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OEUVRES

OEUVRES by (BINDINGS - NEOCLASSICAL). GESSNER, SALOMON

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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
Title
OEUVRES
Author
(BINDINGS - NEOCLASSICAL). GESSNER, SALOMON
Seller
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Zurich: Chez l'auteur, 1777. First French Quarto Edition. 270 x 200 mm. (10 1/2 x 8"). 4 p.l., 184, [12] (subscribers) pp., [1] leaf (advice to binder), [1] leaf (blank), 190 pp., [1] leaf (advice to binder). Two volumes bound in one. Translated from the German by H. Huber. EXCEPTIONALLY ATTRACTIVE EARLY 19TH CENTURY GREEN STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, GILT, IN A NEOCLASSICAL STYLE IMITATING THAT OF KALTHOEBER, covers with scrolling vine frame, central panel with sunbursts and swags across the top, palmette tools along the sides, and a variant of Kalthoeber's mermaids-and-urn tool at foot, raised bands, spine compartments with central patera surrounded by small tools, leaf frond and volute cornerpieces, red morocco label, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In a modern green morocco-lipped slipcase. With two engraved titles, 40 engraved vignettes, and 20 FINE ENGRAVED PLATES BY GESSNER. Front flyleaf with ink inscription to "Henry S. Pakenham / from his friend / Henry H. Evans" (see below). For the binding: Compare and contrast Foot, Henry Davis Gift II, 189; Maggs 1075, no. 219 and 1212, no. 164; Oldaker Collection 21; British Library Database of Bookbindings, Shelfmark Davis194. ◆Spine uniformly sunned to olive brown, joints and extremities very slightly rubbed, a half dozen small indentations to front board, occasional faint foxing to edge of margins, but an excellent copy of an extremely handsome book, clean, fresh, and bright, with ample margins and rich impressions of the engravings, and in a well-preserved binding glistening with gold. This is a desirable copy of an important late 18th century French illustrated book, a happy marriage of fashionable poetry and beautiful engravings, in a binding that carefully imitates the Neoclassical designs and tools of master binder Christian Kalthoeber. Gessner (1730-88) was a painter and poet from Zurich, who hoped to renew the ancient genre of the eclogue. According to Britannica, he was "the most successful and typical representative of a literary rococo movement. His pastorals were translated into 20 languages, including Welsh, Latin, and Hebrew." He was also an equally talented artist, and the preface to this book is quick to note that all the etchings are of his own imagination and executed by his own hand. Gessner's close attention to detail and liberal use of dense crosshatching give each plate an intensity that is almost tactile, with the pale figures in high relief against the deeply etched, dark backgrounds. The binding is an excellent imitation of the work of German émigré binder Christian Kalthoeber, "considered during his day to be the finest binder in the world," according to Maggs Catalogue 966. One of Kalthoeber's most recognizable designs, used on at least seven bindings, employed a roll-tool border enclosing a central panel with garlands and pateras across the top, palmettes along the sides, and at the foot, two mermaids with curling tails flanking an urn. Examples of this can be seen in the sources cited above. Here, the mermaids are thicker and less refined in form, and the tool has been applied at a very slight angle, rather than with the precision characteristic of the master. The urn and palmettes, too, are less expertly engraved and applied, and the complex pateras of varying sizes are replaced with simpler, one-size starburst ornaments. Our binder was talented enough to produce an imitation that would stand up to all but the most careful scrutiny; until one sees the binding side-by-side with a genuine Kalthoeber, it is hard to register the differences. Perhaps our binder had apprenticed with Kalthoeber, for he had certainly had the opportunity to study the tools very closely, and he had been trained in a workshop that schooled its apprentices in fine workmanship--if not in professional ethics. The inscription notes that this copy once belonged to Henry H. Evans (1836-1917), a member of the Illinois House and Senate, who made a name for himself in the ice cream and restaurant business and eventually went on to found two railways following the Civil War. The present item is appealing for its internal and external aesthetics, and for the light it sheds on the binding industry and its practices at the turn of the 19th century..
Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin by STOWE, Harriet Beecher

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Seller: Heritage Book Shop, LLC
Title
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Author
STOWE, Harriet Beecher
Seller
Heritage Book Shop, LLC (United States)
Description
London: Tallant and Allen, [i.e. John Cassell], 1852. CRUIKSHANK, George. . Uncle Tom's Cabin. With Illustrations London: Tallant and Allen, [i.e. John Cassell], 1852. Full Description: STOWE, Harriet Beecher. [CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator]. Uncle Tom's Cabin. With Illustrations London: Tallant and Allen, [i.e. John Cassell, n.d.c.a. 1852]. Rare early edition bound from the first English edition parts. With a new title-page with Tallant and Allen as printer, but final leaf with John Cassell printer's imprint and the page of Cassell advertisements. Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches; 200 x 130 mm). xxiii, [1], 391, [1, Cassell ads], [4, tipped in Tallant ads]. Cassell's ad page is part of the collation and Tallant's ad leaves are tipped in. With frontispiece portrait of Stowe and 27 engraved plates by Cruikshank. We could find no other copies of this version at auction. Publisher's full blue morocco-grained cloth. Boards stamped and ruled in blind. Spine elaborately stamped and lettered in gilt. All edges uncut. Boards are rubbed and corners bumped. Boards are crudely reattached to spine. Spine chipped. Newer paste down endpapers. Lacking front free endpaper. Some occasional dampstaining and soiling. Previous owner's signature on blank recto of frontispiece. A good copy of an unusual book. In a side by side comparison between this copy and the Cassell parts, there were no differences, other than the title-page with the Tallant and Allen imprint. This hugely successful anti-slavery novel is the only work of fiction listed in Printing and the Mind of Man by Carter and Muir. "In the emotion-charged atmosphere of mid-nineteenth-century America, Uncle Tom's Cabin exploded like a bombshell. To those engaged in fighting slavery it appeared as an indictment of all the evils inherent in the system they opposed; to the pro-slavery forces it was a slanderous attack on 'the Southern way of life'. Dramatized versions, exaggerating the cruelties depicted in the novel, appeared almost immediately on the stage adding to the righteous indignation, whether aimed at slavery or at the book's author, which swept the country. Whatever its weaknesses as a literary work...the social impact of Uncle Tom's Cabin on the United States was greater than that of any book before or since." (PMM, 332). This novel was also a huge success in England: "In England the book was hardly less successful than in America." (PMM, 332). BAL 19518. Printing and the Mind of Man 332. Hildreth pp. 8-9. Cohn 777. HBS 69416. $1,250.
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Rapport fait au tribunal de primiere instance du department de la Seine .... by Orfila, M & Parent and Duchalet, A - PUBLIC HEALTH

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Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books
Title
Rapport fait au tribunal de primiere instance du department de la Seine ....
Author
Orfila, M & Parent and Duchalet, A - PUBLIC HEALTH
Seller
Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
Very good.
Description
Paris: Annales d' Hygiene Publique, 1835. Offprint.. Original plain wrappers.. Very good.. 8vo. Orfila, known for his work on poisons, and Parent Duchalet his work on publich health co-authored this report on the effect of continuous storage of rotting crops (notably potatoes). There is a considerable information on the industrial workings and little known cases and disputes involving public health issues. Given medical theory at the time this study was of considerable importance in assessing the threat of major epidemics like yellow fever or cholera that seemed to arise from the rotting miasma accompanying such storage. A good public health case study by two prominent physicians. See G - M for the author's listings.
The True Andrew Jackson; With Twenty-Three Illustrations

The True Andrew Jackson; With Twenty-Three Illustrations by Brady, Cyrus Townsend

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Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
Title
The True Andrew Jackson; With Twenty-Three Illustrations
Author
Brady, Cyrus Townsend
Seller
The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906. First Edition, First Printing. Leather bound. Near fine. First edition of The True Andrew Jackson by Cyrus Townsend Brady.. Octavo, xxvii, [1], 25-104pp, [3pp ads]. Finely bound in three-quarter black morocco. Title and embellishments in gilt on spine. Matching marbled paper boards and endpapers. Stated "Published in March, 1906" on copyright page. Solid text block, some rubbing to corners, a near fine example.
Receipt for George and Charles Merriam from the Publisher and Stationer Samuel Bowles & Co

Receipt for George and Charles Merriam from the Publisher and Stationer Samuel Bowles & Co

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Title
Receipt for George and Charles Merriam from the Publisher and Stationer Samuel Bowles & Co
Seller
Eclectibles (United States)
Condition
Very good. Toned, minor short tears and letter creasing.
Description
Springfield, Massachusetts: Samuel Bowles & Co, 1868. Very good. Toned, minor short tears and letter creasing.. Billhead for the publisher and stationer Samuel Bowles & Co., with a long receipt of goods paid for by "G. & C. Merriam"-- i.e, George and Charles Merriam, publishers of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Items included on this receipt include a wide variety of material including business cards, a binding for a bible, "Lettering [for] 1 dictionary", and "Electro", which presumably refers to some kind of electrotyping service. Engraved billhead (14" by 8.5"), lined, verso blank, finished in contemporary ink. Includes a revenue stamp at the foot to show that Bowles has paid taxes on the purchased goods, where required. Samuel Bowles & Co. provided services as "Publishers, Printers, Electrotypers, Bookbinders, Bookmakers, Blank Book and Photograph Album Manufacturers" in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Nova Bulgarska Gramatika by Teodorov-Balan, Aleksandur

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Seller: ZH BOOKS
Title
Nova Bulgarska Gramatika
Author
Teodorov-Balan, Aleksandur
Seller
ZH BOOKS (United States)
Description
Sofia: Chipev, T. F., 1940. Hardcover. First edition; 5 x 7 1/4; pp. 487; rebound in textured blue cloth over boards with original wraps bound-in; gilt title to spine; bookplate of Carleton T. Hodge, Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology at Indiana University from 1964-1983, to front cover verso; few small spots to upper margin of front wrap and faint age-toning to pages, else minor wear - near fine condition. 'New Bulgarian Grammar' was arguably Aleksandur Teodorov-Balan's (1859-1959) most ambitious work. A linguist, historian and bibliographer - he was the first Rector of Sofia University, Secretary of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, and one of the founders of the Tourist Movement in Bulgaria. He was unsurpassed in his contributing to enrichment and understanding of the Bulgarian language.
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REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY to the Second Session of the Fiftieth Congress. Volume 1

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Title
REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY to the Second Session of the Fiftieth Congress. Volume 1
Seller
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1888. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, half pebbled leather over marbelized boards, gilt titles spine, 338 9. Solid copy.
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A NEW YEAR'S PRESENT by Zabriskie, George

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Seller: Hoffman Books
Title
A NEW YEAR'S PRESENT
Author
Zabriskie, George
Seller
Hoffman Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Ormond Beach, FL: G. Zabriskie. Very Good. 1942. Hardcover in dust jacket. This book is hard-bound in red cloth with gilt stamping to the upper cover, in a dust jacket with scuffing, soiling and wear/chipping to the edges. The contents show light rubbing to the corners and spine-ends, as well as light soiling/sunning to the bottom edge of the covers. .
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A LADY WHO LOVED HERSELF: THE LIFE OF MADAME ROLAND by Young, Catherine

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Title
A LADY WHO LOVED HERSELF: THE LIFE OF MADAME ROLAND
Author
Young, Catherine
Seller
Hoffman Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: A. A. Knopf. Very Good. 1930. Hardcover. NY: A. A. Knopf, 1930. 318 pages plus ix page index, hardbound. Ex-library, else VG, tight and clean. .
Prophecy of the Sisters.
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Prophecy of the Sisters. by ZINK, Michelle.

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Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
Title
Prophecy of the Sisters.
Author
ZINK, Michelle.
Seller
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780316027427
Condition
Fine in Fine dust jacket
Description
NY:: Little, Brown and Company,. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2009. Hardcover. 9780316027427 . The author's first book. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. .
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PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE by (WASHINGTON)

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Seller: The Bookpress, Ltd.
Title
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
Author
(WASHINGTON)
Seller
The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
Description
(WASHINGTON) PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1964.) Small folio. Cloth. Unpaginated. First edition. Being a report of the President's Council on Pennsylvania Avenue, with illustrations. Spine slightly sunned, else fine.

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