JOSEPH ALLEINS GRUNDLEGUNG ZUM THATIGEN CHRISTENTHUM AUS DEM ENGLISCHEN UBERSETZT.
Lancaster: 1796. 12mo, 332pp, scattered spotting. Original leather (chipped along spine). Good+. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Evans 29965. Arndt 1037. More
LANGUAGE
AMES' ALPHABETS, ADAPTED TO THE USE OF ARCHITECTS, ENGRAVERS, ENGINEERS, ARTISTS, SIGN PAINTERS, DRAUGHTSMEN &C.
New York: Bicknell & Comstock, [1879]. Oblong 4to, original cloth [a bit flecked, rubbed at extremities] with gilt-stamped title on front cover. Attractive, decorative title page. [2], 33 plates printed on rectos only, [2 advt.] pp. Light scattered soil, endpapers a bit worn. Very Good. The first edition under..... More
A COMPLETE GERMAN GRAMMAR, IN TWO PARTS. THE FIRST PART CONTAINING THE THEORY OF THE LANGUAGE THROUGH ALL THE PARTS OF SPEECH; THE SECOND PART IS THE PRACTICE IN AS AMPLE A MANNER AS CAN BE DESIRED...THE SECOND AMERICAN EDITION. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED RULES FOR PRONUNCIATION AND SPELLING.
Philadelphia: Charles Cist, 1793. [ii], 285, [1 blank], [2 Index] pp. Pages 213, 266 numbered incorrectly as issued; page 59 correctly numbered. Light fox, light wear, light tan. Bound in original sheep, rebacked, new endpapers. Good+. A very scarce German grammar, OCLC locating seven copies only. The first American edition..... More
DISSERTATIO PHYSIOLOGICA INAUGURALIS, DE CAUSIS RESPIRATIONIS EJUSDEMQUE EFFECTIBUS; QUAM, SUB MODERAMINE VIRI ADMODUM REVERENDI JOHANNIS EWING, S.S.T.P. UNIVERSITATIS PENNSYLVANIENSIS PRAEFECTI...
Philadelphiae: Prichard et Hall, 1789. [4], iv, 34 pp. Disbound, some toning and light foxing. Dedicated to John Ewing. Good+. Evans 21716. Austin 345. More
A GRAMMAR OF THE GREEK LANGUAGE; ORIGINALLY COMPOSED FOR THE COLLEGE-SCHOOL, AT GLOUCESTER...FIRST AMERICAN FROM THE THIRD LONDON EDITION. RECOMMENDED BY THE UNIVERSITY AT CAMBRIDGE (MASS.) TO BE USED BY THOSE WHO ARE INTENDED FOR THAT SEMINARY.
Boston: Thomas & Andrews. April, 1800. 12mo, contemporary full leather [rubbed, front board detached, rear joint cracked but holding]. [iv], 123, [i.e., 223], [1]pp [lacks pages 219-222]. Scattered foxing, inner cords broken. Good only. "Edited by John Snelling Popkin." Evans. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Evans 37085. Not in Sabin, Jenkins..... More
YR AMERICAN, YR HWN SYDD YN CYNNWYS NODAU AR DAITH O DDYFFRYN OHIO.
Llanrwst [Wales]: 1840. 12mo. 48pp. Stitched in original printed green wrappers. Generously margined, uncut, lightly toned, Very Good, in a modern cloth folding case. Thomas Streeter, who thought this piece was unrecorded, wrote: "I have not been able to learn anything about Chidlaw beyond the fact that Thomson 184..... More
Y RHYFEL CARTREFOL YN AMERICA. HANES BRWYDR Y BULL RUN, Y GYNTAF O'R YMLADDFEYDD GWAEDLYD A FUL RHWNG YR UNDEBWYR A'R CYNGHREIRIAID YN YSTOD Y RHYFEL A FU RHYNGDDYNT O 1861 HYD 1865.
Caernarfon, Wales: H. Humphreys. [@, 1865]. [2], 12, [2 advt] pp. Bound in modern wrappers. Very Good. The head of the title reads 'Rhif 78. Llyfrau Ceiniog Humphreys Caernarfon...' OCLC records only one location, at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. Another issue, with two locations, has a caption title and..... More
CARTAS CRITICAS SOBRE VARIAS QUESTIONES ERUDITAS, CIENTIFICAS, PHYSICAS, Y MORALES, A LA MODA Y AL GUSTO DEL PRESENTE SICLO, ESCRITAS EN IDIOMA TOSCANO POR EL ABOGADO JOSEF ANTONIO COSTANTINI:TRADUCELAS AL CASTELLANO DON ANTONIO REGUART. TOMO NOVENO. CON LICENCIA, Y PRIVILEGIO.
Madrid: En la Imprenta de Blas Román, donde se hallará, 1778. 4" x 6". [6], 448 pp, with the half title. Volume 9 of a 12 volume set. Bound in contemporary vellum [light wear]. Wormed on last 12 leaves [loss of a few letters from each page], else Very Good..... More
ESPOSICION PRESENTADA AL EXMO. SR. PRESIDENTE DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA, DE LOS SERVICIOS PRESTADOS POR EL CORONEL DE EJERCITO D. JUAN DOMINGUEZ. [Translates: EXPOSITION PRESENTED TO HON. SR. PRESIDENT OF THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC, OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY ARMY COL. D. JUAN DOMINGUEZ].
Mexico: Impreso por Santiago Perez, Calle del Angel, numero 2, 1839. 23, [1 blank] pp, disbound. Light tanning, light scattered foxing. Good+ to Very Good. OCLC 13975454 [3] [as of October, 2014]. More
ZIONITISCHER WEYRAUCHS-HUAJGEL ODER: MYRRHEN BERG, WORINNEN ALLERLEY LIEBLICHES UND WOHL RIECHENDES NACH APOTHEKER-KUNST ZUBEREITETES RAUCH-WERCK ZU FINDEN...
Germantown: Gedruckt bey Christoph Sauer, 1739. [12], 792, [14] pp, with pages 791-792 bound after the final 14 pages, as recorded by Sabin. Signature B is correctly reset, as in most copies. Toned, lightly spotted. Original calf binding [front cover detached but present, spine leather rubbed], housed in a modern..... More
SOME GOSPEL TREASURES, OR THE HOLIEST OF ALL UNVAILING; DISCOVERING YET MORE THE RICHES OF GRACE AND GLORY TO THE VESELS OF MERCY, UNTO WHOM IT IS GIVEN TO KNOW THE MYSTERIES OF THAT KINGDOM, AND THE EXCELLENCY OF SPIRIT POWER TRUTH ABOVE LETTER FORMS SHADOWS IN SEVERAL SERMONS, PREACHED AT KENSINGTON AND ELSEWHERE.
Germantown: Christopher Sower, 1757. 4to. Two volumes in one, as issued: xi, [1 blank], 268, 280 pp. Bound in original sheep [some rubbing, but a firm binding]. Light to moderate foxing, Good+. The first edition issued from London in 1657. This is its first American printing. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION..... More
DER GESCHWINDE RECHNER ODER: DES HAENDLERS NUETZLICHER GEHUELFE; IN KAUFFUNG UND VERKAUFFUNG ALLERLEY SACHEN SOWOHL IM GROSSEN ALS KLEINEN. DA AUF EINMAL GEZEIGT WIRD DER WERTH VON ALLERLEY WAAREN ODER SACHEN, VON EINEM VIERTEL PENS BIS AUF 19 SCHILLING UND 9 PENS; UND VON EINEM PFUND, JARD, GALLE, BUSCHEL, U. BIS AUF 10,000...
Germantown: Christopher Saur, 1774. Contemporary sheep, raised spine bands. [280] pp. Generally light foxing. Good+. A scarce 'ready reckoner' in German, Fraktur script. Evans 13275. Arndt 434. Hildeburn 3017. ESTC W19354 [10 locations]. More
DIE GEFAHR IN DEN STRASSEN. NEBST EINIGEN ANDERN ERZAHLUNGEN.
Philadelphia: Jacob Meyer for Johnson and Warner, 1810. 12mo. 36pp. Stiff salmon wrappers [some glue staining from endpapers pasted to the wraps], stitched. Woodcut illustrated title page depicting man and child waving their arms at the family dog as it runs by and topples the contents from the dinner table..... More
ELEMENTS OF THE CHALDEE LANGUAGE, INTENDED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE HEBREW GRAMMARS, AND AS A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE ARAMEAN DIALECTS.
New York: Printed for D.A. Borrenstein, at 94 William-Street, 1823. 23pp, disbound, lightly tanned. Very Good. Harris, professor of Hebrew at Hoxton Academy, demonstrates the differences between Chaldee and Hebrew for readers of the dialects. He states, "No such publication-- so far as the compiler's knowledge extends-- is extant..... More
SELECTAE E VETERI TESTAMENTO ET E PROFANIS SCRIPTORIBUS HISTORIAE...
Philadelphia: Benjamini Franklin Bache, 1787. [4], 170, [6] pp, as issued. First two leaves with small rectangular portion cut, not affecting the title but several other words; and a tear affecting several words on the second leaf. Bound in contemporary boards, with crudely sewn half-sheep. Endpapers absent. Good. This is..... More
EINE ADDRESSE AN DIE FREYEN LEUTE VON PENNSYLVANIEN, VON DER CORRESPONDENZ-COMMITTEE DIE FUR DIE STADT PHILADELPHIA VON DEN FREUNDE DES JAMES ROSS, BESTIMMT WURDE, MIT IHREN MITBUREGERN UBER DEN GEGENSTAND DER GOUVERNORS-WAHL ZU CORRESPONDIREN.
Philadelphia: Gedruckt bey Carl Cist, 1799. 24pp. Stitched, untrimmed, uncut. Tanned with scattered spotting, Very Good. "Translation of: An Address to the freemen of Pennsylvania, from the committee of correspondence for the city of Philadelphia, appointed, by the friends of James Ross, to correspond with their fellow citizens on..... More
CRITICAL DISQUISITIONS ON THE EIGHTEENTH CHAPTER OF ISAIAH. IN A LETTER TO EDWARD KING, ESQ. F.R.S.A.S. BY SAMUEL LORD BISHOP OF ROCHESTER, F.R.S.A.S.`.
Philadelphia: Re-printed by James Humphreys, From the London Copy of 1799, 1800. 12mo. v, [1 blank] , [7]-101, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, lacks the bookseller advertisement at page [103]. Except as noted, Very Good. The text includes both Hebrew and Greek lettering. Horsley was the Bishop of Rochester, whose life..... More
A PICTURE BOOK FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.
Philadelphia: Published by Kimber and Conrad, [1812?]. 2 1/2" x 5 1/2", in contemporary plain yellow wrappers. Title page woodcut, and 44 additional woodcuts. [24] pp. Wraps lightly dusted, Near Fine. An attractive children's book. Rosenbach 466. AI 26465 [5]. More
THE YOUNG CHILD'S A, B, C; OR, FIRST BOOK.
New-York: Published by Samuel Wood & Sons, No. 261, Pearl-Street; and Samuel S. Wood & Co. No. 212, Market-st. Baltimore, [1816?]. 16mo. 16pp plus original printed tan wrappers, with front wrapper vignette of old man followed by a dog, and rear wrapper vignette of an animal [fox?] looking at an..... More
ANDROO JOHNSON, HIS LIFE, INCLUDIN' HIS INFANCY, HIS BOYHOOD, AND HIS DIMOCRISY AND ABOLITIONISM, SEPARATE AND MIXED. BY PETROLEUM V. NASBY, A DIMOCRAT UV THIRTY YEAR'S STANDIN', WHO NEVER SKRATCHED HIS TICKET AND ALLAZ TOOK HIS LIKKER STRATS.
New York: J.C. Haney & Co., 1866. [12-illustrations], [3], 16-38, [6- publisher advts.] pp. Stitched, lacks printed wrappers. Many plates and illustrations by Mulken (Johnson, Seward, Grant, political scenes of the tumultuous year of 1866). One advertisement leaf chipped at blank margins. Else Very Good. A satire of Johnson's..... More
AN ORATION, DELIVERED BEFORE THE PBK SOCIETY, AT THEIR ANNIVERSARY MEETING, IN NEW-HAVEN, ON THE FIFTH OF DECEMBER, A. D. 1797.
Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin, 1798. 32pp, later plain wraps. Minor scattered foxing, Very Good. This learned Oration is a rebuttal of the "current" notion "that a knowledge of the learned, or, as they are otherwise denominated, the dead languages, is in no way essential to the study of our..... More
A CRITICAL GRAMMAR OF THE HEBREW LANGUAGE. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I.
New York: 1838. xxiv, [xxxiii]-280, [2], pp [as issued], 2 folding charts [one with large pieces missing]. Original blindstamped brown cloth [boards detached, textblock loosening]. Rubberstamps on front pastedown and endpaper. Scattered foxing. A candidate for rebinding, else Good+. This is Volume I of the first edition. The advertisement..... More
MENIGHEDS DRONING FOR DEN NORSTE EVANGELISCH-LUTHERIFE TREFOLDIGHEDS-MENIGHED I CHICAGO.
[Chicago: 1878]. 4" x 5.5" in original printed wrappers. Stitched. 15, [1] pp. Lightly worn and dusted wrappers, Good+. On the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. More
FIRST LESSON IN PHONOGRAPHY. THE ALPHABET | EXERCISES.
New York: Stereotyped by C. Davison & Co., 33 Gold St. Copyright 1847 by Andrews & Boyle, [1847]. 4to broadside, 9-1/2" x 12", text and illustrations surrounded by decorative border. Lightly foxed, Very Good. The first portion of this rare broadside is divided by a rule into two columns. The..... More
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE IROQUOIAN LANGUAGES.
Washington: 1888. Washington: 1888. 208pp, stitched in original printed wrappers [spine reinforced archivally]. Untrimmed and uncut. Very Good. 25 Decker 274. More