AN ACT FOR THE BETTER AND MORE SPEEDY RECOVERY OF DEBTS, OF THE VALUE OF FIFTY DOLLARS. PASSED APRIL 12, 1824. PUBLISHED IN OBEDIENCE TO THE 44th SECTION OF THE SAID ACT
by (New York)
Albany, 1824. 32pp. Gathered signatures, stitched as issued. Tanned and foxed, contemporary ownership signature on titlepage. Good, untrimmed. 32pp. One of a series of laws enacted in New York State, beginning in the 1780s, designed to expedite the recovery of debts through legal measures. This one was known as the "Fifty Dollar Act." Includes the text of required forms. Not in Shoemaker. OCLC locates only one copy, in the New York State Library. Rare. OCLC 26234135
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Album with 87 photographs depicting construction of the Ashokan reservoir, which supplies water to New York City, with multiple views of excavation machinery, compressors, special aqueduct and screen chamber, the spillway, tunnels, and picturesque scenes of local buildings
by (New York)
New York, 1915. 87 silver prints, the images measuring 3 x 4-1/2 to 4-1/2 x 6-1/2 inches, mounted recto and verso on black sheets, most of the prints with a caption in the negative. Oblong 4to. In a black "Snapshots" album. Some wear, photos fine. 87 silver prints, the images measuring 3 x 4-1/2 to 4-1/2 x 6-1/2 inches, mounted recto and verso on black sheets, most of the prints with a caption in the negative. Oblong 4to.... Read More
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MEMORIAL OF THE AUCTIONEERS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. JANUARY 3, 1821. PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
by (New York)
Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1821. 12pp. Dbd. Light offsetting on text. Very good. 12pp. Dbd. This memorial was part of an ongoing dispute between New York City auctioneers and merchants over the taxation of auction houses. Retailers claimed that auctions were inconsistent with regular trade and injurious to the interests of the city. The auctioneers respond by asserting that they help conduct the commerce of the city, and that they combat monopolies and speculation. Still true today? Shoemaker... Read More
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Switzerland as now divided into Nineteen Cantons; interspersed with historical anecdotes, local customs, and a description of the present state of the country. The cantons are severally described, and also the county of Neuchatel, the republic of Geneva, the boundaries, & new road over the Simplon, with picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the Swiss...to which is added a short guide to Travellers
by Yosy, A.[nn]
London: Printed for J. Booth, Duke Street ... and J. Murray, Albemarle Street, 1815. First edition. 50 hand-colored engravings of Swiss costume, 2 plates of music, printed recto and verso on one sheet, for Swiss air "Ranz de Vaches des Ormonts." viii, 236; [ii], 211, [1] pp. 8vo. Mid-nineteenth century full olive morocco, gilt, a.e.g., by J. Wright. Spine browned, jointes lightly rubbed, front hinge cracked. Bookplate of P.H. First edition. 50 hand-colored engravings of Swiss costume, 2... Read More
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Travels during the Years 1787, 1788, and 1789. Undertaken...with a View of ascertaining the Cultivation, Wealth...of the Kingdom of France
by Young, Arthur
Bury St. Edmund's: J. Rackham for W. Richardson, 1794. Second Edition. 3 folding engraved maps, one hand-colored. [i]-viii, [1]-629, [3]; ([ii], [1]-336, [4]pp. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in contemporary three quarters calf, red leather labels. Second Edition. 3 folding engraved maps, one hand-colored. [i]-viii, [1]-629, [3]; ([ii], [1]-336, [4]pp. 1 vols. 4to. This second edition of Young's Travels is widely considered the best contemporary account of France just before the Revolution. The second volume has almost completely new... Read More
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A Tour in Ireland; with General Observations on the Present State of that Kingdom: made in the Years 1776,1777 and 1778. And brought down to the end of 1779
by Young, Arthur (1741 1820)
London: T. Cadell anfd J. Dodsley, 1780. Engraved frontispece and another opposite p. 1.xi, [5], 384; 168, [4]pp. 4to. Half modern calf. Engraved frontispece and another opposite p. 1.xi, [5], 384; 168, [4]pp. 4to.
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![[Printed "Valley Note" Currency in Denomination of $2.00, with Printed Heading: "G.S.L. City, Jan, 20, 1849"]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/374/556/1189556374.0.l.jpg)
[Printed "Valley Note" Currency in Denomination of $2.00, with Printed Heading: "G.S.L. City, Jan, 20, 1849"]
by Young, Brigham
[Salt Lake City], 1849. Small printed paper slip. 1 vols. 2 x 3-3/4 inches. Overall condition is excellent. Blindstamped with the official seal of the Twelve Apostles, and signed in manuscript by Brigham Young, Thomas Bullock, and Heber C. Kimball. N.K. Whitney is named as payee in manuscript. No serial number. Small printed paper slip. 1 vols. 2 x 3-3/4 inches. This small piece of paper money printed by the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City is an... Read More
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The Search for Doctor Livingstone [ a Diary Kept during the Investigation of his Reported Murder]
by Young, E.D.
London: Letts and Son, 1868. Illius., with folding map at end. 262, 12, ads pp. 8vo. Original green cloth. With inscription for Mapping Prize in 1869. Illius., with folding map at end. 262, 12, ads pp. 8vo. "In 1867, Royal Navy lieutenant E. D. Young trekked to Africa to find the great missionary-explorer David Livingstone who was reported to be lost while searching for the origins of the Nile. Henry Faulkner joined the expedition primarily to hunt. His... Read More
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The Centaur Not Fabulous. In Six Letters to a Friend, on The Life in Vogue
by [Young, Edward]
London: A. Millar; R. and J. Dodsley, 1755. Second Edition, Corrected. Engraved frontispiece. 384 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full contemporary calf. Lightly rubbed, upper joint cracked, else a bright copy. Small top corner of title page cut out, removing owner's signature. Second Edition, Corrected. Engraved frontispiece. 384 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
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![Autograph letter, signed ("E. Young"), to [Lady Mary Wortley Montagu], regarding her patronage of Richard Savage](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/197/845/1247845197.0.l.jpg)
Autograph letter, signed ("E. Young"), to [Lady Mary Wortley Montagu], regarding her patronage of Richard Savage
by Young, Edward
N.p., 1725. 1 p. 4to. Old folds, repaired tear at left, left edge reinforced at verso with blank margin slightly trimmed; matted with portrait and framed. 1 p. 4to. Edward Young (1683-1765) writes to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu to acknowledge the monetary gift she'd sent, on Young's appeal, to the infamous poet Richard Savage (1697/8-1743). In part: "I have seen Mr. Savage, who is extremely sensible of the honor your ladyship did him by me. You was, I... Read More
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Les Nuits d'Young, traduites de l'Anglois par M. le Tourneur
by Young, Edward
Paris: Chez Lejay, 1769. First edition in French of Young's Night Thoughts. Engaved frontispieces by Mercier after drawings by Marillier. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spines, brown morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers. Samll stain to frontispiece of first volume, minor marginal staining to first few leaves of second volume, otherwise a beautiful set. First edition in French of Young's Night Thoughts. Engaved frontispieces by Mercier after drawings by Marillier. 2 vols. 8vo.
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The Unicorn with Silver Shoes
by Young, Ella
New York: Longmans, Green & Co, 1942. Early reprint. Illustrated by Robert Lawson. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Near Fine, in Near Fine, unclipped dust jacket, with some faint spotting to spine panel. Early reprint. Illustrated by Robert Lawson. 1 vols. 8vo.
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C. Plinii Caecilii Secundi epistolae et panegyricus
by Pliny the younger
Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1659. [24], 404, [28] pp. 12mo. Contemporary vellum. Very good. [24], 404, [28] pp. 12mo. Provenance: royal stamp on title; various early ownership signatures; Siebold (ownership signature dated 1825, stamp on verso of title); Kirby Flower Smith (bookplate)
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C. Plini Caecili Secundi Panegyricus, quem Imp. Nervae Trajano optimo principi dixit, sive scripsit: & ad eum Justi Lipsii commentarius P.P., cum ejusdem Dissertatiuncula apud Principes Albertum & Isabellam
by Pliny the Younger
Trajecti ad Rhenum Typis Gisberti à Zijll, & Theodori ab Akersdijck, 1652. 263pp. 16mo ( 5 x 2-3/4 inches). Bound in near contemporary speckled calf. Fine. 263pp. 16mo ( 5 x 2-3/4 inches).
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Autograph Note Signed to Alfred Eisenstaedt, Van Homesville, NY, October 1949
by Young, Owen D.
Pen and ink on paper. 7-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches. Fine. Pen and ink on paper. 7-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches. Owen D. Young (1874-1962), trained as a lawyer, was a man of many parts. He was an industrialist, chairman of General Electric and founder of RCA; a public servant, serving as member of various international conferences and later on heading several NY State commissions; and a prominent collector of rare books, whose collection reposes in the New York Public... Read More
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A Treatise on Internal Navigation ... To Which Is Annexed The Report of Albert Gallatin on Roads and Canals
by [Young, Samuel]
Ballston Spa: Printed by U.F. Doubleday, 1817. xi, 152, 115 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full evergreen morocco, boards edges tooled in gilt rule, turn-ins elaborately gilt, t.e.g., others untrimmed, by The French Bindery. "By Samuel Young" in ink across title page. Head of title excised, repaired, with loss of one line of copyright statement. Bookplate of Nelson Doubleday. xi, 152, 115 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Shaw & Shoemaker 42989
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A Fortune to Share. With a Preface by Earnest Elmo Calkins
by Young, Vash (1889-1965)
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, [19311]. First Edition. 158pp. 8vo. Cloth. VG. First Edition. 158pp. 8vo. Inscribed to Advertising maven Earnest Calkins who wrote the preface. Young a Mormon from Salt lake City wrote motivational and self-improvement books with a popular following during the Great Depression.
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Shark! Shark! The Thirty-Year Odyssey of a Pioneer Shark Hunter. Foreword by Count Felix von Luckner
by Young, William E. and Horace S. Mazet
New York: Gotham House, 1933. First Edition, one of 425 copies (the missing limitation notice was bound in the trade edition by mistake). Illustrated with drawings and photographs; endpaper maps. 287pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blind stamped brown cloth, with shark leather spine from Ocean leather Company, slight soiling to upper cover, else fine. First Edition, one of 425 copies (the missing limitation notice was bound in the trade edition by mistake). Illustrated with drawings and photographs; endpaper... Read More
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Biography of William C. Young with Family Incidents Connected Therewith. Compiled April, 1889
by (Young, William C) [M.P.]
New York: Styles & Cash, Printers, 77 Eighth Avenue, 1889. First Edition. Mounted photo frontispiece, 2 folding plates; 115 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown pebbled flexible boards. With obituary notices pasted to preliminaries; near fine. First Edition. Mounted photo frontispiece, 2 folding plates; 115 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Young was a surveyor and founder of Youngstown who worked on the Eirie Canal and the Ohio, Panama, and the New York Central railroads.
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Suites d'Estampes pour Kou-Kou-Hai
by Yourcenar, Marguerite
High Loft, Maine: Press of the High Loft, 1980. First edition, No. 7 of 180 numbered copies (200 in total ediion). Illustrated with color woodblocks by Nancy McCormick. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Orignal brick-reddish paper boards, with leather spine label. Fine copy, in blue-green cloth slipcase with chemise. Fine. Prospectus in English laid. First edition, No. 7 of 180 numbered copies (200 in total ediion). Illustrated with color woodblocks by Nancy McCormick. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. With a... Read More
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Portrait photograph of Lin Yutang
by (Yutang, Lin) Van Vechten, Carl
New York, 1939. Bust portrait of the author. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 35.3 x 27.7 cm. (approximately 13-7/8 x 11 inches). Fine. Docketed on verso in ink giving the name of the sitter, the date of the session, and the reference to negative and print ("X - 9 - 17"). Bust portrait of the author. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 35.3 x 27.7 cm. (approximately 13-7/8 x 11 inches).
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Fishermen's Philosophy: Being the reflections of several contemplative anglers which I think not unworthy the perusal of my friends
by Zabriskie, Geo[rge]
Ormond Beach, Florida: [Privately printed], 1935. Hand-colored title-page vignette of fisherman and fish; 21 pp., printed rectos only. 1 vols. 8vo. Green gilt-stamped cloth, in lightly worn printed dust jacket; fine. Hand-colored title-page vignette of fisherman and fish; 21 pp., printed rectos only. 1 vols. 8vo. INSCRIBED on the front free endpaper to Dr. Hamilton Halt by the author, December 28, 1939, with a hand-tied fly affixed beneath the inscription. Bruns Z1
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Hey! Diddle Diddle
by Zagar, Isaiah
[Brooklyn]: 'Zagar Press', 1960. One of 4 copies, signed and dated "I. Zagar 1960" on last leaf. Artist book in folding concertina format: double-page manuscript coloured title; 5 double-page manuscript coloured text openings each with a colored etching accompanying text. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Original decorated cloth over boards, endpapers with decorated crayon images of fish, trees etc. Fine. One of 4 copies, signed and dated "I. Zagar 1960" on last leaf. Artist book in folding concertina format:... Read More
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Downtown District of Manhattan ... Nieuw Amsterdam and New York 1789-1939
by Zaidenberg, Arthur (1902-1990)
New York: Gardner Osborn, 1938. Color pictorial map. 38 x 25 inches. Tape repairs on verso reinforcing creases and folds. Color pictorial map. 38 x 25 inches. A colorful pictorial map of lower Manhattan, published for the World's Fair. Rumsey 8101
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La Prima Giornata delle Novelle di Merlaschio. [Half -title:] Novelle Dieci
by Zambrini, Francesco
Imola: dalla Tip Galeati, 1848. One of 100 copies. 159 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary black leather-backed marbled boards, uncut. Very occasional foxing, else fine. One of 100 copies. 159 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. 2 copies in OCLC (HHG, EQO)
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