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Paperback. Etat : Used; Very Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

Etat : Poor. stereotype edition. Half calf over marbled boards, P. 235pp, LACKS spine, leather rubbed, cheap paper foxed throughout, a fair copy. English text. The title carries the date 'Eighth Year', refering to the years since the abolition of the French monarchy. Early stereotype edition of Goldsmith's classic. 150 grams.…

1st edition. 1 single sheet folded 2x. Tipped-in color illustrated large family tree. 12-5/8" x 9-1/2" when folded. Light tanning and wear to edges. Tipped-in illustration still bright. A VG copy. Color illustrated printed white paper. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve.

Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. 1889 reprint. A few faint blemishes to boards, hinges just beginning to weaken, single gathering loosening but included. xii, 396 pp. Orange cloth, gilt titles and rules. Correspondence between the advocate of mesmerism (i.e., hypnosis), phrenology, and spiritualism, and the woman widely acknowledged to be the first female sociologist, who claimed mesmerism cured her long-running illness. Influential in the Unitarian community, controversial for atheistic rhetoric and call for the abolition of marriage. The two discuss a number of topics, from brain chemistry, the senses, and the nervous system to dreams, knowledge, theology, and superstition. …

First of the Edition, the Didot Stereotype edition, with the fine provenance of Henry Lee of the important Boston family. 12 mo, contemporary full tan mottled calf, gilt lettered and elaborately decorated with gilt tooling separating compartments on the spine, with gilt rolled borders to the covers. 235 pp. A handsome copy, the first free-fly and first prelim excised, otherwise the book and text-block are complete. One of Gay's best known works, the fables are not moral tales: "for a Fable he gives now and then a Tale or an abstracted Allegory; and from some, by whatever name they may be called, it will be difficult to extract any moral principle. They are, however, told with liveliness; the versification is smooth; and the diction, though now and then a little constrained by the measure of the rhyme, is generally happy." [Samuel Johnson] Henry Lee's copy with his bookplate. The Lee family was engaged in early mercantile capitalism in America and was an important figure in its development. The family showed remarkable powers of adaptation to successive forms of capitalism, mercantile, industrial, and financial; and, as opportunity served, they were to do more than their share in promoting the cultural welfare of America. Of the broad pictures that emerge, is the commercial family compact, the set of families that intermarried and did business with the world, using one another in special positions of trust. The Lees exported and imported and wholesaled their goods in America. They had ships at sea and were active in the Calcutta trade and the East Indian affairs. It is Henry Lee's bookplate that is affixed here. …

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. 1st Issue. a 1st issue Bronze statute by Louis Kley, famous French sculptor, known for his mythic subjects, however, born 1833 died 1911, his career spanned the Civil War in America, and this statue announces the 13th Amendment to the Constitution which abolishes slavery forever. The statue is six inches in height on a green marble plinth. Photos on request. A true rarity of American history by a lvoing French master, who achieved the Salon iin 1868 and remained among its darlings for decades. References are Benezit, Beckers, Ask Art, Sothebys and Christies, Bonhams. Photo on request. Louis Kley (illustrateur). By the Artist.…

[WESTERN STYLE BOOKENDS]. This pair of attractive, well-made and with a rich patina book ends measure 4 3/4" x 5 1/8" x 2 1/2" and weight four pounds four ounces. Beautifully designed and sure to provide many years of attractive service. While not identified as such, these bookends are of the quality once made by Greenblatt Studios. Greenblatt Studios was a company in Boston, Massachusetts, that produced decorative cast iron and bronze items, such as doorstops and bookends, in the early to mid-20th century. Many of these vintage pieces, which often feature Americana folk art or historical designs, are now popular collectibles.…

[WESTERN STYLE BOOKENDS]. This pair of attractive, well-made and with a rich patina book ends measure 5 3/4" x 6 1/4" x 3 1/8" and weight ten pounds nine ounces. Beautifully designed and sure to provide many years of attractive service. While not identified as such, these bookends are of the quality once made by Greenblatt Studios. Greenblatt Studios was a company in Boston, Massachusetts, that produced decorative cast iron and bronze items, such as doorstops and bookends, in the early to mid-20th century. Many of these vintage pieces, which often feature Americana folk art or historical designs, are now popular collectibles.…

[WESTERN STYLE BOOKENDS]. This pair of attractive, well-made with a rich patina book ends, measure 4 3/4" x 5 3/8" x 2 1/4" and weight five pounds two ounces. Beautifully designed and sure to provide many years of attractive service. This pair of book ends is stamped on the underside Greenblatt Studios 0115. Greenblatt Studios was a company in Boston, Massachusetts, that produced decorative cast iron and bronze items, such as doorstops and bookends, in the early to mid-20th century. Many of these vintage pieces, which often feature Americana folk art or historical designs, are now popular collectibles.…