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Paris: J.B. Baillière et fils, 1864. 40 volumes, 8vo, a number of wood-engraved illus. in the text; contemporary and probably original quarter black morocco, gilt-lettered direct on paneled spines; generally fine. Extensive encyclopedia of medical science edited by Sigismond Jaccoud.

Oxford: [Oxford University Press], 1952. 8vo, very good copy in original faded dust-jacket, price clipped, slightly bumped along top edge. Previous owners signature in pencil and ink on front endpaper.

Concord, N.H.: printed for the author, 1819. First edition, 12mo, pp. 151, [1]; original drab paper wrappers, some staining; spine partially perished; paper toned; otherwise good and sound. A full account of the crimes and trial of Elijah Putnam Goodridge (1787-1851), compiled by Joseph Jackman, a tavern owner whom Goodridge framed for theft. On the night of December 19, 1816, Goodridge, who claimed to be traveling from Bangor to Boston, staged his own robbery on the roadside. The performance included shooting his own hand and slicing himself with a razor. He framed two brothers, Levi and Laban Kenniston, Jackman, and the innkeeper Ebenezor Pearson. Goodridge's crimes were exposed during trial and his victims were ruled not guilty. The attorney for the defense was Daniel Webster (1782-1852), who would later serve as Secretary of State. Goodridge was later hanged by a mob in Newburyport. American Imprints 48361; Sabin 27930.

Concord N. H.: printed for the author, 1819. 12mo, pp. 151, [3]; stitched as issued in drab blue wrappers; corners bumped, short tears to wrappers,some foxing; good and sound. Elijah Putnam Goodridge conspired to fake a robbery and accuse two brothers of the crime. Daniel Webster was the defending attorney, and was able to expose the conspiracy. American Imprints 48361; Sabin 27930.

London: Leather Conservation Centre, 1982. Small folio, pp. [2], v, [1], 23, [1]; pictorial paper wrappers; a monograph drawn mainly from a report by F. Jamieson titled "A survey of the potential demand for a leather conservation service, and a study of the state of the art, and its problems."

Cambridge: Belknap Press, Harvard University, 1967. First edition, large 8vo, pp. xiv, 236; 18 full-p. illustrations, very fine copy in the jacket. Jackson was the founding librarian at the Houghton Library, Harvard. Here are the texts of 18 of his essays, letters, etc. on subjects includuing Dibdin, Pepys, and conterfeit printing.

Cambridge: Belknap Press, Harvard University, 1967. First edition, large 8vo, pp. xiv, 236; 18 full-p. illustrations, very fine copy in dustjacket showing some light fading to spine panel. Jackson was the founding librarian at the Houghton Library, Harvard. Here are the texts of 18 of his essays, letters, etc. on subjects including Dibdin, Pepys, and counterfeit printing.

Cambridge: Houghton Library, 1965. First edition, one of 500 copies printed at the Stinehour Press, small folio, pp. 63, [1]; near fine in orig. tan cloth, printed paper label on upper cover and spine. This copy with a laid in printed slip from the publishers with the ms. note on the verso: "For Frances and Margery, as a remembrance of W. A. J. Bill B." Frances and Margey were the firm of Hamill & Barker. One page with extensive ms. notes in pencil by Hamill & Barker's successor, Terry Tanner.

Providence City: June 9, 1841. 4to, approx. 125 lines and 1800 words; previous folds, address panel on verso of integral leaf; very good and legible. A complete typed transcription accompanies the letter. This is a letter written by Rev. E. W. Jackson to his wife during the Episcopal conference of 1841 in Providence, Rhode Island. The letter was written in portions over an extended period of time. The conference appears to have lasted for upwards of one month, and in addition to recounting bits of the business covered, Jackson's letter also includes his observations on the city, the weather, his personal health, and news of family friends. Jackson was preaching in Gorham, Maine, prior to attending the conference, and the letter is addressed to his wife residing there. Jackson traveled to Providence by coach via Boston. He complained of ill health during his journey, though his condition improved over the course of the conference. Jackson seems to have admired Providence and spent many afternoons… Read More

Iowa City: Prairie Press, 1956. A small but unspecified edition, designed and produced by Carroll Coleman at The Prairie Press, "necessarily limited by the number of original leaves available," monograph is quarto, pp. [22] printed on rectos only; the original folio leaf, printed by Amerbach (Basle, 1487-88) measures approx. 9.75" x 13.5"; both are contained in original yellow printed wrappers, the latter with a printed note on the leaf laid in. Fine throughout. From the library of Kim Merker. A publisher's slip bound in notes that "a few sets / of which this is one / have been bound in Rives Chana / hand-made in France." "A very valuable and charming essay" by the editor at the University of Illinois Press who "points out a little-known fact of printing history -- that it was probably the name of Amerbach and his undertaking of the great work on St. Jerome that brought Erasmus to Basle. The two men, Erasmus and Amerbach, never met, but the latter was doubtless the magnet which drew the great… Read More

London: Soncino Press, 1932. First edition limited to 2000 copies (this, no. 586), 8vo, p. x, [2], 199; author's inscription on front free endpaper; original red buckram, t.e.g.; front hinge starting, slight lean, without the jacket, otherwise very good. Handsomely printed at the Curwen Press.

London: Hakluyt Society, 2009. First editions, 3 volumes, large 8vo, pp. lxi, [1], 242; xxxvii, [1], 308; xli, [1], 245, [1]; frontispieces in each volume plus a total of 25 figures in the text and 11 maps; a fine set in fine dust jackets. Volume I covers the voyages of 1811, 1812 and 1813; volume II covers the voyages of 1814, 1815 and 1816; and volume III covers the voyages of 1817, 1818 and 1820. These are issued as nos. 12, 20, and 21 in the publisher's Third Series.

Providence: John K. Stickney, 1854. 8vo, pp. 32; original printed wrappers bound into half brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered direct on spine. Inscribed on the front wrapper to "Rev. S. Adlam, with the kind regards of the author." The Mite Society (founded 1806) is the oldest missionary society in Rhode Island. Jackson (1798-1863) was born in Providence and graduated from Brown in 1817. He served various ministries in Massachusetts and Connecticut before settling in Newport in 1847 where he remained for the rest of his life. "During the ministry of Dr. Jackson he was actively engaged in the cause of religion and education" (Bartlett). Bartlett, p. 166.

San Francisco: C. A. Murdock & Co, 1888. First edition, 8vo, pp. 48; original printed salmon wrappers; red ink mark on p. 21 and bleeding onto p. 20; all else near fine. Rocq 13510.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1921. Second edition, revised and enlarged, thick 4to, pp. xvi, 747; photogravure frontispiece, numerous text illustrations of goldsmith's marks, bookplate, endpapers toned, extremities rubbed and worn, else very good in original olive green cloth with gilt-lettered cover and spine.

Boston: Press of the Boston Daily Adverrtiser, 1829. 8vo, pp.16; removed from binding, wrappers perished; slight chipping in the fore-margin of the title page; all else very good. Gorham graduated from Harvard in the class of 1801 and later received two medical degrees there, and later taught chemistry and mineralogy. He was also librarian, treasurer and recording secretary for the Massachusetts Medical Society. American Imprints 39108; Cordasco 20-0330; Sabin 35424.

N.p. [Worcester, Mass.]: Dec. 4, 1832. Broadsheet, approx. 17½" x 11", text in quadruple column beneath the running head; previous folds, light wear, very good. Jackson's fourth annual message to Congress. The President details relations with Latin American countries, Britain and Spain, before reviewing the state of the domestic finances. Jackson devotes the remainder of his speech to economic matters, principally the national debt and manufacturing.

London: John Major, 1819. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvi, 470, [2] ads; contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt-decorated spine, red morocco label, sprinkled edges; near fine. Jaggard, p. 168 citing the third edition only.

London: Edward Arnold and Co, 1930. First edition, 8vo, pp. [iii]-xv, [1], 399, [1]; 16 plates and a folding map; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine; extremities rubbed, a few spots to the covers, all else very good and sound.

Philadelphia: privately printed [for] Drexel & Co. [by William Edwin Rudge, New York], 1927. Edition limited to 50 delux copies (this, copy no. 7), small folio, pp. 42, [2]; tipped-in frontispiece portrait on tissue, signed by Timothy Cole in pencil in the lower margin; vignette title-page, and 9 plates; spine slightly darkened, boards a little soiled; all else near fine in original cream cloth-backed blue paper-covered boards, lettered in gilt on spine. Printed on the occasion of the Drexel banking and investment firm moving its center of operations. With the bookplate of one of the members of the firm.