Applied Chemistry; In Manufactures, Arts and Domestic Economy.
by PARNELL, Edward Andrew, ed.
New York: D. Appleton & Co.,, 1844. Book. 8vo, orig. blue stamped cloth, spine gilt. Pp. xvi, 175. Illus, with 4 mounted cloth samples. Extremities of spine a little worn, foxed; a very good, sound copy. First Am ed. An English compendium on three subjects: gas illumination, wood preservation, and dyeing and calico printing, the last with several mounted samples. Imprints 4837..
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Scheme of the Exercises, at the Publick Commencement of Yale College, September 13th, 1815.
by PERCIVAL, James Gates.)
Book. [New Haven:] Hudson & Woodward, printers, [1815]. Broadside, 11 3/4 x 7 1/2. Text within ornamental border. Lightly browned, a little residue from album mounting on verso; folded. Rare program for Percival's Yale commencement. His name appears twice: giving an oration "On the comparative value of Scientifick and Military reputation"; and participating in a dialogue on "The Effects of Jealousy and Revenge." Not in Imprints; not in BAL Percival-ana; OCLC, Brown copy only..
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Our Old-fashioned Flowers.
by PERCIVAL., Olive.
Book. Pasadena: 1947. 8vo, patterned boards, cloth spine. Pp. 245. Colored frontis; line drawings in margins. A little rubbed. First edition, privately printed by Ward Ritchie in an edition of a thousand copies. Includes history of plant names, indexes of flowers, herbs and roses, with their old names, and a bibliography of books on old-fashioned plants..
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The Splendid Shilling: in Imitation of Milton
by PHILIPS, John
Dublin: Printed by James Hoey and George Faulkner at the Pamphlet Shop, 1728. Book. 8vo, removed. Pp. 7, (1). Trimmed close at bottom, affecting catchwords. First Dublin edition of an oft-printed poem, first published separately in 1705. The verso of the final leaf contains interesting ads for Hoey and Faulkner's well-known Pamphlet-Shop where "Curious gentlemen may be accomodated with Several Pamphlets and Poems, lately published in London, but never reprinted in Dublin, nor to be had but at said shop."... Read More
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La Cultura de' Fiori e degli Ananassi senza Stufa. Nuove edizione, accresciuta e corretta dall' autore.
by Piccioli, Giuseppe.
Florence: Anton-Giuseppe Pagani, 1797. Book. 12mo, early stiff paste-paper wraps (worn at extremities). Pp. 103, (1). A fine copy within. First collected edition of 3 treatises by Piccioli, with notes and corrections by the author..
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The Hand-Book of Taste: or, How to Observe Works of Art, Especially Cartoons, Pictures, and Statues.
by PICTOR, Fabius, pseud.
London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1845. Book. 12mo, original printed boards, cloth spine. Pp. 119 + 32 pp. cat. Cover worn and stained; contents very good. A sound copy. Third edition; first published in 1843.
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Life in the Woods or, The Adventures of Audubon.
by Pierce, B[radford] K[inney].
New York: Carleton and Porter, sunday-School Union, n.d. (1863). Book. 12mo, original cloth. Pp. 252 + ads, illus with 8 full-page engravings. Some foxing, otherwise a fine copy. Sabin 59544..
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A Musical Dictionary, Comprising the Etymology and Different Meanings of All the Terms That Most Frequently Occur in Modern Composition.
by Pilkington, H.W.
Boston: Watson & Bangs,, 1812. Book. 12mo, original boards. Pp. 84. Boards worn, detached. First edition, compiled by the English-born Pilkington, a Boston flute player and instructor. Wolfe 7033; Imprints 26468..
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A General Dictionary of Painters; Containing Memoirs of the Lives and Works of the Most Eminent Professors of the Arts of Painting, From Its Revival, By Cimabue... To the Present Time. A New Edition.
by Pilkington, Matthew.
London: Thomas McLean, 1824. Book. 2 vols, 8vo; half calf, marbled boards, raised bands. Pp. xxxvi, 543; 568. Edges rubbed, first few leaves of each volume foxed; very nice copies, near fine internally..
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Bounce To Fop. An Heroick Epistle from a Dog at Twickenham to a Dog at Court. By Dr. S---t.
by POPE, Alexander and Jonathan Swift.]
Dublin, Printed, London:: Reprinted for T. Cooper, 1736. Book. Folio, disbound. Pp. 11, (1, blank); wanting the half-title. Lightly browned and dusty, several marginal tears. First edition. Bounce was Pope's Great Dane; Fop belonged to Mrs. Howard. While authorship of the poem has been debated, "it is generally agreed that the original idea was Swift's, but that the writing is largely by Pope." - Foxon B326. The imprint is facetious, and the subsequent Dublin edition was in fact a reprint.... Read More
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Of the Characters of Women: An Epistle to a Lady. By Mr. Pope.
by POPE, Alexander
London: J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver, 1735. Book. folio, disbound. Pp. 16, (1). Wanting half-title, but with the final leaf of ads. Title dusty but a nice copy. First edition, the issue without the misprint in the title. Foxon P917..
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Discours sur l'Excellence du Vin, Contes et Autre Anecdot es, faisant suite aux insomnies.
by POTOT, De Missery.
Book. Dijon: Carion, 1829. 8vo, printed wraps. Pp. 108. A bedside anthology of poetical tales which includes the title prose essay of 13 pp., on the virtues of wine as the source of poetry and music, a consolation to old age and melancholy, etc. The author concludes with the observation that "vous ne trouverez jamais un temps plus favorabl e pour approvissioner vos caveaux de ces bon vins de Nuits, de Beaune, de V olnay et de Meursault." The... Read More
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The Pomological Manual; or, a treatise on fruits: containing descriptions of a great number of the most valuable varieties for the orchard and garden.
by PRINCE, William Robert, aided by William Prince.
Book. Second edition. New York: T. & J. Swords, 1832. 2 vols in 1, original boards, cloth spine, printed label. Pp. 200; 216. Small piece missing from top of spine, otherwise fine. First published in 1831. Entirely a catalogue of detailed fruit decriptions (excluding apples), admittedly a good portion derived from a wide variety of sources, but still with enough of the esteemed nurseryman's own experience (and that of his colleagues) in evidence to make Hedrick's dismissal of the work... Read More
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A History and Description of Modern Wines.
by Redding, Cyrus.
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1851. Book. 8vo, orig. cloth. Pp. viii, 440. Frontis + engraved chapter vignettes. Cover spotted, inner front hinge tender, internally very good. Third edition, with a new 28-page opening chapter, 'Of Ancient and Modern Wines,' new preface and the engraved fron tispiece. Gabler 33960..
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The Bank of Faith and Works United.
by Ripley, Dorothy.
Philadelphia: for the authoress, by J.H. Cunningham, 1819. Book. 8vo, broken calf; pp. 204. Covers detached, nice within. First edition of this interesting account of an English missionary's travels among the Oneida Indians. Sabin 71497; Imprints 49296..
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Whistle-Binkie; A Collection of Songs for the Social Circle.
by ROBERTSON, David, compiler.]
Glasgow: David Robertson & Co., 1890. Book. 2 vols, 12mo. Orig. blue cloth gilt. Pp. xii, 498; 328, 172..; half-titles T.e.g. Minor rubbing, a near fine set. Third edition, enlarged, with a historical preface; inscribed by the publisher and compiler's son, David Robertson, Jr., "To N. B. Mackenzie Esq., with the kind regards of his friend, The Publisher, 18th October, 1890." Best edition of the most popular Scottish song collection of the 19th century, originally issued in a four-part series... Read More
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Hints for American Husbandmen, with Communications to the Pennsylvania Agricultural Society. By order of the directors.
by [ROBERTS, Jonathan, Timothy Pickering and John Hare Powell.]
Book. Philadelphia: Clark & Raser, 1827. 8vo, original stiff wrappers, printed title label. Pp. [178]. Folding frontispiece and 3 plates (of 4). Spine worn, some browning, but a nice copy in original, uncut state. Sole edition, very scarce. A compilation from original and published sources both English and American, almost entirely devoted to short-horn cattle and sheep and their food crops. The large folding engraved frontispiece showing "Matilda, one of Mr. Whitake r's Improved Short Horn Cows" in... Read More
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Details of an Unpaid Claim on France for 24,000,000 Francs, Guaranteed by the Parole of Napoleon III.
by PARRISH Robert.]
Philadelphia: 1869. Book. 8vo, original cloth. Pp. 175, a.e.g. Frontispiece folding map of North Africa and 4 facsimiles. Minor interior stain, a very nice copy. One of several variant printings. Not published, and likely printed for specific rather than general circulation. Sabin 58848..
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Massachusetts Collection of Martial Musick, containing a plain, easy and concise introduction to the grounds of martial musick... Together with a large collection of the most approved beats, marches, airs, &c. Including the principal part of the duties of the camp, the evolutions for the musicians, and their signals... Designed principally for the benefit of the Militia of the United States.
by ROBINSON, Alvan, Jun.
Book. Exeter [N.H.]: Alvan Robinson, Jun., 1820. Oblong 12mo, plain rear wrapper present. Pp. 71, (1). Small light water stain on wrapper and first several leaves; very lightly browned throughout. "Second edition, corrected, improved, and enlarged." A popular and influential work first published Hallowell, Me.: 1818 (55 pp), of interest to drummers for its precise documentation of period beats, and fifers (and fiddlers) for its collection of 73 notated tunes. Instructions for musical military formations, funerals, and the duties... Read More
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Around the Year in the Garden...
by Rockwell, Frederick Frye/
New York: Macmillan Company, 1926. Book. 8vo, illustrated cloth. Pp. xx, 350, illus with photos. New Edition. Very good, bright copy..
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The Story of the Garden From Medieval Times to the Present.
by Rohde, Eleanor Sinclair.
London:: The Medici Society,, 1932. Book. Narrow 4to, 3/4 morocco and millefleurs patterned paper boards by Sangorski & Sutcliff, in a slipcase. A UNIQUE PROSPECTUS for Rohde's classic study, consisting of the first 16 pages of text, the frontispiece and six plates, three of which are in color, and trimmed and pasted on blank leaves. An additional leaf gives information regarding the illustrations ("There will be five plates in colour...")..
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Beethoven's Meisterjahre. Von der Eroica bis zur Appassionata.
by Rolland, Romain.
Leipzig: Im Insel, 1930. Book. 8vo, orig cloth. Pp. 276 with 29 plates and 2 folding facsimiles. Cover soiled, spine chipped, internally very good..
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The Haymakers. An Operatic Cantata.
by ROOT, George Frederick.
Book. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Company, nd (1857). Oblong 4to, marbled boards, cloth spine. Pp. 104. Fine copy of a later printing. A rural cantata by the popular composer and song writer, who grew up on a farm in Sheffield, Mass. Among the songs penned by Root are "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp", "Hazel Dell," and "Just Before the Battle Mother.".
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Horace's Art of Poetry. Made English by the Right Honorable The Earl of Roscommon
by ROSCOMMON, Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of
London: for Henry Herringman, 1684. Book. 4to, disbound. Pp. 32. Lightly browned, a nice copy. Second edition; first published in 1680. A founding work of England's Augustan Age. Includes Edmund Waller's introductory poem "Of this translation, and of the use of poetry." Wing H2769..
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Pilote de Guerre.
by Saint Exupery, Antoine de.
New York:: Editions de la Maison Francaise, Inc., 1942. Book. 8vo, printed wraps; pp. 253. First edition. Previous owner's bookplate on flyleaf. Very good..
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