Louisa, A Poetical Novel, in Four Epistles. By Miss Seward.
by SEWARD, Anna
Lichfield: Printed and Sold by J. Jackson, 1784. Book. 4to, disbound. Pp. 95; wanting the half title. A very good copy. Second edition. An exercise in hybrid form by the Swan of Lichfield; she considered this her best work. Despite her introductory tease that "This poem has little chance to be popular," it went through four editions the first year. NCBEL 2, 682..
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The Wants of the Scottish Universities and Some of the Remedies.
by SHAIRP, John Campbell.
Book. Edinburgh: Thomas Constable, 1856. 8vo, removed. Pp. 48. Outer leaves a little foxed. First edition, a presentation copy, inscribed, "The Rev, R. B. Major from T. C. Shairp" (inscription slightly trimmed). Though Shairp was 37 when this was published, it is among his first publications, a challenge to the universities to raise admission standards and institute entrance exams..
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Circulars Dealing in Part With the Ascent of Man Through Aspiration.
by SHARPE, William.
Book. Aided and guided by experience and the compulsion of circumstance as regards both the individual and the community as a whole, on the long road of human evolution. Keighley: Printed for the author by Messrs. Wadsworth & Co., The Rydal Press, nd [1916.] 12mo, print ed self wrappers. Pp. 55, ucut. Wrappers chipped at edges, sm library release stamp. Sole edition, initialled presentation copy, with a small photo of the author tipped in. A privately printed sampling of mystical... Read More
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City and Suburban Gardening.
by Sherlock, Chesla C.
New York: A.T.De La Mare, 1928. Book. 8vo, cloth; pp. 186, illus. Presentation copy; very good..
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Composition For Photographers. An Artist's Guide. With 38 Reproductions...and 32 sketches and diagrams.
by Simpson, Charles.
London: H.F.&G. Witherby, n.d. (1937). Book. 8vo, cloth, top of spine chipped, edges worn; internally a good copy..
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The Cocker. Containing every informatio n to the breeders and amateurs of that noble bird, the game cock: to which is added, a variety of other useful information for the instruction of thos e who are attendants on the cock pit.
by SKETCHLEY, William.
Book. Burton-On-Trent: J. Croft, 1814. Sm 8vo, later full polished calf, spine gilt; marbled endpapers. Pp. 154. Frontispiece of cock fight. Some browning and foxing; front hinge tender. Expanded edition of the a book first published in 1793. Pp. 1-61 give full particulars on breeding, desirable charcteristics, matches, etc.; remainder forms for keeping records, accounts, etc..
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The Complete Farrier or Horse Doctor: Also The Complete Cattle Doctor;... Fourth edition, enlarged and improved.
by Sloan, Walter B.]
Chicago: W.B. Sloan, 1851. Book. 12mo, original printed boards; pp. 160, frontis. Rubbed, first signature starting. Scarce midwestern guide. Byrd 1432..
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Landscape Gardening: or, Parks and Pleasure Grounds. With Practical Notes on Country Residences, Villas, Public Parks and Gardens. With Notes and Additions by Lewis F. Allen.
by Smith Charles L.
New York:: C.M. Saxton,, 1853. Book. 8vo, original cloth, leather spine, gilt. Pp, xii, [13]-367 + ads. Top one inch of spine missing, foxed; a sound copy. First American edition, a publisher's presentation copy, faintly inscribed in pencil "To the editor of the Independent with the respects of the Pub. Price $ 1.25." Allen's editorial additions are substantial, with copious critical notes on almost every topic that contrast English and American climate, practice and taste..
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The Churchman's Choral Companion to His Prayer Book. Consisting of chants, responses, and anthems, with Scripture hymns set to appropriate melodies; composed, selected and adapted to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
by SMITH, Rev. William
Book. New York: Printed for the author, 1809. Oblong 4to, contemp. marbled boards, calf spine. Pp. 8 (letterpress), 45 (engraved.) Boards worn, spine lacking; old paper tape repair to inner hinges; still a good, sound copy. Old inscription on title, "George Grundy. Gift To his daughter Mary Grundy. Baltimore, Feby. 1810." First edition, the second issue, enlarged with five additional pages of music. Scarce compilation, including 17 American compositions, some composed specifically for the work. Smith was a Scottish-born... Read More
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Theatrical Management in the West and South for Thirty Years. Interspersed with Anecdotal Sketches.
by SMITH, Solomon Franklin.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1868. Book. 8vo, original illustrated wrappers. Pp. vii, [9]-275, (1), illus.; port. plate. Printed in double columns. A fine copy. First edition, an important autobiographical account of a long career in acting and management in provincial 19th century America. Published a year before Smith's death, it combines elements of two earlier volumes of reminiscences with much new material. A fine copy in wrappers, with a family provenance, according to pencilled notes in the volume, having... Read More
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Die Färberei der Baumwolle mit direkt färbenden farbstoffen.
by SOXHLET, V.H.
Stuttgart: J. G. Cotta'schen, 1891. Book. 8vo, ornamented cloth. pp. 259 + ads; illus. With 150 mounted samples of dyed cotton. Cover damp-stained at bottom, else very good..
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Garden Clubs: Their Activities and Organization.
by Speller, Florence C.
New York: Mohawk Press, 1931. Book. 8vo, orig cloth. Pp. 159, illus. with full-page b&w photos. Soiled, browned within, but a sound copy..
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Catechism of Practical Agriculture.
by Stephens, Henry.
Book. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1870. 12mo, limp cloth gilt. Pp. [ii], 64. Illus. Some foxing, marginal wear; very good. Introductory manual of general agricultural practices, by the author of the popular Book of the Farm..
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The Celebrated Lecture on Heads; which has been exhibited upwards of one hundred successive nights, to crowded audiences, and met with the most universal applause.
by STEVENS, George Alexander.]
London: For J. Pridden Book. [1765.]. Folio, stitched, uncut. Pp. 9, (1). Folding engraved frontis. Creased at center, with a light stain at inner margin. A very good copy. "Fifth edition." An early folio edition from the first year of publication of an oft-printed comic staple of 18th century theater, generally cited as the first English comic monologue. Stevens was an actor and author of a libertine bent, who scored a huge success with this parody of an academic lecture... Read More
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Two Lyric Epistles: One to my Cousin Shandy, on his coming to town; And the other To the grown gentlewomen, the Misses of ****
by STEVENSON, John Hall.]
London: for R & J Dodsley, 1760. Book. 4to, stitched. Pp. 23; wanting the half-title. Light running stain to lower right, a good, untrimmed copy. First edition. John Hall-Stevenson entertained a coterie of rakes, wits and eccentrics at his Skelton Castle, among them Laurence Sterne, who made frequent use of its library. Published shortly after the appearance of Tristram Shandy, the first of these coarse macaronics is addressed to Sternes' title character and is signed "Antony... Read More
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Manuscript Alphabet Code Key.
by STEVENS, Walter Husted
Book. (Code writing.) STEVENS, Walter Husted, 1827-1867, Confederate Brig. Genera l, military engineer. Manuscript alphabet code key, signed in code. Single small sheet, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2. . Interesting manuscript, giving Stevens' original code system of line and dot symbols, enigmatically titled "Honorif icenticimus" in conventional script at top, and signed "Author. W. H. Stevens" in code at bottom. Stevens was an important military figure who graduated West Point in 1848, spent time in Texas building bridges and the... Read More
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Agriculture In Some Of Its Relations With Chemistry.
by Storer, F. H.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. Book. 2 vols. 8vo, orig. cloth. Pp. x, 551; vii, 590. A little foxing, but very good copies..
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The Minister's Wooing.
by Stowe, Harriet Beecher.
New York: Derby and Jackson, 1859. Book. 8vo, orig cloth, slightly discolorated. Pp. 578. A little foxing, otherwise a very nice copy of the first American edition. BAL 19407..
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The Minister's Wooing.
by Stowe, Harriet Beecher.
New York: Derby and Jackson, 1859. Book. 8vo, orig cloth. Pp. 578. A very good copy of the First American edition. BAL 19407.
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The American Flora,or History of Plants and Wild Flowers.
by Strong, A.B.
New York: Strong and Bidwell,, 1846. Book. 4to, early 3/4 morocco, marbled boards. Pp. 137, (1), iv. 52 plates, hand colored. A.e.g. Binding rubbed; lightly browned, occasional foxing, but over all a clean and fresh copy. First edition, Volume I only. Strong's Flora was erratically issued in 3 and 4 volume editions over a nine year period, with varying number of plates. Bennett notes the confusion surrounding the work, and the fact that "complete sets of any of these... Read More
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Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Concerning the Sacred Scripture.
by Swedenborg, Emanuel.
Boston:: John Folsom, 1795. Book. 8vo, original blue paper boards, paper spine. Pp. vi, [7]-186, uncut. Early academic bookplate. Tidemarks on boards, otherwise a fine, fresh copy in original state. One of two Boston printings of 1795, the other a duodecimo with "First American Edition" on the title page. Evans 29596..
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Some Personal Reminiscences of Carlyle
by SYMINGTON, Andrew James
Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1886. Book. 12mo, disbound. Pp. 129, uncut. Some browning of outer leaves, very good. First edition. A presentation copy, inscribed "Mrs. Baldwin with kind regards from her friend A. J. Symington. Langside: Glasgow. July, 1886." Symington (1821-1898), a minor Scottish poet and biographer, was a regular visitor to Carlyle's Chelsea home over a period of thirty years..
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Manual of the Lancasterian System, of Teaching Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and Needle-Work, as Practised in the Schools of the Free-School Society, of New-York. New York: Published by order and for the benefit of the Free-School Society. , 1820. 8vo, removed; pp. 63. With 4plates, 2 of which folding. Fine, bright copy.
by {Lancastrian System.)
Book. New York: Published by order and for the benefit of the Free-School Society, 1820. 8vo, removed; pp. 63. With 4 plates, 2 of which folding. Fine, bright copy. First edition. This manual is one of the clearest, most detailed expositions of actual monitorial practice for both boys and girls of the period. Its text was revised and adapted from a manual published in 1816 by the British and Foreign School Society. "It is committed to... Read More
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Ion; A Tragedy in Five Acts. To Which Are Added A Few Sonnets. Second Edition.
by TALFOURD, Thomas Noon
Book. London: Printed by A. J. Valpy, for private circulation. Not Published. [1835.] 8vo, early 3/4 morocco, marbled boards; raised bands, gilt compartments. Spine a little scuffed, minor marginal stains and moderate soiling; a very good copy. Second edition, with additions. A presentation copy, inscribed "To William Evans, Esq. With the author's sincere regards." Talfourd's longtime friend Evans was proprietor of the periodical "The Pamphleteer", for which Talfourd occasionally wrote. More significantly, Evans was instrumental in introducing Talfourd to Lamb... Read More
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The Victorian Flower Garden.
by Taylor, Geoffrey.
London: Skeffington, n.d. (1952). Book. Sm 8vo, orig cloth w/ DJ. Pp. 212 with 11 full-page plates, 2 of them color. A fine copy in a good DJ..
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