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Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia. by ADAM, Robert

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Title: Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia.
Author: ADAM, Robert
Seller: Ursus Books (United States)
Description: 1764. ADAM, Robert. Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia. vi, [8], 33, [1] pp., with 61 engraved plates on 54 sheets (some double-page). Folio, 525 x 370 mm., bound in full contemporary calf. [London]: For the author, 1764. First edition. "The book incorporated the first encyclical of Britain's most popular architect of the day, who had now been in practice for several years with an immense patronage... Adam makes it quite plain that the great palace of Diocletian forms the source of his ideas upon domestic building, and he modestly claims that it is the first private dwelling-house of the Romans to have been illustrated and described." Adam's account was based on his five-week visit to Spalatro (in Croatia, now known as Split); the sixty-one superb plates were executed after Clerisseau, Zucchi and others (some of the drawings survive at the Hermitage, St. Petersburg). In his introduction, Adam expresses his conviction that Diocletian had revived a taste in Architecture superior to that of his own times. Adam's "observance on unusual detail throughout is remarkable... Nothing is too minute to escape his notice. A careful reading of the descriptions shows whence Robert Adam derived his theories for the planning of his domestic buildings on a monumental scale, like Syon and Kedleston" (James Lees-Milne, The Age of Adam, pp. 67-69). A fine copy of this landmark book. Millard, British 1. Harris, British Architectural Books 4. Fowler 2. Berlin Katalog 1893. Cicognara 3567. John Fleming, Robert Adam and His Circle (1962), pp. 235-240. Georg Kowalczyk, Denkmäler der Kunst in Dalmatien (1910) reproducing 22 plates.

Road Northern Frontier Maine. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of a reconnoissance of a road through the northern frontier of the State of Maine. February 13, 1835

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Title: Road Northern Frontier Maine. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of a reconnoissance of a road through the northern frontier of the State of Maine. February 13, 1835
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: [Washington, D.C.]: Gales & Seaton, print, 1835. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 14, [2]pp. Large folding map of Northern Maine. Removed. Some modest age-toning, map is detached and has slight foxing in the margins, but is otherwise very near fine, overall very good. Document No. 144 of the 23rd Congress, 2d Session. The map by Ward and Cooper to accompany the expedition lead by Hartman Bache is particularly attractive. *OCLC* locates four separate copies.

On Watch: A Memoir by ZUMWALT, Jr., Elmo R.

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Title: On Watch: A Memoir
Author: ZUMWALT, Jr., Elmo R.
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780812905205
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Quadrangle / The New York Times Book Co, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Small stains on the page edges, small creases on the title page, very good in very good or better dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to Bill Boggs, four-time Emmy Award-winning New York television talk show host: "To Bill Boggs with respect, Bud Zumwalt. 9 June 1976.

Life Magazine - July 16, 1965 - JFK

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Title: Life Magazine - July 16, 1965 - JFK
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Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Life, 1965. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good in wrappers. Light browning of pages. Cover rubbed with some creasing. Sticker mark.

Balzac by ZWEIG, Stefan

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Title: Balzac
Author: ZWEIG, Stefan
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Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: The Viking Press, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Very good in a good plus dust jacket; Book shows rubbing of spine/panels, dust jacket shows rubbing, tearing on edges.

Manuscript Account Books of David Meredith, 1819-1823 and his brother, attorney William Meredith, 1810-1814, father of Secretary of Treasury William Morris Meredith

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Title: Manuscript Account Books of David Meredith, 1819-1823 and his brother, attorney William Meredith, 1810-1814, father of Secretary of Treasury William Morris Meredith
Seller: Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Description: Two items, as follows: 1. Account Book of David Meredith, 20 manuscript pages, dated 26 May 1819 to 23 April 1823; with 16 manuscript receipts laid in, dated 1817-1823. Some of these receipts match entries in the account book. 2. Account Book of William Meredith, 24 manuscript pp., 1 January 1810 to 9 September 1814; with 5 manuscript receipts, dated 1822-1829. Description of Account Books Both books are octavos, bound in full limp calf, bindings of both volumes worn, rubbed and scuffed entries are written in ink in clear, legible hands. The David Meredith volume is inscribed "D. Meredith" on the front board, and there is only one account listed in it that of David Meredith. This book records various entries for cash expenditures for the payment of wood, boarding, advertising in newspaper, snuff, segars (cigars), for barbering expenses, etc., as well as cash paid to himself" "1819 May 26 To cash 150 " "1819 Sept 10 To Carter hack-hire 20" "1819 Dec 27 To Cord of wood, hauling 6.9 3" "1820 May 16 To Mrs. Miller boarding 40 " "1820 Aug't 24 To Poulson for adv't 1.33 " "1820 Nov 6 To segars 1.50 " William Meredith's account book is not signed, but his name appears on a pew rent receipt for Christ Church, that is laid in, and the entries in the volume appear to show various court cases (he was an attorney), as well as money that is being loaned to David Meredith such as: "1810 March 4 - D. Meredith lent 100 -" "1810 Apr by bond of D. Meredith 4 inst - 100" "1810 May 23 - D. Meredith lent to be returned 25th - 200" "1810 May 30 - R. Rush costs to Hallelay v. Tatham - 37.09" "1810 May 30 - Cotterrle v. Calbraith - 143.56" David Meredith (c1771-1835) and William Meredith (1772-1844) David and William Meredith were the sons of Jonathan Meredith (1740-1811), who emigrated from Leominster, Herefordshire, England, to Philadelphia in the 1750s and established a successful tannery (1772-1811). Jonathan Meredith married Elizabeth Tuckey and together they had at least five children. One daughter, Mary married Thomas Hawthorn, of Hawthorn & Kerr, merchants. Another daughter, Elizabeth, married Charles Ogden, of Rutgers, Seaman & Ogden, also merchants. A son, Jonathan Meredith, Jr., became an attorney and moved to Baltimore, Maryland. The other two children were their sons David and William, who kept the account books offered here. David Meredith, assisted his father from a young age in the tannery, but partnered with Robert Andrews under the name of "Andrew & Meredith" in 1793. David was responsible for the French portion of this enterprise, which imported European luxury goods into Philadelphia, and he moved to Paris where he established trade with merchants in both that city and Bordeaux. This business met with several difficulties owing to strict Parisian commercial regulations, political hostilities between France and Great Britain, and also from David's contracting with unreliable French merchants; the firm dissolved by 1796 when Andrews pulled out of their partnership without David's knowledge. The massive debt owed by Andrews & Meredith fell on the shoulders of David's father Jonathan, and greatly depleted the Meredith family fortune. David returned to Philadelphia in 1797 and resumed his position at the Meredith tannery. From 1800-1801 he entertained a brief stint as a supercargo for the firm, Rutgers, Seaman, & Ogden (of which his brother-in-law Charles Ogden was partner) to St. Sebastian. In 1805, Jonathan sold the entire stock of his tannery to David, making him the sole owner. Following that sale, Jonathan continued to advise his son and have some interest in the success of the tannery but for the most part settled into retirement. Toward the end of his life, David fell into obscurity and he is believed to have died in Philadelphia unmarried around 1835. Jonathan Meredith, Jr., the Meredith's youngest son, moved to Baltimore in 1805 where he established a private practice and was also a leading member in that city's Bar. David's brother, William Meredith (1772-1844), the most prominent of the Meredith's sons, also assisted his father at the Meredith tannery when he was a young boy, but chose to pursue a legal career. He was educated at the University of Pennsylvania and was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in September 1795. That same year he married Gertrude Gouverneur Ogden (1777-1828), the daughter of the merchant Samuel Ogden and his wife Euphemia Morris. Gertrude was also the niece of Lewis Morris, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and of lawyer and politician Gouverneur Morris, who helped write the Constitution. Together William Meredith and Gertrude had eleven children: William Morris, Sarah, Gouverneur Morris, Sullivan Amory, Euphemia Morris, Samuel Ogden, Morris Ogden, Joseph Dennie, Gertrude Euphemia, Ann, and Miriam. Both William and Gertrude Meredith were respected individuals in their own right. In addition to maintaining his own private practice, William was also appointed president of the Schuylkill Bank in 1814 and contributed much to that institution and also to the chartering of Pennsylvania county banks throughout his career. Because of his legal and banking experience and also his support of a centralized banking system, William was also considered a candidate for the presidency of the Second Bank of the United States in 1816 but lost that appointment to Nicholas Biddle. Politically, William was an ardent Federalist and served as a member of both the Philadelphia Common and Select Councils, and also contributed much to Philadelphia society as a trustee for the University of Pennsylvania and the Academy of the Episcopal Church; as a warden in Philadelphia's Christ Church; and as a board member for several charitable organizations including the Committee for the Guardians of the Poor, the Greek Fund, and the Philadelphia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. From 1800 to 1814, William Meredith's Philadelphia legal practice, which focused mostly on mercantile cases relating to the settling of unpaid bills, shipping disputes, and insurance claims continued to grow. Most of his clients were from Philadelphia and New York, and in the New York cases he often worked in conjunction with other lawyers including Thomas L. Ogden, Samuel Corp, Gabriel Shaw, and Thomas Maule. William also associated frequently with William Sullivan and John Maude of Boston, and with his brother Jonathan Meredith Jr., who had moved to Baltimore in 1805 to establish his own legal practice and frequently was in touch with his more experienced brother for advice. William's wife, Gertrude Gouveneur Ogden Meredith, had been educated in the classics of French, Latin, and Greek and had also studied Shakespeare as a young girl. From this extensive education she became a lover of literature and extended her own scholarly prowess through her letter writing and also through her poetry. Gertrude was highly respected in Philadelphia society as a mother, wife, hostess, and writer. She is known to have conversed with such literary men as Joseph Dennie, who was the editor of the popular Philadelphia magazine, the Port Folio, and even had some of her own works published in that magazine between 1801 and 1804. Both Gertrude and William Meredith became close friends with Dennie, who lived in the Meredith home from time to time and they named one of their sons after him. William and Gertrude Meredith shared a deep bond and when Gertrude died in 1828 after a painful battle with rheumatism, the loss so prostrated William that he never fully recovered. After her death, William turned most of his attention to his children, focusing most of his efforts on the legal and political career of his oldest son, William Morris Meredith. William Meredith suffered a debilitating stroke in 1839 and never fully recuperated. He died in 1844. William Meredith's namesake, William Morris Meredith (1799-1873), assumed the role of father figure to his brother and sisters following his father's stroke in 1839. He was also busy with a political and legal career that had begun in 1817, the year he had been admitted to the Pennsylvania bar. William Morris Meredith's legal practice had been slow to start, but he made a name for himself in the 1822 law suit Commonwealth vs. Cook. For this suit, he served as the associate counsel and supported the senior counsel James C. Biddle (William Morris's good friend and later his brother-in-law), who questioned the conduct of the presiding arbitrator Judge Hallowell. Biddle's comments and William Morris's concurrence with the remarks greatly offended the judge and he charged them with contempt of court, and they were held in the state penitentiary at Broad and Arch Streets for thirty days. This event was widely publicized and launched William Morris's legal and political career, which became characterized by his irascible temper, fearlessness, and inflexible honesty. Shortly thereafter, he became the president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. William Morris Meredith affiliated himself with the Federalist, Whig, and Republican parties over the course of his political career. He served as a Pennsylvania state representative (1824-1828), as a member of the 1837 Pennsylvania State Convention, as the Pennsylvania district attorney for a brief stint in 1841, as the secretary of the treasury in the cabinet of President Zachary Taylor (1849-1850), was a delegate to the Abortive Peace Conference in 1861, and as the Pennsylvania attorney general from 1861 to 1867. He is perhaps most noted for his efforts as the secretary of the treasury (1849-1850), during which time he focused on a revision of the coastal survey code and also revising the tariff bill which had been instituted by his predecessor Robert J. Walker. He married Catherine Kepple in 1834 and had six children.

Extracts From the Diary of Christopher Marshall, Kept in Philadelphia and Lancaster, During the American Revolution, 1774-1781 by [Americana Revolution] Marshall, Christopher; Duane, William (edited by)

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Title: Extracts From the Diary of Christopher Marshall, Kept in Philadelphia and Lancaster, During the American Revolution, 1774-1781
Author: [Americana Revolution] Marshall, Christopher; Duane, William (edited by)
Seller: Americana Books ABAA (United States)
Condition: Good +
Description: Albany: Joel Munsell, 1877. Later printing. Hardcover. Good +. 12mo. [3], iv, pages 5-330 pages, [4]. Green cloth hardcover ruled in blind with blind stamped border decorations on the covers. Gilt title on the spine. Cloth is lightly shelf and edge worn with a a few wrinkles and a very small stain on the back cover. Binding is sturdy and contents are clean. The clipped signature of Christopher Marshal is tipped on the left and right margins of the title page. "Bound by C. Munsell Albany, NY" book binder label located in the bottom left corner of the rear paste down. According to Howes this copy should have advertisements but the front and rear end papers are blanks. Howes M 310. From wikipedia: Christopher Marshall (November 6, 1709 – May 4, 1797) was a leader in the American Revolution. Born in Dublin, Ireland, he went to America in 1727, settled in Philadelphia and worked as a chemist and pharmacist. Marshall is best known for The Remembrancer, a diary he kept during the Revolution, which was not published until 1839 (edited by William J. Duane) as Extracts from the Diary of Christopher Marshall, 1774-1781. He died in Philadelphia.

De Papiermolen ; tijdschrift voor de grafische vakken ; Februari 1935 No. 7

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Title: De Papiermolen ; tijdschrift voor de grafische vakken ; Februari 1935 No. 7
Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition: VG- wraps have some wear esp around spine, which has tears on both ends. Small dampstain on cover, sunning of wraps apparent on
Description: Amsterdam, Netherlands: G. H. Buhrmann, 1935. Softcover. VG- wraps have some wear esp around spine, which has tears on both ends. Small dampstain on cover, sunning of wraps apparent on back. Pages excellent with some occasional transfer lines from illustrations.. Blue wraps with duochrome text, cutout illustration revealing two other paper colors. 45 pp. Features many different types of paper, artistic shapes and colors, some tipped in illustrated booklets, and bw instructional illustrations. In Dit Nummer : Huis en Tuin ; Sport en Toerisme ; Mode ; Consumptie-artikelen ; Muziek, amusement ; Verzekering, banken ; Drukkerijen.

Zangs: Works from 1957-1989 by Zangs, Herbert and Ralf Jaglin

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Title: Zangs: Works from 1957-1989
Author: Zangs, Herbert and Ralf Jaglin
Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9780957174795
Condition: VG (Wraps show mild shelfwear at edges and corners; there is mild marking on the back cover; pages are clean and bright; binding
Description: London: The Mayor Gallery, 2013. Paperback. VG (Wraps show mild shelfwear at edges and corners; there is mild marking on the back cover; pages are clean and bright; binding is solid.). White wraps with black lettering; 65 pp; richly illustrated. "Herbert Zangs (27 March 1924 – 26 March 2003) was a German artist. Zangs was born and died in Krefeld. He studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf together with Günter Grass. In 1960 he won the Vincent van Volkmer Prize. There are several books about Zangs in the German national Library." -- website.

European Sculpture by Zock, Katherine

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Title: European Sculpture
Author: Zock, Katherine
Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9788873360162
Condition: VG-/VG- (overall light shelfwear)
Description: New York: Daniel Katz Ltd, 2002. Hardcover. VG-/VG- (overall light shelfwear). Grey cloth/boards with white illustrated dust jacket, 157 pp. 25 full-page color, numerous smaller bw & color plates. Comprehensive catalogue of 25 works. Text by Catherine Zock. Beautiful full-page illustrations. Catalog of an exhibition held at Daniel Katz Limited, 19 East 66th Street, New York, from May 6th to May 18th, 2002. Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-157).

Afrikanische Kunst: Tribal Art

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Title: Afrikanische Kunst: Tribal Art
Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition: VG, clean and tight; one copy has museum lib. marking on title page
Description: Zurich: Galerie Koller, Kunst & Antiquitaten Auktionen, 2005. Softcover. VG, clean and tight; one copy has museum lib. marking on title page. Glossy black pictorial wraps with red lettering; 62 pp. catalogue text and color images. Text in German. Descriptions and expected prices (in Swiss Francs and Euros) of each of the 168 items in the auction held June 25, 2005. Nearly all items are pictured in color. A beautiful catalogue.

Stephen Talasnik: Drawings, 1990-1994

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Title: Stephen Talasnik: Drawings, 1990-1994
Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition: VG
Description: Greensboro, NC: Weatherspoon Art Gallery, 1995. Softcover. VG. White wraps. [28] pp. 12 bw plates. Three-page introduction by Linda Kramer, essay by Arlette Klaric (Stephen Talasnik, Drawings, 1990-1994: Building on Paper), selection of 12 elegantly illustrated works and exhibition listing.

Genetics of the Dog by Malcolm B. Willis

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Title: Genetics of the Dog
Author: Malcolm B. Willis
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Description: Howell Book House, 1989. 1st. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1989 1st U.S. edition. Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Tall octavo, 417 pgs.

New Fables (Signed First Edition) by WONK, Dalt

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Title: New Fables (Signed First Edition)
Author: WONK, Dalt
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Description: New Orleans, LA: Dalt Wonk, 1997. First edition. Softcover. Number 287 from an edition of 600 copies. Features text by Wonk as well as nine tipped in color plates and several black and white illustrations by him as well. A near fine copy in strink tied wrappers with ribbon closure. Signed by Wonk on the title page and additionally warmly inscribed by him as well to a couple of his friends. A very nicely printed and designed book.

Chatterton by ACKROYD, Peter

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Title: Chatterton
Author: ACKROYD, Peter
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780802100412
Description: New York: Grove Press, 1988. First U.S. edition. An imaginative early novel about the writer Thomas Chatterton. A fine copy in fine dust jacket.

Ivor Abrahams: Ocean Gate by ABRAHAMS, Ivor and Norbert Lynton

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Title: Ivor Abrahams: Ocean Gate
Author: ABRAHAMS, Ivor and Norbert Lynton
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780950254654
Description: London: Bernard Jacobson Ltd, 1989. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog. Text by Norbert Lynton. Includes 16 color illustrations, chronology, list of previous exhibitions and list of public collections. A fine copy in French style wrappers.

The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America; a study in progressive trades-unionism by Zaretz, Charles Elbert

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Title: The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America; a study in progressive trades-unionism
Author: Zaretz, Charles Elbert
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Description: New York: Ancon Publishing Company, 1934. Hardcover. 306p., cover worn and stained, ex library with the usual sins otherwise a decent reading copy.

The Desert Magazine Volume 4, Number 1 - November 1940

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Title: The Desert Magazine Volume 4, Number 1 - November 1940
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: El Centro, CA: Desert Publishing Company, 1940. Original edition. Paperback. 37pp. Quarto [30 cm] Illustrated wraps. Very good condition. The edges of the front cover are very lightly rubbed. Anniversary Number. Includes a desert quiz. Subjects include Henry Wickenburg, Mark Twain's Western Years, Desert Place Names, and much more.

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