TECHNIQUE OF FASHION LAYOUT
1949. ABRAMS, Barney. THE TECHNIQUE OF FASHION LAYOUT. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1949). Review copy. HC w/dj. Very good plus in a moderately soiled and edgeworn dust jacket. More
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DICTIONNAIRE DE L'ACADEMIE FRANCAISE
1835. ACADEMIE FRANCAISE. DICTIONNAIRE DE L'ACADEMIE FRANCAISE. Sixieme edition. Publiee en 1835. Paris: Imprimeries et librairie de firmin Didot Freres, imprimeurs de l'Institut de France. 1835. Sixth edition. Engraved title-pages. Two 4to. volumes: xxxiv,911; 961 pp. Contemporary binding of full mottled calf, dark brown lettering pieces and gilt decoration at..... More
RECEPTION DE M. ETIENNE GILSON LE 29 MAI 1947
1947. [GILSON, Etienne] ACADEMIE FRANCAISE. RECEPTION DE M. ETIENNE GILSON LE 29 MAI 1947. Discours de M. Etienne Gilson. Discour de M. Pasteur Vallery-Radot. Paris: Editions du "Monde," 1947. 16 pp. Quarto, green paper wrappers. Inscribed by Gilson, in ink on the front wrap, "a Mr. R. C. Greene en..... More
SYSTEM OF THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY
1808. ACCUM, Frederick. SYSTEM OF THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY Two Volumes, with Plates. From the Improved London Edition. Philadelphia, Kimber and Conrad, 1808. Octavo. Two volumes. xx,393pp.; xx,431[7}pp. +VIIff. First American edition. Contains seven engraved plates. First published in 1803, Accum'swas one of the earliest chemical texts to be based..... More
TREATISE ON ADULTERATIONS OF FOOD AND CULINARY POISONS.
1820. ACCUM, Fredrick. TREATISE ON ADULTERATIONS OF FOOD AND CULINARY POISONS EXHIBITING THE FRAUDULENT SOPHISTICATIONS OF BREAD, BEER, MUSTARD, PEPPER, CHEESE, OLIVE OIL, PICKLES, AND OTHER ARTICLES EMPLOYED IN DOMESTIC ECONOMY, AND METHODS OF DETECTING THEM. Philadelphia: Ab'm Small, 1820. 270p. Small Octavo. Unbound Ex-library with perforated stamp to title..... More
TREATISE ON ADULTERATIONS OF FOOD AND CULINARY POISONS.
1820. ACCUM, Fredrick. TREATISE ON ADULTERATIONS OF FOOD AND CULINARY POISONS EXHIBITING THE FRAUDULENT SOPHISTICATIONS OF BREAD, BEER, WINE SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS, TEA, COFFEE, CREAM CONFECTIONERY, VINEGAR, MUSTARD, PEPPER, CHEESE, OLIVE OIL, PICKLES, AND OTHER ARTICLES EMPLOYED IN DOMESTIC ECONOMY, AND METHODS OF DETECTING THEM. Philadelphia: Ab'm Small, 1820. 143p. Small..... More
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF SIR BENJAMIN BRODIE
1864. (LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth, signature). ACLAND, Henry W. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF SIR BENJAMIN BRODIE, LATE SERGEANT-SURGEON TO THE QUEEN AND PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1864. 31 pp. 4 3/4 x 7 inches: 12mo., pale blue wrappers. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's copy with his..... More
PROCEEDINGS ON THE 250th ANNIVERSARY OF THE SETTLEMENT OF WEYMOUTH
1874. (MASSACHUSETTS). PROCEEDINGS ON THE 250th ANNIVERSARY OF THE PERMANENT SETTLEMENT OF WEYMOUTH. With an historical address by Charles Francis Adams. Boston: Wright and Potter, 1874. 8vo., brown cloth lettered in gilt. Tipped in is THE PROGRAMME OF EXCERCISES AT THE CELEBRATION OF THE 250th ANNIVERSARY OF THE SETTLEMENT OF..... More
SEWARD AND THE DECLARATION OF PARIS
1912. ADAMS, Charles Francis. SEWARD AND THE DECLARATION OF PARIS. A Forgotten Diplomatic Episode, April-August, 1861. Boston, (printed for the author), 1912. 8vo., pamphlet; 61 pp. Slight dust soiling and edgewear; very good. More
THIRD REPORT BY MR. ADAMS ON SILK CULTURE IN JAPAN, DATED AUGUST 10, 1
1871. ADAMS, F. O. [Francis Ottiwell]. THIRD REPORT BY MR. ADAMS ON SILK CULTURE IN JAPAN, DATED AUGUST 10, 1870. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. London: Printed by Harrison and Sons, 1871. At the head of t.p. is printed "JAPAN. No. 1 (1871)" and..... More
MELANCHOLY LUTE
FE. ADAMS, Franklin P. THE MELANCHOLY LUTE. Selected Songs of Thirty Years. New York: The Viking Press, 1936. First edition. With dust jacket blurbs by E.B. White and Dorothy Parker. 8vo., blue cloth. Touch of sun to cloth. Near fine, in a lightly worn and soiled dust jacket... More
DICTIONARY OF ALL RELIGIONS AND RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS
1817. ADAMS, Hanah. DICTIONARY OF ALL RELIGIONS AND ALL RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS. Jewish, Heathan, Mahometan and Christian, ancient and modern. With an appendix, containing a sketch of the present state of the world, as to population, religion, toleration, missions, etc...and the articles in which all Christian denominations agree. Fourth edition, with..... More
A VIEW OF RELIGIONS
1801. ADAMS, Hannah. A VIEW OF RELIGIONS, in two parts. Part I: Containing an Alphabetical Compendium of the Various Religious Denominations... Part II: Containing a Brief Account of the Different Schemes of Religion... The Third Edition, with large additions. Boston: Manning and Loring, 1801. 504 pp. 8vo., contemporary calf. Moderate..... More
A VIEW OF RELIGIONS
1801. ADAMS, Hannah. A VIEW OF RELIGIONS, in two parts. Part I: Containing an Alphabetical Compendium of the Various Religious Denominations... Part II: Containing a Brief Account of the Different Schemes of Religion... The Third Edition, with large additions. Boston: Manning and Loring, 1801. 504 pp. 8vo., contemporary calf. The..... More
DOCUMENTS RELATING TO NEW ENGLAND FEDERALISM 1800-1815.
1877. ADAMS, Henry, editor. DOCUMENTS RELATING TO NEW-ENGLAND FEDERALISM 1800-1815. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1877. First edition. xii, 437 pp. Preface by Adams on pages [v]-viii. Octavo, red cloth, gilt title on spine. Bookplate of Moorfield Storey (American, 1845-1929), an attorney and an important civil rights activist who served..... More
JOHN RANDOLPH
FLTD. ADAMS, Henry. JOHN RANDOLPH. (American Statesmen, Volume XVI). Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1898. 1/500 numbered, large paper copies. Slight wear at crown, label darkened, otherwise a fine copy. More
LETTERS OF HENRY ADAMS
1930. ADAMS, Henry. LETTERS OF HENRY ADAMS. [Volume I]: 1858-1891. ([Volume II]: 1892-1918). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930 & 1938. First trade edition. Large 8vo, with frontis., blue cloth lettered in gilt. Spine sunned on vol. I with light wear. Cloth is faded on vol. II with overall light soil, spine..... More
YODOGIMA IN FEUDALISTIC JAPAN
1911. ADAMS, I. William. YODOGIMA IN FEUDALISTIC JAPAN. New York: The Mikilosch Press, 1911. 302 pp., 12mo., red cloth lettered in gilt, spine in gilt. With a 1" x 1" spot at the top of the spine where the dye and gilt have largely leached from the cloth, else very..... More
MARCH OF DEMOCRACY
1965. ADAMS, James Truslow. THE MARCH OF DEMOCRACY. A History of the United States. In seven volumes, from The Rise of the Union to The Kennedy Years. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1965). 8vo., red and blue cloth (volume 7 in blue cloth only). Ex-library. Very good plus... More
MARCH OF DEMOCRACY: THE RECORD OF 1964
1965. ADAMS, James Truslow and Jacob E. Cooke. THE MARCH OF DEMOCRACY. A History of the United States. The Record of 1964. A continuation of the seven-volume March of Democracy series. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1965). 8vo., blue cloth. Ex-library. Very good plus... More
DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN HISTORY INDEX
1942. ADAMS, James Truslow, Editor in Chief, & R. V. Coleman, Managing Editor. DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN HISTORY, INDEX. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. Second edition revised. viii, 258 pp. 4to., blue cloth printed in gilt to spine. Text clean and tight, boards scuffed, slightly bowed and lightly soiled. About..... More
SET OF ADAMSIANA
ADAMS, John. [ADAMSIANA]. A mixed set of twenty volumes pertaining to John Adams, his career and family, with illustrations. All are ex-library, but with discreet spine lables or ink numbers the only external marks. Included: LEGAL PAPERS OF JOHN ADAMS. L. Kinvin Wroth and Hiller B. Zobel, editors. (In three..... More
LIFE IN A NEW ENGLAND TOWN: 1787, 1788
1903. (ADAMS, John Quincy). LIFE IN A NEW ENGLAND TOWN: 1787, 1788. The Diary of John Quincy Adams, while a student in the office of Theophilus Parsons at Newburyport. Boston: Little, Brown , and Company, 1903. 8vo., maroon cloth lettered in gilt. A fine copy... More
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
1827. (ADAMS, John Quincy). A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, to both houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Twentieth Congress. December 4, 1827. Read and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Washington: Printed..... More