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18473618070(Stuttgart, Expedition der Wochenbände, 1846 - 1847). Zusammen 440 (statt: 444) S. mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. Hlwd der Zeit (beschabt und angestaubt, Bibl.-Ordnung auf Spiegel montiert, durchgehend braunfleckig, letzte Lagen mit kleinem Eselsohr; Titel und Vorwort des ersten Bändchens entfernt; 1 S. mit etwas Textverlust durch überklebten Einriß).
1825BOOKS013045IEast Windsor NJ 1825. Original manuscript. Very Good. Two documents 6pp; few spots of foxing. Dated March 15 1825. 12.5" x 7.75" Michael Lykes and his wife Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Morford deceased appoint East Windsor attorney Elijah Davis. The lawyer is to represent them in selling certain lands in Middlesex County to which Elizabeth has claim as the only daughter and heir of Thomas Morford who inherited the land from his grandfather William Updike of Middlesex County by terms of a will dated November 22 1778. On the back of this first document one Andrew Rowan attests that Elizabeth came before him on August 15 1824 at which time he examined her without her husband and she agreed to give power-of-attorney to Davis. The second document dated at Lamberton on 21 June 1825 comprises several testimonials that Elizabeth is the daughter of Thomas Morford and Lucy Reed who "for many years lived together and cohabited as man and wife." Elizabeth Dye attests that she believes Morford and Reed were legally married. Sarah Reed Lucy's mother states that Lucy was married to Morford at age 19 without Sarah's consent and that they had a daughter named Elizabeth. Inserted in this document is the testimonial of John Smith of Lambertville NJ who states that he officiated at the marriage of Elizabeth and Michael a few years earlier believing that she was the daughter of Thomas Morford who was the son of Mrs. Elizabeth Story wife of Joseph Story of Story Farm. Also signing this document are Robert and Ann Taylor who attest to the lineage and Abraham Creque who was in the house when Thomas Morford and Lucy Reed lived as man and wife. unknown
189611768New Hampshire. Very Good. 1896. Softcover. Clean green original soft covers with black lettering. Text tight clean & intact. Local Historical Facts; Government Officers; Business Directory. New England ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 84 pages . paperback
1858biblio626Writing is very light on some pages. Darker are pages of names and totals. Math done on some pages. Small journal which I think is leather. No reference to area but originated from Virginia. Ships First Class with confirmation. not published paperback
182897115Paris: impr. Dezanche and impr. Pihan Delaforest and Delangle Freres 1828-1835. 1828-1835. Fair. - Octavo 8-1/4 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Four pamphlets bound into early brown calf with an elaborate floral device embossed in blind at the center of both the front and rear covers within an elaborate outer gilt ruled frame with formal decorations. All edges are marbled. The rubbed & worn covers are detached and the spine has perished and thus lacking. The pagination is as follows: i-xii 1-96 pp.; 5 6-45 1 pp.; 5 folding plates; 5 6-66 pp.; 4 pp. 1-82. There is foxing throughout.<p>The ownership name of James Stewart and the faded date of "1881" is penned on the front blank. In what appears to be his hand the statement "From Pierre Soule" is penned along the top of the verso of the front endpaper. Additionally the attractive sienna-toned ex-libris bookplate of "R.G.S." is mounted on the front pastedown. <p>Stated to be from the library of Pierre Soule with his name signature at the head of the first pamphlet. Soule 1801-1870 was the French-born New Orleans attorney and Louisiana Senator.<p>The lawyer involved in these 4 cases Gustave Louis Chaix d'Est-Ange 1800 - 1876 was the son of the attorney general at the court of criminal justice of Reims. As a lawyer his oratorical talent was noted at the Paris bar where he practiced. He was entrusted with a number of important cases and from 1842-1844 was president of the Paris Bar Association.<p>1 Plaidoyer et réplique de Me Chaix-d'Est-Ange dans le procès d'Émile de La Roncière précédés d'une Note de M. le lieutenant-général Clément de la Roncière d'Esquisse préliminaire de M. Eugène Roch et d'une lettre de M. Émile de La Roncière adressée à "l'Observateur des tribunaux". Paris: De L'Imprimerie De Dezauche 1835. The sensational trial of Emile de La Ronciere 1803 - 1874 was most recently memorialized by John Fowles in his novel "The French Lieutenant's Woman". In chapter 28 of the novel he discusses the trial of the young cavalry officer who was accused of raping Marie the sixteen-year-old daughter of his commanding General Baron de Morell. The trial itself revolved around a series of anonymous letters threatening the Morell family and signed "E. de La R.". La Ronciere was found guilty and sentenced to ten years in prison. The verdict was controversial and has been debated for many years. In the pamphlet at hand is included the text of a letter to the l'Observateur des Tribunaux written by La Ronciere's father Clement de La Ronciere on August 25 1835 and one written by the imprisoned La Ronciere himself on September 10 1835. These are followed by a preliminary outline by Eugene Roch. The text from the trial is based on reporting in l'Observateur des Tribunaux journal des documens judiciaires. It begins with the plea of La Ronciere's attorney Chaix d'Est-Ange. Although misbound later in this collection of pamphlets facsimiles of items used as evidence in the trial are included. These include 4 folding facsimiles on which are printed 8 samples of handwriting of La Ronciere and of Marie de Morell. Also included on a fifth folding plate is a remarkable plan of the home of the Morells with a view of the floor where Marie's room was located.<p>2 Plaidoyer de Me Chaix-d'Est-Ange pour M. le ministre du Commerce et des Travaux publics intervenant contre M. Victor Hugo. Paris: Imprimerie De Pihan Delaforest 1832. Victor Hugo's play "Le Roi s'amuse" was the basis for the libretto of Verdi's opera Rigoletto. The opening of the play on November 22 1832 was highly anticipated. The opening night box office receipts were an enormous success but the play was not. Both the audience and the critic's responses were negative. However the most devastating response came from the Minister of the Interior. He saw the play as an attack on the royal family and ordered it suspended i.e. banned. In the Charter of 1830 censorship was stipulated to "never be re-established". This conflict led to a trial on December 19 1832. Odilon Barrot represented Hugo and Chaix d'Est-Ange represented the Ministry of Commerce. He took the unpopular stand that the State had the authority to examine dramatic works before production. His plea is published here. Hugo lost this free-speech debate and the play was banned for 50 years.<p>3 Plaidoyer de M. Chaix d'Est-Ange pour le sieur Auguste Labauve et les sieur et dame Formage plaignans et parties civiles contre Frédéric Benoît accusé. Paris: Imprimerie De Pihan Delaforest Morinval 1832. A VIVID ACCOUNT OF MATRICIDE! Frederic Benoit 1810 - 1832 known as "Le Parricide" was executed by the guillotine at the Place St. Jaques in the 14th arrondisement of Paris on August 30 1832. The story of Benoit's killing of his mother in November 1829 and that of his male lover seventeen-year-old Joseph Formage on July 22 1831 is well documented and need not be repeated here. In this civil plea of June 14 1832 on behalf of the butcher Auguste Labauve and also on behalf of Joseph Formage's parents Chaix d'Est-Ange outdoes himself in painting with vibrant colors the slaughter by Benoit of his own mother. Labauve was the second victim of this crime. In January of 1830 an anonymous letter was found threatening Benoit's father a justice of the peace as well as Labauve with the same fate as that of Madame Benoit. The letter was said to be in the hand of Labauve. He was brought to trial for murder and was acquitted by a divided jury. However he was sentenced to a 5 year prison term for having written the threatening letter.<p>4 Procès fait à la lettre adressée au duc d'Orléans par Cauchois-Lemaire. Paris: Delangle Freres Libraires 1828. In December 1827 the editor of the Constitutionnel Louis Francois Auguste Cauchois-Lemaire 1789 - 1861 published a notorious 69 page pamphlet "Sur la crise actuelle lettre a S.A.R. le duc d'Orleans". The pamphlet addressed to Louis-Philippe the Duke of Orleans was a powerful attack on the ultra-royalist government of Joseph de Villele and a denunciation of the so-called "massacre" that took place on the rue Saint-Denis on July 27 1827. Cauchois-Lemaire concludes his essay paraphrasing the French "Thus liberty awaits the day which should let it emerge from its prison. And we who are tired of the long wait together we call for a favorable star to hasten it." The result was that Cauchois-Lemaire was accused of trying to persuade the duc d'Orleans the "favorable star" to lead the opposition to the government and have it overthrown. He and the two publishers Ponthieu and Schubart were brought to trial on January 12 1828. Cauchois-Lemaire was sentenced to 15 months in La Force prison in addition to a fine. In defense of Cauchois-Lemaire Chaix d'Est-Ange given that the facts of the matter were difficult to vindicate delivered a brilliant thesis on constitutional law. The press at the time praised his eloquence. Cauchois-Lemaire himself was so impressed that he wrote Delangle Freres from prison on January 28 1828 requesting that they publish a transcript of the trial. That letter together with the proceedings of the trial are published here. Paris: impr. Dezanche, and impr. Pihan Delaforest, and Delangle Freres, 1828-1835. unknown
1874023930Philadelphia: John Campbell & Son 1874. First Edition . Printed Wrappers. Good. Iv 128 Pp. Quite Worn With Front Cover Endpaper Dedication And Title Detached But Present Shipped At Edges Without Loss Of Text Light To Faint Dampstaining At Edges. Ink Note At Front Indicating That This Is The First Book Published By John Campbell Etc. Scarce. <br/> <br/> John Campbell & Son unknown
1896011741Providence R.I.: Sidney S. Rider 1896 Book. Illus. by Facsimile Tickets/Documents. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited to 250 Copies. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth on boards. The Providence Journal Library in gilt on cover. Rebound 1948. A record of lotteries in the hundred-year period specified beginning with building a bridge over the Woboset River at Providence in November 1744. Lotteries were used by every religious denomination except the Quakers to build churches or steeples. One man in debtor's prison used this principle to re-establish himself. Schools libraries and organizations such as the Masons raised funds by lottery while even the legislatures found lotteries more productive than taxation. 123 pp. Sidney S. Rider hardcover
180423525Walpole NH: Thomas & Thomas. Good with no dust jacket. 1804. 1st Edition. Reprint. Leather. Contemporary full calf spine in six compartments separated by gilt borders. First published in 1801 this is the first of the 19th century evidence treatises influential upon Bentham whose 'Rationale' was published in 1827 and commended by him elsewhere described as "embodying considerable original thought and research and . . . long in high repute". . Spine faded professional repairs to spine and gutters former owner's signature W. Starr Whiton and date 1896 on ffep some pages mildly sunned otherwise unmarked tight and square. GOOD. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 199 pp . Thomas & Thomas hardcover
18342893691Stirling and Kenney 1834. Pages are dampstained. Binding is slightly scuffed around the edges and on backstrip.This book has hardback covers. Ex-library With usual stamps and markings In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item650grams ISBN: Stirling and Kenney hardcover
1837019285Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore New Haven: Perkins & Marvin Weeks Jordan & Co. C. Shepard H. Perkins Bailey & Burns H. Howe 1837. First American Edition Thus . Original Cloth / 1/4 Leather. Very Good. Frontispiece. Xxiv 25-120 Pp. First American Edition With Preface Dated Oct 1 1837 11 Pp Of Testimonials From English And American Reviewers Sheets Printed By Henry Mozley & Sons Derby. Leather Spine With Title "Short Hand" In Gilt Six Pairs Of Gilt Rules. Covers Worn But No Fraying Gilt Bright. No Names Or Marks Or Book Plates. No Copy Located In Oclc Worldcat. <br/> <br/> Perkins & Marvin, Weeks Jordan & Co., C. Shepard, H. Perkins, Bailey & Burns, H. Howe hardcover
1841BOOKS036580IPhiladelphia: Manly and Orr. Very good copy. 1841. Later prt. hardcover. 12mo 124 pp. Backstrip cracked along its edges but outer & inner hinges still tight Full title reads as follows: "A Defence of Usury; Showing the Impolicy of the Present Legal Restraints of the Terms of Pecuniary Bargains to Which is Added a Letter to Adam Smith Esq. LL.D. on the Discouragement of Inventive Industry". Appears to be the first printing of this edition with introductory statement "To the Publishers" also dated 1841 . Manly and Orr hardcover
184588985Philadelphia: Thomas Wardle. Good; There is spotting age wear and some fading throughout. 1845. Hardcover. Vol. 2; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 803 pages . Thomas Wardle hardcover
1864006933Philadelphia: Edward Young & Co 1864. Hardcover. Very Good. Title continued: "To Which are added Statistics of the Principal Manufacturing Centres and Descriptions of Remarkable Manufactories at the Present Time." Imprint includes London: Sampson Low Son & Co. Vol. 2 only. 2 11-826 p. tissue-guarded frontispiece: portraits tables; 24 cm. Rebacked with black cloth and spine label with gilt-tooled title "History of American Manufacturers 1608-1860" sic. Original cloth boards with blind-stamped decoration. Howes B 476. Arranged chronologically this volume traces the history of technology in the United States from the American Revolution to the Civil War. It covers the establishment and activities of societies for the useful arts and mechanics' libraries; inventions and patents; and actions of Congress involving legislation and treaties. It also includes: a history of tariffs from 1842 to 1862 with an alphabetical list of tariffs for that period by Henry Hay of the Philadelphia custom house; a list of the most important American inventions patented from 1850 to 1862; a list of American manufactures at various industrial exhibitions in the 1850s; manufacturing statistics taken from the census for 1860 which includes the number of male and female employees in different types of manufacturing; articles on remarkable manufacturing establishments in Philadelphia and New York and shorter pieces on other cities; lists of the principal manufacturers of cotton and woolen goods by state; and manufacturers in the "western" states Kentucky Ohio Illinois Michigan Missouri and southern states. Includes an index to this volume. In Very Good Condition: rebacked with some repair of board edges; old dampstain at fore-edge of frontispiece and title page which has slight discoloration from tissue-guard; a few pages lightly soiled; otherwise clean and tight. Edward Young & Co hardcover
1868002250Philadelphia PA: Philadelphia PA: Edward Young & Co 1868 1868. 702p/654p with numerous beautiful engravings of business leaders/inventors etc. Covers the origin and growth of industry and manufacturing in the US up to the Civil War. Both volumes in generally very good condition. Covers have been re-taped to binding and some pages have light damp-staining. Very rare set. Third Revised Edition. Quarter Leather/Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Philadelphia, PA: Edward Young & Co, 1868 hardcover
190023150NY: Bradford Rhodes & Company. Good. 1900. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Contents are very good to fine but the spine is faded and very worn. Separating along the outside hinges but the textblock is intact. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 880 pages . Bradford Rhodes & Company hardcover
188925090184George Allen UK 1889. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 253 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: George Allen UK 1889. Second Edition. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Covers have superficial rubbing/wear. Edges of boards have superficial wear. Pages are reasonably tanned. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Economics. Inventory No: 25090184. George Allen hardcover
182612203Edinburgh: William Blackwood 1826. Third edition. Cloth over Boards. Good condition but mild ex-library. Octavo pp. 184. The text of three letters to the Edinburgh Weekly Journal by Sir Walter Scott defending the issuing of Scottish bank notes. An important historical text. William Blackwood hardcover
183213180New York: Print of William Van Norden 1832. 1832. Very good. - Small octavo 6-1/2 inches high by 4-1/4 inches wide softcover printed self-wraps. Disbound removed in the distant past from a larger collection of pamphlets. 17 & 3 pages. Illustrated with 3 full-page tables. There is a small stain to the title with offsetting to the following leaf. Very good. <p>First edition.<p>Bard was a pioneer in life insurance and his company was the first to make it a specialty. In this pamphlet he replied to public suspicion and current criticism of insurance and predicted a rapid development for it.<p>Scarce. New York: Print of William Van Norden, 1832. paperback
180326581Albany NY: D. & S. Whiting 1803. 1803. Good. - hardcover Octavo bound in vintage tan calf. The covers are bumped rubbed & scuffed. There are small pieces out of the head & tail of the spine and damage to the bottom edge of the rear cover and to the bottom edges of the last part of the book with no loss of text. Pages i-xv & 16-479 plus errata page. As issued pages 290 to 295 are repeated in their numbering. There are previous owner's names penned in ink on the front endpaper. and a few ink notes. There is scattered foxing & light staining throughout with some creases. Good only. <p>The alphabetically arranged material which includes sections on bastardy bigamy dogs "it is not a felony to steal dogs which are of a base nature" the poor rape slaves women and wrecks gives quite a comprehensive view of society at the time. Albany [NY]: D. & S. Whiting, 1803. hardcover
186855411New York: Kiggins Tooker & Co 1868. Stated fourth edition. 12mo 19cm. In tan printed paper wraps; i-xvi 17-366pp. A stable copy with wrappers showing general mild wear and soil spine cracked with losses at head and tail internally clean though some leaves browned with single wormhole in lower margin: Very Good. <br /> <br /> Kellogg's ideas about interest rates and government-issued paper money were first published in 1843 as "Usury: the Evil and Remedy." He expanded these ideas into a book Labor and Other Capital in 1849. The present edition of 1861 was edited by Kellogg's daughter. "Kellogg's chief idea was that interest rates should be based not on the scarcity of credit but on the basic operating costs of banks. 'Kelloggism' had a great influence on such inflationary movements as the Greenback and the Populist." See ADAMS Radical Literature in America p.49 first edition. SABIN 37286. Kiggins, Tooker & Co unknown
182317666<p>London: Printed for Henry Colburn and Co. 1823 Third edition "revised and greatly enlarged. To which are now first added estimates of household expenses founded on economical principles and adapted to families of every description." OCLC records no copies of any earlier editions and only eight copies of this edition in North America. Jisc COPAC also does not record copies of any earlier editions. Contemporary marbled boards rebacked in modern calf with red spine label. . Twelvemo. . Some rubbing to boards. Very fresh throughout. A very good unusually clean copy. A household management manual that gives advice on the inner workings of the English middle- and upper middle-class home—everything from preparing tea to preventing mold growth. The manual is organized in chapters according to parts of the household: Residences Principal Apartments Auxiliary Apartments Domestic Offices External Conveniences i.e. gardens and Servants' Hall plus chapters of general advice and the lengthy section on budgeting in annual income brackets from £55 to £5000. The budgeting section lists full estimates of expenses for each of these income brackets: the lower income brackets list just simple purchases like food clothing and candles while the highest includes the salaries of twenty-two servants.</p> Printed for Henry Colburn and Co., hardcover
185016926Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson 1850. 1850. Good. - Octavo contemporary tan calf with gilt-lettered leather labels on the spine. The spine & extremities are darkened & the leather of the spine is dried out & cracking. There are 3 tiny holes in the front joint. xxviii & pages29-227; and xxviii & pages 29-364. The edges of the pastedowns endpapers flyleaf & rear blank are darkened with an owner's ink name & date on the front endpaper. There is staining & foxing to the fore-edge prelims & the last few leaves of the 2nd index with occasional foxing & staining in the text. There are some light stains to the top edge. Good. <p>The first American edition of each work both originally published in London in 1849. <p>This is the "January February and March 1850" volume of "The Law Library" series. Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson, 1850. hardcover
18247715Boston: Cummings Hilliard & Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1824. First Edition. Hardcover. Original 19th C calf covered boards. Spinal leather gone and professional recovered with embossed titles author and date. Lightly yellowed and foxing pps previously owned by Rufus Putnam of Vermont plate on inside of front cover. Leather is supple and shows some edge and corner wear spine cracking rear hinge complete and tight. A Unique and authoritative treatise on law in the early Nineteeth Century 48 Years after Independence.; 687 pages . Cummings, Hilliard & Co. hardcover
187216374Philadelphia: J. G. Fergus & Co. Good. 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. The covers are rubbed & soiled. Hinges are tight and the contents are very good to fine although one skinny signature is a tiny bit proud of the rest. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 426 pages . J. G. Fergus & Co. hardcover
18743617948London, W. Maxwell, 1874. 36, 502 S. Hlwdbd der Zeit (Einband leicht angestaubt, Block leicht schief, anfangs mehrfach gestempelt, gering fleckig).