Contemporary Japanese rendition of the signing of the treaty at Kanagawa
N.p., n.d. [Japan, 1854. Pictorial record of US Commodore Matthew Perry's second visit to Japan in 1854, and the signing of the famous treaty at Kanagawa. Approx. 41" x 34½", watercolor and ink on paper; old folds, several insignificant breaks at the creases; some show-through from a large Japanese character on the verso; otherwise in very good condition. A contemporary rendering of the signing of the treaty, showing Perry's nine black ships in the harbor (Perry's flagship the Steamer... Read More
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Rochester Homæopathic Training School. Examination topics
[Rochester: Rochester Homæopathic Training School, 1880. Bifolium, 8vo; self wrappers; previous folds, else fine. A list of topics for the six school examinations, ranging from bed-making, to using a catheter, to secretions and excretions, germ theory, and obstetrical nursing. The sixth and last exam "may be on any of the preceding subjects. The examiner must however confine himself to the subject
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Magie. Zeitschrift des magischen Zirkels von Deutschland. 38. For the year 1958, complete
Small folio, containing 12 volumes in 11 (including 1 double volume), complete for the year 1958, pp. [8], 354; original wrappers for each issue bound in; publisher's red cloth-backed boards, near fine. With an annual table of contents, containing magic reports, reports from magic congresses, conferences, etc., descriptions of various tricks, innovations, club news, calendar of events, classified ads and advertisements, etc.
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Jesus-Christ: la voie, la vérité et la vie. Appel l'accomplissement de nos devoirs par le K. P. Hermann Joseph De Fugger-glott. Pretre de la compagnie de Jesus. Traduit de l'Allemand avec l'approbation de l'auteur par le Comte Emich Charles de Linange Billigheim
Gand: C. Poelman, 1876. First edition in French (translated from the 1867 German edition), small thin 8vo, 141pp.; a near fine copy in contemporary full navy morocco gilt, gilt-paneled spine, red edges goffered in gilt with 5-pointed stars, very light fading to spine and wear to extremities. With a presentation inscription in French from the translator, dated 1879. OCLC locates one copy in Italy only.
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Documents of a meeting of the proprietors of the New York patent thrashing machine purchases
Somerset, Maine: East Pond Plantation, 1837. Interesting documents from 19th-century Maine chronicling the mechanization of farming. The documents concern a group of farmers from East Pond, Maine who purchased a thrashing machine for $80, in addition to some other equipment. Originally invented in Scotland in 1784, threshing machines began to be patented in the United States around 1812. 1) Oct. & Nov. 1837, 1838 (16" x 7½"). Account of wheat, etc., East Pond 1837 including a long list of... Read More
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![Ricordo di Pisa. 32 vedute [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/365/105/1546105365.0.m.jpg)
Ricordo di Pisa. 32 vedute [cover title]
[Milano: Cesare Capello, n.d.], 1930. Accordion-fold view book 6¾" x 4½" containing 31 photolithographic illustrations (1 double-page); map endpapers; captions on verso in English, Italian, German, and Spanish; original decorative color with pictorial pastedowns; lightly rubbed, else very good. On back cover: CCM (i.e. Cesare Capello, Milano), interlaced. Map after a drawing by Attilio Bartalini.
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Plaza de Toros "El Toreo" Sabado 29 de Diciembre de 1928 ... Gran Corrida de Toros organizada por empleados de los Ferrocarriles nacionales de Mexico, en honor de los senores funcionarios y jefes de los mismos
[Córdoba, Mexico]: Typ. y Lit de El Buen Tono, S.A., 1928. Broadside, approx. 11½" x 6½", paper a bit toned, else very good.
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Hatfield's local addenda; or, companion to the almanack for 1830
Peterborough: Sold by G. K. Clifton, Printer, Bookseller, Stationer, Bookbinder, &c. Narrow Bridge Street, Peterborough, Dealer in Patent Medicines Wax Candles, &c, 1830. 7½" x 4¾", pp. xxviii, [4]; uncut; original blue printed paper self-wrappers, the second and next to last leaves also on blue paper with local ads; includes a unit reckoner, garden calendar, duties, recipes, market schedules, a literary miscellany, etc.; stitching perished but otherwise near fine. From the collection of Anne Renier, with her initials on... Read More
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Lán ê kiù-tsú Iâ-sơ Ki-tok ê sin iok. Tsoân su
Siōng-hai [i.e., Shanghai]: Tiong Hoa Sèng-Keng Hōe [China Bible House], 1950. Small 8vo, pp. [4], 462; printed on thin paper; previous owner's stamp on front pastedown; original green cloth blindstamped title on upper cover, title in gilt on spine; very good, sound, and clean. The romanized Amoy (Amoy Hokkien) New Testament, first published in 1947. The vernacular is spoken in the city of Xiamen and the surrounding metropolitan area, in the southern part of Fujian Province. One copy only... Read More
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The bijou: or annual of literature and the arts
London: William Pickering, 1828. 16mo, pp. xiv, 319, [5]; 15 engraved illustrations including the frontispiece, vignette title page, and text illustrations; original red morocco over printed paper-covered boards, spine gilt, a.e.g.; minimal wear to binding, overall near fine. Includes works by Coleridge, Lamb, Scott and others. Previously owned by Sarah P. Pratt, a proprietor of the Boston Athenæum, with her name in ink on the front free-endpaper. Faxon 1087; Kelly 1828.4.
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Providence Illustrated
Providence: H. S. Inman, 1886. Large 4to, consisting of a title leaf, table of contents, and 100 fine heliogravures, each appropriately captioned; publisher's heavy full blindstamped black morocco, double gilt rules on covers enclosing the title in gilt, gilt-lettered direct on gilt-decorated spine, a.e.g., silk moiré endpapers; some moderate rubbing; very good. Also published in 20 parts by the Lithotype Print. and Pub. Co. in Gardner, Massachusetts.
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![Twelve views of Folkstone [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/739/993/1700993739.0.l.jpg)
Twelve views of Folkstone [cover title]
London: Newman & Co., n.d., 1860. Oblong 12mo (5¼" x 7¼"), without a title page, as issued, and containing 12 sheets, each with an engraving of a Folkstone view; light wear, but near fine in original brown cloth gilt-stamped title on upper cover. Bookseller's ticket of W. Simpson, Folkstone on front pastedown. Not found in OCLC.
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Gazette and Courier. Vol. LXXI, No. 3725
Greenfield, Mass: S. S. Eastman & Co., Monday, January 26, 1863. 26¾" x 20¾", pp. [4]; 8 columns per page; creased where previously folded and with a few small breaks, early owner's signature, occasional dampstaining and small tears. Includes articles on troubles in the tenth regiment, General Butler's opinion of slavery, message from President Lincoln, horrors of southern institutions, a mutiny in Fort Sumter, Diptheria and Smallpox. Also contains usual ads (some with cuts), marriages, births, and deaths; a... Read More
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The world English-Chinese baby dictionary / 世界英漢词寸半字典
Shanghai: The World Book Co., Ltd, 1940. Third printing, 32mo, 3 x 1.75 in., pp. [6], ii, [2], 726, 4,9, [1], 29, [1], 6, 3, [3]; 25000 terms; stiff black paper covers; rubbing to covers, a few leaves chipped or creased, good. Not found in OCLC.
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![Memorial of inhabitants of the District of Columbia, praying for the gradual abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. March 24, 1828. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. February 9, 1835. Ordered, on motion opf Mr. Hubbard, of New Hampshire, to be printed, with the names thereto attached [drop title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/574/549/1459549574.0.l.jpg)
Memorial of inhabitants of the District of Columbia, praying for the gradual abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. March 24, 1828. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. February 9, 1835. Ordered, on motion opf Mr. Hubbard, of New Hampshire, to be printed, with the names thereto attached [drop title]
[Washington, D.C.]: Gales & Seaton, 1835. 8vo, pp. 10; removed from binding; very good. At the head of the title: "Slavery - District of Columbia." Includes 8 pages of names in triple column, over one thousand names in all. Not found in Afro-Americana or American Imprints. Cornell, George Washington University, Harriet Beecher Stowe Museum, Millersville Univ., and Cal State - Long Beach only in OCLC.
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Tractatus de Divina Gratia
[Italy ? early 18th century]. 4to, pp. 390, [6]; text in Latin throughout, and divided into several different sections; contemporary full parchment, manuscript title on spine, sprinkled edges; covers splayed, light foxing, very good. The book includes the Tractatus and a theological dissertation on Grace as a First Act. The Tractatus is divided into three parts, with an introduction, five arguments (Disputatio) in part one, complete with objections and responses, a defense of St. Augustine's Doctrine of Divine Grace,... Read More
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The agricultural, manufacturing and commercial resources and capabilities of Minnesota. Being a brief description of the state, its history, progress and present condition of development, and the attractions it offers to immigrants. Published for gratuitous distribution by the State Board of Immigration
St. Paul, Minn: H. H. Young, Secretary of Board [of Immigration], 1881. 8vo, pp. 64; 28 wood-engraved illustrations throughout; original printed gray wrappers; slight chipping of the spine, some soiling but generally near fine. Notes on the natural resources, climate and temperature, population, Native Americans, water power, manufacturing, mining, agriculture, social life, laws, state lands, railroads, etc. and a historical sketch of the state. The president of the Board of Immigration at the time of publication was Governor John... Read More
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The Menai Bridge, near Bangor, Carnarvonshire
Bangor: J. Brown, printer and book-binder, 1825. Broadside, approx. 14" x 9¼" (35 cm x 24 cm), printed on one side within a typographical ornament border, wood-engraved illustration of the bridge at the top, text beneath in double column under the running head; margins trimmed to the outer edge of the border, remains of an old mount on the verso; a sharp copy. "Second edition, with additions" as stated at the top. A handsome letterpress broadside describing the architecture,... Read More
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Extraterrestrial life: a bibliography
Washington DC: NASA, 1964. Square 8vo, 2 vols. (Report Literature and Published Literature); 1068 entries in double column with index; blue and white printed paper wrappers; mild soiling, ex-library with marks on wrappers and title page.
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Catalogue
Cincinnati: Press of Wilstach, Baldwin & Co, 1871. Thick 8vo, pp. ix-[xii], 644; hinges cracked, else good or better in orig. green cloth gilt, t.e.g.; presentation copy from Poole, the librarian, to MHS; ex-MHS. Contains an historical sketch of the library and a floor-plan of the building.
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![Juvenile concert, of vocal music, in Titcomb Street Church, Newburyport, on Thursday evening, Dec. 17, 1835. Under the direction of John R. Robinson [drop title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/662/661/1268661662.0.l.jpg)
Juvenile concert, of vocal music, in Titcomb Street Church, Newburyport, on Thursday evening, Dec. 17, 1835. Under the direction of John R. Robinson [drop title]
[Newburyport, Mass.]: print. of Hiram Tozer, 1835. 16mo (approx. 7" x 4¼"), pp. 12; stitching perished, sheets loose, some foxing, else very good. Lyrics to about 20 songs, without music. Not in OCLC or American Imprints.
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50 ex-libris taurinos de la coleccion del Excmo. Sr. Conde de Colombi
Madrid, 1962. Edition limited to 33 copies (this, no. 30), 8vo, stiff paper portfolio with title and imprint on one side, and containing a bifolium index to the bookplates plus 49 (of 50) separate reproductions of bookplates with bullfighting themes, the whole contained in a full blue Spanish calf slipcase; some blue from the slipcase offset onto the portfolio, else generally fine. Bullfighting bookplate of James J. Nieto. Not in OCLC.
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