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One Of The Monumental Works Of The English Language; A First Edition Of Samuel Johnsons Two Volume A Dictionary Of The English Language

One Of The Monumental Works Of The English Language; A First Edition Of Samuel Johnsons Two Volume A Dictionary Of The English Language by SAMUEL JOHNSON

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Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc.
Title
One Of The Monumental Works Of The English Language; A First Edition Of Samuel Johnsons Two Volume A Dictionary Of The English Language
Author
SAMUEL JOHNSON
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Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description
SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784). Johnson was a prominent English author and lexicographer best remembered for his A Dictionary of the English Language that has been acclaimed as one of the greatest single achievements of scholarship.Two volumes. 1755. London. An oversized, two volume first edition of Johnsons A dictionary of the English language. In which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed, a history of the language and an English grammar. It was printed in London in 1755 by by W. Strahan, for J. and P. Knapton; T. and T. Longman; C. Hitch and L. Hawes; A. Millar; and R. and J. Dodsley. It is still in the original boards although the front cover of the first volume is cleanly detached. The bookplate of Sir John Bridger is affixed. There is some wear and cracking to the spines and a few of the interior pages have chipping to the margins and other faults. A generally fine copy of this seminal linguistic work.
A Journal of a Voyage from London to Savannah Georgia in Two Parts… The Fifth Edition. Bound with. A Continuation… From his Arrival at Savannah, To his Return to London. The Second Edition. Also bound with. A Continuation… From his Arrival in London, to His Departure from thence on his Way to Georgia. The Second Edition

A Journal of a Voyage from London to Savannah Georgia in Two Parts… The Fifth Edition. Bound with. A Continuation… From his Arrival at Savannah, To his Return to London. The Second Edition. Also bound with. A Continuation… From his Arrival in London, to His Departure from thence on his Way to Georgia. The Second Edition by Whitefield, George

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A Journal of a Voyage from London to Savannah Georgia in Two Parts… The Fifth Edition. Bound with. A Continuation… From his Arrival at Savannah, To his Return to London. The Second Edition. Also bound with. A Continuation… From his Arrival in London, to His Departure from thence on his Way to Georgia. The Second Edition
Author
Whitefield, George
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Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books & Prints (United States)
Description
8vo, full leather, morocco label on spine,, 55; [1], [2], 38, [1]; iv, 115 pp. Handsomely rebound in leather, with new endpapers. Internally a little browned but pretty clean, however one leaf is bound in backwards. George Whitefield (1714-1770) was born in Gloucester England in 1714. Although he was the son of an innkeeper, he did manage to get an education and graduated from Pembroke College at Oxford in 1736. He went on to become a very important religious leader in the 18th century, and he, not John Wesley, is believed to be the real founder of Methodism. During his career he made several trips to America, and became an important religious leader on both sides of the Atlantic. He had excellent oratory skills, and would often attract thousands at open air sermons. Benjamin Franklin in his autobiography refers to these skills, and mentions that after vowing to give Whitefield nothing because of a disagreement, ended up emptying his pockets completely after listing to Whitefield preach. His journals paint the picture of a very active man with tremendous energy, His writings include much about religion and preaching, but it does talk about some of the people he met and places he visited along the way. Despite his piety, Whitefield had his issues, and one of them was being a slave owner, which he justified in biblical terms. On the other hand, he did establish schools and the Bethesda Orphanage. He died in Newburyport, Connecticut in 1770.
Notes of a Voyage to California via Cape Horn, Together with Scenes in El Dorado in the Years 1849 - '50.

Notes of a Voyage to California via Cape Horn, Together with Scenes in El Dorado in the Years 1849 - '50. by Upham, Samuel C.

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Notes of a Voyage to California via Cape Horn, Together with Scenes in El Dorado in the Years 1849 - '50.
Author
Upham, Samuel C.
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Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Description
Philadelphia: The Author, 1876. xxii-594 pp. b/w plates and ills. in text. "After reaching San Francisco, Upham voluminously describes that city, the gold fields, Stockton, and Sacramento... There are forty-five interesting illustrations," Hill 1751. Howes U-23, with an "aa" rating. Cowan p. 652. This is a near fine copy, rebound in handsome half brown morocco with raised bands, tooled decorations on spine and, gilt lettering. Original backstrip laid in at the rear of the book.
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Southworth Scores by Ralph Henry Barbour

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Southworth Scores
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Ralph Henry Barbour
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Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Fine
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D.Appleton-Century and Company, 1934. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Superb Fine Copy In Like Jacket.$2.00 On Flap.First Printing Stated. Gorgeous Fresh Copy Of This Early Baseball Novel Rare In this ConditionInk Inscription..
[Cabinet card]: A Curious Tableau of Three Women

[Cabinet card]: A Curious Tableau of Three Women

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[Cabinet card]: A Curious Tableau of Three Women
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Troy, Ohio: Schnell, 1880. Unbound. Fine. Albumen cabinet card. Image size approximately 4" x 5.5" on a slightly larger card. A curious image of two demurely dressed and grim-faced young women holding a letter between them, while a third more masculine looking woman pours water from a watering can onto the head of one of the other women. Water appears to stream on to the head of the victim, but whether it does do so truly, or it is a photographer's effect, is unclear. Someone has written the names of the women in ink on the image at a later date, but the results are nearly invisible. With difficulty we can identify the woman with the watering can ("Mailey") and the woman on the right ("Grandma") but the written identity of the woman on the left has been subsumed within her ample bosom. What does it all mean?
Recollections of Past Life

Recollections of Past Life by Holland, Sir Henry (Signed)

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Recollections of Past Life
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Holland, Sir Henry (Signed)
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Thorn Books (United States)
Condition
Very good
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London: Longmans, Green, and CO, 1872. Hardcover. Very good. First edition after the privately printed edition of 1868. 8vo. viii, 346pp plus 2 page publisher's catalogue. Publsher's green cloth blocked in black and gilt on the spine and upper board; brown coated endpapers. Nearly imperceptibly rebacked; a very good copy. With an autograph letter form the author to Lady Pakington bound in. "...I feel grateful in learing that my little volume of Recollections has given you pleasure. Sir John knew well many of the public characters mentioned in it. ..
Oil Comes to Us

Oil Comes to Us by Rose Wyler & Warren W. McSpadden, Th. D. Luykx (illus.)

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Oil Comes to Us
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Rose Wyler & Warren W. McSpadden, Th. D. Luykx (illus.)
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Eclectibles (United States)
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Good. Paper toned, brittle, with some water staining.
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New York, New York: Georges Dupleix, 1937. Good. Paper toned, brittle, with some water staining.. An illustrated children's book showing young readers how oil is made over millions of years, and how humans discover it, drill it, and use it. Highlights its main uses in transportation and industry, as well as everyday household uses (e.g. varnishes, petroleum jelly, paraffin wax). The book aims to explain complex information in digestible bites, while also conveying a sense of wonder at science and innovation. Published before modern understandings of climate change. Single vol. (8.5" by 9.5"), pp. [28], illus., in original illus. wrps. First softcover edition, not in WorldCat (Feb. 2025).
Carte-de-visite photograph portrait by Barraud & Jerrard, signed and dated by Taylor on the verso

Carte-de-visite photograph portrait by Barraud & Jerrard, signed and dated by Taylor on the verso by Taylor, Alfred Swaine

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Carte-de-visite photograph portrait by Barraud & Jerrard, signed and dated by Taylor on the verso
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Taylor, Alfred Swaine
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Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
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1877. 102 x 62 mm. A bit faded.
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Katechismus oder Lehrbuch der Christlichen Religion für die Jugend .... by United Evangelical Church

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Katechismus oder Lehrbuch der Christlichen Religion für die Jugend ....
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United Evangelical Church
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
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Very good.
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Pittsburg[h]: J G Backofen, 1848. First American Edition.. Original leather backed batiked paper over paper boards.. Very good.. 12mo, vi, 78 pp. According to the introduction, the catechism resulted from the 1817 celebration of the Reformation. This celebration brought forth the Vereinigten evangelischen Kirche in Germany and this publication to educate its children.
Publisher's Promotional Poster for MIND FIELDS the Art of Jacek Yerka, The Fiction of Harlan Ellison

Publisher's Promotional Poster for MIND FIELDS the Art of Jacek Yerka, The Fiction of Harlan Ellison by Yerka, Jacek: Ellison, Harlan

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Publisher's Promotional Poster for MIND FIELDS the Art of Jacek Yerka, The Fiction of Harlan Ellison
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Yerka, Jacek: Ellison, Harlan
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Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
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9780962344794
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Near Fine
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No Place: Morpheus International, 1989. Poster. Near Fine. Poster. First Printing. 19" x 25". Original publisher's promotional poster, 19" w x 25"h, featuring the same vivid artwork by Jacek Yerka as the book's dust jacket. Beneath the artwork is the quote by Harlan Ellison -" Like a hungry beast in a sacred jungle, I have been given the honor of stalking through Jacek Yerka's divine imagination, describing what I see. Together, we will draw blood." Near Fine, faint creasing at edges. An uncommon poster, well suited for framing, distributed in short supply at the ABA trade show in 1989. All posters shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube..
Alchemy of Light

Alchemy of Light by CONOVER, Mary; Kathleen LOE

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Alchemy of Light
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CONOVER, Mary; Kathleen LOE
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Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
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9780979975240
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A near-fine copy with several small scuffs to acetate, otherwise clean and unread
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Lincoln, Nebraska: Whale & Star / Metaphor, 2009. A near-fine copy with several small scuffs to acetate, otherwise clean and unread. 4to. 367 pages. Original cloth, cover illustration mounted on cover; acetate wrapper. FIRST EDITION. A selection of images, sketchbook pages, and notes by Mary Conover. Contributions by Robert Thurman, Enrique Martinez Celaya, and Susan Landauer.
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Khrestom i mechem. Tvory (With Cross and Sword. Works) by Dontsov, D.

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Khrestom i mechem. Tvory (With Cross and Sword. Works)
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Dontsov, D.
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ZH BOOKS (United States)
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Toronto: League for the Liberation of Ukraine; et al, 1967. Very good. Second edition, published right after the original first; olive pictorial wraps, printed and decorated in black; fading to spine cover and margins of wraps; minor rubbed spots to tips of spine; a few light creases to corners; overall in very good condition. Dmytro Dontsov (1883 - 1973) was a Ukrainian author, journalist, and a radical political thinker with great influence over the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. Born in a Cossack officer's family, Dontsov joined the Ukrainian Social-Democratic Labor Party in 1905, was arrested shortly after for being an instigator in "Socialist politics," and was forced to move to Vienna in 1909. After the Revolution, he returned home and was appointed Head of Pavlo Skoropadsky's Government's official news agency. By 1922 Dmytro had rejected the Nationalist ideas of his youth and had increasingly become immersed in radical Nationalism. In 1939, right before the takeover of Western Ukraine by the Soviets Dontsov fled his country for Bucharest, then Prague, Germany, Paris, and the United States, until he finally settled in Toronto, where he continued writing and taught Ukrainian literature at Universite de Montreal.
New York State Traveling Library No. 330. List of 50 of the Best Books on Economics, Revised June 1895

New York State Traveling Library No. 330. List of 50 of the Best Books on Economics, Revised June 1895 by Melvil, Dewey

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New York State Traveling Library No. 330. List of 50 of the Best Books on Economics, Revised June 1895
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Melvil, Dewey
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De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
Description
Albany: Public Libraries Division, University of the State of New York, 1895. 16 pp. In good condition with a Western Reserve Historical Society Stamp on the front cover. Lightly soiled. This small pamphlet provides information and rules on obtaining a travelling lending library of 50 books on economics for use at public libraries, clubs, or by groups of interested citizens. Apparently, at least 330 libraries on various topics were available.

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