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18491821311American Sunday-School Union 1849. Soft Cover. Good. Gatherings resewn appears to have been done some time ago. Toned with creases corners and light foxing small chip from fore-edge of front wrapper. 1849 Soft Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 32 pp. Unclear whether this was issued in self-wrappers or if this copy lacks cover my inclination is toward the former. A scarce publication in any year of issue - two examples located in OCLC and another at the New York State Library for a different year. Includes an almanac for 1850 one page dedicated to each month with historical events chronicled in the margin. Engravings ads for other books by this publisher as well as the Youth's Penny Gazette and warnings against 'bad books' i.e. those not issued by this publisher. American Sunday-School Union paperback books
18501887London: Thomas McLean 1850. Lithograph and engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on fibrous cream wove paper 8 13/16 x 11 1/8 inches 223 x 281 mm with unevenly trimmed wide margins. In good condition with minor toning and one vertical tear at the lower-center sheet edge which extends approximately 1/8 inch into the image area. Four circular areas of adhesive on the verso at each of the four corners on the verso from a former mount. Thomas McLean unknown
184057668Stockport: printed by James Lomax & Sons Underbank 1840. 16mo pp. 12; removed from binding wrappers wanting; else very good. Long account of Joseph Myer Esq. treasurer of the Stockport Sunday School and his 50-year tenure. Stockport is a market and industrial town just southeast of Manchester. University of Manchester only in OCLC. <br/><br/> printed by James Lomax & Sons, Underbank unknown books
184057668Stockport: printed by James Lomax & Sons Underbank 1840. 16mo pp. 12; removed from binding wrappers wanting; else very good. Long account of Joseph Myer Esq. treasurer of the Stockport Sunday School and his 50-year tenure. Stockport is a market and industrial town just southeast of Manchester. University of Manchester only in OCLC. printed by James Lomax & Sons, Underbank unknown
18026725Edinburgh: Printed by D. Willison 1802. FIRST EDITION 8vo pp. 37 i. Extracted from a volume. Lightly foxed some soiling at front and rear short tear to title-page. A rare account of the will of the wealthy tobacco merchant James Gillespie of Spylaw 1726-1797 who left a substantial bequest some £2700 to establish a school for poor boys and a further amount for a hospital for the elderly. The hospital later became workshops for the blind and was demolished in the 1970s but the school remains in operation though having moved premises several times as one of Edinburgh’s highest-ranking state high schools with alumni including Muriel Spark Ronnie Corbett and Alastair Sim. Printed by D. Willison unknown
182698470American Sunday School Union Philadelphia 1826. Pamphlet. Used - Good. I. Ashmead & Co. 1826. 144 pages. 4 Scripture Lesson woodcuts. 8.75 x 5.5" wrapper woodcut advertisements Agents Agencies. Shoemaker American Imprints 23498. Publications distribution libraries state activities officers constitution depositories members. Lower wrap final leaf detached soiled edge chips minor foxing sewing broken G. American Sunday School Union, Philadelphia unknown
185912920Cambridge: Macmillan & Co 1859. 1st edition. Bound in a Zaehnsdorf deep blue full polished calf binding with elaborate gilt decorated spine; inner dentelles. Red spine labels. AEG. Original cloth binding bound in at rear. VG sp lightly sunned/joints tender/minor extremity rubbing. 244 pp 16 pp Publisher catalogue dated 1858 at rear. Illustrated by the incomparable Richard Doyle. 8vo. <br/><br/> Macmillan & Co hardcover books
1859mon0003916986Ticknor and Fields 1859T. hardcover. Good. . green cloth cover shows minor wear and tear pages clean. Ticknor and Fields hardcover
185958382Cambridge: Macmillan and Co. 1859. 8vo. 244 16 pp. Publisher's original elaborately gilt-decorated blue cloth. Blind-stamped decoration to rear board. All edges gilt. Minor rubbing to spine ends and some splitting to the rear hinge outer and inner. Relevant contemporary newspaper cutting pasted onto page xv. Illustrations by Richard Doyle. Double-page extra-illustrated title-page. 16-page publisher's catalgoue at rear. Gilt bright. A nice copy. . Very Good. Gilt Decorated Cloth. First Edition. 1859. Macmillan and Co. 1859 hardcover
1838876Z1London: T. Combe and Co 1838. Cloth. Good. 7" by 4.5". None stated. The second edition of this register from the Rugby School. In the original publisher's cloth. The second edition revised and corrected. Illustrated with a vignette to the title page. This work provides a complete register of attendees at the Rugby School. The work also includes the names of the trustees. In the original publisher's cloth. Externally sound with fading and rubbing to the spine resulting in slight loss to the title damp staining and slight discolouration to the boards light cockling to the rear and bumping to the extremities resulting in slight loss to the cloth. Front hinge weak. Internally firmly bound with the odd spot and light age toning. Good T. Combe and Co hardcover
1888058128Nelson and Sonspaternoster reliure Rigide Décorative London 1888 533 pages en format 12 - 17 cm - reliure rigide en percaline repoussée
187740900.1New York: Published by the Royal Baking Powder Co 1877. 1st printing thus ca 1878. Cf. Axford p. 352 & Bitting p. 410 for the 1882 and later editions. Not in Cagle though see 1011n nor Wheaton & Kelly. OCLC records 4 holding institutions. Printed pale green printed wrappers sewn. Front & rear wrapper with 1878 product reviews. General wear soiling & age-toning to wrappers with chip to top left of top wrapper. Foxing to paper. A VG copy. 2 32 2 adverts pp. 2 page Table of Contents at front preceding the recipes. Page 1 a wood engraving showing 20 figures of divers pans used in the baking recipes herein. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6" <br/><br/>The recipes in this book are new and formulated by one of the most experienced Professors in the art of scientific and practical cookery especially adapted for the use of "Royal" Baking Powder and "Royal" flavoring Extracts. These preparations are incomparable in strength and purity. Substituting other articles will only end in disappointment." front wrapper blurb. "The Royal Baking Powder Company was one of the largest producers of baking powder in the US. It was started by both Joseph Christoffel Hoagland & William Ziegler in 1866." Wiki Evidence points to this being the first publication of this title which contains 377 recipes ranging from Bread & Rolls to Pies to Puddings to Fritters & Pancakes to Meat Pies to Icings. Rare. Published by the Royal Baking Powder Co unknown books
18785956New York: Royal Baking Powder Co 1878. Stapled octavo-sized booklet 23.5 x 15cm. 32 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. Front wrapper verso with product reviews dated 1878. Includes a wood engraving showing twenty figures of diverse pans used in baking. "The recipes in this book are new and formulated by one of the most experienced Professors in the art of scientific and practical cookery especially adapted for the use of "Royal" Baking Powder and "Royal" flavoring Extracts. These preparations are incomparable in strength and purity. Substituting other articles will only end in disappointment." front wrapper blurb. Included are three hundred seventy seven recipes ranging from Bread & Rolls to Pies to Puddings to Fritters & Pancakes to Meat Pies to Icings. "The Royal Baking Powder Company was one of the largest producers of baking powder in the US. It was started by both Joseph Christoffel Hoagland & William Ziegler in 1866." Wiki. General wear & soiling to wrappers; foxing throughout; a bit musty. Good or a bit better in printed gray-green wrappers. OCLC locates four copies; Axford page 352; Bitting page 410 both for the 1882 and later editions; not in Cagle. Royal Baking Powder Co unknown books
18875920New York: Royal Baking Powder Company; lithography by Schumacher & Ettlinger 1887. Stapled booklet 21 x 13 cm. 43 1 pages. Illustrated. Later printing. Front wrapper verso with facsimile of a letter from Marion Harland dated 1887. Publication date from copyright statement on front wrapper panel. Includes a wood engraving showing twenty figures of diverse pans used in baking. "The recipes in this book are new and formulated by one of the most experienced Professors in the art of scientific and practical cookery especially adapted for the use of "Royal" Baking Powder and "Royal" flavoring Extracts. These preparations are incomparable in strength and purity. Substituting other articles will only end in disappointment." front wrapper blurb. Included are three hundred seventy seven recipes ranging from Bread & Rolls to Pies to Puddings to Fritters & Pancakes to Meat Pies to Icings. "The Royal Baking Powder Company was one of the largest producers of baking powder in the US. It was started by both Joseph Christoffel Hoagland & William Ziegler in 1866." Wiki. Light spotting to a few pages; and soiling and some small edge chips to wrappers. Over the course of its publication this booklet was issued in a wide variety of wrapper designs; this one a chromolithograph with an image of a young woman holding a large tray of handsome baked goods is one of our favorites. Near very good. Scarce. OCLC locates four copies; Axford page 352; Bitting page 410 both for the 1882 and later editions; not in Cagle. Royal Baking Powder Company; [lithography by] Schumacher & Ettlinger unknown books
18785956New York: Royal Baking Powder Co 1878. Stapled octavo-sized booklet 23.5 x 15cm. 32 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. Front wrapper verso with product reviews dated 1878. Includes a wood engraving showing twenty figures of diverse pans used in baking. “The recipes in this book are new and formulated by one of the most experienced Professors in the art of scientific and practical cookery especially adapted for the use of "Royal" Baking Powder and "Royal" flavoring Extracts. These preparations are incomparable in strength and purity. Substituting other articles will only end in disappointment." front wrapper blurb. Included are three hundred seventy seven recipes ranging from Bread & Rolls to Pies to Puddings to Fritters & Pancakes to Meat Pies to Icings. "The Royal Baking Powder Company was one of the largest producers of baking powder in the US. It was started by both Joseph Christoffel Hoagland & William Ziegler in 1866." Wiki. General wear & soiling to wrappers; foxing throughout; a bit musty. Good or a bit better in printed gray-green wrappers. OCLC locates four copies; Axford page 352; Bitting page 410 both for the 1882 and later editions; not in Cagle. Royal Baking Powder Co unknown
1880mon0000116750Thomas Nelson & Sons LTD London 1880-01-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. This is a twin set - The Royal Crown Primer - Parts 1 & 2 from Nelson circa 1888 both wporn copiues but readable with coloured illustrations - Office section misc Thomas Nelson & Sons LTD, London paperback
18702351Stuttgart: Krais & Hoffman 1870. Steel engraving with hand coloring in watercolor 7 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches 185 x 273 mm the full sheet. Minor mat tone and scattered light areas of minor discoloration. Krais & Hoffman unknown
1899WRCAM4918Carlisle Pa.: Indian Industrial School 1899. 8pp. Folio newspaper. Front leaf split in two along middle horizontal fold and detached closed tears and splits throughout. Fair only printed on poor paper to begin with. Vol. XV no. 8 of the newspaper of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. This issue reports on the resolutions passed by the Indian school at their Los Angeles convention a short article on "Indianizing vs. Americanizing" the school's upcoming twentieth anniversary and more. Indian Industrial School unknown books
1848ALEX299Stereotyped by S. Douglas Wyeth for Leary & Getz Philadelphia: . 1848 160 p. Title page illustrated with a drawing of a desk and books. Dampstain. Foxed. Signatures loose. Early pencil manuscript ownership of L. Nettie Bowen West End School Bridgeton NJ on front paste down. Another early ownership. 32mo. 110 mm. Original leather spine over printed paper boards. Binding very worn with loss head of spine and boards. Hardbound. Fair. This handy little songster includes Temperance Songs. PAIMP 23. Hardcover. (Stereotyped by S. Douglas Wyeth for) Leary & Getz, Philadelphia: (). hardcover
1811blb02987New York: Bradford & Inskeep and Inskeep & Bradford 1811. 1st. Hardcover. Good. Bound but missing front and rear boards. Spine leather intact and book suprisingly tight. Spine is worn but shows original panels. Title page has name and date of prior owner - ""A. McIhenney US Army 1813"" Book was purchased at an estate sale of Alan McIhenney the great grand-son of original owner. Be the second owner of this 1811 book. Most of the plates are only moderately foxed but almost all of the text pages are totally clear of markings or flaws. Despite the lack of boards and a missing plate I believe not sure this is a great copy of an early and important piece of Americana. The Port Folio was a Philadelphia literary and political magazine published 1801-1814 by Joseph Dennie one of the leading scholars and authors of the Federalist period who wrote under the name Oliver Oldschool. Benjamin Franklin and many other intelligentsia of the day were contributors it quickly became the one of if not the most important magazine devoted to literature and politics in the United States. Dennie and his circle of mostly pro-Federalist contributors were prized for their ""liveliness urbanity and wit"" and included in the issues were attacks on the new Republic. 622 pp. Details of each Issue: NEW SERIES Vol. VI JULY 1811 No. 1 with The Life of Sappho Orlando Account of the Journey to Varennes Zerah Colburn Bristol Mineral Waters a PLATE featuring the ""Rapids of the Niagra Falls"" American Scenery On the Effects of Nitrous Oxide Shee's Rhymes on Art My Garden a plate titled ""From Burlington Bay on Lake Champlain"" Horace in London The Moral World The Drama the Life of Dr. William Linn and Original Poetry. Also NEW SERIES Vol. VI AUGUST 1811 No. 2 including a plate/frontispiece of General Knox sections on the Life of Major-General Henry Knox Correspondence the Polity of the Chinese a PLATE showing ""Chinese Method of Propagating Fruit Trees"" a section on Propagating Fruit Trees Science another plate showing the production of Potassium a section titled Potassium The Moral World Mr. Ogilvie The Missionary The Robbers Original Poetry a section printing the ""Oration on Masonry from St. John's Church in Philadelphia given on June 24th 1811 by James Milnor etc. NEW SERIES Vol. VI SEPTEMBER 1811 No. 3 including The Lion and the Horse Volney's View Dr. Goldsmith Mutability of Human Greatness On the Art of Sinking in Prose Female Contsables Tamer d'Une Shrew Posthumous Characters Benjamin West Esq. the Death of General Wolfe a PLATE with line drawing showing the death of General Wolfe the long poem Venoni My Garden Poetry etc. NEW SERIES Vol. VI OCTOBER 1811 No. 4 with a PLATE / frontispiece of Josephine Empress/Queen of France & Italy Late also Memoirs of the Empress Josephine Junius The Artist a PLATE showing the Diagorides Victors at Olympia with an errata slip attached Criticism Sketches in Verse Historic Romances Correspondence Cumberland & Goldswmith a plate featuring the ""Mitchell Light-House on Sand's Point in Long Island Sound"" and a section on the same the Vision of Don Roderic and Original Poetry. NEW SERIES Vol. VI NOVEMBER 1811 No. 5 including a PLATE / frontispiece showing the Monument on Beacon Hill Boston and a section on the same Sterne Smollett and Fielding On Curiosity The Artist a PLATE showing ""Death on the Pale Horse"" Review of Literature Correspondence Life of Worgan Cumberland and Goldsmith The Medical History of Mercury Christ Healing in the Temple and a plate on the same Abercrombie's Johnson Allegorical Improprieties the Spanish Character Original Poetry Variety and Obituary and finally: NEW SERIES Vol. VI DECEMBER 1811 No. 6 featuring a PLATE titled ""Mr. Richardson's Method of Raising Large Stones out of the Earth"" the long Poem ""The Curse of Kehama"" Out of the Earth West's Works Review of Literarture Illustrations of the Graphic Art including a plate showing paintings of the Flemish School by Gerard Dow The Generous Mask William Drummond Strictures on Judge Cooper's Letter the Stranger in New York Interesting Anecdote Original Poetry Variety and finally Mortuary. 622 pp. Bradford & Inskeep and Inskeep & Bradford hardcover
185314428New York: American Sunday School Union 1853. Small booklet issued by the American Sunday School Union a non-sectarian publisher of Christian-based tracts and teachings; illustrated with a couple of woodcuts; softcover 2 3/4" x 4 1/4" approximate size; no publishing date but OCLC gives 1853 and indicates 3 holdings; previous owner name in pencil on endpaper; some edgewear and soiling foxing; good condition. Soft Cover. Good. American Sunday School Union Paperback books
1814956London: James Whittle & Richard Holmes Laurie 1814. Engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on wove paper 11 1/2 x 17 1/4 inches 290 x 437 mm. Condition issues include significant creasing toning surface soiling and multiple paper tape repairs on the verso. Hand coloring is extensive and well saturated. James Whittle & Richard Holmes Laurie unknown
1844286027Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union 1844. Hard Cover. Fair binding. The American Sunday-School Union's edition of The People of China; Or A Summary of Chinese History. With in-text illustrations. Scattered marginal notations in pencil; faint foxing to the preliminaries; vertical crease to two leaves; writing and namestamp to the pastedowns; lacking endpapers; rippling and general wear to the boards; shelf number painted on the spine. Embossed cloth. Fair. Fair binding. American Sunday-School Union unknown books
190039275Oakland California: Printed by Carruth & Carruth 520 Fifteenth Street 1900. 1st printing thus. Original dark green paper wrappers lettered in gold green cord tie. Stain to lower portion of textblock primarily toward rear of volume. An About VG copy. Unpaginated. Illustrated from photographs & with drawings. Oblong format: 6-1/4" x 8-5/8" <br/><br/> Printed by Carruth & Carruth, 520 Fifteenth Street unknown books
189739438Oakland: Carruth & Carruth Printers 1897. 1st printing thus. Pale yellow paper wrappers with gilt stamped title to front wrapper. Yapp edges. General wear. Couple small stains to front wrapper upper edge. A VG copy. 102 pp. Chromolithographed t.p. Illustrated from photographs & with drawings. 11-3/8" x 8" <br/><br/> Carruth & Carruth, Printers unknown books
