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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.

HBDJ, 1962, Stated 1st Edition, VG/VG-, EDGE WEAR TINY TEARS CHIPS EXTREMITIES OF DJ,SNALL TEAR FRONT EDGE DJ,Dust jacket has a few rips and some wear at the corners. Inside blanks have toning from a page from Saturday Evening Post winter 1973 that was inserted inside. Dust jacket as well as sub-title illustrations were created by her husband, Paul De Vine. 88 PGS, Charming b/w drawings, printed on ricepaper. Printed in Japan , Bound In Red Cloth With Black Stamped Lettering On The Spine. Author had contacts with Arabian Peoples & Ruins of By-Gone civilizations along shores of Eastern Mediterranean, she resided every Continent Except South America

John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly London, 1867. HB NODJ,1867, stated second edition, Blue Pictorial Cloth with Gold Gilt decorations, Hinge slightly Starting, Minor Rub, Wear Scuff mainly on edges, Slight Fox Here & There, Former owner Name,Tiny chips base & top Spine, VG+/VG-, AS-IS, NODJ, Small Corner Bump, 266 pgs, index,Ads in Back Bk, . Hard Cover.

Houghton Mifflin, 1943 HBDJ, 1943 is Only Date Copyright pg, FIRST EDITION ,EARLY, Stated 15TH PRINTING on Copyright pg, FAIR+/GOOD-, AS-IS, Hardcover. Book Condition: FAIR+. Dust Jacket Condition GOOD-, AS-IS, with silver Sticker Base Spine DJ & Wear & Tears Extremities: 15th print. Interior relatively clean Nice except for some small lite soil spots & Light creases & FOX to some pgs. Couple of tears and some edge/corner creasing. dj good in mylar. Cut piece in mylar where barcode was removed , 8 1/2 X 8 1/2, Cvr Bright Turquoise blue background around Edges, with pink title KATY Near Top Edge and a red tractor on front board with Btm lettering in Blue on Front CVR Illustration Matches DJ, Black Title to spine Cvr, Slight Lean ; 36 pgs with blank pg then 2 more Illustrated pg with wear creases edges, Small Silver Binding Sticker At Spine DJ, X-LIBRARY School ,Usual STAMPS Rub, wear FOX Clear Tape Residue,, Katy is tested when an uncommonly "big snow" hits the city and everything comes to a sudden stop. Katy comes to the rescue. Burton;s wonderfully simple and colorful illustrations will appeal to young readers.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Good.

Whitman Publishing Company, Racine, WI, , 1928. HBDJ, 1928, 1st Edition THUS, Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 8vo - over 734" - 934" tall. Original blue cloth covers, moderately soiled w/ mild rubbing to spine ends. .Light foxing throughout. Leaves age toned. DJ has wear and short tears to edges w/ light chipping to corners and spine ends. Soiled. 212 Pgs, Back DJ lists kids books ends with Terry & Pirates. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

Ditchling, Sussex: Pepler & Sewell, St Dominic's Press, 1935. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. No. 140 of 300 copies, octavo size, [46] pp. The Saint Dominic's Press, founded by Harry (Hilary) Douglas Clarke Pepler, flourished at Ditchling, Sussex, from 1916 to 1936. The first home of the Press was "a disused stable", with a hundred-year-old Stanhope hand-press which supposedly had belonged to William Morris. Pepler endeavored to do everything possible by hand, believing that such would both produce the best results and also be a "more individual or 'humane'...product". He therefore "preferred the handpress to the machine, handmade to machine-made paper, and handset founder's type to the products of typesetting machines." Pepler met Edward Johnston and Eric Gill while living in Hammersmith; Pepler and his family would eventually move to Ditchling to join Gill, who was one of the most important artists to provide illustrations for the St. Dominic's Press. Other artists who provided illustrations included David Jones, Desmond Chute, Philip Hagreen, and Thomas Derrick, among others. Per the bibliography, "[The] Title page engraving has been attributed to Gill." ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in quarter-linen buff paper-covered boards, engraving on the title page of a chalice and wafer surrounded by a stylized sunburst; octavo size (8 1/4" x 5 1/2"), unpaginated with twenty-three printed leaves, errata slip tipped in at the back, limited edition of 300 copies, this is copy numbered 140, printed at St Dominic's Press, Ditchling Common, Hassocks, Sussex. ___CONDITION: Volume is near fine, with minimal rubbing, a strong, square text block and solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; slightly discolored boards and very slightly bumped corners, lacking the dust jacket. ___CITATION: Taylor & Sewell no. A246; note that the quotes and much of the introductory information from "Three Private Presses" by Brocard Sewell. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1912 HBDJ, 1912. 1st Edition , Hardcover. Book Condition: Used: GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: POOR. Hardcover with dust jacket. Red cover with large black lettering on front and spine. Binding is tight and clean, corners bumped. Pages clean and unmarked except for some foxing on the frontis and title page. Fore-edge has a few spots. Jacket is chipped, Soiled and is in 2 pieces. Dust jacket is protected with a new, clear, Brodart cover. 308 pgs + ADS .Story opens with the divorce of Mrs. Claude Waverton, whose husband has been injured in automoblie Accident in Florida & who is nursed by Mrs. Delmar, the correspondent in the suit. Suddenly Mrs. Delmar's husband is found dead.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Poor.

New York Anson D. F. Randolph & Company . HB NODustJacket, NO DATE, early 1900s ??, VG-/VG-, AS-IS, Small Red patterned Cloth with Wear, Stains , Scuff , Soil & Tiny Chips Extremities, Interior some Looseness,Wear , FoXing,small Stains, some wrinkiling some pgs, 99 Pages, Gold gilt rubbed Wear Spine Cover, NODJ. Hard Cover.

HARDBACK NODJ ,1955, 1ST EDITION ,A IN BACK ON LAST PG AT INNER HINGE , VG, LITE RUB & WEAR, NO DUSTJACKET ; color illustrations; text clean, previous owner's name in appropriate space; wear to edges of rubbed color il'd cover with 25 CENTS on front CORNER CVR; Chips to foil back strip AT OUTER SPINE CVR. BACK CVR LITE SCUFF ,LITTLE GOLDEN LIBRARY # 8 POKY LITTLE PUPPY THRU D45 DAVY CROCKETT

D. Lothrop, Boston, , 1880. HB NO DJ, 1880,On Copyright page, Early edition, Brown beige Cloth, Beautiful Pictorial Color Cover with woman at desk, Blonde Lady standing pink & white dress, & child in blue Nightie surrounded by Circle, HB NODJ, Cover rub, wear & Tiny Chips Extremities & small Chips Tears Spine where you see thru to threads Spine, G+/Good, AS-IS, NODJ, 9 1/4 X 7 1/2 in. , Interior Nice tight Light FoX, wear some pgs edge Tears, Some pages delicate Tears near inner Hinge, Unpaginated . Title page Tear at hinge half way down. Hard Cover.