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On a New Method of Treating Compound Fractures, Abscess [...] [with] On the Antiseptic Principle [...] [with] The Antiseptic System [...]; in The Lancet, A Journal of British and Foreign Medicine [...] by Lister, Joseph

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Title: On a New Method of Treating Compound Fractures, Abscess [...] [with] On the Antiseptic Principle [...] [with] The Antiseptic System [...]; in The Lancet, A Journal of British and Foreign Medicine [...]
Author: Lister, Joseph
Seller: Biblioctopus (United States)
Description: London: Elsevier, 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 vols., 4to (281 x 201mm), pp. 818; 826. the first appearances in print of Lister’s seminal papers on antiseptic surgery. Contemporary cloth, splits to the cloth of the spine but holding, spine ends with small chips, library blind stamps on the title pages, else very good. Complete volumes, not extractions. Vol. I contains four of the five parts of Lister’s “On a New Method of Treating Compound Fractures, Abscess, etc.,” pp. 326–329, 357–359, 387–389, and 507–509. Vol. II contains the fifth part, pp. 95–96, as well as Lister’s second article, “On the Antiseptic Principle in the Practice of Surgery,” pp. 353–356, and his third article, “The Antiseptic System of Treatment in Surgery,” pp. 668–669. Refs: PMM 316c (the first five-part article); Grolier, 100 Books Famous in Medicine, 75 (first article); Dibner, Heralds of Science, 133 (second and third articles); Norman 1367 (second and third articles). Ex-Hartford Medical Society Library with their stamp. As head of the surgical wards at Glasgow's Royal Infirmary, Lister confronted postoperative mortality rates approaching one in two, with most deaths attributable to gangrene, erysipelas, septicemia, and other hospital-acquired infections. Surgical intervention in this period was so tightly bound to the risk of sepsis that amputation was often preferred to attempts at conservative repair of compound fractures. Prevailing efforts to reduce infection focused on cleanliness, ventilation, and the dispersal of "miasmatic" air, under the assumption that putrefaction and disease arose spontaneously from decaying organic matter rather than from specific living agents. Lister's conceptual breakthrough derived from his engagement with Louis Pasteur's experimental work on fermentation and putrefaction, which demonstrated that these processes were caused by airborne microorganisms rather than spontaneous generation. Pasteur's germ theory of fermentation supplied the theoretical framework Lister required to reconceive wound suppuration as a biologically mediated process analogous to fermentation: in both cases, the action of living organisms initiated and sustained the destructive changes observed. If such organisms could be excluded or destroyed, Lister reasoned, putrefaction in wounds and with it the systemic complications of sepsis—might be prevented. To realize this principle in practice, Lister adopted carbolic acid (phenol) as an antiseptic agent after noting its use in sewage treatment to neutralize odor and putrefaction. He adapted this chemical to clinical use in the form of carbolic-soaked dressings and sprays, applying them first to cases of compound fracture. In his initial series, he reported that 9 of 11 such cases recovered without the development of putrefactive infection, an outcome unparalleled in contemporary surgical experience and one that immediately distinguished his method from earlier hygienic reforms. He subsequently extended the antiseptic regimen to the treatment of abscesses and other wounds, refining both technique and indications in the articles gathered here. Among the observations Lister recorded, two have particular theoretical importance. First, he showed that a carbolized blood clot, protected from contamination, could become organized into living tissue through the ingrowth of cells and capillaries from adjacent structures, thereby functioning as a physiological dressing rather than as a focus of putrefaction. Second, he demonstrated that sequestra of dead bone in an aseptic wound could be gradually absorbed by surrounding granulation tissue, obviating the need for extensive surgical removal. These findings revealed intrinsic reparative capacities that infection had previously obscured and helped to reconfigure surgical judgments about what tissues and limbs could be preserved. The antiseptic principle articulated in these papers initiated a fundamental transformation in operative surgery and hospital practice. Lister's chemical antisepsis provided the template for later aseptic systems that emphasized prevention of contamination through sterilization, controlled environments, and barrier techniques, including steam sterilization of instruments, sterilized dressings, and the routine use of surgical gowns and gloves. In parallel, the emerging science of bacteriology, culminating in Robert Koch's identification of specific bacterial pathogens in the 1870s and 1880s, supplied experimental confirmation of the microbial mechanisms Lister had inferred from clinical observation. As antiseptic and aseptic methods were progressively adopted, mortality from surgical infection declined dramatically, and operations once considered untenable because of infectious risk became practicable. Taken together, the Lister papers preserved in these volumes mark the decisive transition from pre-germ-theory surgery, in which postoperative sepsis was an accepted and often fatal sequel to operative intervention, to a modern surgical regime grounded in microbial control. They established the conceptual and practical foundations of surgical hygiene and opened the way to a vastly expanded operative repertoire, making them among the most consequential contributions to the field of medicine as whole.

In The Old Palazzo by Forde, Gertrude

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Title: In The Old Palazzo
Author: Forde, Gertrude
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Description: London: F.V. White & Co., 31, Southampton St., Strand, 1885. First Edition. 3 vols., 8vo (190 x 138mm), pp. [8], 244; [8], 254, [2], [8], 236. Publisher’s taupe cloth pictorially blocked with dome of St. Peter's and lettered in gold on the front covers, gilt spines, floral-patterned endpapers. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-titles of each volume, and with a contemporary pencil note (by the recipient?) on the verso of the front free endpaper. The gold on the front cover of volume one is moderately rubbed, some minor rubbing and soiling, else a bright, near fine set. Wolff 2288. Far from a routine fashionable novel, In the Old Palazzo begins with real dramatic force, juxtaposing its picturesque Italian setting with scenes of menace, suffering, and near-operatic emotional pressure. The story opens in a once-grand Roman palazzo now fallen into subdivision and decay, among artists, poverty, and old-world ruin. Its early scenes center on Annunciata and an old blind musician, whose fragile domestic world is threatened by the volatile Pippo, establishing from the outset a tale of atmosphere, violence, and pathos.

Allá Vá Eso; [There it Goes] by Goya, Francisco de

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Title: Allá Vá Eso; [There it Goes]
Author: Goya, Francisco de
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Description: 1870. Etching on paper, 1st published in 1799, this issue ca. 1875 (later ones are dogfood). Plate 66 from Los Caprichos, the sheet 8” X 10” the image 4 7/8” X 7 3/8” (the full margins are not pictured). Titled at the base, plate number at the upper right. Good. Unframed. A supernatural allegory of a witch and her cat flying over the landscape on a crippled devil who looks like a surgically humanized warthog from the island of Dr. Moreau. The theme is conflict, much smaller than, but not unlike that between matter and anti–matter, or between education and disaster. Ref: Delteil 103. Harris 1964 101.III?

Large Format Portrait Photograph of John F. Kennedy, signed by Kennedy by KENNEDY, JOHN F.; KARSH, YOUSUF

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Title: Large Format Portrait Photograph of John F. Kennedy, signed by Kennedy
Author: KENNEDY, JOHN F.; KARSH, YOUSUF
Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Karsh, 1960. Framed. Very Good. ICONIC PHOTOGRAPH BY YOUSUF KARSH, INSCRIBED BY KENNEDY IN INK ON THE IMAGE. Yousuf Karsh's masterful portrait of John F. Kennedy, taken on August 25, 1960, just weeks after he accepted the Democratic nomination, captured the nation's imagination. By 1960 Kennedy was a rising star in American politics and this photograph embodied the aspirations and idealism of Kennedy and his presidential campaign. This image was widely circulated and is regarded as one of the most famous and influential portraits of JFK, helping to shape his public image as a young and vibrant leader. In this portrait Karsh depicts Kennedy in an introspective pose. The lighting emphasizes Kennedy's strong profile and the shadows and highlights accentuate Kennedy's dignified features. It is believed that Karsh swapped ties with Kennedy just minutes before photographing him because he thought his own tie created a better image. (Enman) Karsh's photograph symbolized the promise of Kennedy's presidency and became an enduring representation of Kennedy's political legacy. The image has been reproduced countless times and exemplifies both Kennedy's charismatic leadership and the era of the early 1960s. When Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, LIFE Magazine's memorial edition featured a color portrait from this 1960 sitting. This photo is signed and inscribed 'To Dwight McKay, Best Wishes, John Kennedy' in ink on the white area of his shirt collar. Dwight McKay (1915-1993) graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 1939, joined the Army in 1942, became an Army lieutenant, and was assigned to the Judge's Advocate Section of General Patton's 3rd Army as a war crimes investigator. After the war McKay was an attorney during the Nuremberg Trials and was a magistrate in the trials of defendants who were arrested for protesting at the 1968 Democratic Convention. (Thornton) Judge McKay was a longtime supporter of JFK and attended numerous Cook County Democratic Party dinners with President Kennedy in Chicago in the early 1960s. (Remarks at Cook County Democratic Party dinner) Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002), one of the most renowned photographers of the twentieth century, produced distinct portraits of scientists, artists, popular cultural icons, and politicians that eventually made him as famous as some of those in front of his camera. Karsh simultaneously humanized and venerated celebrities in his work. Eventually almost every person of note was "Karshed." The journalist George Perry once wrote in the Sunday Times, "When the famous start thinking of immortality, they call for Karsh of Ottawa." (Pearson) In this iconic image that we have on offer, Karsh brilliantly captured the appeal and intelligence of John F. Kennedy as well as the hopes and ambitions of his presidency. Silver gelatin photograph. 50.5x40.5 cm (20x16"). Printed in an exceptionally large format. The inscription covers the white lapel of his shirt and extends to the dark collar of his suit, where it is somewhat obscured. Slight bumps to corners, edges with a touch of rubbing and barely discernible silvering in the emulsion; near fine. Handsomely framed under full UV-protecting museum glass to a full size (with frame) of 20x24 inches. References: Charles Enman. "'The Last of His Breed': The Famed Photographer's Life in Boston was Full of Conversation, Friendship and Activity. Charles Enman Reports.: [Final Edition]." The Ottawa Citizen, July 14, 2002. Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files, Box 910, Acceptance Speech of Senator Kennedy, Democratic National Convention, Los Angeles, California, 15 July 1960. JFK Library. Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files. Speech Files. Remarks at Cook County Democratic Party dinner, Chicago, Illinois, 28 April 1961. JFK Library. Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files. Speech Files. Remarks at Cook County Democratic Party dinner, Chicago, Illinois, 19 October 1962. JFK Library. Richard Pearson. "Yousuf Karsh, 93." The Washington Post. July 14, 2002. Jerry Thornton. "Retired Judge Dwight McKay, 78." Chicago Tribune. February 8, 1993.

Tales and Novels of J. De La Fontaine [Erotic Tales and Novels] by LAFONTAINE, JEAN DE; TICE, CLARA

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Title: Tales and Novels of J. De La Fontaine [Erotic Tales and Novels]
Author: LAFONTAINE, JEAN DE; TICE, CLARA
Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company (United States)
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Description: Nijmegen, Holland: G. J. Thieme, 1929. first. Original publishers 3/4 morocco. Very Good. TICE, Clara (Illus). FIRST TICE EDITION – ONE OF ONLY APPROXIMATELY FIVE COPIES – WITH TWO ORIGINAL SIGNED CRAYON DRAWINGS AND TWELVE ORIGINAL ETCHINGS HAND COLORED BY TICE. Easily the most extravagant of Clara Tice’s illustrated works, the extra-limited edition (approximately 5 copies) of Tales and Novels showcases the remarkable abilities of a revolutionary woman. Born in 1888, in Elmira, New York, Tice lived and worked at a time when female illustrators were a tiny minority whose artistic output was tightly constrained. Inspired by the views of her progressive parents, she used erotic and transgressive art to rebel against bourgeois boundaries and gender norms. In 1915, Anthony Comstock, then the head of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, led a raid on various “bohemian” institutions and confiscated the art. At the last minute, Tice’s pieces were purchased by a patron, saving them… and landing her on the front page of the New York Tribune. Thus began her rise to stardom. Marcel Duchamp befriended her, and Tice was welcomed into the exclusive Arensberg circle of avant-garde artists, which included luminaries such as William Carlos Williams and Wallace Stevens. Dadaism soon became a focus of the group, and Tice embraced its iconoclastic approach to visual art. Even Tice’s lifestyle reflected her aesthetic philosophy. Her knee-length dresses traded conservatism for comfort and rebellion, and her bobbed hair started a trend in the Village. She died in Queens, in 1973, having been christened “the Queen of Greenwich Village,” leaving behind a legacy that shaped New York and the art world. The highly decorated publisher's spines (with gilt nude lady in Tice's style in center) notes that this is "One of five copies with original drawings and etchings by Clara Tice." This copy, however, does not have the pasted in limitation slip noting the limitation and presenting it to the "Falstaff Connoisseur Collectors" seen in other copies. Otherwise it matches the other copies on record. It is possible it is an "extra" copy (bringing the total to slightly more than five) or that not all five were presented to the "Falstaff" collectors. Either way it is (obviously) exceedingly rare – we have not been able to locate five other sets. Nijmegen, Holland: Privately printed at the printing house of G. J. Thieme, 1929. Quarto (approx. 9.5 x 6.5 in), publisher's deluxe three-quarter blue morocco with highly decorated spines and marbled boards; patterned edpapers, top edges gilt. Some mild scuffs to binding, interior fine. An exquisite and exceedingly rare set.

Graphis magazine; 1956-1975, 1984, 1988, 1992

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Title: Graphis magazine; 1956-1975, 1984, 1988, 1992
Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Zurich: Graphis Press Corp, 1992. Hardcover. Fine. International journal of graphic and applied art. Every issue from 1956-1975 (Nos. 65-171) except 131, 135, 160, and 161. Also includes nos. 231 from 1984, 254 and 256 from 1988, and no. 281 from 1992. Issues from 1957-66 and 1969-70 bound in eleven volumes, in brown cloth with spines stamped in white. All other issues bound in publisher's original illustrated wrappers. Densely illustrated with color and black and white photographic reproductions. 107 total issues: 66 bound collectively by year, 41 in original state. Bound volumes measure 9 x 11 1/2 inches, unbound volumes measure 9 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches.

THE REVOLT OF ISLAM; A POEM, IN TWELVE CANTOS by (BINDINGS - ZAEHNSDORF). SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE

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Title: THE REVOLT OF ISLAM; A POEM, IN TWELVE CANTOS
Author: (BINDINGS - ZAEHNSDORF). SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: London: Printed for John Brooks, 1829. 229 x 152 mm. (9 x 6"). xxxii, [1] leaf (section title), 270, [2] pp. (without the initial blank). LUXURIOUS OLIVE GREEN MOROCCO, VIGOROUSLY AND SPLENDIDLY GILT, BY ZAEHNSDORF (stamp-signed on front doublure, and with the firm's oval exhibition stamp on rear endleaf), covers framed by multiple plain and decorative rules and garlands of palm and olive branches, large central panel densely tooled with 13 horizontal rows of either four or five elegant floral sprigs of various shapes, some within flower-framed ovals, others on a stippled background; flat spine gilt in similar fashion, gilt titling, TAN MOROCCO DOUBLURES with intricate central gilt arabesque on a field semé with gilt dots and daggers, tan morocco endleaves with gilt border, top edge gilt and beautifully gauffered to match the floral design on the covers. From the collection of Cornelius J. Hauck (though apparently with his bookplate removed). Granniss 45. Spine sunned toward brown (a ubiquitous problem with green morocco), very slight rubbing to joints (top inch of rear joint a little more significantly so), front flyleaf with small closed tear at fore edge (title page with small mended half-inch tear in the same place), but a very desirable copy nonetheless, the text clean and pleasing, and the riotously embellished binding almost flaming with gold. With distinguished provenance, this is a glittering exhibition binding that makes a memorable display, with its fine and dense pointillé ground, its exquisitely gauffered top edge, and its especially refined floral and leafy ornamentation being particularly notable. A spiritual odyssey of lovers divided and seeking reunion, "The Revolt of Islam" is Shelley's longest work (despite its title, the poem has little, if anything, to do with Islam, though religion is generally addressed). The work was issued late in 1817 as "Laon and Cythna," but certain passages of that piece disturbed the publisher, who demanded that they be changed or removed. Shelley reluctantly agreed, and his alterations included the substitution of the present title. We have the Brooks edition, with a new title page, using the text of the first edition, second issue (with the fly title correctly bound as d1, and the preface ending on p. xxi). As Granniss indicates, "the original quires and cancel leaves of the work fell into the hands of John Brooks, who issued them, in 1829, with a new title." Our volume comes from the illustrious collection of Cincinnati businessman, arborist, and philanthropist Cornelius J. Hauck (1893-1967), whose fortune was made in the family brewery; the auction of his library at Christie's in 2006 totaled more than $12.4 million (this item was lot #593, selling for $3,360)..

1865 General Orders, Including Many Regarding Lincoln's Assassination by CIVIL WAR - WAR DEPARTMENT

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Title: 1865 General Orders, Including Many Regarding Lincoln's Assassination
Author: CIVIL WAR - WAR DEPARTMENT
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Description: 1865. Hardcover. Very Good. Book. Bound collection of separately printed General Orders from the Adjutant General's office for 1865. Containing 168 of 175 consecutive orders, and a 94-page index at front. Bound for Major General William Scott Ketchum, with his name in gilt on the spine and his markings or wartime notes on numerous pages. 4 3/4 x 7 in. Early resolutions concern the rates of pay for officers' servants, equal clothing allowances for commissioned and non-commissioned officers, and widow's rights to prize money, and equal pay for both black and white volunteers (Order No. 31/Public No. 57) and freedom for the wives and children of any army or navy volunteer (Order No. 33/Public Resolution No. 25). Also includes several orders relating to the assassination of President Lincoln: Order No. 66 announcing the assassination; Order No. 67 announcing Andrew Johnson's ascent to President; and Order No. 69 announcing the closing of military bases in observance of the funeral of Abraham Lincoln, with the official Order of the Procession for the ceremony on April 19th; also includes a Special Order regarding the transportation of President Lincoln's remains to Springfield, Illinois and Order No. 72 assigning the Honor Guard to accompany the casket.Orders signed in type by Andrew Johnson concern ending the blockade and restrictions on internal commerce (with the exceptions of weapons and gray cloth).Lacking order numbers 15, 97, 128, 133, 140, 148, & 168 (apparently never bound in).Condition Very good. Minor rubbing, some staining to top of index pages. Later ink stamps of the Office of the Chief of Finance on front endpapers.William Scott Ketchum (1813-1873) graduated from West Point in 1834. He served in the Seminole Wars and on the Western frontier. As a captain, he fought in the 1857 Expedition against the Cheyenne and the Battle of Solomon's Fork, where he commanded the 6th Infantry Regiment. During the Civil War, in February 1862, he was appointed brigadier General of Volunteers, serving in Washington, DC.

Pair of Manuscript Business Ledgers Pertaining to the Hermitage Furnace, Westmoreland County, and Iron Master Alexander Johnston, 1810-1812, and 1805-1835 by (Pennsylvania – Early Iron Industry)

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Title: Pair of Manuscript Business Ledgers Pertaining to the Hermitage Furnace, Westmoreland County, and Iron Master Alexander Johnston, 1810-1812, and 1805-1835
Author: (Pennsylvania – Early Iron Industry)
Seller: Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Description: Early Pennsylvania Iron Industry – Forge Founded by Maj. Gen Arthur St. Clair. The collection contains two ledgers: Johnston, Alexander, Manuscript Ledger Relating to The Hermitage Furnace, Grist Mill and Store in Westmoreland County, 1810-1812 Folio, 396 manuscript pages, 20-page name index, entries written neatly in ink, bound in contemporary full sheep, tooled in blind, spine label, binding worn, hinges starting, text in very good, clean and legible condition. Johnstons' partial signature is found on the front board. A contemporary manuscript note on the front free endpaper states "Bound for Patterson & Hopkins in Pittsb." This firm was the short-lived Pittsburgh book-selling business conducted by Robert Paterson and John Hopkins which lasted from 1810 until it was dissolved on November 5, 1812. The business of this company was continued thenceforth until the end of 1817, under the new firm of Robert & Joseph Patterson. While this firm mostly sold books and stationery and supplied local printshops with paper, the two brothers also conducted some small-scale publishing, perhaps mostly using the press owned by Silas Engles. Another contemporary manuscript note taking up most of the rear free endpaper states: "Ledger a for A. Johnston Esqr by James Nouman 1810 for Hermitage Furnace" – perhaps Nouman was the binder. The ledger contains accounts for the Hermitage Furnace as well as a grist mill and general store under the management of Alexander Johnston. St. Clair in addition to the Hermitage Furnace also operated "a mill and other property", including a blacksmith shop, these were all likely the properties leased by St. Clair about 1806 to Pittsburgh capitalists. The account book contains entries for various castings produced by the furnace, bar iron, and tools used in production, forge hammers, et cetera. There are also accounts for Johnstons' own Kingston Furnace, the Washington Furnace, another Westmoreland County Furnace, and the Youngstown Store, as well as numerous individuals, many of whom were likely Hermitage Furnace workers. The general store accounts may have been an early "company store" for Hermitage workers and nearby farmers. Manuscript Ledger containing Accounts for Alexander Johnston, 1805-1850 Narrow folio, 236 pages, several inlaid items, bound in contemporary sheep, binding worn and shaken, identified as "Ledger F" on front cover, Alexander Johnstons ownership on rear cover, a number of pages excised at rear, the volume was used as a "herbarium" at one point, there are stains from plant specimens, however the entries are clean and legible. "The iron industry of Pennsylvania took root in the eighteenth century in the southeastern part of the state, but as the frontier moved westward, ironworks were established not far behind. Furnaces and forges quickly sprang up to supply the agricultural communities with iron products that were badly needed. The spread settlement afforded men of initiative and capital the opportunity of producing iron first for a local market and then in many cases, for more distant markets. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, frontier conditions still prevailed in many parts of Pennsylvania, but the iron industry – at that time a combination of iron manufacture and agriculture – played an important part in the development of the economic life of the state and the nation, and in bringing about the change from an agrarian to an industrial civilization. During the first part of the nineteenth century all the iron furnaces in the country were cold-blast furnaces. By the time of the Civil War, however, technological changes were taking place, as can be seen in the use of bituminous and anthracite coal or coke as fuel in many furnaces and in the application of a hot blast instead of a coal one … The blast furnace, with its casting house, blast house, stock house and wooden blowing cylinders or tubs, operated by an overshot water wheel or steam engine, was an impressive sight in its agricultural setting when in blast. Not far from the plant were the houses of the workers, the "mansion house" of the ironmaster, the office, the stables and the smith shop. Many of these communities also included a forge where pig iron from the blast furnace was heated and hammered into the bars of commerce. … old iron furnaces, were part of a busy community, where families, lived, toiled and died …" – Arthur C. Bining. The Hermitage Furnace was the second built in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The furnace was built by Major General Arthur St. Clair, after he returned from the governorship of Ohio, circa 1802-1803. The furnace was built at The Hermitage, the onetime home of St. Clair, located about two miles northeast of Ligonier, on the road leading to Johnstown. St. Clair built the furnace in hopes of restoring his depleted fortune. The furnace was first managed by James Hamilton, a prominent Carlisle, Pennsylvania lawyer named deputy attorney general of the Western District of Pennsylvania by Thomas Jefferson. (Hamilton's name appears several times in the ledger.) An advertisement in the November 21, 1806, issue of the Farmer's Register, published in Greensburg by John M. Snowden, taken out by Henry Weaver & Son, Greensburg merchants, it reads: "Hermitage Furnace in Blast. The subscribers, being appointed Agents by General Arthur St. Clair, for the sale of his castings generally, and for the delivery of castings and stoves for any number of tons, in good terms. Samples of the castings and stoves to be seen at their store, in Greensburg, at any time after the 10th inst." At Hermitage Furnace they were compelled to use a small amount of coal in the blacksmith shop, this was packed in sacks and shipped from a mine in Lockport, on the Conemaugh River, a distance of about 12 miles. This was kept up until about 1807-08 when a great flood which washed away the surface ground near Ligonier, exposing the previously unknown Pittsburgh coal seam. Coal banks were opened, and they used their own coal instead of Lockport coal. In 1818 when lots were advertised for sale in Ligonier, the coal banks a mile or two from the proposed town were used as an inducement to prospective settlers. Shortly after 1806 General St. Clair abandoned the management of the furnace himself, and leased it, with his mill and some other property, to some Pittsburgh investors for about $ 3000.00 per year. St. Clair's creditors were closing in on him and in 1810 the furnace was sold by the sheriff and purchased by James O'Hara. Alexander Johnston, prominent iron master and sheriff, justice of the peace and treasurer of Westmoreland County must have had a financial interest in the furnace. Johnston was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, July 10, 1773, he emigrated to America in 1797. He married Elizabeth Freame. The couple then operated a hotel in Greensburg, then removed to Pittsburgh where Johnston trained to be an iron master, and after along life spent mostly in western Pennsylvania, died in Kingston, Westmoreland County, in 1872. He began work in the iron industry in the late 18th century, beginning with his own Kingston Furnace, which wasn't a success. The main ledger offered here was kept beginning at the time when St. Clair sold the furnace in 1810. One of the early pages in the ledger lists the times the Hermitage Furnace "blew", "stopt", or "quit." It appears Johnston and others kept the furnace going until at least May 28, 1811, when "William Bailey quit managing." The furnace seems to have remained idle, following the hard times of the Embargo, until 1816 when it was again put into blast by O'Hara and Skully, under the management of John Henry Hopkins. Hopkins was not a successful manager, and the furnace closed down in 1817 and never operated again. Boucher, John N., History of Westmoreland County, vol. 1, pp. 445-457 New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906 Harman, J. Paul, Stone-Stack Smelting Furnaces in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, Vol. 19, No. 2 (April 1952), pp. 185-193 https://www.jstor.org/stable/277769302

Aristotle's Ethics and Politics, Comprising His Practical Philosophy, Translated from the Greek: Illustrated by Introductions and Notes; the Critical History of His Life; and a New Analysis of His Speculative Works; in Two Volumes. [Nicomachean] by Aristotle; Gillies, John

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Title: Aristotle's Ethics and Politics, Comprising His Practical Philosophy, Translated from the Greek: Illustrated by Introductions and Notes; the Critical History of His Life; and a New Analysis of His Speculative Works; in Two Volumes. [Nicomachean]
Author: Aristotle; Gillies, John
Seller: Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, in the Strand, 1797. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. 1797 first edition. Professionally recased. Edges rubbed with minor loss from corners. Bindings tight and square, pages clean and unmarked. Complete in two volumes. xv, [1], 416; 434 pp. Leather spines and corners, orange spine labels, gilt titles and rules. Translated into English from the original Greek, with introduction, notes, critical biography, and analysis by Scottish historian John Gillies. Commonly called The Nicomachean Ethics or The Ethics to Nicomachus (after Aristotle's son), the Ethics are here simply called Ethics. Gillies argues in the preface that this and the Politics 'ought never to have been disjoined, since they are considered by Aristotle himself as forming essential parts of one and the same work." This translation was denounced by Platonist Thomas Taylor for inaccuracies, but it remains an important edition in the history of the work, and includes significant biographical information about Aristotle and critical analysis of his work by Gillies (more than 200 pages worth!).

Bronze Wood by Sandburg, Carl

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Title: Bronze Wood
Author: Sandburg, Carl
Seller: Thorn Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1941. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Red-orange cloth spine, printed paper label, wood veneer sides. Trace of wear to the edges else a fine copy. One of 50 special numbered copies printed for Gelber, Lilienthal, Inc. With an original photograph by Henry Flannery as a frontispiece. This is number 16. Signed by Sandburg and Flannery on the leaf following the title. Grabhorn Bibliography No. 358. .

Kabuki: A Set of Six Pictures with Stories by Shiraishi, Fumio, ed; Gekko Ohashi

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Title: Kabuki: A Set of Six Pictures with Stories
Author: Shiraishi, Fumio, ed; Gekko Ohashi
Seller: Thorn Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Kyoto: Hanga In, 1964. Hardcover. Fine. 4to. Portfolio is 9.5 x 12 in. in a striped paper cover, with a color woodblock print mounted on upper board, dark brown silk ties. The story booklet is (6] pp. in printed wraps with photo illustrations and sewn with white silk braid. There are also six woodblock prints in full vivid color, each w/ tissue guard. The woodblock prints are after Shinagawa ans printed by Hanga. First edition of this second installment of beautifully rendered Japanese woodblock prints illustrating actors and scenes from such Kabuki dramas as Ibaraki, about Yoritomo Minamoto's fight against a female demon, Meido no Hikyaku, Honcho Niju Shiko, and more. The portfolio is rubbed at edges with wear to the spine tips. The interior booklet and woodblock prints are in fine condition. .

La Porte de Malétroit by [Allen Press]. Stevenson, Robert Louis

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Seller: Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB

Title: La Porte de Malétroit
Author: [Allen Press]. Stevenson, Robert Louis
Seller: Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: [San Francisco:] Printed for the Book Club of California by the L-D Allen Press, Cagnes-sur-Mer, 1952 Cream-colored wrapperw, in glassine covering. Octavo. Decorations by Ray Bethers. Fine in slipcase. One of 300 copies. Printed on French handmade paper

Historia anatomica systematis absorbentis corporis humani by Schubert, J A

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Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books

Title: Historia anatomica systematis absorbentis corporis humani
Author: Schubert, J A
Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition: A good copy.
Description: Leipzig: Hirschfeld, [1821]. First Edition.. Original plain paper wrappers.. A good copy.. 4to. A detailed review of the literature of the lymph system.

Footprints on the Arizona Strip (With Accent on "Bundyville") by Cox, Nellie Iverson; Helen Bundy Russell

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Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA

Title: Footprints on the Arizona Strip (With Accent on "Bundyville")
Author: Cox, Nellie Iverson; Helen Bundy Russell
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780882900216
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Roma Cox Scott and Frances Cox Spendlove, 1998. Third edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 250pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Brown textured vinyl cloth over boards with gilt stamped titles on the backstrip and front board. Illustrated. Head of spine just a bit bruised. With Biographies in Brief at the rear.

ACTORS--AND PEOPLE; Both sides of the footlights by WOOD, Peggy

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Seller: Second Life Books Inc

Title: ACTORS--AND PEOPLE; Both sides of the footlights
Author: WOOD, Peggy
Seller: Second Life Books Inc (United States)
Description: NY: Appleton, 1930. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 178. Illustrated with photographs. Author's presentation on flyleaf. Some foxing throughout, o/w VG. Memoir by the actress.

The Jackal's Mistress: A Novel SIGNED FIRST EDITION by Bohjalian, Chris

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Seller: Underground Books, ABAA

Title: The Jackal's Mistress: A Novel SIGNED FIRST EDITION
Author: Bohjalian, Chris
Seller: Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780385547642
Condition: Very good +
Description: New York: Doubleday, 2025. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Chris Bohjalian in ink to tipped in publisher's sheet. First Edition with full number line indicating First Printing. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". 318pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm, tight, and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In this Civil War love story, inspired by a real-life friendship across enemy lines, the wife of a missing Confederate soldier discovers a wounded Yankee officer and must decide what she's willing to risk for the life of a stranger, from the New York Times bestselling author of such acclaimed historical fiction as Hour of the Witch and The Sandcastle Girls. Virginia, 1864-Libby Steadman's husband has been away for so long that she can barely conjure his voice in her dreams. While she longs for him in the night, fearing him dead in a Union prison camp, her days are spent running a gristmill with her teenage niece, a hired hand, and his wife, all the grain they can produce requisitioned by the Confederate Army. It's an uneasy life in the Shenandoah Valley, the territory frequently changing hands, control swinging back and forth like a pendulum between North and South, and Libby awakens every morning expecting to see her land a battlefield. And then she finds a gravely injured Union officer left for dead in a neighbor's house, the bones of his hand and leg shattered. Captain Jonathan Weybridge of the Vermont Brigade is her enemy-but he's also a human being, and Libby must make a terrible decision: Does she leave him to die alone? Or does she risk treason and try to nurse him back to health? And if she succeeds, does she try to secretly bring him across Union lines, where she might negotiate a trade for news of her own husband? A vivid and sweeping story of two people navigating the boundaries of love and humanity in a landscape of brutal violence, The Jackal's Mistress is a heart-stopping new novel, based on a largely unknown piece of American history, from one of our greatest storytellers.(Publisher).

System Messages, NetWare 3.12

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Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA

Title: System Messages, NetWare 3.12
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: UT: Novell, 1993. Softcover. Fine. Fine in wrappers. Paperback. Book is in fine condition. Very nice, clean copy.

Palacio Del Centro Espanol. by Architects in Partnership, Damon, Gonzales, Wilrycx.

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Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA

Title: Palacio Del Centro Espanol.
Author: Architects in Partnership, Damon, Gonzales, Wilrycx.
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Plant City and Winter Park, Florida: Architects in Partnership, Damon, Gonzales, Wilrycx, (October 1979). Oblong quarto, white plastic spiral spine backed stiff illus. wrappers, (softbound), unpaginated, architectural maps, black and white illustrations throughout. Very Good.

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