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Imprint: 1990 ALOISI, Peter. FIRE APPARATUS FIGHTING FIRES. Lynnfield, MA: Chariot Publishing Co., (1990). Wrappers. Color photo illustrations. Near fine., Fine Stock number: 70442.
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Imprint: 1928 ALTHAUS, Paul, & R. T. Gribble. MYSTIC LYRICS FROM THE INDIAN MIDDLE AGES. A Free Transcription by Paul Althaus. Rendered into English by R. T. Gribble. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., (1928). First edition of this English language version based upon the free transcription by Althaus. Small octavo. [iv],11-123pp. Publisher's black cloth binding with printed paper label on spine. Clean and crisp but for scant spotting on fore-edge of bookblock; near fine overall. In a very good dust-jacket which is sunned at spine, with some wear at either end, and a small spot of loss., Fine Stock number: 81312.
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Imprint: 1957 ALTHEIM, Franz and Ruth STEIHL. FINANZGESCHICHTE DER SPATANTIKE. Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann (1957). 402 pp + 24 pp. b/w plates. 8vo., black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near fine, minor shelfwear and ink ownership on front flyleaf, in good dust jacket with light soil and nicked edges, a few small closed tears. Text has a few bumps to fore-edge, occasional neat pencil margin notes. Good overall., Good Stock number: 80758.
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Imprint: 1982 AMANDRY, Angelique. L'INDEPENDANCE GRECQUE DANS LA FAIENCE FRANCAISE DU 19E SIECLE. Athens: Fondation Ethnographique du Peloponnese, 1982. 8vo., tan boards w/dj. Text in French. Very good plus., Very Good Stock number: 69199.
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Imprint: 1926 AMANUMA Shun'ichi. INDO BIJUTSU SHASHINSHU^. Nara, Taisho^ 15 [1926]. Two plate volumes, but lacking the explanatory booklet. Illustrated with 233 (of 240) photographs of archaeological sites throughout the Indian cultural sphere showing Buddhist and Mughal architecture, architectural details, sculptures, and - to a lesser extent - painted and tile decoration. Two oblong folios (31 x 45 cm), tassel bound in light brown buckram, with title on upper board in dark brown. Each volume has a title- page, an index of photographs, and a map - all in Japanese. One leaf has been trimmed short, where illustrations have been excised, and there are blank spots where other illustrations have been removed. Overall good condition, save the missing photos, but sold with all faults., Good Stock number: 84106.
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Imprint: 1887 (AMERICA'S CUP). A TESTIMONIAL TO CHARLES J. PAINE and EDWARD BURGESS from the City of Boston, for their successful defence of the America's Cup. Boston: Boston City Council, 1887. First edition. Illustrated. 159 pp. Tall 8vo., brown cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine and City-of- Boston seal to upper board. this copy is being offered as is. It is a complete but very worn, ex-library copy, with all usual library marks, which has many pages and illustrations that are sprung or loose. Stock number: 82135.
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Imprint: 1885 (THE AMERICAN FLORIST). THE AMERICAN FLORIST. A Semi-monthly Journal for the Trade. 28 issues in all: Numbers 4-8, 10-15, 17, 19-22, 25-33, with duplicates of 4, 13, and 31. Dates range from October 1, 1885 to December 15, 1886. Chicago: American Florist Company, 1885-6. 4to., wire saddle stitch, 16pp. per issue. Slight age-browning to pages, with intermittent soiling and foxing to outer pages. Front page of issue 13 detached but present. A very good plus run overall., Very Good Stock number: 70443.
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Imprint: 1932 (AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES). AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES: Report of the Committee on Linguistic and National Stocks in the Population of the United States. Reprinted from the Annual Report of the American Historical Association for 1931. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1932. 8vo., wrappers. Wraps sunned, slightly edgeworn; slight bump, soil to fore-edge. About very good; clean text., Very Good Stock number: 66065.
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Imprint: 1936 (AMERICAN ART). CATALOGUE OF THE FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF AMERICAN PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE. October 22, 1936-December 6, 1936. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1936. 8vo., wrappers, 40 pp., black & white illustrations. Just faint damp, slight edgewear to wraps, one leaf; clean internally. Very good., Very Good Stock number: 74025.
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Imprint: 1922 (AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS). COMMEMORATIVE TRIBUTE to Henry James, by Bliss Perry, prepared for the American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1921. (New York: The De Vinne Press for the American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1922). 8vo., brown wrappers; 5 pp. Ex-library. Lightly bowed, touch of wear to wraps. Clean text. Very good., Good Stock number: 61330.
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Imprint: 1870 AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. THE FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, JANUARY 1870. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1870. Wrappers. Light age browning to pages. Very good plus., Very Good Stock number: 70951.
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Imprint: 1920 AMERICAN DYEWOOD COMPANY. LOGWOOD BLACKS ON WOOLENS AND WORSTEDS: PERFECTION SAMPLE CARD. New York: American Dyewood Company [n.d. ca. 1920]. 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches folded. Black cloth stamped in silver. Inside front cover has a 7 page booklet affixed, "Remarks and Dyeing Formulae." The inside folds out to three stiff card pages, each with twelve samples on wool/worsted cloth. The colors are all varying shades of black. Excellent condition except for light soil to first page of formulae booklet. Stock number: 85054.
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AMERICAN DYEWOOD COMPANY. LOGWOOD BLACKS ON WOOLLENS AND WORSTEDS. New York: American Dyewood Company [n.d. ca. early 20th century]. 6 pp. booklet affixed to first panel. 8vo., black cloth stamped in silver, four folding panels. Two one-inch holes at spine, not affecting interior contents. Light soil and creasing to affixed instruction booklet. A few small holes to a few fabric samples. "Perfection Sample Card." 36 samples, all various shades of logwood black. Stock number: 85211. ISBN: MANUFACTURING
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Imprint: 1785 [American Academy of Arts and Sciences]. MEMOIRS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: TO THE END OF THE YEAR MDCCLXXXIII. Vol. 1: Boston: Adams and Nourse, 1785. [i-iii] - xxxii, 568pp. + [1] f.errata. 4to 10 1/2" x 8 1/2". Six folding plates. Contemporary calf binding. Front and rear hinges cracked but attached. Vol. 2: pt.1 Isaiah Thomas & Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1793. [i-v]- 200. pt.2 Charlestown: Samuel Etheridge , 1804. [i-iii] - 24. [1]- -168. Bound as one in contemporary calf. Contains 3 plates including one folding plate of a reproduction of James Winthrop's sketch of the Deighton Rock petroglyphs.Front board detached; rear hinge cracked. Ex-library copy previously owned by noted Boston physician Buckminster Brown. Text is mostly clean with some mild foxing and ink staining . First two volumes of the series published by one of the oldest and most prestigious honorary societies in the country. Created during the Revolution it included John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and John Hancock among other luminaries. Volume 2, which includes an obituary of George Washington, published in 1804 is quite scarce. $3250.00 Stock number: 87633.
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Imprint: 1978 (AMERICAN BOOK PRICES CURRENT). AMERICAN BOOK PRICES CURRENT, 1972 Volume 75. The auction season Sept. 1968-August 1969. New York; Columbia University Press, 1972. 8vo., brick cloth, gilt. Touch of soil, scuffing to cloth; lightly shaken. Hinges starting. About very good., Good Stock number: 59709.
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Imprint: 1855 [AMERICAN CHEMICAL INSTITUTE]. POSITIVE MEDICAL AGENTS: Being a Treatise on the New Alkaloid, Resinoid and Concentrated Preparations of Indigenous and Foreign Medical Plants. New York: Charles B. Norton, 1855. 8vo. 304pp. Brown cloth, blindstamped to front and back and stamped in gilt to spine. Ex-library with stamps to front pastedown and title page. Bookplate and ownership in ink to ffep. Corners lightly bumped. Spine chipped at heel and crown. Interior somewhat toned with light dampstaining. Stock number: 89536.
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Imprint: 1950 (AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY). PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. New Series. Vol. 60, Part 1 and 2. At the Semi-annual and Annual Meeting held in Boston, April 19, 1950 and October 18, 1950. Worcester, Massachusetts, Published by the Society, 1950-1951. Featuring: The Coinage of Massachusetts Bay Colony by Sidney P. Noe; The Pursuit of Pestilence by Ernest Caulfield; Edward Winslow (O. V. 1606-11), King's Scholar and Printer by George Gregerson Wolkins and The Surprising Adventures of the Brigantine Rebecca by Joseph Carson. Partially unopened. Near fine in blue printed wrappers., Fine Stock number: 53821.
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Imprint: 1924 (AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY). PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. New Series. Vol. 33, Part 1 and 2. At the semi-annual meeting held in Boston April, 11, 1923 and at the annual meeting held in Worcester October 17, 1923. Worcester, Massachusetts, Published by the Society, 1924. Featuring: Lewis's Account of the Nomination of Jackson by John S. Bassett; Thomas Collection of American Ballads by Worthington C. Ford; Letters of Samuel Taggart, Part I & II by George H. Haynes; An Account of the Mather-Byles Portraits by John H. Edmonds, and Notes on Richard Mather's Church Government by Thomas J. Holmes. Partially unopened. Near fine in blue printed wrappers., Fine Stock number: 53811.
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Imprint: 1941 (AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY). PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. New Series. Vol. 50, Part 1 and 2. At the Semi-annual and Annual Meeting held in Boston, April 17, 1940 and October 16, 1940. Worcester, Massachusetts, Published by the Society, 1941. Featuring: Havard College Library and the Libraries of the Mathers by Henry Joel Cadbury; The Lexington Alarm by John H. Scheide; Those Human Puritans by Henry Andrew Wright; Nathaniel Evans - Some Notes on his Ministry by Edgar Legare Penington; David Claypoole Johnston, "The American Cruikshank" by Clarence S. Brigham; The Berkshire Republican Library at Stockbridge, 1794- 1818 by Harry Miller Lydenberg; Jean Lafitte in the War of 1812 by Edward Alexander Parsons and John Watson, Painter, Merchant, Capitalist of New Jersey by John Hill Morgan. Partially unopened. Near fine in blue printed wrappers., Fine Stock number: 53819.
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Imprint: 1948 (AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY). PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. New Series. Vol. 57, Part 1 and 2. At the Semi-annual and Annual Meeting held in Boston, April 16, 1947 and October 15, 1947. Worcester, Massachusetts, Published by the Society, 1948. Featuring: The Orderly Books of Colonel William Henshaw, and The Cult of the Gaucho and The Creation of a Literature by Edward Larocque Tinker. Partially unopened. Near fine in blue printed wrappers., Fine Stock number: 53820.
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Imprint: 1950 (AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY). PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. New Series. Vol. 60, Part 1. At the Semi-annual and Annual Meeting held in Boston, April 19, 1950. Worcester, Massachusetts: Published by the Society, 1950-1951. Featuring: The Coinage of Massachusetts Bay Colony by Sidney P. Noe; The Pursuit of Pestilence by Ernest Caulfield. Partially unopened. Library stamp on upper cover, else fine in printed blue wrappers., Fine Stock number: 53822.
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Imprint: 1922 (AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS). PUBLIC MEETING of the American Academy and the American Institute of Arts and Letters, In honor of William Dean Howells, President of the Academy from its Inception to the Date of His Death. [New York]; The De Vinne Press for the American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1922. 12mo., brown paper wrappers. Ex- library, but sound and clean internally, with mild wear to wear to wraps. Stock number: 61329.
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Imprint: 1832 AMERICAN BAPTIST HOME MISSION SOCIETY. TEN PUBLICATIONS OF THE AMERICAN BAPTIST HOME MISSION SOCIETY, 1832-1844. Proceedings of the Convention to Form the Society and various annual reports. Octavo. Text leaves show light to moderate foxing throughout, with occasional pencil notes or marks in margins. The first four publication have the original wrappers bound- in. Two library ink stamps within, but no othermarks. Disbound: Early marbled boards are present, but detached; lacks backstrip. A few blanks and text leaves at the beginning are loose and detached from the bookblock. The tiles included are Proceeding of the Convention held in the City of NY on 27 April, 1832 for the formation of the American Baptist Home Mission Society. And the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th, thru 12th Executive Committee Treasurers' reports from 1832 to 1844. Stock number: 82287.
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Imprint: 1919 [METZGAR, Judson D.] AMERICAN ART GALLERIES. RARE JAPANESE COLOR PRINTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. JUDSON D. METZGAR. New York: American Art Galleries, 1919. Unpaginated (text + b/w plates). 8vo., tan wrappers printed in black. Moderate soil to wrappers, a few small chips to front wrapper not affecting text, and creasing to rear wrapper. Interior fine., Fine Stock number: 84509.
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Imprint: 1919 [METZGAR, Judson D.] AMERICAN ART GALLERIES. RARE JAPANESE COLOR PRINTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. JUDSON D. METZGAR. New York: American Art Galleries, 1919. Unpaginated (text + b/w plates). 8vo., tan wrappers printed in black. Moderate soil to wrappers, a few small chips to rear wrapper not affecting text, and cloth tape to spine, which has chipped. Pencil annotations throughout the text. B/w plates fine., Fine Stock number: 86017.
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Imprint: 1963 American Surgical Association. REGISTRATION BOOK of the American Surgical Association. A facsimile reproduction of the original, reproducing the signatures of those who orgnized the Association, and signatures of those who attended each meeting between 1882 and 1960, published for the Fellows of the Association by J. B. Lippincott Company, 1963. Unpaginated; [192] ff. Tall octavo, two-toned cloth (black/grey), gilt-stamped title to spine. Ink ownership stamp to free endpapers and top-edge of bookblock. Binding shows general light soiling and faint dampstain along bottom edge of lowes board and the final leaves. Good plus., Good Stock number: 77093.
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Imprint: 1925 THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS/THE ARCHITECTURAL FORUM. SEVENTY-TWO DESIGNS FOR FIREPROOF HOMES FROM A NATIONAL COMPETITION AMONG ARCHITECTS, DRAFTSMEN AND ARCHITECTURAL STUDENTS. [n.p.] The United States Gypsum Company, 1925. 112 pp. 4to., embossed tan wrappers. Top of spine slightly chipped, dampstaining to bottom edge of front wrapper and to some of the text. Tinted illustrations. Includes the 28 prize-winning designs selected by jury. Stock number: 83774.
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AMERICAN DYEWOOD COMPANY. SUBSTANTIVE COLORS ON COTTON YARN. New York: American Dyewood Company [n.d. ca. ] 11 5/8 x 7 inches. red cloth stamped in silver. Cloth soiled, with a large dent to spine. Affixed to inside front cover is an 11 page booklet, "Dyeing Instructions and Remarks." The cover is soiled and slightly nicked at edge. There are two samples, 11 sets to a page, of 99 dyes. The nine stiff card pages are soiled, but the samples are in good condition and have retained their brightness., Good Stock number: 85057.
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Imprint: 1935 AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO. TELEPHONE ALMANAC 1935. New York: American Telephone and Telegraph Co., 1935. Not paginated. Illustrated with woodcuts by Raymond Lufkin. 8vo., blue stapled paper wrappers printed in blue. Profusely illustrated almanac-style publication with informational and historical anecdotes, internally fine with foxing to wrappers. Good plus., Fine Stock number: 57616.
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Imprint: 1948 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGIST'S UNION. THE AUK, AN INTERRUPTED RUN 1899-1948, 132 ISSUES. Cambridge, MA: American Ornithologist's Union, 1899-1948. Fair to Very Good condition as noted, some earlier editions lacking wrappers or with detached wrappers. Very Good copies may have slightly chipped or soiled wrappers. As follows: 1899: Vol. XVI No. 1 Missing front wrap; Poor; No. 4 Fair. (2 issues) 1900: Vol. XVII No. 2 VG, No. 3 chipped wraps (2 issues) 1902: Vol. XIX Nos. 1 - 4 VG (4 issues) 1903: Vol. XX Nos. 1-4, VG except front cover detached No. 1 (4 issues) 1904: Vol. XXI Nos. 1-4 VG (4 issues) 1905: Vol. XXII Nos. 1-4 VG chipped wraps (4 issues) 1906: Vol. XXIII New series Nos. 1-4 VG (4 issues) 1907: Vol. XXIV Nos. 1-4 VG (4 issues) 1908: Vol. XXV Nos. 1-4 VG (4 issues) 1909: Vol. XXVI Nos. 1-4 VG (4 issues) 1910: Vol. XXVII Nos. 1-4 VG (4 issues) 1911: Vol. XXVIII Nos. 1-4 VG except wraps detached No. 1 (4 issues) 1912: Vol. XXIX Nos. 1-4 VG (4 issues) 1913: Vol. XXX Nos. 1-4 VG (4 issues) 1914: Vol. XXXI Nos. 1-4 VG (4 issues) 1915: Vol. XXXII No 4. Fair (1 issue) 1916: Vol. XXXIII No. 1, 2 and 4 VG except No. 4 Fair (3 issues) 1917: Vol. XXXIV Nos. 1, 2 (both Fair) and No. 3 (VG) (3 issues) 1918: Vol. XXXV Nos. 1-3 VG (3 issues) 1919: Vol. XXXVI Nos. 3-4 VG (2 issues) 1920: Vol. XXXVII Nos. 1-4 VG (4 issues) 1921: Vol. XXXVIII Nos. 1-4 VG (4 issues) 1922: Vol. XXXIX Nos. 1-2, 4 VG (3 issues) 1923: Vol. XL Nos. 1, 3-4 VG except No. 1 Good (3 issues) 1924: Vol. XLI No. Nos. 1-2, 4 VG (3 issues) 1925: Vol. XLII Nos. 1-4 VG (4 issues) 1926: Vol. XLIII Nos. 1-4 VG (4 issues) 1927: Vol. XLIV Nos. 1-4 VG (4 issues) 1928: Vol. XLV Nos. 1-4 VG (4 issues) 1929: Vol. XLVI Nos. 1-4 VG (4 issues) 1930: Vol. XLVII Nos. 1- 4 VG (4 issues) 1931: Vol XLVIII Nos. 1-4 VG (4 issues) 1932: Vol. XLIX Nos. 1-4 VG (4 issues) 1934: Vol. LI No. 4 Fair (1 issue) 1935: Vol. LII No. 3 VG (1 issue) 1936: Vol. LIII No. 1 VG (1 issue) 1937: Vol. LV Nos. 1- 2, 4 VG (3 issues) 1942: Vol. Nos. 1, 3-4 VG (3 issues) 1944: Nos. 1-4 VG (4 issues) 1946: Vol. LXIII No. 4 VG (1 issue) 1948: Vol. LXV No. 1 VG (1 issue), Very Good Stock number: 79903.
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Binding: Paperback American Association for Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality. TRANSACTIONS OF THE FIRST (- SIXTH) ANNUAL MEETING. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University, 1910. Vols. 2-6 published at Baltimore: Franklin Printing Co., 1912-1916. Six octavo volumes, uniformly bound in brown paper wrappers with title printed in black on spine and front wrap. General light dust-soiling and/or light wear to some wrappers, but clean within and very good overall. In chronological order, the annual meetings were held at Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Washington, D.C., Boston, and Philadelphia. Topics examined covered a broad range of sociological and medical issues affecting infant mortality; they included economic apects of infant welfare, birth registration, continuing education for parents, eugenics, midwifery, housing, care of homeless infants, nursing and social work, obstetrics and pediatrics. sc $270.00, Very Good Stock number: 77768.
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Imprint: 1969 AMERICAN WOMEN'S CLUB OF TUNISIA. TUNISIA PORTFOLIO, VOLUME I, 1969. Second edition. [n.p.]: American Women's Club of Tunisia, 1969. Wrappers. Very good., Very Good Stock number: 71160.
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Imprint: 1834 [AMERICANA] AESOP, JUNIOR, IN AMERICA: BEING A SERIES OF FABLES WRITTEN ESPECIALLY FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA. New York: Printed for the Author by Mahlon Day, 1834. viii + [3-] 238 pp. 12mo., green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Extra engraved title page, with facing frontispiece engraving of the post-Presidential George Washington. Boards detached, spine faded. Moderate shelfwear, light soil to cloth. Lacks front flyleaf. Endpapers foxed. Sporadic foxing throughout. As is. Satirical fables, some political meanings thinly veiled. Uncommon, scarce. Stock number: 80352.
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Imprint: 1865 [AMERICANA - 19th CENTURY EPHEMERA] AMERICAN COW MILKER MACHINE POSTER, ORIGINAL. Buffalo, NY: Express Printing Company for the American Cow Milking Machine Co. [n.d. ca. 1865]. 42 x 26 3/4 inches. Woodblock printing: Boldest typeface measures 10 inches tall. L. O. Colvin's "American Cow Milker" was patented in 1860 as the first use of teat cups with a vacuum. The milker was used in England, but the constant vacuum pressure caused problems with the cows' teats. He sold the patent in England for about $5,000, after selling over 1,500 machines. He continued to make improvements and was more successful in America where this undated broadside was published. "Triumphant Success | The Most Important and Valuable Invention of the 19th Century" proclaims the headline; the company is seeking business men to invest/sell the machines; the farmer is being courted. "A sure cure for aching hands & kicking cows." Several archival tape repairs to reverse with no loss of text. Heavy newsprint stock, printed in black. A few small closed tears to edges, and some light foxing. Very good overall. We have located a smaller version of this advertisement, but none this size., Very Good Stock number: 84384.
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Imprint: 1857 [AMERICANA - AFRICAN-AMERICAN] A BROADSIDE ADVERTISING THE SALE OF "122 PRIME NEGROES" AT CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 18, 1857. 17 x 14 inches, printed in black on light blue paper, with two creases from folding into quarters. Advertisement for a sale of the slaves belonging to the estate of C. M. Huguenin, 122 slaves from the estate, along with 18 belonging to the Huguenin children, and 8 belonging to the infant C. J. Huguenin. The "Prime Negroes" are listed by first name, along with age and with occasional mention of type of work description: "field hand," "plantation nurse," "coachman," etc. To be held at the Sales Room of Capers & Heyward, Charleston. Posted by R. J. Davant, Commissioner. This broadside was likely carried to the auction where the sale prices realized along with pencil notes were added. The notes included physical condition, and relations ("Family," "Lame leg,""Mother and children"). Roseland Plantation the home of the Huguenin and the aforementioned slaves was among the largest and most beautiful in South Carolina. Dr. Henry O. Marcy, surgeon with the Union Army described it in his diary as "one of the most lovely spots I have ever seen. Pen would fail to do it justice. It is near the Coosawhatchie River situated on high ground, in a splendid grove of live oaks of a centuries growth. Outhouses and all at a distance bear the look of a country village. Every outhouse was nicely whitewashed. The grounds were beautifully laid and splendidly kept....The slaves had been all removed...From a colored man I learned that the father had died a few years previous and left 9 plantations and several hundred slaves to two sons and two daughters...." This broadside exists as evidence of a different side of this southern idyll and is a powerful historical document. A few small closed tears here and there at joints, minimal loss of text. Slave auction broadsides with contemporaneous notations are particularly rare. Stock number: 84232. ISBN: CIVIL WAR
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Imprint: 1809 [AMERICANA] THE CIVIL OFFICER, OR THE WHOLE DUTY OF SHERIFFS, CORONERS, CONSTABLES AND COLLECTORS OF TAXES. Boston: Thomas B. Wait and Company, 1809. First edition. 164 pp. + 16 pp. appendix and two folding charts. Together with: THE MASSACHUSETTS SHERIFF: BEING A DIGEST OF THE PRINCIPAL DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, RELATIVE TO THE POWER, DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY OF SHERIFFS, THEIR DEPUTIES, CORONERS AND CONSTABLES, IN THE EXECUTION OF CIVIL PRECEPTS. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, SEVRAL IMPORTANT STATUTES, DEFINING THE DUTIES OF THOSE OFFICERS. Boston: R. P. and C. Williams, 1814. 79 pp. 16mo., calf with gilt ruled spine and red gilt morocco spine label. Leather worn, label dulled, scraped. Closed tear to front flyleaf. Some dampstaining to endpapers. Moderate foxing throughout. Good., Good Stock number: 84779.
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Imprint: 1860 [AMERICANA] THE UNION TEXT BOOK; CONTAINING SELECTIONS FROM THE WRITINGS OF DANIEL WEBSTER; THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE; THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES; AND WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS. Philadelphia: G. G. Evans, 1860. First edition. 504 pp. + 22 pp. publisher's catalogue. 8vo., brown pebbled cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Owner's address label to front pastedown, else a near fine copy, slightly sunned at spine. Minor foxing to frontispiece portrait of Webster. Scarce, especially in this condition., Fine Stock number: 80524.
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Imprint: 1908 AMES, Oak. ORCHIDACEAE: Illustrations and Studies of the Family Orchidaceae. Issued from the Ames Botanical Laboratory, North Easton, Massachusetts. Fascicle III. Boston: The Merrymount Press, 1908. Illustated with 34 plates, numbered 26-59. viii,99 pp. Octavo, cloth- backed paper boards (brown/brown), with gilt-stamped title to spine and upper board. Pencil ownership on ffep. Board are lightly soiled. Edges of bookblock are dust-soiled, with some occasional dust-soiling in page margins; nonetheless, very good. (Smith & Bianchi 318)., Very Good Stock number: 77891.
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Imprint: 1915 AMES, Oak. ORCHIDACEAE: Illustrations and Studies of the Family Orchidaceae. Issued from the Ames Botanical Laboratory, North Easton, Massachusetts. Fascicle V. Boston: The Merrymount Press, 1915. Content: "The Genera and Species of Philippine Orchids," by Oakes Ames. Fold-out map opposite p. 262. Octavo, mostly unopened. xiv,261 pp. Cloth-backed paper boards (brown/brown), with gilt-stamped title to spine and upper board. Pencil ownership on ffep. Boards are lightly soiled. Edges of bookblock are dust-soiled, and there are some dust-soiled pages within. About very good. (Smith & Bianchi 429)., Very Good Stock number: 77892.
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Imprint: 1854 AMES, Fisher, ed. Seth Ames. WORKS OF FISHER AMES with a Selection from His Speeches and Correspondence. 2 volumes. 406/442 pp. 8vo., brown cloth. Owner's pencil signature on ffeps. Good, spines sunned, frayed heel and crown, covers rubbed. Moderate shelfwear to bottom edges. Light foxing, neat pencil markings within. Life and works of the Massachusetts Congressman under Washington., Good Stock number: 78907.
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Imprint: 1963 AMHERST COLLEGE. IN MEMORY OF ROBERT FROST, March 26, 1874 - January 29, 1963. [Program of a memorial service held at] Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, February 17, 1963, Johnson Chapel, 2 P.M. [12] pp. 8vo., white laid paper wrappers with the Amherst College seal embossed to front cover, wire saddle stitch. This program includes a selection of eleven of Frost's poems which were read by Mark Van Doren at the service. Some very light soiling and creasing to wrappers, else fine., Fine Stock number: 61224.
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Imprint: 1963 AMHERST COLLEGE. THE ROBERT FROST MEMORIAL SERVICE. [N.P., N.D.] [4] pp. 4to., white paper. The texts of a "Meditation" delivered by the Rt. Rev. Henry Wise Hobson and "Reflections" by Calvin H. Plimpton delivered at the Frost memorial service held at Johnson Chapel, Amherst College on February 17, 1963. Folded once, with negligible wear at crease, else very good plus., Very Good Stock number: 78088.
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Imprint: 1963 AMHERST COLLEGE. THE ROBERT FROST MEMORIAL SERVICE. [N.P., N.D.] [4] pp. 4to., white paper. The texts of a "Meditation" delivered by the Rt. Rev. Henry Wise Hobson and "Reflections" by Calvin H. Plimpton delivered at the Frost memorial service held at Johnson Chapel, Amherst College on February 17, 1963. Folded once, with some light soiling and foxing to first page. A good copy., Good Stock number: 57418.
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Imprint: 1965 AMHERST COLLEGE. THE ROBERT FROST LIBRARY DEDICATION, October 24, 1965. Robert Frost Speaks Departmentally. [Amherst, MA: Amherst College, 1965] Included is a 4 pp. facsimile of Frost's holograph copy of "Departmentally," printed at the Meriden Gravure Company [12] pp. 6 by 4 inches. Pamphlet format, white paper wrappers, titled in brown and black to the front cover, sewn at the center fold. This keepsake was printed at The Spiral Press, New York. Fine., Fine Stock number: 56395.
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Imprint: 1969 AMIS, Kingsley. THE GREEN MAN. London: Jonathan Cape, (1969). First edition. 253 pp. Octavo, blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine title, top-edge stained black. Illustrated dust-jacket. Near fine., Fine. Illustr: 964 Stock number: 49121.
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Imprint: 1974 AMIS, Martin. THE RACHEL PAPERS. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First American edition of the author's first book. 8vo., orange cloth, spine in gilt. Boards just slightly bowed. Small spot of soil to fore-edge affecting about eight leaves; slight soil to bottom edge. A very good, bright copy in a a moderately soiled dust jacket, wth light wear to edges, and a crease to the front flap., Very Good Stock number: 46675. ISBN: 0224009125
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Imprint: 1971 AMMONS, A. R. BRIEFINGS: POEMS SMALL AND EASY. New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc. (1971). First edition, inscribed by the author (dated 1989) on blank recto preceding half title. xii + [2] + 106 pp. Brick colored cloth stamped in gilt, fine. In very good illustrated b/w dust jacket, clipped front flap, closed tear at front flap joint., Fine Stock number: 86150.
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Imprint: 1905 AMSDEN, Dora. IMPRESSIONS OF UKIYO-YE. The school of the Japanese colour print artists. San Francisco: Paul Elder and Co., (1905, "Revised Edition"). 12mo., buckram pictorial cloth-covered boards, cord bound. 84pp. Illustrated with full page monochrome plates throughout. A very good copy that shows some bubbling of the cloth covers. In the original publisher's imitation wood pictorial cardboard box - very unusual thus., Very Good Stock number: 67506.
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Imprint: 1923 ANBURNEY, Thomas. TRAVELS THROUGH THE INTERIOR PARTS OF AMERICA. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company; Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1923. 2 volumes. 1 of 575 numbered copies. A clean and bright set. Fine., Fine Stock number: 75567.
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Imprint: 1869 (HOWITT, Mary, trans.). THE IMPROVISATORE. By Hans Christian Anderson. Translated from the Danish by Mary Howitt. Author's Edition. New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1869. First American edition; first vol. in U.S. edition of complete works. 8vo., maroon cloth; vii + 341 pp.. Slight wear at heel and crown, rubbing at boards and much sunning at spine. Very good., Very Good Stock number: 40478.
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