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The quaver: A choice collection. Newcastle-on-Tyne: W.R. Walker, [ca. 1850]. 12mo (16.3 cm, 6.45"). 24 pp.
$125.00
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Chapbook of song lyrics, opening with
a comic woodcut illustration of a man with his pants billowing smoke. Present here along with the usual sorts of Irish and English offerings are dialect pieces written in German (“The Vorkhouse Boy”), American Southern black (“Oh Susannah”), and Scots (Burns's “Red, Red Rose”) accents.
This edition of the Quaver chapbook is uncommon: WorldCat does not find any institutional holdings of this Walker printing, and NSTC lists only a slightly different title.
This ed. not in NSTC. Removed from a nonce volume. Page edges untrimmed, several with short tear from outer margin; pages slightly age-toned, otherwise clean. (37201)
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Religion Laws & Liberty
Queensberry, James Douglas, Duke of. The speech of James Duke of Queensberry, &c. His Majesties high commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland, on Tuesday the Twenty One day of May, 1700. [with, as issued] Polwarth, Patrick Hume, Earl of Marchmont. The speech of Patrick Earl of Marchmont, &c. Lord High Chancellor to the Parliament of Scotland, on Tuesday 21. May 1700. Edinburgh: Pr. by the heirs of Andrew Anderson, 1700. Folio (31 cm, 12.1"). 2 ff.
$450.00
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Statements regarding the position of William III of England on Scottish “Religion, Laws and Liberties,” affirming his defense of the Presbyterian government of the Church of Scotland. In their speeches, both the Duke of Queensberry and the Earl of Marchmont urge acquiescence to the king’s desire that troops be raised and supplied as a response to “the Warlike Preparations which are made both for Land and Sea, by other Neighbouring Princes and States,” as Lord Polwarth puts it.
There is at least one other variant of the first piece, also printed in 1700, “For A.H.” according to its colophon. It seems likely that the two speeches were in the present case issued together — the paper and type match, and the second speech is paginated “(2)” — although these examples were later separated and existing cataloguing records are inconsistent regarding the number of leaves that should be present.
Sets of the two pieces together are scarce.
ESTC R182313 / R33479; Goldsmiths’-Kress 03732; Wing Q160. Removed from a nonce volume, now in a Mylar folder. Leaves darkened and creased, both lower margins irregularly torn with loss of approximately 20 words. First speech with nick affecting two letters of the title. (18234)
“Oh, C'mon . . . ”
(As He Might Have Put It)
Quincy, Josiah. [drop-title] Speech of Josiah Quincey [sic], Representative in Congress for the state of Massachusetts, on the joint resolution approving of the conduct of the executive of the United States, in relation to the refusal to receive any farther communication from the British Minister, 28th December, 1809. No place, [1810?]. 12mo. 24 pp.
$97.50
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He feels the House has gone overboard in the language used in the censure of the British ambassador in his discussions with the president.
A very uncommon Quincy item.
Not in Shaw & Shoemaker. Removed from a nonce volume; stapled and respined with archival tissue. Six-digit number stamped on title-page. (198)
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First U.S. Editions — Dickens & Faux-Dickens
“Quiz” [pseud. of Edward Caswall], & Charles Dickens. Sketches of young ladies: In which these interesting members of the animal kingdom are classified according to their several instincts, habits, and general characteristics. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1838. 16mo (13.5 cm, 5.3"). 111, [1] pp. [with] Dickens, Charles. Sketches of young gentlemen. Dedicated to young ladies. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1838. 108, [2] pp.
$800.00
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First American editions of these two works, together as issued, in the original publisher's cloth. Young ladies and young gentlemen are humorously categorized under their various types: including for the former Romantic, Evangelical, Literary, Manly, Hyperbolical, Abstemious, and others, and for the latter Bashful, Military, Political, Censorious, Funny, etc. While the first work was often attributed to Dickens when originally published anonymously in 1837, it was actually written by humorist Caswall in a voice very much like Dickens's; the second work, first printed in 1838, is
genuine Dickens.
American Imprints 49619. Publisher's violet cloth; front cover and spine faded to tan, the former with a printed paper label somewhat chipped, and front cover showing tiny spots of discoloration and pinholes in cloth. Pages age-toned with intermittent mild spotting; a few lower outer corners bumped and middle section with dent to upper outer margin. A copy much read; still both highly readable and
highly entertaining. (34870)
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A Great 18th-Century Printer Presents a
a Great 17th-Century Dramatist
Racine, Jean. Oeuvres de Jean Racine. Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Didot l'aine, 1784. 8vo in 4s (19 cm, 7.5". 3 vols. I: 463, [1] pp. II: [2] ff., 484 pp. III: [2] ff., 372 pp., [2] ff.
$950.00
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“Cette édition in-8o a été imprimée au nombre de 350 exemplaires, avec les nouveaux caractères de la fonderie de Didot l’aine, sur du papier-vélin de la manufacture de M[ess]rs. Johannot pere et fils, d’Annonaie, premiers fabricants en France de cette sorte de papiers” (vol. III, verso of leaf following p. 372). That is, this is printed on wove paper.
In the series Collection des auteurs classiques, françois et latins, this was issued in the same year in 4to and 18mo formats. The present, octavo format is not only handsomely conceived but
very “handy in the hands.”
Binding: Full crushed red morocco, gilt spine and boards, signed Petit Succs. de Simier; gilt rule on board edges, gilt rolls on turn-ins, marbled endpapers, green silk placemarkers. All edges gilt. Each volume in a light board open-back slipcase covered with marbled paper.
Provenance: Bookplates of Casimir L. Stralem, Clarence E. Clark, and Brian Douglas Stilwell, the trio presenting an appealing set of styles.
WorldCat locates copies of this edition in this format at only four U.S. libraries (UCLA, Georgetown, Library of Congress, Harvard).
Bulletin de la Librairie Morgand et Fatout 10951; Brunet, V, 1078–79; Jammes, Les Didot, 25. Bound as above, joints of all volumes slightly cracking with volumes otherwise only lightly worn; some tape repairs to the delicate slipcases. Age-toning and foxing of faintest varieties only.
Very Good. (40317)
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Illustrated Florilegium for
American Children
Ramble, Robert [pseud. of John Frost]. A port folio for youth. Philadelphia: J. Crissy (pr. by J. Crissy & G. Goodman), 1835. 8vo (16.6 cm, 6.53"). Frontis., 352 pp.; illus.
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Uncommon sole edition: Poems, tales, and short educational pieces, including many drawing parables from natural history and some based on historical events. One story, “The Miller's Daughter,” is set during the French Revolution and features an aristocrat in hiding, while another item offers a biography of Edward Drinker, born “on the spot where the city of Philadelphia now stands,” who lived to see both “the beginning and the end of the British empire in Pennsylvania” (pp. 277–78).
To catch and hold childish interest, snake charmers, murderous smugglers, diamond mines, and fatal balloon accidents are sprinkled throughout the more sedate moralizing items.
These pieces were collected from a wide variety of sources by prolific children's author John Frost. The stories are
illustrated with over 50 wood-engraved vignettes, some of which WorldCat attributes to Abel Bowen and Ezra Atherton.
Provenance: Front free endpaper with small, neatly inked gift inscription reading “Eliza M. Elliott [/] Presented by her brother, B. Elliott 1840"; preliminary leaf with early inked inscription with similar content, in a larger and less precise hand. Later in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.
American Imprints 31768. Not in Osborne Collection. Publisher's printed blue paper–covered sides with roan shelfback, spine with gilt-stamped title; sides with small spots of discoloration and offsetting from leather, spine and edges rubbed with extremities chipped. Inked inscription on preliminary leaf (written inside a printed decorative flower urn vignette), this offset onto surrounding leaves including frontispiece. One leaf slightly crumpled during printing. Mild to moderate foxing throughout.
A solid and entirely enjoyable copy of this impressive, seldom-encountered collection. (41188)
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Author/Compiler's Presentation Copy
Rand, Silas Tertius. A first reading book in the Micmac language: comprising the Micmac numerals, and the names of the different kinds of beasts, birds, fishes, trees, &c. of the maritime provinces of Canada. Also, some of the Indian names of places, and many familiar words and phrases, translated literally into English. Halifax: Nova Scotia Printing Company, 1875. 16mo (17 cm, 6.5"). 108 pp. [also bound in] Bible. N.T. Matthew. Micmac. Rand. 1871. Pela Kesagunoodumumkawa tan tula uksakumamenoo westowoolkw Sasoogoole Clistawit ootenink. Megumoweesimk. Chebooktook: Megumagea Ledakun-weekugemkawa moweome, 1871. 126 pp.
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In 1854 Rand published his Ferst reding buk in Mikmak, which was entirely in Micmac and printed in the Pitman phonetic characters. By 1875 copies were no longer to be had, so — expanding his horizons — he brought out a bilingual version in hopes of educating non-Indian children in the Micmac language as well as educating the native children in English.
As with many copies of the Reading Book, this copy has bound at the end Rand's translation of the Book of Matthew in Micmac.
Provenance: Presentation copy from Rand: “To the Library of [the] Theological Institution Newton Center from the Compiler S.T.R.” With the blind pressure-stamps of the Newton Theological Institution (properly deaccessioned; i.e., rare book collection sold).
Reading: Pilling, Proof-sheets, 318; Sabin 67755. Matthew: Darlow & Moule 6788; Pilling, Proof-sheets, 2931; Sabin 67760. Publisher's plain quarter black leather with stone pattern paper sides. Front board expertly reattached. Some age-toning, but very good. (40058)
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A Review for
Printers & Bibliophiles
Randle, John & Rosalind, eds. Matrix 7. Number seven, winter 1987. Gloucestershire:
The Whittington Press, 1987. Imperial 8vo (28.7 cm, 11.3"). [6], 166, [2] pp.; illus.
$175.00
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Another volume of worthwhile and aesthetically pleasing reading for book arts enthusiasts, including “A Moroccan Diary” by Edwina Ellis, “Ornamented Types: the Making of the Edition” by Ian Mortimer, “On the Shape of Books” by Brooke Crutchley, “A Medley of Printers Past” by Ward Ritchie, “Letters from a Papermaker's Husband” by Brian Richardson, and a variety of other essays and reviews pertaining to typography, fine printing, and illustration, as well as two poems by Philip Gallo. This is
one of 960 copies printed, illustrated with an assortment of photographic plates, an oversized folding plate reproducing illustrations by Annie Newnham, tipped-in examples of printing, etc. The prospectus for Matrix 8 is laid in.
Publisher's printed yellow paper wrappers over printed paper–covered stiff boards; wrappers with spine sunned, minor edge wear. Contents clean and crisp. Very good. (34969)
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The Art of the Dedication
Rat, Maurice. Dédicaces. Poitiers: Éditions SFIL, 1958. 12mo (19.2 cm, 7.55"). 218, [2] pp.
$50.00
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First edition: Histoire et petite histoire littéraire. This is
numbered copy 66 of 500 printed, 50 of which were hors de commerce.
Publisher's cream paper wrappers; darkened, back wrapper with light spots, spine creased with chip at head. Pages clean. (35687)
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Fictitious 17TH-Century Diary — Both Parts — Matching ZAEHNSDORF Bindings
[Rathbone, Hannah Mary]. So much of
the diary of Lady Willoughby as relates to her domestic history, & to the eventful period of the reign of Charles the First. London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans (pr. by C. Whittingham), 1845. 12mo (17.3 cm, 6.8"). [4], 220 pp. [with the same author's] Some further portions of the diary of Lady Willoughby which do relate to her domestic history and to the events of the latter years of the reign of King Charles the First, the Protectorate and the Restoration. London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1848. 12mo. [6], 215, [1] pp.
$500.00
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As per the “Address to the Reader” of So Much of the Diary, etc. “the style of Printing and general appearance of this Volume have been adopted by the Publishers merely to be in accordance with the design of the Author, who in this Work personates a lady of the seventeenth Century” — with “personat[ing]” being the key word, as this is
the diary of a real 17th-century woman as imagined, both deeply and extensively, by a Victorian woman who had immersed herself in the history and memoirs of the “diarist's” period. Published anonymously, it was on its first appearance often sincerely attributed to Elizabeth Cecil Willoughby, Baroness Willoughby (1606–61), perhaps helped on by the fact that Longman had gone so far as to commission a new font from
the Chiswick Press, a recasting of Caslon Old Face, with “antique” headpieces and decorative woodcut initials, pages framed in double-ruled borders, and up-front woodcut coats of arms further employed to enhance the “journal's” verisimilitude. According to the DNB (online), the publication “fostered a minor vogue for first-person historical narratives in contemporary typefaces, notably Anne Manning's 1850 account of Mary Powell (Milton's first wife), and Thackeray's Henry Esmond (1852).”
Lady Willoughby's husband, Francis Willoughby, was a political intriguer who originally opposed the King, but later fell out with the Parliamentarians and joined the Royalists, fleeing to the Caribbean where he eventually became Governor of Barbados and established the short-lived colony of Willoughbyland (in what is now Suriname) before being restored to his estates in England. The diary entries attributed to his wife, which end shortly before Willoughby's departure for the islands, describe the major political and military events of the day against a background of her concern for her children, her love of her mother and husband, and her piety and devotion. Rathbone paid enough attention to detail to have “Lady Willoughby” offer a recipe against giddiness “given to mee by Mr. Gerard's Aunte” — the recipe being quoted in full directly from John Gerard's Herball of 1597 — but altered the course of historical events very slightly by extending the life of her daughter Diana about six years past her actual death and increasing the number of her deceased children!So Much of the Diary, here in its 1845 second edition, was originally printed in 1844, while Some Further Portions is here in its first printing.
Binding: Contemporary
matched bindings done by Zaehnsdorf, signed on each front turn-in: brown morocco, framed and panelled in gilt and black fillets with gilt-stamped fleur-de-lis corner fleurons, turn-ins similarly designed, and board edges with gilt roll; spines with gilt-stamped titles and volume labels, blind-stamped compartment decorations, and gilt-stamped fleurs-de-lis in compartments. Top edges gilt. Back pastedown of each volume with gilt-stamped example of Zaehnsdorf's oval medieval bookbinding apprentice device, from a design by Jost Amman.
Provenance: Front fly-leaf of second volume with a woman's tantalizingly not-quite-decipherable ownership inscription: “E[something] Anne Fan[something!]s [/] Farnley 1848.” Most recently in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.
NSTC 2R2740 & 2R2743; Ing, Charles Whittingham: Printer, 1795-1876, 32. Bindings as above, variously rubbed to extremities; offsetting to endpapers from turn-ins. Vol. II with ownership inscription as above. Pages lightly age-toned with occasional minor smudges or spots; front fly-leaf of vol. II (only) more notably spotted.
A handsome set of an intriguing Victorian — and feminine — perspective on the domestic side of this dramatic period in the 17th century. (37855)
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19th-Century Cookery “On the Fire” in the Household of a
Widely Active Lancashire Executive
(Mrs. Rawlinson's Manuscript Compilations)
Rawlinson, Mary Ann. Manuscript on paper, in English. [Cookery]. Burnley, Lancashire: [ca. 1884]. 2 vols (16.1 cm, 6.34"; 15.7 cm, 6.18"). I: [32] ff. II: [24] ff.
$1250.00
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Two notebooks of recipes compiled by Mary Ann Rawlinson of Burnley, Lancashire. Rawlinson (1841–1912) was the wife of Joshua Rawlinson (1841–1896), a prominent figure in the Burnley community — having trained at his father's cotton mill, he went on to become an accountant and successfully directed or managed a jaw-dropping number of businesses and business concerns in the area, including the Burnley Paper Works, the Burnley Carriage Company, the Burnley Ironworks, the Nelson Room and Power Company, etc. He also became a well-known authority on the cotton trade, founding or serving in various positions in the Burnley Cotton Spinners' and Manufacturers' Association, the Todmorden Cotton Spinners' and Manufacturers' Association, the Padiham Masters' Association, the Colne and District Coloured Goods Manufacturers' Association, and many other organizations; his obituary in The Accountant periodical noted his widespread influence in trade matters, and his position as “one of the best-known men on the Manchester Exchange . . . well known and respected throughout commercial circles in Lancashire.” In addition, he was one of the founding members of the Victoria Hospital, assisted in that capacity by Mary Ann.
Mrs. Rawlinson recorded these recipes in standard format with ingredients listed first, and although her page-filling, uninterrupted, and only lightly punctuated paragraphs sometimes obscure that convention, her strong, slanting handwriting is very decipherable. The dishes she chose to preserve here (unseparated by any categorization) include British classics as well as dishes showing overseas influences; among them are Genoise pudding, maccaroni cheese [sic], curry, baked haddock, marmalade pudding, ragout of rabbit, milk rolls, lobster cutlets, beef olives, amber pudding (using apples, dried cherries, and lemon rind), Charlotte Russe, stewed steak, potato croquettes, Mulligatawny soup, lentil purée, beef hash pie, orange fritters, stewed kidney, kedgeree, German pudding, oyster patties, and many others. In the middle of one volume are a few pages bearing dessert recipes given in several different hands, one recipe being attributed to Mrs. Carr and one dated 1884.
This gathering of recipes provides
a great deal of information regarding the dietary habits and preferences of the prosperous couple, as well as the culinary techniques available to Mrs. Rawlinson — everything here was prepared “on the fire,” as Burnley did not have electricity until 1893.
Contemporary oilcloth limp wrappers, now housed in a plain box with printed paper label on lid; box extremities lightly rubbed, wrappers rubbed and worn, text block all but detached from spine in smaller volume; Mrs. Rawlinson's name inscribed in each volume. Larger volume with offsetting to first and last pages; a very few instances of spotting, pages overall very clean.
Interesting provenance/context, and interesting content. (41147)
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ITALY Learns about the
American Continental Congress & Revolutionary Politics
Raynal, Guillaume homas François. Storia dell'America settentrionale. Venezia: dalle stampe di Antonio Zatta, 1778. 8vo (19 cm; 7.5"). 2 vols. in 1, of 3. I: iii, 288 pp. II: [2] f., 294 [i.e., 298] pp.
$950.00
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Guillaume Thomas François Raynal (1713–96) wrote his seven-volume account of the European colonies in the East and West Indies with the help of the coteries of philosophes whose salons he frequented: Indeed Diderot is credited with the authorship of up to a third of it, and Holbach, Pechméja, and Paulze also contributed.
This Italian translation is of Books 17 and 18 of the original seven-volume work (first published Amsterdam, 1770, and an anonymous continuation); dealing strictly with North America, it has much to say about the political turmoil of the English colonies, the Continental Congress, etc., but also about Canada, native Americans, the border regions of Florida and Louisiana, and French interests.
A third volume that appeared in 1780, but is not present here, carried the story “fino alla primavera del 1779 nella quale, oltre alla guerra civile trà la Gran Bretagna, e le Colonie Unite, si descrive anche quella trà la prima, e la Francia.”
Echeverria & Wilkie, French Image, 778/67. Contemporary vellum over paste boards, gilt caramel-colored spine label, all edges blue. Some gatherings of leaves browned from impurities in the water during the paper manufacture, and occasional foxing or other light staining. Without vol. 3, later published, and, that aside, a
rather nice copy. (33614)
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Aristotle Was Wrong: Maggots Come from Eggs
Redi, Francesco, & Frederik Lachmund. Opusculorum pars prior, sive experimenta circa generationem insectorum: Ad illustrem virum Carolum Dati. Amstelaedami: Apud Henricum Wetstenium, 1686. 12mo (13.5 cm, 5.3"). 1 vol. (of 2). Frontis., [10], 216, [20], 40, [6] pp.; 44 plts. (14 fold.).
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Second, revised edition: Latin translation of Redi's study challenging the long-held theory of spontaneous generation of insects, making use of controlled experiments and a microscope. Dedicated to Carlo Dati and originally published in 1668 as Esperienze intorno alla generazione degl'insetti, this landmark of natural history first appeared in Latin in 1671 and is followed here by Lachmund's De ave Diomedea; a second volume adding further experiments by Redi, the title-page of which was dated 1685, is not present. The two texts are
illustrated with a frontispiece and 44 engraved plates (14 folding), with the first including representations of scorpions, clematis vines, and insects hatching on willow leaves as well as the expected, carefully detailed flies (and maggots), fleas, lice, ants, etc.; the second offers folding plates of an albatross skull, two birds, and a bird's foot. The lovely frontispiece, which incorporates two beehives, was done by
prominent Dutch Baroque artist Romeyn de Hooghe.
Provenance: From the residue of the stock of the F. Thomas Heller bookselling firm (est. ca. 1928).
Contemporary mottled calf, nicely rebacked with calf, spine with gilt-stamped red leather title-label (reading “Francesco”), raised bands, and compartments elaborately blind-tooled; original leather edges worn. First volume only, offering the complete “De insectis” without the “Experimentia naturalia”; the two volumes were published separately and often separated. Title-page with two small early inked markings. One folding plate with short tear from inner margin; outer margins of a few plates slightly ragged or creased.
A solid, sturdy, attractive copy of this scientific landmark, with all its fascinating plates. (40410)
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Science for Students, by
Imperial Command
Redlhamer, Joseph. Philosophiae naturalis pars prima seu physica generalis [and] pars II. Uranologiam, stoechiologiam, meteorologiam, geologiam, mineralogiam, phytologiam, et zoologiam complectens. Viennae Austriae: Ioannis Thomae Trattner, 1755. 8vo (16.9 cm, 6.625"). 2 vols. I: [8], 424, [4 (index)] pp.; 9 fold. plts. II: [4], 426 pp.; 16 fold. plts.
$450.00
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First edition of this important 18th-century textbook of natural sciences. The author (1713–61) was a Jesuit professor who taught theology at the University of Vienna, following a number of years of teaching philosophy and ethics at Linz and Graz. As part of her educational reforms, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in 1753 issued
an order requiring professors to publish textbooks rather than dictate lecture notes; the present work was one of the first such to appear in response. Princeton asserts that this schoolbook was used for the instruction of Maria Theresa's eldest child, Prince Joseph (later Emperor Joseph II), and describes the first section as dealing primarily with Newton, with other sections presenting the principles of statics, mechanics, hydrostatics, gravity, electricity and magnetism. At the backs of the two volumes are a total of
25 engraved folding plates, each incorporating multiple figures illustrating experiments, anatomy, astronomy, calculations, etc.
Now uncommon: Searches of WorldCat find only four U.S. institutions reporting holdings (Princeton, CU Berkeley, Boston College, Brigham Young University).
DeBacker-Sommervogel, VI, 1574; VD18 80341896 & VD18 8034190X. Contemporary mottled calf, spines with cream leather title-labels and gilt-stamped decorations between raised bands; edges and extremities rubbed, spine gilt all but lost (motifs now appearing blind-tooled on casual inspection), vol. II with early hand-inked numeral on title-label. All edges speckled red. Vol. I front free endpaper with scorched area, some offsetting to title-page. Pages gently age-toned with small spots of light foxing, overall very readable.
This is a complete set of both volumes with all plates present, in contemporary bindings, and as such not often seen on the market. (40102)
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Sentimental Stories An Elegant Margaret Armstrong Binding
Reed, Myrtle. The white shield. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912. 8vo (20.5 cm, 8"). Col. frontis., [2], xi, [1], 343, [1] pp.; 4 plts.
$45.00
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Posthumously printed short stories from a popular author, with
music figuring prominently in several of the pieces. This is the stated fourth printing of the first edition, with a color-printed frontispiece and four additional plates done by Dalton Stevens.
Binding: Publisher's lavender cloth, front cover with lily design stamped in gilt, white, and purple, spine with decorative gilt-stamped title. Top edges gilt, others deckle.
Signed “MA,” Margaret Armstrong.
This is one of a series of twelve of Reed's books for which Armstrong did the designs, all on the same lavender cloth. The Reed covers are among her best-known, and this one is quite pleasing with its lily-petal mosaic effect.
Smith, American Fiction, 1901–1925, R-122; Gullans & Espey, Checklist of Trade Bindings Designed by Margaret Armstrong, 182. Bound as above, minimal rubbing to extremities and stamped lilies, minor sunning to spine; front cover clean and bright. Plates with small areas of spotting to upper edges, apparently from printer.
A very nice copy. (41298)
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A U.S.–U.K. Collaboration
Reeves, James. The closed door. [Newark, VT]: Twinrocker & The Janus Press, 1977. 8vo (23.8 cm, 9.4"). [12] pp.; 1 illus.
$175.00
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First edition of these poems, preceded by a wood engraving printed from an original block by Richard Shirley Smith. Twinrocker, the Janus Press, and the Gruffyground Press are described as co-publishers in the colophon.
The edition was limited to a total of 240 copies; this is one of the 75 unsigned copies printed for the two American publishers, bound in hand-marbled Fabriano paper done by Susan Johanknecht and Claire Van Vliet. The text was hand set in Walbaum, also by Johanknecht and Van Vliet.
Fine, Janus Press 1975–80, 40. Publisher's lilac marbled paper–covered boards with tan shelfback, front cover with printed paper label. A clean and crisp copy. (32334)
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Avery Putnam Murdered — A Trolley Tragedy (ILLUSTRATED)
Remault, J. Edwards. The “car-hook” tragedy. The life, trial, conviction and execution of William Foster for the murder of Avery D. Putnam. Philadelphia: Barclay & Co., 21 N. Seventh Street, 1873. 8vo (25 cm, 9"). [2], 19-96 pages, [3] folded leaves of plates; illus., ports.
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“Foster, while drunk, smashed the skull of Putnam on a New York City trolley” (McDade).
On the title-page: “Governor Dix's letters. Neither tears, appeals for executive clemency
from the wife of the murdered man, opinions on this interesting case from profound judges, learned lawyers, eminent ministers, and the press, nor judicial Influence, backed by a mine of wealth, could save foster.” Yes, he was hanged.
In addition to the folded plates there are nine full-page wood engraved illustrations that are included in the pagination count.
McDade, Annals of Murder, 316. Original mauve colored pictorial wrappers, lightly worn. Light foxing. (39262)
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Maps, Plates, Charts
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Medals — Black
Sea Travels!
Reuilly, Jean, baron de. Voyage en Crimée et sur les bords
de la Mer Noire, pendent l'année 1803; suivi d'un mémoire sur le commerce de cette mer, et de notes sur les principaux ports commerçans. Paris: Chez Bossange, 1806. 8vo (20.5 cm, 8.1"). [8], xix, [1], 302, [2] pp.; 2 fold. map, 3 fold. plts., 3 fold. charts.
$925.00
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First edition: Baron du Reuilly's account of his travels in the Black Sea area, focussed primarily on trade and commerce but including illustrated chapters on coins, medallions, and antiquities as well as general descriptions of the area and people. In addition to the eight total oversized folding plates (two maps, three plates, and three charts), the work is illustrated with six chapter head vignettes designed and engraved by J. Duplessi Bertaux; the large map of the Crimea was designed by J.B. Poirson and engraved by P.F. Tardieu.
Not in Howgego; not in Goldsmiths'-Kress. Period-style quarter calf and marbled paper–covered boards, spine with gilt-stamped leather title and author labels and blind-tooled floral decorations in compartments. Half-title and title-page with institutional rubber-stamps dated 1879; half-title with upper and lower margins cut away and later repaired, inner margin reinforced. Pages and plates with
light to moderate foxing; a few pencilled English translations of obscure words. Large map with short tear from inner margin, barely extending into image. (24309)
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