Tell-All, Tell All , This is Chuck's 13th book. Chuck is only signing 100 at each of the book signing venues, Homage to old Hollywood when Bette Davis & Joan Crawford Ruled the roost,
Chuck Palahniuk , SIGNED on Title pg along with two red lip stamps to the title page.which were part of his book tour., Original DJ price intact $24.95, Autograph guaranteed Authentic
Tell-All, Tell All , This is Chuck's 13th book. Chuck is only signing 100 at each of the book signing venues, Homage to old Hollywood when Bette Davis & Joan Crawford Ruled the roost,
Chuck Palahniuk , SIGNED on Title pg along with two red lip stamps to the title page.which were part of his book tour., Original DJ price intact $24.95, Autograph guaranteed Authentic
- Publisher: Doubleday, New York
- Date published: 2010
- ISBN: 9780385526357
Doubleday, New York, 2010 HBDJ, 2010, Stated 1st edition, with #1 Intact Number Line, Fine copy in fine dust jacket with Autographed Sticker on DJ Front. in Mylar protected dustjacket. Octavo; full black paper over boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine and front panel; 179 pgs, 5" x 9" Tall. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.
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VINE AND OLIVE; or, Young America in Spain and Portugal. STORY OF TRAVEL & ADVENTURE. abroad , second series, YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD
William T. Adams, pseud. Oliver Optic, TITLE PG LIGHT CHIPS EDGES, Preface, Inner Hinges starting slightly cracked, B/W Frontispiece with Tissue Guard the Academy Squadron off Barcelona
VINE AND OLIVE; or, Young America in Spain and Portugal. STORY OF TRAVEL & ADVENTURE. abroad , second series, YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD
William T. Adams, pseud. Oliver Optic, TITLE PG LIGHT CHIPS EDGES, Preface, Inner Hinges starting slightly cracked, B/W Frontispiece with Tissue Guard the Academy Squadron off Barcelona
- Publisher: Lee and Shepard New York: Charles T. Dillingham,, Boston
- Date published: 1876
Lee and Shepard New York: Charles T. Dillingham,, Boston , 1876 Hardback NO DustJACKET, 1876 ON TITLE PG, 1ST EDITION. 1st Printing, Dates Match on title & copyright Pg, GOOD+/VG-, AS-IS, NO JACKET, Interior nice with Light rub, wear, Fox, Embossed green cloth Titled & decorated Gold gilt Spine cvr light wear tiny chips Extremities, 412 pgs, NO ADS in Back. Binding has moderate edge wear, with slight bit of fraying at tips of spine, . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.
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Romeo - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Title, Elise
Romeo - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Title, Elise
New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, and Auckland: Bantam Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0553097105 . A sharp first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with small closed tear to lower front corner and minor edgewear; byThe story of Romeo and Juliet is one of love and tragedy. Romeo is in love with Juliet, but she is married to another man. Romeo convinces Juliet to elope with him, but they are caught and killed.; 8vo; FSA .
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Art of Communion, The ( Psychic Science ) Book Shows How Great Masters in Fields of Literature , Music & Art Were in Rhythm with Psychic Universe
Olga A. Tildes, 5 Illustrations, Inner Flap DJ Taped to Blank ENdPApers Which Has Small Sticker & Ink Inscription Former Owner, Half Title Page FoX Stains, 2 B/W Frontispiece Photos of Author & A Spirit Photograph of Dr. John Jackson, Preface,
Art of Communion, The ( Psychic Science ) Book Shows How Great Masters in Fields of Literature , Music & Art Were in Rhythm with Psychic Universe
Olga A. Tildes, 5 Illustrations, Inner Flap DJ Taped to Blank ENdPApers Which Has Small Sticker & Ink Inscription Former Owner, Half Title Page FoX Stains, 2 B/W Frontispiece Photos of Author & A Spirit Photograph of Dr. John Jackson, Preface,
- Publisher: Christopher Publ. House BostoN
- Date published: 1945
Christopher Publ. House BostoN, 1945. HBDJ, 1945, 1st Edition, VG+/VG-, DJ Light rub, wear & Small Chips & Tiny Tears Chips ExtremitIEs, 43 pgs, Back DJ chipping at bottom & Creases & small chips ends DJ Spine, . First Edition. Hard Cover.
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Midwives, The Fifth Novel By the Author the Story of the Life-Or-death Decision Made By a Respected Vermont Midwife During the Harsh Winter of 1981. An OPRAH Selection. Author's Highly Praised Novel of a Midwife in Rural Vermont, Who Takes Desperate Ste
Chris Bohjalian, SIGNED on Title Page By Author, Blank Endpapapers, DJ Design Whitney Cookman,
Midwives, The Fifth Novel By the Author the Story of the Life-Or-death Decision Made By a Respected Vermont Midwife During the Harsh Winter of 1981. An OPRAH Selection. Author's Highly Praised Novel of a Midwife in Rural Vermont, Who Takes Desperate Ste
Chris Bohjalian, SIGNED on Title Page By Author, Blank Endpapapers, DJ Design Whitney Cookman,
- Publisher: NY Harmony Books
- Date published: 1997
- ISBN: 9780517703960
NY Harmony Books, 1997. HBDJ, 1997, Stated 1st Edition, with Number 1 INTACT in Number Line, F/FINE, 312 Pgs, DJ in plastic cover, ,Author's highly praised novel of a midwife in rural Vermont, who takes desperate steps to save a baby's life, and finds herself on trial for murder, Winner of the NEBA Discover Award. Bohjalian blends some provocative moral, medical, and political issues into a classic coming-of-age story in the To Kill a Mockingbird-like reminiscence of the murder trial of a midwife. Rich in moral ambiguity.a compelling, complex novel.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.
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Adventures of Gerard, The ( Tales of Napoleonic Soldiers )
Sir Arthur Conan DOYLE ( A. ), Illustrations & Frontispiece with tissue Guard by W. B. Wollen, Half-title pgs has Chips Tear Edges & Tape Mend, Preface, List of Illustrations page has large chip right but not affecting Text, Back hinge Starting &a
Adventures of Gerard, The ( Tales of Napoleonic Soldiers )
Sir Arthur Conan DOYLE ( A. ), Illustrations & Frontispiece with tissue Guard by W. B. Wollen, Half-title pgs has Chips Tear Edges & Tape Mend, Preface, List of Illustrations page has large chip right but not affecting Text, Back hinge Starting &a
- Publisher: McClure, Philips & Co New York
- Date published: 1903
McClure, Philips & Co New York, 1903. HBNODJ, September 1903, stated 1st edition,Green Decorated Cloth with Gold Gilt & Green Lettering , Cover Scuffed , Rubbed Mainly Edges, Spine has 2 Crease Marks,VG-/G, NODJ, Few pgs small chips Tears, Internally Nice, Clean & Tight, Minor Fox, . First Edition. Hard Cover.
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Phantom Yacht, The , Scarce Title in Lost Treasure Series#1 In Color Dustjacket of 2 Girls in Red Coats & Hats & BlUe Skirts with Guy in Knickers on Mountain Ledge with wHITE Sailboat in Ocean, 12 to 16 Years of Age
Norton, Carol, B/W Frontispiece FOX Stain Look Look ! He Cried, Thats What I Was Wanting to Find is Same DJ Illustration, Title Page Foxing Stains, Blank Endpapers Fox Former Owner Inscription, Inner Flap DJ FOX Stain Lists Thru Marjorie Dean Macy PriceC
Phantom Yacht, The , Scarce Title in Lost Treasure Series#1 In Color Dustjacket of 2 Girls in Red Coats & Hats & BlUe Skirts with Guy in Knickers on Mountain Ledge with wHITE Sailboat in Ocean, 12 to 16 Years of Age
Norton, Carol, B/W Frontispiece FOX Stain Look Look ! He Cried, Thats What I Was Wanting to Find is Same DJ Illustration, Title Page Foxing Stains, Blank Endpapers Fox Former Owner Inscription, Inner Flap DJ FOX Stain Lists Thru Marjorie Dean Macy PriceC
- Publisher: A. L. Burt. NY
- Date published: 1928
A. L. Burt. NY, 1928. Inner Flap DJ FOX Stain lists thru Marjorie Dean macy PriceClipped, HBDJ, 1928 , 1st edition ,Early Edition ,Lists Thru Steeple Rocks PreText, GOOD+/GOOD-, AS-IS, Interior Hinges thru part book light Narrow Water Stains, Interior nice tight Clean light FOX,Wear, DJ light Rub,Wear Tears Tiny Chips Extremities, Beautiful Green & Black Cloth Cover Duplicates DJ Illustration, Cvr light Wear titles in Gold Gilt & Black, 249 pgs + ADS THRU Marjorie Dean Macy. First Edition. Hard Cover.
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Down in the Zero By Vachss, Andrew H. , The Author's Ninth Novel. The Seventh Title in the Burke Series. "Vachss Has Reinvented Detective Fiction and in the Person of Burke, His Haunted, Hell-Ridden PI, Has Given Readers a New Kind of Hero
By Vachss, Andrew H. , SIGNED By Author Title Page, DJ Design By Chip Kidd
Down in the Zero By Vachss, Andrew H. , The Author's Ninth Novel. The Seventh Title in the Burke Series. "Vachss Has Reinvented Detective Fiction and in the Person of Burke, His Haunted, Hell-Ridden PI, Has Given Readers a New Kind of Hero
By Vachss, Andrew H. , SIGNED By Author Title Page, DJ Design By Chip Kidd
- Publisher: Alfred Knopf, NY
- Date published: 1994
- ISBN: 9780679433286
Alfred Knopf, NY, 1994. HBDJ, 1994, Stated 1st Ediiton, 1st Printing, F/F, Interior Nice Tight Clean, 259 pgs. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.
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Under Fire An American Story
Colonel Oliver L. North, SIGNED By Author on Half Title Page in Blue Ink. Red Endpapers, Inner Flap DJ Original Price of $25 Intact ,
Under Fire An American Story
Colonel Oliver L. North, SIGNED By Author on Half Title Page in Blue Ink. Red Endpapers, Inner Flap DJ Original Price of $25 Intact ,
- Publisher: Harper Collins, Zondervan HarperCollins
- Date published: 1991
- ISBN: 9780060183349
Harper Collins, Zondervan HarperCollins, 1991. HBDJ, 1991, Stated First Edition, 1st Printing, with #1 Intact in Number Line on Copyright Pg. FINE-/FINE, AS-IS, DJ light Wear, Blue Boards & Dark Blue Cloth Spine Cvr in Gold Gilt Titles. Interior Nice tight Clean light Wear, DJ protected in Clear Mylar. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.
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Dinner At Deviant's Palace ( This Science Fiction Book Club Edition Preceded the British Trade Edition. This Copy Has the Correct First Printing Code (P028) on Page 218 ) Signed at a Local Science Fiction Convention, Gregorio Rivas Has Retired from the Re
Tim Powers, SIGNED UPSIDE DOWN on Title Pg By Author, Meaning You Have Turn Book Around to Read His Signature, FORMER OWNER STAMP Back Blank Endpaper, DJ Art By Ron Walotsky, Signed By Author Purposely Upside-down - "being a Lefty I Don't Want to D
Dinner At Deviant's Palace ( This Science Fiction Book Club Edition Preceded the British Trade Edition. This Copy Has the Correct First Printing Code (P028) on Page 218 ) Signed at a Local Science Fiction Convention, Gregorio Rivas Has Retired from the Re
Tim Powers, SIGNED UPSIDE DOWN on Title Pg By Author, Meaning You Have Turn Book Around to Read His Signature, FORMER OWNER STAMP Back Blank Endpaper, DJ Art By Ron Walotsky, Signed By Author Purposely Upside-down - "being a Lefty I Don't Want to D
- Publisher: Ace Science Fiction Books, NY
- Date published: 1985
Ace Science Fiction Books, NY, 1985. HBDJ, 1985, 1st edition THUS, PC, Bookclub edition of the paperback original. Precedes the British hardcover , First Hardcover Edition. F-/NF, Light rub, wear Scuff DJ, Yellow cloth lettered Black spine, Small edge tear Back DJ . Gregorio Rivas has retired from the Redemptionist trade - at 31 he's no longer willing to risk his life rescuing new recruits from the savage religion of Messiah Norton Jaybush. until Rivas sets out to save his long-lost love, in a violent piulgrimage that will take him through the landscape of the damned which is 22nd century California . Signed by Author. First Thus. Hard Cover.
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Beautiful Girl in Dustjacket, Here are 16 Wonderful Stories Authors 1st Collection. Emcompass Wide Range of Mood & Situation. She Will Probably Best be Remembered for Her Short Stories Many of Which Were Published in The New Yorker, They are All Abou
Alice Adams, Front Inner Flap DJ Original Price of $8.95 Intact. SIGNED on Title Pg. DJ Design By Louise Fili. FORMER OWNER STAMP Back Blank Flyleaf. Author Lives in San Francisco & Has Been Recipient of Grants from the Guggenheim Foundation & Na
Beautiful Girl in Dustjacket, Here are 16 Wonderful Stories Authors 1st Collection. Emcompass Wide Range of Mood & Situation. She Will Probably Best be Remembered for Her Short Stories Many of Which Were Published in The New Yorker, They are All Abou
Alice Adams, Front Inner Flap DJ Original Price of $8.95 Intact. SIGNED on Title Pg. DJ Design By Louise Fili. FORMER OWNER STAMP Back Blank Flyleaf. Author Lives in San Francisco & Has Been Recipient of Grants from the Guggenheim Foundation & Na
- Publisher: Alfred Knopf,NY,
- Date published: 1979
- ISBN: 9780394427379
Alfred Knopf,NY,, 1979. HBDJ, 1979, STATED 1st edition, 1st Printing, NF+/VG+, AS-IS, Brown & white illustrated Dustjacket with lightwear rub, tiny chips extremities. DJ back light rub scuff. White boards with embossed Gold Gilt Title with White cloth spine with Gilt Lettering. Cvr light rub, wear. Interior nice tight clean DJ portected in Clear Mylar. 242 pgs . Author Lives in San Francisco & has been recipient of grants from the Guggenheim Foundation & National Foundation of Arts. Front blank Flyleaf tiny stain. . They are all about love and explore the mysterious ways that our loves reflect and express our essential selves.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.
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Life of John Keats
Albert Erlande, Translated From French By Marion Robinson, PREFACE J. Middleton Murry, Back Endpaper FORMER OWNER STAMP & 2 ARTICLEs Pasted Onto Endpaper Causing Some FoXing, Also Blue DJ Residue Spots on Back Endpapers, Half Title Page Has Pasted
Life of John Keats
Albert Erlande, Translated From French By Marion Robinson, PREFACE J. Middleton Murry, Back Endpaper FORMER OWNER STAMP & 2 ARTICLEs Pasted Onto Endpaper Causing Some FoXing, Also Blue DJ Residue Spots on Back Endpapers, Half Title Page Has Pasted
- Publisher: Jonathan Cape,London
- Date published: 1929
Jonathan Cape,London, 1929. HBDJ, MCMXXIX, Stated 1st edition, 1929, PC but Original Price Intact, blue cloth with gold gilt Title on Spine, Cover light rub, wear & sun at Extremities & spine, VG+/GOOD+, AS-IS, Blue DJ with orange lettering & decorations has light rub, wear & tiny Chips Extremities, Cutout piece back of DJ & inner Flap Gone, Interior nice clean some wear FoXing stains here & ther . Half title page has Pasted on Article, Introduction . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.
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SEVENTY YEARS OF SERVICE 1902-1972, HISTORY OF KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS IN CALIFORNIA by Dr. Peter T. Conmy, (Signed ON Title Page) 70
Dr. Peter T. Conmy, (Signed ON Title Page) Plain Gold Endpapers rub tiny chips to edges, Illustrated B/W photos. ETC,
SEVENTY YEARS OF SERVICE 1902-1972, HISTORY OF KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS IN CALIFORNIA by Dr. Peter T. Conmy, (Signed ON Title Page) 70
Dr. Peter T. Conmy, (Signed ON Title Page) Plain Gold Endpapers rub tiny chips to edges, Illustrated B/W photos. ETC,
- Publisher: Knights of Columbus, Los Angeles California State Council. 90015
- Date published: 1972
Knights of Columbus, Los Angeles California State Council. 90015, 1972 Embossed Blue cloth Hardcover, NOJACKET, 1972, 1st Edition, VG+, Lettered in FrontCOVER in blue on gilt oval panel, gilt spine lettering RUBBED, Interior nice, Tight , Clean, Light wear, Binding is tight and pages are clean. No marking or writing noted in book. Boards are straight with minor edge rub. Text block and gutters are firm, 433 pgs, (OVERSIZED) . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Monkey Wrench. By Liza Cody. An Eva Wylie Mystery
By Liza Cody. SIGNED By Author on Title Page, DJ Design Diane Luger, DJ Illustration By Rick Lovell
Monkey Wrench. By Liza Cody. An Eva Wylie Mystery
By Liza Cody. SIGNED By Author on Title Page, DJ Design Diane Luger, DJ Illustration By Rick Lovell
- Publisher: Mysterious Press Warner
- Date published: 1995
- ISBN: 9780892966004
Mysterious Press Warner, 1995. HBDJ, May 1995, Stated 1st U.S. Edition, wtih #1 Intact in Number Line, F/F,, Interior nice, tight clean, 246 pgs, . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.
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Death of Cenone, The Akbars Dream & Other Poems
Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate, with Frontispiece tipped in, Title pg has staining from Frontispiece ?, with Notes Akbars Dream
Death of Cenone, The Akbars Dream & Other Poems
Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate, with Frontispiece tipped in, Title pg has staining from Frontispiece ?, with Notes Akbars Dream
- Publisher: Macmillan NY
- Date published: 1892
Macmillan NY, 1892. HBNODJ, October 1892, stated 1st edition, Green Cloth lettered Gold Gilt Spine, NF+/VG+, AS-IS, NODJ, Cover minor rub, wear & light spotting, 113 pgs + ads, Interior Nice, tight Clean Light Fox,. First Edition. Hard Cover.
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Metropolitan Cow, , SIGNED by Author
Written & Color Illustrated Tim Egan, SIGNED & Inscribed by Author with small Cow Drawing, Inner DJ Flap PriceClipped, Light Fox margin title pg, Plain Green Endpapers, Illustrations are Watercolor & Ink, reproduced Full color,
Metropolitan Cow, , SIGNED by Author
Written & Color Illustrated Tim Egan, SIGNED & Inscribed by Author with small Cow Drawing, Inner DJ Flap PriceClipped, Light Fox margin title pg, Plain Green Endpapers, Illustrations are Watercolor & Ink, reproduced Full color,
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
- Date published: 1996
- ISBN: 9780395730966
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1996 HBDJ, 1996, 1st Edition, 4th Printing, FINE/FINE-, AS-IS, , Interior nice, Tight Clean ,Rust Red cloth with gold gilt Illustration of Cow on Front & Titled on spine Cvr, DJ Protected clear Mylar , 4to, , Light DJ rub, wear. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.
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Wind At My Back, The The Life & Times of Pat O'brien, in Dustjacket, SIGNED by Author, Hollywood Actor, Crammed with Stories & Anecdotes of the greats & not-so-Greats of Hollywood & Broadway. Days of Hollywoodâs Golden Era. H
Pat O'Brien, SIGNED by Author on Half Title pg, Blank Endpapers Fox Residue edges & FORMER Owner Ink Name & Stamp on back Blank Flyleaf, Inner Flap DJ Original Price of $4.95 Intact. by Himself. Illustrated by 52 B/W Photos
Wind At My Back, The The Life & Times of Pat O'brien, in Dustjacket, SIGNED by Author, Hollywood Actor, Crammed with Stories & Anecdotes of the greats & not-so-Greats of Hollywood & Broadway. Days of Hollywoodâs Golden Era. H
Pat O'Brien, SIGNED by Author on Half Title pg, Blank Endpapers Fox Residue edges & FORMER Owner Ink Name & Stamp on back Blank Flyleaf, Inner Flap DJ Original Price of $4.95 Intact. by Himself. Illustrated by 52 B/W Photos
- Publisher: Doubleday & Company Garden City ,NY
- Date published: 1964
Doubleday & Company Garden City ,NY, 1964 HBDJ, Signed, 1st edition, Early ISSUE, 1964, VG+/GOOD+, AS-IS, DJ light rub, wear Tiny Chips Tears Extremities, Spine DJ ends Tiny Chips Tears Wear ends, Green Tweed cloth Boards with Black Cloth spine with Green Design & with Gold Gilt Titles. Interior nice tight Clean light Wear Fox, 331 pgs. Cvr light rub, wear, 8vo. DJ protected in clear Mylar , His Tours during the War to Front Lines in China. He was Presented to Queen Elizabeth of England. Starred in Movie , I Married a Doctor with Josephine Hutchinson, & played Hildy Johnson in The Front Page movie, Knute Rockne Etc . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.
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Whoa, Matilda!
Lambert, Janet. Dustjacket And Title Page Decoration By Roberta Paflin
Whoa, Matilda!
Lambert, Janet. Dustjacket And Title Page Decoration By Roberta Paflin
- Publisher: E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc
- Date published: 1944
- Format: Hardcover
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc., 1944. First edition, title page marked 1944, also a Wartime Edition. Bright red cloth lettered in black, illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [2.00] and is in good condition with minor age-darkening to the spine and some old insect damages that has resulted in tiny holes along the outer edges where they fold ot the inner flaps, very little paper loss. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall.
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Himes, Chester, title page drawing by Marc Hinkley
A Case of Rape
Himes, Chester, title page drawing by Marc Hinkley
- Publisher: Targ Editions
- Date published: 1980
New York: Targ Editions, 1980. Hardcover. 105p., in original boards and cloth spine, very good first edition in English, limited to 350 copies, signed by Himes at the colophon, in original unprinted tissue jacket, ragged at edges and protective mylar. Targ Editions, no. 7.
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A System of Theoretical and Practical Chemistry. Volume II [only].
ACCUM, Fredrick. [showing as spelled on title] [Frederick] [Friedrich Christian Accum] (1769-1838).
A System of Theoretical and Practical Chemistry. Volume II [only].
ACCUM, Fredrick. [showing as spelled on title] [Frederick] [Friedrich Christian Accum] (1769-1838).
- Publisher: Printed for the Author, 1803.
- Date published: 1803
London:: Printed for the Author, 1803., 1803. 8vo. [iv], xxvii, [1], 360, xxxi, [1] pp. 4 engraved plates of apparatus (Plate II acts as frontispiece, all plates are unnumbered), index. Crudely rebound in quarter calf, marbled paper over old boards. Armorial bookplate of Aske's Boy School, Haberdasher's Livery Company. Ownership signature on title of Jas. Law Jones, "rec'd from Messrs. Rickers staff & Jones -- 15 Sept. 1803". Scarce. First edition, vol. II only. With added paper (laid in): A Manual of Analytical Mineralogy. Review. Quarterly Review, 1809. 9 pp. pp. 153-161. "This clearly written and well organized book is called the first textbook of general chemistry written in the English language to be based on Lavoisier's new chemistry. The principles are illustrated with experiments." -- Cole. / Accum (1769-1838), born in Germany where the family operated a small soap boiling business. In 1793 Accum came to London to take a position at Brande, apothecaries to George II. He became friends with Anthony Carlisle and William Nicholson and established his own laboratory. He assisted Sir Humphry Davy until 1803 (the year this book was issued). He also began lecturing in 1802 where is students included Benjamin Silliman and William Peck. He supplied apparatus to institutions abroad. Amazingly, in December 1820, he was arrested for mutilating books at the Royal Institution Library, which triggered his exiting England for Germany. "The value of Accum's work lies in the way he saw and exploited the technological possibilities of the rapidly advancing science of chemistry." [DSB]. REFERENCES: Cole 9 (pp. 4-5); DSB I, pp. 43-44Neville I, p. 10.
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