Search Results: Titles starting with M from Bartlebys Books

Memphis, TN: The colleges), 1917. Oblong 4to. 38, (2) pp. Illustrated. Original decorated cream wrappers, stapled. Very good. First edition (?). A promotional for the two business colleges, offering "the Gregg School (of shorhand), the 20th Century Bookkeeping School, and the Spencerian Penmanship School." The illustrations, primarily scenes of students at work, include a double-page bird's-eye view of Memphis from the Mississippi River. Scarce; not recorded on OCLC.

London: Saunders, Otley, and Co, 1862. 8vo; xxiii, 223 pp. Bound by Riviere & Son in green calf, with gilt-decorated spine and five raised bands, gilt borders, all edges gilt. A very good copy. With tipped-in autograph letter dated 8 August 1825 from French writer and politician Benjamin Constant to poet Maurice de Guerin. An interesting association of a literary and political salon in 19th-century France. Amelie Lenormant was the niece and adopted daughter of Juliette Recamier, the great friend of Madame de Stael. Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque (1767-1830) was a French political philosopher and intimate of Madame de Stael. Their collaboration made them a fierce intellectual pair. Constant was also the author of one novel --"Adolphe" -- a work in the sentimental tradition about a young man's disastrous love affair with an older mistress. French poet Maurice de Guerin (1810-1839) was probably more celebrated for his prose than his poetry. Its charm arises from de Guerin's absorbing passion for… Read More

NP: np [but "Reprinted with permission from the Yale Review, January 1922"], 1922. First separate edition. 8vo. (46) pp. Four unnumbered leaves with mounted plates. Biography of Marie Louise Girard, 1814-1913. Original textured decorated cloth, tilt-stamped paper label on upper cover, tied. Very good.

New York, 1850. Lithograph print of Madison Cottage, 31 x 49 cm., with wide margins. Depicts the cottage with its sign above a front entryway and an American flag flying from the roof, gentlemen arriving from a horse-drawn coach, another full of passengers just pulling up. "Corporal" Thompson took over an old farmhouse at what is now 5th Avenue and 23rd Street in 1839 and renamed it "Madison Cottage" after the former president; the house was the last stop for people traveling north out of the city or the first stop for those arriving from the north. It was razed in 1853. OCLC lists a single copy at Columbia Univ. with width of only 41 cm. Slightly foxed on edges, left lower corner crinkled with a few tears.

Winston, NC: Republican Steam Print, 1888. First edition. 12mo. (8) pp. "Based largely upon the story of ‘Ben Hur,' by Lew Wallace, a tale of the time of Christ." OCLC locates one copy (North Carolina). Original printed self-wrappers. Very good.

NP: Southern Pacific Lines, 1929. Red lettered grey paperwraps, stapled, outline map of Texas and the surrounding states on front wrapper. 26 x 18 cm. 24 pp. of promotional text and photo illustrations. An introduction by J.I. McGregor, Agricultural Agent, Southern Pacific Lines, noting that the railroad was "a comparatively recent factor in the development of the Magic Valley," offered this brochure to provide information to people looking for "profitable investment of time, labor, intelligence and capital" in the area around Brownsville, Texas in the Lower Rio Grande. OCLC lists seven copies of a 1929 edition: U. of Oklahoma; Baylor; Houston Pub. Lib.; Texas Tech. Univ.; Univ. of Texas-Arlington; Univ. of Texas-Austin; Univ. of Texas-Rio Grande Val. A very good copy.

Hartford: Published by Silas Andrus, Roberts & Burr, Printers, 1820. Two volumes. 8vo. 225 x 1 35 mm., [9 x 5 1 2 inches]. [1], 573 pp; 595 pp.; each book with a separate title-page. Bound in contemporary mottled calf, read leather labels; upper joint rubbed with a short crack at top of board. Stamped "Ex Libris Wilson H. Kimnach" on front pastedown. First American edition from the London edition of 1702. Vol. II has imprint: Hartford: Published by Silas Andrus. Printed by S. Converse-- New-Haven. 1820. A near fine copy of an affordable edition of Mather's masterpiece. In a review this edition that appeared in the 19th century English periodical the Quarterly Review Robert Southey wrote, "One of the most singular books in this or any other language. In puns and in poems, its sermons and its anagrams render it unique in its kind." A critique written in the North American Review at the time that the 1820 edition was published, the editor writes in part: "To those who are interested in the early history… Read More

London: John Bell, British Library, Strand, 1795. 14.5 cm. (7), 78pp. Bound in a sammelband with three other plays: 1) THE SIEGE OF DAMASCUS by John Hughes. (8), ix, (1), - 98pp. [London: John Bell, 1793]; 2) TAMERLANE by N. Rowe. (3),iv -x, (3), 14 - 106pp.[London: John Bell, 1792]; 3) GUSTAVUS VASA, THE DELIVERER OF HIS COUNTRY by Henry Brooke. xii, (13)- 114pp. [London: George Cawthorn, 1796]. Bound in leather, spine perished, front board has been reattached by glue, rear joint starting. Interior has some foxing. Modern ink ownership signature on front endpaper.

Salem, O[H]: (John) Hudson, Printer, 1850. Broadside. 49 x 32 cm. Following the title and preliminary statement are three columns of text, the whole enclosed in a decorative border, moderate foxing to paper. Several broadsides on this subject were published at the time of Richard Johnson's report in 1829, and the reason for this later edition is unclear. John Hudson, the printer, born ca. 1820, was active in Salem, Ohio and OCLC shows about a dozen of his imprints all within the 1850s-1860s but not this title. Salem was a Quaker community inclined toward abolition. John Hudson's son Joseph fought in the Civil War as a Major with the 1st Missouri Colored Brigade. Joseph's wife has left an account of both Fredrick Douglass and Sojourner Truth coming through her family's house, also in Salem. The Underground Railroad ran through there. John Hudson was a printer for the Anti-Slavery Bugle and publisher in 1866, of the Salem Journal, with one of his sons. Joseph Hudson later became, among other things,… Read More

NY: Edward Kearny, 1848. First edition. 12mo. 299 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Black Hawk, extra engraved title page. A book-length poem based on the author's "The History of Black Hawk" (Milwaukee, 1846). General John Wool's copy, with his ownership signature on the front endpaper; Wool (1784-1869) served as an officer in the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War, and in a number of conflicts with Native American tribes. Lathrop Harper noted it as the first work of verse by a Wisconsin writer. Sabin 82461. Field 1001. Brinley 6896. Some foxing, but a very good copy with a nice association. Original gilt-stamped decorated green cloth (spine somewhat dull), patterned endpapers. (#8322).

4to. 2-pages, approximately 300 words. Acting as administrator for a young woman's estate, Clopton makes a claim for payment of a debt incurred prior to the death of the young woman's grandfather, Arthur Slaughter. The letterhead describes Clopton's company as "Cotton Factors, Wholesale Grocers, and Dealers in Staple Dry Goods." Folded, but very good.

New York: Samuel R. Wells, Publisher, No. 389 Broadway, 1870. First edition. 12mo. 149 pp., plus ad leaf. Original brown cloth, spine faded; some water spots on front cover. A Congregational minister, Thompson was a facile writer, producing a large number of books and pamphlets (see DAB). Here he takes a broad-minded view of science--the book is dedicated to James D. Dana--while refusing to accept the doctrine of evolution. Acknowledging degrees of complexity in the development of life forms, Thompson is unwilling to conclude that this demonstrates the existence of any natural law.

NP: np, 1924. Poetry broadside, 35 x 21 cm. Scattered foxing and spotting, browned on verso, old fold lines. Two short, closed tears at upper and lower margins, lower left corner chipped, not affecting text. Inscribed by Markham in ink at the top, "For my friend, Audrey Ovington, with my western halloo," with a circle underneath. At the bottom signed by Markham, with the date 1931. The poem, originally written in 1898, has five stanza of uneven length, a total of 49 lines. The first lines: "Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans / Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, / The emptiness of ages in his face...." A caption review below the poem states that "[t]his poem has been repeatedly called 'the supreme poem of the century' and 'the battle-cry of the next thousand years.' " Markham was Poet Laureate of Oregon from 1923-1931. The fame of this poem meant that Markham was also often called to speak on labor issues.

Boston, (MA): Ticknor and Fields, 1865. First edition, first issue without the publisher's announcement slip tipped in. 12mo. 23, [1]pp. Soiled terracotta printed wrapper with some old staining to wrapper and title page, and chipping to edges and short splits at spine. "The intended immediate purpose of 'The Man Without a Country' was to influence an impending election. It's larger, long-continued service as a rarely effectual incentive to patriotism was unforeseen." DAB.

London, printed. Boston: Re-printed and sold by B. Edes and Sons, in Cornhill, 1783. First American edition. 19 cm. [18], 159, [1] pp. Nice example of a period leather American binding with raised bands on spine. Moderately scuffed, corners worn through. Owner's lengthy inscription on front free endpaper, in part: "Hallet Gallup his book bought by him at the printing office the thirty-first day of August, 1784. Price four shillings." On the blank leaf in rear he states he was married to Molly Bartlett Dec 23, 1784, followed by a small poem which he apparently wrote for the occasion. EVANS: 18008 OCLC: AAS, Harvard Univ., NYPL, Cornell, Univ. of CT, Yale, St. Thomas Seminary, Redwood Lib. & Athenaeum. ESTC adds Peabody Essex.

Iowa City, IA: State historical Society of Iowa, 1957. First edition, 1/500 unnumbered bound copies. 12mo. (2), 48, (4) pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, portraits, map. Gilt-stamped blue cloth. Very good.

Ottawa: Departement d'Agriculture, 1875. 2nd ed., revised. Printed wraps; 39pp. Folding map. Some chipping to spine, else very good.

NP: np, 1858. Broadside. 43.5 x 23 cm. Illustration of the felly-bending machine occupies one-quarter of the sheet, with the name of "Burridge, Cleveland" printed below the image. Thirty lines of text explain the process of "bending fellies for wagons and carriages...." Old fold lines, trimmed to edge of type on bottom margin, a fine copy. According to Scientific American [Vol. XIV, No. 1, Sept. 11, 1858] a Mr. J. L. Mann of Blandford, MA was the patentee and the description of his invention is the same text as here in this broadside. Not found on OCLC or in AMERICAN IMPRINTS.

Lowell, [MA]: Published by Bixby & Whiting, 1844. First edition. 12mo. 47pp. Original blue-gray printed wrappers. A little soiling and spotting. DAB states that in 1842 Dana published "A Muck Manual for Farmers," regarded as one of the first scientific treatises on agriculture written and published by an American in this country. It also misdates this book as being published in 1850 and says it was widely used as a rural handbook.

Merrimack, NH, 1882. 4to. The autograph manuscript includes the music, the title at the top, and 12 lines for the lyrics, in full: "We're tenting to night / on the old camp ground. / Give us a song to cheer our / Weary hearts a song of home. / And friends we / love so dear / Chorus / Many are the hearts / that are weary to night. / Wishing for the war to / cease. Many are the hearts / looking for the right / to see the dawn of / peace. Tenting to night. Tenting to night. / Tenting on the old camp / ground. / Last time P.P.P. Repeat P.P.P. / Last verse Dying to night. Dying to night (omit) / Dying on the Old Camp Ground. / Resp. yours / Walter Kittredge." Note on the verso in another hand "Red'd Nov. 30 / 82." Very good. Faint old fold lines. (9785). This popular Civil War song was composed in 1863 by the largely self-taught musician Walter Kittredge, a New Hampshire native who wrote a number of songs inspired by the conflict of the Civil War. "One of the most loved pieces of Civil War music, sung at… Read More