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Perrin, John. GRAMMAR OF THE FRENCH TONGUE, GROUNDED UPON THE DECISIONS OF THE FRENCHACADEMY, WHEREIN ALL THE NECESSARY RULES, OBSERVATIONS, AND EXAMPLES AREEXHIBITED IN MANNER INTIRELY NEW. A Grammar of the French tongue, Groundedupon the Decisions of the French Academy, Wherein All the Necessary Rules,Observations, and Examples Are Exhibited in Manner Intirely New. Accordingto the second edition printed at London.
Printed by Styner and Cist, Philadelphia: 1779. First American edition (originally published London, 1769). Evans 16461. 8vo. xii, (2), 320 pp. Contemporary plain sheep; owner's name and inscription. Fine crisp copy.
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Tyndall, John. ON RADIATION. The "Rede" Lecture delivered in the Senate-house before theUniversity of Cambridge on Tuesday, May 16, 1865.
Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, London: 1865. First edition. Inscribed by the author on the half-title "Professor Riess / from John Tyndall." Tyndall (1820-1893), professor of natural philosophy at Cambridge, had a long career as a scientific experimenter, author, and lecturer; his "investigations of the transparency and opacity of gases and vapours for radiant heat, which occupied him during many years (1859- 1871), are frequently considered his chief work" (Encyclopedia Britannica). For a detailed sketch of his career as a scientist, see the long DAB article. 8vo. (6), 62 pp. Frontispiece. 32-page publisher's catalogue (dated "July 1864"). Original gilt-stamped purple limp cloth. Very good.
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Toulmin, Harry (comp.). DIGEST OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA: CONTAINING THE STATUTES ANDRESOLUTIONS IN FORCE AT THE END OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN JANUARY, 1823.TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN APPENDIX CONTAINING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE;THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES; THE ACT AUTHORIZING THE PEOPLE OFALABAMA TO FORM A CONSTITUTION AND STATE GOVERNMENT; AND THE CONSTITUTIONOF THE STATE OF ALABAMA...WITH A COPIOUS INDEX.
published by Ginn & Curtis; J. & J. Harper, Printers, New York, Cahawba [AL]: 1823. Toulmin (1767-1823) emigrated from England first to Virginia, where he was president of Transylvania University from 1794-96. By 1796, he was secretary of state of Kentucky (1796-1804). In his later years he moved to Alabama and was one of the framers of its constitution, and a state legislator. First edition. Thick 8vo.; xxxiv, 1066pp. Full leather, rubbed; joints worn; red morocco spine label rubbed. Wear to spine ends. Prev. owner's name & pencil note on endpapers. Foxing throughout, but a solid copy.
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Gentleman of the Bar. THE NEW AMERICAN CLERK'S MAGAZINE, AND COMPLETE PRACTICAL CONVEYANCER.CONTAINING THE MOST USEFUL AND NECESSARY PRECEDENTS IN CONVEYANCING, ASSETTLED AND APPROVED BY THE MOST EMINENT CONVEYANCERS; WITH OBSERVATIONSAND REFERENCES TO THE LAWS, &c. WITH A VARIETY OF OTHER USEFUL INSTRUMENTSOF WRITING: THE WHOLE OF WHICH ARE ADAPTED TO THE USE OF THE CITIZENS OFTHE UNITED STATES, AND MORE PARTICULARLY TO THOSE OF THE STATE OFMARYLAND; WITH NECESSARY INSTRUCTIONS AND FORMS OF PRECEDENTS FOR THE USEOF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, SHERIFFS, CORONERS AND CONSTABLES...THE WHOLESELECTED FROM THE LAWS, AND D...
Jacob D. Dietrick, Hagers-Town [MD]: 1806. The extensive subscriber's list includes names from various towns and counties in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Washington DC, Virginia, plus a handful of names from New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. First edition. 12mo.; iv, [5]-527, (67) [index & subscriber's list]. Contemporary full leather (rubbed; some nicks to spine); gilt bands on spine; gilt stamped red morocco spine label. Some browning and foxing to text; faint old damp staining to gutters of front & rear endpapers (extending into text a page or two). Prev. owner's pencil signature on rear endpaper. A very good copy overall.
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Montagu, Basil. A SUMMARY OF THE LAW OF LIEN.
George Lamson, Exeter, NH: 1822. MARVIN p.524 John Howe Peyton's copy (his signature on title page). Peyton (1778-1847), was born in Stafford county, Virginia. He graduated from Princeton and was admitted to the bar, where he built a reputation as a criminal lawyer. He was a Virginia state legislator, an active member of the Whig party, deputy U.S. attorney for the western district of Virginia, and an opponent of nullification & secession. First American edition. 8vo.; (10), folding chart, 108pp., plus 236pp. appendix of cases & digest of decisions of the American courts on the law of lien, (4pp. index). Full leather (a bit dry); gilt stamped red morocco spine label. Front board somewhat bowed, else a very good copy.
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Bradby, James. A TREATISE ON THE LAW OF DISTRESSES.
printed & published by Isaac Riley, NY: 1808. Contemporary margin notes, reflecting active use by alawyer of the time. First American edition (from the London edition of 1808). 8vo.; xx, 323pp. Full leather (scuffed); gilt stamped red morocco spine label. Spine darkened; head of spine worn down to page edges; front board a bit bowed; a few pages dog-earred. A solid copy.
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Member of the Ohio Bar. THE OHIO POCKET LAWYER, FORM BOOK, OR SELF-CONVEYANCER: CONTAINING ALL THENECESSARY LEGAL FORMS, USED IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
Printed and Published by A. and E. Picket, Wheeling, VA: 1831. COHEN 8095 SHAW 8561 12mo. 140, (4) pp. Errata slip tipped in . Contemporary 1/2 leather and paper boards. Spine perished, joints starting, remains of paper tape repairs along lower edge of front board & around edges of front pastedown. Prev. owner's name stamp on front & rear pastedowns. Scattered foxing and age-toning to text.
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(Baker) Crozier,C.W. LIFE AND TRIAL OF DR. ABNER BAKER, JR. (A MONOMANIAC,) WHO WAS EXECUTEDOCTOBER 3, 1845, FOR THE ALLEGED MURDER OF HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, DANIELBATES; INCLUDING LETTERS AND PETITIONS IN FAVOR OF A PARDON, AND NARRATIVEOF THE CIRMUMSTANCES ATTENDING HIS EXECUTION, ETC. ETC.
Prentice & Weissinger, Printers, Louisville, KY: 1846. Dr. Baker shot Bates in the back, on the street in Cumberland, Kentucky. It was a crime of passion, Baker having believed that Bates was having an affair with his wife. He was initially released as insane, but was re- arrested, convicted and hanged, after pressure from the Bates family. COLEMAN 1664 McDADE 60 First edition. 8vo.; xiii, errata, 152pp. Frontis. diagram present [portrait lacking]. Trial & evidence by A.R. M'Kee. Contemporary leather spine & marbled boards. Gilt lettering & rules on spine. Corners rubbed; short tears to head of spine, at joints. Contemporary ownership signature on front endpaper and title page. Lower outer corner of page 21 lacking, resulting in the loss of a word or two. Scattered foxing; blank rear endpaper lacking. Faint old library stamp on front board.
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Clayton,Augustin Smith. A COMPILATION OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED BY THELEGISLATURE SINCE THE POLITICAL YEAR 1800, TO THE YEAR 1810, INCLUSIVE.CONTAINING ALL THE LAWS, WHETHER IN FORCE OR NOT, PASSED WITHIN THOSEPERIODS, ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY...TOGETHER WITH AN APPENDIX...AS RELATETO THE DUTIES OF OFFICERS, THE RELIEF OF INDIVIDUALS, AND THE SETTLEMENTOF BOUNDARY BETWEEN COUNTIES, AND THIS STATE WITH NORTH CAROLINA.CONCLUDING WITH A COPIOUS INDEX TO THE WHOLE.
Adams & Duyckinck, Augusta [GA]: 1812. Included is a printing of the Treaty at Fort Wilkinson in 1802, between the United States and the Creek Nation of Indians. First edition. 4to.; (3)708pp., (20pp. index). Full leather (rubbed; some skinned strips); gilt stamped red morocco spine label; decorative tooling around edges of boards. Wear and some splitting to front joint. Browning to text; faint old tidelines to last 20pp. or so. Prev. owner's signature on title page. A solid copy overall.
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Chipman, Nathaniel. PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT; A TREATISE ON FREE INSTITUTIONS. INCLUDINGTHECONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
Edward Smith, Burlington [VT]: 1833. Chipman, a jurist, chief justice of the Vermont Supreme Court & US Senator from Vermont (1798-1804), originally published his treatise on government in 1793. This work is his complete recasting & revision of that one. Chipman was a Federalist of the Hamilton school. HOWES C389 Revised edition. 8vo.; viii, 330pp. Ex-library copy. Rebound in gilt stamped red library buckram (spine faded); new endpapers. Foxed.
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Rothwell,Andrew. LAWS OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, TO THE END OF THETHIRTIETH COUNCIL--JUNE, 1833: WITH A DIGESTED INDEX; ALSO, AN ABSTRACT OFAPPROPRIATIONS. TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING LAWS OF THEUNTED STATES RELATING TO THE CITY, STATEMENTS OF CITY FINANCES, &c.
F.W. De Krafft, printer, Washington [DC]: 1833. 8vo.; viii, 492pp. Full leather (scuffed; rear board stained); gilt stamped leather spine label chipped. Closed tear to upper outer corner of page 419, affecting a few letters. Old tidelines throughout; foxing. A worn copy.
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Espinasse,Isaac. A DIGEST OF THE LAW OF ACTIONS AND TRIALS AT NISI PRIUS.
printed by E. Lynch, P. Wogan, J. Exshaw et al., Dublin: 1794. Second edition, corrected, with considerable additions from printed and manuscript cases, and three new chapters on the law of corporations and evidence. 8vo.; x, (33), (1), 791. (1), (66)pp. Full leather (rubbed); red morocco spine label; raised bands on spine. Wear to joints; small chips to head and bottom of spine; and a small skinned spot to rear board near joint. Very good.
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Iredell,James. A TREATISE ON THE LAW OF EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATIORS IN NORTH CAROLINA.
printed at the N.C. Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, Raleigh, NC: 1851. First edition. 8vo.; 725, lviii, (6)pp. Full leather (rubbed); red morocco spine label.
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Haywood,John. A MANUAL OF THE LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA, ARRANGED UNDER DISTINCT HEADS INALPHABETICAL ORDER; WITH REFERENCES FROM ONE HEAD TO ANOTHER...
printed and sold by J. Gales and W. Boylan, Raleigh [NC]: 1808. Haywood (1762-1826) was born in Halifax County, NC. He served as solicitor- general, attorney-general, and superior court judge, before his removal to Tennessee. His writings on the laws of both these states reflect his mastery of legal opinion. Two volumes, bound in one. Second edition, corrected to the present time. 8vo.; iv, 263; 255pp. Full leather; gilt stamped red morocco spine label. Some crackling to spine; persistent browning to text, with old tidelines to upper page margins and gutters of sections of the text. Upper outer corner of one page lacking, with the loss of a letter or two. Contemporary owner's name stamp on front endpapers and title page, as well as owner's signature on head of title page.
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THE PUBLIC LAWS OF THE STATE OF RHODE-ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS,AS REVISED BY A COMMITTEE, AND FINALLY ENACTED BY THE HONOURABLE GENERALASSEMBLY, AT THEIR SESSION IN JANUARY, 1798. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED, THECHARTER, DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION,CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND PRESIDENT WASHINGTON'S ADDRESS OFSEPTEMBER, 1796.
Carter & Wilkinson, Providence [RI]: 1798. 8vo.; 650pp. [ie: 646pp., pages 641-46 misnumbered]. Full leather (rubbed & worn); gilt stamped red morocco spine label (rubbed). Contemporary ownership inscription on front endpaper; stylized signature on recto of front endpaper. Pencil note on rear endpaper states that this owner (one William Davis), was a soldier in the Rev[olutionary] War and died in 1829. Some foxing and darkening to text block, but a readable copy. Very good.
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Sanford, John W.A. THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY, PREPARED IN PURSUANCE OF AN ORDER OFTHE CITY COUNCIL OF MONTGOMERY.
Gaines & Smith, Caloric Book and Job Printers, Montgomery, AL: 1861. 8vo.; (1), 160pp. Errata sheet. Full calf, rebacked. Title stamped on spine. Contemporary ownership signature on endpaper (as well as some notes, indicating penmanship practice). Lower third of front endpaper torn away. Foxing and darkening to text block, but a readable copy. Very good.
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A Member of the Bar. THE OHIO OFFICER'S GUIDE. AND CLERK'S COMPANION. CONTAINING A SUMMARY VIEWOF THE PRINCIPAL PROVISIONS OF THE STATUTES, AS REVISED IN 1830-'31.RELATING TO THE DUTIES OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. AND ALL OTHER TOWNSHIPOFFICERS; WITH APPROPRIATE FORMS: ALSO, A COLLECTION OF USEFUL FORMS OFDEEDS, ARTICLES OF AGREEMENTS, POWERS OF ATTORNEY, BONDS, WILLS, &c. &c.WITH DIRECTIONS FOR EXECUTORS & ADMINISTRATORS; AND TABLES OF INTEREST,CALCULATED AT SIX PER CENT, PER ANNUM.
J. & B. Turnbull, Steubenville [OH]: 1832. 12mo.; xii, 236, xvi, 5, (7), xviii, pp.284-308. Full leather (rubbed); gilt stamped black morocco spine label. Head of spine has a 1/2 in. chip; wear and splitting to front joint, slightly affecting right side of spine label (rear joint starting). Contemporary ownership signature at head of front board; contemporary bookplate on front pastedown. Foxing.
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Miles, William. The Horse's Foot and How to Keep It Sound with illustrations.
D. Appleton; Phila.: Geo. S. Appleton,, NY: 1847. First American edition (from the third London edition). 12mo. 70 pp. Illus., plates. OCLC locates three copies (Harvard, Brown, National Library of Medicine). Many editions were issued through the 1860s. Bookplate of sporting author J. Stanley Reeve on front pastedown. Later three-quarter scarlet morocco, gilt, and cloth, gilt rules and title on spine, t.e.g., original wrappers bound in, by H. Eucker, Philadelphia. Fine copy.
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Mele, Frank. Small in the Eye of a River.
Lyons Press, NY: 1996. Second, expanded, edition, 1/36 copies signed by the author and publisher and with a 2-page typed letter signed from the author to the publisher in a folder on the rear pastedown. 8vo. 150 pp. Frontispiece portrait. Fly fishing in the Catskills. This edition prints three stories that were written after the first edition was published in 1988. Cloth, leather labels, publisher's slipcase. Fine
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Etiquette at Washington: Together with the Customs Adopted by PoliteSociety in the Other Cities of the United States; to Which Is Added anAppendix, Containing a Complete Guide through the Metropolis and ItsEnvirons; with an Accurate Description of the Public Buildings.
Murphy & Co..; Washington, (DC): Taylor & Maury [and others], Baltimore, (MD): 1857. Third edition,revised and enlarged, by a Citizen of Washington." 16mo. 170 pp. Wood engraving of the Capitol; publisher's 6-page catalogue. Original printed yellow wrappers (rubbed, upper corner of front wrapper and endpaper chipped).
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FORESTER, Frank. Life and Writings of Frank Forester (Henry William Herbert). Edited byDavid W. Judd. Illustrated.
Orange Judd, NY: 1882. First edition, 8vo. 2 volumes: 300, 300 pp. Illustrated, plates. BAL 8178: "Contains some material here first collected." Original gilt-stamped green cloth; several signatures a little pulled, but a very good copy.
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Lawes, Edward. AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON PLEADING IN CIVIL ACTIONS.
published by Thomas and Tappan, from the press of S. Sewall, Portsmouth, NH: 1808. COHEN 9245 SHAW 15406 MARVIN 452 First American edition, from the first London edition. 21cm.; (6), 246pp. Full leather (spine darkened; a few skinned spots on front board); gilt stamped spine label. Law office bookplate on front pastedown; remains of another label on front endpaper. Prev. owner's signature at head of title page. Scattered foxing. Very good.
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CHATELAIN, Clara de. The Silver Swan, a Legendary Tale. With illustrations by John Leech.
Griffith and Farran, late Grant & Griffith, successors to Newbery & Harris, London: [ca. 1850]. Second edition (originally issued by Grant & Griffith in 1847). 12mo. 143 pp. Illustrated, 4 hand-colored plates; 16-page publisher's catalogue of works "principally for the young." Somewhat later polished tan calf, gilt, gilt rules along edges of both boards, spine richly gilt with ornaments, leather spine label, a.e.g., by Rivière; with the morocco book label of Frank Lord. This edition unrecorded on OCLC (which locates six copies of the Grant & Griffith edition). Some rubbing to extremities, but a fine copy.
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DEPPING, G.B., and Francisque Michel. Wayland Smith: A Dissertation on a Tradition of the Middle Ages. From theFrench, with additions by S.W. Singer and the amplified legend byOehlenschlager.
William Pickering, London: 1847. First edition in English. Small 8vo. xci, (2), 64 pp. Somewhat later green three-quarter morocco, gilt, and marbled boards and endpapers, spine richly gilt with title and ornaments, t,e,g., by Rivière. A little rubbed at extremities, but very good.
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[ROY CAMPBELL] . The Poems of St John of the Cross. The Spanish text with a translation byRoy Campbell. Preface by M.C. D'Arcy, S.J.
Olsen Press) "With the kind permission of the Harvill Press London," , (Newark, NJ: [1960]. First edition thus, 1/110 copies printed privately on Fabriano, a mould made paper, made in Italy. Square 8vo. 189 pp. Drawings by Elsa Schmid. Text printed in red and black. Inscribed on the colophon: "Alice Longworth from Helen Cutting, the paper-maker. June, 1960." Campbell's translation was first published by the Harvill Press in 1951. Quarter-suede and gilt- stamped purple boards, gilt-stamped purple dust jacket. Fine.
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LE BLANC, H. The Art of Tying the Cravat: Demonstrated in Sixteen Lessons, IncludingThirty-two Different Styles, Forming a Pocket Manual; and Exemplifying theAdvantage Arising from an Elegant Arrangement of this Important Part ofthe Costume; Preceded by a History of the Cravat, from Its Origin to thePresent Time; and Remarks on Its Influence on Society in General.
Robert DeSilver (T. Town, printer), Philadelphia: 1828. First American edition ("from the second London edition"); first published in Paris in 1828, the first edition in English followed in London the next year. OCLC locates eight copies of this edition (New York State Library, Los Angeles Museum of Art, Kansas State, Old Sturbridge, Duke, Ohio State, Norwich, Pennsylvania State). 12mo. 72 pp. 4 folding plates illustrating the 32 styles. Original cloth- backed boards (rubbed); worn spot at base of spine, closed tear into one plate. Very good.
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GODWIN, William. Lives of the Necromancers; or, An Account of the Most Eminent Persons inSuccessive Ages, Who Have Claimed for Themselves, or to Whom Has BeenImputed by Others, the Exercise of Magical Power.
Harper & Brothers, NY: 1835. First American edition of the author's final book (first published in London the previous year). With a Theodore Roosevelt bookplate (the son's) on the front endpaper. Godwin (1756-1836) made his mark with An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and Its Influence on Morals and Happiness (London, 1793), published novels, essays, several biographies, treatises on economics, and a well-received History of the Commonwealth of England (London, 1824-1828), married Mary Wollstonecraft (1797), and saw their daughter Mary elope with Shelley (1814 ). 12mo. xii, [25]-307 pp. Original brown cloth (a little splash stained, a little wear at spine ends), paper spine label (partly chipped away). Contemporary Smithfield, Virginia, owner's book label on front pastedown; his signature at head of title page. Very good.
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Bardsley, Samuel Argent. MEDICAL REPORTS OF CASES AND EXPERIMENTS, WITH OBSERVATIONS, CHIEFLYDERIVED FROM HOSPITAL PRACTICE: TO WHICH ARE ADDED, AN ENQUIRY INTO THEORIGIN OF CANINE MADNESS; AND THOUGHTS ON A PLAN FOR ITS EXTIRPATION FROMTHE BRITISH ISLES.
printed by W. Stratford, for R. Bickerstaff, London: 1807. Bardsley (1764-1851) was an early proponent of quarantine for dogs afflicted with rabies. His work here includes observations on chronic rheumatism, diabetes mellitus, and galvanism in paralysis in humans, as well as further information on hydrophobia in canines. First edition. 21cm.; viii, (2), 336pp. Tables. Rebound in plain grey paper boards; printed paper spine label laid down. New endpapers; chipping to head of spine, at front joint, repaired; short split at front joint; scattered foxing. Prev. owner's signature on front flyleaf. A very good copy.
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(SURTEES, Robert S.) . Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt, by the author of "Mr. Sponge'sSporting Tour," "Jorrocks's Jaunts," etc., etc. With illustrations by JohnLeech.
Bradbury and Evans, London: 1854. First edition in book form. 8vo. viii, (2), 550 pp. Hand-colored plates. Angling book collector John G. Heckscher's copy, with his bookplates on front endpapers. Later three-quarter purple leather (joints rubbed, corner's bumped), marbled boards and endpapers, spine richly gilt with title and ornaments between raised bands, t.e.g. Very good.
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(SURTEES, Robert S.). Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds, by the author of "Handley Cross," "Mr.Sponge's Sporting Tour," "Ask Mama," etc., etc. With illustrations by JohnLeech and Hablot K. Browne.
Bradbury and Evans, London: 1865. First edition in book form. 8vo. vi, (2), 391 pp. Hand-colored plates. Angling book collector John G. Heckscher's copy, with his bookplates on front endpapers. Later three-quarter purple leather (joints rubbed, corner's bumped), marbled boards and endpapers, spine richly gilt with title and ornaments between raised bands, t.e.g. Very good copy.
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Hadisoemarto, Soeparman. [Batik] [supplied title].
Kementerian Perindusterian Djawatan Balai Penjelidikan/Pendidikan, Balai Penjelidikan Batik, Jogjakarta: [1960s]. Oblong 4to. (11) leaves printed in red, interleaved with glassine. 9 black & white illustrations and 9 5 X 7 inch fabric samples, all mounted; map, printed in black on white cloth, laid down on the inside rear board. Written by the head of and issued by the "Batik Research Centre." Introduction in English, text in Indonesian and English accompanying each sample, tracing the batik process step-by-step to a finished design in rich chestnut brown, deep blue, black, and white. Black cloth boards, tied, batik sample laid down on the upper cover. OCLC lists only one copy (Evanston, IL, Public Library). Lightly rubbed, glassines creased, very good.
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SIMMS, F.W. A Treatise on the Principal Mathematical Instruments, Employed inSurveying, Levelling, and Astronomy: Explaining Their Construction,Adjustments, and Use.
Fielding Lucas, Jr., Baltimore, (MD): (c1836). Revised, with additions, by J.H. Alexander. First American edition (first published London, 1834). 8vo. 109, (15) pp. Illustrated. Alexander, the American editor, provides an introduction to this edition. Original two- tone cloth (rubbed and worn, corners bumped, joints and spine ends eroding), printed paper label on upper board; Foxed, a good copy.
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HOOD, Charles. A Practical Treatise on Warming Buildings by Hot Water; and an Inquiryinto the Laws of Radiant and Conducted Heat; To which Are Added Remarks onVentilation, and on the Various Methods of Distributing Artificial Heat,and Their Effects on Animal and Vegetable Physiology. Illustrated bynumerous wood-cuts.
Whittaker & Co., London: 1837. First edition. 8vo. viii, 216 pp. OCLC locates 13 copies (New York Botanical Garden, U.S. Military Academy, Trinity, Delaware, Chicago, Indiana, Purdue, Boston Athenaeum, Harvard, National Library of Medicine, New Hampshire, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Cambridge). Somewhat later half-calf and cloth (very soiled and discolored), all edges sprinkled red, lacking spine label; some insect damage to rear endpaper, but a good solid copy.
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HOSACK, David. An Inaugural Discourse. Delivered at the Opening of Rutgers MedicalCollege, in the City of New-York, on Monday, the 6th Day of November, 1826.
Printed by J. Seymour, NY: 1826. First edition. 8vo. 176 pp. Engraved frontispiece of the college building (split along one plate mark). Sabin 33089. American Imprints 24894. Original cloth-backed boards (rubbed, corners worn), paper spine label (rubbed); cloth frayed at spine ends, some browning to text.
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LINDEN, Johannes Antonides van der. De Scriptis Medicis Libri Duo: Quorum Prior, omnium, tàm Veterum, quàmRecentiorum, Latino idiomate, typis unquam expressorum ScriptorumMedicorum, consummatissimum Catalogum continet … Posterior verÚ Cynosurammedicam, sive, Rerum & Materiarum Indicem, omnium Titulorum vel ThematumMedicorum potiorum Loca Communia alphabetico ….
Fourth edition (originally published in Amsterdam, 1637), but the first to include the revisions and additions by the Nuremberg physician G.A. Mercklin. The first part of the work is an alphabetical list of authors and their works; the second part is a subject index. Garrison-Morton 6744 (for the first edition): “Van der Linden’s book was at the time of its appearance the most complete medical bibliography yet produced … G.A. Mercklin published a considerably expanded version in 1686.” Nuremberg: J.G. Endter, 1686. Thick 4to. Two parts in one volume: (24), 1097, (59); (6), 160, (2) pp. [printed double-column]. Engraved frontispiece. Later panelled calf (corners worn), recently rebacked, new garish spine label; old institutional stamps on several leaves. frontispiece and title page re-margined, text block browned in places. Still a good solid copy.
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Francis, Richard. MAXIMS OF EQUITY, COLLECTED FROM AND PROVED BY CASES, OUT OF THE BOOKS OFTHE BEST AUTHORITY IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY: TO WHICH IS ADDED, THECASE OF THE EARL OF COVENTRY, CONCERNING THE DEFECTIVE EXECUTION OFPOWERS; LATELY ADJUDGED IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY.
Shepherd and Pollard, Printers, Richmond, (VA): 1823. First American edition, with references to modern authorities both British and American by William Waller Hening." AMERICAN IMPRINTS 12574 MARVIN, p.322 8vo.; 156pp. In a nice contemporary Richmond binding (ticket on pastedown: "Bound by/ Joseph Martin/ At the lowest Northern/ prices,/ Main-st., Richmond,/ Opo. Mer. Coffee House"); full calf stamped in blind around outer edge of boards, morocco spine label. Scattered foxing, but very good.
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Fenning, Daniel. THE READY RECKONER, OR, THE TRADER'S USEFUL ASSISTANT, IN BUYING ANDSELLING ALL SORTS OF COMMODITIES, EITHER WHOLESALE OR RETAIL....TO WHICHIS ADDED, A TABLE OR SIMPLE AND COMPOUND INTEREST.
Edmund M. Blunt, Newburyport [MA]: 1794. Eleventh edition. Tall, narrow 8vo.; 158pp. Tables in pence, farthings, and shillings. Full leather (rubbed; one small nick along fore-edge); raised bands on an otherwise blank spine. Contemporary ownership inscription on front endpaper; some browning and spotting to text; rear endpapers used for some mathematical calculations.
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Mitchell, T. (translator). THE KNIGHTS OF ARISTOPHANES.
Garret Anderson, Washington City: 1837. A translation of Aristophanes' play, accompanied by an extended "preliminary discourse" on Aristophanes by the translator. First American edition. 8vo.; 160pp. Paper spine and blue-green boards (chipping and wear to spine ends; joints & spine cracked; boards soiled). Prev. owner's name in ink on front board, front flyleaf, & at head of title page; old tidelines through the first 18pp., especially affecting the front endpapers (part of front endpaper stuck to front pastedown); scattered pencil underlining.
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EDDY, J.W. Hunting on Kenai Peninsula and Observations on the Increase of Big Game inNorth America.
Lowman & Hanford Co., (Seattle, WA): 1924. First edition. Small 8vo. 90 pp. Illustrated, plates. Inscribed by the author on a partly-printed presentation leaf. Phillips, p. 108: "Narrative of a routine hunt of average interest." Original gilt-stamped decorated green cloth (spine dull, several random white paint spots on cover).
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LEWIS, Matthew Gregory. Romantic Tales.
Printed by D.N. Shury for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme., London: 1808. First edition. Many of thetales included here were adapted from French or German versions. 12mo. 4 volumes: xxiii, (1), 307; 335; 276; 326 pp. Half-title for the last three volumes. Contemporary three-quarter green calf (uniformly sunned to dark brown) and marbled boards (rubbed), endpapers, and edges; one leaf in volume one torn (without loss), owner’s name at head of each title page (smudged on vol. II), some browning through text. Still an attractive copy.
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PHILLIPS, John C. Wenham Lake Shooting Record and the "Farm Bag" 1897 to 1925 [1926 - 1935].
Privately Printed, (Wenham, MA): 1926-1936. First edition of both volumes, each 1/100 copies, the first volume inscribed by the author to fellow sporting author John P. Holman. Phillips, p. 294 (for the first volume): "This contains the comparative abundance of the game each year. The only other similar record, in a different region, is Pringle's Twenty Years' Snipe Shooting." 8vo. 2 volumes: 299; 171 pp. Original gilt-stamped burgundy cloth and original gilt-stamped green cloth.. Very good set and not often offered together.
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VANBRUGH, John. Plays.
Hitch and Hawes [and others], London: 1759. Vanbrugh's plays were first published separately, 1697-1728. Volume one contains The Relapse; Or, Virtue in Dangr, The Provok'd Wife; With a New Scene, Aesop, in Two Parts, and The False Friend. Volume two contains The Confederacy, The Mistake, The Country House, A Journey to London, and The Provok'd Husband NCBEL II, p. 414. 12mo. Two volumes: 12, 369, (1); 340, (4) pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait in volume one. Contemporary calf ( rubbed, joints cracked), leather labels and gilt rules between raised bands on spines; vertical creases to spines, but a good solid copy.
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HENRY, William. An Epitome of Chemistry, in Three Parts: Part 1. Intended to Facilitate tothe Student, the Acquisition of Chemical Knowledge, by Minute Instructionsfor the Performance of Experiments; Part II. Directions for the Analysisof Mineral Waters, of Earth and Stones, of Ores, of Metals, and of MineralBodies in General; Part III. Instructions for Applying Chemical Tests andRe-agents to Various Useful Purposes.
Printed and sold by James Humphries, Philadelphia: 1802. First American edition (first published the previous year in London). Henry (1774-1836) studied at the University of Edinburgh, published a number of works related to medicine and chemistry, and worked with his father's chemical business; this work went through eleven editions by 1829 (cf. DNB). American Imprints 2394. 12mo in sixes. ix, [13]-214 pp. Ad leaf. Original sheep (rubbed, joints cracking). Still a solid copy.
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An Attorney At Law. THE FARMER AND MECHANIC'S POCKET ASSISTANT. IN TWO PARTS. PARTI...CONTAINING, THE MOST USEFUL & NECESSARY FORMS OF WRITING, WHICHCOMMONLY OCCUR BETWEEN MAN AND MAN, WITH PRACTICAL REMARKS...INSTRUCTIONSTO JURYMEN, COMPILED AND ALTERED FROM AN EXCELLENT WORK ON THE DUTY OFJURYMEN BY A LEARNED LAWYER. PART II...CONTAINING, TABLES OF SIMPLEINTEREST AT 6 & 7 PER CENT, PER ANUM--TABLE SHOWING THE VALUE OF DOLLARSIN POUNDS SHILLINGS AND PENCE--TABLE REDUCING SHILLINGS AND PENCE TODOLLARS AND CENTS.
printed and published by George W. Deshler, at the Office of the Spirit of Pennsylvania, Easton, PA: 1819. Five listings on OCLC (Yale Law; Univ. of Michigan; Univ. of Virginia Law; Cambridge Univ.; & the Easton Area Public Library). SHAW & Shoemaker 51887 Second edition, revised & corrected, with many additions. 17cm.; 93pp. Front and rear free endpapers lacking. Half-leather (rubbed, chipped, piece lacking along rear joint; rear joint partially cracked), and marbled boards (rubbed, chipped). Old tidelines throughout text. A well-worn copy.
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Tucker, Henry St. George. LECTURES ON CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, FOR THE USE OF THE LAW CLASS AT THEUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
printed by Shepherd & Colin, Richmond, VA: 1843. Henry St. George Tucker (1780-1848), a native of Virginia, served in the Virginia House of Delegates, the U.S. Congress, on the bench of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, and from 1841 until his retirement in 1845, he was a distinguished professor of law at the Univ. of Virginia. (see DAB) First edition. Small 8vo.; 242pp. Errata slip laid down on blank rear flyleaf. Plain plum colored cloth (spine faded to brown). Library bookplate on front pastedown (stamped "withdrawn"); foxing. Contemporary ownership signature of Univ. of Virginia Law student John Wingfield at head of title page (a later inscription from Jno. Wingfield of Washington, GA, dated Jan. 1891on front flyleaf). A good copy.
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MENURET DE CHAMBAUD, Jean Jacques. Essais sur l'histoire médico-typographique de Paris, ou, lettres à M.d'Aumont, professeur en médecine à Valence, sur le climat de Paris, surl'état de la médicine, sur le caractère & le traitement des maladies &particulièrement sur la petite vérole & l'inoculation.
Rue et hotel Serpente, Paris: 1786. Second edition (first published the previous year). Survey of the Parisian climate and of the state of medicine there, including small pox inoculation. OCLC records two copies of a 1785 printing and 13 of this one (eight in the United States). 12mo. (4), xii, 293, (5) pp. With the half-title. Original paper-covered drab gray boards, paper spine label in manuscript partly chipped away. Very good untrimmed copy.
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Fowler, Andrew ("Rector of the Protestant Episcopal Churc... AN EXPOSITION OF THE ARTICLES OF RELIGION OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPALCHURCH, IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
printed by Wm. Estill, Charleston, SC: 1839. First edition. Contemporary note on front endpaper indicating that the volume was a gift of the author's daughter. Uncommon; the NUC locates but four copies (ICN, IEG, TNJ-R, NcD). 12mo.; 192pp. Portrait frontispiece (foxed) of Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London. Contemporary leather-backed boards (rubbed), gilt spine title. A very good copy.
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Banks, John. A SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE UNDERSIGNED, BY HIMSELF: JOHN BANKS.
privately printed for E. Leonard, (Austell, GA: 1936). First edition. Banks (1797-1870) was born inElbert County and died in Columbus; this sketch includes his Civil War era diary. Clark Old South III, 12: "Includes an account of the author's services in the war against the Seminole Indians in Florida, January-May 1818." 8vo.; 38pp. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth (soiled); some genealogical notes by a relative, else a very good copy.
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Bolton, Herbert (ed.). ARREDONDO'S HISTORICAL PROOF OF SPAIN'S TITLE TO GEORGIA: A CONTRIBUTIONTO THE HISTORY OF ONE OF THE SPANISH BORDERLANDS.
Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, CA: 1925. First edition. Inscribed by the author. HOWES A336: "First publication, with English translation, of a Spanish manuscript written in 1742." 8vo.; xvii, 382pp. Illustrated, plates, folding map. Original blue cloth, gilt title on spine. A very good copy.
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Leland, John. A VOICE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA: TWELVE CHAPTERS BEFORE HAMPTON, TWO CHAPTERSAFTER HAMPTON; WITH A JOURNAL OF A REPUTED KU-KLUX.
Walker, Evans and Cogswell, Charleston, SC: 1879. First edition. HOWES L248 8vo.; 231pp. Original gilt-stamped cloth (flecked).
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Beard, James Melville. K.K.K. SKETCHES, HUMOROUS AND DIDACTIC, TREATING THE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTSOF THE KU-KLUX-KLAN MOVEMENT IN THE SOUTH; WITH A DISCUSSION OF THE CAUSESWHICH GAVE RISE TO IT, AND THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES EMANATING FROMIT.
Claxton, Ramsen & Haffelfinger, Philadelphia [PA]: 1877. First edition. 8vo.; 192pp. Original gilt-stamped cloth (spine faded); lacking the slip tipped in at the title page, front endpaper adhering to the coated fly leaf. A very good copy.
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Henderson, William (comp.). FAMILY RECORD OF THE HENDERSON AND WHIDDON FAMILIES AND THEIR DESCENDANTS;WITH A MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY G, 14th GA. REGIMENT, CO. F, 57th GA.REGIMENT, CO. B, 10th GA. BATALLION, CO. F, 49th GA. REGIMENT, CO. A, 61stGA. REGIMENT, AND CO. F, 10th GA. STATE TROOPS.
Byrd Ptg. Co., Atlanta, GA: 1926. First edition. Primarily concerns Worth and Irwin County family history and Confederate Civil War service. 8vo.; 314pp. Portrait frontispiece. Original gilt-stamped brown cloth (mottled); a little shaken, still a very good copy.
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Russell, Isaac S. A GENEALOGY OF A STEER FAMILY; COMPRISING SOME OF THE ANCESTORS AND NEARLYALL OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH AND GRACE (EDGERTON) STEER.
The author, (New-Market, MD: 1891). First edition. A large branch of the family hailed from Clarke,Frederick, and Loudon Counties, Virginia. Not in Haynes. Oblong 4to.; 113, (10)pp. Index. Original plum cloth, gilt-stamped leather label on upper cover. Shaken, some manuscript additions and corrections. A good copy.
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Livingston, Robert R. ESSAY ON SHEEP: THEIR VARIETIES; ACCOUNT OF THE MERINOES OF SPAIN, FRANCE,&c.; REFLECTIONS ON THE BEST METHOD OF TREATING THEM, AND RAISING A FLOCKIN THE UNITED STATES; TOGETHER WITH MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS ON SHEEP ANDWOOLLEN MANUFACTURES.
Daniel Cooledge, Concord, NH: 1813. Third edition (following New York printings of 1809 and 1810).AMERICAN IMPRINTS 28966 12mo.; 143pp. Woodcut illustration on title page. Contemporary quarter- leather and marbled boards, leather label on spine. Early lending library bookplate on front pastedown. Very good.
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Varnum, Joseph B. Jr. THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES: A REVIEW OF THE DISCUSSIONS,IN CONGRESS AND ELSEWHERE, ON THE SITE AND PLANS OF THE FEDERAL CITY; WITHA SKETCH OF ITS PRESENT POSITION AND PROSPECTS; ALSO, REMARKS ONMONUMENTAL STRUCTURES AND THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
R. Farnham, Washington, (DC): 1854. Second edition, with an alphabetical index. 8vo.; 121, v pp. Somewhat later black half-leather and marbled boards (joints completely broken through); old institutional bookplate, accession number on title page. Serviceable copy in need of rebacking.
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TAYLOR, PETER. Miss Leonora When Last Seen and Fifteen other Stories.
Ivan Obolensky, NY: (c1963). First edition, signed by the author on the title page in his later, rather shaky hand. 8vo. 398 pp. Very good in dust jacket (white rear panel lightly soiled)
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(Watmough, Edmund Carmick). SCRIBBLINGS AND SKETCHES, DIPLOMATIC, PISCATORY AND OCEANIC.
By a Fisher in Small Streams. Philadelphia: printed for the publisher, 1844. 2nd edition with additions. 8vo.189pp. Bruns W-45: "A strange little book...but the 32pp. 'Letters from Isaac Walton' place it in number one importance to the angling book collector." Wright, AMERICAN FICTION I, 2680a: "Written in a humorous vein."
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LEAHY, George J. Shikar for Sher Khan.
Privately printed for the author], [Chicago?: nd [1964?]. First edition. Inscribed by the author onthe title page. Daily journal of the author’s successful 1964 hunt for a Bengal tiger. Rare; not recorded on OCLC or RLIN; a copy has never appeared at auction (ABPC, 1964-2005). 8vo. 44 pp. Four color photographs mounted in text, as issued. Black cloth with a 7-color screenprint of a tiger’s face on copper-metallic paper mounted on the upper cover. Very good copy.
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[Kester, Jesse Y.]. THE AMERICAN SHOOTER'S MANUAL, COMPRISING SUCH PLAIN AND SIMPLE RULES, ASARE NECESSARY TO INTRODUCE THE INEXPERIENCED INTO A FULL KNOWLEDGE OF ALLTHAT RELATES TO THE DOG, AND THE CORRECT USE OF THE GUN; ALSO ADESCRIPTION OF THE GAME OF THIS COUNTRY, BY A GENTLEMAN OF PHILADELPHIACOUNTY.
Carey, Lea & Carey, Philadelphia: 1827. Howes calls this the "First American sporting book." HOWESK108 1st ed. 2nd issue. 12mo. 249pp. [1p. Errata, 3pp. ads]. Frontis., & 3 plates. Contemporary full leather with stamped black leather title label. Small pieces torn from endpapers, else very good.
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Kempis, Thomas A. Of The Imitation of Christ: In Three Books.
Re-Printed and sold by Joseph Crukshank, London: Printed; Philadelphia : 1783. First available American edition. Evans 17992. Parsons CATHOLIC AMERICANA 45. Contemporary calf with gilt bands. First American edition of John Payne translation. 8vo. 211 pp.
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(Walsh, Robert). An American. LETTER ON THE GENIUS & DISPOSITIONS OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING AVIEW OF THE TAXATION OF THE FRENCH EMPIRE. Addressed to a friend, by anAmerican recently returned from Europe.
P.H. Nicklin & Co., Baltimore: 1810. 1st ed. 8vo.; iv, 253pp. Orig. boards, rebacked; newer paper spine label. Large paper ed. Very good.
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Ganilh, Charles. INQUIRY INTO THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY; THEIR ADVANTAGES &DISADVANTAGES; & THE THEORY MOST FAVOURABLE TO THE INCREASE OF NATIONALWEALTH.
NY, Peter A. Mesier, 1812. Translated from the French by D. Boileau. 1st Amer. ed. 8vo.; 492pp. Ganilh was a French economist & financial writer who held various public offices during the French Revolution, & the Napoleonic era. (Palgrave, DICT. OF POLIT. ECONOMY). Orig. paper-backed boards (spine split, chipped & soiled). Scattered foxing. Very good.
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Frost, Robert. A BOY'S WILL.
David Nutt, London: 1913. 1st ed. Author's first book. Cream printed wraps (second issue, binding state D), in a worn glassine. CRANE A2. Small chip at head of spine, but a very good copy.
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THE ARCHITECTURAL FORUM: FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT.
Time Inc., NY: 1938 4to. 102pp. (for the Wright part). Illustrated, plans. Spiral-bound decorated stiff wrappers. Some wear around holes and small tear on rear cover. else a very good copy.
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Thornton, Henry. AN ENQUIRY INTO THE NATURE & EFFECTS OF THE PAPER CREDIT OF GREAT BRITAIN.
printed for J. Hatchard, Bookseller to the Queen, Piccadilly; & Messrs. F. & C. Rivington, St. Paul's Church Yard, London: 1802. KRESS B4612 GOLDSMITHS 18256 EINAUDI 5617 1st ed. 8vo.; xii, 320pp. Original paper boards and spine, 1/4 of spine eroded. Some worming affecting about 10 pages with some in text. Untrimmed with about 1/2 the pages uncut. "No other performance of the period will bear comparison with it, though several among them Ricardo's, met with much greater success at the time as well as later." Schumpeter: History of Economic Thought. p.689. See also the New Palgrave A Dictionary of Economics for current appreciation.
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Queeny, Edgar. CHEECHAKO: THE STORY OF AN ALASKAN BEAR HUNT.
Scribner's Sons, NY: 1941. 1 of 1200 copies. 8vo.; xvi, 133pp. With photos by the author (many in color). Top page edges gilt. Very good in chipped glassine.
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Palgrave, William Gifford. UNE ANNEE DE VOYAGE DANS L'ARABIE CENTRALE (1862-1863).
Librairie de L. Hachette, Paris: 1866. 1st French edition. 2 volumes. 8vo. With frontis. portrait, map & 4 plans. Translated by Emile Jonveaux. 1/2 leather (rubbed) & red cloth. Gilt decorated spine with raised bands. A very good set.
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Burton, Richard F. WANDERINGS IN WEST AFRICA FROM LIVERPOOL TO FERNANDO PO.
Tinsley Brothers, London: 1863. 8vo. 1st ed., 2nd issue binding. Very good with slight edgewear.
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Grinnell, George Bird. HUNTING AT HIGH ALTITUDES: THE BOOK OF THE BOONE AND CROCKETT CLUB.
Harper, NY: 1913. 1st ed. 8vo. 511pp. Illustrated, plates. Original silver-stamped cloth; stamping rubbed away on spine, else a very good copy.
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Mill, James. ELEMENTS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY.
Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, London: 1821. 1st ed. 8vo. viii, 235pp. Very good in full contemporary leather. The first text book in Economics in English. Originated from a series of lectures given to instruct his son John Stuart whose notes were the basis for this book.
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De Quincey, Thomas. THE LOGIC OF POLITICAL ECONOMY.
William Blackwood, Edinburgh and London: 1844. 1st edition. 8vo. xii, 260pp. Original blue cloth, paper spine label (slightly scuffed). Presentation copy from the author to Edmund Lushington, inscribed "Ed Lushington From the Author" at the head of the title page. Lushington, a professor of Greek at Glasgow, was an intimate friend of DeQuincey's and provided him with a home for part of the period 1841-43. He had a substanial library which one assumes De Quincy made use of at the time. Small bookplate on pastedown, but a fine choice copy housed in a custom cloth slipcase.
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[Kester, Jesse Y.]. THE AMERICAN SHOOTER'S MANUAL, COMPRISING SUCH PLAIN AND SIMPLE RULES, ASARE NECESSARY TO INTRODUCE THE INEXPERIENCED INTO A FULL KNOWLEDGE OF ALLTHAT RELATES TO THE DOG, AND THE CORRECT USE OF THE GUN; ALSO ADESCRIPTION OF THE GAME OF THIS COUNTRY, BY A GENTLEMAN OF PHILADELPHIACOUNTY.
Carey, Lea & Carey, Philadelphia: 1827. 1st ed. 2nd issue. 12mo. 249pp. [1p. Errata, 3pp. ads]. Frontis., & 3 plates. Howes calls this the "First American sporting book." Lovely contemporary American binding: full calf, five-panel spine gilt tooled with ornamental rolls and birds within wreaths, red morocco spine label; binding lightly rubbed, a little browning to leaves, but an exceptional copy of this book. HOWES K108
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Macaulay, Thomas Babington. LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME.
Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London: 1842. First edition. Small 4to. 191pp. Original blindstamped brown cloth, gilt title on spine. Save for two small rubbed spots on the spine, a Fine copy, almost like new, housed in a custom cloth slipcase with chemise.
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