Small pictorial broadside flyer. 16.5x33cm printed in black. Stock worn toned and chipped with a few instances of soiling extensive splitting along old folds with tape repair to verso. Good only. <br /> <br /> Promotional broadside for the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad that operated from roughly 1850-1970 largely in the Midwest. Features a paper-cut illustration that was created on the occasion of the first trip made by steam-powered passenger cars in New York in 1831 before the company's incorporation. This broadside however was not issued until several decades later. The extensive railway inspired the tune "Rock Island Line" covered by country crooners Johnny Cash and Lead Belly. <br /> <br /> No separately cataloged copies in OCLC as of May 2026. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co unknown
1858406267New York: Benjamin F. Corlies 1858. A very good to near-fine copy with one closed tear and some light discoloration to the wrappers. 8vo. 10 pages. Original glazed-paper printed wrappers. Nine articles outline the structure of the company which had formed in 1847 as the Rock Island and LaSalle Rail Road Company and reincorporated under its new name in 1851. OCLC 4997635. Eberstadt catalogue 131 item 354. <br/><br/> Benjamin F. Corlies unknown books
185830039New York: Benjamin Corlies 1858. Original printed glossy wrappers light fading to lettering. Stitched. 10 2 blanks pp. Near Fine.<br/><br/> Founded in 1847 as the Rock Island and LaSalle Rail Road Company the Chicago and Rock Island reincorporated in 1851 and adopted these bylaws in 1858. In 1880 the Company was reorganized as the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway. <br/>131 Eberstadt 354. Benjamin Corlies unknown books
185830039New York: Benjamin Corlies 1858. Original printed glossy wrappers light fading to lettering. Stitched. 10 2 blanks pp. Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Founded in 1847 as the Rock Island and LaSalle Rail Road Company the Chicago and Rock Island reincorporated in 1851 and adopted these bylaws in 1858. In 1880 the Company was reorganized as the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway. <br /> 131 Eberstadt 354. Benjamin Corlies unknown
1888101899Chicago: J.M.W. Jones Stationery 1888. Softbound. VG ex art library with faded stamp on top of cover ancient colored tape strips along spine. Original color pictorial wrappers. 88 pp. profusely illustrated with line engravings. A very clean tight copy of this book with a beautiful color illustrated cover of a dramatic mining scene. J.M.W. Jones Stationery paperback books
18808642Chicago 1880. 27pp stitched. Original printed wrappers. Very Good. unknown books
18851099Chicago: Geo. F. Cram 1885. Good plus. Large folding pamphlet approximately 20 x 41.5 inches. A few small chips and short closed tears at edges; several short separations and very minor losses along folds. Contemporary agent's ink stamp on cover panel. Tape repair across portion of horizontal fold; one panel with patches of light staining. A scarce colorful promotional for the Rock Island Route as well as its national and international connections with a fascinating stamp of an Australian sales agent. One side of the sheet prints an extensive promotional text and timetables for the various routes and services of the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway. The main side of the sheet prints a map of the United States with state borders shaded in four colors highlighting the principal routes of the Rock Island from Chicago to Minnesota Iowa and Kansas and its connections to points on both the East and West Coasts. An inset map at lower right promotes the Rock Island as part of a transcontinental route between the United Kingdom Ireland and Australia. Most interestingly this copy is stamped on the cover panel with the information of a George. H. Hibbard "Australian Passenger Agent America's Cons'd Trans-continental Railways 6 Bridge Street Sydney N.S.W." Hibbard was evidently the agent in charge of distributing information about the trans-America route in Sydney one of its end points. Several issues of this map were published during the 1880s all scarce. We locate copies of the present 1885 issue at Stanford SMU and the Library of Congress. Geo. F. Cram unknown books
18392401030015xbvkFrankfurt/M., Verlag von Siegmund Schmerber, 1837 (I) / 1839 (II u. III). I. Titelblatt, 52 Seiten, 8 gestochene Bildtafeln. / II. Titelblatt, 52 Seiten, 8 gestochene Bildtafeln. / Titelblatt, Inhaltsverzeichnis, 803 Seiten, 92(!) gestochene Bildtafeln; alle - in den Text gebundene - Bildtafeln (Stahlstich) einseitig auf etwas kräftigerem Papier. - Original-Halbledereinband der Zeit mit ornamentaler Rückenvergoldung und goldgeprägtem grauen Rückenschild; lex.-8vo.(ca. 20,5 x 14 x 5,5 cm).
1824001300London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme &. 1824. fifth edition edition. hardcover. 376 pp Good-/- half-leather binding shows wear & rubbing overall. repair to spine binding solid two pages ragged at bottom edgeone. blind stamp library bookplate on front end page. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & hardcover
18231409100Philadelphia: Robert Desilver 1823. First English Edition. Hardcover. Quarto 4 119; 108 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in paper with a paper label to the front board. Spine has ink hand-written titling. Boards have cracking to spine a loss of paper to spine edges cracking to joints chipping to edges age toning discoloration and scuff marks throughout. Textblock is uncut along the head edges of some pages throughout has age toning to edges and foxing to some pages throughout. Ink ownership inscription to the front free end page. Shelved in Room A. 1409100. Special Collections. Robert Desilver hardcover
18941208060097T.Fisher Unwin 1894. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover no DJ. Covers show edge wear and chipping on spine. Ex-Library college with usual markings. Text is clean and unmarked. Hinges cracked but binding intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! T.Fisher Unwin hardcover
18941208060096T.Fisher Unwin 1894. Hardcover. Acceptable. Fair hardcover no DJ. Covers show edge wear and chipping. Ex-Library college with usual markings. Text is clean and unmarked though tanned. Binding is tight hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! T.Fisher Unwin hardcover
187022000873Boston Massachusetts: Rand Avery & Co Printers 1870. Some light toning and spotting else fine. Illustrated Spanish-language advertising bifolium for Burleigh Rock Drill Co. a highly successful manufacturer of industrial mining equipment based in Fitchburg Massachusetts. Includes large illustration of gentleman operating the Burleigh rock drill on the upper cover and another illustration of the drill on the lower cover. Inside the efficiency and efficacy of the equipment is discussed alongside a list of successful mines and contractors currently using the product.<br /> <br /> Measures 5.75" by 3.5" Charles Burleigh's machine drill was first introduced and patented in 1866 and soon became one of the most successful rock drills in an industry that had not long before been dependent on hand drilling. Rand, Avery & Co, Printers unknown
1828M12311Philadelphia:: Carey Lea & Carey 1828. 1828. Second American edition. Small 4to. xxiii 25-600 16 ads. pp. Index errata slip; foxing. Original gilt-stamped calf leather spine label; upper joint starting spine head worn corners showing. Ownership signature Brinton Library rubber-stamp. Good. Carey, Lea & Carey, 1828. hardcover books
18952110502150304737Ima Furudo shoten 1895. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Ima Furudo shoten paperback
1845315794Düsseldorf, Roschütz 1845. zus. 166 S. BEIGEBUNDEN: Binterim: Die Advokatie des h. Rockes des Herrn zu Trier. Eine Replik auf die Einwendungen der jungen Kritiker zu Bonn, Profess. Dr. Gildemeister und Dr. von Sybel. Düsseldorf, 1846. 52. S. UND Lichter, Philipp: Predigt über die Pflichten der Unterthanen gegen ihren Landesherrn und die von ihm bestellten Obrigkeiten. Ein Prüfungsgeschenk für die Jugend zum Lesen im Kreise der Familien. Trier 1838. 18 S. Kl.-8°. Privater Pappband mit maschinenschriftlicher Deckelbeschriftung, Bibliotheksexemplar mit Rückenschild und Signaturen / Stempeln (entwidmet), Einband gebräunt und teils bestoßen, Papier staub- / braunfleckig, teils wasserrandig.
1832265137London: De La Rue Cornish & Rock 1832. 22 original drawings numerous plates some hand-colored pasted-in on variously colored leaves some with embossed frames by De La Rue & Co London manuscript verses throughout. 57 ll. Square 8vo. Contemporary dark purple morocco covers embossed in blind with large die of a rococo frame design surrounding a central diamond gilt-ruled border spine embossed in blind by a die with a cathedral design titled in gilt and signed by the binder "De La Rue Cornish & Rock" on the spine a.e.g. pink moire pastedowns. Very slight rubbing to binding edges light dampstaining to a few leaves endpapers evidently removed. 22 original drawings numerous plates some hand-colored pasted-in on variously colored leaves some with embossed frames by De La Rue & Co London manuscript verses throughout. 57 ll. Square 8vo. De La Rue Cornish & Rock Embossed Album. A commonplace book of particular interest for its embossed binding manufactured by De La Rue Cornish and Rock. From 1829 through 1832 Thomas de la Rue 1793-1866 partnered with Samuel Cornish and William Rock to manufacture cards embossed papers and playing cards. "De La Rue produced a number of fine albums annuals etc stamped on the back and sides with very finely executed blind imprints ." Ramsden. The De La Rue company still in operation is now one of the world's largest printers of commercial notes and paper. For binding cf. Maggs 1212 II no 241; Ramsden London Bookbinders p. 59 De La Rue, Cornish & Rock] unknown books
182721439Paris: L. Hachette 1827. Fine. L. Hachette Paris 1827 & 1828 12.50 x 20.50 cm 3 volumes reliés First edition. Full hazel sheep bindings lightened spines with four thin raised bands decorated with black fillets double frame of black fillets on boards first board of first volume with marginal scratch blind floral motifs on leading edges first board of second volume decorated with a laurel crown stamped in blind blind frieze frames on pastedowns contemporary bindings. Bound to match the above-described work and by the same compilers: ""Annales des concours généraux philosophie ou recueil de toutes les compositions couronnées en cette faculté aux concours généraux de l'université jusqu'à ce jour"". Copies almost entirely free of foxing. Rare. L. Hachette hardcover
