Posthumous second edition in English, “translated from the French, with notes and engravings, illustrative and supplementary, by Andrew Ure.”

Uncut, partially unopened copy.

•  Uncut, partially unopened copy. Publisher's quarter cloth with paper covered boards; some discoloration to cloth, light chipping to board edges. Ex–social club library: paper label at top of spine, 19th-century bookplate, call number on endpaper, pressure-stamp on title-page, no other markings. A clean copy with the plates good and crisp; as noted above, an uncut, partially unopened copy.  (27388)

•  Wheeler Gift 1320.   Publisher's printed green paper wrappers; spines and edges chipped, vol. I sunned and vol. III slightly darkened, vol. III front wrapper torn with old tape repairs. Signatures unopened; some mild age-toning and occasional spots of foxing. Vol. I with final signature and plates starting to separate. Important, and unusual in original wrappers.  (40236)

Provenance:  Title-page, rear free endpaper, and rear pastedown rubber-stamped “Ex libris Augustini Mueller.” Later from the residue of the stock of the F. Thomas Heller bookselling firm (est. ca. 1928).

•  Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 29998.   19th-century quarter brown sheep, marbled paper–covered sides in a Spanish wave and shell vein pattern; spine with gilt-stamped red leather title-label, blind-tooled decorative motif in center, and small gilt roll bands. Binding moderately rubbed overall, more so at edges, extremities, and joints; light to moderate foxing, one page with small area of tiny ink splatters in outer margin; large Mueller rubber-stamp as noted. A sound, more than serviceable copy of this interesting work.  (40072)

One of the “Collector's Series in Science” publications.

•  Publisher's quarter cloth. In original slipcase, which is sunned (and pictured above). Very Good condition.  (22449)

•  Contemporary calf, nicely rebacked some time ago with raised bands and a gilt-stamped red leather title-label; original leather edges darkened, crackled, and chipped. Some plates with minor offsetting or spots of foxing, overall clean and crisp.  (39874)

•  19th-century quarter sheep over paper-covered boards, worn and abraded with small discolorations; spine leather chipped, with remnants of gilt-stamped leather title label. Edges untrimmed. Some offsetting and a very few spots to pages; small area of worm damage in upper margins.  (5107)

The work's two volumes are here bound as one, with each half-title present; the main text is in French, with many footnotes in Latin or Greek. The author (1730–1812) was a French-born tutor and chargé d'affaires who spent much of his life either in England or travelling the Continent, generally in the service of various well-to-do people of rank.

Provenance:  Front pastedown with bookplate of G.W. Fowler. Later in the residue of the stock of the F. Thomas Heller bookselling firm (est. ca. 1928).

•  Barbier, IV, 29; Blake, NLM 18th Century, p. 130; Brunet, II, 922; Wallis, Newton and Newtoniana, 382.55.   Contemporary quarter mottled sheep and interestingly marbled paper–covered sides (paper in shades of rose, grey, and brown, with pattern resembling camouflage), spine with gilt-stamped leather label; binding rubbed and worn overall, with tiny spots of insect damage. Bookplate as above, front free endpaper with early inked initials in upper margin, vol. I half-title with early inked authorship attribution. Light foxing, only. A solid copy of this interesting look at 18th-century thought on the history of science.  (40425)

The loose leaves are not excised from the book but are a mix of internal company documents and communications received from suppliers.

Provenance:  John Donnelly, whose name appears at the top of two loose leaf of technical tables laid in the bound volume.

An important, suggestive resource for 1920s fashion research, industrial chemistry of the period, and American shoe manufacturing.

•  A stationer's blank book with lined paper; boards covered with a faux leather that is separating from them; good condition. The ten separate leaves have been removed from volume and are housed separately in a Mylar sleeve.  (35989)

Boston’s

•  Venus: ESTC T73277; Ode: ESTC T41985 (first ed.). Recent marbled paper–covered boards, spine with printed paper label. Second work lacking half-title and title-page. Inner margins of two leaves reinforced; last line of advertising page shaved. Title-page and last few leaves with moderate foxing; one page (not the title) stamped by a now-defunct institution, with some offsetting to opposing page. (5875)

Vol. I opens with a steel-engraved portrait of the author, done by Henry Cook after Hervé; vol. III is illustrated with an oversized, folding plate of a water-engine intended for millwork, devised by the author, and a plate of another of his inventions, the automated “chamber fire escape”, which enables anyone to lower him- or herself from a high window. This is the third edition, following the first of 1807.

•  NSTC H625; Sabin 30461.   Contemporary speckled sheep, spines with gilt-stamped leather title-labels; vol. I with joints and extremities refurbished, vols. II and III with spines and edges rubbed, old strips of library tape reinforcing spine heads. Ex–social club library: 19th-century bookplates, call number on endpapers, pressure-stamp on title-pages, vols. II and III with paper shelving labels at top of spines (vol. I showing signs of now-absent label). Vol. I title-page with offsetting from frontispiece; vol. III with pp. 69–72 excised (two leaves of a rather long religious-themed letter from Harriott to his son) and with upper portion of one leaf crumpled, reinforced some time ago. Some light age-toning, intermittent small spots of foxing and ink-staining, pages generally clean. Utterly absorbing.  (30651)

•  Laced together with a silk ribbon. Some small spots of browning on drawing and elsewhere adjacent to ribbon; a little soiling exterior and along edges; and a few tiny tears in edges.  (8636)

•  Laced together with a silk ribbon. Some foxing, especially on drawing; soiling on exterior fold with traces elsewhere; and spotting to ribbon and wafer.  (8638)

•  Laced together with a silk ribbon. Some browning, especially adjacent to ribbon and wafer; and a few tiny tears in edges. Short closed tears along the folds, without loss.  (8635)

•  Laced together with a silk ribbon. Some browning, especially adjacent to ribbon and wafer.  (8634)

Provenance:  Ex–Franklin Institute Library (its on-site sale 1986) with its bookplate, lending rules, and stamps.

•  Publisher's pebbled brown cloth, stamped in blind and gilt on front cover and gilt on spine; top of spine pulled with a chip. Fore-, top, and bottom edges of book and all odd-numbered pages with the library's stamp, and even-numbered pages with offset from the stamps; titIe-page and one other leaf with a perforation-stamp.A testament to why 19th-century librarians were so often called enemies of books.  (35448)

The edition in hand is printed in roman and italic, with factotum initials and a handful of woodcut tailpieces. The title-page in the first volume is printed in red and black, and black only in the second, with both volumes featuring the printer's device of an armillary sphere: mark of the Elzevirs, who printed the 1678 edition in Amsterdam?

•  On Marino, see: DBI online.   Quarter calf over paper-covered boards, recently rebacked with original spine leather laid down; spine tooled creating compartments accented with gilt center ornaments, author and title gilt on black morocco spine in second one. Scuffed, chipped, and soiled but sturdy; foxed throughout though never more than moderately; edges uncut.  (30910)

250 recipes making use of slow cooking

•  Bitting 326 (for 1909 & 1911 eds.); Brown, Culinary Americana, 2637 (first ed. only). Not in Cagle & Stafford.   Publisher's dark green cloth, front cover and spine stamped in black with title and images of fireless cookers; mild rubbing to extremities, very faint scratches to back cover. Front hinge (inside) with small area of insect damage near head. A clean, solid copy.  (30292)

•  Publisher's brown cloth, covers and spine with blind-stamped decorations and gilt-stamped vignettes; extremities rubbed, spine head chipped, gilt lightly rubbed. Ex–social club library: paper shelving label on spine, 19th-century bookplate, front free endpaper lacking, pressure-stamp on title-page, no other markings. Small crescent burn mark to upper margin of title-page, a very few small smudges elsewhere, otherwise clean.  (28291)

The second sheet is for Stanfield's “Grand Local Diorama,” the grand finale of which involved the “magnificent display of the Falls of the Virginia Waters, seen through the Fairy Temple of Luminaria” — facilitated by a hydraulic apparatus capable of discharging 39 tons of water, “forming a coup d'oeil never before witnessed on any stage.”

A contemporary of Stanfield's once called him “the prince of scene-painters,” and his dioramas were legendary for their beauty and immersive effects.

•  Split halfway up center fold and neatly repaired from rear; one untrimmed outer edge slightly ragged. Gently age-toned. Delightful (and very displayable) piece of theatrical ephemera.  (36575)

Our suggested publi cation date is based on the back wrapper advertisement for La Photo-Revue, which states that the periodical was then in its 16th year. This manual is not commonly encountered now, with searches of WorldCat findingonly two U.S. institutions reporting holdings (George Eastman House, Texas State University-San Marcos).

Provenance:  This is anauthor's presentation copy: half-title inscribed “L'auteur à Monsieur de Tardieu,” with signature. Later from the residue of the stock of the F. Thomas Heller bookselling firm (est. ca. 1928).

•  Publisher's paper wrappers in (taped) glassine dust jacket; spine slightly darkened. Signatures unopened; pages age-toned; a clean and sound copy.  (40421)

•  Late 19th/early 20th–century half morocco with marbled paper–covered sides, spines with gilt-stamped author, title, and date; extremities and spine bands rubbed and refurbished. Upper edges stained red, with staining extending slightly into many upper margins; some pages trimmed closely. Light to moderate foxing and soiling.  (40654)

The "Buzaglo" referred to in the poem is the eponymouscast-iron stove designed by London inventor/ironmaster Abraham Buzaglo, which the author of the poem contends will, once installed, quell party strife in the House of Commons by warming the uncomfortable chill that provokes and riles the more partisan members.

•  Recent marbled paper wrappers. Very light foxing on first three leaves. Two page numbers shaved.  (3689)

Published at the beginning of renewed interest in the U.S. and England in “scientific agriculture.”

•  Goldsmiths'-Kress 25812.   Publisher's blind-embossed green cloth, rebacked with much of old spine unobtrusively reapplied. Binding a little soiled and spine darkened with gilt of title dimmed; tips of corners chipped. Instances of dust-soiling at some top margins; one leaf with loss and soiling along outer edge without affecting text. Ex-library with old rubber-stamp on the title-page and several other pages.  (24439)

The presenter of the volume was R.T. McLain, chief clerk of the Department of Agriculture; the Hon. J. Gregory Smith, the recipient, was the president of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company.

Binding:  A presentation binding of black morocco over boards with slightly bevelled edges. Covers with a gilt triple fillet border and a gilt floral vine inner “border.” Recipient's name in gilt in center of front board. Round spine, raised bands, gilt spine extra; gilt roll on board edges, different gilt roll on turn-ins. Pink endpapers of a textured paper, printed with an overall pattern of small gilt interlocking circles. Green silk place marker. All edges gilt.

A very nice example of a mid-19th-century presentation binding.

•  Binding as above, lightly rubbed at the joints (outside) and board edges. McLain's presentation card pasted to front pastedown, above Smith's bookplate. A very good copy of a book that is, as we say here, “interesting for more than one reason.”  (35244)

Scarce: OCLC, RLIN, and NUC-Pre1956 locate only six U.S. holdings.

•  Brunet, V, 1118. Contemporary limp paste paper–covered wrappers, spine with hand-inked label; paper chipped at edges and front joint open; spine label darkened and peeling. Front pastedown with bookseller’s ticket and institutional bookplate; front free endpaper and title-page with institutional stamp; front free endpaper with ownership inscriptions dated 1829. Pages untrimmed.  (19120)

•  Publisher's red textured cloth with title and ALL authors' names gilt-lettered on spine; covers double-ruled in blind, gilt circlet surrounding title on front cover, yellow endpapers with printed publisher's advertisements; binding gently rubbed and lightly soiled, spine pulled at top with loss of cloth and text moderately cocked. Marked as above, interior clean.  (36185)