The Laughing Philosopher
by Anon.
Dublin: James Williams, 1777. First Edition.. full 18th cent. calf; rebacked.. A very good copy; some occ. dustiness.. 12mo. Engraved title page. [6], (1)2 - 244 pp. An unusual descriptive low life ramble set out in a series of numbered descriptions and vignettes of life (characters appear in some of the vignettes). There is hardly a topic the author does not consider and ridicule. At times this appears a jest book. There is no London edition (as the... Read More
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Manuscript recipe book
by Anon.
[Philadelphia ?]: np, ca. 1880. Unique.. Full contemporary sheep.. A good copy with some overall toning.. 8vo. A manuscript recipe book containing cures and all kinds of household formulae. The book has a dated inscripiton of 1836 but the entries are in a different hand and appear to be considerably later. There are several pages of newspaper clippings that are mounted in the book.
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The American Rose Culturist ... to which is added full directions for the treatment of the dahlia
by Anon.
New York: Orange Judd & Company, ca. 1860. Later Edition.. Original publisher's printed wrappers.. A good copy with tape repairs to the wrappers.. 8vo. There are text illus. throughout. A detailed rendering of directions for the cultivation of both flowers.
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Facts Worth Knowing in Reference to the Consumption of Gas
by Anon.
Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1868. First Edition.. orig. printed wrappers.. A very good copy.. 8vo. Ther are text illus.. A detailed analysis of burner design and early metering devices (illustrated).
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Pharmacopoeia Collegii Regii Medicorum Edinburgensis
by Anon.
Edinburgh: J Bell, 1783. Later Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. Very good internally; binding dry with split joints.. 8vo. A standard reference of the period. Absent from Wellcome.
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The Beautiful Fruit Gatherer [18th century English color mezzotint]
by Anon.
London: R[obert] Sayer and J Bennett, 1782. Edition Unknown.. Mounted on board at an early date.. Good; vertical margins trimmed; colors are deep and solid; some bug (?) damage along the blank lower border and minor surface rubbing.. Print. Stencil, hand and block printed color mezzotint meas. appx. 353 x 252 mm. A handsome decorative print depicting a woman in an elaborate garden collecting grapes. She is wearing a flowing white dress, apron, shawl and black hat adorned... Read More
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Nineteenth century watercolor of the Schaffhausen Falls on the Rhine
by Anon.
American [?], ca. 1850. Unique.. Very good.. An accomplished 19th century color gouache meas. 7.5 x 12 inches of a raging river waterfall. An ink notation on the verso of the backing board locates the scene as being : ' [obscured] Falls, New York ' . This is incorrect. The place is actually on the Rhine and the drawing depicts the Schaffhausen Falls. There is another (later) notation stating that the signature of A B Durand has been... Read More
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Hints to Young Tradesmen, and Maxims for Merchants
by Anon.
Boston: Perkins & Marvin, 1838. First Edition. Original publisher's green gilt stamped cloth.. Good; some spotting and a bit of wear to the cover.. 12mo, 96 pp. (last 7 pages are adverts) A presentation of the principles of a successful business covering the usual things like credit, purchases, insurance but also store locations, bonds and securities, speculation. Coming on the heels of the 1837 panic one wonders how many sales the book had. S&S #50828; Kress, C-4646.
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Manuscript notes to the lectures on bleeding and inflammation of Maurizio Bufalini at Florence, ca. 1850
by Anon.
[Florence]: Not Published., ca 1850. Unique.. Contemporary half leather.. Very good.. 8vo, [256] pp. A set of what are apparently scribal notes to lectures with extensive additional hip notes throughout in the hand of a student who has signed the last leaf. There are two subjects. A brief 18 page section devoted to blood letting followed by a lengthy, highly detailed exposition of the problems and cures for inflammation. The notes are identified by a spine label that... Read More
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The Star Series of Tramp Jokes Recitations & Monologues
by Anon.
[Racine, Wisconsin ?]: Western Printing, [1935?]. Edition Unknown.. Original publisher's prtd. wrappers.. A very good copy; browned throughout.. 12mo. A 64 page anthology of tramp humor etc. printed for popular consumption.
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Medical vocabulary - annotated manuscript
by Anon.
France: Unique, ca1850. Contemporary half-leather, marbled paper boards; fore-edge is letter indexed.. Very good.. 4to, appx. 260 pp. Written in a clear French. An unusual alphabetical listing of medical terms that are acompanied with notations to their precise locations in the literature and medical periodicals of the period. The context contains everything from the common, e.g., membrane, to unique, e.g., "mercurialisation". The annotations are detailed and precise.
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Ophiolatreia ... Serpent Worship ....
by Anon.
[London?]: Privately Printed, [1889]. First Edition.. Original publisher's stamped white paper binding; bevel edges.. Very good; unopened.. 8vo, viii, [1] - 131, [1 - blank] pp. A history of serpent worship and it origins. The book touches on sexual matters hence the "private printing". The text is a survey of cultural forms of serpent worship. This has application to medical topics. The cover is boldly stamped in red with a caduceus.
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Nineteenth century woven gingham trade catalog
by Anon.
ca1840. Stitched as issued; printed flexible boards.. Very good.. Oblong 8vo, original decorated wrappers; 18 samples (138 x 215 mm); no text. A rare, fugitive cloth sample catalog for colored, woven, dress gingham. Experience would urge one to say this is English but there is nothing conclusive.
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Catalogue Des Doyens, Maîtres & Suppôts du Corps des Serruriers, Marechaux, Taillandiers ....
by Anon.:
Lille: P S Lalau, 1764. First Edition.. As issued.. Very good.. Folio broadside meas. 530 x 408 mm. A handsome broadside listing the independent craftsmen of the metal trades and their addresses in what was to become the industrial heart of France.
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Regulations for the Instruction in, and Practice With, the Watkin Range Finder
by Anon.
London: HMSO, ca 1900. First Edition.. Original publisher's gilt stamped linen cloth.. Very good; front hinge weak.. 8vo, [4], [5] - 30, [2] pp. + 4 full page lithographic plates (one color). The explanation and use of a range finder to determine distances over ground in order to site-in weapons. There is an addenda to the text citing examples of how to use the device.
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The Constitution of the Washington Society of Maryland
by Anon.
Baltimore: J L Cooke, 1810. First Edition.. stitched as issued.. A very good copy.. 8vo. The object of the society was to extend and carry into effect the political principles and system of George Washington. Branches of the organization were to be set up throughout the state. S & S # 21956.
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Manual of Surveying Instructions for the Survey of Public Lands of the United States ....
by Anon.
Washington DC: GPO, 1902. First Edition. Original publisher's cloth.. Very good; some rubbing to the cloth.. 8vo, [4], [5] - 203, [1] pp + 8 very large folding plates. A highly detailed instruction manual for the survey of American public lands; including a history of the development of the instructions from the time of Jefferson forward to the publication date. Included are three specimen samples of surveying field notes for Montana undertaken by Richard Roods and then Robert... Read More
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Geistlicher Irrgarten, Mit vier Gnaden-brunnen ... Die vier Ströhm des Paradeises [sic] ....
by Anon.
Ephrata : Ephrata Cloister, 1784. As issued.. Good; some rumpling to the edges; old folds with early paper reinforcement; two holes with backing (no loss). . Folio broadside meas. appx. 515 x 420 mm. Printed in Fraktur type; single sheet of thick, untrimmed and unwatermarked paper. A popular theme among the PA German religious communities. The way of man's soul through life and its ultimate return to god. The journey is represented as a typographical maze illustrating the... Read More
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[Manuscript] Class notes for R D Mussey and D Oliver medical lectures at Dartmouth, the winter semester of 1834
by Anon.
[Hanover]: Unique, 1834. Unique.. disbound. Good copy. The manuscript is in pencil.. 12mo. An anonymous student notebook (partial) of the medical lectures of R D Mussey and D Oliver in surgery and materia medica for the winter semester of 1834. The notebooks are disbound and likely a substantial portion of a notebook ( the text begins in October ) comprising appx. 120 pages of text. The notebook is written in pencil in a cramped hand. Kelly & Burrage,... Read More
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The Rose of Sharon, Inscribed to Lizzie
by Anon.
[Maryland?], ca1840[?]. As issued.. Near fine; old folds.. Broadside, meas. appx. 250 x 203 mm. What appears to be an amateurish printing of a six stanza poem printed within ornate steel-cut printed borders. The only identifier is what is an imprint at the base of the page: " 'Pledge' Pr."
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The Fashionable American Letter Writer ... and Rules for Composition
by Anon.
Boston: J Loring, 1826. Second Edition.. Contemporary calf backed boards.. A very good copy.. 12mo. There is a frontis. . An uncommon letter manual of American origin. It covers all kinds of social, domestic and commercial forms. S & S # 25420.
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Selected Monographs on Dermatology. Unna, Nielsen, Duhring ....
by Anon.
London: New Sydenham Soc., 1893. First English Edition.. orig. publisher's cloth.. A very good copy; inst. stamp on title and several text leaf margins.. 8vo. An excellent anthology of classic contributions to the pathology of skin disease, skin reactions to various drug compounds, and a selection of Duhring's papers.
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Repair and refit ledger for American whalers out of Fairhaven and New Bedford, 1845 - 1846
by Anon.
[Fairhaven, MA], 1845 - 1846. Original leather backed marbled boards.. Good; binding rubbed and a bit worn; some signatures loose in the casing.. Small folio, commercial bound ledger, appx. 180 pp. A most interesting commercial record for an unidentified 'finish' worker who was responsible for leading, caulking, painting, and miscellaneous other finish or repair work aboard a variety of vessels - but primarily whalers - out of Fairhaven and New Bedford in 1845/`46. The entries are detailed and... Read More
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Das Kleine Davidische Psalterspiel .... - BOUND WITH - Die Kleine Harfe , Gestimmet von unterschiedlichen lieblichen Liedern ....
by Anon.
Germantown: Michael Billmeyer, 1813. Third, Improved Edition.. In a Billmeyer binding of full calf over bevelled wooden boards with simple line tooling; original riveted clasps and leather straps in tact. No example in the Maser Coll. catalog or in Papantonio.. Very good, tight, bright copy; a free endpaper with paper excision. The binding is exceptional.. 12mo, I - [v], [vi - blank], [1] - 572, [22 - index] pp; II - [2], [3] - 55, [1 - index]... Read More
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16th century drawing
by Anon.
unk.: unique, unk. date. single sheet.. A good copy; old repaired tear.. An orig. 16th century ink drawing on a notebook leaf that meas. appx. 6.25 x 8.5 inches. It is a rendering in light brown ink of an elaborate classic Roman style torchiere. The verso of the leaf has what appears to be chariots and shields of various kinds ( the old paper repair goes right through these renderings ). The torchiere is a strikingly elaborate concotion... Read More
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