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1896306962New York: G.F. Diehl 1896. 20pp. 12mo. Stapled self wrappers. Slight finger soiling. In half blue morocco and cloth drop box with red leather label. 20pp. 12mo. Pro-capitalist pamphlet by someone claiming to "work in a machine shop in a little New England town. G.F. Diehl] unknown
186020678Paris, Hachette, 1860 ; in-8, demi-maroquin à coins brun, dos à nerfs, titre et date dorés, non rogné, couvertures vertes et dos conservés (Louis Guétant) , VI, 554, [2] pp. et 341 dessins de Gustave Doré ; la page 554 est chiffrée par erreur 354.
18708922Paris LIBRAIRIE HENRI PLON 1870 1 Paris, (1870), Librairie Henri Plon, in-8 oblong, percaline noire estampée à froid, titre doré, 60pages.
188326401883 Paris librairie Bailliere et cie 1883 in8, demi chagrin vert, dos à nerfs orné de fleurons dorés, titre diré, 664 pages bel exemplaire bien relié
187851721878 Paris, J. Rothschild, Editeur, L'école du Pharmacien, 1878, reliure pleine toilé d'éditeur vert foncé avec décor or et noir, tranches rouges, 10,5x16 cm, 419 pages + catalogue, ouvrage orné de 240 vignettes.
185720892Div. 1857 In-12, demi-basane marbrée, dos à nerfs, caissons ornés, filets et roulettes dorés, pièces d’auteur et de titre rouges. Coiffes un peu usées. Bon exemplaire.
189499451894 demi-reliure havane (half binding) grand in-octavo, dos 5 nerfs (spine with raised bands) - entre-nerfs à fleuron (floweret) - titre frappé or (gilt title), légère épidermure sur le mors du deuxième plat (light scratch on the joint of the back cover), papier marbré aux plats (cover with marbled paper), tranches jaspées (marbled edges), envoi autographe manuscrit de l'Auteur sur la page de garde du premier contre-plat (author's autograph of front counter-cover), illustrations : 414 figures in-texte (pictures in text) et 2 planches (plates) en couleurs hors-texte in fine (full page engraving at rear), 380 pages, 1894 à Paris Octave Doin Editeur - à Bruxelles Bureaux du Moniteur du Praticien,
1859WATERSIE000600W. Kent London. 1859. First edition. pp. 258 2 adverts. Original violet cloth gilt decorated spine. Eight stories based on legendary detective and crime stories.Early gift inscription on front free endpaper. Some spotting. Cloth a little rubbed at edges and slightly scuffed at head and tail of spine. Very good. W. Kent, London. hardcover
1827GITe165A Paris et à Montpellier chez Gabon 1827. In-8 broché 184pp. Avec 4 tableaux dans le texte. Dos factice, manques angulaires sur les plats de la couverture, coupure sans manque en tête d'une page. Bien complet.
1888394945Ottawa: J. Durie & Son 1888. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. 87pp. Dark green cloth gilt decorated in black. Modest rubbing and smudging on the boards still a bright and tight very good or better copy of this long poem. J. Durie & Son hardcover
18597159New York: Horace Waters 1859. Oblong 12mo. 2 141 3 pp. <br><br>151 hymns compiled by Horace Waters. Index in the back. Original printed paper-covered boards respined with cloth tape; front cover illustrated with a bell inscribed Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Binding in fair condition. Covers rubbed with most of the paper loss at corners and front cover cracked lengthwise from bending. One corner of title-page torn away with some loss of printing mostly to text on verso and with gist remaining quite clear. Pencil and ink writing to pastedowns. Browning and spotting. Some page corners creased. Horace Waters hardcover books
1873H35520New York: Horace Waters & Son 1873. First Printing. Wraps. Very good. 6 x 4.5 inches wraps very good light weaer to edges minor soil and spottiness text very clean with bookplate of Josiah Lilly's Foster Hall collection. 96 pp. Horace Waters was a hymnologist and publisher who collaborated frequently with Stephen Foster and Susan Parkhurst. Lilly the head of the pharmaceutical company and namesake of the Lilly Library was a dedicated collector of music autographs and memorabilia related to the life and works of Stephen Foster a native of Pittsburgh. He built a special "music hall" in the outskirts of Indianapolis to house his collection but in 1937 donated the collection to the University of Pittsburgh which dedicated a Foster hall the Stephen Collins Foster Memorial of its own in the newly constructed Cathedral of Learning. Some years ago we acquired some duplicates from that collection and this was among them. Nice association copy! Horace Waters & Son unknown
18605234Boston: Thayer and Eldridge 1860. Measuring approximately 7.75" x 5.25" with 376 numbered pages. <br /> <br /> This book is in fair condition. Heavy bumping and chipping to both ends of spine. Heavy scuffing to both boards and all edges of textblock. Book slightly cocked causing overbite to textblock. Front and rear hinges are cracked. Boards are loose from binding. Interior pages are moderately foxed. <br /> <br /> "THE tales included in this volume possess a remarkable degree of literary merit which renders no apology necessary for their appearance before the public at this time."<br /> <br /> Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.<br /> <br /> Inventory # N10-89. Thayer and Eldridge unknown
185282443New York: Cornish Lamport & Co 1852. First American Edition. Octavo. 19cm. Publisher's original dark blue embossed cloth titled in gilt to spine with elaborate blindstamping to boards. 238pp. Wear rubbing and scuffing to extremities with book board showing through the cloth at corners and edges fraying and loss to spine ends not interfering with the title in addition there is a cosmetic split to the cloth of the front spine hinge. A good serviceable copy with some conspicuous wear. Internally clean rear inner hinge split two previous ownerships in pencil to the prelims with an additional pencil name to page 22. Some thumbing to prelims and with a pale damp stain to the lower front corner of the first 20pp or so. <br /> <br /> Perhaps not the most beautiful example of this scarce and sought after title to surface but a legitimate rarity nonetheless. This first US edition although of dubious legality predates the official first edition of this work by 4 years having been collected from US magazine publications syndicating from the Edinburgh Review and bolted together into book form. One of the very earliest fictional police procedurals and an early contributor to the enduring mystique of Scotland Yard. Cornish, Lamport & Co unknown
1852002646New York: Cornish Lamport & Co. 1852 Bound in brown blind stamped cloth 238 pp. bright gilt spine titles.This ia a first edition pirated preceding the first British edition by four years the first authorized American edition by five. This copy with chipped spine extremities shelf wear spotting to front cover and the first twelve and last five leaves of text foxed. Quite bright and clean. A good to very good copy. Cornish, Lamport & Co. hardcover
185244206New York: Cornish Lamport & Co. Publishers 1852. 1852. First edition. This is the true first American edition that was first issued as a pirated edition by Cornish Lamport & Co. in 1852 with the text lifted from CHAMBER'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL and "some of our American Magazines." The first U. K. edition was published in 1856 as RECOLLECTIONS OF A DETECTIVE POLICE-OFFICER. The first authorized American edition was published in 1857 in Boston by Wentworth and Company. Thomas Waters was the pseudonym of William Russell. 8vo. Original burgandy cloth decorated in blind on front and rear covers titles stamped in gold gilt on the spine 238 pp. preface. Queen 's Quorum 2 says this book is "the most important criminological yellow-back of its time." The first collection of British Detective stories and preceded only by Edgar Allan Poe's TALES in 1845 according to Queen's Quorum. Cloth lightly worn at spine ends corners and extremities cloth is lightly rubbed former owner's name on front pastedown sheet else a very good copy of a rare book. Cornish, Lamport & Co., Publishers, 1852. hardcover
1853E14237New York: Cornish Lamport & Co 1853. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. First edition. 8vo. in red cloth. 238 pp. True tales of a "Detective Policeman" of London who ".is in some repects peculiar to England--one of the developments of the last twenty five years.the record of 'hair-breath 'scapes whcih follow is another verification of the old saying 'Truth is stranger than fiction'". The binding while tight with hinges fully intact is well worn with the spine being chipped and lacking several pieces; covers soiled. The text has some occasional foxing and small stains. Remarkably scarce in first edition. <br/><br/> Cornish, Lamport & Co hardcover
18529305New York: Cornish Lamport & Co. Publishers 1852. 1st Edition . Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Extremely scarce first printing. This is the true first American edition that was first issued as a pirated edition by Cornish Lamport & Co. in 1852 with the text lifted from CHAMBER'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL and "some of our American Magazines." Front board very close to detaching binding repaired with tape. Noticeable shelf-wear soiling bumping etc. Some foxing pages otherwise clean. <br/> <br/> Cornish, Lamport & Co., Publishers hardcover
185229015001Cincinnati OH 1852. General wear. Inscription on front cover. Damage to back strip. A textbook only sold by subscription that seeks to teach the reader arithmetic and world geography by using verse often rhyming verse to help the reader memorize the important terms and formulas. For example in describing the divisions of land the following poem is used: "Of land and its divisions read the stories; Peninsulas Continents Islands Promontories And Isthmuses and Capes and Mountains high Volcanoes Shores and Deserts wet and dry." The book covers both the technically terms in geography meridians tropics latitude longitude etc. and all continents and countries of the world. Additionally they provided some historical and cultural information on the countries as well such as information on the construction of the Great Wall in China and that Holland is one of the most populous districts on the globe. Numerous black and white illustration accompany the text both in the form of maps and illustrations on the geographical and architectural wonders of each locality described. At the end of the book there are six pages of the "Rules of Arithmetic In Verse." Discussed in this section is everything from subtraction to multiplication and decimal fractions to compound interest. Front cover title: "The Poetical Geography with the Rules of Arithmetic in Verse." Inscribed on front cover and inside cover with "Henry Alcott Anthony Rd." 80 pages. Yellow illustrated covers. Measures 9" x 6 1/4". To view this item please click on the following link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/apfB1nLUVFtsZgDg6 <br/><br/> unknown books
1851WRCAM24844Cincinnati 1851. 80pp. Illustrations and map. Original pictorial wrappers. Large chip from front wrap rear wrapper lacking. A couple of internal closed tears some foxing couple of illustrations with light amateur coloring. A fair copy. A rhyming guide to world geography remarkable for its coverage of California. Page 4 has two views of San Francisco and pages 73 to 74 are devoted to California as well. On page 74 is a woodcut map of the gold regions entitled "Valleys of the Sacramento and San Joaquin. Engraved for the Poetical Geography. Wightman Buffalo N.Y." The map shows the area from San Francisco Bay east to the Sierra and from San Jose to the Feather River with the subsidiary streams well delineated. While not the most detailed of maps it is considerably more so than many listed in Wheat. Not in any of the relevant bibliographies. unknown books
185259442Cincinnati: George Van Waters. Very Good. 1852. Paperback. Pamphlet. 80 pages printed wrappers are stained and chipped. Contents show some light foxing but are otherwise bright and complete. Good . George Van Waters paperback books
185229015001Cincinnati OH 1852. General wear. Inscription on front cover. Damage to back strip. A textbook only sold by subscription that seeks to teach the reader arithmetic and world geography by using verse often rhyming verse to help the reader memorize the important terms and formulas. For example in describing the divisions of land the following poem is used:<br /> <br /> "Of land and its divisions read the stories;<br /> Peninsulas Continents Islands Promontories<br /> And Isthmuses and Capes and Mountains high<br /> Volcanoes Shores and Deserts wet and dry."<br /> <br /> The book covers both the technically terms in geography meridians tropics latitude longitude etc. and all continents and countries of the world. Additionally they provided some historical and cultural information on the countries as well such as information on the construction of the Great Wall in China and that Holland is one of the most populous districts on the globe. Numerous black and white illustration accompany the text both in the form of maps and illustrations on the geographical and architectural wonders of each locality described. At the end of the book there are six pages of the "Rules of Arithmetic In Verse." Discussed in this section is everything from subtraction to multiplication and decimal fractions to compound interest. Front cover title: "The Poetical Geography with the Rules of Arithmetic in Verse." Inscribed on front cover and inside cover with "Henry Alcott Anthony Rd." 80 pages. Yellow illustrated covers. Measures 9" x 6 1/4".<br /> <br /> To view this item please click on the following link:<br /> https://photos.app.goo.gl/apfB1nLUVFtsZgDg6. unknown
184869716Milwaukee: Wilson & King 1848. First edition 8vo pp. v 2 8-96; original printed yellow wrappers; text somewhat foxed wrappers curled at the edges; good and sound or better. An innovation in education whereby the lessors are given in verse. The poetical geography is "made to accompany any of the common school atlases" and the sections on arithmetic and English history are also given in verse. "This work is sold only by subscription and cannot be obtained at any bookstore in the United States. Wilson & King unknown
1857007146George Van Waters 1857. Hardcover. Fair. This is a remarkable book designed to teach Geography through the use of poetry apparently with the idea that the poetical lines would be easily remembered. Fasinating drawings and maps throughout . General wear. Name of previous owner and other pencil marks on endpapers and title page. Name and neighboring states noted again in pencil at top of pages 25 - 30. Foxing throughout. Some tears to pages. All text is present and readable. George Van Waters hardcover
189767671London: Lawrence and Bullen Ltd. Good. 1897. Hardcover. #247 of 600 copies. 312 pages some untrimmed unopened. 11 1/2" x 7 3/4" red cloth covers with gilt stamping. The spine is sunned and toned. the covers show some discoloration and rubbing and fraying at the spine ends and cover corners. The front hinge is cracked and the contents show some light toning- otherwise this is a complete bright copy. Good. . Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd. hardcover books
