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18605220099Philadelphia: G. G; Evans Publisher 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Illustrated by G. G. White. First Edition. Binding and hinges sound. Previous owner's book plate on front pastedown. Pages clean tanned foxed. Embossed cloth over boards is shelf worn with bumped corners edge wear fading on spine. Biographics of prominent Southern Revolutionary War heroes published on the eve ot the Civil War. Engravings; 9.25" tall; 320 pages. G. G; Evans, Publisher hardcover
18823280107Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary marks. Lightly circulated. Hinges cracked binding sound joints broken and repaired. Full leather over boards is heavily shelf worn with boards exposed at corner tips. Pages clean tanned. Dampstains on ffeps of both volumes. Speeches remarks and other communications made by Garfield when he was a Congressman in the 1870s through to his inaugural address as President on March 4 1881. Ex-Library; 8.75" 21.5 cm tall; 1594 pages. James R. Osgood and Company hardcover
1812100625<p>Coruna: En la oficina de Don Antonio Rodriguez 1812. 1812. Very good. - Octavo 7-5/8 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Softcover bound in printed self-wrappers decorated with the printer's device. Once likely bound in with other pamphlets with stab marks and remnants of paper along the spine. 72 pages including the front wrapper. Very good.</p><p>First edition.</p><p>Signed in type "J. I. L." and dated "Junio 20 de 1812" the pamphlet is by Jose Rivera Y Gil a liberal and a defender of constitutionalist ideas that led to his imprisonment and exile. He enrolled in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Salamanca in November 1779 and graduated with a degree in law. In March 1790 he joined the Army of Navarre. With the French invasion of 1808 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the first reserve battalion of the Regimiento de Tuy He acted as a lawyer joining the La Coruna bar association in 1812. In the same year he became part of the Citizen for the Constitution team temporarily serving as the War Auditor of Galicia until November 1813. He wrote several articles criticizing the Spanish political system using various pseudonyms or simply an initial. He was secretary of the Galician Censorship Board. He was arrested in the Castle of San Anton in 1814 and sentenced to a six-year suspension from practicing law stripped of his military rank and prohibited from entering A Coruna Madrid and royal sites and ordered to pay the costs of the proceedings. When the constitutional regime ended he was arrested again and exiled.</p><p>The Filosofo Rancio with whom the author is arguing was Francisco Alvarado commonly known as "the Rancid Philosopher" 1756-1814. Alvarado was a Spanish priest Dominican friar philosopher theologian and reactionary writer. While in exile in Portugal in 1811 he published the "Carta del Filo sofo Rancioto" to refute the writings and opinions of renowned liberals who were either members of parliament or had influence over many members of parliament. He was one of the most prominent reactionary pamphleteers.</p> Coruna: En la oficina de Don Antonio Rodriguez, 1812. paperback
1870005644NY: Scribners 1870. In Original red cloth stamped in gold. Binding shows a bit of fading to spine but title still readable. The first edition of this book that was part of the Scribner "Illustrated Library of Wonders" series. A handsome copy. 218 pp. advertisements. Illustrated. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Scribners Hardcover
1889007145Phila: J. B. Rodgers 1889. A tight clean copy of this rather scarce 296 pp. history of Berks County. In original green cloth with patterned endpapers. A beautiful copy with map. Scarce in this protected condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. J. B. Rodgers Hardcover
1861010072NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1861. The first two volumes of a four volume set. Bound in full moroccan leather with five raised bands. This was bound by the Republican Bindery in St. Louis around the turn of last century. Tight clean copies with a bit of scuffing to extremes. Shows well on the shelf. . Later Printing. Full Leather. VG/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harper & Brothers Publishers Hardcover
185038804New York: n.p. 1850. First edition. Self wrappers. Very good copies light soiling. 4 pp.; 4 pp. 8vo. Two editions of the Resolve the first for the Board Edward B. Fellows Clerk dated May 15th and the second headed 'No.3' for "each of the Commissioners Inspectors and Trustees of the Several Ward and Public Schools to be distributed among the Teachers" Albert Gilbert Clerk with an additional date of Oct.16th 1850. The Committee followed the recommendations included in the report and "Resolved That the Board of Education earnestly recommend the Inspectors and Trustees of the several Ward and Public Schools to exert their united influence to abolish corporal punishment in every department of the Schools under their control." it was signed by Dr. William A. Walters Samuel A. Crapo John McLean and Wm. S. Duke. Though the various boards had encourage less severity beginning in 1823 it was not until twenty years after this resolve in 1870 that the practice was banned and which remained in effect despite attempts to reverse it over the years. Currently 19 states allow corporal punishment in schools. Rare. OCLC locates no copies of the first document and only one of the second: Trinity College. n.p. unknown books
1868011786Hartford: American 1868. Rebound in recent dark brown cloth stamped in gold. The first edition of this important biography. Photographic Frontispiece of Ulysses S. Grant by Brady Book shows a light bit of foxing but is in great condition overall. Includes 26 engravings Six Maps. 560 pp. ads. . First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket. American Hardcover
1851Q378Boston: Dutton and Wentworth / Massachusetts Board of Education 1851. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Stitched 8vo in Good condition with water staining on the covers and light foxing to the outer pages but contents bright and clean on the whole with some signatures still uncut. Date written faintly across spine and author's name penciled on cover else unmarked. Reports for 1850 with much attention to teacher selection and the State Normal Schools. 116pp report with Abstract of School Returns lxiv and Index iv. <br/><br/> Dutton and Wentworth / Massachusetts Board of Education paperback
18444159H. B. Skinner Boston 1844 A very good copy of the 14th edition. Brown cloth-covered boards blind-stamped front and rear boards gilt front board lettering 7 x 4 3/8 inches 56 pp. The recipes pp.45-56 are divided into medicinal recipes manufacturers' recipes miscellaneous recipes housewife's department domestic cookery and sick cookery. Very good mild foxing; binding strong. Scarce especially in this condition and hardbound. K062WST. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. H. B. Skinner, Boston hardcover
1838DEMO016237INew York: F. J. Huntington 1838. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. woodcut frontispiece. Thick 16mo 396 pages purple blindstamped cloth spine faded lacks fron free endpaper <br/><br/>The original edition of this is quite uncommon. This oddity has two title-pages. What appears to be the original title-page has multiple imprints and a date in Arabic numerals and a woodcut of a family in a library. Facing it is a full-page woodcut of a kitchen scene as a frontispiece Neither found in the first edition. Both woodcuts are designed by William Croome: the kitchen scene is engraved by Alexander Anderson America's first important wood engraver and the library scene by Alonzo Hartwell. Crome was a member of the Hudson River School an co-produced the "Panorama of the Hudson River from New York to Albany"; he also taught F. O. C. Carley. Not inRosenbach's EARLY AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS or Osborne. " . man can only receive the full fevelopment of his physical intellectual and moral faculties through a process of teaching and training - Preface." F. J. Huntington hardcover
18185164187Nichols Son and Bentley 1818. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Octavo size Half calf binding. Slightly rubbed boards. Raised bands on spine Gilt lettering on spine. Internally tight binding. Some foxing. Some pages damp stained. Ink markings on several pages. Page edges age worn. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item3550grams ISBN: Nichols, Son and Bentley hardcover
1849187942Berlin, Besser, 1849. VIII, 258 S. Bedruckte Orig.-Broschur. Etwas stockfl.
190046723Méthode Gaspey-Otto-Sauer, 1 vol. in-8 cartonnage percaline rouge, Jules Groos, Heidelberg, Boyveau & Chevillet, etc., Paris, 1900, 173 pp.
1856701620Paris, Hachette, 1856-57. 14,5 x 9 cm. 378; 372; 360; 356 Seiten. Halbleinenbände der Zeit mit Rückenschild. Minimal berieben. Etwas stockfleckig.
1892103588Chicago and New York: Fleming H. Revell Company 1892 Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Scarce copy of these memoirs of Ms. Porter 1807 - 1888 who was the first public school teacher in Chicago at Fort Dearborn. She established normal schools educated settlers and American Indians at Mackinac Island aided the wounded during the American Civil War as a member of the U.S. Sanitary Commission participated in the Underground Railroad and taught freedmen. 366 pages illustrated frontis. Light edge wear being more moderate on the spine ends; front inner hinge starting to crack. Fleming H. Revell Company hardcover
18395033Esslingen am Necker, J.-F. Schreiber, 1839. In-4 de [2]-5 p., 37 doubles pages montées sur toile, demi-percaline bordeaux à coins, dos muet (rel. vers 1900). Inscription à la page de titre, quelques rares dépôts de couleurs sur page de regard, rares rousseurs.
18665034Esslingen, J.-F. Schreiber, 1866. In-4 de [4]-4p., 30 planches double, cartonnage d'éditeur, dos de percaline rouge, plat de papier teinté bleu, titre imprimé au premier plat (reliure désolidarisée du corps de l'ouvrage, qui est parsemé de petit coup de crayon gris de ci, de là). Manque au dos.
186116663Cinquième édition illustrée par Gustave Doré. 158 gravures dans le texte et 12 gravures hors-texte.Paris, Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie. 1861 - 365 pages. Premier tirage des vignettes.Reliure demi chagrin noir de l'époque. Dos à nerfs orné de semis d'hermines dorés. Tranches dorées. Plats percaline. Rares rousseurs. Très bon état. Format in-4°(24x16).
185515994Ou les Chefs-d'oeuvre de Dieu et de l'Homme. Par Charles Delattre. Illustré de 7 planches hors texte (dont le frontispice) et d'une vignette de titre. 3 vues de Paris, une chasse au taureau au Mexique, 2 planches de costumes des cinq continents.Édition originale. Librairie des Bons Livres. Paris et Limoge, chez Martial Ardant Frères - 1855 - 264 pages. Bibliothèque religieuse, morale, littéraire, pour l'enfance et la jeunesse, publiée avec approbation de S. E. le Cardinal Archevêque de Bordeaux.Reliure romantique en percaline verte de l'éditeur. Dos lisse richement orné, or et couleur. Premier plat avec portrait, second plat avec fleurs, or et couleurs. Encadrement de filets à froid et dorés. Tranches dorées. Quelques rousseurs. Étui carton de protection. Étiquette de remise de prix scolaire collée sur le contreplat supérieur. Bel exemplaire en bon état. Format in-4°(29x19).
186716818A l'usage des étudiants et des gens du monde. Par M. Emmanuel Le Maout (1799-1877).Troisième édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée. Paris, Garnier Frères; Victor Masson et Fils - non daté (vers 1867).Avant-propos, Herborisation et Herbier, 50 figures en couleurs avec textes explicatifs sur 63 pages et 593 pages illustrées de nombreux croquis.Reliure demi-chagrin brun. Dos à nerfs orné de fleurons dorés. Rares rousseurs. Menus frottements au dos. 2 premières pages de garde détachées. Bon état. Format in-4°(25x16).
186715661A l'usage des étudiants et des gens du monde. Par M. Emmanuel Le Maout (1799-1877).Troisième édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée. Paris, Garnier Frères; Victor Masson et Fils - non daté (vers 1867).Avant-propos, Herborisation et Herbier, 50 figures en couleurs avec textes explicatifs sur 63 pages et 593 pages illustrées de nombreux croquis.Reliure demi-chagrin rouge. Dos à nerfs orné de filets dorés. Très rares rousseurs. Très bon état. Format in-4°(25x16).
18147100953London: Command of His Majesty King George the Third 1814. Volume 2. 1424 - 1567. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. Folio.This book has original board covers. No dust jacket. Light foxing; spine splitting; front board detached rear board loose. Contents very clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item3650grams ISBN: Command of His Majesty King George the Third unknown
1841003794London: W. Clowes and Sons for H.M.S.O. 1841. 3 ii-xii 1 2-421pp 1. Modern half calf and marbled paper over boards raised bands spine in six panels title label to second panel double rules in copper to either side of bands date to foot remaining panels with repeated small volute tool in blind. Front board slightly splayed otherwise externally quite bright and clean. Internally lightly browned throughout occasional light foxing a few corners creased but generally clean. Book label of Peter Crofts to ffep. With two folding lithographed plates of school buildings by Standidge and Co. Goldsmith's 32342. First Edition. Half Calf and Boards. Good. Illus. by Standidge & Co. 8vo. W. Clowes and Sons for H.M.S.O. Hardcover
18812930973Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1881. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Large 4to with burgundy cloth. Blind borders on front and back boards. Gilt lettering on backstrip. Bumped corners. Exterior is slightly worn. A few breaks in the page block. Minimal foxing on some pages. Interior is secure clean and clear. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1850grams ISBN: Her Majesty's Stationery Office hardcover