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Soft cover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Original Edition. A July 4th speech by Webster "delivered at Fryeburg, ME in the year 1802, and now for the first time given to the public". At the time of this speech, Webster was teaching school in Fryeburg at the Fryeburg Academy. 16 pages, illustrated. Light soils, wear, vertically creased. Paper.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. First Edition. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Bound in contemporary calf-leather over boards, stamped gilt borders to spine, gilt lettering of Tatler over burgundy label at spine, but half of each is chipped away. Bound in at frontis is a piece by Richard Steele, an item dedicated to William Lord Cowper, set in overlarge type-face, then begins with Tuesday, January 3rd, 1709 issue (#115). The interior is remarkably bright, with some scuffing along edges, tips, joints, else quite nice. The Tatler was a gentleman's art, culture, politics, newsy rag of sorts--current events rumor and gossip and humor in about equal measure. This appears to be an omnibus edition, with a publication date of 1764 at title page but reprising short pieces back to 1709-1710. Assembled by Richard Steele, editor, raconteur, and with pieces by and about him, Isaac Bickerstaff, and others, in the form of letters and obituaries, discourses upon manners, foods, wines, architecture and the like. It mimicked Addison and Steele's The Spectator, Samuel Johnson's The Rambler and The Idler, and Goldsmith's Citizen of the World. 318 pp. plus a complete index, letter by letter.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.…

Soft cover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. No publication date, c.1950? Covers dulled and staples rusy o/w an unmarked copy in good condition. m626.

Full Calf. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket as Published. VOLUME I ONLY - Memoirs of the life and writings of Mr Gray, (xxiv), 239pp, very occasional foxing, pages clean in the main, full calf, spine with raised bands, gilt lettering on a red label, all edges rather rubbed, spine leather creased/starting to crack. Size: 6.75 x 4 Inches. Biographical.…

Soft Cover. Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket issued. Lithograph title of young man and woman and music for Dermot's Farewell; 6pp. folio, disbound, trimmed, This is presumably the 4th edition of Dermot's Farewell as it is advertised as such on the back cover.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Minor scattered marginal foxing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 250 pages; Physical desc.: 250 p. frontis. port.; 20 cm. Notes: Includes index. "List of Eucken's works": p. 245-248. Includes bibliographical references. Subjects: Eucken, Rudolf Christof 1846-1926. Religion - Philosophy.Christianity - Philosophy. Publisher's presenation copy with their uninked, impressed stamp to the title. 0 Kg. …

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Publisher's original printed wrappers, octavo, pp. 16. Several illustrations. A bit of smudging on rear wrapper, else Very Good, and how nice and unexpected to find a copy without the usual perimeter nicks and chipping! Ensconced now in a clear protective display sleeve with white cardstock backing board. See Williamson, Bibliography State of Maine, Volume 2, Number 10425.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Minor scattered marginal foxing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 250 pages; Physical desc.: 250 p. frontis. port.; 20 cm. Notes: Includes index. "List of Eucken's works": p. 245-248. Includes bibliographical references. Subjects: Eucken, Rudolf Christof 1846-1926. Religion - Philosophy.Christianity - Philosophy. Publisher's presenation copy with their uninked, impressed stamp to the title. 0 Kg. …

Full-Leather. Etat : Fair. 1st Edition. Leather boards, rubbed and discoloured, the rear one with four holes exposing the underlay; solid spine lettered and decorated in gilt with maroon and black labels. with 1 cm x 2 cm chip at top. Internally marbled endpapers have no weakness in gutter; contemporaneous name and address to second blank; foxing to title and contents page largely absent thereafter; only four of the six plates called for are present; pp 123-126 and pp 209-210 missing; slight browning to page 449 develops into a significant stain by page 478 (the end) affecting pull out plate at rear and the three subsequent blanks. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Small octavo (17.0 _ 10.0 cm), 848 pp. Contemporary brown leather boards showing wear and spotting; title faded on spine. Internally sound. Volume I only of a three-volume set. An 18th-century satirical novel responding to religious enthusiasm of the period, modeled in part on Don Quixote and notable as a work of social and religious commentary.…

196 pp. Tinted folding Map of Cincinnati by R. H. Rickey; ads illustrated from engravings. 16mo, publisher's embossed and gilt-lettered cloth. Cloth rubbed at joints and corners, but tight and sound.

ESTC T125261. Gaskell, p.16. Size: Two volumes. Small 8vo. [xxvi], 239; [ii], 249, [i] pp. Polished calf (edges cores rubbed), with leather spine labels. Frontispiece. Ownership signature, stamp, date, and armorial bookplate of Jonathan Hayter. Two volumes. Small 8vo. [xxvi], 239; [ii], 249, [i] pp.

First Edition. Worn binding copy bound in full aniline calf with a leather gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some wear and tear to the spine and panel edges as with age. Physical description; xvi, 478 p., 5 plates (some folded) : ill. ; 21 cm. Notes; See detail records for Notes relating to this item. Subjects; Campbell, Thomas (1733-1795) Correspondence Early works to 1800. Watkinson, John M.D. Correspondence Early works to 1800. Campbell, Thomas (1733-1795). Ireland Description and travel 18th century Early works to 1800. Dublin (Ireland) Description. Ireland Description and travel Early works to 1800. Ireland Early works to 1800. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland, in a series of letters to John Watkinson, M.D, Thomas Campbell, Publisher: W. Whitestone, W. Sleater, D. Chamberlaine, J. Potts, T. Wilkinson, J. Williams, W. Coles, W. Wilson, C. Jenkin, R. Montcrieffe, T. Walker, T. Stewart, W. Gilbert, R. Jackson, L. White, J. Beatty, J. Exshaw, and G, Perrin, 1778, 1st Edition. Condition: Very good for its 246 years, full leather binding, scraped and rubbed covers, binding strong (may have been repaired?), pages clean, colored from age, illustrations intact, a bit of water stain, all in all a sound nice copy. …

First Edition. Worn binding copy bound in full aniline calf with a leather gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some wear and tear to the spine and panel edges as with age. Physical description; xvi, 478 p., 5 plates (some folded) : ill. ; 21 cm. Notes; See detail records for Notes relating to this item. Subjects; Campbell, Thomas (1733-1795) Correspondence Early works to 1800. Watkinson, John M.D. Correspondence Early works to 1800. Campbell, Thomas (1733-1795). Ireland Description and travel 18th century Early works to 1800. Dublin (Ireland) Description. Ireland Description and travel Early works to 1800. Ireland Early works to 1800. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg.…

Third Edition. Good copy bound in full aniline calf with gilt blocked leather label to the spine. Some wear and tear to the panel edges and spine as with age. Remains preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 292 pages. Subjects; Agriculture. Rural Affairs. Essays. James Anderson, farmer. 1 Kg. …

Third Edition. Good copy bound in full aniline calf with gilt blocked leather label to the spine. Some wear and tear to the panel edges and spine as with age. Remains preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 292 pages. Subjects; Agriculture. Rural Affairs. Essays. James Anderson, farmer. 1 Kg. …

Leather. Etat : Good. No Jacket. This set of four consists of volumes; one, two, four, and five. This is the fifth edition with corrections. All volumes have corner bumping with boards showing; edge wear and rubbing of the covers. The leather of the spine sections has darkened with age, some small cracks. Deep red title labels and black numerical labels with gilt lettering. Hand-sewn headbands. Hinges and gutters are solid, but showing fragility and will need careful handling. There is foxing and yellowing of the pages, bindings tight. Some light spotting. Endpapers have ownership markings, small tears. This set will require careful handling to preserve it's present condition. Additional shipping outside the United States. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Set.…

HARDCOVER. Etat : Very Good. 158pp, octavo hardcover rebound in full brown leather, burgundy with gilt title labels to spine, raised bands, fresh endpapers and prelims. Leather boards remain clean and sharp with just a hint of shelfwear to edges, inner gutters professionally reinforced with buckram strips, binding strong and solid, owner embossed stamp to ffep, previous owner name and date in pencil to prelim, dimensions of rebind project in pencil to rear pastedown, mild foxing, text clean and legible throughout. (DBell).…

Full Cloth. Etat : Good. Full black cloth with gilt lettering on front cover, stamped decorative border with wear through the spine which is splitting. Archive paper used to repair the spine and at the folds of the map. Overall a GOOD book. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover.

Irish first edition (not stated but per OCLC citations). Collates as [fp], iii-xxx, 1-434, [rp]. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 12.75cm. Contemporary full leather; boards scuffed and stained with worn edges; large loss of rear board's surface leather exposing underlying cardstock; front board has small surface loss at its top left; some splitting at joints but boards remain reasonably firm; spine chipped at ends; spine with five raised bands with maroon title label in second compartment from head still retaining fairly bright gilt stamping. Missing ffep (and perhaps a ffly) and half-title which is pages i-ii - i.e. title leaf (pages iii-iv) is immediately opposite front pastedown; also missing rfep and perhaps a rfly; otherwise pagination matches a Dublin 1772 copy owned by Harvard. Toning to interior leaves with some creased corners; at center of title page is handwritten antiquarian ink authorship note "By Counsellor Dagg" (book was published anonymously but is firmly attributed to Henry Dagge) along with two two-line antiquarian ink inscriptions at top right - "Wil. Vans Murray | de Soc. Med. Temps.[?]" followed by pencil inscription "V.M Robertson | [illegible] 1834." Text block is firm. Book now presented in a trimmed clear Dura-Lar (polyester film) sheet forming a dj which aids the joints and modestly enhances the book's shelf appearance. This Dublin edition was published the same year as Thomas Cadell et al's London edition but presumably the latter has priority. OCLC locates eleven physical copies of the 1772 Dublin among member institutions although OCLC notably misses the Harvard copy (Dagge's 1774 second edition is more wildely held). Henry Dagge's CONSIDERATIONS ON CRIMINAL LAW is among the earliest works on the subject most notably preceded by William Eden's "Principles of Penal Law" in 1771 but, of course, both were preceded by the cornerstone of English legal analysis Sir William Blackstone's "Commentaries on the Laws of England" issued in four volumes between 1765-1769. Acquired from a modest collection of eighteenth and early nineteenth century legal and medical works from a Columbus, Mississippi estate which had familial roots to the Maryland Eastern Shore and the hamlet of Cambridge in Dorchester County. Attorney, politician, and diplomat William Vans Murray (1760-1803) served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1788-1790 and the United States House of Representatives from 1791-1797 followed by an appointment as United States Ambassador to the Netherlands from 1797-1801. The secondary inscription is quite likely Murray's nephew William Vans Murray Robertson (1797-1836) who owned the circa 1760 mansion Glasgow near Cambridge's Choptank River waterfront.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. First. 1. The Hempfield Rail Road, and the bonds of Ohio County, Virginia and Washington County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: John C. Clark, 1852. Quarto (9 11/16" x 5 7/8", 246mm x 149mm): A4 B-D4 [$1 signed]. 16 leaves, pp. 1-5 (title, blank, officers and directors, blank, text) 6-31, blank. Bound in the publisher's printed blue wrappers. Splitting at the spine, with some losses. Chips generally, with some peripheral tanning. Tanned generally, with damp-staining to the fore-corners. 2. An act to incorporate the Hempfield Rail Road Company, with the supplements thereto, and the act of the Virginia Legislature, granting the right of way through that state. Philadelphia: John C. Clark, 1853. Quarto (9 7/16" x 5 7/8", 241mm x 149mm): A4 B4 C2 [$1 signed]. 10 leaves, pp. 1-3 (title, blank, text) 4-20. Bound in the publisher's printed pink wrappers. Chips and splits along the spine, with old tape repairs. Peripheral losses to the wrappers, with some tanning and staining. Tanned internally. 3. Answers of the President of the Hempfield Rail Road Company, to the interrogatories of the Finance Committee of the City Councils of Philadelphia, January 25, 1853. Philadelphia: John C. Clark, 1853. Quarto (9 1/2" x 5 13/16", 241mm x 148mm): A4 B2 [$1 signed]. 6 leaves, pp. 1-3 (title, blank, text) 4-12. Bound in the publisher's printed light blue wrappers. Some peripheral chips and tanning. Mildly evenly tanned internally. 4. Charles Ellet Jr. Map of the western railroads tributary to Philadelphia with their rival lines. Philadelphia: W. Williams, 1851. Folding hand-colored engraved map (sheet: 17 9/16" x 33 9 1/6", 447mm x 853mm; neatline: 16 1/4" x 31 1/4", 413mm x 793mm). With some peripheral chips and repaired splits at the folds. The Hempfield Railroad is a type of railroad that is emblematic of mid-XIXc American railroading: the bridge line. Bridge lines were constructed across the country to connect two rival railroads (in this case, the massive Pennsylvania RR and smaller western lines in Ohio), which might refuse to connect their own lines with each other. Many of these lines were miniscule and are now long-abandoned, but the Hempfield Railroad's story is different. Unlike many other small railroads, which had issues recruiting talent in engineering, the Hempfield's chief engineer was Charles Ellet Jr. (1810-1862), a prolific civil engineer who later led the first federal survey of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. One of the marvels he constructed was the still-standing Wheeling Suspension Bridge in West Virginia, the western terminus of the Hempfield Railroad. While they were the first to open across the northern WV panhandle, they were not the only line: by 1871, they were a part of the much larger Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and most of the line is now abandoned in favor of faster (and hillier) routes via Pittsburgh. The first pamphlet describes the railroad's route and why it should be built, the second is a transcript of the legal document allowing for construction of the line, and the third records a hearing with the finance committee of the Philadelphia City Council with the president of the line. The map (spanning Ontario in the north, Nashville in the south and the Mississippi River in the west) which is sometimes circulated with the first pamphlet, shows the Hempfield's relatively small footprint, but promises that "within the next three years, all those important lines of communication will be open for trade and travel," a promise that was largely fulfilled.Catalogued by Jonah Kramer. …

Leather Bound. First Irish Edition. pp. [10], xiii, 508. 8vo., measuring 5" x 8". An attractive copy rebound in tasteful period-style, quarter, tan-leather over plain gray boards, gilt rules and lettering over maroon spine label; five blind-stamped rules, six compartments. Complete with both copper-engraved plates present, as called for in Sabine; the first depicting "The Falls of St. Anthony", and, the second, illustrating Indigenous weapons of war, and an Indigenous peace pipe. Lacking the map which has been neatly excised. Light edgewear, expected faint occasional foxing, circular mark to the upper-margin of pages 41-45 (entirely unaffecting legibilty of the text), otherwise, text-block remains overwhelmingly bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding. Originally published by Walter & Crowder, 1778., our offering is the Second Edition, and the First Irish Edition of this enormously popular work of travel and exploration, and which would see over thirty separate iterations printed in the ensuing years. Sabine 11184 (pp. 382); Howes C-215. Setting out from present-day Mackinaw City, Michigan in the spring of 1766 with the intention of discovering the long-sought North-West Passage, Carver's work is a most remarkable recounting of the author's expedition deep into the heart of North America, complete with vivid descriptions of the natural landscapes, the rivers and falls, and the myriad natural resources ripe for exploitation with references to rich deposits of metals, furs, and lumber; with a further exposition of the potential "probability of the Interior Parts of North America becoming commercial Colonies", and the "means by which this might be effected", a "Dissertation on the Discovery of the North-West Passage", and "The most certain way of attaining it". Indeed, it has also been posited that it is one of the first works, if not the first, to make reference to the Rocky Mountains. Moreover, it would serve as an indispensable, early, written account, of European contact with the Indigenous inhabitants of North America. Indeed, Carver's book would and does serve as a rich source of a European's observations of the numerous Indigenous groups he would encounter on his travels including vital anthropological accounts of their customs as recorded in: "Manners, Qualifications, of the Indians", "Peculiar Customs of the [Indigenous] women", "The Circumspect and Stoical Disposition of the Men", "The Liberality of the Indians, and their Opinion Respecting Money", "Their Method of Reckoning Time, etc., and the names by which they distinguish the Months", "Their Idea of the Use of Figures", "Of Their Government", "Their Division of Tribes", "The Chiefs of their Bands", "Of their Feasts", "Their Usual Foods", "Their Manner of Dressing and Eating their Victuals", and much, much else. A remarkable travelogue, indeed.…

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Freshly rebound by Jon Buller with brown leather & marbled paper over boads, gilt spine title & date, & marbled endpapers / pastedown to match; A very good textblock with a bit of foxing almost entirely on first & last two leaves, in a handsome fine binding; 158 pages.

Leather. Etat : Very Good. Leather. 8vo. Printed for E. Lynch, W. Whitestone; J. Williams; W. Colles; W. Wilson; J. Vallance; L. Flyn; J A Husband; T. Walker; J. Porter; C. Jenkin and W. Spotswood. 1774. Viii, 575; 604 pgs. Frontispiece present to volume I. First Irish Edition/First Printing. Bound in fine polished brown levant leather by the Riverside Press with gilt titles and raised bands present to the spine. Boards have light wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate present to the reverse of the FFEP of volume I. Name present to the title page of both volumes, small hole present to the title page of volume II. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Lord Chesterfield was an influential politician, diplomat and cabinet minister during the reigns of George I and II, and this book is a collection of letters of advice, counsel, and sometimes genuine wisdom, written by Chesterfield, over many years, to his son, Philip Stanhope, for whom Chesterfield had the highest hopes of success in the world. But ambitous men and women, actually working in the real world, will find so much here to consider and reflect upon, that it will take several close readings to absorb all that may apply to your career. That one's knowlege of the World must be learned by experience in the World, not in an ivory tower; that one's skills and virtues are of little practical value, unless carefully presented in a pleasing and artful Image; that multitasking destroys all hope of success; these are a few of the ideas which Chesterfield presents in elegant and polished prose. But Chesterfield's personal life, as it unfolds through his letters to its tragic and sorrowful conclusion, presents the most powerful lesson of all about ambition, life, and failure, for those readers who can read beyond what is merely written. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1179 pages.…

A new edition corrected. vi, [2], 495, [7]p. Original calf, worn, but binding tight. A very good copy of the uncommon Dublin imprint.

First Dublin edition, same year as the London edition. WITHOUT Folding table. 2 vols. 8vo. ESTC T65487 Contempoary calf, spines neatly laid down, staining on last pages of Vol II WITHOUT Folding table. 2 vols. 8vo First Dublin edition, same year as the London edition.